Worldwide, prostate cancer is considered the second most common cancer in men. Most common sites for metastatic disease are lymph nodes and bones. However, isolated liver metastasis from prostate cancer is rare. We present a 75 year-old male with prostate adenocarcinoma diagnosed 7 years ago. With rising PSA, he underwent imaging and found to have isolated hepatic metastasis. After left hepatic lobectomy, his PSA dramatically decreased to < 0.01. Physicians should be aware of isolated hepatic metastasis in patients with prostate cancer. Metastasectomy should be considered in such case, and combined medical and surgical approach may prolong the overall survival.
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It is widely recognized that eosinophils are found in tumor infiltrates and that their mechanism of action is associated with particular symptoms and prognosis. However, the causes of and reasons for this process remain unclear, as does the exact mechanism by which it occurs. We report on the case of a 71-year-old woman with cholangiocellar carcinoma (CCC) with a marked eosinophilia. When the patient presented at the hospital, she said she was suffering from fatigue, depression, and pain. That triad of symptoms, indicative of peripheral eosinophilia (TABE, or tumor-associated blood eosinophilia) and tissue eosinophilia (TATE, or tumor-associated tissue eosinophilia), are recurrent in oncology. We also conducted a structured review of literature on eosinophilia associated with biliary tumors to try to answer 3 questions: Is eosinophilia (TABE or TATE) associated with solid tumors, with particular reference to the tumor of the bile duct? Is eosinophilia in biliary tumors associated with specific symptoms? Does eosinophilia (TABE or TATE) predict a specific prognosis?
Schwannomas, peripheral nerve sheath tumours arising from Schwann cells, are often associated with inherited disorders such as neurofibromatosis. Gastrointestinal schwannomas, while rare, have been reported in those without personal or family history of neurofibromatosis. Diagnoses of these lesions, however, typically follow evaluations prompted by symptomatic presentations associated with abdominal pain, rectal bleeding, change in bowel habits or positive results on faecal occult blood tests performed for colorectal cancer screening. Further, management of these predominantly benign lesions commonly incorporates surgical resection. We present the case of a sigmoid schwannoma found in an asymptomatic individual on first screening colonoscopy and treated with complete endoscopic polypectomy with anticipated surveillance colonoscopy.
FIG 1. (A) An 18 F-FDG-PET-CT image showing a hypermetabolic (standardized uptake value, 8.0) lesion within the left iliac bone and right sacral ala. (B) At 40 3 objective magnification, a giant cell is present in the center of the field, with loosely encircling histiocytes, chronic inflammatory cells, and admixed adipocytes.
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