scholarly journals Intrathoracic lipoblastoma in a 15-month-old infant

Rare Tumors ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 158-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bita Geramizadeh ◽  
Farshid Javadi ◽  
Hamid-Reza Foroutan
Keyword(s):  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Young Children ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Thoracic Cavity ◽  
Rare Tumor ◽  
Pathologic Examination ◽  
Imaging Studies ◽  
Common Location

Lipoblastoma is a rare tumor of infancy. It originates from the white fetal fat in soft tissue. The most common location of this rare tumor is extremity and to best of our knowledge less than 10 cases of intrathoracic and mediastinal lipoblastoma has been reported in the English literature. Herein we present our experience with a 15-month-old boy infant who presented with severe dyspnea. Imaging studies showed a mass in the thoracic cavity and mediastinum which was diagnosed as lipoblastoma after pathologic examination of the resected mass. Lipoblastoma has been considered as a tumor of soft tissue, but it should also be considered as a rare cause of intrathoracic masses of young children.

scholarly journals Abscess or Tumor? When a Retroperitoneal Mass on Computerized Tomography Turns Out to Be a Rare Soft Tissue Growth

2021 ◽  
pp. 1025-1030
Author(s):  
Ilya Noginskiy ◽  
Neil Nimkar ◽  
Madhumati R. Kalavar
Keyword(s):  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Clinical Response ◽  
Computerized Tomography ◽  
Symptomatic Patient ◽  
Tissue Growth ◽  
Rare Tumor ◽  
Retroperitoneal Mass ◽  
Elderly Female ◽  
Desmoid Fibromatosis ◽  
Tomography Scan

A retroperitoneal finding on a computerized tomography scan, in a symptomatic patient, can harbor the clinician to many differential diagnoses from infectious to malignancy. Desmoid fibromatosis (DF), a relatively innocuous mass that can spread locally, can be found in that anatomical region. Even for a rare tumor such as DF, our patient did not meet the usual benchmarks of this cancer, being an elderly female and having it appear as an abscess radiologically. Timely clinical response with radiotherapy and tamoxifen allowed our patient’s DF to regress and resolved her symptoms.

Meningitis—What Is It?

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Janet R. Gilsdorf
Keyword(s):  
Cerebrospinal Fluid ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Pathologic Examination ◽  
Helen Keller ◽  
Clinical Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Almost All

Before the advent of antibiotics, meningitis was a dreadful infection by any standard; many of its victims were young children, and almost all died, succumbing to the disease from days to six weeks, or sometimes longer, after the onset of their illness. Incredibly, patients occasionally survived but were often left with varying degrees of neurologic damage. Before the first spinal tap, the diagnosis of meningitis was based on clinical signs and symptoms and could be confirmed only by pathologic examination of the brains of deceased patients during an autopsy. Since the advent of the spinal tap, the diagnosis of meningitis rests on examination of the cerebrospinal fluid. Treatment of meningitis depends on which bacteria cause the infection. Helen Keller may be a famous surviving victim of this disease.

scholarly journals Adenosquamous Carcinoma of the Pancreas

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 117955491988658 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hélène Del Arco ◽  
Camille Chakiba-Brugère ◽  
Laura Salabert ◽  
Dominique Béchade
Keyword(s):  
Poor Prognosis ◽  
Palliative Chemotherapy ◽  
Adenosquamous Carcinoma ◽  
Needle Aspiration ◽  
Massive Weight Loss ◽  
Rare Tumor ◽  
Imaging Studies ◽  
Fine Needle ◽  
Carcinoma Of The Pancreas ◽  
Line Chemotherapy

A 60-year-old woman presented to hospital with abdominal pain and massive weight loss. Imaging studies confirmed the presence of a tumor of the pancreas. Histologic analysis of the sampling performed by echoendoscopic ultrasound fine-needle aspiration found aspects evocative of adenosquamous carcinoma. This case report highlights the difficulties of clinical pathologic diagnosis for these occasionally composite tumors. The patient underwent palliative chemotherapy based on platinum and 5-fluorouracil, followed by second-line chemotherapy with FOLFIRI after progression. Adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas remains a rare tumor with very poor prognosis and limited therapeutic options.

scholarly journals Cerebellar glioblastoma multiforme in an adult

2006 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 132-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
João Paulo Mattos ◽  
Horacio Armando Marenco ◽  
José Maria Campos ◽  
Andréa Vasconcellos Faria ◽  
Luciano Souza Queiroz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Glioblastoma Multiforme ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Treatment Options ◽  
Rare Tumor ◽  
Imaging Studies ◽  
Brazilian Literature ◽  
The Third ◽  
Pathological Characteristics ◽  
Cerebellar Glioblastoma ◽  
High Degree

Cerebellar glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a rare tumor. This is the third case published in Brazilian literature and, the last one has been described more than 15 years ago. The aggressive behavior of GBM prompts for fast treatment, which can be hampered by the fact that the diagnosis of GBM requires a high degree of suspicion. We describe a case of GBM in a 46 years old man. In conjunction, we present a literature review including particular issues, clinical data, advances in imaging studies, pathological characteristics, treatment options and the behavior of such malignant tumor.

