scholarly journals Phyllodes tumor with metastases to the skull managed with local excision: A case report

Rare Tumors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 203636131989071
Author(s):  
Ronak Patel ◽  
Arjun Mehta ◽  
Kabir Suri ◽  
Hillel Bocian ◽  
James Hu

The behavior of phyllodes tumors is unpredictable and can behave as benign fibroadenomas or malignant neoplasms mimicking the course of aggressive sarcomas, characterized by distant metastases and a high short-term mortality. The malignant forms are treated with surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy, but often with poor outcomes. We examine the first reported case of an aggressive osteosarcoma subtype of phyllodes tumor that recurred in the skull after total mastectomy and adjuvant chemotherapy. The skull lesion was treated with excision, and the patient currently remains disease-free.

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 5026-5026
Author(s):  
Cynthia Wei ◽  
Clint Cary ◽  
Timothy A. Masterson ◽  
Richard Foster ◽  
Ryan Ashkar ◽  
...  

5026 Background: Malignant transformation of teratoma to PNET has an aggressive disease biology and generally poor outcomes when metastasis occurs. The optimal management of patients (pts) with PNET who have complete surgical extirpation is unknown. Most pts who are monitored with surveillance will relapse. We report results from pts with metastatic PNET who had complete surgical resection to NED status followed by adjuvant chemotherapy, most commonly cyclophosphamide + doxorubicin + vincristine alternating with ifosfamide + etoposide (CAV/IE) for 4 cycles. Methods: We reviewed records for pts with histologically confirmed malignant transformation of teratoma at Indiana University from 1990 to 2020. We identified 13 pts with PNET who underwent resection of metastatic disease to NED status followed by treatment with adjuvant chemotherapy, most commonly CAV/IE comprising of cyclophosphamide (1200 mg/m2), doxorubicin (75 mg/m2), and vincristine (2 mg/m2) alternating with ifosfamide (1.8 g/m2) plus etoposide (100 mg/m2). Treatment was delivered every 3 weeks for 4 cycles or until unacceptable toxicity. Results: Thirteen pts with metastatic PNET resected to NED status and received adjuvant chemotherapy were identified. Median age at diagnosis was 29 (range, 20 to 55). Primary tumor site was testis in 11 pts, retroperitoneum in 1 pt, and mediastinum in 1 pt. Metastasis site was retroperitoneal lymph nodes in 11 pts, mediastinal lymph nodes in 1 pt, and local mediastinal recurrence in 1 pt. After resection to NED status, all 13 pts were treated with adjuvant chemotherapy: 11 pts were treated with CAV/IE and 2 received etoposide-ifosfamide-cisplatin (VIP) x 2. Among the 11 pts who received CAV/IE: 3 pts received < 4 cycles due to toxicity and 8 completed 4 cycles. With a median follow-up of 16.3 months, 3 of 13 pts relapsed (23%) and 10 of 13 remained continuously disease free (77%). Of those who relapsed, median time to relapse was 9.3 months, 2 remained alive with disease at follow up and one patient died of disease progression. Conclusions: Adjuvant CAV/IE improves the outcomes of pts with malignant transformation of teratoma to PNET and who had resection of metastasis to NED status. Most pts who received adjuvant therapy remain continuously disease-free in comparison to historically high relapse rates in pts with resected PNET monitored with surveillance.


2016 ◽  
Vol 157 (2) ◽  
pp. 339-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aron S. Rosenstock ◽  
Xiudong Lei ◽  
Debu Tripathy ◽  
Gabriel N. Hortobagyi ◽  
Sharon H. Giordano ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paola Forti ◽  
Fabiola Maioli ◽  
Marco Zoli

AbstractThe association between early glycemic change and short-term mortality in non-diabetic patients with acute intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is unclear. We retrospectively investigated non-diabetic patients with lobar (n = 262) and non-lobar ICH (n = 370). Each patient had a random serum glucose test on hospital admission and a fasting serum glucose test within the following 48 h. Hyperglycemia was defined as serum glucose ≥ 7.8 mmol/l. Four patterns were determined: no hyperglycemia (reference category), persistent hyperglycemia, delayed hyperglycemia, and decreasing hyperglycemia. Associations with 30-day mortality were estimated using Cox models adjusted for major features of ICH severity. Persistent hyperglycemia was associated with 30-day mortality in both lobar (HR 3.00; 95% CI 1.28–7.02) and non-lobar ICH (HR 4.95; 95% CI 2.20–11.09). In lobar ICH, 30-day mortality was also associated with delayed (HR 4.10; 95% CI 1.77–9.49) and decreasing hyperglycemia (HR 2.01, 95% CI 1.09–3.70). These findings were confirmed in Cox models using glycemic change (fasting minus random serum glucose) as a continuous variable. Our study shows that, in non-diabetic patients with ICH, early persistent hyperglycemia is an independent predictor of short-term mortality regardless of hematoma location. Moreover, in non-diabetic patients with lobar ICH, both a positive and a negative glycemic change are associated with short-term mortality.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiang Lei ◽  
Guangming Li ◽  
Xiaofen Ma ◽  
Junzhang Tian ◽  
Yun fan Wu ◽  
...  

AbstractThe aim of this study was to analyze initial chest computed tomography (CT) findings in COVID-19 pneumonia and identify features associated with poor prognosis. Patients with RT-PCR-confirmed COVID-19 infection were assigned to recovery group if they made a full recovery and to death group if they died within 2 months of hospitalization. Chest CT examinations for ground-glass opacity, crazy-paving pattern, consolidation, and fibrosis were scored by two reviewers. The total CT score comprised the sum of lung involvement (5 lobes, scores 1–5 for each lobe, range; 0, none; 25, maximum). 40 patients who recovered from COVID-19 and six patients who died were enrolled. The initial chest CTs showed 27 (58.7%) patients had ground-glass opacity, 19 (41.3%) had ground glass and consolidation, and 35 (76.1%) patients had crazy-paving pattern. None of the patients who died had fibrosis in contrast to six (15%) patients who recovered from COVID-19. Most patients had subpleural lesions (89.0%) as well as bilateral (87.0%) and lower (93.0%) lung lobe involvement. Diffuse lesions were present in four (67%) patients who succumbed to coronavirus but only one (2.5%) patient who recovered (p < 0.001). In the death group of patients, the total CT score was higher than that of the recovery group (p = 0.005). Patients in the death group had lower lymphocyte count and higher C-reactive protein than those in the recovery group (p = 0.011 and p = 0.041, respectively). A high CT score and diffuse distribution of lung lesions in COVID-19 are indicative of disease severity and short-term mortality.


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