We report here probably a huge ovarian cyst of size 7.9x16.4x23 cms which regressed on thyroxine therapy with severe autoimmune primary hypothyroidism in young woman. It is necessary to consider and other endocrine disorders the differential diagnosis adult patients multiple formation order prevent inadvertent surgery.

as the data on the epidemiology and outcome of fungal infections in children with hematologic cancer are limited especially in iran, this study was aimed to delineate the epidemiologic features and outcome of fungal infections in this population. the medical records of all children with hematologic malignancies diagnosed with a fungal infection from 2005 to 2010 at a tertiary pediatric hospital...

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acute myeloblastic leukemia is one of the important malignancies in children. for better managing the prognosis of this disease, there should be enough information about common features of this malignancy. the aim of this study was to evaluate these common features in children with acute myeloblastic leukemia. a total of 104 eligible children less than 15-year-old have been referred from 2007-2...

Simultaneous primary malignancy of the lung and kidney has been rarely recognized during life. Three patients with synchronous primary pulmonary and renal cancer are described. The pulmonary tumors were asymptomatic and were discovered on plain chest roentgenography. The renal tumors, also asymptomatic, were incidentally discovered on CT, performed for staging. Although one patient was treated ...

Breast and endometrial cancer are the most common types of female cancers, but the incidence of both of these malignancies in a single patient is a rare event. Multiple primary malignancy has been increasingly reported over the past decade, and double primary cancer is considered as the most common type.  In this study, we present a 53-year-old woman with synchronous primary malignancy of breas...

Primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs) are genetic disorders that predispose to frequent and severe infections, autoimmunity and cancer. The expanded life span of such patients increases the overall risk for developing cancer, which is now estimated at 4-25% . The type of malignancy depends on the primary immunodeficiency, the age of the patient and possible viral infection, suggesting that differen...

Primary peritoneal papillary serous carcinoma is a rare primary malignancy diffusively involving the peritoneum of abdomen and pelvis. Epithelial ovarian cancers and primary peritoneal cancers arise from the common germinal epithelium which develops from the coelomic epithelium. Due to a common embryonic origin of the ovary and the peritoneum, carcinoma of the ovary and primary peritoneal carci...