Occult breast cancer is defined by the presence of axillary metastases without an identifiable primary breast tumor. Here, we report a rare case of a male occult breast cancer with dermatomyositis. We performed a modified radical mastectomy consisting of whole breast mastectomy and axillary lymph node dissection. Immunohistochemistry and fluorescent in situ hybridization analyses demonstrated a...

A 50 yr man presented with fatigue and fever. He was found to have a 7.2 cm left renal mass. Radical nephrectomy was done. The mass was HMB-45 negative renal angiomyolipoma. This patient did not have tuberous sclerosis. His fever resolved after the tumor excision. This case is unique because of the unusual morphology and histology of the tumor. It reiterates that getting rid of inflammatory cyt...

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abstract carcinoma of the vulva has commonly been recognized as a disease of postmenopausal women, but some cases have been reported in young women during pregnancy. medical records were reviewed for a patient with vulvar carcinoma diagnosed in pregnancy. using medline and cross references, pertinent articles were sought and reviewed. a 28-year-old afghan woman in her sixth pregnancy presented ...

Thoracobiliary fistula is a rare complication of hydatid cyst disease of the liver especially in calcified form. Given the rarity and high mortality of such fistula, it is not surprising that there is no consensus about surgical treatment of this condition. In the present paper we report two cases of thoracobiliary fistula of complicated calcified hydatid cyst of the liver. A 64-year-old man wi...

Background: Giant cell tumor is a benign but locally aggressive bone neoplasm which uncommonly involves the skull. Giant cell tumor (GCT) of the sphenoid bone is relatively rare. In this report, we describe a tumor of the greater wing of left sphenoid bone. Case presentation: A 31-year-old female was presented with headache, proptosis and diplopia of her left eye. Cranial magnetic resonance ima...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to determine clinical outcomes of local excision for early rectal cancer from a University Hospital in Thailand. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a retrospective review of 22 consecutive patients undergoing local excision for early rectal cancer (clinical and radiological T1/T2) from 2005-2010 at the Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bang...

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are defined as mesenchymal of the gastrointestinal tract expressing proto-oncogene protein CD 117. GIST is a rare tumor small bowel, which can be difficult to diagnose and has varied clinical outcome. Prognosis dependent on size mitotic count. Radical surgical excision (R0) treatment choice for resectable non-metastatic disease. Imatinib first-line therapy...

Epithelioid sarcoma (ES) is a very rare characterized by loss of INI1 . Enzinger first described ES in 1970, but the histopathologic differential diagnosis remains challenging. There are two subtypes, classical type with spindle epithelioid to central pseudogranulomatous cells, and proximal type, which predominantly composed rhabdoid cells. symptoms signs not specific depend on tumor localizati...