The peritoneum is a large serosal membrane enveloping the abdomen and pelvic organs and forming the peritoneal cavity. This complex relationship forms many named abdominopelvic spaces, which are frequently involved in infectious, inflammatory, neoplastic, and traumatic pathologies. The knowledge of this anatomy is essential to the radiologist to localize and describe the extent of the disease accurately. This manuscript provides a comprehensive pictorial review of the peritoneal anatomy to describe pathologic fluid and gas.
5-Fluorouracil (5-FU), a known cardiotoxin, is the backbone for the treatment of colorectal cancer. It is associated with arrhythmias, myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death. Most commonly, it is associated with coronary vasospasm secondary to direct toxic effects on vascular endothelium.A woman with metastatic colon cancer, originally treated with a 5-FU infusion as part of the FOLFIRI (Folinic acid, 5-Fluorouracil, Irinotecan) regimen, was unable to tolerate the chemotherapy due to chest pain. She was transitioned from infusional 5-FU to inferior 1-hour bolus 5-FU, in an attempt to minimise cardiotoxicity, but had disease progression. A multidisciplinary decision was made to again trial 5-FU infusion and pretreat with diltiazem. She tolerated chemotherapy without adverse events. A multidisciplinary discussion is recommended for co-management of reversible 5-FU-associated cardiotoxicity. After coronary artery disease (CAD) risk stratification and treatment, empiric treatment with calcium channel blockers and/or nitrates may allow patients with suspected coronary vasospasm, from 5-FU, to continue this vital chemotherapy.
426 Background: Advances in genomic mutation profiling have helped strengthen the management of cancer, however access to these advances can be challenging in hospitals serving majorly low-income neighborhoods due to socioeconomic factors. In a retrospective cohort study at our safety net hospital, serving lower socioeconomic populations, we identified the real-world uptake of tissue based next-generation sequencing (NGS) and liquid biopsy (ctDNA) in treated oncology patients. Methods: Records from 85 solid tumor patients treated at UF Health were evaluated for specific demographics and for completion of liquid biopsies and also NGS of patients’ tumors. 25 of those patients had completed liquid biopsies and were included. Genomic mutation profiles were stratified by liquid biopsies and whether or not NGS was completed. Concordance of multiple variant mutations between NGS and liquid biopsy were analyzed to determine if both tests were actionable. Results: Of these 85 patients, 25 obtained genomic mutation profiles from liquid biopsies with 10 also obtaining profiles from NGS. Of the profiled tumors, 64% contained actionable variant mutations for a specific therapy. Comparative analysis between patients with liquid biopsies and NGS revealed a concordance rate of 70% in variant mutation identification and 20% concordance rate in actionable variant mutations. Additionally, of the patients who received only liquid biopsies, 52% contained variant mutations that were actionable. Conclusions: Our data shows that 64% of patients with liquid biopsy and 70% with NGS had actionable mutations. The low concordance in actionable mutations between NGS and liquid biopsy suggests that both tests should be done to inform cancer management. Our data demonstrates that hospitals that serve low-income populations have limited access in obtaining genomic mutation profiling through liquid biopsies or NGS due to the socioeconomic challenges our patients face. Cancer centers in safety-net hospitals should address challenges to obtaining actionable data provided by genetic mutation profiling to inform treatment options for those patients.[Table: see text]
Thyroid cancer is a type of malignancy that is considered to have a low morbidity and an indolent disease course in most patients. Though some of its pathologic variants such as anaplastic carcinoma may present with advanced disease staging, it is important to consider the possibility of metastasis to thyroid which may present like a thyroid primary. Solid organ carcinomas form the bulk of the uncommon metastasis to the thyroid, though sarcomas from various organs also rarely exhibit this activity. Literature demonstrating sound diagnostic criteria for these occurrences is sparse. We present a case of uterine sarcoma with distant metastasis to the thyroid gland that initially presented as hypercapnic respiratory failure. Only an inpatient episode of uterine bleeding prompted our team to explore the potential of a metastatic process. Our diagnosis was made utilizing a multidisciplinary approach that we feel is important for clinicians dealing with metastatic disease to the thyroid. In addition to sound physical exam, and use of appropriate imaging modality, we feel it is essential to utilize a detailed cytohistologic specimen evaluation, immunohistochemistry, and genetic sequencing to effectively work up such patients. Although our patient did not survive her hospital stay, we hope this paper brings greater awareness of this malignancy and acts as a benchmark for diagnosing such an unusual remote primary.
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