Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4563/1710015
Impact of the Number of Dissected Axillary Lymph Nodes on Survival in Breast Cancer Patients
Emad Eldin Nabil, Ahmed M Maklad, Ashraf Elyamany, Emad Gomaa and Moamen M Ali
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: June 05, 2019
For patients with breast cancer, axillary dissection was a standard treatment, especially with patient with positive metastases in the sentinel nodes. For some patients axillary dissection might be over-treatment, including those who have had a mastectomy. Especially with the new trend of many radiation-therapy centers, provide radiation-therapy for any number of positive lymph nodes. The aim of our work is to evaluate the impact of number of dissected axillary Lymph Nodes (LN), on Overall Survi...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4563/1710014
Atypical Presentation of Denny-Brown Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of Literature
Romeo V Porlas Jr, MD, Scott Riley K Ong, MD, Gerard Raimon Saranza, MD, FPNA and Jose Paciano B Reyes, MD, FPNA
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: June 01, 2019
Paraneoplastic subacute sensory Denny-Brown neuronopathy
affects the peripheral nervous system and commonly
associated with small cell lung carcinoma and with other tumor
types in 14.4% of cases. Presented is a case of 23, female with progressive numbness
of extremities and ataxia. Investigations showed diffuse
sensory neuronopathy and elevated CSF IgG on CSF
studies. Paraneoplastic autoantibodies revealed negative
results yet imaging showed an anterior mediastinal mass,
which turned B-c...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4563/1710013
Prostatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: An Unusual Subtype of Prostate Cancer
Dinesh Kumar, MBBS, MS and John Lobo, MD
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: May 25, 2019
Ductal adenocarcinoma of the prostate (DAP) is defined as malignant epithelial cells filling large prostatic acini ducts, with preservation of basal cells forming either solid or dense cribriform patterns or a loose cribriform or micropapillary pattern with either marked nuclear atypia (nuclear size six times normal or larger) or Nonfocal comedonecrosis. DAP is a rare variant of prostate cancer, and has poorly-identified clinical characteristics....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4563/1710012
Hydropneumopericardium: Unusual Complication of Proton Radiotherapy
Nakamura Yasuhiro, MD
Article Type: Clinical Image | First Published: May 13, 2019
Hydropnemopericardium is a very rare condition, which arises from penetrating trauma or blunt chest injury, development secondary to procedures, fistulization from adjacent structures and pericardial infections. This patient was 60-year-old man with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) presented to outpatients clinic with stomach pain, fatigue and anorexia. The patient was afebrile but laboratory profile manifested an excessive inflammatory response and disseminated intravascular coagulation. We detec...
