right inferior canaliculus in a 77-year-old man [Fig. 1]. The lesion was previously subjected to biopsy by his dermatologist with histologic results of nodular BCC. Chronic epiphora was not noted. Syringing of the canaliculus by means of a cannula of 25 G showed patency of them. Total surgical excision would have caused a loss of the permeable canaliculus. Hence, intralesional treatment with re...

introduction: nodular fasciitis is described as a benign reactive proliferation of myofibroblasts. due to its rapid-growing nature, a precise clinical diagnosis is difficult and the condition is frequently misdiagnosed as malignant lesions.   case report: in this study, we present the case of a young woman with an auricular nodular fasciitis as an example of one of the rarest sites of this tumo...

odular fasciitis, also known as infiltrative or pseudosarcomatous fasciitis, is a benign soft tissue tumor of fibroblastic/myofibroblastic differentiation that was first described in 1955 by Konwaler et al.1 The lesion often comes to clinical attention when a patient presents with a rapidly growing, occasionally painful, palpable soft tissue mass.2,3 Although benign and self-limited, nodular fa...

UNLABELLED Nodular fasciitis is the most common pseudosarcomatous lesion of soft tissue. Ki67 was considered as a useful marker for distinguishing some benign and malignant lesions. To study the usefulness of Ki67 in diagnosis of nodular fasciitis, the expression of Ki67 was examined by using immunostaining in 65 nodular fasciitis specimens, 15 desmoid fibromatosis specimens and 20 fibrosarcoma...

A 71-year-old man was referred for painless hematuria and a bladder tumor. Cystoscopy and computed tomography revealed a 3-cm oval nodular mass on the left lateral side of the bladder. The patient underwent a complete transurethral resection of the lesion and histology showed a proliferation of atypical spindle cells with inflammation consistent with a myofibroblastic tumor. After 4 and 7 month...

Ganglioneuroblastoma, nodular (GNBn) is a subtype of neuroblastic tumors. This is a rare malignancy typically affecting young children. Few cases are reported in adolescents and adults. The prognosis is related to the surgical excision radicality. Hereby we present a case of a young male patient age 13 from the Horn of Africa presenting with vague symptoms of fatigue and weight loss. Chest X-r...

Skin metastasis secondary to cancer of the prostate is rare and the prognosis is poor. A 65-year-old male patient diagnosed with metastatic colon carcinoma presented with polyuria and subcutaneous nodular mass on dorsal side of the corpus penis. The serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) level was 111.1 ng/mL and therefore the patient underwent transperineal prostate biopsy. Pathology reported a...

CONTEXT The most common malignancies associated with malignant pleural effusions are carcinomas of the breast, lung, gastrointestinal tract, ovary and lymphomas. Primary peritoneal adenocarcinoma is a very rare cause of malignant pleural effusion. CASE REPORT A 72-year old female patient presented to us with shortness of breath for the last 2 months. A contrast-enhanced computed tomography (C...

A 33-year-old man was admitted with fever, chest pain and multiple nodules. Infection was the first diagnosis and antibiotic therapy was considered for the patient. After two weeks of no improvement, infection was ruled out and based on the CT findings, metastatic tumor of the lung was strongly considered. The CT imaging of the patient also demonstrated air bronchogram in a mass-like lesion and...

abstract urinary retention, a rare childhood problem which is most commonly caused by urinary tract infection. however, neurological neoplasm must also be considered in differential diagnosis. we report here a 3 year old girlthat was referred to the pediatrics department of kashan university of medical sciences (kaums) with a history of urinary retention for 10 days. by insertion of a foley cat...