Introduction: Ectopic tooth eruption may result owing to one of 3 processes: developmentalDisturbance, iatrogenic activity, or pathologic process, such as a tumor or a cyst. In rare cases, occlusion of the sinus ostia may predispose a patient to develop a maxillary sinus mucocele. When the maxillary sinus is invaded, symptoms usually occur late in the process.   Case report: A 17 years old boy...

Purpose. The aim of this study was to evaluate long-term outcomes of sacrococcygeal germ cell tumors (SC-GCTs) over a 15-year period. Materials and Methods. A retrospective review was conducted of all pediatric patients treated for SC-GCTs at our hospital from 1998 to 2012. Results. Fifty-seven patients were treated for SC-GCTs with the most common in Altman's classification type I. Age at surg...

INTRODUCTION Isolated vaginal metastases from colorectal cancer are extremely rare. There are only a few reported cases in the English literature, and the characteristics of such cases of metastasis remain relatively unknown. PRESENTATION OF CASE We present a case of isolated vaginal metastasis from rectal cancer in a 78-year-old female patient. The patient had no symptoms related to vaginal ...

in this report, we have presented 18fdg-pet findings of organized hematoma of the maxillary sinus (ohms) that showed an increased fdg uptake in the peripheral rim of the mass with central photopenia. to our knowledge, this is the first case report in the literature reporting fdg-pet/ct findings of ohms. careful interpretation of metabolic (fdg-pet/ct) and anatomic (ct and mri) images should be ...

Vaginal Brenner tumor is extremely rare. Only five cases have been reported in the English literature to date. Here we report a vaginal Brenner tumor in a 76-year old postmenopausal woman, who presented with a 2.5cm-sized sessile vaginal polyp. Microscopically, it showed characteristic features of Brenner tumor consisting of three components; transitional islands, glands, and dense fibrous stro...

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BACKGROUND Ovarian yolk sac tumor (YST) is a very rare malignancy arising in young women. Chemotherapy has dramatically improved the prognosis. Current treatment consists of surgery followed by bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin (BEP) chemotherapy. However, given the rarity of this tumor, ovarian YST-specific survival and outcome after such treatment are not precisely known. PATIENTS AND MET...

BACKGROUND Functioning stromal cells are sometimes seen in primary and metastatic ovarian neoplasms. However, the cytologic features of functioning stromal cells have been described only rarely. CASE A 19-year-old woman had an alpha-fetoprotein-producing ovarian yolk sac tumor with functioning stroma. Her preoperative serum testosterone level was elevated. Imprint cytology showed that the fun...

T. De La Motte Rouge1, P. Pautier2, P. Duvillard3, A. Rey3, P. Morice4, C. Haie Meder5, P. Kerbrat6, S. Culine7, K. Fizazi2, C. Lhomme3 Medical Oncology, Institut Curie, St. Cloud, FRANCE Medecine Oncologique, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, FRANCE Medecine Oncologique, Institut de Cancerologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, FRANCE Surgery, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, FRANCE Radiotherap...