Publications by authors named "Evelyn Choo"
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- Epstein-Barr virus-associated smooth muscle tumors (EBV-SMT) are rare but can occur in immunocompromised individuals, particularly in liver transplants, and treatments have shown limited effectiveness.* -
- A 23-year-old female kidney transplant recipient presented with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and was later found to have EBV-SMT in her liver after initially being diagnosed with myeloid sarcoma (MS).* -
- Though she achieved remission from AML/MS through chemotherapy, the EBV-SMT progressed rapidly, indicating that traditional treatments for AML/MS may not effectively target EBV-SMT.*
Prostate cancer is the most common visceral malignancy diagnosed in males. Surveillance for post-treatment neoplasms is very crucial. Here we report the first case of recurrent metastatic prostate cancer presenting as acute appendicitis in a background of a high-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasm.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 61-year-old man with a past medical history significant for heavy alcohol consumption and an extensive smoking history presented with a left neck mass which was diagnosed as a pT3N2bM0 squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the submandibular gland. The patient was later found to have recurrence with mediastinal metastasis despite adjuvant chemoradiation. He subsequently developed abdominal distention with computed tomography revealing an ascending colon mass and findings concerning for perforation.
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