Abstract Giant (>10 cm) ovarian cyst is a rare finding. In the literature, a few cases of giant ovarian cysts have been mentioned sporadically, especially in elderly patients. We report a 57-year-old postmenopausal woman with a giant left ovarian cyst measuring 43 × 15 × 9 cm. She was referred to us from the local health center […]
Read MoreAbstract A 57-year-old woman was referred to our regional sarcoma unit following a 2-year history of a progressively enlarging mass on her right forearm. At 14×7×12 cm, this mass turned out to be one of the largest upper limb cutaneous malignant melanomas ever described, and, to the best of our knowledge, the first documented in the […]
Read MoreIntroduction: Among malignant melanoma lesions, those occurring on the scalp and neck have a particularly poor prognosis. In this case report, we present the largest melanoma of the head and neck and one of the largest melanomas of any anatomic site reported in the literature to date. A 70 year old gentleman who initially presented for […]
Read MoreGiuseppe Nisi, M.D., and Andrea Sisti, M.D. A 48-year-old man presented to the clinic for evaluation of dysphagia and limited neck movements (flexion and rotation of the head). The patient was found to have Madelung’s disease, also known as benign symmetric lipomatosis or the Launois–Bensaude syndrome. Madelung’s disease is a rare condition that is characterized by […]
Read MoreCongenital hemangiomas are benign vascular tumors that have grown to their maximum size at birth and do not exhibit accelerated postnatal growth.They can be subdivided into three subgroups: rapidly involuting congenital hemangioma (RICH), noninvoluting congenital hemangioma (NICH), and partially involuting congenital hemangioma (PICH) A newborn presented with a 9-by-12.5-cm mass in the frontal region that […]
Read MoreA 26 year old woman presented with pain and discoloration in the fingertips of both hands on exposure to cold (Panels A and B) . She had had the same symptoms every winter for the past decade. The patient’s history and physical examination revealed no signs or symptoms suggestive of systemic lupus erythematosus or scleroderma. […]
Read MoreAn 81-year-old man with hypertension presented to the emergency department with pain and swelling of the left thigh and lower leg that had developed during the previous several hours. He had no history of recent surgery or trauma and no known personal or family history of clotting disorders. The left lower leg was tender, cold, […]
Read MoreA 52-year-old man presented to the emergency department with painless, bloody tears from both eyes. The bleeding had begun spontaneously approximately 2 hours earlier, had lasted a few minutes, and had recurred just before presentation. He reported no orbital, ocular, or nasal trauma and no history of bloody tears, epistaxis, gingival bleeding, or easy bruising. […]
Read MoreIn this case we have a 51-year-old female with recurrent giant cell tumor at left proximal femur with lung metastasis. She was previously diagnosed with giant cell tumor at left sacrum and ilium once, then underwent internal hemipelvectomy in 2009, but the disease recurred. She came to the hospital with progressive peritonitis. The MRI in […]
Read MoreA 20-year-old black woman of cross-border nationality, presented to our maxillofacial and oral surgery department seeking medical attention for a large swelling on the left side of her jaw (Figs. 1A and and1B). The swelling was painless with a history of having increased in size over an 8-year period. She noticed the swelling for the first time […]
Read MoreA 65-year-old male with colorectal cancer cT3N2M0 received concurrent chemoradiotherapy, and surgery and post-operative chemoradiotherapy for colorectal cancer ypT3N2M0 at the end of treatment in 2003. During follow-up visits at open-patient department in 2004, cystorectal fistula was suspected based on the complaints of terminal dribbling and gas passage from the urethra. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan revealed pericecal soft tissue infiltration […]
Read MoreA 7-year-old male pupil presented to the radiotherapy outpatient department of our hospital with raised, everted, and ulcerated ulcer on the anterior tongue with associated oral fetor. There were associated progressive difficulty in swallowing, poor vision, and generalized scaly pigmented skin which the parents noticed about 11 months prior. There were multiple bleeding and pus-discharging […]
Read MoreCase presentation A 22-year-old nulliparous Chinese woman with no significant family history of cancer presented to a private medical center with a painless 5 cm swelling in the left breast. The swelling, which was first noticed 3 months earlier, increased in size gradually. There was no associated nipple discharge or swelling elsewhere. Core biopsy of […]
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