DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
Surgical biopsy (of nodular
Prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is a form of cancer that develops in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system. Most prostate cancers are slow growing; however, there are cases of aggressive prostate cancers. The cancer cells may metastasize (spread) from the prostate to other parts of the body, particularly the bones and lymph nodes. Prostate cancer may cause pain, difficulty in urinating, problems during sexual intercourse, or erectile dysfunction. Other symptoms can potentially develop during later stages of the disease. Rates of detection of prostate cancers vary widely across the world, with South and East Asia detecting less frequently than in Europe, and especially the United States...
Surgical biopsy (of nodular - List of case studies
- Pulmonary Heteroplasia – additional opinion
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well differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma and a needle biopsy revealed adenocarcinoma with associated neuroendocrine differentiation. ... 2) What do you think of the possibility of a surgical operation for treating the neoplasia? 3) Can you explain what ...
- Metastatic melanoma stage IIIC
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of a bleeding pigmented lesion on the back. An excisional biopsy was performed and revealed a nodular melanoma. A wide excision was ... Upon enlargement detection reported by the relatives, a surgical excision was indicated. One month later, the surgical excision ...
- Cancer of Colon with Metastases
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disease in the liver and new pulmonary disease. Upon surgical exploration, his liver disease was deemed too extensive for surgical ... hospitalization : Exploratory laparotomy. Surgical biopsy of nodular lesion in liver S6-S7. Conclusions :The ...
- Papillary Carcinoma of Thyroid with Multiple and Diffuse Nodular Secondarisms of the Pulmonary Parenchyma
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reduction of visus in right eye . Jan 1997: Surgical removal of right frontal meningioma . Feb 2003: Appendectomy ... by means of ultrasound scan and subsequent needle biopsy. Oct 2002: Chest CAT scan shows multiple nodulation and ...
- Operated breast cancer with metastases
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treatment for a further cerebellar lesion and boost on the surgical bed was performed. Histological examination of cerebral metastases ... Two years later, her disease recurred locally. A repeated biopsy was consistent with infiltrating ductal carcinoma, G3. (ER negative, PgR ...
- Diffuse Intra-Axial expansive Lesion of the Enchephalic Trunk
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What therapy do you suggest? If you exclude the surgical operation do you share the pharmacologic therapy + diagnosed ... hypothesize for a glioma of the encephalic trunk. Nodular enhancement foci are present at clivus level, especially at the right ... further work-up. The other reason to consider biopsy is that we can obtain molecular signature of tumors even on small ...
- Anaplastic Astrocytoma in the left temporal lobe
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was confirmed by MRI. The patient underwent Stereotacti biopsy of mass, and Histological examination gave a diagnosis of anaplastic ... Is it possible to consider surgical intervention? ... portions recognizable at the last check as areas of nodular enhancement on the level of the left basal ganglia region are now ...
- Diffuse Intra-Axial expansive Lesion of the Enchephalic Trunk not surgically investigated_4
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What therapy do you suggest? If you exclude the surgical operation do you share the pharmacologic therapy + diagnosed ... hypothesize for a glioma of the encephalic trunk. Nodular enhancement foci are present at clivus level, especially at the right ... normal tissue of the brainstem. A limited biopsy could be performed but would not change the treatment plans or outcome ...