OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To assess the survival of full-thickness skin grafts and perichondrial cutaneous grafts when placed on subcutaneous soft tissue flaps used in nasal reconstruction. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective case series from a secondary-care cutaneous cancer practice. METHODS Twenty-eight patients with nasal defects secondary to basal cell carcinoma excision were included. Clinical inf...

INTRODUCTION Soft tissue mass following total hip arthroplasty raises several differential diagnoses not limited to infection, hematoma, wear debris, malignancy, and bursitis. Rice body formation in the hip region is an uncommon process denoting a chronic inflammation. We report here the second case of its kind in the medical literature of a wide symptomatic rice-like body cyst complicating a t...

INTRODUCTION Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an aerobic gram-negative bacillus that is a frequent coloniser of fluids used in the hospital setting. It causes infection in immunosuppressed hosts, especially those who are neutropaenic, on chemotherapy and broad spectrum antibiotics. Skin and soft tissue manifestations of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infection are becoming an increasingly recognis...

BACKGROUND Attempts to differentiate benign and malignant vertebral fractures may be difficult, particularly when there is no obvious evidence of malignancy. Since early diagnosis and appropriate management of malignant vertebral fractures are important, a reliable imaging modality is required. METHODS From January 1996 to December 2002, 48 patients with malignant vertebral fractures and 50 p...

BACKGROUND There is a variable degree of accuracy in discriminating benign from malignant soft tissue masses based on signal intensity and morphologic characteristics by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The aim of this study was to determine the utility of detailed component pattern assessment, in addition to morphologic study, for differentiating benign from malignant soft tissue masses by MR...

Cancers are thought to be rarer in younger population, but emerging data show an increasing incidence of these diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinicopathological characteristics of cancer among young patients (≥30 years) in Uyo, Nigeria. All specimens were collected and reviewed during the period January 2007-December 2012; complete clinicopathological data were also consid...

It has been previously noted that synovial haemangiomas in the hand and wrist are very rare pathological entities. We report the case of a 34-year-old right hand dominant male who presented to his general practitioner with an enlarging left volar wrist/ palmar mass, who further developed symptoms consistent with carpal tunnel syndrome. An MRI scan subsequently confirmed a large, complex mass wi...

BACKGROUND To investigate the clinicopathological features of six cases of soft tissue recurrent ameloblastoma and explore the role of increased aggressive biological behavior in the recurrences and treatment of this type of ameloblastomas. MATERIAL AND METHODS In this study, we retrospectively reviewed recurrent ameloblastomas during a 15-year period; six cases were diagnosed as soft tissue ...

Objective: To investigate the clinicopathological features of six cases of soft tissue recurrent ameloblastoma and explore the role of increased aggressive biological behavior in the recurrences and treatment of this type of ameloblastomas. Study Design: In this study, we retrospectively reviewed recurrent ameloblastomas during a 15-year period; six cases were diagnosed as soft tissue recurrent...