Deceptive Giant Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma of the Esophagus: An Extremely Rare Surgical Case

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 200-205
Author(s):  
Xiao-Xin Shi ◽  
Meng-Ying Liao ◽  
Li-Li Tao ◽  
Xin-Gen Wang ◽  
Wei-Hua Yin

Dedifferentiated liposarcoma rarely occurs in the esophagus. It always has atypical clinical manifestations and different pathologic features, which usually lead to misdiagnosis and mistreatment. Given its poor prognosis, early and accurate diagnosis is of the utmost importance. The accumulation of similar cases is critical for surgeons and pathologists to raise awareness of such tumors. This report aims to discuss the diagnosis and provide a reference for the clinical diagnosis and treatment for pathologists and clinicians.

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jia Zhou ◽  
Meng Du ◽  
Shuai Chang ◽  
Zhiyi Chen

AbstractUltrasound is one of the most important examinations for clinical diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases. The speed of image movements driven by the frequency of the beating heart is faster than that of other organs. This particularity of echocardiography poses a challenge for sonographers to diagnose accurately. However, artificial intelligence for detection, functional evaluation, and disease diagnosis has gradually become an alternative for accurate diagnosis and treatment using echocardiography. This work discusses the current application of artificial intelligence in echocardiography technology, its limitations, and future development directions.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Tian ◽  
YaNan Xiao ◽  
TengLong Zhang ◽  
Jie Wang ◽  
CaiLong Jin ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Pure testicular choriocarcinoma is very rare in clinic and the patient's age is 20-39 years (median age 29 years). Because of its polymorphic manifestations, it is not always suspected and patients are sometimes misdiagnosed. The case should be reported due to the rarity of the disease ,the onset age and the rapid progression of the disease. This case with primary lung cancer as the first diagnosis is a misdiagnosis. We hope we can provide some experience for clinical diagnosis and treatment. Case presentation: We report the case of a 46-year-old man who was admitted to our hospital with bloodshot sputum. Histopathological and immunohistochemical examination revealed pure choriocarcinoma. The patient had received radiotherapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, Over the next 5 months, the patient developed symptoms of multiple system metastases and died soon. Conclusions: Testicular choriocarcinoma is progressing rapidly. The clinical feature of choriocarcinoma is hemorrhaging at the metastatic site. Early diagnosis and timely treatment should be combined with the clinical manifestations and medical history of patients to strive for a longer survival time. We hope this case can provide guidance for the clinical diagnosis and treatment of the disease.


2020 ◽  
pp. 27-34
Author(s):  
A. Nikitina ◽  
A. Rusanova ◽  
A. Zhilenkova

HIV infection is a significant problem in the modern world, because there are more and more infected people every year. This article will consider: the clinical picture, diagnosis and treatment of this disease in different countries. Based on these data, the following conclusions will be made to help doctors in their future practice correctly approach the diagnosis and treatment of patients with this disease.


Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1581
Author(s):  
Swalih P. Ahmed ◽  
Javier S. Castresana ◽  
Mehdi H. Shahi

Glioblastoma (GB) is one of the most common types of lethal brain tumors. Although several treatment options are available including surgery, along with adjuvant chemo and radiotherapy, the disease has a poor prognosis and patients generally die within 14 months of diagnosis. GB is chemo and radio resistant. Thus, there is a critical need for new insights into GB treatment to increase the chance of therapeutic success. This is why microRNA (miRNA) is being potentially considered in the diagnosis and treatment of glioblastoma. The objective of our review is to provide a holistic picture of GB up-regulated and down-regulated miRNA, in relationship with the expression of other genes, cell signaling pathways, and their role in GB diagnosis and treatment. MiRNA treatment is being considered to be used against GB together with radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Moreover, the use of miRNA as a diagnostic tool has also begun. Knowing that miRNAs are isolated in almost all human body fluids and that there are more than 3000 miRNAs in the human genome, plus the fact that each miRNA controls hundreds of different mRNAs, there is still much study needed to explore how miRNAs relate to GB for its proliferation, progression, and inhibition.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 100741
Author(s):  
Chinju Susan Chacko ◽  
Shravya Lakshmi S ◽  
Anjali Jayakumar ◽  
Steffy Ligi Binu ◽  
Ramesh Datta Pant ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 030006052098565
Author(s):  
Cai-Fu Zhao ◽  
Su-Fen Zhao ◽  
Ze-Qing Du

Small cell carcinoma of the cervix is a rare malignant tumor in the clinical setting. Clinical manifestations of this tumor are mostly similar to those of normal types of cervical cancer. Small cell carcinoma of the cervix only shows symptoms of neuroendocrine tumors, such as syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH). Most of the hyponatremia caused by SIADH can be managed after removal of the cause. Hyponatremia is a predictor of poor prognosis and can be used as an indicator of partial recurrence. We report a case of small cell carcinoma of the cervix complicated by SIADH. Our patient presented with irregular vaginal bleeding after menopause. After one cycle of chemotherapy, there was trembling of the limbs, and a laboratory examination showed low Na+ and low Cl− levels. After limited water intake, intravenous hypertonic saline, and intermittent diuretic treatment, the patient’s blood Na+ levels returned to normal. After a radical operation, the above-mentioned symptoms disappeared.


2013 ◽  
Vol 162 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mabrouk Bahloul ◽  
Anis Chaari ◽  
Hassen Dammak ◽  
Mohamed Samet ◽  
Kamilia Chtara ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingqi Qiao ◽  
Peng Sun ◽  
Haijun Wang ◽  
Yang Wang ◽  
Xianghong Zhan ◽  
...  

We performed an epidemiological investigation of subjects with premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) to identify the clinical distribution of the major syndromes and symptoms. The pathogenesis of PMDD mainly involves the dysfunction of liver conveyance and dispersion. Excessive liver conveyance and dispersion are associated with liver-qi invasion syndrome, while insufficient liver conveyance and dispersion are expressed as liver-qi depression syndrome. Additionally, a nonconditional logistic regression was performed to analyze the symptomatic features of liver-qi invasion and liver-qi depression. As a result of this analysis, two subtypes of PMDD are proposed, namely, excessive liver conveyance and dispersion (liver-qi invasion syndrome) and insufficient liver conveyance and dispersion (liver-qi depression syndrome). Our findings provide an epidemiological foundation for the clinical diagnosis and treatment of PMDD based on the identification of different types.


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