Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is the most common human genetic disease. In these patients, the incidence of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST) and gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) is increased. A male patient in his forties with neurofibromatosis 1, presented with the coexistence of multiple GISTs located at intestinal and colonic mesentery, MPNST located at his leg and atypical neurofibromatous neoplasm with uncertain biologic potential located at colonic mesentery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn women with unexplained infertility (UI) and recurrent in vitro fertilization (IVF) failures, the etiology is often unclear. Endometrial immune perturbations and the use of immune markers associated with these dysregulations are of great interest in the diagnosis and treatment of UI. However, reliable biomarkers and standardized quantification methods are lacking.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: A tumor with EWSR1/FLI fusion displaying extensive well differentiated neuroblastomatous differentiation is presented.
Case Report: A nine-year-old female patient had a thoracic vertebra 8 paraspinal mass. The lesion was resected incompletely.
In Reinke's space of human vocal fold, type III collagen forms a three dimensional network and this contains numerous minute chambers in between these fibers. These compartments are occupied by glycosaminoglycans and glycoproteins. In laryngeal fold lesions, such as Reinke's edema and vocal fold polyps, proteoglycan (PG)/hyaluronic acid (HA) components of extracellular matrix increased.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Sinonasal mucosal malignant melanoma is a rare entity. In this report we present a nasal mucosal malignant melanoma case with its histopathological and clinical features.
Case Report: An 88-year-old female patient presented with epistaxis a month ago.