AIMS To report five malignant trichogenic tumours arising in longstanding, previously benign adnexal neoplasms through malignant transformation. Malignant trichogenic adnexal tumours are extremely rare neoplasms. METHODS AND RESULTS The patients were between 55 years and 79 years of age. Three of the tumours were located on the arms, two on the face. Three of our patients had a history of chr...

INTRODUCTION This paper aimed to study the ability of the "ovarian crescent sign" to predict the nature of adnexal masses and to validate the "ovarian crescent" as an ultrasonographical marker for malignancy. METHODS A prospective study was carried out in 60 consenting women with an undiagnosed adnexal mass, attending the gynaecology service and requiring operative intervention. An ovarian cr...

AIMS To present three patients with a syringomatous carcinoma (SC). SC is a rare cutaneous neoplasm, most frequently situated on the face and scalp and histologically characterised by an infiltrative pattern of basaloid or squamous cells, a desmoplastic stromal reaction, keratin filled cysts, and granular structures. METHODS The clinical histories of the patients with a SC were investigated r...

Eccrine spiradenoma is an uncommon benign adnexal tumour of apocrine differentiation. It is commonly seen in young adults with no sex predilection on upper ventral aspect of body as a solitary papule or nodule. Here we are reporting a rare case of Multiple Eccrine Spiradenoma (MES) in a 29 year male patient, who presented with multiple nodules on the anterior chest wall.

The adnexal tumours are a very heterogeneous group of lesions, more and more studied in the literature. The squamoid eccrine ductal carcinoma (SEDC) is a rare malignant variant that combines ductal structures with squamous differentiation. We report a case of dermoscopic and histological diagnosis of SEDC, treated with Mohs Surgery and with no recurrence of a tumour after 12 months of follow up.

For optimal management of a suspected malignant adnexal tumour, a multidisciplinary approach involving specialists in oncology, and sometimes in paediatrics is necessary whenever possible, as soon as it is diagnosed. (Grade A) It should be kept in mind managing cancer and pregnancy always requires a shared decision between the patient and at least a surgical oncologist, an obstetrician, a medic...

AIMS To evaluate the clinical usefulness of CA72-4 as a serum tumour marker for endometrial carcinoma and to investigate its immunohistochemical localisation in endometrial carcinoma cells. METHODS Serum concentrations of CA72-4 were determined in 72 patients with endometrial carcinoma. Immunohistochemical localisation of CA72-4 was investigated using the streptavidin-biotin method, using mon...

Benign mixed tumour of the skin (chondroid syringoma) is an uncommon skin adnexal tumour, usually presenting as a slow growing solitary painless nodule. The morphological appearances are similar to those of a pleomorphic adenoma of the salivary gland. Hair matrix and sebaceous differentiation can be seen in some lesions. Focal ossification is a rare finding. This report presents a case of a sim...

Background: Adnexal masses can be either a physiological luteal cyst, benign tubo-ovarian mass or malignancy. The signs and symptoms along with tumour markers imaging modalities are considered to differentiate between malignant adnexal mass. in pregnancy asymptomatic present acute abdomen cases of ectopic torsion. aim was study the prevalence various histopathologic types different age groups. ...