serpentine/sarcoma

This paper presents the case of an 85-year-old male affected by classic Kaposi's sarcoma (CKS) since 1994. The disease was widespread over much of the skin surface. Since 1995 the patient had undergone several chemotherapy treatments with good, but not lasting results. Due to a worsening in the

The ultrastructure of four alveolar soft part sarcomas was examined to search for ultrastructural signs of myogenic or neural origin. A new ultrastructural structure, an unusual tubular structure, was found in two of four cases. The structure appeared as a large, smooth, tubular aggregate in the

A 20-year-old male castrated domestic longhair cat was evaluated for assessment of its chronic kidney disease (CKD) and a non-healing ulcerated mass at the site of a previously placed and subsequently removed GIF tube. The cat had been diagnosed with CKD 10 years prior and two GIF tubes had been

Fibrous hamartoma of infancy (FHI) is a rare, benign lesion which is commonly seen under two years of age. Clinical and radiological features of FHI can mimic malignant soft tissue sarcomas, it is important to make differential diagnosis. Ultrasound (US) examination reveals heterogeneous

Although the histopathologic features of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST) have been well-described, the cytologic features are less well-characterized. We retrospectively reviewed 4 aspiration specimens from 3 patients with histologically-proven MPNST. The biopsy specimens were

California has 12% of the U.S. population. In 1991, the newly diagnosed cancer cases in California represented 10% of all new cancer cases in the country, and the yearly toll was 10% of all cancer deaths. Relative to all new cancer cases in the U.S., California had 10, 9.8, 9.8, and 9.3% of breast,

Seventeen cases of intravascular fasciitis were reported from the files of the AFIP (14 cases) and the Pathology Department, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (three cases). It is characterized by the histologic features of nodular fasciitis but with intraluminal, intramural, and extramural