Phylloides tumor of the breast: a rare neoplasm, though not that innocent.

Background: Cystosarcoma phylloides (CP) is an extremely rare form of breast cancer with an unpredictable clinical course. The histological characteristics of this neoplasm have not proved to offer much in the estimation of prognosis of these patients.

Patients And Methods: In our clinics, in a time period of 38 years, 22 patients with cystosarcoma phylloides were treated.

Missed cancers on mammograms: causes and measures of prevention.

Mammographically missed breast cancers remain a major medical and legal issue. In order to clarify causes and methods of the limitations, we present the experience of our Unit on this field. During the years 1999 and 2000, 319 breast cancer patients were admitted for surgical treatment to our Unit.

Pre-operative Tc-99m-sestamibi scanning and intra-operative nuclear mapping: are they accurate in localizing parathyroid adenomas?

Purpose: Presentation of the results of Tc-99m-sestamibi imaging in the pre-operative localization of parathyroid adenomas and the intra-operative localization of those lesions using a gamma detector (prospective study).

Patients & Methods: Eighteen consecutive patients aged 27-75 years with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) underwent Tc-99m-sestamibi scanning 1-2 hours before the operation and the presence of a single adenoma was recognized. All our patients underwent bilateral neck exploration based on pre-operative scanning and intra-operative gamma detector guidance and the adenoma was detected in the positions shown by both methods.

Carcinosarcoma of the breast: report of two cases.

Carcinosarcoma is a rare, malignant tumor of the breast, consisting of intraductal or infiltrating carcinoma contiguous or subtly merged with a highly cellular, mitotically active pleomorphic spindle cell stroma (sarcoma). It is a form of the metaplastic mammary carcinomas and it is probably derived of myoepithelial cells. We report two cases of breast carcinosarcoma in two white women.