6 results match your criteria: "METAXA Memorial Anticancer Hospital[Affiliation]"
A fatal neonatal case of fungemia due to Exophiala dermatitidis-case report and literature review.
BMC Pediatr
August 2022
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Attikon University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1 Rimini str, Haidari 124 62, Athens, Greece.
Background: Systemic infections caused by the black yeast-like fungus Exophiala dermatitidis are rare, but are associated with high mortality especially in immunocompromised patients. We report the first case of E. dermatitidis fungemia in a premature extremely low birth weight (ELBW) neonate who succumbed despite antifungal therapy with liposomal amphotericin (AMB) and fluconazole.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFungemia due to Moesziomyces aphidis (Pseudozyma aphidis) in a premature neonate. Challenges in species identification and antifungal susceptibility testing of rare yeasts.
J Mycol Med
August 2022
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Attikon University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece. Electronic address:
Premature neonates are at particularly increased risk to develop invasive infections with excessive case fatality due to their low birth weight, enteral malabsorbtion, insufficient microbial defenses and underdeveloped anatomic barriers. We present a case of Moesziomyces aphidis (syn. Pseudozyma aphidis) fungemia in a newborn with severe morbidity and prolonged hospital stay.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFShort- and long term outcomes after abdominal radical trachelectomy versus radical hysterectomy for early stage cervical cancer: a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis.
Arch Gynecol Obstet
July 2019
Department of Gynecological Oncology, Metaxa Memorial Cancer Hospital, Piraeus, Greece.
Article Synopsis
- Cervical cancer is a leading cause of mortality among reproductive-age women in the U.S., and abdominal radical trachelectomy (ART) is a procedure aimed at preserving fertility for those with early-stage cancer.
- A meta-analysis reviewed 5 studies involving 840 women to compare the outcomes of ART and radical hysterectomy (RH).
- Although ART took significantly longer to perform, both procedures showed similar 5-year survival and disease-free survival rates, indicating that ART is a viable option for women wanting to maintain their fertility while managing early-stage cervical cancer.
Giant solid abdominal mass with cystic lesions: a case report and diaphorodiagnostic approach.
Bratisl Lek Listy
June 2007
Department of Gynecology, Metaxa Memorial AntiCancer Hospital, Peiraeus, Greece.
A peri-menopausal woman presented with abdominal distention, pelvic discomfort and problems of constipation for the last 4 months. All clinical and radiological examinations were in favor of a giant solid mass with cystic lesions arised from the left ovary. These findings raised suspicion of a primary malignant ovarian tumor or a preudomyxoma peritonei.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEvaluation of ER, PR, MIB-1, pS2, and nuclear grade in FNA specimens of cT1 breast carcinomas: clinicopathological correlation.
Diagn Cytopathol
August 2006
Third Department of Surgery, Metaxa Memorial Anticancer Hospital, Piraeus, Greece.
Objectives were to determine oestrogen (ER), progesterone receptors (PR), and antigen related to ER (pS2) and to characterize their relationship with the cellular proliferation marker MIB-1 and the nuclear grade (NG) of the cancer cells, using fine-needle aspirates (FNA), as well as the evaluation of their clinical usefulness. The expression of ER, PR, pS2, and MIB-1 was preoperatively detected by immunocytochemistry in FNAs of 70 patients with breast adenocarcinoma and clinical tumor size up to 2 cm. The NG of the tumor cells was also assessed in these samples.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCombined androgen blockade-induced anemia in prostate cancer patients without bone involvement.
Anticancer Res
July 2003
Urology Clinic, METAXA Memorial Anticancer Hospital, Piraeus, 18537, Greece.
Background: To determine the onset and extent of combined androgen blockade (CAB)-induced anemia in prostate cancer patients without bone involvement.
Patients And Methods: Forty-two patients with biopsy-proven prostatic adenocarcinoma [26 with stage C (T3N0M0) and 16 with stage D1 (T3N1M0)] were included in this study. All patients received CAB [leuprolide acetate (LHRH-A) 3.