Browsing by Subject "Case report"
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CENP-B specific anti-centromere autoantibodies heralding small-cell lung cancer. A case study and review of the literature
(2008)We report on a small-cell lung cancer case that was heralded by the presence of CENP-B specific anti-centromere autoantibodies (ACA) detected well before the diagnosis of cancer. The patient received chemotherapy plus ...
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Chemotherapy-induced noncardiogenic pulmonary edema related to gemcitabine plus docetaxel combination with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor support
(2000)Several cancer therapeutic agents have been associated with pulmonary toxicity. Herein, we describe the case of a 73-year-old woman with breast cancer metastatic to the liver, who developed noncardiogenic pulmonary edema ...
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Clear cell ovarian carcinoma in a pregnant woman with a history of infertility, endometriosis and unsuccessful IVF treatment
(2003)Ovarian cancer in pregnancy is a very rare event. We present here the case of a 37-year-old woman in whom a clear cell ovarian carcinoma was diagnosed in the first trimester of pregnancy. This patient had a history of ...
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Clear‐cell sarcoma of tendons and aponeuroses: A clinicopathologic study. Presentation of six additional cases with review of the literature
(1984)Clear‐cell sarcoma of tendons and aponeuroses is a rare and slowly growing soft tissue sarcoma, affecting mainly young adults. During the last 15 years, approximately 60 cases have been reported in the literature. In this ...
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Clinical expression of autoimmune hepatitis in a Nine-Year-Old Girl with visceral leishmaniasis
(2011)Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a chronic disease of unknown aetiology, which usually progresses to cirrhosis if not diagnosed and treated promptly. In childhood, autoimmune hepatitis prevalently presents with non-specific ...
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Clinical picture: Acquired icthyosis: A paraneoplastic skin manifestation of Hodgkin's disease
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Cutaneous lymphocytic vasculopathy in lymphoproliferative disorders-a paraneoplastic lymphocytic vasculitis of the skin
(1995)In this report the histopathology and the natural history of cutaneous lymphocytic vasculopathy (lymphocytic vasculitis) in patients with lymphoproliferative diseases, is described. Between January 1986 and June 1992,116 ...
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Delayed diagnosis of Prader-Willi syndrome in a 24 year-old patient
(2010)Background: Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is the most common known genetic cause of life-threatening obesity in children. The purpose of the study was to present the case of a delayed diagnosis of PWS in a 24-year-old male ...
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Diffuse fasciitis with eosinophilia. A clinicopathologic study
(1980)Three cases of diffuse fasciitis with eosinophilia are presented, and their clinical, laboratory and histologic follow-up are outlined. Furthermore histologic comparison with scleroderma is attempted and the literature is ...
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Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): Report of a case and review of the literature
(2009)The clinical manifestation of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) as paraneoplastic phenomenon is common in patients with lung cancer (especially in those with non small cell lung cancer).Surprisingly, only few ...
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Donor-derived breast cancer in a bone marrow transplantation recipient
(2009)We present the case of a young lady who had been treated for acute myelocytic leukemia at the age of 14 by means of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation, the donor being her sister. At the age of 28 she underwent modified ...
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Endometrioid Carcinoma of the Prostate. The Diagnostic Value of Leu7 and Prostatic Specific Antigen
(1993)Summary— In a case of endometrioid carcinoma of the prostate the expression of Leu7 and prostatic specific antigen (PSA) was studied immunohistochemically on paraffin sections. The same markers were studied in 14 cases of ...
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Extraskeletal Ewing's sarcoma. Presentation of two cases and review of the literature
(1991)We present here two cases extraskeletal Ewing's sarcoma, the first in a 50-year-old female and the second in a 25-year-old male. We discuss the clinical picture, histopathology and therapeutic management. The literature ...
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Inflammatory prostate cancer: An underestimated paraneoplastic clinical manifestation
(2005)Purpose: To identify the incidence of prostate cancer associated-systemic inflammatory syndrome (SIS), and to characterize further this entity, we searched our database as well as the medical literature. Methods: We ...
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Interdigitating reticulum cell sarcoma positive immunohistochemistry for HLA-DR and two other activation antigens, CD30(ki-1) and CD25(IL2r)
(1991)This communication reports a case of the rare interdigitating reticulum cell (IDRC) sarcoma of lymph nodes in a 46-year-old man. Extensive immunophenotypic analysis on paraffin and frozen sections revealed positivity on ...
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Is androgen substitution necessary in hypogonadal patients when they are treated with chemotherapy for malignant diseases?
(1989)A patient with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism owing to endogenous gonadotropin releasing hormone deficiency, who developed Hodgkin's disease is described. Chemotherapy administration caused prolonged and life‐threatening ...
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