Evaluation of an ablative and non-ablative laser procedure in the treatment of striae distensae.

Background: Striae distensae or stretch marks are atrophic linear dermal scars with epidermal atrophy. There are many therapeutic options for management, but no consistently effective modality is available yet.

Objective: We compared the efficacy of 1064 nm long pulse (LP) Nd: YAG laser and 2940 nm variable square pulse (VSP) erbium: YAG laser in the treatment of striae distensae.

Intracranial anaplastic meningioma presenting as a cutaneous lesion: a case report of a cutaneous meningioma.

Meningiomas are tumors of the central nervous system that rarely present as extracranial soft tissue masses. Meningioma of the skin is referred to as cutaneous meningioma. Cutaneous meningioma of the scalp is extremely rare and may cause diagnostic challenges.

Ovarian metastasis of a primary renal cell carcinoma: case report and review of literature.

Ovarian metastases from renal cell carcinoma (RCC) are very rare, with only 23 cases reported in the literature. We report a case of 54-year-old women who developed bilateral ovarian metastasis 39 months after diagnosis of clear cell carcinoma. Total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy was carried out.

Primary carcinoid tumor arising in a mature cystic teratoma of the ovary: a case report.

Objective: To present an extremely rare case of a primary carcinoid tumor arising in a mature cystic teratoma of the ovary. Malignant transformation of mature cystic teratoma is an uncommon complication occuring in approximately 1-3% of patients with mature cystic teratoma.

Clinical Presentation And Intervention: A 54-year-old woman presented with abdominal swelling and abnormal uterine bleeding.