Dropped gallstones mimicking intraabdominal implants or tumor: A report of two cases.

Introduction And Importance: Dropped gallstones are an uncommon complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Few reports have described dropped gallstones that were found accidently. Here, we encountered two cases of dropped gallstones that were unexpectedly found during surgery.

Chylomicron retention disease caused by a new pathogenic variant in sar1b protein: a rare case report from Syria.

Background: Chylomicron retention disease (Anderson disease) is a result for variant of the SAR1B gene. It is a rare autosomal recessive hereditary disorder with most incidence in infant. It is characterized by lipid malabsorption syndrome with fatty, chronic diarrhea, and growth retardation.

A mixed-type intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas with a histologic combination of gastric and pancreatobiliary subtypes in a 70-year-old woman: a case report.

Background: Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms are rare papillary pancreatic neoplasms arising from major pancreatic ducts, characterized by duct dilation and mucin secretion. They comprise approximately 1% of all exocrine neoplasms and are classified according to their anatomical sites into main duct-type, branch duct-type, and mixed-type intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms. Histological examination plays a crucial role in distinguishing and classifying intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms into gastric, intestinal, pancreatobiliary, and oncocytic subtypes.

Cutaneous leishmaniasis: an evolving disease with ancient roots.

Background: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) remains a prioritized neglected tropical disease. CL novel presentations call for updating its features.

Methods: A multiregional cohort of 396 patients with confirmed CL was reviewed.

BRAF analysis on a spectrum of melanocytic neoplasms: an epidemiological study across differing UV regions.

BRAF mutation has been linked to the development of melanocytic tumors in homogeneous Caucasian cohorts. The role of solar UV radiation (UVR) in BRAF mutation status is poorly understood. We studied the epidemiology of BRAF mutation across a spectrum of melanocytic neoplasms in populations with differing UVR rates.

Predictors of BRAF mutation in melanocytic nevi: analysis across regions with different UV radiation exposure.

Background: BRAF mutations have been implicated in initiating promutagenic cellular melanocytic proliferation mostly based on homogeneous Western-based cohorts. Data addressing the possible interaction between exposure to different solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) magnitudes and BRAF mutation rate (BMR) in melanocytic nevi are limited.

Design: Extended BRAF testing for 9 mutations in 225 melanocytic nevus (MN) cases derived from 211 patients from 4 different UVR regions: Lebanon (n = 95; 110 kJ · m(-2) · yr), Syria (n = 23; 93.

Cutaneous leishmaniasis mimicking inflammatory and neoplastic processes: a clinical, histopathological and molecular study of 57 cases.

Background: Cutaneous leishmaniasis displays considerable variation in its histopathological and clinical presentation. Clinically, it progresses from a papule into a painless ulcerated and crusted nodule/papule. Microscopically, it progresses from sheets of amastigote-filled histiocytes to granulomatous inflammation.

Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma with neuroendocrine/neuronal differentiation: report of 3 cases.

The aim of this study is to report the clinicopathologic characteristics of 3 cases of alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma with neuroendocrine/neuronal differentiation. Specimens of 3 cases of alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma were studied using histologic, immunohistochemical, ultrastructural, and molecular genetic techniques. The patients were a 19-year-old man with metastatic alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma in a groin lymph node, a 16-year-old girl with alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma of the perineum, and a 20-year-old man with recurrent orbital alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma.

A case of fibroblastic low-grade malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor--a true neurofibrosarcoma.

The authors report a case of low-grade retroperitoneal malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) showing Schwannian and fibroblastic differentiation in individual tumor cells. The tumor was detected in a 29-year-old male and posed diagnostic difficulty because of the unusual morphologic and immunophenotypic features. Morphologic examination of the H&E sections revealed a rather circumscribed, highly vascular, moderately cellular spindle cell tumor.