Context: The present study concentrates on the need for a novel tumor marker in breast carcinoma, which could be the hepatocyte growth factor (HGF). It is a fibroblast-derived growth factor which acts on cells of mainly epithelial origin, known for its mitogenic, motogenic, and morphogenic activities.
Aims: The aim of this study is to correlate serum HGF levels with clinicopathological parameters of breast cancer.
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor is an uncommon soft tissue neoplasm of uncertain biologic behavior, and rarely reported in the stomach. An eighteen-year-old male presented with a mass in the epigastrium of three-month duration. Clinical and radiological examination suggested a gastrointestinal stromal tumor or a leiomyoma in the lesser curvature of the stomach.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSertoliform endometrioid carcinoma of the ovary (SEC) is an uncommon variant that bears histologic similarity to sertoli and sertoli-leydig cell tumors. We report an interesting case of SEC in a 55-year-old female with a left ovarian mass with torsion. Histology revealed an SEC, featuring foci of typical endometrioid carcinoma, and areas composed of uniform, small, hollow tubules lined by columnar cells with apical cytoplasm.
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Malakoplakia of the gastrointestinal tract is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder, usually affecting the descending colon, sigmoid colon and rectum. It is commonly seen in adults. Only few cases have been reported in children.
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