Publications by authors named "Mianxin Chew"

We report two cases of nasal alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (ARMS) in adult patients from our center who presented with local mass effect and systemic involvement. Our first patient had spontaneous unilateral epistaxis. Her blood investigation showed severe thrombocytopenia, and the bone marrow biopsy result showed bone marrow infiltration by non-hematopoietic malignant cells.

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Schwannoma is a rare benign neurogenic tumor arising from the Schwann cells of peripheral nerves. A 77-year-old man presented with progressively worsening left nasal block and hyposmia for the past six months. Nasal endoscopy revealed a polypoidal reddish mass occupying the left middle meatus.

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Endometrial carcinoma is the only gynaecologic malignancy with a raising incidence and mortality, posing a major health concern worldwide. The upregulation of programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) on tumour cells causes T-cell suppression, which impedes antitumour immunity, promotes immune cell evasion and enhances tumour survival. The aim of this study was to evaluate PD-L1 expression in endometrial carcinoma and to correlate it with survival rate.

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