Primary rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) of the kidney is a rare malignant mesenchymal tumor with an aggressive clinical course. Adult renal RMS is typically a pleomorphic histologic subtype and only a few cases have ever been reported. We herein present a new case of renal RMS of the embryonal histologic subtype in a 26-year-old woman.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Intraneural injection can be seen as nerve expansion during ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia. The purpose of this animal study was to determine if nerve expansion seen on ultrasound during intraneural injection results in nerve injury. METHODS Ten pigs underwent general anesthesia for this randomized control study. After skin incision, the right and left median ...

Seminomas and non-seminomas are distinct categories of germ cell tumors arising from the testicles. This case report describes a rare occurrence testicular tumor exhibiting histologic characteristics seminoma in 39-year-old male patient who simultaneously has an elevated serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP). The staging this was pT1bNxM0, stage IS. treated with right radical orchiectomy adjuvant chemo...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to validate the endoscopic findings against histologic features of the distal esophageal mucosa for the diagnosis of reflux esophagitis in infants. METHODS The data records of 167 patients (88 M; 79F) aged 38-364 days, referred for investigation of reflux esophagitis, between January 1995 and December 2000 were retrospectively reviewed. The association betw...

BACKGROUND Cancer of the corpus uteri occurs more commonly among white women in the U.S., yet survival is poorer for black women. This study examined whether this trend has changed and also examined the relation of age and histologic subtype to differences in stage. METHODS This retrospective cohort study assessed incidence trends, mortality trends, and the relation of age and histologic subt...