PURPOSE To determine the prognostic significance of unilateral cervical lymph nodal metastasis (CLNM) in patients with inoperable thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and to identify significant prognostic factors in these patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS This retrospective study involved 395 patients with inoperable esophageal SCC treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy. The pat...

Moyamoya disease is characterized by progressive occlusion of the internal carotid artery or its terminal branches, associated with formation of extensive collateral vessels (moyamoya vessels) at the base of the brain. Whether unilateral moyamoya disease, confirmed by typical angiographic evidence of moyamoya disease unilaterally and normal or equivocal findings contralaterally, is an early for...

The case is described of a unilateral retinoblastoma in a 7-year-old girl which was initially misdiagnosed because of massive anterior segment involvement in the apparent absence of a retinal lesion. Only on histopathological examination of the enucleated eye was the presence of retinal tumour established, this being confined to two minute foci at the extreme periphery.

Histoplasmosis is a fungal disease that is endemic in Brazil. It may present as chronic pulmonary infection or in disseminated form. Disseminated histoplasmosis frequently affects the adrenal gland; however, unilateral involvement in immunosuppressed patients is the usual presentation. We report a case of an elderly immunocompetent male with history of weight loss, fever and bilateral adrenal m...

Iridocorneal endothelial (ICE) syndrome encompasses a group of rare ocular pathologies with unilateral involvement, frequently affecting young women. The disease complex includes essential iris atrophy, Chandler's syndrome, and Cogan-Reese syndrome. In the following article, we present a case of Iridocorneal endothelial syndrome in which a late diagnosis was made and who underwent surgery for a...

Cortical venous thrombosis (CVT) without concomitant dural sinus thrombosis is an uncommon disorder. Isolated CVT usually manifests on imaging studies as focal parenchymal hemorrhage or edema. We report three cases of isolated CVT that presented with unilateral, localized subarachnoid hemorrhage without parenchymal involvement.

We describe the case of 45-year-old man presented with a 3-month history of progressive unilateral proptosis, voiding symptoms, and a 20-pound weight loss. Imaging showed a large brain mass as well as significant extra cranial involvement. He was diagnosed with metastatic prostatic adenocarcinoma and underwent craniotomy, androgen deprivation therapy, and chemotherapy.

A 16-year-old girl presented with a unilateral third nerve palsy and predominant gray matter involvement on MR and positron emission tomography with fludeoxyglucose F 18. These findings were manifestations of gliomatosis cerebri. The antemortem diagnosis was made by partial temporal lobectomy.