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Theta-Rhythmic Oscillation involving Functioning Storage Efficiency.
Intramedullary metastasis of Ewing sarcoma is extremely rare. Here, we report an adult case of cervical intramedullary recurrent Ewing sarcoma after a 10-year disease-free survival after the initial surgery for a thoracic lesion.

A 39-year-old man with a history of surgery and chemoradiotherapy for thoracic Ewing sarcoma ten years ago presented with neck pain and incomplete motor paralysis in the right upper extremity, which had suddenly appeared three months before. Cervical magnetic resonance imaging revealed a tear-drop-shaped intramedullary lesion at the C3 level accompanied by diffuse edematous change. Because of the rapid progression of his myelopathy, he underwent surgery for this intramedullary lesion. Intraoperatively, the tumor exhibited an orangish exophytic appearance. The unclearness of the tumor boundary compelled us to perform a partial resection. The histopathology showed the tumor comprised small round atypical cells with immunoreactivity for Nkx2.2 and CD99, diagnosing a metastatic Ewing intramedullary Ewing sarcoma because of its rarity, and further collection of similar cases would be required.Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) is an established biomarker of cancer metastasis. The circulation dynamics of CTCs are important for understanding the mechanisms underlying tumor cell dissemination. Although studies have revealed that the circadian rhythm may disrupt the growth of tumors, it is generally unclear whether the circadian rhythm controls the release of CTCs. In clinical examinations, the current in vitro methods for detecting CTCs in blood samples are based on a fundamental assumption that CTC counts in the peripheral blood do not change significantly over time, which is being challenged by recent studies. Since it is not practical to draw blood from patients repeatedly, a feasible strategy to investigate the circadian rhythm of CTCs is to monitor them by in vivo detection methods. Fluorescence in vivo flow cytometry (IVFC) is a powerful optical technique that is able to detect fluorescent circulating cells directly in living animals in a noninvasive manner over a long period of time. In this study, we applied fluorescence IVFC to monitor CTCs noninvasively in an orthotopic mouse model of human prostate cancer. We observed that CTCs exhibited stochastic bursts over cancer progression. The probability of the bursting activity was higher at early stages than at late stages. We longitudinally monitored CTCs over a 24-h period, and our results revealed striking daily oscillations in CTC counts that peaked at the onset of the night (active phase for rodents), suggesting that the release of CTCs might be regulated by the circadian rhythm.BACKGROUND Papillary thyroid carcinoma is usually an indolent disease, with an almost 80% 5-year survival rate for metastatic disease. Conversely, anaplastic thyroid cancer is much more aggressive, with median overall survival rates of 4 months. CASE REPORT A 67-year-old woman presented with metastatic papillary thyroid cancer with bone metastasis, including an unstable L4 pathological fracture. Initially, she underwent lumbar stabilization surgery, followed by high-dose palliative radiotherapy to the lumbar spine. Subsequently, a total thyroidectomy was performed, followed by an ablative dose of radioiodine and supraphysiological doses of levothyroxine to achieve TSH suppression to less than 0.1 mU/L. The treatment dose of radioiodine was administered 4 times at 6-month intervals. The treatment was well tolerated, with a dramatic thyroglobulin response, and the disease remained radioiodine-sensitive. Prior to a fifth planned dose of radioiodine, our patient presented with cauda equina syndrome and underwent urgent decompressive surgery. Further oncological treatment was planned; however, she deteriorated rapidly following surgery, and repeat imaging showed progressive disease at the surgical site. Histopathology from the lumbar decompression revealed anaplastic thyroid cancer. Our patient died 5 weeks after surgery. CRISPR inhibitor CONCLUSIONS This is the first published case of transformation from papillary to anaplastic thyroid cancer presenting as cauda equina compression. Transformation from papillary to anaplastic thyroid cancer has been previously described in the literature; however, it is rarely present distant from the neck, and has an aggressive course. Malignant transformation should be considered in cases of differentiated thyroid cancer that do not fit the previous disease trajectory.BACKGROUND Despite liver transplantation (LT) being the standard treatment for pediatric end-stage liver disease, complications often persist and can adversely affect the post-transplant outcomes. This study aimed to identify the risk factors affecting the outcomes in pediatric LT patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS Data from pediatric patients who underwent primary LT from March 1988 to December 2018 were retrospectively analyzed. Chronic liver disease was defined as an explanted liver showing fibrosis regardless of grade, cirrhosis, or any other underlying disease that may cause progressive liver injury leading to fibrosis or cirrhosis. RESULTS A total of 255 pediatric patients underwent LT during the study period. Their 1-, 5-, and 10-year overall survival rates were 90.5%, 88.4%, and 87.8%, respectively. According to multivariate analysis, while liver disease without underlying chronic liver disease (P=0.024) and a pediatric end-stage liver disease (PELD) score ≥30 (P=0.036) were the only factors associated with worse survival, body weight less then 6 kg (P=0.050), whole-liver DDLT compared to LDLT (P=0.001), fulminant liver failure (P=0.008), and postoperative hepatic artery complications (P less then 0.001) were associated with worse graft survival. Liver disease without underlying chronic liver disease was the only factor independently associated with hepatic artery complications (P=0.003). CONCLUSIONS Greater caution is recommended in pediatric patients with liver disease unaccompanied by underlying chronic liver disease, high PELD score, or low body weight to improve survival after LT. Hepatic artery complication was the only surgical complication affecting the graft survival outcome, especially in patients having liver disease without underlying chronic liver disease.
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