A 23-year-old Nigerian man with a giant (8.5 kg) benign intrathoracic fibromyxoma presented in respiratory distress with what looked clinically and radiologically like a massive left-sided pleural effusion. The correct preoperative diagnosis was suggested by an almost 'dry tap' together with a solid resistance to the aspiring needle at chest aspiration. Complete removal was successfully accompl...

An Bras Dermatol. 2017;92(4):584-95. lobulated, of benign behavior, but which can persist or recur if it is excised in an inadequate manner, being recommended the complete excision of the lesion and postoperative follow-up.2,3 Nail bed is involved in 50% of the cases, and can rarely have a history of trauma preceding the onset of the lesion. Less frequent locations have already been described a...

This case is of a 26 year old female evaluated for gross hematuria and suprapubic pain found to have a large bladder tumor. She subsequently underwent successful robotic assisted laparoscopic partial cystectomy. Pathology revealed pseudosarcomatous fibromyxoid tumor, an uncommon lesion that occurs most frequently among young females and must be distinguished from other malignant lesions, as tre...

ovaries we found that new growths of connective tissue had been developed in their stroma, containing in some places myxomatous tissue. Since ovarian connective-tissue tumours seldom occur, and much difference of opinion exists as to their origin, as is shown by the work of Leopold,1 so we took much interest in this case, as the swelling has not yet been described which here presented itself. A...

Introduction: Myxomas are a group of benign rare tumors of connective-tissue origin that occur in both hard (central) and soft tissues of the body. The aim of this study is to highlight our experience in the management of central myxoma of the jaw, with emphasis on its clinic-epidemiologic features as seen in our environment.  Materials and Methods: All patients who were managed for central myx...

We present a case of a superficial acral fibromyxoma (SAFM) of the distal aspect of the thumb with radiographic evidence of extrinsic pressure erosion of the underlying cortex. This 47-year-old woman presented with a slow-growing mass over the distal aspect of the right thumb that proved to be SAFM on surgical pathology. This is a relatively rare mesenchymal neoplasm of the periungual and subun...