DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
Lymph and lymph node metastases
Lymph node
A lymph node is a small ball or an oval-shaped organ of the immune system, distributed widely throughout the body including the armpit and stomach/gut and linked by lymphatic vessels. Lymph nodes are garrisons of B, T, and other immune cells. Lymph nodes are found all through the body, and act as filters or traps for foreign particles. They are important in the proper functioning of the immune system. They are packed tightly with the white blood cells called lymphocytes and macrophages. Lymph nodes also have clinical significance. They become inflamed or enlarged in various conditions, which may range from trivial, such as a throat infection, to life-threatening such as cancers...
Lymph and lymph node metastases - List of case studies
- Infiltrating basocellular carcinoma
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spine; L5-S1 herniated disc with L3-L4 and L4-L5 disc protrusions and lumbar canal stenosis; Arterial ... tumours, and it may be responsible for regional lymph node metastases and also for metastases to lung or bone. However, it is ...
- Pulmonary heteroplasia_2
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non-operable tumor of her lung with satellite nodules, and chemotherapy was initiated (first Cisplatin and Gemcitabine, and then ... at the mediastinic level with the exception of a lymph node of 10 mm at the carinal level. o ...
- Ovarian Cancer with Metastases
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underwent resection of the uterus, adenexae, onsectonomy and appendectomy for papillary serous carcinoma of the ovary . After 6 ... Diagnosis: hepatic and lymph node relapse of ovarian cancer Case history: ...
- spreading pancreatic cancer
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pancreas. She underwent removal of the pancreatic lesion and lymph node dissection, another surgery to remove the distal pancreas and ...
- Rectal Carcinoma, Gastric Carcinoma, Metastases.
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was diagnosed in 2004 with a carcinoma of the lower rectum and underwent surgical anterior resection of the rectal tumor which was a well ... “ Well differentiated adenocarcinoma . Peri -lymph and lymph node metastases in 2 pararectal lymph nodes, microembolic ...
- Metastatic well differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma in liver_2
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laparotomy that revealed solitary metastasis in the liver, and a hard lesion in the mid-ileum suspicious for the primary carcinoid. A ... the cecum could be secondary to shred wounds . A small lymph node was free of tumor. Left lateral segmentectomy of the liver , ...
- Small Cell Neuroendocrine Tumor of the Cervix
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atypical cells in Pap smear. Her cervix was biopsied, and found poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma. The findings of the ... be a hydrometra. Pathological absorption present in lymph nodes in the retroperitoneum and in the pelvis. The cranial node shows ...
- Neuroroendocrine neoplasia with hepatic secondary lesions
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treatments include Chemotherapy, Roferon A, Statins and Dietary supplements. questions: ... nephrographic effect. Presence of pathological lymph node in the right retrocrural area (maximum transverse diameter 1.8 cm). ...
- Recurrent metastases in malignant tumor of left forearm
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neoplasia of neuro-ectodermal origin. He underwent surgery and chemotherapy but subsequently developed pulmonary metastases. The treating ... The patient had a lymphoscintigraphy to find the sentinel lymph node in the left axilla. The patient had a surgery under general ...
- Metastatic well differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma in liver
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finding in the cecum that might be the primary tumor, and hepatic metastases that can be surgically respected. The imaging tests ... bagel formed lesion might be metastases in the mesenteric lymph nodes . Based on the actual clinical situation I strongly recommend ...