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Case Reports in Oncology Volume 13 Issue 1

Subject Areas: Oncology
Publisher: S. Karger AG - Karger
SJR: 23

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Acquired Hemophilia in an Elderly Patient with Carcinoma of the Ampulla of Vater

Mavroeidis, Leonidas; Vassou, Amalia; Zarkavelis, George; Papadaki, Alexandra; Mouzaki, Ioanna; Ntellas, Panagiotis; Gkoura, Stefania; Gazouli, Ioanna; Pentheroudakis, George

2020 Case Reports in Oncology

doi:10.1159/000504338 pmid:32110212

Acquired hemophilia is a rare autoimmune bleeding disorder related to the production of autoantibodies that inhibit clotting factor VIII or IX. The underlying cause can be autoimmune disease, malignancy, pregnancy, or medications, but it is most commonly idiopathic. Here we present the case of an...
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Ophthalmologic Manifestations as Initial Presentation of Patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: Report of Two Cases

Mohamed, Shehab F.; Qatami, Ahmed; Nashwan, Abdulqadir; Abdulla, Mohammad A.; Yassin, Mohamed A.

2020 Case Reports in Oncology

doi:10.1159/000504928 pmid:32110213

Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a myeloproliferative neoplasm, classically described as triphasic disease (chronic, accelerated, and blast). Despite the significant efforts made by different groups to optimize treatment and outcome, there are still unmet needs and unanswered questions....
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Palliative Care of Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of Spine with Cord Compression and Multiple Bone Metastases Treated by Multidisciplinary Therapy: Case Report

Sekiguchi, Ivan; Takeda, Naoki; Ishida, Naoki

2020 Case Reports in Oncology

doi:10.1159/000504931 pmid:32110214

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) of the spine is rare, with only a few dozen cases reported in the literature. A 60-year-old male was referred to us with symptoms of thoracic myelopathy. A solid tumor in the Th8 right costovertebral junction invading the spinal canal and compressing the...
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HPV-Related Neovaginal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Presenting as Lung Metastasis after Male-to-Female Gender Confirmation Surgery

Wang, Gang; Ferguson, David; Ionescu, Diana N.; Hoang, Lien; Barrett, Sarah; van Niekerk, Dirk; Rose, James Neil; Kollmannsberger, Christian

2020 Case Reports in Oncology

doi:10.1159/000504936 pmid:32110215

There have been 4 reported cases of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the neovagina in transgender women. In this report, we present another case of neovaginal SCC in a transgender woman, which was HPV-related, with lung metastasis as the initial presentation, and which was also complicated by her...
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Cancer-Related Pneumopericardium: A Case Report and Literature Review

Hirani, Samina; Velez Martinez, Carol S.; Patan, Shajadi; Kavanaugh, Mindie

2020 Case Reports in Oncology

doi:10.1159/000504935 pmid:32110216

Pneumopericardium is a relatively rare entity mostly described in the literature as a result of causes such as penetrating/blunt trauma and iatrogenic causes during cardiothoracic procedures. We are presenting a case of pneumopericardium as a complication of progressed gastroesophageal junction...
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Ganglion Impar Neurolysis in the Management of Pelvic and Perineal Cancer-Related Pain

Ferreira, Filipa; Pedro, Ana

2020 Case Reports in Oncology

doi:10.1159/000505181 pmid:32110217

Cancer-related pain is a very prevalent problem in all stages, with 10% of patients requiring invasive techniques for adequate pain management. Ganglion impar neurolysis has been used in the treatment of pelvic-perineal pain with efficacy and rare complications, but only a few case or series...
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Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis in a Patient with Pancreatic Cancer Responding to Nab-Paclitaxel plus Gemcitabine

Ceccon, Garry; Wollring, Michael; Brunn, Anna; Deckert, Martina; Waldschmidt, Dirk; Fink, Gereon R.; Galldiks, Norbert

2020 Case Reports in Oncology

doi:10.1159/000504697 pmid:32095126

Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis is an extremely rare, but devastating complication in pancreatic cancer patients with a poor prognosis despite multimodal treatment. We present a 51-year-old male patient with the very rare condition of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis originating from pancreatic...
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Treatment Considerations for Patients with Unresectable Metastatic Melanoma Who Develop Pembrolizumab-Induced Guillain-Barré Toxicity: A Case Report

Muralikrishnan, Sivraj; Ronan, Lara K.; Coker, Shodeinde; Rauschkolb, Paula K.; Shirai, Keisuke

2020 Case Reports in Oncology

doi:10.1159/000504930 pmid:32110218

Immunotherapy has improved outcomes in many malignancies, most notably in melanoma, lung cancer, and bladder cancer. Understanding the side effects associated with these medications is an important part of managing our patients. Although fatigue, rash, and diarrhea are commonly reported side...
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A Case of Rare Cutaneous Metastasis from Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

Ito, Hiroyuki; Tajiri, Takuma; Hiraiwa, Shin-ichiro; Sugiyama, Tomoko; Ito, Ayano; Shinma, Yoshimasa; Kaneko, Motoki; Anzai, Kazuya; Tsuda, Shingo; Ichikawa, Hitoshi; Nagata, Junko; Kojima, Seiichiro; Watanabe, Norihito

2020 Case Reports in Oncology

doi:10.1159/000505322 pmid:32110219

A 71-year-old woman presented to a nearby hospital with an occipital scalp ulcer with exudate. Thoracoabdominal enhanced computed tomography (CT) was performed due to suspected cancer. The imaging results showed tumors in the pancreatic tail and at multiple sites in the lung, whereupon she was...
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Personalized Treatment Approach to Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer with BRCA2 and PTEN Mutations: A Case Report

Julka, Pramod Kumar; Verma, Amit; Gupta, Kush

2020 Case Reports in Oncology

doi:10.1159/000505182 pmid:32110220

DNA repair mutations (BRCA1 and BRCA2) are found in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) patients. Here, we report a case of a 71-year-old male patient with metastatic CRPC along with BRCA2 and PTEN mutations. As per the genomic findings of the Foundation One report,...

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