abnormal bones soft tissue and other findings

... Soft tissues include muscles, tendons, fat, fibrous tissue, synovial tissue, vessels, and nerves Approximately 60% of soft tissue sarcomas arise in the extremities, ... germ-line abnormalities of the tumor-suppressor gene p53 and an increased incidence of soft tissue sarcomas and other malignancies, including breast cancer, osteosarcoma, brain tumor, leukemia, and ... survive the retinoblastoma and of soft tissue sarcomas unrelated to radiation therapy Other soft tissue tumors, including desmoid tumors, lipomas, leiomyomas, neuroblastomas, and paragangliomas, occasionally...

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 02:20

... mediastinum, and subcutaneous tissue Rhabdomyosarcomas, Ewing's sarcoma, and other small-cell sarcomas tend to be more aggressive and are more responsive to chemotherapy than other soft tissue sarcomas ... myxoid liposarcomas, which seek fatty tissue; and clearcell sarcomas, which may metastasize to bones Central nervous system metastases are rare, except in alveolar soft part sarcoma Radiographic Evaluation ... best with plain radiographs and MRI for tumors of the extremities or head and neck and by CT for tumors of the chest, abdomen, or retroperitoneal cavity A radiograph and CT scan of the chest are...

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 02:20

... chemotherapy Stage IV patients are managed primarily with chemotherapy, with or without other modalities Surgery Soft tissue sarcomas tend to grow along fascial planes, with the surrounding soft ... time-consuming, and less expensive Adjuvant Chemotherapy Chemotherapy is the mainstay of treatment for Ewing's primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNET) and rhabdomyosarcomas Meta-analysis of 14 randomized ... incorporating the biopsy site, is the standard surgical procedure for local disease The adjuvant use of radiation therapy and/ or chemotherapy improves the local control rate and permits the use of limb-sparing...

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 02:20

... (i.e., confined to the same soft tissue compartment as the initial tumor), and tumors designated B are extracompartmental (i.e., extending into the adjacent soft tissue compartment or into bone) ... osteochondroma, chondroblastoma, and chondromyxoid fibroma, of cartilage origin; osteoid osteoma and osteoblastoma, of bone origin; fibroma and desmoplastic fibroma, of fibrous tissue origin; hemangioma, ... Ewing's sarcoma, and malignant fibrous histiocytoma Rare malignant tumors include chordoma (of notochordal origin), malignant giant cell tumor and adamantinoma (of unknown origin), and hemangioendothelioma...

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 02:20

... appearance), and a cuff of periosteal new bone formation at the margin of the soft tissue mass (Codman's triangle) A CT scan of the primary tumor is best for defining bone destruction and the pattern ... pattern of calcification, whereas MRI is better for defining intramedullary and soft tissue extension A chest radiograph and CT scan are used to detect lung metastases Metastases to the bony skeleton ... response to chemotherapy Preoperative chemotherapy followed by limb-sparing surgery (which can be accomplished in >80% of patients) followed by postoperative chemotherapy is standard management...

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 02:20

... Ewing's sarcoma (and other members of a family of tumors called PNETs) Most PNETs arise in soft tissues; they include peripheral neuroepithelioma, Askin's tumor (chest wall), and esthesioneuroblastoma ... chromosome 11 and ews on 22 This disease is very aggressive, and it is therefore considered a systemic disease Common sites of metastases are lung, bones, and bone marrow Systemic chemotherapy is ... sarcoma cells The classic cytogenetic abnormality associated with this disease (and other PNETs) is a reciprocal translocation of the long arms of chromosomes 11 and 22, t(11;22), which creates a...

