Fascioliasis mimicking malignancy in an old patient

Malignancy-mimicking 15-year-old huge organizing hematoma in a hemiparetic patient- a case report

A 54-year-old male underwent open excision of a well organizing hematoma in the hip. 15 years ago, the patient had had a transfemoral angiography because of intracerebral hemorrhage. This mass had grown quiescently to the size of 20 cm and was located overlying incidental osteochondroma in the proximal femur. Therefore, physical examination and image modality were suspicions of malignancy. In t...

Cecal Giant Lipoma Mimicking Malignancy

Esophageal ulceration mimicking malignancy in a patient with severe kyphoscoliosis.

observed nowadays. In affected patients dislocation of inner organs with functional impairment may occur [1,2]. We present the unusual case of a patient with severe kyphoscoliosis who developed extensive esophageal ulceration. An 83-year-old female presentedwith a 3week history of dysphagia, odynophagia, and nocturnal food regurgitation. She reported weight loss of 5 kg during the previous 3 we...

Adiaspiromycosis mimicking widespread malignancy in a patient with pulmonary adenocarcinoma.

Adiaspiromycosis, a mycotic disease of small animals, has rarely been reported in humans. The principle causative organism in Europe is Emmonsia crescens. Inhaled, dust-borne spores of E crescens fail to germinate in host tissue, instead increasing in size dramatically to become thick-walled, round adiapsores, which induce a granulomatous response. The pathological effects depend on the spore b...

cecal giant lipoma mimicking malignancy