Subpectoral Sarcoma: ? Lymphosarcoma ? Myosarcoma

Combination chemotherapy in lymphosarcoma and reticulum cell sarcoma.

T HE CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT of patients with lymphosarcoma and reticulum cell sarcoma has usually been accomplished with single agents. The alkylating agents cyclophosphamide and chlorambucil have been widely used,’3 while of the ymca alkaloids, vincristine appears most effective.46 The efficacy of corticosteroids in varying dosages was shown several times.7’8 The remission induction rates...

Primary Myosarcoma of the Heart

of Necropsy Findings The final anatomic diagnoses were: primary myosarcoma of the heart, with extension within pericardial sac and adhesive pericarditis; partial sarcomatous replacement of posterior surfaces of both two carcinoid tumors of the ileum, with carcinoid metastases to mesenteric lymph nodes; heterotopic pancreatic tissue in the jejunum. Thorax. A large, partially encapsulated mass, e...

A Giant Subpectoral Lipoma

A lipoma is a common benign tumor of mesenchymal origin that can arise in any location where fat is normally present, with incidence of approximately 16% of all mesenchymal tumors. However, submuscular lipomas under the pectoralis major muscle are rare. And, because lipomas tend to be small, large lipomas are specifically called ‘giant lipoma.’ Giant lipoma is defined as a lipoma that is greate...

[results of Radiation Treatment of Reticulum Cell Sarcoma, Lymphosarcoma, Giant Follicular Lymphoma and Hodgkin's Disease].

Uveal lymphosarcoma.

LYMPHOMATOUS tumours involving the lids and orbit have been recognized and repeatedly reported in the literature for many years; intra-ocular involvement on the contrary is rare if the lymphomatous infiltrations associated with lymphatic leukaemia are excluded. Kukain (1935) and Triebenstein (1920) have each described a case of uveal lymphosarcoma complicated by secondary glaucoma, and other is...