Conventional PA and lateral chest radiographs continue to be the initial examination of choice to evaluate patients who are suspected of having a pulmonary parenchymal neoplasm. A lung lesion can be characterized as probably benign or malignant based on its radiographic appearance (size, shape, margins, presence of calcification, cavitation or air bronchograms, growth rate). A spiculated or lob...

We report an unusual primary case of pulmonary sarcoma that developed in the lung of a 36-year-old woman. The tumor had histologic, immunologic and ultrastructural features identical to those of biphasic synovial sarcoma of the soft tissue. It consisted of an intimate admixture of cytokeratin and epithelial membrane antigen(EMA)-positive neoplastic epithelial cells and vimentin-positive fibrobl...

Malignant melanoma (MM) is the most fatal cutaneous neoplasm. Primary MM of the lung is quite rare, and late recurrence of MM is also uncommon. We report 2 cases of pulmonary MM, the first involving primary MM of the lung and the second involving late recurrence 8 years after the initial surgery. Bronchoscopic punch biopsy identified MM in both cases. In the first case, work-up of the patient d...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether external suction is more advantageous than water seal in patients undergoing selective pulmonary resection (SPR) for lung neoplasm. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Whether external suction should be routinely applied in postoperative chest drainage is still unclear, particularly for lung neoplasm patients. To most surgeons, the decision is based on their clinical expe...

The literature concerning the disease or group of related conditions, variously designated as alveolar cell tumour, pulmonary adenomatosis, and bronchiolar carcinoma, has been extensively reviewed by Neubuerger and Geever (1942), Ikeda (1945), Swan (1949), Hutchison (1952), and by Storey, Knudtson, and Lawrence (1953). The last of these added all the previously reported authentic cases to their...

Pleuropulmonary blastoma is a rare and aggressive neoplasm typically presents in young children, younger than 5 years, as a pulmonary and/or pleural-based tumor. We reported a case of type-II pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) in an 8 month old infant who presented to Al-Khansa'a Maternity Hospital in Western Mosul with a history of repeated attacks of shortness of breath and signs of pulmonary inf...

Primary intracranial myxofibrosarcoma is exceedingly rare, with less than 10 cases published. We present a case of a 23-year-old man with previous history of a primary low grade myxofibrosarcoma of the left parietal-occipital convexity resected in March 1999. He subsequently underwent several interventions for multiple local recurrent disease until March 2004. At that time, complete remission w...

Colorectal masses can be non-neoplasm, benign neoplasm and malignant neoplasm. Diagnosis of colorectal mass done by biopsy or surgery then followed histopathological examination. The aim this study was to described the histopathology feature in Anatomic Pathology Laboratory Arifin Achmad Regional Hospital Riau Province January 2015 - December 2019. This found 304 cases consisted men (55,6%) wom...

Pulmonary localized hamartomas were first reported in 1906 by Hart(1). Hamartoma is the most common benign neoplasm to occur in the lung. Histologically, the lesions consist of a combination of cartilage, connective tissue, smooth muscle, fat, and respiratory epithelium. Malign transformation is rare (2,3). Pulmonary hamartomas occur more common in males. However, some authors reported male/fem...