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Liposarcoma of the spermatic cord (LSC) is extremely rare; < 200 cases were reported in the medical literature. Because of the rarity of these tumors and their presentation as a painless inguinal or scrotal mass, preoperative diagnosis is uncertain and they are frequently misdiagnosed as inguinal hernias.

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Key Clinical Message: Mature mediastinal teratoma (MMT) is a benign tumor that is composed of well-differentiated tissues from all three germ cell layers. Malignant tumors have a distinct feature of adhering to the surrounding organs. Therefore, adhesion of MMT to the adjacent tissues, as a benign tumor, is rare and considered a surgical challenge.

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Pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia (PASH) is a rare lesion of the breast stromal tissue with unknown mechanism. Hormonal stimulation of mammary myofibroblasts is the most important theory due to stromal positivity of progesterone receptor (PR) or/and estrogen receptor (ER). We report a case of PASH with stromal PR/ER negativity.

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  • The diagnosis of decompression sickness (DCS) relies heavily on clinical suspicion, with echocardiography increasingly used to aid diagnosis, although no definitive test exists.
  • A case study involved a 54-year-old fisherman who exhibited symptoms of DCS after a rapid ascent from a depth of 50 meters; transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) revealed microbubbles in his heart.
  • Following hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), the patient's condition improved significantly, indicating that TTE could be a valuable tool for diagnosing and monitoring DCS cases in the future.
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Extra CNS metastasis of glioblastoma multiforme is extremely rare. We report a case of a 53-year-old Caucasian male who, after undergoing surgical resection and nine months adjuvant therapy, had a recurrence of the cancer with an infiltration expanding outside the cranium to the left maxilla, mandible and parotid gland.

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