ABSTRACT
Several authors have suggested the existence of a relationship between breast cancer and meningioma occurring in the same patient. I describe four patients who had both of these neoplasms and present findings that dispute the implied relationship between the two.
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Breast Neoplasms/diagnosis , Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/diagnosis , Meningeal Neoplasms/diagnosis , Meningioma/diagnosis , Neoplasms, Second Primary/diagnosis , Aged , Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Ovarian Neoplasms/diagnosis , Time FactorsSubject(s)
Anus Neoplasms/pathology , Melanoma/pathology , Rectal Neoplasms/pathology , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Female , HumansABSTRACT
We reviewed our experience at the Western Reserve Care System with totally implantable drug delivery systems (IDDS) in cancer patients with vascular access problems. Fifty-one ports were placed in 50 patients. Forty-nine of the IDDS were placed under local anesthesia. One patient developed a hemothorax during placement. Two catheters were removed because of infection. Two catheters found to be occluded responded to flushing with streptokinase. All catheters remained functional up to the time of treatment completion or of the patient's death. The low morbidity and high success rates of IDDS should encourage placement early in the course of chemotherapy.
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Antineoplastic Agents/administration & dosage , Infusion Pumps , Adult , Aged , Hospitals, Community , Humans , Infusion Pumps/adverse effects , Middle AgedABSTRACT
We have reported two cases of adenocarcinoma in a horseshoe kidney and their successful surgical treatment. Review of the literature suggests that transitional cell carcinoma and Wilms' tumor are seen more often than adenocarcinoma in horseshoe kidneys.
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Adenocarcinoma/diagnostic imaging , Kidney Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Kidney/abnormalities , Adenocarcinoma/surgery , Female , Humans , Kidney/surgery , Kidney Neoplasms/surgery , Male , Middle Aged , Nephrectomy , Renal Artery/diagnostic imaging , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , UrographySubject(s)
Abscess/pathology , Abscess/diagnosis , Adult , Humans , Lumbar Vertebrae , Male , Muscles/pathology , Subarachnoid SpaceABSTRACT
One hundred and nine patients undergoing out-patient needle localization and biopsy of non-palpable breast lesions were studied. Six patients with carcinoma were detected, 5 of them qualifying as minimal carcinoma. Thirty five patients with proliferative fibrocystic breast disease in need of careful follow-up were identified. While the number of patients with carcinoma was low, the early stage of their disease justifies continued use of the procedure. Doing the procedure on an out-patient basis has been shown by others to provide a substantial reduction in cost. Our results suggest that the out-patient setting does not affect the morbidity or mortality of the procedure.
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Ambulatory Care , Breast Neoplasms/diagnosis , Breast/pathology , Adult , Aged , Biopsy , Breast Neoplasms/pathology , Female , Fibrocystic Breast Disease/diagnosis , Fibrocystic Breast Disease/pathology , Humans , Mammography , Middle Aged , PalpationABSTRACT
A patient had occult post-operative partial wound dehiscence which was accurately diagnosed by performing a CT scan of the abdomen. It is suggested that CT scan of the abdominal wall is useful for early diagnosis of occult abdominal wound dehiscence.
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Abdominal Muscles/diagnostic imaging , Surgical Wound Dehiscence/diagnostic imaging , Tomography, X-Ray Computed/methods , Abdomen/surgery , Aged , Humans , Male , Wound HealingABSTRACT
We have reported a case of primary thrombosis of the axillary/subclavian vein, also known as the Paget-Schroetter syndrome, complicated by pulmonary embolus. It was successfully treated, along with the pulmonary embolus, with streptokinase infusion.
