Publications by authors named "Charmaine Ilagan"
Article Synopsis
- The GI tract is a rare site for breast cancer metastasis, making diagnosis challenging due to nonspecific symptoms and varying endoscopic appearances.
- Two cases are highlighted: one involves HER2-positive invasive ductal carcinoma metastasizing to the stomach, while the other involves invasive lobular carcinoma affecting the colon, presenting unusual mucosal pallor and edema.
- Tissue biopsies are essential for proper diagnosis in these cases.
Primary adenomas are common in the gastrointestinal tract but exceedingly rare on the periurethral surface and vagina. The pathogenesis remains unknown but vaginal adenomas are hypothesized to arise from vaginal adenosis or embryonic cloacal remnants and possess malignant potential. We present a case of a large primary vaginal tubulovillous adenoma in an eighty-one-year-old, likely diethylstilbestrol naïve patient.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPeripheral nerve tumors are relatively uncommon with schwannomas being the most common type. Schwannomas are usually benign encapsulated tumors composed of neoplastic Schwann cells that generally do not transform to malignancy. Many are discovered incidentally as solitary tumors.
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