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Rare Diseases

It is well known that F-18 FDG PET/CT is a highly sensitive diagnostic modality for cancer patients. However, false positive cases resulting from benign disease such as tuberculosis in the endemic area often compromise the diagnostic accuracy of F-18 FDG PET/CT. Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis is a rare disease although extrapulmonary tuberculosis can involve any region in the body. We report one case of nasopharyngeal tuberculosis incidentally detected on F-18 FDG PET/CT.
Humans ; Rare Diseases ; Tuberculosis

Eosinophilic infiltration in the liver is not a rare disease and it is usually presented as multiple, small, ill defined, oval or round, low attenuated lesions on portal phase of computed tomography. We reported case of hepatic eosinophilic infiltration in the liver, as an unusual manifestation of segmental involvement.
Eosinophils ; Liver ; Rare Diseases

Gorham's disease is a rare disorder characterized by clinical and radiological disappearance of bone by proliferation of non-neoplastic vascular tissue. The disease was first reported by Jackson in 1838 in a boneless arm. The disease was then described in detail in 1955 by Gorham and Stout. Since then, about 200 cases have been reported in the literature, with only about 28 cases involving the spine. We report 2 cases of Gorham's disease involving the spine and review related literature to gain more understanding about this rare disease.
Arm ; Rare Diseases ; Spine

Report a case of 17-year-old male patient who had diagnosis of gastric cancer. This patient was admitted in 2/1/1998, operated in12/1/1998 and discharged in 27/1/1998. During this time, the patient underwent total gastrectomy and removed lymphatic nodes. This is first case of Histiocytome malign that was not involved in gastric adenocarcinoma has been reported. Clinical features included left side abdominal pain; loss weight rapidly; persistent high fever; extended necrotic lesions in gastric body that invaded abdominal wall and diaphragm, lymphatic nodular metastases. Post-operative survival time was as short as 2 months and 12 days.
Rare Diseases ; Stomach Neoplasms

The Pseudotumor inflammatory of appendix was a rare clinical condition. The cecum was thickened, the ilececal angle became a block due to inflammatory and swollen of mesentery node which allowed surgeons to think of cecal tumor during operation. The left large intestinal resection indicated for Pseudotumor inflammatory of appendix.
Appendicitis ; Rare Diseases

Cystic disease of the spleen is a relatively rare disease. It is classified either as a true primary cyst or as a secondary pseudocyst. Most splenic cysts are pseudocysts, which have non-epithelial lining, and are caused by previous abdominal blunt trauma. Conversely, primary splenic cysts have epithelial lining and are subdivided into parasitic and non-parasitic cyst. Non-parasitic primary splenic cyst is considered congenital and comprises about 10% of all splenic cysts. Total or partial splenectomy is the treatment of choice, but parasitic infection must be excluded prior to an operation. In this present report, we described a symptomatic, large primary non-parasitic splenic cyst, which was surgically treated with partial splenectomy.
Rare Diseases ; Spleen ; Splenectomy

Fibrous pseudotumor of testicular tunic is a rare disease which has been considered to be non-neoplastic, reactive, fibrous lesions. This may be difficult to distinguish from other solid tumors arising from paratesticular tissues, and thus may be result in orchiectomy for this benign process.
Orchiectomy ; Rare Diseases ; Testis

Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma is a rare disease with poor prognosis. Treatment including wide or radical excision is very important. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy are additional treatment options, but no conclusive results for their efficacy have been shown until date. Imaging modalities can give important clues for diagnosis and management planning. Angioembolization before surgery could be useful as prophylaxis to control intraoperative bleeding, increasing the likelihood of complete resection.
Chondrosarcoma, Mesenchymal ; Rare Diseases

Humans ; Child ; Rare Diseases