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Jan 11, 2018Open AccessArticle
Thyroglossal duct cysts
are one of the most common congenital abnormalities of the cervical region.
Complications of these swellings are rare, and among these, appearance of a
carcinoma has also been noted. Thyroglossal duct cyst carcinoma (TGDC) is a
rare entity and its management is controversial. The incidence of thyroid
papillary carcinoma in thyroglossal duct cyst is less than 1%, in most cases, the diagnosis is made postoper ...
Dec 22, 2017Open AccessArticle
A collision tumor involving a tracheal sarcomatoid carcinoma
and a papillary thyroid carcinoma has never been reported in the literature. A 78-year-old
female presented with a large neck mass and hoarseness. A fine needle aspiration
demonstrated papillary thyroid carcinoma. Imaging revealed a right thyroid mass
invading into the tracheal lumen with bulky ipsilateral lymphadenopathy. The patient underwent
a total thyroidectomy, tra ...
Dec 01, 2017Open AccessArticle
Primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of the breast is a rare tumor that has been considered special features within conventional breast carcinomas until recently. In this article, we present a case report of a 77-year-old woman with a metastatic grade I primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of the breast that has been growing for seven years. The patient was treated with hormone therapy with good outcome.
Nov 30, 2017Open AccessArticle
Introduction: Results of laparoscopic colectomies from developing nations are reported rarely. We report our results of laparoscopic abdominoperineal resec-tion (LAPR) for low rectal cancer at K Hospital (National Cancer Hospital of Vietnam). Materials & Methods: From January 2012 to December 2015, a to-tal of 135 patients who were diagnosed with low rectal adenocarcinoma were recruited to evaluate for LAPR surgical outcome perfor ...
Oct 20, 2017Open AccessArticle
Vulvar cancer is a rare
female genital neoplasm representing 5% of all gynecological malignancies, and
occurring most frequently in women between the ages of 65 and 75. The most
common histological type is squamous cell carcinoma followed by melanoma, basal
cell carcinoma, and adenocarcinoma. In the early disease stage, surgical
treatment can be effective; however, once recurrence and metastas ...
Oct 18, 2017Open AccessArticle
In Tunisia, bladder cancer represents the first urological cancer before
even prostate cancer. However, its diagnosis is often delayed to the stage of
invasive tumor. Systemic chemotherapy represents an option for inoperable
and/or metastatic forms. Our study’s aims were to report our center’s therapeutic
results for locally advanced and metastatic forms of bladder cancer and to
analyze its prognosis factors. In our 40 patients wi ...
Jul 18, 2017Open AccessArticle
Male breast cancer is a
rare disease. In Tunisia, it represents 1% of all breast cancers and 1.6% of
Male neoplasia. This work is a retrospective study about 5 male patients with
breast cancer, treated in the department of medical oncology at Fattouma
Bourguiba University Hospital of Monastir (Tunisia) during a period of 3 years
from March 2013 to March 2016. Results showed that: invasive ductual carcinoma was the histological
typ ...
Jul 06, 2017Open AccessArticle
Abrikossoff’s
tumor or granular cell tumor is a rare soft and usually benign tissue neoplasm
of neural origin. It occurs usually in the neck region or in the head. About
16% occur in the vulva. Some malignant cases have been reported in literature.
Granular cell tumor was described first by Abrikossoff in 1926. The
histogenesis of granular cell tumors is unknown. The clinical diagnosis of
vulv ...
May 18, 2017Open AccessArticle
Secretory breast carcinoma (SBC) is a very rare subtype of breast carcinoma that reported mostly in young women, with a median age of 25 years. Despite the low frequency, SBC elicits pathologic interest because of their unique morphology and excellent prognosis. Authors report a 23-year-old woman presented with a nodule in retro areolar region of her right breast. Microbiopsic examination reve ...
Apr 19, 2017Open AccessArticle
Introduction: The diagnosis of brain metastasis and/or epilepsy
remains a challenge in neurological symptomatic and asymptomatic cancer
patients. Despite improved imagery and clinical approach, an early diagnosis
requires more tools. Neuron Specific Enolase (NSE) is a specific molecular
marker for mature nerve cells dosed at high levels in fetal and early postnatal
brain, and is also a tumor marker in some types of neuroendocrine ...
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