INTRODUCTION Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) lung disease presenting as a solitary pulmonary nodule (MAC-SPN) is often asymptomatic, is more common in middle to old age, and mimics lung cancer or tuberculoma. We report herein a case of MAC-SPN in an immunocompetent young adult patient, presenting with persistent chest pain and a subacutely progressive nodule with high intense (18)F-fluorodeox...

The efficacy of suppressing TSH secretion with levothyroxine (L-T(4)) in reducing solitary thyroid nodule growth is still controversial. In this prospective multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 123 patients with a single palpable benign nodule were included and randomly allocated to an 18-month treatment with L-T(4) or placebo. Individual dose was adjusted to allow a...

granular cell tumors are rare neoplasms of uncertain histogenesis but with a typical histologic appearance composed of cells with characteristic granular cytoplasm. these tumors occur most often in adults as an asymptomatic solitary papule or nodule. multiple granular cell tumors are rare, especially in children and teenagers. we represent a case of multiple granular cell tumors in a 19-year-ol...

The simple nodular goiter, the etiology of which is multifactorial, encompasses the spectrum from the incidental asymptomatic small solitary nodule to the large intrathoracic goiter, causing pressure symptoms as well as cosmetic complaints. Its management is still the cause of considerable controversy. The mainstay in the diagnostic evaluation is related to functional and morphological characte...

nevus lipomatosus cutaneous superficialis is a rare idiopathic hamartomatous anomaly of the skin characterized by the presence of clusters of mature fat cells among the collagen bundles of the dermis. the classic, or solitary type, presents with asymptomatic soft, skin-colored to yellow papules or nodules. we report the case of a 12-year-old boy with congenital, classical nevus lipomatosus cuta...

solitary pulmonary nodule (spn) is a frequent finding on the chest x-ray and computed tomography. nuclear medicine techniques play an important role in the diagnosis and management of spn. in the current review, we briefly will explain the different nuclear medicine modalities in this regard including positron emission tomography (pet) using 18-f-fdg, and 11-c-methionine, and single photon emis...

BACKGROUND Fine-needle aspiration biopsy has been well established as a diagnostic technique for selecting patients with thyroid nodules for surgical treatment, thereby reducing the number of unnecessary surgical procedures in cases of non-malignant tumors. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, and positive and negative predictive values of FNAB in cases of a solitary...

The Gulf Journal of Dermatology and Venereology ABSTRACT Nodular hidradenoma is a benign neoplasm of eccrine sweat glands ductal origin. It usually presents as slowly enlarging, solitary, freely movable, solid or cystic swelling. It occurs in 2050 years age group with a female preponderance. We herein report a case of nodular hidradenoma in a 64 year old female patient who presented with an asy...

A n 82-year-old white man presented with a chief complaint of productive cough without hemoptysis. He denied chest pain, dyspnea, wheezing, fevers, rigors, night sweats, weight loss, or recent travel. His medical history was notable only for bilateral venous stripping of the lower extremities 40 years ago. He was not taking any prescription medications, over-the-counter medications, herbs, or s...