Although a solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura (SFTP) is a rare disease, and usually has a benign course, it has a malignant potential. We report a case of malignant SFTP treated surgically. A 75-year-old female was admitted with a chief complaint of hemoptysis of two weeks duration. Computed tomography of the chest imaged a large mass in the right hemithorax, which compressed adjacent organs;...

but distinctive lesion with uncertain malignant potential and unknown etiology. IMT has been reported in various anatomic sites, but is rare in genitourinary tract. Pathologically, the lesion is composed of dominant spindle cell proliferation with variable amounts of an inflammatory component. These spindle cells are now known to be myofibroblasts, which account for the current designation for ...

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is well known as the most common malignant primary brain tumor. It could easily spread into the adjacent or distant brain tissue by infiltration, direct extension and cerebro-spinal fluid dissemination. The extranueural metastatic spread of GBM is relatively rare but it could have more progressive disease course. We report a 39-year-old man who had multiple bone me...

zosteriform metastasis is a rare clinical distribution from spreading neoplasms of every organ to the skin. tumors most often arise from a n internal o r hematologic malignancy. w e report a 69-year-old man, a known case of malignant melanoma of the left heel. in this case, multiple red-brown metastatic nodules appeared four months after diagnosis. distribution of metastatic lesions resembled a...

INTRODUCTION Extragenital malignant mixed Müllerian tumor is an extremely rare presentation of malignant mixed Müllerian tumor, especially when combined with a synchronous ovarian cancer. CASE PRESENTATION We report the clinical course and pathologic findings of a case of mesorectal malignant mixed Müllerian tumor with synchronous ovarian cancer, in a 50-year-old, gravida 0, para 0, Han Chine...

abstract   background and purpose: traditional lecture-based teaching has been long used to transit theoretical knowledge to the participants. due to some problems of this didactic approach, some believe that integration within an active method is more valuable in nursing education. in this study, we hypothesized that integrating lecture-based teaching within clerkship course would enhance nurs...

case description- a 2-yr-old intact male donkey (equus asinus) was presented to hospital of veterinary medicine, mansoura university with subcutaneous masses under the tail. clinical findings- physical examination revealed the presence of 2 separate 5x10 and 5x8-cm-diameter, round and firm subcutaneous masses. treatment and outcome- surgical removal of the masses applied under epidural anesthes...

background: routine screening colonoscopy is on the rise and pathologists have to deal with the ever larger numbers of excised colonic polyps. it is very important to optimize the patients’ individual treatment and further surveillance. pathologists play a critical role in management, as most of the clinical decisions concerning colonic polyp management are based on pathologic findings. one of ...

chondrosarcoma is the second most common primary mesenchymal malignant tumor of the bone. the most common form is central chondrosarcoma and the rarest is intracortical chondrosarcoma. here, we describe the clinical, pathological, and imaging features of a case of intracortical chondrosarcoma as well as the outcome of surgical treatment. this is the third case reported in the literature.

the hypertension is divided into two types: primary and secondary. the secondary type, is particularly due to renal and arterial origin and is mostly seen. in children the secondary hypertension caused by malignancies is rare. this is a case of abdominal rhabdomyosarcoma with malignant hypertension.