teratoma/diarrhea

OBJECTIVE The purpose of the study was to determine clinical manifestations, prevalence, and natural history of functional sequelae in patients operated on for sacrococcygeal teratoma (SCT) during infancy. METHODS The medical records of 18 infants operated on for SCT were reviewed. Data recorded

A 57-year-old female patient with known cardiac disease developed a 4 to 6 week history of diarrhea, followed by onset of orthopnea and subsequent right-sided cardiac failure. On hospital admission she was found to have pure tricuspid regurgitation, without evidence of cardiac ischemia, pulmonary

The clinicopathologic features are presented of 8 malignant neoplasms occurring in adult teratomas, and of 2 malignant monodermal teratomas found in a continuous series of 1029 cases of ovarian adult teratomas. The age of the patients was 44--76 years. The first 8 observations included 6 epidermoid

A 9-year, 7-month-old female German shepherd weighing 26.6 kg was admitted to the hospital for pica and diarrhea. A large mass was found in the right ovary and removed, and cross section of the mass revealed a multilobular tumor consisting of several cystic cavities which contained tufts of dark

BACKGROUND While ovarian mature cystic teratomas are benign ovarian germ-cell tumors and the most common type of all ovarian tumors, the formation of fistulas into surrounding organs such as the bladder and the intestinal tract is extremely rare. This report documents a case of ovarian mature cystic

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the pharmacokinetics, biological interactions, and toxicities of ifosfamide and carboplatin combined with 41.8 degrees C whole-body hyperthermia (WBH) for 1 h in a pilot clinical study. Nineteen patients with refractory sarcoma or malignant teratoma were

Inflammatory leiomyosarcoma, a rare entity first described in 1995, has been characterized by smooth muscle differentiation, a near-haploid karyotype, and a surprisingly good prognosis. The morphology is similar to that of conventional leiomyosarcoma admixed with a chronic inflammatory infiltrate.

In recent years, there have been many developments in the field of autoimmune encephalitis. Autoimmune encephalitis is often treatable, and fast recognition and treatment are essential to prevent irreversible damage. Identification of patients with autoimmune encephalitis is challenging because

BACKGROUND Ovarian neuroendocrine tumors are extremely rare. In the ovary, the term of neuroendocrine tumor is usually related to carcinoid tumors although it may be sometimes applied to neuroendocrine carcinomas of non-small cells or small cells cancers usually occurring in the lungs. These

BACKGROUND Fistulation in benign cystic teratomas has not been commonly reported in the literature. We present a case of a benign ovarian dermoid cyst complicated with a recto-ovarian fistula. METHODS A 30-year-old nonpregnant woman admitted to the gynecological outpatient clinic because of lower

Testicular carcinoid tumors are rare with only limited studies. We identified 29 primary testicular carcinoid cases from 7 academic institutions. Patients ranged in age from 12 to 65 years old (mean 36). The most common presenting symptom was the sole finding of either a testicular mass or swelling

A phase II study of 5'-DFUR was conducted in uterine cervical cancer and ovarian cancer by the cooperative study group consisting of 26 institutions. Forty-four cases with uterine cervical cancer and 40 cases with ovarian cancer were enrolled. A daily dose of 800-1,200 mg was administered orally for

Encephalitis associated with antibodies to the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) has variable clinical manifestations. Patients are often diagnosed with infectious processes because of prodromal symptoms and autonomic manifestations. Approximately 70% of patients have prodromal symptoms

Four patients with acute nonlymphoblastic leukemia and one malignant teratoma refractory to conventional chemotherapy were treated with high doses of cytosine arabinoside (HD ARA-C). They received up to 12 cycles of 1.8 to 3 g/m2 every 12 hours applied by 2-hour infusions. A total of 55 HD ARA-C