Introduction: Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) promotes carcinogenesis by inducing proliferation and angiogenesis while decreasing apoptosis and immunosuppressive activity. It is overexpressed in many malignancies including renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The aim of this study was to investigate COX-2 expression in clear cell RCC and its association with tumour grades and demographic parameters. Materials and Methods: Thirty-six clear cell RCC cases were selected. There were 21 (58.3%) men and 15 (41.7%) women with median age of 56.6 years (range: 16-74 years). Chinese constituted 16 (44.4%) of the cases; Malays 14 (38.9%) cases and Indian 6 (16.7%) cases. There were 6 (16.7%) grade 1, 20 (55.6%) grade 2, 10 (27.8%) grade 3 and none was grade 4. The paraffin embedded tissues were cut at 4 μm thick and stained with COX-2 monoclonal antibody. Results: Eighteen (50%) of the RCC cases were immunopositive, of which all showed strong positivity. The immunopositive cases showed cytoplasmic membrane positivity. Conclusion: There was no significant association between COX-2 expression with grade, age, sex and ethnicity (p=0.457, p=0.054, p=0.389 and p=0.568 respectively). Strong positivity of COX-2 suggest that COX-2 may play a role in cell proliferation and in carcinogenesis.
cell carcinoma

109 records and 109 histopathologic samples of squamous epithelioma patients at the Hospital K during 1992-1996 period were studied. By histopathologic classification, the malignity was divided into I, II, III, IV grade. Results showed that epithelioma was common in the elderly, principally in open area of the skin such as in head, neck and limbs (93.6%). The most of squamous epitheliomas were at the grade I, II, III. Among squamous epithelioma cases, 18% had post operative recurrent, 13.8% had gland metastasis, 55% recurred just in post operative first year, and 70% had 1 time of recurrent. >5 cm large tumors and the tumors of grade III, IV, high rate of recurrent was noted
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; Skin ; Carcinoma

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Carcinoma, Basal Cell ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell* ; Nevus*

Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is an unusual primary cutaneous tumor, occasionally found con-current with other malignancies. A case of MCC with coexisting squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) was studied histologically, immunohistochemically and ultrastructurally. The MCC and SCC occured at the same site, but each preserved its identity and transition between the two was not identified.
Carcinoma, Merkel Cell* ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) of the scrotum is uncommon and its pathogenesis is not well understood. The clinical behaviour of scrotal BCC is thought to be more aggressive and has a higher metastatic potential than BCC of other regions. The mainstay of treatment for localized scrotal BCC is wide local excision, while metastatic disease may need systemic chemotherapy for palliative control. A rare clinical scenario of scrotal BCC presenting concurrently with another metastatic cancer has never been reported. The present case illustrates the diagnostic challenge and management dilemma due to simultaneous presentation of scrotal BCC and metastatic squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). A 70-year-old man complained of a non-healing scrotal ulcer while he was being investigated for metastatic squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the external auditory meatus. The scrotal lesion was initially thought to be metastatic SCC. It was later confirmed to be BCC with biopsy and histopathological examination. He underwent surgical resection of the scrotal BCC for local control followed by palliative chemotherapy with cisplatin and radiotherapy for lymph node metastases. He remained well and did not have any local recurrence following 6 months after palliative treatment. Surgery coupled with palliative chemoradiation can offer good quality of life for patients with scrotal BCC and concurrent metastatic SCC.
Carcinoma, Basal Cell ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell

Neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC) of the endometrium is a rare, aggressive subtype of endometrial cancer. We report a 61-year-old female with a history of breast cancer, s/p modified radical mastectomy, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and hormonal (tamoxifen) therapy, who presented with post-menopausal bleeding. Patient underwent TAH-BSO with lymph node dissection, and was diagnosed with a mixed small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (SCNEC) and large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC), confirmed by positive immunohistochemical staining for neuroendocrine markers. No other lesions were identified on PET-CT, making a primary endometrial NEC the most likely diagnosis. We review the clinical and pathologic characteristics of endometrial neuroendocrine carcinomas.
Endometrial Neoplasms ; Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine ; Carcinoma, Large Cell ; Carcinoma, Small Cell

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Carcinoma, Renal Cell*

Renal cell carcinoma has a wide and varied spectrum of symptoms and signs, which are separable into local tumor effect, metastatic symptoms and extrarenal manifestations. Therefore, for the urologist diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma can be difficult to be made even after complete evaluations. We report three cases of unusual presentations of renal cell carcinoma confirmed by exploration and microscopic examination.
Carcinoma, Renal Cell* ; Diagnosis

Primary ovarian transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) is extremely rare tumor and recently it has been recognized as one of histologic subtype of ovarian epithelial carcinoma. We experienced three cases at Inha University Hospital and report our experiences with a brief review of literature.
Carcinoma, Transitional Cell*

No abstract available.
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell* ; Prognosis*