Congenital ileal-mesenteric fibrous band remnant of the vitelline artery causing small bowel obstruction in an adult female: a case report.

The vitelline circulation connects the fetus and yolk sac in the first few weeks of fetal development. Its components are the vitelline duct, vitelline arteries and vitelline vein. This gradually breaks down as the placenta grows and overtakes the function of yolk sac as the primary nutrition source.

Breast cancer molecular subtypes and receptor status among women at Potchefstroom Hospital: a cross-sectional study.

Introduction: this study aimed to determine the prevalence of receptor status and molecular subtypes in women with breast cancer treated at Potchefstroom Regional Hospital, South Africa and to analyze the association of molecular subtypes with some clinicopathologic characteristics of the tumor.

Methods: the study population for this cross-sectional study consisted of 116 women with primary invasive breast cancer, treated at the hospital from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2018. Molecular subtypes were classified by immunohistochemical surrogates as luminal A (estrogen receptor (ER) positive and/or progesterone receptor (PR) positive, HER2-; Ki-67 <30%), luminal B HER2- (ER+ and/or PR+, HER2-; Ki-67 ≥30%), luminal B HER2+ (ER+ and/or PR+, HER2+; any Ki-67), HER2 enriched (ER- and PR-, HER2+; any Ki-67), or triple-negative (ER-, PR-, HER2-, any Ki-67).

Epidemiological, clinical and diagnostic profile of breast cancer patients treated at Potchefstroom regional hospital, South Africa, 2012-2018: an open-cohort study.

Introduction: Breast cancer is the second most diagnosed cancer worldwide. We aimed to depict the diagnostic approach as well as the epidemiological and clinical profile of patients with breast cancer at Potchefstroom regional hospital, South Africa.

Methods: This descriptive open-cohort study included patients with primary invasive breast cancer, confirmed by histology results and treated at the hospital from 01 January 2012 to 31 December 2018.