When ovarian mature teratoma peritonitis mimics cancer: What is the best treatment?

•Ruptured dermoids can present with chronic peritonitis which can mimic malignant disease.•Surgical washout is mainstay of treatment for chronic peritonitis with ruptured dermoids.•Corticosteroids can be considered as second line for chronic peritonitis when surgical washout alone is insufficient.

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy with paclitaxel/carboplatin/bevacizumab in advanced vulvar cancer: Time to rethink standard of care?

Vulvar cancer remains a rare entity and treatment options for advanced disease are limited. This case report highlights the excellent response of two patients with FIGO Stage IV vulvar cancer treated with neoadjuvant paclitaxel/carboplatin/bevacizumab chemotherapy. While definitive conclusions are impossible, neoadjuvant chemotherapy may ultimately prove to be a better initial treatment option for locally advanced disease in terms of quality of life and response compared to the traditional chemoradiation regimens.

The role of fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the prostate in staging adenocarcinoma.

Stage A prostate cancer is defined as the incidental finding of cancer in specimens obtained by transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) in a clinically benign gland. A low-to-moderate grade tumor involving less than 5% of the TURP specimen has been termed Stage A1; a high-grade tumor or tumor involving more than 5% of the TURP specimen is termed Stage A2. Most investigators agree that Stage A1 disease has a significantly better prognosis than Stage A2 disease and may not warrant radical prostatectomy.

Adrenal hemangioma: an unusual adrenal mass delineated with magnetic resonance imaging.

Adrenal hemangioma should be included in the differential diagnosis of any large calcified adrenal mass. We report to our knowledge the eighth surgically removed lesion and describe its appearance on magnetic resonance imaging. This imaging includes features seen in hemangiomas elsewhere, in particular a heterogeneous mass with enhancing peripheral high intensity foci on T1 images.