Partial Gastric Resection for Symptomatic Anemia following Diagnosis of Merkel Cell Carcinoma (MCC) of the Skin with Gastric Metastasis.

Unlabelled: Merkel Cell Carcinoma (MCC) is a rare dermatologic malignancy with significant morbidity and mortality associated with metastatic disease. In this case, we discuss and extremely rare presentation of MCC with metastasis to the stomach in a patient that presented with profound anemia. Unfortunately, mortality following diagnosis of MCC with gastric metastasis approaches 67% at 4 months based on available published reports.

Changes in skeletal muscle and adipose tissue during cytotoxic chemotherapy for testicular germ cell carcinoma and associations with adverse events.

Objectives: To quantify changes in body composition during cytotoxic chemotherapy for germ cell carcinoma of the testis (GCT) and evaluate associations between change in skeletal muscle and adipose tissue and chemotherapy-associated adverse events.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective single-institution study evaluated men with GCT treated with cytotoxic chemotherapy from 2005 to 2018. We measured skeletal muscle index (SMI [cm/m]), skeletal muscle density (SMD [Hounsfield Units (HU)]), skeletal muscle gauge (SMG [cm²*HU/m²]), fat mass index (FMI [kg/m]), visceral adipose index (VAI [cm/m]), and subcutaneous adipose index (SAI [cm/m]) on axial computed tomography images at the level of the third lumbar vertebra within 75 days before and after chemotherapy.

Testicular Rupture: The Other Nutcracker Syndrome.

Scrotal trauma is a rare incident but when it occurs it is typically among 6 to 12 years old boys. It is most commonly unilateral secondary to compression of the scrotal contents against the pubic bone. The majority of trauma to the scrotal region is blunt impact but serious injuries are rare despite the vulnerable position of the testicles.

-negative extra-nodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue (MALT) type following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB).

Gastric MALT lymphoma is a common type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that has the potential for cure in patients found to have concomitant () infection. This case report explores the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of -negative MALT lymphoma in a patient with a history of a RYGB.

Characterization of an Acellular Scaffold for a Tissue Engineering Approach to the Nipple-Areolar Complex Reconstruction.

A significant number of patients undergo mastectomies and breast reconstructions every year using many surgical-based techniques to reconstruct the nipple-areolar complex (NAC). Described herein is a tissue engineering approach that may permit a human NAC onlay graft during breast reconstruction procedures. By applying decellularization, which is the removal of cellular components from tissue, to an intact whole donor NAC, the extracellular matrix (ECM) structure of the NAC is preserved.

Re-endothelialization of rat lung scaffolds through passive, gravity-driven seeding of segment-specific pulmonary endothelial cells.

Effective re-endothelialization is critical for the use of decellularized scaffolds for ex vivo lung engineering. Current approaches yield insufficiently re-endothelialized scaffolds that haemorrhage and become thrombogenic upon implantation. Herein, gravity-driven seeding coupled with bioreactor culture facilitated widespread distribution and engraftment of endothelial cells throughout rat lung scaffolds.