Post-Operative Radiation in Early Breast Cancer with N1 Disease: 10-Year Follow-Up.

Post-operative radiotherapy for post-menopausal women with early breast cancer and N1 disease is controversial. Although locoregional control is improved, overall survival (OS) benefit is unclear. The clinical benefit of post-operative irradiation in this group of patients over 10 years was reviewed.

Omental venous malformation: a rare cause of spontaneous haemoperitoneum.

Spontaneous haemoperitoneum is a rare condition with a variety of aetiologies. Regardless of the cause, it is invariably a life-threatening condition that requires urgent diagnosis and management. The most common causes of spontaneous haemoperitoneum include gynaecological, hepatic, splenic and vascular causes.

Fulminant varicella hepatitis: a rare but lethal cause of abdominal pain.

An 81-year-old woman with no history of immunocompromise presented with 2 days of upper abdominal pain associated with nausea. On arrival, her physical examination was unremarkable apart from mild epigastric and right hypochondriac tenderness, and laboratory investigations were unremarkable apart from mild thrombocytopenia and transaminitis. A CT scan performed on the day of admission revealed a tiny 0.

Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma: Rare presentation of incidental large hepatic mass.

Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma (FDCS) is a rare tumor, and it is even rarer for FDCS, to affect liver. FDCS is recognized as a distinct entity by the World Health Organization (WHO). Diagnosis is usually post resection and based on typical immunohistochemical stains.

A Review of Arteriovenous Fistulae Creation in Octogenarians.

Background: To analyze the outcomes of arteriovenous fistulae (AVFs) creation in octogenarians.

Methods: A retrospective study of 47 AVFs created in patients aged 80 years and above from 2008 to 2014. Patient and AVF characteristics and outcomes were evaluated.