An inflammatory pseudotumour of the larynx: a case report and literature review of an unusual tumour.

Background: Inflammatory pseudotumour (IPT) is a rare benign pseudoneoplastic proliferation of unknown etiology, often showing locally aggressive behaviour. Conflicting theories about exaggerated response to injury versus true neoplastic origin have been suggested.

Methods: We report a case of laryngeal pseudotumour in a 73-year-old man presenting with hoarseness and slowly progressive dyspnea and a short review of the English language literature on the subject.

Fascin in ovarian epithelial tumors.

Fascin contributes to the formation of actin-based protrusions involved in cell migration. Fascin has emerged as a prognostic marker in some carcinomas. We examined ovarian neoplasms to check any correlation between fascin expression and established clinicopathologic parameters.

Death from spontaneous coronary artery dissection in a healthy postmenopausal woman.

Spontaneous dissection of the coronary arteries, in the absence of trauma, is an unusual but well-documented entity that occurs usually in middle-aged women. It is a rare cause of sudden death and myocardial infarction. Coronary eosinophilic arteritis is suggested to result in a predisposition to intimal disruption and dissection.