Int J Surg Case Rep
April 2025
Introduction: Cutaneous metastases (CM) from Gastro intestinal (GI)malignancies are rare. It usually occurs lately in cancer evolution. The treatment is mostly palliative.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Gastric cancer (GC) remains a serious health concern and is characterized by a multifactorial etiology involving both genetic and epigenetic factors. The aim of the current study was to examine the relationship between Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-G 3'UTR polymorphisms and the expression of HLA-G in both tumor tissues and plasma samples from patients with GC in the Tunisian population.
Methods: HLA-G 3'UTR polymorphisms (14pb Insertion/deletion and + 3142C/G) were identified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or Sanger sequencing.
Introduction And Importance: Desmoid-type fibromatosis is an uncommon tumor characterized by its local invasiveness, with shoulder involvement being notably infrequent. The optimal treatment strategy for this tumor remains a topic of ongoing debate.
Case Presentation: A 47-year-old Tunisian woman with a history of hypothyroidism, presented with pain and swelling in her left shoulder for a year.
Introduction: Intravenous leiomyomatosis (IVL), a rare type of uterine leiomyoma (its incidence is about 0.25% to 0.40% of patients who present uterine fibroma), is characterized by the formation and growth of benign leiomyoma tissue within the vascular wall or lymphatic lumen.
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November 2024
Introduction And Importance: Neoplasms with perivascular epithelioid-cell differentiation (PEComa) are rare. We present a case of multifocal malignant PEComas arising in the peritoneum.
Case Presentation: A 61-year-old woman presented with a painful abdominal mass that had progressed over the past year and recently increased in size.
Introduction: Perivascular epithelioid cell tumors are uncommon mesenchymal tumors. The genital tract is the most common extrarenal location. Preoperative diagnosis is rarely achieved owing to non-specific symptoms and imaging features.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Aim: As the presence of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the interleukin gene continues to be a major challenge in the development of effective therapies for digestive cancers, this case-control study was conducted to assess the possible influence of genotype, haplotype and diplotype for two SNPs (-1082A/G (rs1800896) and -592A/C (rs1800872)) located in the promoter region of gene on the incidence, severity and prognosis of colorectal cancer (CRC) in Tunisians.
Methods: gene SNPs were analyzed in 130 CRC cases and 165 healthy subjects (HS) using PCR-SSP.
Results: For the -1082A/G SNP, the comparison of genotype frequencies between cases and HS groups showed that the G allele significantly reduced CRC risk under the recessive model (GG vs.
J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep
June 2024
Metastasis to the pancreas from malignant tumors is a rare event, representing only 1% to 2% of all pancreatic neoplasms. They occur in 2 different clinicopathological settings: as a manifestation in widespread metastatic disease or as an isolated mass in the pancreas. We report the case of a 41-year-old woman who had a history of invasive lobular breast cancer treated with radical surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Vaginal metastasis from colorectal cancer is a rare occurrence, typically associated with other metastatic lesions. Isolated metastasis is exceedingly uncommon, with only a few cases documented in the literature. Vaginal involvement in colorectal cancer primarily results from direct contiguous spread from the primary tumor.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrimary hepatic lymphoma is a rare variant of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with an incidence of 0.016% of all non-Hodgkin lymphomas. The most common histologic subtype is large diffuse B-cell lymphoma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction And Importance: Solitary fibrous tumors (SFTs), rare mesenchymal tumors, occur in diverse locations. Retroperitoneal and pelvic SFTs are extremely uncommon, challenging to identify due to vague clinical and radiological features. We present a high-risk SFT case in the retropubic Retzius space.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Clin Pharmacol Ther
November 2023
Background: Azathioprine, which is an immunosuppressive agent commonly used for chronic inflammatory bowel disease, may be associated with an increased risk of certain cancers such as hematologic malignancies.
Case Report: A 50-year-old man with a 27-year history of Crohn's disease had been under azathioprine treatment at a dose of 2.5 mg/kg/day (150 mg/day) since 2007, after ileocecal resection to avoid postoperative recurrences.
J Med Case Rep
July 2023
Introduction: Cutaneous metastases (CM) revealing lung carcinoma are extremely rare, accounting for 0.8%. The diagnosis is guided by histology and immunohistochemistry.
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September 2023
Sex cord tumor with annular tubules (SCTAT) is a rare ovarian tumor. It belongs to sex cord and stromal tumor of the ovary and represents less than 1% of cases. It includes two forms: the first one associated with Peuz-Jeghers syndrome and the second sporadic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To assess the efficacy and safety of a single preoperative intralesional bevacizumab injection as an adjuvant treatment before primary pterygium surgery.
Methods: We conducted a randomized controlled interventional study from January 2019 to December 2020. The study included a total of 60 patients (60 eyes) with primary pterygium.
Langerhans histiocytosis or Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare benign pathology representing less than 1% of orbital tumors. It can cause either localized or generalized lesions, leading to the destruction of hard and soft tissues. Eosinophilic granuloma is the most benign form and the predominant clinical presentation of LCH.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground/objective: Conflicting results on the association between HLA-G and digestive cancers were reported. We conducted a meta-analysis to further investigate the true relationship between HLA-G and digestive cancers (DC).
Methods: Following PRISMA guidelines, we performed a meta-analysis including 7 case-control studies on HLA-G 14-bp Insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism, and 15 studies on soluble HLA-G (sHLA-G).
Objectives: Human leukocyte antigen-G (HLA-G) is implicated in several cancers and is considered to be an immune checkpoint regulator. We determined the association between polymorphisms in the 3' untranslated region of HLA-G and soluble HLA-G (sHLA-G) expression with gynecological cancers (GCs).
Methods: A meta-analysis was conducted to examine the association between HLA-G14-bp insertion (I)/deletion (D) and +3142C/G polymorphism in GC and to evaluate sHLA-G expression RESULTS: We revealed a significant association between the +3142C/G polymorphism and invasive cervical cancer (ICC) based on the allelic model G versus C (odds ratio [OR] = 0.
Background: Human leukocyte antigen-G (HLA-G) gene polymorphisms and circulating sHLA-G have often been linked to the risk of breast cancer (BC). However, the results remain controversial. To resolve this issue, we performed a meta-analysis of HLA-G gene polymorphisms and sHLA-G levels in BC.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHepatic epithelioid angiomyolipomas are uncommon mesenchymal neoplasms. They are difficult to diagnose by imaging, especially when the fatty component is scant or absent. The gold standard for the diagnosis is histologic examination coupled with an immunohistochemical study.
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