Publications by authors named "Clinton Westover"

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  • Desmoid tumors are rare, locally aggressive tumors often found in the abdomen, making up 0.2% of breast tumors, with specific risk factors like previous surgeries, high estrogen levels, and genetic conditions influencing their occurrence.
  • A case is presented of a patient with a past breast cancer diagnosis, who discovered a desmoid tumor during evaluation for heart issues, initially mistaken for recurrent cancer due to complications from implant surgery.
  • Treatment for breast desmoid tumors typically involves surgical excision with negative margins and reconstruction, but emerging strategies like "watchful waiting" and medical management are also being considered as viable options.
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Background: The most commonly isolated organisms in a parapneumonic effusion include S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae, and S.

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We report a case of a 4-year-old Brazilian boy, who presented with an erythematous and painful nodule involving the skin of his left arm. Immunohistochemistry was performed for S100, SOX10, CD34, desmin, SMA, HMB-45, CD1a, and CD163, and fluorescence in situ hybridization for EWSR1 gene rearrangement using a break-apart probe was completed. Immunohistochemistry showed bland spindle cells with "floret-like" appearance simulating a giant cell fibroblastoma; tumor cells were positive for S100 and SOX10; neoplastic cells were negative for CD34, desmin, SMA, HMB-45, CD1a, and CD163; and fluorescence in situ hybridization showed an EWSR1 gene rearrangement.

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The following fictional case is intended as a learning tool within the Pathology Competencies for Medical Education (PCME), a set of national standards for teaching pathology. These are divided into three basic competencies: Disease Mechanisms and Processes, Organ System Pathology, and Diagnostic Medicine and Therapeutic Pathology. For additional information, and a full list of learning objectives for all three competencies, see http://journals.

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