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System study for hypoxia activated differentiation regarding insulin-producing cells from umbilical wire blood-derived mesenchymal stem cellular material.
In addition, genetic testing revealed FLT-3 ITD mutation. His histopathological analysis showed subarachnoid and intraparenchymal hemorrhages and tumor cell infiltration into the cerebrum, brainstem, and cerebellum. Selnoflast concentration In this case, deletion of the long arm of chromosome 7, additional abnormalities in chromosome 8, and FLT3-ITD mutation were confirmed as risk factors for having developed secondary AML for approximately 9 years and death from cerebral hemorrhage 1 year later.Primary angiosarcomas of the kidney are very rare but highly aggressive tumors showing poor prognosis. We present a case of primary renal angiosarcoma occurring in a 60-year-old man with left flank pain. CT images depicted a huge exophytic mass (14 cm in diameter) in the left kidney, exhibiting central extensive hemorrhage or necrosis without contrast enhancement. The mass showed centripetal peripheral nodular enhancement on dynamic contrast-enhanced CT images. We suggest its inclusion in the differential diagnosis of cases of hemorrhagic renal tumors with prominent vasculature.We had previously reported on S-1-induced hypertriglyceridemia. Here, we report fluorouracil-induced hypertriglyceridemia in a patient with capecitabine-induced hypertriglyceridemia and the corresponding therapeutic process. A woman in her forties who had experienced grade 3 hypertriglyceridemia due to oxaliplatin + capecitabine was administered fluorouracil ± oxaliplatin + levofolinate calcium + panitumumab; however, grade 4 hypertriglyceridemia occurred after the thirteenth administration. Bezafibrate normalized the elevation. Chemotherapy cessation resulted in its decrease to normal, and bezafibrate was stopped. Nine months after cessation, treatment with fluorouracil + irinotecan + levofolinate calcium + ramucirumab was initiated. After four cycles of treatment, her serum triglyceride levels increased again to grade 3, and then, fenofibrate was administered, resulting in a significant decrease to grade 1-2. Serum triglyceride levels significantly reduced after cessation of the prior fluorouracil-containing regimen, although its elevation was observed again following the latter treatment. Therefore, fluorouracil-induced hypertriglyceridemia was strongly speculated in this case. We have speculated that the most probable cause of tegafur and capecitabine-induced hypertriglyceridemia is fluorouracil or its metabolic enzymes since their end product is fluorouracil in the previous report. Results from this patient suggest that our supposition was correct. Fibrates administration, cessation of the treatment, and monitoring of serum triglyceride level was effective in this case as well as previous reports. Fluorouracil-induced hypertriglyceridemia is associated with the one caused by tegafur and capecitabine and presents the possibility of severe complications. Elucidation of its exact mechanism and epidemiological features is needed for better understanding.This paper describes a case of renal pelvic cancer with a complete duplication of the renal pelvis and ureter, which is substantially rare. A 76-year-old man was referred to the hospital because of gross hematuria for 2 years. A tumor was detected in the upper right kidney using enhanced computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging scan, and the downstream ureter was suspected to open into the prostate. Retrograde ureteroscopy via the ectopic ureter orifice showed a hemorrhagic papillary tumor consistent with imaging findings. Laparoscopic radical nephroureterectomy was performed and the prostate was preserved because the tumor was only in the renal pelvis. Histopathological examination showed the tumor as a high-grade urothelial carcinoma. There was no sign of recurrence at one and a half years after operation. Ureteroscopy was effective in detecting an upper urinary tract tumor, even via ectopic ureter orifice, and preserving the prostate was possible.Alectinib is a key drug for treating anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Alectinib-induced hepatotoxicity is less common than that through other ALK inhibitors, such as crizotinib or ceritinib. Herein, we describe a case of ALK-positive adenocarcinoma successfully treated with lorlatinib after developing alectinib-induced hepatotoxicity. A 57-year-old Japanese man received alectinib as first-line therapy for ALK-positive NSCLC. After 79 days, alectinib was discontinued because of hepatotoxicity and later restarted at 150 mg/day, inducing hepatotoxicity again after 64 days. Switching to lorlatinib treatment (continued for >4 months) caused no severe adverse effects. Hence, lorlatinib may be useful for patients experiencing alectinib-induced hepatotoxicity.Pembrolizumab has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of metastatic or unresectable solid tumors that are microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) or mismatch repair deficient. Blood-based circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) assays have been validated to identify tumors with MSI-H status without the need for tissue biopsy. We report 2 patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who had prior treatment with multiple lines of therapy and underwent ctDNA testing, which detected MSI-H status. Both patients were treated with pembrolizumab, resulting in an excellent clinical response measured with liquid biopsies before and after initiation of therapy, which demonstrated a significant reduction in somatic-variant allele frequency in addition to a decrease in prostate serum antigen levels.A 67-year-old previously healthy woman presented with progressive visual impairment including bitemporal hemianopsia. A brain magnetic