OBJECTIVE It is uncommon for dermatomyositis to be associated with papillary thyroid cancer. We report an unusual case of papillary thyroid cancer presenting with dermatomyositis. METHODS The case history, imaging and laboratory data is reviewed. RESULTS We report the case of a 62-year-old female with a prior history of dermatomyositis and breast cancer who presented with a recurrent episod...

Adenomyomatous hyperplasia is an extremely rare benign lesion of the hepatobiliary tract, including the ampulla of Vater, with most cases described in the gallbladder [1–4]. However, its importance lies in its ability tomimic bile duct tumors [1,2]. A 66-year-old man without jaundice was found to have dilatation of the common and intrahepatic bile ducts on ultrasonography performed during ambul...

Calcification in thyroid gland is associated with both benign and malignant lesion. However calcification most frequently seen lesions. can give rise to metaplasia bone containing marrow tissue. Papillary carcinoma heterotrophic ossification has been high incidence extrathyroidal invasion, multifocality, lymphnode metastsasis older age group than those without ossification. It not described as ...

We describe a cystic intraductal papillary neoplasm of bile duct (IPNB) of adenocarcinoma treated with surgical resection. An 82-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of distension of the right upper quadrant of the abdomen. On admission, a huge nontender mass was palpated in the right upper abdomen. Initial laboratory tests revealed the following serum values: aspartate aminotransf...

Intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia (IPEH) is an unusual reactive lesion of vascular origin, which rarely occurs in the oral cavity. Pathogenetically, is it divided into true, mixed and extra-vascular types. We report a case of extra-vascular IPEH of the lower lip in 54-year-old female patient. Patient gives history of trauma 4 months back with lesion developing at the site to traum...

Objective: Nodular goiter is the commonest lesion of thyroid gland. This study was carried out to see histopathological pattern of thyroid enlargement. Methodology: All thyroid lesions received in the Department of Pathology, Basic Medical Sciences Institute, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre Karachi, over a period of five years were reviewed and relevant special stains were performed. Results...

Endovascular papillary angioendothelioma, also known as Dabska tumor, is a rare vascular neoplasm that usually involves the skin or subcutaneous tissue of children. There have been no reported cases of this lesion occurring in bone. We report a Dabska tumor in the distal femur of a 45-year-old woman who, clinically and radiologically, was felt to have an osteoid osteoma. Histologic study of the...

conclusion in breast cancer after nac, the lesion t2 relaxation time was reduced in the responders, and this finding is potentially useful to assess the response to nac. results in 26 cases with nac, the mean lesion t2 relaxation time before nac was 81.34 ± 13.68 ms, compared with 64.50 ± 8.71 ms after nac. significant differences in the lesion t2 relaxation times existed between the pre- and p...