Krukenbergtumors are ovarian metastases from non-gynecological, mainly gastrointestinal cancers, such as gastric and colorectal cancers. They very rare with a stillpoorlyelucidatedetio-pathogenesis(1). Previousretrospectivestudies have suggestedthatKrukenbergtumors associatedwithapoor prognosis compared to metastaticdiseaseatother sites resultingfrom the sameprimarydisease(2).We report here obs...

UNLABELLED Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare endocrine malignancy with an incidence rate of 1 to 2 per million person-years. ACC most commonly arises sporadically, but may be associated with familial tumour syndromes. Clinical symptoms are mainly related to an excess of steroid hormones. We present an unusual case of adrenocortical carcinoma in a 27-year-old male who complained of non sp...

BACKGROUND The hemangiopericytoma is an uncommon vascular tumour. We report a case of interest because of its rarity, size and location. CASE REPORT We present the case of a 63-year-old woman who consulted for abdominal pain. TAC, MRI and arteriography showed a pelvic mass occupying Douglas' space, displacing the uterus, bladder and sigma, with vascularisation relative to the inferior mesente...

To cite: Piciu D, Barbus E, Pestean C, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2015212659 DESCRIPTION We present a case of a 58-year-old woman, diagnosed with low-grade in situ ductal breast carcinoma (3 mm), who underwent conservative mastectomy. She was admitted 7 months later for diffuse abdominal and bone pain, weight loss, and an enlargement of...

A 55-year-old woman, diagnosed with a renal mass by abdominal ultrasonography (USG) in an external medical centre, presented to our hospital. The medical history was unremarkable except for diabetes mellitus and hypertension. The haemogram and urine tests were normal. The only pathology revealed in routine biochemistry tests was increased glucose level (164 mg/dL). The repeat USG performed in...