Hypercalcemia complicating small-cell carcinoma

A case report of laryngeal small cell carcinoma

following the first report of laryngeal small cell carcinoma in canada in 1972,only 82 cases of this cancer has been reported in the literature untill 2001.this cancer originates from laryngeal neuroendocrine cells.It,s clinical presentation consists of hoarseness,breathing difficulty:and cigarette smoking is the most important risk factor.this type of cancer is mostly presented after 50 years ...

Squamous-cell carcinoma complicating chronic osteomyelitis.

Treatment of carcinomatous degeneration in patients with chronic osteomyelitis requires differentiation between benign, penetrating epithelioma and invading, low-grade squamous-cell carcinoma. Although most lesions are low grade, analysis of the case histories of twenty-three patients treated at the Mayo Clinic indicates that these tumors do metastasize. When malignant-appearing epithelium inva...

Squamous cell carcinoma complicating hidradenitis suppurativa.

A 67-year-old Caucasian man was referred to us with a 40-ycar history of multiple discharging sinuses involving the buttocks and groins. His skin condition had deteriorated markedly over the previous 12 months. Physical examination revealed an obese man of 95 kg with severe HS involving the buttocks, and perianal and perineal skin, extending onto the upper inner thighs and inguinal skin. There ...

Extrapulmonary small cell carcinoma.

Large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the uterine cervix complicating pregnancy.

Large-cell neuroendocrine cervical carcinoma is a rare and aggressive cancer that tends to spread and recur early despite intensive multimodal treatment. The optimal mode of therapy is still controversial and management during pregnancy is challenging because foetal well-being must also be considered. We report a patient with clinically stage IIB large-cell neuroendocrine cervical carcinoma who...