Solid pseudopapillary neoplasms (SPMs) of the pancreas are extremely rare tumors of the pancreas that typically affect young women and have a favorable prognosis. Herein, we report a 25-year-old female with solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas who presented with atypical epigastric pain. The patient underwent pancreatoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe term smooth uterine muscle of uncertain malignant potential (STUMP) indicates a group of uterine smooth muscle tumours that cannot be diagnosed unequivocally as malignant but does not fulfil the criteria for leiomyoma, or its variants. In this case, we present a woman treated for infertility who presented with an asymptomatic cervical mass, diagnosed as STUMP after three cycles of controlled ovarian stimulation. We reviewed the literature with particular emphasis on the effects of STUMP upon fertility, up-to-date guidance regarding the management of patients' wishing fertility-sparing approaches and obstetric outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFabry disease, an X-linked recessive lysosomal disease, results from mutations in the gene encoding lysosomal α-galactosidase A (α-Gal A). Due to these mutations, there is accumulation of globotriaosylceramide (GL-3) in plasma and in a wide range of cells throughout the body. Like other lysosomal enzymes, α-Gal A is synthesized on endoplasmic reticulum (ER) bound polyribosomes, and upon entry into the ER it undergoes glycosylation and folding.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Phyllodes breast tumors (PT) range from benign lesions to malignant ones that may give distant metastasis. Preoperative diagnosis is difficult, while the treatment of borderline and malignant disease remains controversial.
Methods: Eighteen patients in 3 clinics were included in the study.
Peritoneal keratin granulomatosis is a rare condition included under granulomatous lesions of the peritoneum. It can be secondary to neoplasms of the female genital tract and can mimic carcinomatosis intraoperatively. A case of a 40-year-old woman with a history of polycystic ovaries and a chief complaint of vaginal bleeding is presented.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Malignant myoepithelioma of the breast is an exceptionally rare, aggressive tumor with a diverse morphology, the cytological features of which have only occasionally been described.
Case Report: Our case comprises a 74-year-old woman who was admitted to our hospital with an erythematous, inflammatory-like mass of her left breast with nipple ulceration, and clinically fixed to the chest wall. The woman underwent fine-needle aspiration and biopsy.
Malignant myoepithelioma of the breast is an extremely rare tumor composed entirely or almost entirely of malignant spindle cells with myoepithelial differentiation. Only a limited number of case reports have been descibed to date; therefore the biological behavior and treatment outcomes of this rare tumor have not been clearly determined. Herein, we present a case of a 74-year-old woman who was admitted with inflammatory-like cancer of the breast, presenting with invasion of the chest wall and axillary lymph node metastasis at the time of diagnosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe describe two different cases of prinary thyroid lymphoma (PTL). PTL is a rare malignancy. Nevertheless, it frequently presents diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.
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