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Adult onset wilms tumor.
Radiol Case Rep
March 2025
Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston MA.
Wilms tumor (WT) is the most common primary renal malignancy in the pediatric population and has very good overall survival with contemporary treatment protocols. In contrast, WT in adults is extremely rare and is associated with a poorer prognosis. The clinical presentation and imaging features of WT in adults are nonspecific and overlap with other more common forms of renal cancer, often leading to a delay in diagnosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Over the past two decades, the UK has actively developed policies to enhance early cancer diagnosis, particularly for individuals with non-specific cancer symptoms. Non-specific symptom (NSS) pathways were piloted and then implemented in 2015 to address delays in referral and diagnosis. The aim of this study was to outline the functions that enable NSS teams to investigate cancer and other diagnoses for patients with NSSs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is a rare condition in children, and its description remains limited in North Africa. The objective of our study was to describe the clinical, etiological, radiological, therapeutic, and evolutionary characteristics of children with CVT in western Algeria.
Methods: This was a retrospective observational study involving children with CVT.
Adult hypophosphatasia presenting with recurrent acute joint pain.
Endocrinol Diabetes Metab Case Rep
January 2025
Summary: Hypophosphatasia (HPP) is a genetic disorder due to pathological variants in ALPL, the gene encoding tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase (ALP). HPP is typically associated with bone-related symptoms, such as bone deformity, fractures and bone pain in children, but can appear in adults with symptoms resembling arthritis. A 22-year-old male experienced repeated and severe sudden attacks of joint pain in the elbows and knees.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Insulinoma is a neuroendocrine tumor, the main manifestation of which is hypoglycemia. However, the symptoms of hypoglycemia can be non-specific for a long time, especially outside provocative conditions, and quite often the tumor manifests from a life-threatening condition - hypoglycemic coma. In this regard, timely laboratory diagnosis of insulinoma and determination of its aggressive course is one of the priorities in modern researches.
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