that can be the result of trauma (iatrogenic or noniatrogenic) or may have an idiopathic cause (1). Reduction mammoplasty also invokes extensive soft tissue injury and this occasionally leads to fat necrosis. Fat necrosis is often depicted on mammography as characteristic round calcifications with lucent centers (oil cysts) or as dense amorphous solid calcifications (2). On occasion, however, f...

This report describes two patients who developed leiomyosarcomas, one involving the subcutaneous tissue of the thigh and the pelvic soft tissues and the other the urinary bladder, following hereditary retinoblastoma 36 and 38 years earlier, respectively. There is an increased risk of the development of sarcoma, most commonly osteosarcoma, as a second malignancy following hereditary retinoblasto...

INTRODUCTION Soft tissue mesenchymal tumours are a common occurrence in surgical practice with particular predilection for the extremities. Approximately 1 in 100 soft tissue tumours are found to be sarcomas. The main concern is to exclude any evidence of malignancy. Both imaging studies and a detailed histological analysis is required to ensure that a diagnosis of a high-grade tumour is not mi...

The relatively low incidence and often atypical clinical presentation of soft-tissue sarcomas (STS) impedes early and adequate diagnosis. Patients may report on recently enlarged soft-tissue swellings, infrequently complain of painful lesions, or even have no symptoms at all.A thorough diagnostic work-up is essential in order to distinguish between benign soft-tissue tumours and STSs. Patient h...

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is the gold standard for determining lymph node involvement with diagnostic accuracy > 95%, even though it cannot be carried out passing the needle through the primary tumor or vascular structures, and it can be technically difficult. Four conventional criteria characteristic of malignant lymph nodes (LN) utilizing EUS in m...

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is the gold standard for determining lymph node involvement with diagnostic accuracy > 95%, even though it cannot be carried out passing the needle through the primary tumor or vascular structures, and it can be technically difficult. Four conventional criteria characteristic of malignant lymph nodes (LN) utilizing EUS in m...

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is the gold standard for determining lymph node involvement with diagnostic accuracy > 95%, even though it cannot be carried out passing the needle through the primary tumor or vascular structures, and it can be technically difficult. Four conventional criteria characteristic of malignant lymph nodes (LN) utilizing EUS in m...

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is the gold standard for determining lymph node involvement with diagnostic accuracy > 95%, even though it cannot be carried out passing the needle through the primary tumor or vascular structures, and it can be technically difficult. Four conventional criteria characteristic of malignant lymph nodes (LN) utilizing EUS in m...

BACKGROUND Rhabdomyosarcoma is a rare, soft tissue malignancy, diagnosed particularly in adults. It commonly metastasizes to the bone marrow. We present a rare case of an adult rhabdomyosarcoma which illustrates the importance of magnetic resonance imaging in identifying early changes in the internal bone structure. CASE REPORT A 50-year-old male presented with acute urinary retention. The pa...