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Understanding Cardiac Myxoma Recurrence: A Case Report

Recurrence of cardiac myxoma is a rare condition, observed in about 3% of patients in sporadic cases, although it is more frequent in familial ones. Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain such recurrence, and the importance of increased vascularization as a facilitating feature is the subject of debate. The authors report the case of a non-familial right atrial myxoma, unusual for both its histopathol...

No Fate But What We Make: a Case of Full Recovery After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac...

An 80 years old man suffered a cardiac arrest shortly after arrival to his local health department. Basic Life Support was started promptly and nine minutes later, on evaluation by an Advanced Life Support team, the victim was defibrillated with a 200J shock. When orotracheal intubation was attempted, masseter muscle contraction was noticed: on reevaluation, the victim had pulse and spontaneous breathing.Thirty...

Tumor uterino semelhante ao tumor dos cordões sexuais do ovário

Uterine tumors resembling ovarian sex-cord tumors are rare and few cases are published in the literature. The authors describe a recently diagnosed one. The clinical features consisted of: abnormal vaginal bleeding and enlargement of the uterus, which allowed confusion with several types of uterine pathology: benign or malignant one; the diagnosis is exclusively histopathological. These tumors have a benign bio...

Carcinoma misto do ovário: a propósito de um caso clínico

Tumor desmoide simulando carcinoma da mama: um caso clínico

Carcinoma espinho-celular do colo do útero tipo linfoepitelioma-like

Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinomas of the cervix uteri are very rare. They are poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinomas with intense stromal lymphocytic infiltration. These histologic features are similar to nasopharyngeal lymphoepithelioma and may have a better prognosis than other tumors of the cervix. A lymphoepithelioma-like lesion of the cervix uteri is described in a 33-year-old Caucasian woman who h...