conclusions we described a rare case of a usually aggressive thyroid angiosarcoma in a patient living in a non-alpine region, with an unusual favorable outcome after the operation and radiotherapy. case presentation an asymptomatic 61-year-old woman presented with a right lobe thyroid nodule with fine needle aspiration cytology indicating “suspicious for malignancy” was reported in our study. h...

Summary. Leiomyoma is the most common type of mesenchymal tumor in esophagus (70-80 %) and second (about 45 stomach. But last 20 years, we can find only a small number publications devoted to them. And it leiomyoma mainly became subject differential-diagnostic comparison when evaluating other subepithelial neoplasms.
 Aim. Based on our own experience treating patients with upper gastrointe...

An 18-year-old man was referred for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy to evaluate presurgically a cavernous hemangioma of the pharynx and larynx. This condition, which caused him to experience laryngeal stridor, had been diagnosed when he was 16 years old. Therapy with propranolol, carbon laser surgery, and intralesional injection of dexamethasone had not reduced the size of the hemangioma. Magn...

BACKGROUND Cancer of esophagus is the 9 th It is aggressive with poor prognosis especially in its late stage. Cancer of esophagus is geographically unevenly distributed with high incidence found within sharply demarcated geographic confines. Earlier reports from this country indicated relatively high proportion of cases in residents of Western and Central provinces with low incidence in the res...

At the beginning of the 21st century the hypopharynx and the cervical esophagus cancer represents a major issue for all countries of the world. The epidemiology of the hypopharynx and cervical esophagus cancer deals with the spread of the disease in the human population with regard to sex, age, profession, time and space, as well as risk factors that contribute to these phenomena. The main goal...

Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a rare endothelial neoplasm mainly involving the skin, but it is often associated with AIDS. Diagnosis of gastrointestinal (GI) tract KS, a common site of visceral involvement in AIDS, is important, but endoscopic biopsy carries a risk of false-negative results (FNRs) due to its submucosal appearance. This study sought to determine the rate and causes of FNR for endosco...

A 67-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with worsening odynophagia. He had been diagnosed as having chronic neutrophilic leukemia based on excessive neutrophilia without blasts, anemia, hyperplastic bonemarrowwith normal neutrophilic maturation, and hepatosplenomegaly, without bcr/abl rearrangement [1]. Finally, he was rediagnosed as having myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN), unclassifiab...