metastases are the most common malignant hepatic lesions and considered to be the most frequent indication for imaging of the liver. the accurate detection and characterization of liver metastasis remains a critical issue at the initial diagnosis of primary cancer or during the course of patient treatment. in the recent years, the advent of highly efficient imaging modalities and new techniques...

Distant metastases are unusual at presentation and during the course of ovarian carcinoma. Skin metastases may be the first presenting sign of metastatic carcinoma of the ovary. Ovarian epithelial adenocarcinoma rarely metastasizes to the skin, and can be seen in less than 4% of patients. It usually presents as subcutaneous nodules and, less commonly, as inflammatory metastases, which mimic vir...

endometrial cancer generally carries a good prognosis. endometrial carcinoma more frequently metastasizes to the pelvic and para-aortic nodes. visceral metastases usually occur in the vagina and ovaries. distant metastases involve lungs and occur as a terminal event. this case report describes vulvalar metastasis of endometrial cancer to the clitoris. metastatic tumors of the vulva are rare. mo...

Background: Bone marrow is the site of many malignant disorders and it is one of the common places for solid tumors to metastasize. Examination of the bone marrow aspirate and biopsy is a routine procedure performed for assessment of various conditions such as cytopenias, hematologic neoplasms, nonmalignant disorders and metastatic neoplasms. Methods: The patients were referred to the Hema...

A 70-year-old white woman presented a papular zosteriform eruption on her right upper thorax and right arm. Shiny, erythematous-purplish or £esh-coloured papules 2 ^ 3 mm in diameter were observed, isolated or closely arranged in little plaques (Fig. 1). The patient complained only of mild itching; no systemic signs and symptoms were referred. Two months earlier the patient had a C5 ^ C6 right ...

Patients with keratotic lesions distributed in a unilateral, linear, zosteriform or localized pattern and revealing histopathologic features of dyskeratotic acantholysis have been reported previously. There is some controversy in the appropriate nosologic classification of this entity. Some authors consider it as a localized form of Darier’s disease while others place it as a variant of e...