small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder (sccub) is an extremely rare bladder malignancy characterized by an aggressive clinical behavior. so, it is important to diagnose this high grade disease by urinary cytology. we report a case of sccub in an old man with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (cll) in remission, while bladder tumor was diagnosed by cytology. with this article, we aimed to review...

3000 patients, having undergone fiber - optic bronchoscopy (foli) over 10 years, in our hospital were evaluated. thec aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of lung cancer in iran and their correlation with somking and to study the clinical anil radiological signs in different cancers ami the role of fiber-optic bronchoscopy in their diagnosis and the hazards of this method, 'llxe co...

primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma is a t-cell malignancy with atypical cd30 positive lymphocytes. pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia is an uncommon finding in primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma, and may mimic squamous cell carcinoma as pseudomalignancy. careful attention of a pathologist to correct diagnosis of pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia and its underlying cau...

introduction: granular cell tumors (gcts) are rare and mostly benign soft tissue tumors. though they have been reported in all parts of body, they are generally located in the head and neck region, especially on the tongue. some malign forms exist, but these have been rarely reported. granular cell tumors have a neural origin and, in immunohistochemical evaluations, they express s-100 and neuro...

Herein, we report the F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) findings of a benign solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) of the kidney. The patient was a 63-year-old woman with a mass in the right kidney (10×9.7 cm), incidentally found on CT images. The CT scan showed a lobulated tumor arising from the hilum of the right kidney. The tumor consisted o...