A Man in His Forties with Recurrent Cat-Scratch Disease.

Cat-scratch disease (CSD) is a self-limited zoonotic infection transmitted by felines caused by the Gram-negative bacillus . It usually presents with lymphadenopathy and constitutional symptoms that resolve within eight weeks, with, or without antibiotic treatment. The diagnosis is made by serology, molecular diagnosis in a biopsy, or a positive culture.

Cytomegalovirus (CMV)-Driven Transformation: An Uncommon Cause of a Central Nervous System Pseudotumor.

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is an opportunistic virus that can cause life-threatening neurological diseases in immunocompromised individuals, particularly those with HIV/AIDS. In this case report, a patient presenting with left gait lateralization was found to have a ring-enhancing cerebral mass lesion that was attributed to CMV. To date, only eight similar cases have been documented.

Severe thyrotoxicosis as initial presentation of gastric choriocarcinoma: a case report.

Background: Extragonadal choriocarcinoma is rare and can be associated with hyperthyroidism when producing very high levels of human chorionic gonadotropin.

Case Presentation: A 62-year-old Hispanic female presented with a 3-week history of shortness of breath, palpitations, extreme weakness, new-onset hot flashes, and right flank pain. Her physical examination was remarkable for tachycardia, hepatomegaly, hyperreflexia, and tremor; goiter was absent.

Cilostazol as a noninferiority pharmacologic option to paclitaxel in early intimal hyperplasia inhibition after venous balloon angioplasty in a rabbit model: a preliminary study.

Unlabelled: The development of venous intimal hyperplasia (VIH) has not been fully studied. At present, there are no drugs approved for VIH inhibition; to investigate such alternatives, we aimed to compare paclitaxel with cilostazol in VIH early inhibition in a preliminary experimental model of balloon angioplasty. Twenty-eight male New Zealand rabbits were randomly divided into two groups: cilostazol (A) and paclitaxel (B), which underwent femoral vein barotrauma by a 4 mm balloon angioplasty.

Splenectomy for Solitary Splenic Metastasis in Recurrent Papillary Thyroid Cancer. A Case Report and Literature Review.

Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy, presenting with 23 500 new cases per year in the United States. About 7-23% of the patients will present recurrent metastases disease during follow-up. The classic variant of papillary carcinoma is less aggressive compared to its other variants like diffuse sclerosing, tall cell or columnar cell, and insular variants, and the sites to which this metastasizes is already well identified.

Immunohistochemical Expression of Nuclear β-Catenin and STAT-6 in a Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Soft Palate: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

The solitary fibrous tumors (SFT) are rare tumors in the head and neck region and there have been only 5 cases reported in the literature in the soft palate. The current paper presents a unique case of a 62-year-old male with TFS arising in the soft palate. The tumor was highly cellular, composed of bland looking haphazardly arranged spindle cells.

[Parathyroid disease: The full spectrum, from adenoma to carcinoma. Report of 3 cases].

Background: Primary hyperparathyroidism is a disease characterised by the autonomous production of parathyroid hormone. The most common cause is an adenoma, followed by hyperplasia, and rarely carcinoma.

Clinical Cases: Three cases are presented.

[Frequency of visualization of celiac ganglia by endoscopic ultrasound and its potential in assessing neural invasion in patients with pancreatic lesions].

Background: Celiac ganglia (CG) can be seen by endoscopic ultrasound; they play an important role in pain management and are a potential site for extrapancreatic tumor neural invasion.

Aims: To evaluate the frequency of CG visualization during endoscopic ultrasound examination and to evaluate the feasibility of this technique to identify extrapancreatic tumor neural invasion in patients with pancreatic lesions.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed all endoscopic ultrasound studies performed between November 2007 and June 2010.

S100A8/A9 proteins mediate neutrophilic inflammation and lung pathology during tuberculosis.

Rationale: A hallmark of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is the formation of granulomas. However, the immune factors that drive the formation of a protective granuloma during latent TB, and the factors that drive the formation of inflammatory granulomas during active TB, are not well defined.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to identify the underlying immune mechanisms involved in formation of inflammatory granulomas seen during active TB.

CXCR5⁺ T helper cells mediate protective immunity against tuberculosis.

One third of the world's population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). Although most infected people remain asymptomatic, they have a 10% lifetime risk of developing active tuberculosis (TB). Thus, the current challenge is to identify immune parameters that distinguish individuals with latent TB from those with active TB.

[Bilateral tonsillar hypertrophy as the first manifestation of B cell-small lymphocytic lymphoma with interfolicular pattern].

