This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Although epithelioid blue nevus (EBN) is a rare variant of blue nevus that was first report...

Introducción: el sarcoma de células dendríticas interdigitantes es una entidad poco frecuente, incluida en grupo neoplasias histiocitos y que conjunto corresponden a <1 % los tumores afectan ganglios linfáticos tejidos blandos. Se dispone alrededor 120 casos la literatura, siendo ligeramente más frecuente hombres, con edad promedio 50 años. Su presentación clínica usual nodal, generalmente c...

BACKGROUND Cordyceps taii, an entomogenous fungus native to south China, is a folk medicine with varieties of pharmacological activities including anticancer effect. To validate the ethnopharmacological claim against cancer, the antitumor and antimetastatic activities of chloroform extract of C. taii (CFCT) were investigated in vivo. METHODS The in vitro cytotoxic activities of CFCT against h...

A 29-year-old male Caucasian presented with a 5-month history of left anterior chest pain and dyspnoea. There was no associated cough, haemoptysis, fever, weight loss or night sweats. He was a never smoker with no previous exposure to asbestos. On general examination, he had multiple freckles and tattoos. His lower left chest wall was tender on palpation but no other abnormalities were present....

Eosinophilic cellulitis (EC) is described as erythematous plaques with perivascular and interstitial infiltration of eosinophils. EC is associated with various skin disorders, and occurs in adverse drug reactions to many medications (1). A previous report described a patient with EC who was found to have increased interleukin (IL)-5-producing circulating T cells (2), suggesting the coexistence ...

Objective: To review the computed tomography (CT) and contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) features and clinical outcomes of renal epithelioid angiomyolipomas (EAMLs). Materials and methods: Seventeen patients diagnosed with EAML from January 2004 to June 2015 at the Second People’s Hospital of Lianyungang and Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital were included. All of the patients underwent CT, and ...

Skin is the most common localization of primary melanoma, however in 2–6% of patients a metastasis of melanoma without a detectable primary tumor is found [1]. This is referred to as melanoma of unknown primary origin (MUP). It usually presents as cutaneous or sub-cutaneous nodules or lymph node metastases [2]. The theories concerning the etiology of MUP include the presence of a melanoma that ...

Background: A solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) is a rare clinical tumor, often manifesting as solitary nodules. It is a rare condition that occurs in the scrotum. Currently, no study has reported this condition. Case summary: We reported a case of an SFT in a 77-year-old man, and discuss its diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and treatment. Clinical and histopathological features, as well as the En...

UNLABELLED An observational multicentric Italian trial on sentinel node biopsy (SNB) in melanoma patients was performed to diffuse a common SNB protocol nationwide (Italy). We report herein the results of this trial. The influence of some technical aspects on the outcome of SNB was also investigated, because a certain degree of variability was accepted in performing lymphoscintigraphy. METHOD...

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Malignant rhabdoid tumors (MRTs) are rare high-grade ma-lignancies in the renal or extraren...