autologous bone is considered the first choice as material of cranioplasty because of its biological and anatomical features. however in some situations such as skull fractures or tumors the bone flap is not available or it must be replaced with a heterologous cranioplasty because of the development of surgical complications. authors of this study aimed to identify which are the best materials ...

The present study aims to explore the role of stromal cell-derived factor-1α (SDF-1α)/stromal cell-derived factor receptor-4 (CXCR4) signaling pathway to the clinicopathological features and prognosis of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). From January 2009 to December 2010, 102 patients with NPC and 80 patients with chronic nasopharyngitis were enrolled for the study. Immunohistochem...

Introduction: Rhabdomyosarcoma is a high-grade malignant neoplasm with skeletal muscle differentiation; common soft tissue sarcoma in children but considered one of the rarest adults. Case description: We report case 35-year-old male chronic productive cough and haemoptysis for five days. A CT scan nasopharynx revealed blocked left maxillary ethmoid sinus bone destruction. These findings raised...

BACKGROUND Choriocarcinoma is a very rare cause of ocular metastasis. Only 18 male patients have been reported on, 4 of whom survived, but with significant loss of vision. CASE PRESENTATION A 26-year-old Caucasian man, suffering from testicular choriocarcinoma with pulmonary, cerebral, renal, hepatic and osseous metastases, underwent left radical orchiectomy. While being treated with chemothe...

UNLABELLED INTRODUCTION Squamous cell carcinoma of the lung represents 30% of all non-small cell lung carcinomas. It arises from dysplasia of squamous epithelium of the bronchi and is strongly associated with cigarette smoking. Squamous cell carcinoma of the lung is known to produce metastases in the brain parenchyma. CASE PRESENTATION We present the case of an 80-year-old indigenous Austr...