Retroperitoneal Mixed-Type Liposarcoma Showing Features of Four Different Subtypes

2008 ◽  
Vol 74 (12) ◽  
pp. 1202-1205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akihiro Hosaka ◽  
Yukiyoshi Masaki ◽  
Kazuki Yamasaki ◽  
Fumio Aoki ◽  
Katsuyoshi Sugizaki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Signal Intensity ◽  
Mixed Type ◽  
Soft Tissue Tumor ◽  
Retroperitoneal Mass ◽  
Pathologic Examination ◽  
Tissue Tumor ◽  
Pathologic Features ◽  
Preoperative Ct ◽  
Ct And Mri

Mixed-type liposarcoma is a rare soft tissue tumor. This report describes a 50-year-old man with retroperitoneal mixed-type liposarcoma that consisted of four pathologically different components. Preoperative CT and MRI showed a giant retroperitoneal mass composed of several nodules with various attenuation and signal intensity. At laparotomy, the tumor appeared to be composed of four components. Pathologic examination revealed that each component was of a histologically different subtype. Mixed-type liposarcoma containing four different subtypes is extremely rare. Its clinical and pathologic features are briefly reviewed.

Spindle Cell Lipomas of the Respiratory Tract: A Case Report and Comprehensive Literature Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 128 (11) ◽  
pp. 1086-1091 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Reid ◽  
Bret Wehrli ◽  
Leigh J. Sowerby
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Oral Cavity ◽  
Respiratory Tract ◽  
Spindle Cell ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Good Prognosis ◽  
Benign Tumors ◽  
Common Location ◽  
Literature Reviews

Background: Spindle cell lipomas (SCLs) are benign tumors that are characteristically present on the upper back and neck, but in rare cases present throughout the respiratory mucosa, causing hoarseness, stridor, dyspnea, and obstruction. Objective: To highlight the importance of considering SCL in the diagnosis of benign respiratory tract tumors, a literature review identified all published cases of respiratory tract SCLs, including 2 from our institution: one case in the nasopharynx and 1 in the nasal valve. Methods: All case reports, series and literature reviews from the English literature from 1975 through March 2018 were systematically identified for review in the MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Scopus databases. Two additional cases from our institution were described. Results: In total, 24 cases of SCL in the respiratory tract were identified for review. Two cases from our institution are described here, bringing the total of reported cases to 26. Extensive analyses of oral cavity SCLs already exist, so we excluded this site from our review and focused on sites where SCLs may present with respiratory symptoms. Excluding the oral cavity and oropharynx, the most common location described is the larynx. All 26 cases were treated with excision. One tumor required a second surgery, but there were no other complications nor recurrences. Conclusion: Although rare, SCLs may arise from throughout the respiratory tract and cause dyspnea, hoarseness and stridor. Spindle cell lipoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a respiratory tract mass. This diagnosis confers a good prognosis and patients may be reassured that surgery is almost always curative.

scholarly journals Extraskeletal Chondrosarcoma of Labium Majus

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arshad S. Khan ◽  
Girish D. Bakhshi ◽  
Aftab Shaikh ◽  
Ashraf A. Khan ◽  
Adil A. Khan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Adjuvant Therapy ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Rare Tumor ◽  
Extraskeletal Myxoid Chondrosarcoma ◽  
Postoperative Course ◽  
The Third ◽  
Myxoid Chondrosarcoma ◽  
Soft Tissue Swelling ◽  
Labium Majus

Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma (ESMC) is a rare tumor seen more often in men. It is seen to arise from soft tissue of lower extremity or buttocks. We report a case of soft tissue swelling of left labium majus in a 66-year-old female. Patient underwent wide excision with uneventful postoperative course. Histopathology of specimen confirmed it to be ESMC. Patient refused adjuvant therapy. Followup of 1 year has shown her to be disease- and symptom- free. Only two cases arising from vulva have been reported in literature . This is the third case and first from Indian subcontinent. A brief review of clinical features, diagnosis, treatment, and outcome of patients with extraskeletal chondrosarcoma is presented.

Soft-Tissue Tumors of the Hand—Imaging Features

2020 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory Scott Stacy ◽  
Jeffrey Bonham ◽  
Anthony Chang ◽  
Stephen Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
Soft Tissue Tumors ◽  
Vascular Lesions ◽  
Imaging Features ◽  
Imaging Studies ◽  
Adipocytic Tumors ◽  
Imaging Characteristics ◽  
Tumors Of The Hand ◽  
Structured Approach

Imaging studies of the hands and fingers are common, and radiologists are generally comfortable with traumatic and degenerative conditions which arise frequently in daily practice. However, a variety of common and uncommon soft-tissue tumors also occur in the hand, the appropriate diagnosis of which can be a source of confusion for both clinicians and radiologists. These lesions often have overlapping imaging characteristics; however, a structured approach can help provide a focused differential diagnosis and impact further workup and management. We discuss several such tumors, categorizing them as cystic-appearing, noncystic masses along tendons and aponeuroses, adipocytic tumors, vascular lesions, and miscellaneous lesions with imaging features that can aid diagnosis.

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