Primary thyroid lymphoma: a case series.

Introduction: Primary Thyroid Lymphoma (PTL) is defined as lymphoma involving the thyroid gland alone or the thyroid gland and adjacent neck lymph nodes without contiguous spread or distant metastases at the time of diagnosis. Most thyroid lymphomas are B cell lymphomas, and 98% of all PTL cases are non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. It is a rare disease accounting for around 5% of the thyroid neoplasms and 2% of extranodal lymphomas.

Fertility-Sparing Surgery in Infiltrative Mucinous Carcinoma of the Ovary.

Introduction: Mucinous ovarian carcinoma is often diagnosed early and can affect young patients. The preservation of the female reproductive organ is one of the critical issues, especially for nulliparous women. This case report aims to reconsider the safe outcome of fertility-sparing surgery for infiltrative type mucinous ovarian carcinoma.

A huge prolapsed cervical leiomyoma: A case report.

Introduction And Importance: Uterine leiomyoma is the most common pelvic tumor in women. Its cervical location is rare and may extend into the vagina in 2.5 % of cases.

Surgical resection of a massive residual retroperitoneal mass after chemotherapy for a paratesticular rhabdomyosarcoma: a case report.

Introduction: Paratesticular rhabdomyosarcoma is a rare and aggressive mesenchymal tumor, accounting for only 7% of all rhabdomyosarcomas. It is mainly encountered in children and adolescents. The standard treatment consists of radical orchidectomy with negative surgical margins.

Chemoradiotherapy or chemotherapy as adjuvant treatment for resected gastric cancer: should we use selection criteria?

Background: The management of gastric adenocarcinoma is essentially based on surgery followed by adjuvant treatment. Adjuvant chemotherapy (CT) as well as chemoradiotherapy (CTRT) have proven their effectiveness in survival outcomes compared to surgery alone. However, there is little data comparing the two adjuvant approaches.

The management of pancreatic metastasis from synovial sarcoma of the soft tissue: A case report.

Pancreatic metastases are rare, accounting for 2%-3% of pancreatic tumors. The pancreas represents an unusual metastatic site of synovial sarcoma (SS) outside the usual localizations (regional nodes, lung, bone, and liver). The diagnosis is evoked by the personnel medical history of SS and imaging then confirmed by histological examination of the guided pancreatic biopsy.

An Aggressive Presentation of Merkel Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report.

Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare malignant neuroendocrine tumor more common in immunosuppressed old patients. It is characterized by a high frequency of local recurrence, regional nodal metastasis, distant metastasis, and low survival rate. The diagnosis of MCC is challenging due to its rarity and can be clinically mistaken for other skin cancer.

Pure Ductal Carcinoma in Situ in The Male Breast: A Rare Entity.

Pure ductal carcinoma in situ of male breast (DCIS) is extremely rare. Only a few cases have been reported until now. Its treatment is not well established.

A Single Liver Metastasis From Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Parotid Gland: Case Report.

Adenoid cystic carcinoma is an uncommon malignant neoplasm of the salivary gland. Liver metastasis from salivary gland cancer is a rare situation. In this article, we report the case of a 29-year-old woman treated 5 years previously for adenoid cystic carcinoma of the parotid gland by surgery and radiotherapy, who presented for a large hypervascularized hepatic metastasis of 20 cm.

Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans of the Breast in Man: An Extremely Rare Entity With a Review of the Literature.

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is a rare sarcoma of soft tissue representing about 1% of all tumors. In addition, DFSP occurs commonly on the trunk and extremities, and only a few cases of DFSP have been observed on the breast. In men, only 11 cases, including this case, have been reported.

Vulvar Darier-Ferrand dermatofibrosarcoma: unusual localization of a rare tumor.

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is a low-to-intermediate grade sarcoma of dermal origin that rarely presents in the vulva, typically occurring on the trunk of young to middle-aged adults. Even though it has a low potential for distant metastases, it often recurs locally. Therefore, surgical excision is the treatment of choice.

[Cutaneous melanoma: about 200 cases].

Aim: To analyze the clinical and pathological aspects of cutaneous melanoma and to determine the prognostic factors.

Methods: This is a retrospective study about 200 cases of cutaneous melanoma collected in Salah Azaiz Institute over a period of 36 years (1969-2005).

Results: The mean age was 55.

Borderline tumors of the ovary.

Background: Borderline tumors of the ovary (BOT) were described for the first time by Taylor in 1929. These lesions have a more favorable outcome than do other ovarian cancers. Their prognosis and treatment are still subject of discussion since they occurred more often in young women where the sparing fertility surgery is always considered primarily.

Results of second-look laparotomy in advanced ovarian cancer: one single center experience.

Objective. The goal of the study was to analyse the results of 85 cases of second-look laparotomy (SLL) and explore the influence of this procedure on survival. Patients and Methods.

Clinicopathological characteristics of synchronous bilateral breast carcinomas. Report of 30 patients.

Aim: The objective of this study is to determine the clinicopathologic characteristics; incidence and prognosis value of synchronous bilateral breast carcinoma (SBBC).

Methods: This is a retrospective study done in Salah Azaiz Institute of Tunis about 30 patients with synchronous bilateral breast carcinomas diagnosed and treated over a 21-years period going from 1977 to 1997. The definition of synchronous breast lesions is the developpement of the contralateral breast cancer within 6 months.

Breast carcinoma arising within fibroadenomas. Report of four observations.

Background: Fibroadenoma is a frequent benign breast tumor affecting young woman. The incidence of a carcinoma within adenofibromas is estimated at 0.1 to 0.

[Primary carcinoid tumors of the ovary. Report of three cases].

Background: Carcinoïdes tumours are a rare type of ovarian tumours which anatomoclinical behaviour differs a little from epithelial type.

Aim: Report of three new cases.

Case Report: We report 3 observations of ovarian carcinoid tumours in patients aged 50, 23 and 28 years.

[Epithelioid leiomyosarcoma of the uterine cervix: two cases].

Background: The epithelioid leiomyosarcoma of the uterine cervix is a rare tumor. Usually, the presenting symptoms are vaginal bleeding and pelvic pain. Surgery is the standard treatment.

[Hydatid cyst of ovary. Report of 7 cases].

Hydatid disease is a wide spread disease. It is endemic in Tunisia. Man is contaminated by digestif way and by living with dogs.