background: there has been increasing trend towards surgical treatment of metastases across different cancer types, including breast cancer, in the recent decade. single metastasis of breast cancer to sternum is a rare situation. we present a case of sternectomy for metastasis from breast cancer. case presentation: a 58-year-old woman with a history of modified radical mastectomy for breast can...

a hydatid cyst is a zoonotic infection caused by the larval forms of mostly the echinococcus granulosus. in humans, the most common site of cyst development is the liver (60%), followed by the lungs (20%), and much less commonly in other organs such as kidney, spleen, brain, and other soft tissues. the localization of cysts in muscles and subcutaneous is very rare. we report a case of 38-year-o...

natural rubber latex is the second most implicated agent in intraoperative anaphylactic reactions. this report describes a case of intraoperative anaphylaxis occurring in a non-atopic fourteen-year-old girl undergoing multiple surgical procedures, but without spina bifida, in which latex surgical gloves were the main culprit for the anaphylactic reactions. clinical manifestations of an anaphyla...

primary pleuropulmonary synovial sarcomas are rare soft tissue malignancies; combined metastatic involvement of the heart is extremely rare. in this case report, a 17-year-old female presented with a history of chest pain. chest radiographs revealed a round mass in the left upper hemithorax, and computed tomography (ct) showed a well-defined heterogeneous enhancing mass abutting the pleura. a c...

purpose : we describe clinical and radiologic findings and surgical outcome of an orbital dermoid cyst located in the superior oblique muscle tendon. this unusual location for dermoid tumors has not been reported previously. case report : a 15-year-old girl referred to us with an orbital mass in superonasal quadrant of the left orbit reportedly to be present from birth. computed tomography reve...

chondrosarcoma is a mesenchymal tumor composed of tumor cells producing cartilage. it is more common in older age and often affects the axial skeleton. we report a rare case of chondrosarcoma mimicking a sellar and suprasellar mass with parasellar extension. a 40 yr woman presented with decreasing visual acuity and headache. magnetic resonance (mr) image revealed a cystic sellar and suprasellar...

A uterocutaneous fistula is a rare clinical presentation that occurs following Cesarean section and other pelvic operations. There are only a few reports discussing the treatments. We describe a patient with successful surgical management and review the literature. A 25-year-old woman referred to our department 13 months after her first Cesarean section. She had a history of an abdominal mass a...

A 54-year-old female patient was presented with upper extremity ischemia. Further investigation revealed ulcerated atherosclerosis plaque in aorta with intramural hematoma and clot formation. The subject underwent a successful surgical resection of mass with the assistance of cardiopulmonary bypass and total circulatory arrest.