Browsing by Subject "Case report"
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Lymphoma in Sjogren's syndrome
(1992)Sjogren's syndrome is an autoimmune disease with a known predisposition for lymphoma development. Eight of 120 patients with primary Sjogren's syndrome followed at the University of loannina over the past 7 years developed ...
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Management of Gradenigo syndrome in a child
(2010)Background: Gradenigo syndrome is a rare presentation of acute petrositis characterized by medial otitis, retro- orbital pain and abducens nerve palsy (CN VI palsy) affecting the lateral rectus muscle (CN VI palsy), due ...
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Neglected cases of papillary and follicular thyroid carcinoma. Occurrence of subcutaneous scalp metastases
(1990)Three cases, two of follicular and one of papillary thyroid carcinoma are reported. All three patients presented with subcutaneous cystic scalp metastases; they had a long-standing history of thyroid cancer, although two ...
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Oxaliplatin (eloxatin™) plus irinotecan combination chemotherapy found effective in refractory metastatic insular thyroid carcinoma
(2005)Therapeutic options for metastatic insular thyroid carcinoma (ITC) are very limited. We present the case of a 39-year-old woman with refractory metastatic ITC who responded to oxaliplatin plus irinotecan chemotherapy. She ...
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Paraganglioma of cauda equina
(2008)The clinical, radiological and pathological features of a paraganglioma resulting in cauda equina syndrome are described, including magnetic resonance imaging features. The literature is reviewed and discussed.
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A patient with neuroendocrine carcinoma of the urinary bladder and paraneoplastic degenerative parencephalitis: A case report and review of the literature
(2014)Neuroendocrine carcinomas of the bladder (small cell, large cell, typical and atypical carcinoids) are rare and usually co exist with urothelial carcinoma. As in small cell carcinoma of the lung, various paraneoplastic ...
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Perfusion sensitive contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour: A new neuroimaging finding
(2012)Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumours (DNTs) are benign lesions affecting young people and are associated with epilepsy. There have been described more than 300 cases in the literature and the clinical, pathological and ...
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Persistent erythema multiforme in a patient with extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
(2008)Presented in this report is a 66-year-old male with a widespread persistent erythema multiforme mostly atypical in appearance, which was detected well before the diagnosis of underlying extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. The ...
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Pharmacokinetics of imatinib mesylate in end stage renal disease. A case study
(2005)Aim: To evaluate the pharmacokinetics of imatinib mesylate (Glivec) and its main metabolite (CGP74588) in a patient with end stage renal disease on hemodialysis and compare it with published data from subjects with normal ...
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A pregnant patient with adrenocortical carcinoma: Case report
(2012)Background: Coexistence of an adrenocortical carcinoma and pregnancy is extremely rare with only 25 described cases so far, and has a poor prognosis. Case Report: We report the case of a 28-year-old patient with adrenocortical ...
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Primary lymphoma of the pericardium: Report on a 'cured' case and review of the literature
(1994)This report describes a 62-year-old man with a primary diffuse, immunohistochemically proven B-cell lymphoma of large noncleaved cell (centroblastic) type of the pericardium. The patient responded completely to systemic ...
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Rectal metastases from lobular carcinoma of the breast: Report of a case and literature review
(2001)Metastatic involvement of the gastrointestinal (G1) tract secondary to breast cancer is rare. Reported herein is the case of a 74-year-old woman with metastatic lobular breast carcinoma to the rectum presenting with ...
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Recurrent episodes of recall dermatitis of irradiated breast after LHRH agonist administration
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Successful treatment of human immunodeficiency virus-related castleman's disease: A case report and literature review
(2003)Multicentric Castleman's disease is increasingly recognized as an aggressive illness with a rapidly fatal outcome in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients. In the absence of optimal therapy, various therapeutic ...
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A successfully treated case of multicentric angiofollicular hyperplasia with oral chemotherapy (Castleman's disease)
(1990)A case of angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia of plasma cell type in a 60‐year‐old woman is reported. The patient presented with lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly, and fever. She responded dramatically to chlorambucil and ...
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Tamoxifen-induced severe hypertriglyceridemia and pancreatitis
(2000)Tamoxifen exhibits favorable effects on the lipid and lipoprotein profile since it decreases the total and LDL cholesterol levels as well as the Lp(a) levels. Additionally, a small increase in serum triglycerides is commonly ...
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Trabectedin-related rhabdomyolysis: An uncommon but fatal toxicity
(2011)Rhabdomyolysis is defined as the dissolution of striped muscle characterized by the leakage of intracellular muscle components into the circulation, which can ultimately lead to renal failure with a possible fatal outcome. ...
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An unusual presentation of a patient with advanced prostate cancer, massive ascites and peritoneal metastasis: Case report and literature review
(2015)We describe the case of a patient with prostate cancer, ascites, omental and bone metastases, an extremely rare clinical variant that warrants further investigation, and review the relevant literature. © 2014.