Preoperative diagnosis of a gastric extremely well-differentiated adenocarcinoma: A case report. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2020 Jul 18;73:319-323 Authors: Suenaga K, Matsumoto S, Lefor AK, Miura Y, Hosoya Y, Kuboki D, Haruta H, Kurashina K, Kihara A, Matsubara D, Sakuma Y, Kitayama J, Sata N Abstract INTRODUCTION: Gastric adenocarcinomas with low grade atypia may be difficult to diagnose as gastric cancer by preoperative biopsy. We report an extremely...
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Secretory breast carcinoma in a male child: Case report and literature review. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2020 Jul 16;73:310-314 Authors: Novochadlo Klüppel E, Rodrigues da Costa L, Marquetto Tognolo C, do Nascimento A, Grignet Ribeiro M, Girardi Fachin C Abstract INTRODUCTION: The secretory breast carcinoma is very rare in children. It represents less than 1% of malignancy cases in childhood and is even less common in males, with 15 cases reported...
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Pathology and Differential Diagnosis of Anterior Skull Base Tumours. Adv Otorhinolaryngol. 2020;84:13-27 Authors: Williams MD, El-Naggar AK Abstract The anterior skull base is a complex anatomic site which may be involved by a large number of biologically heterogenous neoplasms. They arise from the epithelium, both surface mucosa and glands, as well as soft tissues, bone, and cartilage. Many benign and malignant tumours in the anterior skull...
Surgical resection of advanced gallbladder squamous cell carcinoma accompanied by infiltration of the surrounding organs and general peritonitis. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2020 Jul 15;73:294-297 Authors: Hashimoto K, Fujie Y, Fujita J, Ohnishi T Abstract INTRODUCTION: Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the gallbladder is rare, accounting for merely 1-3% of all gallbladder cancers. PRESENTATION OF CASE: A 59-year-old Japanese man was referred...
Two separate tumours-Concomitant papillary carcinoma in thyroglossal duct cyst and right thyroid lobe: Case report and review of the literature. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2020 Jul 17;73:257-262 Authors: Mahmoud W, El Ansari W, Abdelaal A, Petkar M, Al Hassan MS Abstract INTRODUCTION: Malignancy of thyroglossal duct cyst (TGDC) is rare, usually as papillary carcinoma, and less frequently as squamous cell or follicular carcinoma. TGDC carcinoma can...
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