PAGET'S DISEASE: CURRENT TREATMENT MODALITIES

Pagets Disease Of The Nipple

Venous Thromboembolism – Current Diagnostic and Treatment Modalities

BACKGROUND Pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis, known as venous thromboembolism (VTE), are associated with a high proportion of morbidity and mortality. AIM Aim of this review is to emphasise current diagnostic and therapeutic modalities for VTE. RESULTS No differences have been noticed in European and American guidelines in diagnostic approach of this disorder. Today there is eno...

Peyronie’s Disease: Recent Treatment Modalities

Peyronie’s disease (PD), which is characterised by fibrous plaque formation in the tunica albuginea of the penis, is associated with pain, erectile dysfunction, and anatomical malformations that negatively affect the quality of life of afflicted men. The optimum medical therapy for PD has not yet been identified. In the last 5 years, commonly used oral medications have been replaced by intrales...

Pagets disease of uncertain origin: case report

BACKGROUND Pagets disease of the nipple presents as an eczematous lesion, occurs in 1 - 4% of all female breast carcinoma cases and is invariably associated with underlying malignancy either overt or occult. The majority of these cases are invasive disease although 40-45% are associated with DCIS. CASE PRESENTATION A 39 year old lady presented to our unit with a palpable lump in the right bre...

Kimura's Disease: Diagnostic Challenge and Treatment Modalities.

CASE REPORT Five cases of Kimura's disease had been treated in our centre from year 2003 to 2010. All cases were presented with head and neck mass with cervical lymphadenopathy. Surgical excision was performed for all cases. Definite diagnosis was made by histopathological examination of the resected specimens. One out of five cases developed tumour recurrence four years after resection. CONC...