ovarian mixed germ cell tumors consisting of endodermal sinus tumor and immature teratoma are very rare and have been reported only in a few case reports. here we report a rare mixed germ cell tumor of ovary which was consisted of endodermal sinus tumor and immature teratoma components with an unusual intraabdominal location. patient was a 21 years old girl with the chief compliant of abdominal...

Background: Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) can improve radiotherapy (RT) results by improving healthy tissue sparing. Additionally, IMRT provides more consistent dose deliveries and suppresses secondary tumor formation. RT is a principal treatment in breast cancer (BC). Aim: To evaluate the outcome of the Radiotherapy Plans (RTP) that use IMRT technique to left breast and other organs,...

Correspondence address: Ulisses Alexandre Croti Hospital de Base – FAMERP – Avenida Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 5544. CEP 15090-000 – São José do Rio Preto – SP Brasil Phone (Fax): 55 17 3201 5025 / 3222 6450 / 9772 6560 E-mail address: [email protected] Ulisses Alexandre CROTI, Domingo Marcolino BRAILE, Aírton Camacho MOSCARDINI, Patrícia Maluf CURY Rev Bras Cir Cardiovasc 2008; 23(1): 139-141 CLI...

BACKGROUND Because the risk of developing malignant tumors after heart transplantation is approximately 100-fold higher, methods for rapid diagnosis must be developed to allow early and aggressive treatment in these patients. Although tumor markers have been used frequently for surveying already detected cancer, we studied their value in screening for tumors in heart transplant patients. METH...

A 44-year–old previously healthy man presented with progressive shortness of breath on exertion. Chest x-ray showed clear lung fields, but dense calcification was noted within the cardiac silhouette. Sixty-four–detector row cardiac computed tomographic angiography revealed diffuse calcific infiltration of the left ventricular (LV) myocardium, which also involved the papillary muscles and mitral...

The heart is a tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-producing organ. Both myocardial macrophages and cardiac myocytes themselves synthesize TNF. Accumulating evidence indicates that myocardial TNF is an autocrine contributor to myocardial dysfunction and cardiomyocyte death in ischemia-reperfusion injury, sepsis, chronic heart failure, viral myocarditis, and cardiac allograft rejection. Indeed, locally ...

67gallium-bleomycin complex (67ga-blm) was prepared using thakour method. radio-thin-layer-chromatography of prepared complex showed a2 and b2 radiopeaks with rf at 0.7 and 0.4 respectively with a purity of above % 95. tissue uptake of 67ga-blm and 67gacl3 in twelve tissues including tumor, blood, liver, lung, spleen, muscle, skin, heart, kidney, colon, colon content ,bladder and the total body...

Valvular tumor and tumor-like lesions are rare. Fibroelastoma is the most common valvular tumor, followed by myxoma. Atypical valvular lesions, such as organized thrombus, valvular calcification and valvular abscess may develop symptoms and present morphological features similar to those of the valvular tumors. The Author here reports a case of a tumour or tumourlike lesion over the mitral valv...

To compare the radiation dose to normal cardiac tissue for 3Dimensional (3D) conformal external beam partial breast irradiation (PBI) and standard whole breast irradiation (WBI), and examine the effect of tumor bed location. For 14 patients with left breast tumors randomized on the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project B-39 protocol, computer-generated radiotherapy treatment plans...

Primary pericardial malignant mesothelioma is an extremely rare tumor even among all mesotheliomas with about 350 cases reported in the literature so far. Typically, it has an insidious presentation, with nonspecific signs and symptoms, and usually results in constrictive pericarditis, cardiac tamponade or congestive heart failure through either a massive effusion or direct tumurous constrictio...