Objectives: Carcinoma of the esophagus is the eights common cancer worldwide causing a lot of morbidity and mortality, defining the risk factors could aid prevention. In the current study, we aimed to explore the pattern of esophageal cancer in Sudan. Methods: Seventy-two patients referred for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and diagnosed with esophageal cancer were studied in the endoscopy un...

isolated skeletal metastasis to the bony calvarium is extremely rare in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix. we describe the clinical and imaging findings in a case of squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix with metastases to the bony calvarium as the sole site of metastasis. the patient was a 65-year-old woman with squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix, f...

HPV (human pappiloma virus) infection is an etiologic risk factor for esophageal carcinoma with several studies supporting its carcinogenic role. The main strains are HPV16 and 18 and the less frequent strains 11, 6, 31 and 36. We report the case of a 58 year old male, smoker, admitted to our hospital for progressive dysphagia. Previous endoscopies and biopsies were compatible with a hyperkerat...

A 39-year-old male patient presented with an extensive putrescent ulceration of abdominoperineal region infiltrated by advanced penile squamous cell carcinoma. To our knowledge, it is the largest defect after aggressive palliative resection of penile squamous cell carcinoma (pSCC) in the literature, which was 36×23 cm. The defect was divided into three sub-defects, and was repaired by bil...

squamous cell carcinoma of the gallbladder is rare and constitutes only 0.5-3% of all malignancies of this organ. most of the reported cases have had a component of adenocarcinoma. we report a 70-year-old man who presented with acute onset right upper quadrant pain. he operated on based on a presumptive diagnosis of acute cholecystitis according to clinical and ultrasonographic findings. histop...