Unknown Case: Growing Breast Mass

A slowly growing flank mass

CASE PRESENTATION A 62-year-old woman presented to her family physician with a twomonth history of a slowly growing left flank mass. She was previously well except for recurrent urinary tract infections; there was no recent travel or trauma. An ultrasound demonstrated a benign-appearing left renal cyst. Three weeks later, she began to develop flank pain, fevers, chills, night sweats and erythem...

A rapidly growing gingival mass.

CLINICAL PRESENTATION A 71-year-old Korean woman was referred to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery with a 10-day history of a rapidly growing mass occupying the oral cavity, which was associated with pain and spontaneous bleeding. Clinical examination revealed a soft or slightly firm pedunculated mass approximately 4 5 5 cm in size on the anterior aspect of the lower gingiva. The...

A Slow-Growing Hand Mass

Concurrent BRAF and PTEN mutations in melanoma of unknown origin presenting as a breast mass

BACKGROUND Metastases represent a small percentage of the malignancies affecting the breast, and only 5% of melanomas originate from non-cutaneous sites. Multiple genetic aberrations have been associated with the development of melanocytic lesions, including BRAF V600E mutation. Mutations in PTEN gene have also been related to the pathogenesis of multiple malignancies. PURPOSE/METHOD This is ...

breast cancer: fear of the unknown

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