Five cases of endocervical carcinoma diagnosed by polypectomy.

[Merkel cell carcinoma. Study of five cases].

Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare malignant skin tumor of neuroendocrine origin with a poor prognosis and rapid progression. It is usually an erythematous nodule on the face, and is associated with other skin neoplasms. Its histology shows a large mass of small cells containing oval nuclei with powdery chromatin in the dermis. These cells are positive for neurospecific enolase, chromogranin...

Merkel cell carcinoma – description of five cases

Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare but very aggressive skin cancer that derives from neuroendocrine cells of the skin. Merkel cell carcinoma morbidity has been continuously increasing for the last few years. Increasing reported incidence of MCC is probably connected with increasing occurrence of this kind of malignancy or with development of histological and immunohistochemical methods of sa...

Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis Masquerading Neoplasm: A Series of Seven Cases Diagnosed by FNAC

Review of five cases of early gastric carcinoma.

Five cases of early gastric carcinoma (EGC) were seen in 12 months. The clinical features did not provide guide-lines to diagnosis, which depends on air contrast barium studies, endoscopic recognition of early malignancy, adequate biopsies, and their interpretation. Malignancy was present in an average of 60% of the biopsies taken. The most common type of lesion was IIc. The superficial nature ...

Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma: report of five cases.

OBJECTIVES To document the clinical and histopathological characteristics of basaloid squamous cell carcinoma (BSCC). To add five new cases to the literature and compare them with another published series. CASES retrospective review of five cases with the diagnosis of BSCC of the larynx. RESULTS all the patients were male. They were heavy smokers and drinkers. Most of the tumours were supra...