Patel, Eshan Kancharla, P. Surapaneni, B.K. Hennrick, K. Goldfinger, M. Kalavar, M.
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Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) is a rare low-grade vascular neoplasm that is characterized as intermediate between benign hemangioma and high-grade angiosarcoma affecting 1 in 1,000,000 people worldwide. It has been described throughout the body with lung, liver, skin, and bone being the most frequent sites. Primary EHE of the spine has bee...
Egloff, Heidi Kidwell, Kelley M. Schott, Anne
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Purpose: T-DM1 is an antibody drug conjugate with proven efficacy in metastatic breast cancer for progressive disease refractory to trastuzumab. Drug-induced pneumonitis is a rare serious potential adverse effect. The purpose of this review was to estimate the incidence of pulmonary toxicity at our institution. Methods: A retrospective analysis of ...
Dunn-Pirio, Anastasie M. Shah, Suma Eckstein, Christopher
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Recently, immune checkpoint inhibitors have revolutionized cancer care by enhancing anti-tumor immunity. However, by virtue of stimulating the immune system, they can lead to immune-related adverse events (irAEs). Neurologic irAEs are uncommon but are becoming increasingly recognized and can be quite serious or even fatal. Furthermore, central nerv...
Honda, Kazunori Ando, Masashi Sugiyama, Keiji Mitani, Seiichiro Masuishi, Toshiki Narita, Yukiya Taniguchi, Hiroya Kadowaki, Shigenori Ura, Takashi Muro, Kei
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Angiosarcoma of the heart is an uncommon soft tissue sarcoma. A few cases of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) associated with angiosarcoma occurring in various organs, but not the heart, have been reported. Although taxane is commonly used in the treatment of metastatic angiosarcoma, data on the efficacy of nab-paclitaxel for angiosarco...
Tzeng, Yen-Dun Tony Chang, Shih-En Mei, Rui Javey, Manana
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Utilization of circulating tumor DNA as a novel and noninvasive test for diagnosis confirmation, therapy selection, and cancer surveillance is a rapidly growing area of interest. In the wake of FDA approval of a liquid biopsy test, it is important for clinicians to acknowledge the obvious clinical utility of liquid biopsy for cancer management thro...
Mosillo, Claudia Scagnoli, Simone Pomati, Giulia Caponnetto, Salvatore Mancini, Maria Laura Bezzi, Mario Cortesi, Enrico Gelibter, Alain
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Two or more histological types characterize more than 60% of testicular germ cell tumors (GCTs). Burned-out testicular tumor refers to partial or complete histological regression of the primary testicular lesions. The most frequent GCT type involved in this kind of histological regression is choriocarcinoma, followed by embryonal carcinoma. To our ...
Ogawa, Masanori Ae, Ryusuke Sasahara, Teppei
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In the current study, we report a case of a 46-year-old man who presented with sudden abdominal pain and was diagnosed with rupture of hepatic angiosarcoma (HAS). He underwent surgery, but died 13 days after the onset of the abdominal pain. Chronic exposure to carcinogens, such as thorium dioxide, arsenic, vinyl chloride, and radium, is associated ...
Niu, Hardy Zhou, Junle Maan, Harvinder Markman, Maurie Niu, Jiaxin
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Background: Leptomeningeal metastasis (LM) is an uncommon complication in patients with solid tumors, associated with poor survival. However, LM appears to be more frequent in lung cancer patients with EGFR mutations, posing a unique clinical challenge to treating physicians. Case Presentation: We report the case of a 68-year-old Asian man with met...
Honda, Michiko Yamada, Manabu Kumasaka, Toshio Samejima, Taiki Satoh, Hirohisa Sugimoto, Mitsuhiro
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A 39-year-old primiparous Japanese female was admitted to the obstetrical emergency department of our hospital because of respiratory distress resulting from a large amount of pleural effusion, soon after a caesarean delivery (CD) at another hospital. While she was undergoing the CD, a giant ovarian tumour was identified. However, the tumour could ...
Buck, Dennis Andrew Smith, Tristan Dean Montana, Wilbur Nelson
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Introduction: Testicular cancer is the most common malignancy in men aged 15–40 years [Bols et al.: Philadelphia, Wolters Kluwer, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2011]. Its incidence comprises 0.8% of all male cancers worldwide, with a mortality rate of 0.1%. The incidence has nearly doubled from 1975 to 2007 leading to the concern of environmental ...
