documents the recurrence of a lesion with the features of giant cell fibroblastoma 3 years after the local excision of a dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans and, while supporting their close relationship, suggests that their different morphological manifestations are not simply age related. Case reportA 17-year-old male was noted to have a mass present in the left groin for several months. This was excised at another hospital. At age 20, he underwent re-excision of a recurrent tumour from the same region. PATHOLOGICAL FINDINGSThe flrst specimen was described as a skin ellipse 4 x 1.5 cm with a 0.7 cm nodule located within the dermis.

Testicular metastasis from carcinoma of the prostate is rare. We report a case of carcinoma of the prostate with bilateral testicular metastases 7 years after the initial diagnosis. The exact prognosis is not known but it usually indicates advanced disease. Although testicular metastasis is uncommon, it should be considered when a patient presents with a lump in the testis, particularly in a patient known to have another primary malignancy.

The pulmonary changes produced in mice given bleomycin intraperitoneally (twice weekly for 4 weeks, total dose 240 mg/kg) were examined by light and electron microscopy. Bleomycin damaged the pulmonary vessels and produced type I pneumocyte necrosis, resulting in non-uniform pulmonary fibrosis. The sequence of events leading to pulmonary fibrosis may be arbitrarily divided into three phases: firstly, a focal perivascular lesion consisting of interstitial oedema with plasma cell and lymphocyte infiltration; followed by the middle proliferative phase characterised by type I pneumocyte necrosis, intra-alveolar fibrin deposition, an increase in the numbers of type II pneumocytes and fibroblasts and an overall decrease in the alveolar diameter. The third phase consisted of organisation, with intra-alveolar and interstitial collagen formation and the synthesis of elastin. These phases, although occurring sequentially, did not bear a constant time relationship to the dosage schedule, for new early focal lesions continued to appear throughout the period of the experiment. These ultrastructural changes are not specific for bleomycin, but represent a general reaction of the lung to injury. The exact mechanism whereby bleomycin produces the lung damage has yet to be ascertained.

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