Cysticercosis is a parasitic infection caused by Taenia solium, and occurs worldwide but endemic to countries in Central South America, Africa various parts of Asia. Outside areas, common presentations included central nervous system infections rarely muscle infections. We present case report 32-year-old man presenting with soft tissue lesion his left trapezius muscle. The was imaged MRI suspec...

pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pnet) are uncommon pancreatic neoplasms, accounting for 1-2% of all pancreatic tumors. however, they have a better prognosis and long-term survival compared to exocrine pancreatic cancer. pnets can be divided into functional or non-functional based upon whether or not they excrete active substances relevant to specific clinical syndromes. skeletal muscle metast...

OBJECTIVE To determine the diagnostic value of perivascular infiltrates (PVI) in randomly obtained muscle biopsy specimens for the assessment of rheumatoid vasculitis (RV). METHODS The number and size of PVIs, defined as the presence of mononuclear or polymorphonuclear cells around > or = 50% of the circumference of a vessel wall, as well as the presence of fibrinoid necrosis were determined ...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to assess the significance of the ureteroscopic biopsy grade for patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC). PATIENTS AND METHODS This study included 40 patients who were diagnosed with a single focus of UTUC by ureteroscopic biopsy and subsequently underwent nephroureterectomy. The significance of the biopsy grade as a predictive factor f...