Endocrinol Diabetes Metab Case Rep
June 2021
Summary: Phaeochromocytoma is a rare catecholamine-producing tumour. We present the case of phaeochromocytoma in a young man with a background history of a double-lung transplant for cystic fibrosis (CF). Clinical case: A 25-year-old man, with a background history of CF, CF-related diabetes (CFRD) and a double-lung transplant in 2012 was presented to the emergency department with crampy abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFParatesticular tumours are pathologically rare. The vast majority are benign in nature with adenomatoid tumours representing the most common pathological entity. We present the case of a 32-year-old man, from the Indian subcontinent, who presented with a painful scrotal swelling sustained after trauma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: Fibrofatty replacement of the right ventricle wall, often with associated inflammation, is the hallmark of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), a rare but established cause of sudden cardiac death in young adults. Fatty infiltration of the right ventricle alone without fibrosis may also occur but its relation to sudden death is not well established. In this study we assessed the amount of epicardial and intramyocardial fat in the right ventricle of 'normal' hearts from subjects who had died of non-cardiac causes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims And Methods: Pulmonary parenchymal disease is common in patients with connective tissue disorders (CTDs). However, most reports precede recognition of non-specific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP). We have therefore reviewed 54 lung biopsies from 37 patients with polymyositis/dermatomyositis (PM/DM) (n = 13), Sjögren's syndrome (n = 5), rheumatoid arthritis (n = 17) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) (n = 2) to assess the overall and relative frequencies of patterns of interstitial pneumonia and their impact on prognosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEur J Gastroenterol Hepatol
September 2003
The incidence of adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus is increasing; this type of carcinoma commonly arises on Barrett's oesophagus. We report a case of in-situ adenocarcinoma of the lower oesophagus arising in submucosal oesophageal mucous glands without intestinal metaplasia. We describe the histological findings, discuss the difficulties of differentiating this from invasive disease and review the current literature regarding this rare condition.
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