Inflammatory aneurysm of the ascending aorta; an unreported entity.

A 69-year-old woman with an enlarging ascending aortic aneurysm is presented. At operation, the patient was noted to have extensive peri-aneurysmal fibrosis and inflammation with a 1 cm thick aneurysm wall. Pathologic examination was consistent with inflammatory aneurysm.

Torsion of intrascrotal malignant testis tumors.

We report 2 cases of torsion of scrotal malignant tumors of the testis. A review of the literature disclosed several instances of torsion of intra-abdominal testicles with malignant tumors and only 1 case of a scrotal testis. The association of torsion and tumor in these cases may represent 2 manifestations of a dysplastic gonad.

Eccrine spiradenoma and dermal cylindroma.

The homologous nature and morphological similarities between cutaneous and salivary gland tumors have been well documented. This is especially true of the monomorphic adenoma, eccrine spiradenoma and cylindroma. Prior to the first full clinical and pathological description, about twenty-five years ago, the lesion of eccrine spiradenoma had been given multiple synonyms.

Sebaceous adenomas and keratoacanthomas in a patient with malignant lymphoma. A new form of Torre's Syndrome.

A women with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma developed numerous sebaceous adenomas over the face, neck, and trunk. The association of multiple sebaceous adenomas with underlying visceral malignancy was first described by Torre in 1968 and is known now as Torre's syndrome. The present case, to the best of our knowledge, is the first report of hematologic malignancy associated with Torre's syndrome.

Hepatic veno-occlusive disease due to DTIC.

A case of fulminant hepatic failure leading to death in a patient receiving DTIC for metastatic melanoma is presented. Autopsy revealed widespread centrilobular necrosis secondary to a veno-occlusive process. There was no evidence of a similar process in other organs, and common causes of similar pathology were ruled out.