Analysis of patients diagnosed with primary cutaneous melanoma in the last six years in Hospital Erasto Gaertner: epidemiologic profile

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Melanoma is one of the conditions with greater increase in incidence worldwide in recent decades. It is a skin cancer with potential high lethality and predominates in Caucasian adults. Treatment of primary cutaneous melanoma is essentially surgical and search for sentinel lymph node can modify the aggressiveness of the treatment. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the epidemiological profile of patients diagnosed with primary cutaneous melanoma, histopathological features and compare with literature data. METHODS: This is a retrospective, observational, single-center, case series study of patients with primary cutaneous melanoma, who underwent surgery between January 2008 and December 2013. The parameters include: Age, sex, clinical stage, date of surgery, tumor location, histological subtype, condition of surgical margins, Breslow thickness, mitotic index, presence of ulceration and metastasis on admission. RESULTS: We included 321 melanoma patients who were treated at Hospital Erasto Gaertner. The population consisted of 58.9% females and 41.1% males with an average age of 52.8 ± 16.3 years. As for the clinical stage, 51.1% were in the initial stage, 24.3% in the clinical stage II (A, B and C), 21.2% in clinical stage III and 3.4% with distant metastases. The most frequent location of the primary melanoma was the trunk, and the histological subtype was superficial spreading pattern. Intermediate and thick melanomas were the most frequent. STUDY LIMITATIONS: This is a retrospective study and some information and data could be incomplete or absent. CONCLUSION: The diagnosis and treatment of melanoma in early stages provides less morbidity and improved survival of patients. Understanding the biological behavior of tumor and knowing the local epidemiology guide health strategies.

Carcinoma triquilemal: relato de caso / Trichilemmal carcinoma: case report

O carcinoma triquilemal é um tumor raro, que ocorre, geralmente, na pele exposta ao sol, principalmente face, couro cabeludo, pescoço e dorso das mãos, em indivíduos idosos, entre a 4ª e 9ª décadas de vida, sem predilação por sexo. O presente estudo mostra um caso de carcinoma triquilemal, recidivado, de difícil tratamento, em mesma topografia de um carcinoma basocelular tratado previamente com cirurgia e radioterapia.

The trichilemmal carcinoma is a rare tumor that usually occurs on sun-exposed skin, especially on the face, scalp, neck and back of hands, mainly in elderly subjects but commonly between the 4th and 9th decades of life. It is not a gender-based illness. This study shows a difficult to treat case of recurrent trichilemmal carcinoma on the same location of a basal-cell carcinoma previously treated with surgery and radiotherapy.

Eccrine porocarcinoma (malignant Eccrine poroma) with bone invasion and lymph node metastasis

Objective: Eccrine porocarcinoma is a rare malignant sweat gland tumor. This skin neoplasm represents only 0.005% of epithelial cutaneous neoplasms. We have diagnosed and treated a case of eccrine porocarcinoma in a cancer center institution, which is a regional reference for skin cancer treatment in Curitiba, Brazil. We report the clinicopathological data of this case. Material and Methods: We reviewed the medical records and notes, including surgical specimens of the skin tumor excised from a patient treated at our institution. All microscopic slides in our files from this case were reviewed. Results: A 58-year-old woman with no previous disease presented with a 9-month history of a progressively enlarging lesion on the occipital region. It was partially fixed to periosteum and associated with retracted adjacent tissues. A soft tissue biopsy revealed an eccrine porocarcinoma of the scalp. Conclusions: Because of the aggressive progression of this neoplasm, the best treatment option includes associated surgical excision and no adjuvant therapy.

Doencas benignas da mama: estudo retrospectivo de 731 casos / Benign breast diseases: retrospective study of 731 cases

Os autores apresentam um estudo retrospectivo de 731 pacientes atendidas no Hospital Erasto Gaertner entre 1973 e 1988 por doencas benignas da mama e avaliam dados epidemiologicos e tipos de exames complementares utilizados, correlacionando seus achados clinicos. Como achados principais relatam um pico de incidencia de procura aos 40 anos, nodulo e dor como queixas mais encontradas. As doencas mais comuns foram a doenca fibrocistica (46 por cento), fibroadenoma (34,1 por cento), mastite cronica (20,7 por cento), ectasia ductal (9 por cento). Pode-se observar ainda uma dificuldade para o diagnostico clinico de cisto mamario.

Cancer da mama masculina: experiencia de ll casos / Male breast cancer: experience of ll cases

Os autores apresentam um estudo de ll casos de cancer de mama masculina, registrados e confirmados atravâes de exame histopatologico, no periodo entre fevereiro de 1973 e setembro de 1983, no Serviço de Ginecologia e Mama do Hospital Erasto Gaertner, da Liga Paranaense de Ccombate ao Cancer. Foram analisados: idade, cor, estado civil, lateralidade, estadiamento clinico, tratamento previo, tipo histologico e evoluçao

Câncer de mama: mastectomia radical; estudo retrospectivo de 247 casos / Breast neoplasms: radical mastectomy; retrospective study of 247 cases

Apresenta-se relato da experiência adquirida com o tratamento de 247 casos de câncer de mama nos estádios clínicos I, II e III, biopsiados em outros Serviços, em que a terapêutica cirúrgica foi basicamente a mastectomia radical do tipo Halsted-Willy Meyer; mostram os resultados obtidos nos diversos estadiamentos, como também a associaçäo da radioterapia e da quimioterapia com a cirurgia e analisam-se o valor do achado axilar como índice prognóstico