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 02:20

... post-operative radiotherapy in 300 adults with soft tissue sarcomas Cancer 47:2391, 1981 [PMID: 7272893] NIH Consensus Development Panel on Limb Sparing Treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcomas and Osteosarcomas ... Metastasectomy for soft tissue sarcoma—further evidence for efficacy and prognostic indicators J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 97:695, 1989 [PMID: 2709861] Lindberg RD et al: Conservative surgery and post-operative ... kidney cancer) and others mainly osteoblastic lesions (e.g., prostate cancer), most metastatic lesions produce both types of lesion and may go through stages where one or the other predominates...

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 02:20

... soft tissue, and osteoarticular infections in children Curr Opin Pediatr 2006, 18:254-259 Roberts S, Chambers S: Diagnosis and management of Staphylococcus aureus infections of the skin and soft ... various models of arthritis and their respective degrading actions on collagen type I, II, and III and proteoglycan, which are important constituents of connective tissues and cartilage of the joints ... to the bone and joint infections, S aureus is also the prime causative agent in many skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs), which can be manifested as superficial to deepseated and at times...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:23

... include four subtypes: soft tissue, intramural, sclerosing, and reticular Soft- tissue perineuriomas are the most common subtype and show distinctive morphologic, ultrastructual, and immunophenotypic ... the diagnosis of soft- tissue perineurioma [3,4] To the best of our knowledge, MRI and CT images of soft- tissue perineurioma in the retroperitoneum have not been reported The soft- tissue perineurioma ... stroma, and 20% are nearly exclusively myxoid [2] The soft- tissue perineurioma in our report was hypocellular with abundant myxoid stroma Radiologic differential diagnosis of retroperitoneal soft- tissue...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 03:21

... include four subtypes: soft tissue, intramural, sclerosing, and reticular Soft- tissue perineuriomas are the most common subtype and show distinctive morphologic, ultrastructual, and immunophenotypic ... the diagnosis of soft- tissue perineurioma [3,4] To the best of our knowledge, MRI and CT images of soft- tissue perineurioma in the retroperitoneum have not been reported The soft- tissue perineurioma ... stroma, and 20% are nearly exclusively myxoid [2] The soft- tissue perineurioma in our report was hypocellular with abundant myxoid stroma Radiologic differential diagnosis of retroperitoneal soft- tissue...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 07:20

... influencing distant - cranial and other - tissues and mechanisms Does a cranial rhythmic impulse (CRI) exist and, if so, what is it and does it relate to cerebrospinal fluctuations and flow? There seem ... extensions of the meninges, along with other contiguous and continuous dural structures, received detailed attention from Sutherland Sutherland described these soft tissues as taking part in a movement ... structures and their articulations and come to an understanding of the soft tissues which relate intimately with it, most notably the dural/meningeal folds which are seen in cranial theory and practice...

Ngày tải lên: 12/05/2014, 17:14

... Surgery and Research 2008, 3:36 The limb (and thus the)virtual cylinder is composed of soft tissue (mainly muscles and skin) and "hard" tissue (bone and bone marrow) The soft tissue volume (VS) and ... diabetic ulcers and osteoporosis [22] Nevertheless, only limited literature is available on the physiology and pathophysiology of bone and soft tissue blood flow, as compared to other tissues (e.g ... of nutrients and oxygen through blood flow to bone tissue [21] Interruption of normal bone and soft tissue blood flow has been shown to be responsible for the development of severe and common health...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... wounds in the foot and ankle region Materials and methods Over the four year period from 2003 to 2006, 16 patients (12 males and females) with soft tissue injuries in the foot and ankle region ... granulation tissue Several reports have been issued on the application of NPWT to soft tissue defects of the extremities, abdomen and chest [5,6] However, reports regarding its use in the foot and ankle ... described by Argenta and Morykwas [2] This technique can be used to cover exposed bone or soft tissue defects without frequent dressing changes, and reduces chronic edema and increases local blood...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... localised disease and only one patient had positive margins postoperative and treated by adjuvant radiation Soft Tissue Sarcoma The soft tissue sarcoma was under represented in our study and showed ... Antman Karen H: Sarcoma of Soft Tissue and Bone Cancer 1991, 68:463-473 Brennan M, Singer S, Maki R, O’Sullivan B: Sarcomas of the soft tissues and bone In Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology ... factors in soft tissue sarcomas: the Aarhus experience Eur J Cancer 34 1998, 12:1876-82 Adult soft tissue sarcoma treatment [http://cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/ treatment/adult -soft- tissue- sarcoma/healthprofessional#Section_229]...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:24

