background: management of lymphedema is a challenging issue in surgery.  a variety of operations have been used, albeit with little success. objective: to investigate the efficacy of testicular patch as a lymphatic conduit. methods: an incision was made on the inguinal area of 10 dogs and all lymph nodes of inguinal area were excised. the tunica albuginea and parenchyma near the hilum of testes...

OBJECTIVE In patients with thoracic/abdominal esophageal cancer with no clinical evidence of lymph node metastasis, there is no consensus about whether the irradiation field should include regional lymph nodes. In this study, the extent of the irradiation field for clinical stage T1-3N0M0 esophageal cancer was determined based on the postoperative pathological results. METHODS From July 1989 ...

Cervical cancer is one of the most common cancers in women worldwide. The outcome of patients with metastatic cervical cancer is poor. We reviewed the relevant literature concerning the treatment and diagnosis of metastatic cervical cancer. There are two types of metastasis related to different treatments and survival rates: hematogenous metastasis and lymphatic metastasis. Patients with hemato...

study of clinical, radiological, and biological data taken from the records of 402 patients from 1966 to 1970, we suggest that a new classification should take into account the following factors: the site of onset of the disease which enables a distinction between the high cervical, mediastinal, retroperitoneal, and axillary forms, which all have their specific lymphatic extent; the involvement...

Squamous cell carcinoma of the conjunctiva is the most frequent nonpigmented malignant conjunctival tumor and often misdiagnosed. Chronic unilateral keratoconjunctivitis should be biopsied to rule out malignancy. The authors report 11 cases treated by complete excision with biopsy. 7 cases were followed up 3 months to 7 years without relapse. Beta-irradiation is recommended for cases suspected ...

Adult cutaneous Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare disease. We report two cases illustrating the variability of the clinical presentation and the response to treatment. In both cases a remission was achieved: in one case a partial remission with psoralen plus UVA irradiation (PUVA) and methotrexate plus topical corticosteroid ointment; in the other case by treatment with thalidomide....

Background: In addition to determining the exact tumor location and its geometric features, an increase of the effective tumor atomic number will enhances the chance in treating the tumoral cells under suitable radiation. In the present study, we assessed metrezoate-labeled gallium transmission in Burkett lymphatic cells. Materials and Methods: Human Burkitt lymphatic cells were grown ...