Extramammary Paget’s disease (EMPD) is a rare form of primary or secondary intraepithelial adenocarcinoma typically presenting within the fifth through seventh decades life. Though cases EMPD localized to scrotum are not associated with underlying malignancy, evaluation dermal and angiolymphatic invasion in conjunction pertinent laboratory investigations, e.g., serum CEA, essential rule out mal...

Cutaneous manifestations can occur in the wide range of internal malignancy. They can occur by metastases or local spread, direct infiltration, or a site of primary malignancy itself. Sometimes these manifestations are related with an underlying malignancy but they do not contain malignant cells as paraneoplastic dermatological syndromes. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most common le...

Bowen's disease has been viewed as a skin marker for internal malignancy by dermatologists for decades. If substantiated, it certainly would help in early detection of an occult malignancy. We conducted a matched case-control study to evaluate the significance of this link. Ninety patients with Bowen's disease diagnosed between 1972 and 1986 were selected for study. These patients were matched ...

Dermatomyositis (DM) is a rare idiopathic inflammatory myopathy with characteristic skin lesions. Case series have shown an association between dermatomyositis and malignancy. Malignancy has been found in 15-25% of the adult patients with dermatomyositis. A 50-year-old new case of breast cancer, was admitted with muscle weakness and inability to walk. Physical examination revealed fever, perior...

Background: Albinos in Africa are at constant risk of developing skin cancer due to the damage caused by ultra-violet exposure. This study identifies the common skin conditions among albinos in Kenya as a country located along the equator.    Methods: In this descriptive study on albino patients who were admitted to Mbagathi District Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya the census method was...

Non-melanoma skin cancer is the most common malignancy amongst Caucasians worldwide with basal cell and squamous cell cancer being the most common. Giant skin cancers are a relatively rare type of skin cancer that are, by definition, greater than 5 cm. This subtype by itself is associated with a significantly increased risk of complications and mortality. Myiasis is defined as infestation of bo...

BACKGROUND Malignant tumors in the proximal fibula are rare but life-threatening; however, biopsy is not routine due to the high risk of peroneal nerve injury. Our aim was to determine preoperative clinical indicators of malignancy. METHODS Between 2004 and 2016, 52 consecutive patients with proximal fibular tumors were retrospectively reviewed. Details of the clinicopathological characterist...

AIMS To determine frequency, type, determinants, and outcome of malignancies in children with end stage renal failure. METHODS All Dutch patients, aged less than 15 years, who started chronic renal replacement therapy between 1972 and 1992 and who were at least 18 years old on 1 January 1997, were retrospectively studied. RESULTS Mean follow up from first renal replacement therapy was 15.5 ...

Malignancy is the third major cause of death among transplant recipients. Patient and kidney outcomes after diagnosis malignancy are not well described. We reviewed incidences colorectal, lung, PTLD, renal patients who received a from January 2000 to December 2018 using UNOS/OPTN database. Incidence each was measured at 5 years 10 transplant. The Kaplan–Meier curve used for time-to-event analys...

Ecthyma Gangrenosum is a severe skin disease commonly associated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa septicemia, there an increased risk of infection in patients malignancy undergoing chemotherapy notably Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). We present case report CLL patient infested by P. aeruginosa.