These patients present relatively late as compared with melanoma involving other subsites of external ear. However, the tumor is slow-growing but shows aggressive behavior with a poor prognosis when presented late. We have a 44-year-old female who presented with a blackish lesi...
The treatment of choice is surgery and the various methods of excision and reconstruction employed, according to the site, size, histological nature of the lesion and involvement of the regional lymph nodes, are outlined. A plea is made for a more rational and radical approach to these often ...
Complete removal of the lesion was not possible, so the patient was treated with adjuvant radiotherapy. He died 6 months later. This rare case of MPNST with intracranial involvement illustrates the dismal prognosis for patients with such a lesion. Survival is limited because of the difficulty of ...
9 RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook malignant smallpox va·ri·o·la ma·lig·na malignant smallpox, usually of the hemorrhagic form. Synonym(s):malignant smallpox Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012 ...
A 17-year-old boy complained of persistent epitaxis, hemicrania, difficulty in opening his mouth, swelling of the left side of the palate, and hearing impairment and tinnitis on the left side.Clinically, a hemorrhagic tumor, which was diagnosed as fibroma, was found in the nasopharyngeal regi...
The degree of each lesion varies depending on chronicity, species, and individual animal. This “classic” spectrum of lesions may not be present in nondomestic ruminants, especially if the causative agent is a virus other than AlHV-1 or OvHV-2 (O’Toole and Li, 2014) (Figs. 5.9 and...
First, the initial OPMD lesions should be confirmed using histopathological diagnoses; second, the amount of time it takes for the lesion to be transformed into a malignancy at the same location as the original OPMD lesion. In the present study, we included a wide spectrum of histopathologically...
CAROTID BODY TUMOR OF THE MIDDLE EAR AND MASTOID Precise knowledge of the structure of the carotid body dates back to the contribution of von Luschkain 1862. Since the communications of Marchand,von Paltauf,M枚nckebergand others dealing with cases of tumor of the carotid body, numerous... H...
Here, we describe a case of a 77﹜ear﹐ld man who suffered from epigastric pain and acid regurgitation for 2 weeks. Endoscopic findings revealed an ulcerative lesion with purple‐black pigmentation in the lower part of the esophagus. Endoscopic biopsy was performed. Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E)...
First, the initial OPMD lesions should be confirmed using histopathological diagnoses; second, the amount of time it takes for the lesion to be transformed into a malignancy at the same location as the original OPMD lesion. In the present study, we included a wide spectrum of histopathologically...