... management and outcome of treatment for soft tissue sarcomas Ann Oncol 2004, 15(2):307-315 Rydholm A: Centralization of soft tissue sarcoma The southern Sweden experience Acta Orthop Scand Suppl ... Thomas JM: Soft- tissue sarcomas in adults N Engl J Med 2005, 353(7):701-711 Lewis JJ, Leung D, Woodruff JM, Brennan MF: Retroperitoneal soft- tissue sarcoma: analysis of 500 patients treated and followed ... their first recurrent disease unless otherwise stated Variables related to the pre-, peri- and postoperative period were collected and included: Age, gender and symptoms, preoperative diagnosis,...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 03:22

... pain more difficult and led to patients suffering Assessments of patients for opioids and wise use will begin to reverse this trend 194 Many patients with soft- tissue problems and non-operable osteoarthritis ... contraction and nausea are usually non-serious and generally last from to 10 days [7]; these can be minimised by a gradual tapering of therapy I think it is the fear, by both patients and doctors, ... Education of patients and the use of paracetamol, glucosamine, topical NSAIDs and rubefacients will help many but not all patients: there will be some who require or demand more pain relief Primary...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20

... reviewed and published immediately upon acceptance Finally, we want to highlight that US and MRI can also be very useful to visualize nerve or soft- tissue tumors in districts other from the hand [6] ... syndrome due to an atypical deep soft tissue leiomyoma: The risk of misdiagnosis and mismanagement World J Surg Oncol 2007, 5:92 Martinoli C, Bianchi S, Derchi LE: Tendon and nerve sonography Radiol ... contributions GGliterature review and preparation of draft manuscript MC, PC, and CPhelped in preparation of manuscript LPhelped in preparing the draft manuscript and edited the final version References...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:21

... Conclusion The cause -and- effect issue of desmoid or other soft tissue tumors goes beyond their diagnosis and treatment It may also involve questions of longer follow-up and compensation and disability ... catheter, and Wiel Marin et al., [2] described a thoracic desmoid tumor at the site of a previous rib fracture Traumatic injury has been implicated as a causative factor in the genesis of other soft tissues ... "pseudolipoma" Pseudolipoma consists of normal adipose tissue in an abnormal location, and is not considered a true lipoma because it is not encapsulated Meggit and Wilson [22] reported 12 cases of post-traumatic...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:21

... lymphoma and primary CNS lymphoma [6] The incidence of NHL in HIV patients is 3% and lesions are usually high grade and extra nodal [4,5] Extranodal NHL of soft tissues is a rare disease and is ... development of different infections and tumors The improvement of the therapy with longer life expectancy has led to new associations and, among these, the involvement of other tissues such as the musculoskeletal ... evaluating bone marrow changes and characterizing adjacent soft- tissue involvement [21] Bone marrow changes are seen as areas of hypointensity on T1-weighted images and as areas of hyperintensity...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:21

... concerning adjuvant chemotherapy in resected soft tissue sarcoma, an additional doxorubicin and ifosfamide-based chemotherapy regimen significantly reduced distant metastases and mortality in resected ... RG: Role of chemotherapy in patients with soft tissue sarcomas Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 2004, 4:229-236 Anderson P, Aguilera D, Pearson M, Woo S: Outpatient chemotherapy plus radiotherapy in sarcomas: ... 59:908-915 Rhomberg W, Hassenstein EO, Gefeller D: Radiotherapy vs radiotherapy and razoxane in the treatment of soft tissue sarcomas: final results of a randomized study Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1996,...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20