resonance imaging revealed a contrast-enhancing mass in the optic chiasm, spreading along the left optic tract. The patient underwent a transcranial biopsy of the left optical tract that yielded a diagnosis of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. CT scans of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis, PET-CT, and bone marrow biopsy revealed no evidence of systemic lymphoma. Thus, the final diagnosis was of primary central nervous system lymphoma of the optic chiasm. Systemic treatment was initiated with full response. Six months after the end of the treatment, recurrence at cerebellum parenchyma and left tentorium was recorded. A new systemic treatment achieved full response. A second recurrence was noted in an optical coherence tomography of the right eye, 2 years after the initial diagnosis. The patient was treated with intravitreal methotrexate with initial success, but eventual failure after 10 months. Intravitreal rituximab was used with no effect. The patient was then referred to radiotherapy and underwent external beam radiotherapy with VMAT. There were no acute toxicities to report. After the radiotherapy treatment, at 1-year follow-up, the patient has no evidence of disease. Long-term toxicities were recorded and are considered manageable. The present case emphasizes the role of ocular irradiation as an option in the management of intraocular lymphoma patients, including in the salvage setting, with an acceptable ocular toxicity profile.Myoepithelial carcinoma, also known as malignant myoepithelioma, is considered an extremely rare (0.45-1%) malignant salivary gland neoplasm. Approximately 100 cases have been reported in the English-language literature on myoepithelial carcinoma. The majority of the myoepitheliomas described in the literature have been benign, and the malignant counterpart is considered rare ( less then 1%). Such a tumor may appear de novo or rarely develop from a preexisting pleomorphic adenoma ( less then 20%), and in exceedingly rare cases ( less then 0.5%), it has arisen from a benign myoepithelioma (i.e., plasmacytoid myoepithelioma). To our knowledge, no case of myoepithelial carcinoma of the parotid gland arising in a plasmacytoid myoepithelioma synchronized with melanoma has been reported to date. The treatment of myoepithelial carcinoma has been mainly surgical, including wide excision with free margins, with or without nodal dissection. The roles of chemotherapy and radiotherapy have not yet been established. We report a case of myoepithelial carcinoma of the parotid gland arising in a plasmacytoid myoepithelioma synchronized with melanoma in a 40-year-old woman. In our case, a complete response was achieved with surgery followed by adjuvant chemotherapy based on carboplatin and paclitaxel concurrent with radiotherapy.Breast metastasis from gastric signet ring cell carcinoma is extremely rare in clinical practice. The estimated incidence is 0.5-1.3%. There are few cases reported in the literature (approx. less than 60) of breast metastasis from gastric signet ring cell carcinoma, and due to the rare association between gastric cancer and its extension to the breast, it is difficult to establish the diagnosis. Clinical history, histological findings, and immunohistochemical markers are helpful in distinguishing primary breast cancer from breast metastasis of gastric cancer. The treatment for breast metastasis from gastric carcinoma remains controversial. The prognosis of breast metastasis from gastric carcinoma is generally poor. We report a case of breast metastasis of gastric signet ring cell carcinoma in a 38-year-old woman. She started chemotherapy with ramucirumab, paclitaxel, and irinotecan. Three months later, a combined 2-[18F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography showed a complete response. This is the first reported case of breast metastasis from gastric signet ring cell carcinoma with a complete response.Pyoderma gangrenosum is a rare skin necrotizing disease that can arise on a site of surgical trauma. Its pathogenesis has recently been related to dysregulation of the immune system, with inflammatory bowel disease representing the most commonly underlying systemic conditions. Several authors have also reported an association with solid malignancies (especially gastrointestinal and breast cancer). We describe the case of a 39-year-old patient diagnosed with a locally advanced, triple-negative breast cancer who developed a pyoderma gangrenosum on the surgical wound after a CVC implant with systemic complications. As the diagnosis and management of postsurgical pyoderma gangrenosum can be challenging for clinicians, underlying conditions as autoimmune disease and solid tumors have to be considered in order to guide treatment.The vast majority of patients with soft tissue sarcomas (STS) of the trunk and bilateral lung metastases at diagnosis are considered incurable. These tumors have poor prognosis as only a palliative therapeutic approach can be offered to patients. We report on an extremely rare case in which bilateral lung metastases disappeared spontaneously following surgical resection of the primary CIC-rearranged sarcoma with no addition of chemotherapy or any other systemic therapy. A 53-year-old female presented with a rapidly swelling mass on her back. A magnetic resonance imaging scan of the chest revealed a large soft tissue mass on the posterior chest wall and bilateral lung metastases. Soon after stereotactic core-needle biopsy confirmation of round-cell sarcoma, the patient underwent surgery of the primary tumor as it started to be increasingly symptomatic. The resected specimen was pathologically diagnosed a poorly differentiated grade 3 sarcoma. Approximately 1 month later, a new CT scan revealed that the lung metastases were smaller and some of them had completely disappeared.
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