OBJECTIVES To report a new case of late renal cell carcinoma recurrence. METHODS Renal cell carcinoma represents approximately 3% of all adult malignancies. The most frequent metastatic sites are lung (76%), regional lymph nodes (66%), bone (42%), and liver (41%), and it is the third most common infraclavicular neoplasm to metastasize to head and neck. RESULTS 73 year-old man with a 1 week ...

Squamous cell differentiation (SCD) may occur in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) only at metastatic sites. We have studied cytokeratin CK5/6 and P63 along with TTF1 (thyroid transcription factor 1)  and B-Raf (V-Raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B1) immunohistochemical expression in neck lymph node metastases of thyroid PTC showing SCD. The patient (21-years) presented wit...

3-4 October 2014 Naples, Italy Multi disciplinary Conference on Hepatocellular Carcinoma Museo Diocesano www.epatocarcinomacampania.com Background Thyroid cancer represents the most common cancer of the endocrine system. In 2014, 62,980 new cases and 1,890 deaths are estimated to occur in the United Sates. Thyroid cancer occurs more frequently in women than in men, and represents 5% of estimate...

OBJECTIVES To determine (1) the reliability of sentinel lymph node mapping with biopsy (SLNB) in head and neck cutaneous melanoma to accurately stage nodal basins and (2) the safety of SLNB in both the neck and parotid regions. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study with a median follow-up of 25 months. All patients had a minimum follow-up of 1 year. SETTING Academic medical center. PATIENTS E...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The size of the primary lesion and the lymph node metastasis are critical indicators for the patient prognosis. Here we attempted to assess the correlation between these 2 prognostic parameters in patients with oropharyngeal, hypopharyngeal, oral, or maxillary sinus cancer. METHODS We retrospectively studied 66 patients with oropharyngeal or hypopharyngeal (n = 24), ora...

The aim of this retrospective study was to determine the rate of metastases in the central neck compartment and examine the morbidity and rate of recurrence in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer treated with or without a central neck dissection. Two hundred and fifteen patients undergoing total thyroidectomy with preoperative diagnosis of differentiated thyroid cancer, in the absence o...

Background Recently, transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy via the vestibular approach (TOETVA) has become popular worldwide.1–3 After controlling for technique, authors used to modified radical neck dissection (MRND) papillary thyroid carcinoma with clinically positive lymph nodes in lateral compartments. To best of their knowledge, report first case TOETVA MRND. Patient A 27-year-old woman had a...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To determine the pattern of spread of WDTC to regional lymph nodes, in patients who presented with clinically positive nodes. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective chart review. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between October 2001 and December 2006, a total of 27 consecutive patients (12 males, 15 females) with clinical evidence of cervical metastasis of well-differentiated thyroid carcino...