Spindle Cell Variant of Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma: A Rare Entity with Diagnostic Challenges [PDF]
The spindle cell variant of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma is a rare and a better differentiated variant of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma, having a better prognosis compared to other types of rhabdomyosarcomas.
Puneet Kaur +3 more
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Eccrine poromatosis following chemotherapy and radiation therapy [PDF]
Eccrine poroma presents as a single, symptomless erythematous papule in areas with a high density of eccrine sweat glands. Although rare, eccrine poromas can present as multiple lesions, otherwise known as eccrine poromatosis.
Chiu, Melvin, Kim, Gene, Nguyen, Khoa
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Topical fl uorouracil after surgery for ocular surface squamous neoplasia in Kenya: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial [PDF]
Background Ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) is an aggressive eye tumour particularly aff ecting people with HIV in Africa. Primary treatment is surgical excision; however, tumour recurrence is common. We assessed the eff ect of fl uorouracil 1%
Gichuhi, Stephen +12 more
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Reconstruction of the Upper Eyelid with Flaps and Free Grafts after Excision of Basal Cell Carcinoma
Purpose: To describe a reconstructive technique of the superior eyelid with flaps and free grafts after excision of a basal cell carcinoma. Methods: Single case report of a 79-year-old woman who presented to our hospital with a basal cell carcinoma of ...
Alessandro Guido Actis, Gianpiero Actis
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The oculomotor nerve palsy is a rare neurological deficit, it is associated with numerous underlying pathologies. Including stroke, neoplasms, trauma, post-surgical inflammation, and microvascular damage from chronic disease.
Nizar Almaghrabi, MBBS +2 more
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Modern strategy and standards of treatment of lower eyelid skin malignant neoplasms
Cases of surgical treatment of basal cell skin carcinoma of the lower eyelid are rarely described in the world literature. Perhaps this is due to the search for new non-surgical treatment methods or to the fact that this localization is poorly represented in the total incidence of basal cell skin cancer.
Andrey P. Polyakov +5 more
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Treatment of head and neck cancer with photodynamic therapy: results after one year [PDF]
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a new and promising treatment modality for the treatment of malignant disease. This paper reports the preliminary experience of our group in the use of this therapy for the treatment of tumours arising in the head and neck ...
DeJode, ML +4 more
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Awareness for Merkel Cell Carcinoma: Consider it
We present a case of a 71-year-old Caucasian male complaining of left lateral lower eyelid swelling after an insect sting sensation. Physical examination showed an oval shaped lesion (half a centimetre diameter), mobile, with well-defined edges, soft ...
Bruno de Sousa Pina +2 more
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Objective : to compare the accuracy of preoperative 2-mm punch biopsy at one site and at two sites in the diagnosis of aggressive subtypes of eyelid basal cell carcinoma (BCC).
LUIZ ANGELO ROSSATO +5 more
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Preoperative electrophysiological characterization of patients with primary macula-involving rhegmatogenous retinal detachment [PDF]
Purpose: To determine 1) which components of retinal function are impaired after rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, 2) which outer retinal pathways (rod- or cone-driven) are more severely affected, and 3) whether there is concomitant inner retinal ...
Apte, Rajendra +3 more
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