Cranial metastases are uncommon locations of thyroid papillary carcinoma. They significantly reduce patients’ survival, especially in a context of late management. We report the case of a 46-year-old woman who presented an anterior cervical swelling, then a progressive large craniofacial mass for more than 5 years without any treatment. The imaging performed showed a large craniofacial tissue mass with frontotemporal and right orbital bone destruction extended to the face sinuses and the underlying extradural space without brain involvement; the second thyroid tumor right site had similar imaging characteristics to the cranial mass. The diagnosis of papillary carcinoma with craniofacial metastasis was retained after cranial biopsy and thyroid cytology. At this stage, a cranial surgery has not been proposed but a palliative hormonal treatment. The patient died 2 weeks after diagnosis. This case illustrates the relevant role of imaging in the assessment of thyroid tumors and the value of early management for improving patients’ survival.
Diabetic mastopathy is an uncommon immunologic breast disease occurring usually in patients under long-term insulin treatment. It can pose a question of differential diagnosis with breast cancer especially in case of family history of breast cancer. We report the radiological diagnostic approach of a case of diabetic mastopathy with family history of breast cancer. The mammogram was nonspecific. Ultrasound showed two suspicious masses of right breast without suspicious enhancement on MRI. Diabetic mastopathy was confirmed on histology without cancer cells. Diabetic mastopathy is a diagnostic challenge and needs to be suspected in all patients with type I diabetes. Image-guided biopsy confirmation remains mandatory. The literature is briefly reviewed.
Conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma is a common malignant tumor in adults. It affects the peri-limbic conjunctiva. This is a neoplasia that is increasing in tropical Africa because it occurs in subjects with prolonged exposure to ultraviolet rays, in patients immunocompromised to the human immunodeficiency virus and HPV infection. Computed tomography allows one to make a diagnosis. We report the case of 57 patients in whom the diagnosis was made radiologically and confirmed by histology.
A B S T R A C TThe fibrous dysplasia of bone is painless, benign, and slowly progressive bone lesion. It may rarely become aggressive by compression of adjacent organs or malignant transformation. This disease falls within the scope of a McCune-Albright syndrome in less than 7 % of cases. The authors reported the case of a 25-year-old woman, living in the countryside, who suffered from a severe craniofacial fibrous dysplasia which has begun since her childhood with no medical care. Her clinical picture was that of McCune-Albright syndrome, and CT scan revealed advanced dysplasia with endocranial compression.
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