background: ovarian cancer is the most common cause of cancer death worldwide. incidence of ovarian cancer is more common in postmenopausal women. premenopausal onset is rare and the present study described two cases of ovarian clear cell tumors in young women. case presentation: the patients presented with pelvic mass which was confirmed by sonography and laparotomy and final diagnosis was mad...

purpose: to determine the prevalence of various types of conjunctival lesions, at a tertiary ophthalmic center in fars province, south of iran. methods: histopathologic slides and medical records of conjunctival lesions submitted to the pathology department of khalili hospital, shiraz, iran was reviewed from april, 2009 to july, 2013. the histopathologic diagnoses were categorized into benign, ...

ocular surface may be involved by different neoplastic lesions ranging from benign to highly malignant. recognition of risk factors, clinical presentations, pathology, and different therapeutic modalities is essential for selecting an appropriate approach. this article deals with the proper approach to ocular surface squamous neoplasia (ossn) including conjunctival/corneal intraepithelial neopl...

micropapillary variant of urothelial carcinoma (uc) of the bladder is an aggressive tumour, comprising 0.6-6% of all uc. it generally presents with high-grade and stage, and has been reported as having a worse prognosis when compared to traditional uc. we report the case of a 58-year-old man who presented with macroscopic haematuria. the patient was diagnosed with high-grade urothelial carcinom...

the paranasal sinuses are known to be a rare location for metastasis. renal cell carcinoma (rcc) is the most frequent primary tumor to metastasize to the sinonasal region, followed by lung and breast cancer. in particular, clear cell type rcc, which represents approximately 85% of rccs, is characterized by early metastasis, and it sometimes spreads to unusual sites (1, 2). metastatic tumors in ...

background and aim: basal cell carcinoma (bcc) is the most common skin neoplasm and the most common type of cancer. since the incidence of injury is taken into consideration in the pathologic diagnosis, the study of clinical and microscopic views of bcc is of particular importance. the present study aimed at determining the frequency of clinical and microscopic views of bcc in a 10-year period ...

squamous cell carcinoma (scc) is the most common malignancy of the oral cavity. this study aims to evaluate different treatment procedures including neo-adjuvant, concurrent and adjuvant therapy in treating squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck by a meta-analysis.the authors searched all electronic databases (medline, embase and cochrane) for all the articles published from 1970 to janua...

the larvae causing myiasis can lead extensive tissue destruction, invasion into deep tissues and secondary infec­tions. poor hygiene, low socioeconomic condition and presence of open wounds are the most important predisposing factors. this case report describes destructive wound myiasis in a 58-year-old male patient diagnosed with maxillary sinus squamous cell carcinoma who lives in a rural are...

this report is related to a female 7-year-old crossbreed sheep whose right eye had been protruded andswelling of upper eyelid was observed. routine enucleating was performed. histopathological evaluation ofeyelid revealed coincidence of two kinds of neoplasms. the first part was composed of multiple lobules ofsebocytes, which were detected as meibomian adenoma. the second section included infil...