Sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation of the spleen: A case report and literature review

Among the variants of medulloblastoma in the current WHO classification of nervous system tumors, the desmoplastic variant, which has been reported to constitute 5%-25% of pediatric medulloblastomas, is defined by its nodular collections of neurocytic cells bounded by desmoplastic internodular zones. We have studied the frequency, morphological features and biological behavior of medulloblastom...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to investigate the pathologic characteristics of nodular gastritis in children and young adults infected with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori). MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 328 patients were enrolled in this study, and the diagnosis of H. pylori infection was done with gastroduodenal endoscopy concomitant with a CLO(TM) test and pathologic analysis of the ...

International guidelines suggest ultrasound surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) early diagnosis in liver cirrhosis (LC) patients, but 40% of nodules <2 cm escape detection. We investigated the existence of an ultrasound pattern indicating a higher risk of developing HCC in patients under surveillance. 359 patients with LC (Child-Pugh A-B8) underwent ultrasound screening (median foll...

Dear Editor, In 1909, Hyde fi rst described nodular prurigo as pruritic nodules on the extensor surfaces of the lower extremities in middle-aged women. Thus, nodular prurigo is also known as Hyde's prurigo. As the name suggests, nodular prurigo is a chronic dermatosis characterised by an intensely pruritic, papulonodular eruption. We describe a patient who presented with nodular prurigo in a un...

BACKGROUND High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a promising, non-invasive technique in treating benign thyroid nodules (TNs). The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of HIFU to induce clinically meaningful shrinkage in benign predominantly solid TNs and to identify variables that influence or predict the magnitude of TN volume reduction. METHODS For each of ten subjects, HIF...

BACKGROUND The recognition of nodular melanoma is clinically challenging, and the diagnostic accuracy of dermoscopy and confocal microscopy is lower than for superficial spreading melanoma. OBJECTIVES To test a management strategy consisting in the excision of any nodular lesion that cannot be confidently and precisely classified as a benign tumor after clinical and dermoscopic examination. ...

Dear Editor, Multiple myeloma (MM) presenting as nodular liver masses is rare in clinical practice and the literature published thus far has been limited to few reports and case series.1-9 In a retrospective review of more than 2000 patients, Talamo et al10 reported that only 9 cases where there was nodular involvement of the liver by MM, whereas in one autopsy study, nodular liver involvement ...

OBJECTIVE We aimed to review the patterns of lung abnormalities of pulmonary cryptococcosis on CT images, position emission tomography (PET) findings of the disease, and the response of lung abnormalities to the therapies in non-AIDS patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS We evaluated the initial CT (n = 23) and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET (n = 10), and follow-up (n = 23) imaging findings of pu...