Candida glabrata prosthetic joint infection, successfully treated with anidulafungin: A case report and review of the literature.

Non-albicans Candida prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is extremely rare. A case of a Candida glabrata knee PJI is a 68-year-old splenectomised female smoker, suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and alcoholism is reported. The patient presented with a peri-prosthetic fracture, 15 years after total knee replacement surgery.

Multifocal bone and bone marrow lesions in children - MRI findings.

Polyostotic bone and bone marrow lesions in children may be due to various disorders. Radiographically, lytic lesions may become apparent after loss of more than 50% of the bone mineral content. Scintigraphy requires osteoblastic activity and is not specific.

Bilateral gluteal metastases from a misdiagnosed intrapelvic gastrointestinal stromal tumor.

Background: The location of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) outside of the gastrointestinal system is a rare event.

Case Presentation: A 56-year old woman presented with a GIST of the pelvis was misdiagnosed and treated as a uterine leiomyosarcoma. The diagnosis was made after the CD117 (KIT) positivity in the biopsy of the excised bowel mass four years from the first presentation.