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Perianal skin lesions, such as skin tags, can be an early presenting sign of Crohn's disease. Surgical intervention on these lesions may increase the risk of fistula development and lead to worse outcomes. This case series examined 8 patients who underwent surgical intervention on what appeared to be benign perianal skin lesions, only to reveal fistulas leading to the diagnosis of Crohn's disea...

Fibroepithelial pharyngeal polyps are rare. We herein report a case of a 56-year-old Asian woman who presented with voice hoarseness and throat discomfort for several years because of a giant pharyngeal polyp. We resected the polyp under general anesthesia. It originated in the left hypopharyngeal wall. Postoperative recovery was uneventful. Her sore throat was diminished within 1 week after th...

1Department of Urology, Toyooka Hospital, Japan 2Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Toyooka Hospital, Japan 3Department of Pediatrics, Kansai Medical University, Japan 4Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kakogawa Central City Hospital, Japan 5Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan 6Department of Urology, Otus Red Cross Hospital, Japan 7 Pr...

We present a rare case of a benign fibroepithelial polyp of the renal pelvis in a patient with familial adenomatous polyposis. In our paper we describe a new minimally invasive technique developed in our unit using an amplatz goose neck snare via a percutaneous nephroscope sheath in the management of the benign fibroepithelial polyp of the renal pelvis and present a current review of management...

A preterm (32wks, 1.4 kg) female baby, born to a multigravida mother by emergency section in a tertiary care center (no history of consanguinity, exposure to teratogens, radiation, trauma, smoking or alcohol intake during pregnancy), presented with amputated right leg attached with a skin tag to the remaining part of right lower limb. No other defects were present. Ultrasound abdomen and craniu...

Observation: Acromegaly is a rare chronic disorder caused by overproduction of growth hormone in adulthood. Cutaneous manifestations of acromegaly are various, usually being the first presenting findings of the disease. Acrochordons are pedunculated, soft, skin coloured or hyperpigmented papules, usually of 2-5 mm in size. Giant acrochordones are rarely reported, many of them being in the vulva...

Ureteral fibroepithelial polyps are rarely seen benign tumors with mesodermal origin. These polyps can involve kidney, pelvis, ureter, bladder, and urethra. The most common symptoms are hematuria and flank pain. The choice of treatment is either endoscopic or surgical resection of polyp by sparing kidney. Here, we presented a pediatric case with giant, fibroepithelial polyp that mimics bladder ...

We stated a learning problem, which we call taming, and develop a method for this problem in [神嶌 08b, 神 嶌 08c, Kamishima 08a]. The learner for this taming requests two types of training data sets, tame and wild. The labels of tame data is highly consistent with a target concept, which we actually want to learn. In contrast, wild data are not so well maintained; thus, some labels are consistent ...

The fibroepithelial polyp of the urethra is rare in adults. Hematuria and obstructive urinary symptoms are the most common findings. The treatment of choice is endoscopic resection and the prognosis for these lesions is excellent. There is no previous report on recurrence. We describe 2 new cases, with 1 of them presenting recurrence following surgical resection.