Gastric metastasis of renal cell carcinoma 20 years after radical nephrectomy.

Renal cell carcinomas account for 2-3% of malignant neoplasms in adults. The lung, soft tissues and bone represent the most frequent sites of distant metastasis in renal cell carcinoma. Gastric metastasis is rare.

Protective role of bilberry extract against Cisplatin induced ototoxicity in rats.

To investigate the potential preventive effect of bilberry extract in cisplatin-induced ototoxicity. Thirty-five 3-3.5-month healthy adult female Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into three groups and treated as follows: Both, group 1 (n = 10) and group 2 (n = 15) subjects received a single dose of 12 mg/kg cisplatin intraperitoneally; while in group 2, bilberry extract was also administered via gavage feeding for 15 days.

Histopathological examination of patients operated on for a neck mass: 4-year follow-up results.

Objective: To investigate the diagnostic distribution of neck masses treated surgically at our clinic and also to discuss the clinical presentation and histological finding of these pathologies.

Material And Method: We retrospectively reviewed the records (age, sex, clinical presentation and histological findings) of 201 patients who presented at our clinic with neck masses between 2006 and 2010.

Results: Of the 201 patients, 98 (48.

Antiphospholipid syndrome associated with malignant mesothelioma presenting with superior vena cava thrombosis: a case report.

A 59-year-old woman who had dyspnea and neck swelling for 10 days was admitted to the hospital. Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma was diagnosed previously. According to the clinical findings, and laboratory and pathologic examination, the patient was found to have disseminated venous thrombosis and antiphospholipid syndrome, which is treatment-resistant autoimmune paraneoplastic syndrome.