A patient with microscopic metastatic renal cell carcinoma within liver focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) is reported here. The initial CT scan was classic for liver FNH yet the following liver resection showed a microscopic metastatic renal cell carcinoma (0.48 cm) within the liver nodule. FNH in a patient with existing primary tumor probably warrants further investigation as the coexistence of ...

Purpose. Secondary hyperparathyroidism with nodular hyperplasia is resistant to medical therapies. Cinacalcet is an effective treatment for severe secondary hyperparathyroidism. This multicentre retrospective study was designed to determine the long-term efficacy of cinacalcet in patients with nodular hyperplasia, the advanced type of parathyroid hyperplasia. Subjects and methods. The study sub...

A 22-year-old female patient sought medical care due to an asymptomatic solid nodule in the liver, incidentally diagnosed by abdominal ultrasound. She reported the use of an estrogen-based oral contraceptive for approximately 3 years. She denied smoking or alcohol drinking. Her mother had a history of nonalcoholic steato-hepatitis and her maternal grandmother had a hepatic hemangioma. Physical ...

Nodular thyroid disease or nodular goiter is characterized by the presence of a single or multiple nodules within the thyroid parenchyma. The formation of thyroid nodules is thought to be the result of the intrinsic heterogeneity of thyroid follicular cells, in responding to low-grade or intermittent stimulus, regarding their growth potential and function [1,2]. This heterogeneity in growth and...