A 30-year-old woman presented with hepatomegaly and an audible hepatic bruit at 24 weeks gestation. Non-contrast MRI demonstrated an exophytic 12.6 x 7.8 x 12.8 cm mass arising from the right lobe of the liver with a central scar, suggestive of focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH). Conservative management included monthly abdominal ultrasound examinations until the time of delivery, to assess growth...

Carcinoma cuniculatum is a rare variant of squamous cell carcinoma. The clinical presentation is usually a non-verrucous exophytic plaque or tumor of the plantar region with a penetration in the deep tissues. Histological examination shows a proliferation of well-differentiated keratinocytes. We describe a patient affected by a slowly enlarging tumoral lesion overlying the fifth metatarsum of t...

A 16-year-old male presented with constipation, acute retention of urine and abdominal swelling associated pain. Per-rectal examination revealed painful growth in lateral anterior wall rectum 4cm from anal verge. X-ray erect abdomen was done which showed Indistinct bowel gas pattern suggestive Intestinal obstruction. Diversion transverse colostomy view intestinal Investigations large well defin...

© 2008 Association médicale canadienne B parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation (BPOP), as defined by Nora and colleagues in 1983 (also called Nora lesion), is a rare lesion. About 160 cases of BPOP have been presented in the literature to date. The lesion is an exophytic outgrowth from the cortical surface consisting of bone, cartilage and fibrous tissue. It usually affects the proximal an...

Abstract Introduction Fibrous histiocytoma (FH) is a commonly reported soft tissue tumour which can occur ubiquitously in the body. However, its presence incredibly rare oral cavity. When they do occur, usually present as painless nodular growths with sessile base buccal mucosa. Diagnosis confirmed through clinical, histopathological and immunohistochemistry analysis. Method The description of ...

Our objective is to describe the CT features of exophytic hepatic tumors those may pose a diagnostic challenge because of the uncertainty of tumor origin. The beak sign and the feeding artery of a tumor are useful diagnostic indicators of exophytic hepatic tumors. Two- or three-dimensional reformation images are also helpful for diagnosis. The CT features of exophytic hepatic tumors are similar...

The Malignant melanoma is an uncommon primary malignant tumour of the foot.1 It occurs in different forms like superficial spreading, nodular, lentiginous and acral. Amelanotic/ hypomelanotic melanoma is a non-pigmented variety of cutaneous melanoma accounting for 2-8% of all primary melanomas.2,3 The lesion is usually exophytic and ulcerative with or without metastasis. The lesions usually beg...