Pathology international
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Pathology international · Feb 1999
Review Case ReportsRetroperitoneal bronchogenic cyst: report of a case and literature review.
A large cystic mass was found in the subdiaphragmatic region of a 46-year-old woman who had complained of continuous pain in the left flank. The cyst was located in the retroperitoneum just below the diaphragm and was adhered to the diaphragmatic skeletal muscle and abdominal aorta, but was separate from the spleen, pancreas, left adrenal gland and left kidney. ⋯ Thus, a diagnosis of bronchogenic cyst, which is usually discovered in the posterior part of the mediastinum, was made. A rare case of bronchogenic cyst and a literature review is presented.
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Pathology international · Feb 1999
Case ReportsPoorly differentiated adenocarcinoma with extensive rhabdoid differentiation: clinicopathological features of two cases arising in the gastrointestinal tract.
This paper describes the pathological features of two cases of composite extra-renal rhabdoid tumor; that is, poorly differentiated carcinoma with extensive rhabdoid differentiation, arising in the small intestine of a 64-year-old man and in the pancreas of a 77-year-old woman. In both cases the tumor behaved aggressively and the patients died from disseminated malignancy within 3 months of original presentation and diagnosis. To the best of our knowledge these are the first examples of such tumors in the small intestine and pancreas.