Background. Melanomas of the urinary bladder and urethra are rare. Aims. To review the literature on the disease. Methods. Various Internet databases were used to identify reported cases of the disease. Results. Less than 30 cases of primary melanoma of the urinary bladder and urethra have been reported in the literature and they have been associated with melanosis and commonly with metastases....

Perivascular epithelioid cell tumors (PEComas) are mesenchymal tumors containing variable component of smooth muscles, fat and vessels. They occured pretty rare in the liver and no characteristic of imaging data have been demonstrated up to now. We herein present a case of a 58-year-old man with a hepatic PEComa which was correct diagnosed through immunohistochemical confirmation with HMB-45. T...

Epithelioid angiomyolipoma (EAML) of liver is a rare neoplasm. Hepatic EAML is often misdiagnosed as other neoplasms such as hepatocellular carcinoma due to non-specific clinical and radiologic features. The morphologic features under microscope and immunohistochemistry staining profile are important in the diagnosis EAML. Here, we report a case of 52-year-old man who found 1.2 cm mass in liver...

Florid cystic endosalpingiosis (FCE) is a rare type of endosalpingiosis that presents as a mass-like lesion. Here we report an unusual case of FCE associated with a retroperitoneal leiomyoma. A 46-year old female presented with a palpable abdominal mass. A pelvic CT revealed a 23.5×16.3×9.4 cm sized multilocular cystic and solid mass in the retroperitoneum. Surgical excision of the mass was per...

Primary malignant melanoma (MM) of the uterine cervix is a rare neoplasm and the overall prognosis of patients with this disease is poor. Immunohistochemical methods and exclusion of other primary melanoma sites are used to confirm the diagnosis. In the present study, the case of a 65-year-old female patient with an MM of the uterine cervix is reported. Diagnosis was confirmed by immunohistoche...

BACKGROUND Clear cell sarcoma (CCS) is a rare malignant soft-tissue neoplasm that displays melanocytic markers and exhibits striking histopathological features. The tumour has a predilection for the lower extremities and rarely presents in the mediastinum. CASE PRESENTATION We present a case of primary mediastinal CCS in a 57-year-old man. Computer tomography (CT) revealed a 12 × 12 × 7.5 cm ...

PEComas localized in the region of falciform ligament and broad ligament are exceedingly rare. Most of them are built of spindle neoplastic cells. We report a case of epithelioid PEComa of the falciform ligament and/or broad ligament. There is only one report of such neoplasm in English-language literature. Histologically, the tumor was composed of nests of epithelioid clear cells stained posit...

Malignant melanomas (MM) of the oral cavity are extremely rare, accounting for 0.2% to 8.0% of all malignant melanomas. Malignant melanomas is more frequently seen at the level of the hard palate and gingiva. Early diagnosis and treatment are important for reducing morbidity. Malignant melanoma cells stain positively with antibodies to human melanoma black 45, S-100 protein, and vimentin; there...

Nerve sheath myxoma (NSM) is a benign peripheral nerve sheath tumor that rarely occurs in the oral cavity. Among the 23 reported intraoral cases, no lesion has previously been reported on the gingiva. In this report, we describe the first gingival case of oral neurothekeoma with histopathologic and immunohistochemical characteristics. The patient, a 32 year old female presented with a slowly gr...