Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignancy in the world and it usually occurs in individuals with chronic liver disease. The neoplasm is predominant in the male gender, where it is characterized also by a worst prognosis than in females. The pathogenesis of HCC is obscure. Because of its striking male predominance, androgens have been investigated as potential factors a...

Inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver is a rare benign lesion that can mimic a malignant liver neoplasm. A case of inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver found in association with a malignant gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) of the small bowel was reported. The inflammatory pseudotumor was misdiagnosed as a metastasis from the GIST by frozen section. A correct diagnosis was made only after ...

Synchronous ovarian and uterine cervix malignancies are extremely rare gynecologic neoplasia. In the meantime the presence of hepatic metastases originating from cervical cancer is another rare situation, the liver being more often a common site of metastases for ovarian malignancies. We present the case of a 63-year-old patient who was diagnosed with a moderately differentiated squamous cell c...

Introduction: Bile ducts hamartoma (von Meyenburg complexes) is a common but unknown pathology of the liver. It can lead to widening bile ducts. usually detected incidentally in asymptomatic patients. There are indications transformation into duct cancer or hepatocellular carcinoma.Aim study: The aim study draw attention little known, - von complexes and sensitize medical professionals implicat...

Feline mammary tumor is a relatively commonly diagnosed neoplasm in the cat. Development of new veterinary cancer therapies limited by shortage vivo models that reproduce microenvironment and metastatic progression. Four feline orthotopic patient-derived xenograft model (PDX) successfully established NOD-SCID gamma (NSG) mice. The overall success rate PDX establishment was 36% (4/11). Histologi...

results: among 11 patients who underwent surgery consisted of eight males and three females. their metastasis originated from testis tumors (n = 5), renal cell carcinoma (rcc; n = 4), bladder tumor (n = 1), and prostate cancer (n = 1). their mean age was 41.27 years (range, 21-67). the mean age of the patients with rcc and testis tumor at the time of diagnosing metastasis was 54 and 24.8 years,...

Primary gallbladder carcinoma is a malignant neoplasm with an incidence of 1.2 cases per 100 000 people each year. Its occurrence increases with age, particularly in women. It is the fifth most common cancer of the gastrointestinal tract, and the most common malignancy in the biliary tract. Adenocarcinoma is the most common type of gallbladder neoplasm whereas sarcomatoid carcinoma is rare with...

Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (ERMS) of biliary tree is a rare type of mesenchymal neoplasm diagnosed at surgery or by preoperative liver biopsy. We present a one year eight months old child who mimicked a choledochal cyst and was eventually treated with surgery, chemotherapy with IRS IV protocol and adjuvant postoperative radiotherapy to surgical bed with 6 MV photons to a dose of 5040 cGy in 28 ...

Patients with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) are known to be at an increased risk for childhood malignancies, particularly Wilms tumor and hepatoblastoma. We report a case of genetically confirmed BWS in a 5-month-old girl who presented with a 9.5-cm abdominal mass associated with elevated α-fetoprotein levels. The clinical impression was strongly suggestive of hepatoblastoma. Histologic exa...