OBJECTIVE Fertility-sparing surgery has been proposed for the treatment of borderline ovarian tumors. The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome of patients submitted to cystectomy (CYS) compared with patients treated by unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (USO) or bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy with/without total hysterectomy (radical surgery, RS). METHODS We reviewed retrospectively th...

Papillary urothelial neoplasm of low malignant potential (PUNLMP) is rarely diagnosed in paediatric patients under the age of 10 years. We report a case of bladder PUNLMP in a 9-year-old boy. The kid presented with painless gross haematuria. Ultrasound and computed tomography imaged a papillary mass in the bladder. Sixteen months follow-up detected no evidence of recurrence after resection of t...

Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract. Patients with this disease have an increased risk for both intestinal and various extra-intestinal malignancies. This risk is mainly attributed to chronic inflammation and druginduced immunosuppression. Various extra-intestinal malignancies, such as lymphoproliferative disorders and non-melanoma skin cancers ...

Urachal mucinous cystic tumours are rare pathological findings with only 23 previously reported cases in the literature. We present the case of a 54-year-old man with an incidentally found urachal mucinous cystic tumour laparoscopically excised. With its known potential to cause pseudomyxoma peritonei, complete surgical excision is important. Long-term cystoscopic and radiological surveillance ...

Serous borderline ovarian tumors (SBOTs) represent group of tumors with cellular atypia and absent stromal invasion. Many studies support that SBOTs share similar molecular and genetic alterations with low-grade serous carcinomas, while high-grade serous carcinomas have a distinct pathway to carcinogenesis. Here we present a 55-year-old woman who underwent exploratory laparotomy and maximal deb...

The clinical usefulness of organ-preserving pancreatectomy is not well established due to technical difficulty and ambiguity of functional merit. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical efficacy of organ-preserving pancreatectomy such as duodenum-preserving resection of the head of the pancreas (DPRHP), pancreatic head resection with segmental duodenectomy (PHRSD), central pancrea...

Primary retroperitoneal mucinous tumor (PRMT) of low malignant potential (border line) is an uncommon neoplasm with fewer than 50 reported cases. Uncertain diagnostic imaging results make diagnosis of its origin difficult, preoperatively. Later treatment planning and prognosis would be affected by exact diagnosis of the tumor origin. This study presents a case of Persian woman with diagnostic, ...

Papillary urothelial neoplasm of low malignant potential (PUNLMP) had the incidence of low and definitive recurrence. Therefore, few studies showed that the relationship between pathological factors and the prognosis of patients with PUNLMP. The aim of this study assessed the linkage of pathological factors and prognosis of patients with PUNLMP including the presence or absence of mitoses and t...

"Soft tissue giant cell tumour of low malignant potential" is considered as the soft tissue counterpart of osteoclastoma of the bone. It is a primary soft tissue tumour which is classified under the category of fibrohistiocytic tumours of intermediate malignancy.Seventy percent of the tumours involve the extremities and only about seven percent of them arise in head and neck region. They are co...

BACKGROUND Urothelial papilloma and non-invasive papillary carcinoma are common neoplasms of the urinary bladder. Distinguishing papillomas and papillary carcinomas, especially the low grade type, is often debatable on the basis of histological features alone. MATERIALS AND METHODS We investigated immunohistochemical expression of cytokeratin 20 (CK20), p53, and Ki-67 in a group of 20 urothel...