RATIONALE Metachronous sternal metastasis of thyroid carcinoma was a rare disease. There was no consensus in the treatment for bone metastasis after the initial thyroid carcinoma surgery. PATIENT CONCERNS A 53-year-old female patient was hospitalized due to recurrent dull chest pains, with a history of radical right side thyroid carcinoma 4 years ago. On examination, there was an irregular ma...

INTRODUCTION Synchronous adrenalectomy has become dispensable since retrospective studies have demonstrated no survival benefit when preoperative imaging was normal. The aim of this large bi-institutional study was to determine the appearance of synchronous and metachronous metastases to the adrenal gland as detected by computed tomography and positron emission tomography or magnetic resonance ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The pathogenesis and characteristics of multiple DAVSs are not well-known. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the angiographic and clinical characteristics of patients with multiple DAVSs with an emphasis on the pathomechanism. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred seventy-nine patients with DAVS were reviewed. Patients with ≥ 2 fistulas at anatomically separate site...

OBJECTIVE To review the experience of the diagnosis, surgical treatment and prognosis of metachronous second primary lung cancers. METHODS Between January 1983 and April 2004, 32 patients with metachronous second primary lung cancers were operated in our department. Clinical data of all these patients were reviewed retrospectively. RESULTS The initial procedures for their first primary lung...

What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Bilateral testicular germ cell tumours (BTGCTs) are rare neoplasms. Most previously published studies consist of case reports or small retrospective case series. Little is known about their epidemiological and clinicopathological characteristics. BTGCT corresponded to 1.82% of testicular tumours. Metachronous disease was about twice as f...

INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE The frequency of bilateral breast cancer is 1.4-11.0% among all breast cancers. It can present as synchronous (SC) or metachronous (MC). Data regarding clinical course of bilateral breast cancer are scarce. In this study, we therefore evaluated demographic, pathological and clinical characteristics, treatments and responses in bilateral breast cancer cases; making disti...

PURPOSE This study addressed the feasibility and effect of surgical treatment of metachronous periampullary carcinoma after resection of the primary extrahepatic bile duct cancer. The performance of this secondary curative surgery is not well-documented. METHODS We reviewed, retrospectively, the medical records of 10 patients who underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) for secondary periampull...

BACKGROUND/AIM Second primary tumors (SPTs) often occur, either synchronous or metachronous. Struma ovarii is a rare ovarian tumor represented by thyroid tissue in the ovary. Among other factors, production of thyroid hormones by the tumor or a shared genetic predisposition can further influence the development of SPTs. The occurrence of SPT, either synchronous or metachronous, following a long...

ary primary malignancy, particularly another primary soft tissue sarcoma. The incidence of a secondary primary STS occurring in a previously diagnosed adult STS patient is 12.5-fold risk of a normal health individual. Most reported synchronous or metachronous STS affect the head and neck or abdominal region, whereas those affecting the extremities are much rarer. The probability of primary STS ...

Objective: The development of a multiple primary lung cancer (MPLC) is not rare in long-term survivors after curative resections. We analysed our experience in order to verify surgical results and long-term survival in our patients. Methods: From 1971 to 1999, 80 patients with MPLC (two tumours each, total 160) were treated at the Division of Thoracic Surgery of the University of Padua. Our cri...