Multiple painless masses

Gray Scale and Doppler Ultra-sound in the Diagnosis of Painless Scrotal Masses

Objective: To determine the role of gray scale and Doppler Ultrasound in the diagnosis of painless scrotal masses. Methodology: It was a descriptive study conducted at Department of radiology, Dow University of Health Science (DUHS) and Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) from June 2006 to June 2007. Adult patients with painless scrotal mass referred for ultrasound examination, were included in the st...

Shoulder giant schwannoma - a diagnosis to be considered in painless shoulder masses.

Tumours formed from peripheral nerve sheaths are rare in the shoulder. We present the case of a 80-year-old female referred to an orthopaedic surgery clinic because of a large painless mass of the right shoulder, with one year of evolution. There was no history of trauma, involvement of any other joint or systemic complaints. Given the clinical and imagiological suspicion of a giant synovial cy...

Esophageal neuroendocrine tumor with initial presentation as painless forehead and neck masses

RATIONALE Esophageal neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are a rare type of esophageal tumor which are usually positive for chromogranin A, synaptophysin, and CD56 in tumor immunohistochemical staining. The most common symptoms of esophageal NETs are gastrointestinal symptoms such as dysphagia and/or abdominal discomfort. While esophageal NETs have the potential for distant metastasis, there have only...

Painless Childbirth

Painless Childbirth

on in France. The book represents a lay agitation for " twilight sleep," and describes the experiences of several women who have been delivered at Freiburg. From the obstetrical point of view, the principal interest lies in the three appendices where Kronig and Gauss give the details of the method and meet the various arguments which have been launched against " twilight sleep." The writers evi...