Extrarenal malignant rhabdoid tumors (MRT) are extremely rare. There have been only a few cases of MRT described in the literature and even fewer in the radiology literature. We present rare uterine and hepatic MRT and their computed tomography, magnetic resonance, and ultrasound imaging features with histopathologic correlation. Although the final diagnosis is based largely on histopathology, ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the histopathologic findings in the eyes with retinoblastoma that had been treated only with chemoreduction. DESIGN Clinicopathologic series. Study Material Ten eyes of 8 patients with retinoblastoma that were enucleated after therapy consisting only of systemic chemotherapy (chemoreduction). METHODS All cases received a chemoreduction regimen including a combination o...

BACKGROUND Cow's milk protein allergy is the most common cause of food allergy. The challenge test, either open or doubled-blind with a placebo control, is regarded as the criterion standard. Endoscopy and histologic findings are considered a method that can aid in the diagnosis of this entity. AIMS The aim of this study was to describe the histopathologic findings in children suspected of co...

Oncocytic neoplasms result from metabolically altered cells that accumulate abundant mitochondria within their cytoplasm by oncocytic metaplasia. In this report, the CT findings are described and correlated with the histopathologic features of a case of oncocytoma involving the parotid gland that arose in a background of nodular oncocytic hyperplasia. When imaging demonstrates multiple small no...

BACKGROUND Tendon disorders are common problems in sports and are known to be difficult to treat. Only limited information is available concerning treatment of proximal hamstring tendinopathy. To the authors' knowledge, no histopathologic findings of proximal hamstring tendinosis have been published. HYPOTHESIS Surgery (semimembranosus tenotomy and exploration of the sciatic nerve) is an effe...

Hastalar ve Yöntem:Bölümümüzün meme görüntüleme ünitesi arşivinden son 10 yılda ultrasonografi incelemesinde memesinde kompleks kist saptanan ve biyopsi yapılan 61 olgu değerlendirildi. Kalın duvarlı-kalın septalı kistler ve solid bileşen içeren kistler çalışmaya dahil edildi. Hem kistik, hem de solid odak içeren karma tip lezyonlar çalışma dışı tutuldu. Tüm lezyonların ultrasonografi ve varsa ...

Chronic ulcerative stomatitis (CUS) is a mucocutaneous disease primarily involving mucosal surfaces, but occasionally may involve the skin. Clinically, CUS patients exhibit erosive or ulcerative lesions of the oral mucosa that resemble erosive oral lichen planus. Direct immunofluorescence (DIF) studies of mucosal or skin biopsies reveal a unique pattern of IgG immunoglobulin bound to nuclei of ...

Aim: The objective was to identify histopathologic findings of the chronic tonsillitis in the palatine tonsils. Methods: 480 palatine tonsillectomy specimens obtained from 240 patients were included in this study. 120 (66 males, 54 female) chronic tonsillitis patients and as control group 120 (60 males, 60 female) chronic adenotonsillar hypertrophy patients underwent bilateral tonsillectomy. Ei...

purpose: to report the histopathological diagnoses of recipient corneal buttons in patients undergoing penetrating keratoplasty. methods: in this observational case series, all recipient corneal specimens sent to the ophthalmic pathology laboratory of the eye bank of iran between 2004 and 2007 underwent histopathologic examination. results: overall, 315 corneal specimens were evaluated. histopa...

We retrospectively studied 42 liver biopsy specimens from 39 patients who met serologic and histologic criteria of autoimmune liver diseases. We found 10 cases of overlap syndrome (OLS), 10 autoimmune cholangitis (AIC), 10 primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), and 9 autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) type 1. The following results were obtained: (1) Granulomas and biliary duct lesions were more prominent in ...