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Objective:To investigate the diagnosis of malignancy with upper limb lymphedema as the initial sign and symptoms.Methods:Clinical data of 6 patients with malignant lymphedema admitted at the Department of Lymphatic Surgery, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, from May 2007, to Dec 2018 were retrospectively analyzed.Results:The age of these 6 patients ranged from 50 to 78 years. The time from the occurrence of lymphedema to the diagnosis of malignant tumors ranged from 1 month to 15 years. Limb swelling occurred in all 6 cases. Local lymphadenopathy occurred in 4 cases and limb paresthesia occurred in 2 cases. Pathological diagnosis showed that the tumor originated from epithelial tissue in 3 cases, mesenchymal tissue in 2 cases and lymphatic system in 1 case. Pathological diagnosis showed that the tumor originated from epithelial tissue in 3 cases, mesenchymal tissue in 2 cases and lymphatic system in 1 case.Conclusions:To avoid delays in the diagnosis and therapy of malignant lymphedema, physicians should actively look for signs or symptoms of lymphedema during the follow-up period and promptly manage patients developing problems.
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Objective: To analyze the clinicopathological characteristics of ovarian pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP). Methods: Clinical and pathological data from a total of 272 PMP patients diagnosed at Beijing Shijitan Hospital from January 2010 to January 2019 were collected from a database and retrospectively analyzed to study the origin of PMP tumors. Pathological slides marked with antigens were further studied using immunohistochemical staining, including CK7, CK20, CEA, Villin, CDX2, SATB2, CA125, ER, PR, MUC1, and MUC2. Results: Among the 272 PMP patients studied, the tumors of 245 (90.1%) originated from the appendix, while the remaining 27 (9.9%) originated from non-appendix tissues, including 5 (1.8%) from the ovaries. Ovarian cases included two ovarian teratomas, two ovarian mucinous cystadenomas, and one borderline ovarian mucinous cystadenoma. Histopathological analysis of peritoneal me-tastases further revealed two acellular mucins, two low-grade mucinous carcinoma peritonei, and one high-grade mucinous carcinoma peritonei, while immunohistochemistry revealed positive staining for CK20, CEA, Villin, and CDX2; SATB2 was also found to be partially positive in teratomas with mucinous tumors: negative in two cases and partially positive in one case. Conclusions: The occurrence of ovarian PMP is rare. Its precise diagnosis demands for a serial section of the whole appendix or suspected tissue to exclude any appen-diceal mucinous neoplasms, as well as the combination of a comprehensive analysis of its clinical signs and symptoms, imaging find-ings, surgical findings, histopathological characteristics, and immunohistochemistry.