Lymphatic filariasis is endemic to tropical countries and is the most common cause of acquired lymphedema in the world. Wuchereria bancrofti is the main etiological agent responsible. While the presentation of filariasis in limbs is common, isolated presentation as a single enlarged lymph node in the neck is very rare. We describe a 48-year-old Indian woman, who presented with a hard lymph node...

Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common malignant thyroid disease characterized by a high rate of cervical metastases (30-80%), especially due to paratracheal lymph node involvement. "Skip metastasis" are defined as a lateral lymph node metastasis without central lymph node involvement. The aim of this prospective study was to establish the lateral nodal metastasis pattern accordin...

background: the clinical presentation of non-hodgkin lymphoma (nhl) varies tremendously depending upon the type of lymphoma and the areas of involvement. nhl can rarely present as an abdominal mass compressing the inferior vena cava. the clinical presentation due to obstruction of inferior vena cava has often been called the inferior vena cava syndrome (ivcs). it can present acutely or chronica...

background: cd8+ cytotoxic t lymphocytes have been recently divided based on their cytokine expression profile. objective: to evaluate the percentages of cd8+ lymphocytes and their effector subsets including tc1, tc2 and tc17 in the tumor draining lymph nodes (tdlns) of patients with breast cancer. methods: single cell suspensions were obtained from tdlns of 42 patients with breast cancer. stai...

introduction kawasaki disease (kd) is an acute systemic vasculitis, of unknown etiology, that mainly affects infants and young children. although originally thought to be a benign illness, kd may prove fatal, especially if the diagnosis is delayed due to a nonclassic presentation. case presentation here, we present the case of a 4-year-old girl with a history of prolonged fever. her physical ex...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to identify the prognostic impact of unexpected lymph node metastases in patients undergoing resection of pulmonary metastases from colorectal cancer and specify the influence of pulmonary and mediastinal nodal involvement according to the modified Narukes lymph node mapping [Mountain CF, Dresler CM. Regional lymph node classification for lung cancer. Che...

CONTEXT Retroperitoneal lymph node enlargement in patients with pancreatic cancer is sometimes treated as incurable disease. Non-metastatic causes of lymphadenopathy should however be considered. CASE REPORTS Two cases of significant retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy in the setting of pancreatic cancer, treated by pancreaticoduodenectomy and lymph node dissection are described. Both cases had a...

Received December 21, 2006; accepted February 1, 2007. OBJECTIVE The aim of our study was to document the patterns of RLN spread by using MRI. METHODS The MR images of 294 patients with newly diagnosed NPC were reviewed retrospectively. Criteria for metastatic lymph nodes included: shortest axial diameter, nodal necrosis, extracapsular spread, and a contrast enhancing rim. RESULTS RLN involveme...

BACKGROUND Observational studies suggest a proportion of patients with lymph node metastases will benefit from lymph node dissection (LND) at the time of nephrectomy for clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC). OBJECTIVE Our aim was to report the performance of five previously identified high-risk pathologic features assessed by intraoperative examination on prediction of lymph node metastases ...