We describe a 2 ½ year old boy presenting with fever, abdominal pain and splinter haemorrhages of the nails. On further examination there were signs of pneumonia with pleural effusion. This was treated with mini-thoracotomy, drainage and intravenous antibiotics. Further diagnostic workup for underlying causes showed diffuse cystic lung disease, suggestive of Langerhans cell histiocytosis. This ...

INTRODUCTION Desmoid tumors are very rare, benign fibrous neoplasms arise from the musculoaponeurotic structures throughout the body. CASE REPORT The patient was a seven-year old boy with a large mandibular mass growing over a period of six months. His CT-scan showed a large mass, 13 cm in diameter in the cheek area extending to the neck and trachea. Biopsy was compatible with desmoid fibroma...

Aim: Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a proliferative disease caused by abnormal proliferation of histiocytes in the bone marrow dendritic structure. LCH very rare adults and its incidence 1-2 cases per million. Therefore, there still no clear management plan adults. It was aimed to evaluate adult patients.
 Materials Methods: Ten patients who were followed up at Erciyes University H...

Introduction. Hodgkin lymphoma is a highly curable lymphoid malignancy; however treatment of a significant number of patients remains challenging. Case Report. The authors present an unusually rapidly progressing case of refractory advanced stage classical nodular sclerosis subtype Hodgkin lymphoma with unfavorable prognosis. A 66-year-old male patient was refractory for first-line doxorubicin,...

Introduction: Desmoid tumors are very rare, benign fibrous neoplasms arise from the musculoaponeurotic structures throughout the body.   Case Report: The patient was a   seven-year old boy with a large mandibular mass growing over a period of six months. His CT-scan showed a large mass, 13 cm in diameter in the cheek area extending to the neck and trachea. Biopsy was compatible with desmoid fib...

As the geriatric population is growing, it is increasingly important to be familiar with chemotherapy for the elderly. Age-related changes in pharmacokinetics are documented for doxorubicin, etoposide, ifosfamide, daunorubicin, mitomycin, cisplatin and methotrexate. The hematological toxicity of most standard-dose chemotherapy is not affected by age in patients with normal organic functions and...

RATIONALE Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma (FDCS) is a rare neoplasia composed of spindle or oval cells with follicular dendritic cell differentiation, usually occurring in lymphoid tissue. In this report, we present a case of FDCS of the small intestine with liver metastasis. PATIENT CONCERNS A 19-year-old female presented with recent onset of left upper abdominal pain. Abdominal computed t...

Objective: To report a case of long-term disease free and successful pregnancy after fertility sparing staging surgery with adjuvant chemotherapy in a 46,Xy gonadal dysgenetic with malignant germ cell tumor. Materials and methods: A case report from a university hospital about a 19-year-old female with 46,XY karyotype ( Swyer syndrome). The patient underwent bilateral gonadectomy and staging wi...