Meigs syndrome consists of the presence of a benign ovarian tumor, ascites and pleural effusion, and the latter two subdued after surgical excision of the ovarian tumor. Elevated Ca-125 in this context is confusing and is reported only in a handful of cases. A rare but striking case with the above features is presented herein.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Solitary fibrous tumor is a rare type of mesenchymal, spindle-cell tumor reported mostly in the pleura. Retroperitoneal occurrence is rare and histopathological diagnosis is challenging.
Case Presentation: A 55-year-old woman with nonspecific abdominal pain was found to have a retroperitoneal/pelvic mass adjacent to the upper rectum.
Eur J Gynaecol Oncol
May 2016
Skin metastases secondary to vulvar carcinoma is an infrequent clinical entity. The authors describe a case of squamous vulvar carcinoma, which presented with cutaneous involvement as a part of distant spread. After a radical vulvectomy, bilateral inguino-femoral lymphadenectomy, and adjuvant radiotherapy, the patient developed multiple cutaneous metastases in lower extremities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Mucinous cystadenoma is the most common of benign neoplasms of the appendix and carcinoid is the most common type of primary malignant lesions of the appendix.We report a rare case of a 57-year-old female with combined mucinous cystadenoma and carcinoid tumor of the appendix.Dual carcinoid and epithelial neoplasia is a rare occurrence in the appendix.
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