Published in Kompass Ophthalmologie
Purpose: To evaluate the visual prognostic factors in patients with pseudophakic epiretinal membrane (ERM) after vitrectomy using spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). Methods: A retrospective review of patients with pseudophakic ERM having undergone vitrectomy was conducted. Best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and SD-OCT were cond...
Published in Kompass Ophthalmologie
Ocular manifestations are very rarely reported as side effects to checkpoint inhibitors. We present a case of a 64-year-old Caucasian man in treatment with durvalumab for non-small-cell lung carcinoma who presented a retinal vasculitis with macular edema. After three boluses of methylprednisolone, the retinal vasculitis resolved and macular edema i...
Published in Kompass Ophthalmologie
Purpose: We investigate seasonal variations found in patients with central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC). Methods: We retrospectively investigated 201 CSC patients at the Osaka Medical College Hospital from January 2011 to December 2016 and evaluated their seasonal and monthly distributions. Results: The study population comprised 149 males and 52...
Published in Monographs in Clinical Cytology
This introductory chapter discusses the demographics of pancreatic tumors and the risk factors associated with pancreatic neoplasms. The WHO 2019 classification of pancreatic epithelial tumors and WHO 2017 classification of pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms is provided. The current role of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) in the pancreatic lesions, d...
Published in Monographs in Clinical Cytology
Inflammatory, developmental, and neoplastic lesions may all present as cystic masses on imaging. Pseudocyst is the most common of these and presents in association with a history of pancreatitis. Pancreatic cystic neoplasms are uncommon compared to solid neoplasms. They often present incidentally; therefore, an incidentally discovered cyst in the p...
Published in Monographs in Clinical Cytology
Benign non-neoplastic solid lesions of the pancreas are comprised of several separate entities, with their diagnostic identification best performed in correlation with the radiographic and clinical features. These include all of the pancreatitides, intrapancreatic spleen, and a few other rare entities. Preoperative imaging may suggest the correct d...
Published in Monographs in Clinical Cytology
The most frequent indication for pancreatic fine-needle aspiration sampling is to confirm or exclude a pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). PDAC is the most common malignant neoplasm of the pancreas, and the term pancreatic cancer typically connotes this entity. The conventional type of PDAC is a tubular adenocarcinoma, with a number of morphol...
Published in Monographs in Clinical Cytology
The pancreas is infrequently the site of secondary involvement by solid or hematopoietic malignancies. While carcinomas and melanoma are the most common malignancies to secondarily involve the pancreas, the literature is replete with reports of uncommon and rare entities metastasizing to the pancreas. Fine-needle aspiration is indicated to establis...
Published in Monographs in Clinical Cytology
Imaging plays a key role in the diagnosis and staging of pancreatic tumors. Imaging modalities utilized for the evaluation of pancreatic tumors include: transabdominal and endoscopic ultrasound, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging. Each of these modalities has different strengths and weaknesses which must be considered in the settin...
Published in Monographs in Clinical Cytology
