Added value of strain elastography in the characterisation of breast lesions: A prospective study.

Background: Elastography is a new promising ultrasonographic technique which is used to differentiate benign and malignant breast lesions based on the stiffness of the lesion.

Purpose: To determine the role of strain elastography in characterisation of breast lesions and to compare the diagnostic performances of strain elastography and conventional ultrasound (US).

Methods: In total, 113 breast lesions in 100 women were prospectively evaluated by US and strain elastography followed by the histopathological examination.

Fibrosing mediastinitis mimicking as chronic pulmonary thromboembolism.

Fibrosing mediastinitis is an uncommon, benign, progressive disorder caused by proliferation of fibrous tissue within mediastinum resulting in encasement of vital mediastinal broncho-vascular structures. Due to its rarity and variable clinical presentation, it is often misdiagnosed. We are presenting a case of fibrosing mediastinitis in an Ethiopian origin young male presenting with pulmonary hypertension due to simultaneous occlusion of pulmonary vein and arteries, clinically misdiagnosed as chronic pulmonary thromboembolism.

Extramammary orbital myofibroblastoma: a rare orbital tumor.

Extra-mammary myofibroblastomas are rare benign mesenchymal neoplasms, histologically and immune-phenotypically identical to mammary myofibroblastomas. Histologically, they are characterized by the abundance of spindle cells in hyalinized collagenous stroma with positive expression of CD 34 and desmin. We present an extremely rare case of extra-mammary myofibroblastoma of the orbit in a 29-year - old male who presented with painless proptosis of the right eye, with a description of clinical, radiological, and histological findings.