Skull metastatic tumors are relatively rare medical entities and originate most often from the lungs, breast or prostate. We report a case of a 76-year-old woman who presented with a bulging, well-circumscribed mass on the right side of the forehead. Neuroimaging of the cranium detected an osteolytic lesion measuring 7 cm in the largest diameter while propagating outwards and intracranially. A ...

Introduction: Papillary lesions of the breast contain a great spectrum of lesions extending from benign papillomas to frankly invasive papillary carcinomas. There are different classifications and terminologies, and most cases have coexisting lesions resulting in difficulty both in diagnosis and management. We aim to review papillary lesions of the breast by presenting three cases with differen...

Fibroadenoma is the most common breast tumor in adolescent and young women. Fibroadenomas that consist of sclerosing adenosis, papillary apocrine metaplasia, epithelial calcifications, and/or cysts greater than 3 mm are considered as complex fibroadenoma. The relative risk of developing breast cancer in patients with complex fibroadenoma is increased, compared to women with noncomplex fibroaden...

OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the most frequent features of cystic breast lesions at ultrasound elastography, discussing the applicability of this method. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present casuistic included 150 patients referred for percutaneous breast biopsy of 175 lesions. Histologically diagnosed solid lesions (153 lesions) were excluded; lesions histologically diagnosed as cystic (22 lesions)...

OBJECTIVE To assess retrospectively the accuracy of core needle biopsy in diagnosing papillary breast lesions and evaluate the prediction of malignant papillary lesions based on sonographic features. METHODS Review of 130 papillary lesions diagnosed on core needle biopsy (2002-2008) in 110 patients. The biopsy results were compared with final surgical pathology or evolution on imaging follow-...

Introduction: Intracystic papillary carcinoma (IPC) is a rare malignant tumor of the breast. Generally, IPC shows no invasive growth outside of the cyst, however, it is often associated with invasive carcinoma. Thus, an accurate preoperative diagnosis of invasion or spread plays a crucial role in the management of patients with IPC. Case Report: A 78-year-old Japanese female presented with a la...

Hidradenoma papilliferum (HP), also known as papillary hidradenoma, is the most common benign lesion of the female anogenital area derived from anogenital mammary-like glands (AGMLG). HP can be viewed conceptually as the cutaneous counterpart of mammary intraductal papilloma. The authors have studied 264 cases of HP, detailing various changes in the tumor and adjacent AGMLG, with emphasis on ma...

Intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia (IPEH) is an uncommon benign vascular disease characterized by endothelial cell proliferation and papillary formation within the lumen of blood vessels arising from an organizing thrombus. The occurrence of this uncommon lesion is about 2% of all vascular tumors. IPEH mostly occurs in the 5th decade of life, and there is no gender or age predilect...

The gold standard for breast biopsy procedures is currently an open excision of the suspected lesion. However, an excisional biopsy inevitably makes a scar. The cost and morbidity associated with this procedure has prompted many physicians to evaluate less invasive, alternative procedures. More recently, image-guided percutaneous core-needle biopsy has become a frequently used method for diagno...