Nephrectomy in the management of metastatic osteosarcoma.

This report discusses a rare case of nephrectomy for metastatic osteosarcoma, the first performed laparoscopically, and proposes such management as a standard of care. A 21-year-old woman with a history of metastatic osteosarcoma involving her right kidney was referred to our institution for evaluation. She was managed with a hand-assisted laparoscopic nephrectomy.

Sclerosing mucoepidermoid carcinoma with eosinophilia of the thyroid: a case report and review of the literature.

We present the clinical and histopathologic findings of a 38-year-old woman recently diagnosed with sclerosing mucoepidermoid carcinoma with eosinophilia of the thyroid (SMECE). This case is of particular interest because of its extremely aggressive clinical course. After total thyroidectomy, there was extensive bilateral thyroid lobe involvement with extension into perithyroidal soft tissues and the modified radical neck dissection contained 35 of 35 positive lymph nodes.