Sclerosing osteogenic sarcomatosis

Sclerosing osteogenic sarcomatosis.

A case is reported in which the amputation of a leg for a sclerosing type of osteogenic sarcoma was followed five years later by a metastasis of similar appearance in the skull. This was excised but subsequent necropsy revealed multiple bony tumours in the lungs. The rarity of multiple osteogenic sarcoma is recalled as shown by a review of the literature. Although some are thought to be of mult...

Carcinomatous Cirrhosis of the Liver with Sarcomatosis of the Peritoneum

The following case is reported because of the occurrence of two different types of malignant neoplasm with typical portal cirrhosis of the liver. That a pathogenetic relationship exists between Laennec's cirrhosis and primary carcinoma of the liver is generally recognized. Whether the association of a peritoneal sarcoma with the cirrhosis in this case was more than a coincidence seemed an inter...

Benign sclerosing pneumocytoma of lung (sclerosing haemangioma).

The consensus statement on the locoregional treatment of abdominal sarcomatosis.

Abdominal sarcomatosis (AS) is a rare condition characterized by soft tissue sarcoma spreading throughout the abdomen, in the absence of extra-abdominal dissemination. Retroperitoneal sarcomas, pelvic sarcomas, particularly uterine leiomyosarcoma, and gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) most frequently give rise to AS. Systemic chemotherapy is the standard of care for AS from non-GIST sarco...

Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis in Iran