Youssef, Reda R.H. Elmahdy, Amr Kohla, Samah Ibrahim, Feryal Sabry, Ahmed Saied Alobaidly, Amal Saloum, Nehal
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Hepatosplenic γδ T-cell lymphoma (HSTCL) is a very rare peripheral T-cell lymphoma characterized by extranodal infiltration of mature malignant post-thymic T-lymphocytes into sinusoids of the liver and spleen without lymphadenopathy and significant cytopenias. It is an aggressive form of lymphoma, resistant to the conventional chemotherapy. We repo...
Mohamed, Shehab F. Helmi, Feryal El-Akiki, Susanna El Omri, Halima Nashwan, Abdulqadir Yassin, Mohamed A.
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Hairy cell leukemia (HCL) is rare type of leukemia. This neoplasm is well-known to present with pancytopenia and splenomegaly. HCL is associated with BRAF mutation in 100% of cases. It is also associated with hematological and oncological malignancies such as melanoma and papillary thyroid cancer. Although the association of both cancers (HCL and p...
Uematsu, Mao Kanemasa, Yusuke Nakamura, Shohei Funasaka, Chikako Kageyama, Akihiko Shimoyama, Tatsu Omuro, Yasushi
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Choriocarcinoma is a highly aggressive germ cell tumor and can metastasize to the brain. Although brain metastasis has a poor prognosis, the optimal treatment strategy remains unclear due to its low incidence. A 33-year-old man presenting with multiple lung nodules on chest radiography was referred to our hospital. Computed tomography revealed bila...
Matsuda, Asako Fuchimoto, Yasuko Wada, Sae Tanaka, Takaaki Takeguchi, Tetsuya Mitsumune, Sho Takigawa, Yuki Miyamoto, Yosuke Ozaki, Shinji Iga, Norichika
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A 70-year-old woman underwent right upper lobectomy for adenocarcinoma of the lung (pT1bN2M0 stage IIIA). Five years after the surgery, lymph node recurrence was detected. Gefitinib was administered because epidermal growth factor (EGFR) exon 19 deletion mutation was detected in the previously resected surgical specimen. After a treatment of first-...
Obeidat, Khaldun Alsaud, Arwa Ashour, Amr Azrieh, Bahjat Abu-Tineh, Mohammad Mohamed, Shehab Fareed Yassin, Mohamed A.
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Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a myeloproliferative neoplasm characterized by three phases: chronic, accelerated, and blast phase. However; first- and second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors are used for the treatment of CML with common and uncommon adverse events. Here, we report a 24-year-old male with CML in chronic phase started on imat...
Alzahrani, Ali M. Alzahrani, Asma A. Alsharm, Abdullah A.
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The most common side effect for cancer patients using epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors (EGFRI) is the development of an itchy papulopustular rash. In severe cases, the patients are forced to stop taking the medications, hence affecting treatment outcomes. We herein report a case of a 50-year-old patient who developed a papulopustular ras...
Naganuma, Atsushi Kishi, Ayaka Ogawa, Yusuke Kudo, Tomohiro Kitamoto, Yoshizumi Ogawa, Tetsushi Oishi, Hideto
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Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is often performed for nutritional management in advanced esophageal cancer. We here report a patient who initially received enteral nutrition via a nasogastric tube and in whom the subsequent use of percutaneous transesophageal gastro-tubing (PTEG) circumvented the need for a gastrostomy. It is believed th...
Haddad, Raymond N. Ghattas, Souad Torbey, Paul-Henri
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Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is one of the most common pediatric soft-tissue neoplasms. Breast involvement either as primary tumor or metastasis is extremely rare. Herein, we report a case of primary limb alveolar RMS with breast metastases in a young premenarcheal girl that relapsed only to the metastatic breast site after achieving complete re...
van Seggelen, Wouter O. De Vos, Filip Y. Röckmann, Heike van Dijk, Marijke R. Verhoeff, Joost J.C.
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Glioblastoma multiforme is the most frequent primary brain tumor. The clinical course of glioblastoma is almost invariably fatal. Combined chemo-irradiation with temozolomide is currently the standard of care for newly diagnosed glioblastoma and concurrent Nivolumab, an anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody is being studied for de novo glioblastoma. We pre...
Shimokihara, Kota Kawahara, Takashi Kasahara, Ryo Kasuga, Jun Sugiura, Shinpei Tajiri, Ryosuke Uemura, Hiroji Chiba, Kimio
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IgG4-related disease is diagnosed when both the elevation of the serum IgG4 level and invasion of IgG4-positive interstitial cells and sclerosis to a tumor are noted. Some cases have demonstrated malignant disease. In the head and neck lesion in particular, IgG4-producing mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma has arisen during the treat...
