[Parosteal ossifying lipoma of the femur. Description of a case]. / Lipoma parosteo ossificante del femore. Descrizione di un caso.

A case of parosteal ossifyng lipoma of femour in 67 years-old female patient is described. Review of literature (1966-1999) about parosteal lipoma reveals less then 70 referred cases; much less common is the ossifyng type; in our knowledge five cases of this very rare subtype are referred in last thirty years.

Epidermoid anal canal carcinoma metastatic to the skin. A clinical mimic of prostate adenocarcinoma metastases.

BACKGROUND. Cancers of the anal canal are rare, but their frequency is constantly increasing. Only 10-20% of the patients develop a local recurrence and about 20% distant visceral metastases. OBJECTIVE. To report what we believe to be the first case of skin metastases of epidermoid anal canal carcinoma mimicking a typical clinical pattern of prostatic adenocarcinoma metastases.