B-cell small lymphocytic lymphoma typically involves nodal or extranodal tissues as a diffuse proliferation with proliferation centers (pseudofollicules) obliterating normal architecture. But there are unusual patterns of involvement including interfollicular pattern that can be difficult to recognize histologically and probably represent partial or early involvement by neoplasm. Tonsillar lymphoma usually presents either as a unilaterally enlarged palatine tonsil or as an ulcerative and fungating lesion over the tonsillar area.

Immunohistochemical characterization of Renaut bodies in superficial digital nerves: further evidence supporting their perineurial cell origin.

Renaut bodies are well-demarcated cylindrical (circular in cross section) hyaline structures attached to the inner layer of the perineurium that can be found in normal and pathological nerves of various animals and humans. They are composed of spidery fibroblasts and perineurial cells immersed in an extracellular matrix that contains randomly oriented collagen fibers and elastin precursors but not axons or Schwann cells. Frequently, they are associated with thickened subperineurial capillaries.

[Gastric wall in benign cystic teratoma of the ovary].

We present the clinicopathlogical features of an ovarian mature cystic teratoma with a fully developed gastric wall containing an extensive peptic ulcer. Complete gastric wall, was the only teratomatous tissue present. There are only two previous reported cases of gastric mucosa with a peptic ulcer in an ovarian teratoma.

[Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenopathy) clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 14 cases and its differential diagnosis with other reactive and neoplastic necrotizing lymphadenopathies].

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease also known as histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenopaty (HNL) is a rare entity, originally described in Japanese population, although currently it has been described all over the world. It is more frequent in young women and it is usually located in cervical lymph nodes. We report 14 cases of HNL in Mexican population, their clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study as well as a comparative study with other necrotizing lymphadenopaties due to B or T-cell lymphomas, tuberculosis, Epstein Barr virus infection, and non-specific necrosis.

[Pure mucinous (colloid) carcinoma of the male breast. An uncommon subtype].

Pure mucinous (colloid, mucous) carcinoma of the male breast is an extremely rare neoplasm. We report the case of a 74-year-old male who displayed a rapidly growing retroareolar tumor of the left breast. The patient underwent modified radical mastectomy.

[Küttner's tumour (chronic sclerosing sialadenitis). Clinical, pathological, and immunohistochemical study in 8 cases of a little-known entity].

Objective: To present the clinical-pathological characteristics of Küttner's tumour (KT) or chronic sclerosing sialadenitis.

Material And Method: We studied 8 cases of KT that were graduated histologically according to the Seifert grading system. An immunohistochemistry panel including CD20, CD3, and keratin AE1-3 was performed.

[Expression of p53 and BCI-2 as prognostic markers and for anatomical location in gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST). Clinico-pathological and immunohistochemistry study of 19 cases].

Objective: To correlate the expression of p53 and BCl-2 with the clinical outcome and anatomic location of the gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST).

Background Data: The GIST are the most common nonepithelial neoplasm of the gastrointestinal tract. In spite of the existence of a wide range of predictive factors, their clinical outcome is unpredictable.

[Umbilical artery thrombosis. A report of a case and review of the literature].

The thrombosis of the umbilical vessels is associated to high prenatal mortality. The arterial occlusion can compromise the maternal-fetal circulation with the neonatal death. Only two cases are reported in the literature with antepartum diagnosis and neonatal survival.

[Neuroendocrine gastric carcinoma. A case report and review of current management].

Neuroendocrine or carcinoid tumors of the gastrointestinal tract considered previously extremely rare, are diagnosed at present with increased frequency due to the better capacity to identify neuroendocrine system cells in normal and pathologic conditions. Occasionally, these tumors secrete a great variety of vasoactive substances, producing the carcinoid syndrome. Gastric carcinoids are classified, according to their degree of differentiation into well differentiated and poorly differentiated tumors, also called neuroendocrine carcinomas.

Nitrotyrosine localization to dermal nerves in borderline leprosy.

Background: Nerve damage is a common and disabling feature of leprosy, with unclear aetiology. It has been reported that the peroxidizing agents of myelin lipids-nitric oxide (NO) and peroxynitrite-are produced in leprosy skin lesions.

Objectives: To investigate the localization of nitrotyrosine (NT)-a local end-product of peroxynitrite-in leprosy lesions where dermal nerves are affected by a granulomatous reaction.

Case report: Ocular gnathostomiasis in northwestern Mexico.

A 42-year-old woman from Culiacan in the Sinaloa State of Mexico presented with a four-year history of migratory, pruritic, painful swellings of the face. Palpebral edema with conjunctival erythema developed when lesions developed near the eye. Routine eye examination showed a mobile worm in the anterior chamber.