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Ther Adv Med Oncol
November 2024
Department of Soft Tissue/Bone Sarcoma and Melanoma, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Roentgena 5, Warsaw 02-781, Poland.
Ewing sarcoma is a rare malignant neoplasm that primarily affects bone in children. Extraskeletal location is less common, while intradural extramedullary Ewing sarcoma (IEES) in adults is a casuistic phenomenon. Due to its rarity, a standardized treatment strategy for IEES has not been established.
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July 2024
Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Hospital de Especialidades "Manuel Ávila Camacho", Servicio de Neurocirugía. Puebla, Puebla, México.
Background: Cavernous hemangiomas are vascular malformations formed by groups of dilated sinusoids, organized in channels with a single layer of endothelium. Cavernous hemangiomas represent only 3% of all intradural lesions, and of these 5-12 % correspond to spinal cord lesions and those of the cauda equina are rare.
Clinic Case: A 57 years-old male patient is presented , without history of radiotherapy, who showed low back pain and contracture of the dorsal and paraspinal muscle during 6 months, evaluated in another hospital and diagnosed with a lumbar disc herniation, he was managed with analgesics and physiotherapy for two months, however the theraphy failed, the symptoms worsened and dysesthesias appeared in the gluteal and perianal region, with reduction of strength in both legs with predominance in the left leg, as well bladder sphincter dysfunction .
Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open
August 2024
From the Division of Plastic Surgery, Nara Medical University Hospital, Nara, Japan.
As carbon ion radiotherapy (CIRT) was developed only recently, reports of CIRT-induced ulcers requiring plastic surgery are still rare, but the number of such cases is expected to increase. Here, we describe a case of a CIRT-induced ulcer to aid the treatment of such ulcers. An 82-year-old man had a sacral chordoma (12 × 7.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Surg Case Rep
October 2024
Colorectal Surgery Unit, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address:
Introduction: Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory disorder that affects the pilosebaceous unit. Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) can emerge as a complication.
Presentation Of Case: A 58-year-old male patient with a history of smoking, obesity, and type 2 diabetes was initially managed by a dermatology team for Follicular Occlusion Syndrome manifesting as HS.
Radiat Oncol
August 2024
Department of Radiation Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 5255 Loughboro Road NW, Washington, DC, USA.
Purpose: To evaluate the relationship between delivered radiation (RT) and post-RT inversion-recovery ultrashort-echo-time (IR-UTE) MRI signal-intensity (SI) in gynecologic cancer patients treated with high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy (BT).
Methods: Seven patients underwent whole-pelvis RT (WPRT) followed by BT to the high-risk clinical target volume (HR-CTV). MR images were acquired at three time-points; pre-RT, post-WPRT/pre-BT, and 3-6 months post-BT.
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