scholarly journals S1880 A Rare Case of Rapidly Progressive Stage IV Rectal Melanoma Disguised as a Hemorrhoid

2021 ◽  
Vol 116 (1) ◽  
pp. S826-S826
Author(s):  
Brittney Shupp ◽  
Mina Aiad ◽  
Hammad Liaquat ◽  
Janak Bahirwani ◽  
Lisa Stoll ◽  
...  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhilong Wang ◽  
Xin Sun ◽  
Fengli Zhang ◽  
Ting Wang ◽  
Ping Li

Abstract Background: Adrenocortical carcinoma(ACC) is a rare and highly invasive endocrine malignant tumor with poor prognosis and insensitivity tochemotherapy, which don't have effective treatment. Although Surgical resection is considered to be the main treatment for ACC, postoperative recurrence and metastasis have become the most important factors of death. Therefore, local treatments such as trans-catheter arterial chemo-embolization, radiofrequency ablation become be new treatment for ACC. Trans-catheter arterial chemo-embolization therapy for ACC patients with liver metastasis has good efficacy and can effectively reduce the tumor burden of patients, which is considered to be safe and easy for patients. Case presentation: We report a 47-year-old female patient diagnosed with stage Ⅳ ACC with liver metastases, who developed symptoms of acute adrenocortical dysfunctions after hepatic arterial catheter chemo-embolization.Conclusion: Trans-catheter arterial chemo-embolization therapy for ACC patients with liver metastasis is not completely safe, and there is a certain probability that it will lead to secondary adrenal dysfunction. Hydrocortisone supplementation can effectively alleviate the symptoms.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 232470961773756 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zain Memon ◽  
Samson Ferm ◽  
Constantine Fisher ◽  
Akil Hassam ◽  
Jean Luo ◽  
...  

Pulmonary squamous cell carcinoma is the second most common non–small cell malignancy of the lung. It commonly metastasizes to the adrenal glands, bone, liver, brain, and kidneys. Most occurrences of metastatic squamous cell carcinoma involving the gastrointestinal tract originate from primary lung tumors. Metastasis to the duodenum, however, is exceedingly rare, with very few cases of stomach or duodenal involvement described in the literature. We report the case of a patient with stage IV pulmonary squamous cell carcinoma metastasizing to the duodenum with an uncommon presentation to add to the paucity of literature available regarding this rare finding.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuta Endo ◽  
Takafumi Watanabe ◽  
Motonobu Saito ◽  
Katsuharu Saito ◽  
Rei Suzuki ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: NTRK gene fusion is rare in gynecologic cancer. Entrectinib is a novel targeted drug which is a potent inhibitor of TRK A, B and C. Here, we present a case of recurrent ovarian cancer with NTRK1-TPM3 rearrangement, which was detected by next-generation sequencing (NGS) and treated with entrectinib. Case Presentation:A 56-year-old woman was diagnosed as having stage IV ovarian cancer due to pleural effusion. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy and interval debulking surgery followed by chemotherapy were performed. Ten months after completion of chemotherapy, the patient’s disease recurred. She was treated with multimodal therapy for recurrence. DNA-based NGS detected NTRK1-TPM3 rearrangement and entrectinib was started. However, the patient’s disease progressed despite six weeks’ administration of entrectinib, and one month after discontinuation of entrectinib, she died. After her death immunohistochemistry with a pan-Trk monoclonal antibody was performed to determine the expression of NTRK. However, immunohistochemistry was negative for NTRK.Conclusion: We presented a rare case of recurrent ovarian cancer with NTRK1-TPM3 gene fusion, in which entrectinib was not effective. While NTRK gene fusion was detected by DNA-based NGS, immunohistochemistry was negative for NTRK. Immunohistchemitory should be performed for confirmation of NTRK protein expression before entrectinib administration.


2018 ◽  
Vol 113 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. S892
Author(s):  
Niharika Mallepally ◽  
Robert Sealock
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2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hesham Saleh Almofada ◽  
Michael Steven Timms ◽  
M. Anas Dababo

Objective. We report an extremely rare case of ganglioneuroma involving the external auditory canal and middle ear. Case Report. Ganglioneuromas are rare benign mature tumors thought to originate from sympathetic ganglions, with the highest incidence in the retroperitoneum, adrenal medulla, and posterior mediastinum. We present a case of ganglioneuroma of the external auditory canal and middle ear. At the age of 12 months, the patient was diagnosed with neuroblastoma stage IV with metastasis to the squamous temporal bone, bone marrow, and skull base. He received a high-risk protocol regimen resulting in complete remission. The patient later presented with recurrent right ear discharge at the age of six years and was diagnosed with ganglioneuroma of external auditory canal and middle ear after appropriate investigations. We report in this article the clinical presentation, investigations, surgical intervention, and follow-up. Conclusion. After the literature review and to our knowledge, this is the first reported case of its kind. Ganglioneuroma maturing from neuroblastoma is one of the theories describing pathophysiology of the disease. Ganglioneuroma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with recurrent ear discharge and decreased hearing in treated cases of neuroblastoma with metastases to temporal bone.


2004 ◽  
Vol 39 (12) ◽  
pp. 1782-1783 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshihiro Yanai ◽  
Tadaharu Okazaki ◽  
Atsuyuki Yamataka ◽  
Hiroo Fujita ◽  
Masahiro Saito ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stage Iv ◽  

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-58
Author(s):  
Melody Maarouf ◽  
Marilyn Wickenheiser ◽  
James Sligh ◽  
Keliegh Culpepper ◽  
Vivian Shi

We report a rare case of PPP due to stage IV beta-islet pancreatic cancer presenting with polyarthritis, whose diagnosis was delayed due to an incomplete presentation of PPP syndrome. Following an extensive one-month infectious disease workup, tender erythematous papules began to develop, which prompted the consideration and subsequent biopsy for pancreatic panniculitis. Thus, the diagnosis was delayed due to a lagging cutaneous presentation—a component of the triad that is commonly the initial presentation in most patients. 


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