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BMC Cancer
January 2025
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Background: Malignant salivary gland tumors (SGTs) present diagnostic challenges and limited treatment options. This study aims to determine the proportion of malignant SGTs overexpressing the androgen receptor (AR) by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and its association to age, sex, anatomical site, histopathological subtype and grade which may inform customized treatment approaches.
Methodology: This was a retrospective cross-sectional analytical study of archived paraffin embedded tissue blocks of malignant SGTs diagnosed at MNH Central Pathology Laboratory (CPL) from January 2019 to December 2022.
Int J Surg Case Rep
January 2025
Department of Pathology, Al-Istishari Hospital, Ramallah, Palestine.
Introduction And Importance: Pulmonary mucoepidermoid carcinoma (PMEC) is a rare lung tumor, accounting 0.1-0.2 % of lung malignancies, commonly affecting adults under 50.
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November 2024
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shimane Prefectural Central Hospital, Izumo, Japan.
A 20-year-old female underwent a health checkup that revealed an abnormal shadow in the left upper lung field on a chest radiograph. A further examination with chest computed tomography( CT) showed a 25 mm solid tumor in the center of B1+2 in the left upper lobe. A biopsy of the tumor obstructing the left B1+2 was performed during bronchoscopy, and a pathological study diagnosed it as mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the lung.
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October 2024
Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, GEO.
Sclerosing mucoepidermoid carcinoma with eosinophilia (SMECE) is a rare thyroid malignancy typically linked to chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis. We present the first documented case of SMECE in Georgia, involving a 41-year-old woman with Hashimoto's thyroiditis. A 16 mm hypoechoic thyroid nodule was detected on routine ultrasound, and fine needle aspiration categorized it as Bethesda V.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIndian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
December 2024
Department of Radiotherapy, M L N Medical College, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh India.
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