Extreme Idiopathic gigantomastia

Gigantomastia is a rare mastopathy of unknown cause. Due to mechanical and psychological complications related to excessive breast weights and volume, effective surgical treatment is required. Most cases of gigantomastia in the literature are associated with pregnancy or puberty and very rare cases of spontaneous gigantomastia have been reported We report a 38 years old woman with an idiopathic gigantomastia treated successfully with Thorek technique

Light chain nephropathy

Light chain deposition disease (LCDD) is characterized by the tissue deposition of monotypic immunoglobulin light chains of either kappa or lambda isotype. It is the archetypal systemic disease that is most frequently diagnosed on a kidney biopsy, although the deposits may involve several other organs. This brief review focuses on the clinicopathological features of LCDD-associated nephropathy with an emphasis on the diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties related to this elusive condition

Extreme Idiopathic gigantomastia

Gigantomastia is a rare mastopathy of unknown cause. Due to mechanical and psychological complications related to excessive breast weights and volume, effective surgical treatment is required. Most cases of gigantomastia in the literature are associated with pregnancy or puberty and very rare cases of spontaneous gigantomastia have been reported We report a 38 years old woman with an idiopathic gigantomastia treated successfully with Thorek technique

MARCKS protein overexpression is associated with poor prognosis in male breast cancer

International audienceMale breast cancer (MBC) is a rare and aggressive disease. Thus, identification of new therapeutic targets is crucial

Tumor DNA hypomethylation of LINE-1 is associated with low tumor grade of breast cancer in Tunisian patients

International audienceDNA hypomethylation of long interspersed repetitive DNA retrotransposon (LINE‑1) and Alu repeats elements of short interspersed elements family (SINEs) is an early event in carcinogenesis that causes transcriptional activation and leads to chromosomal instability. In the current study, DNA methylation levels of LINE‑1 and Alu repeats were analyzed in tumoral tissues of invasive breast cancer in a Tunisian cohort and its association with the clinicopathological features of patients was defined. DNA methylation of LINE‑1 and Alu repeats were analyzed using pyrosequencing in 61 invasive breast cancers. Median values observed for DNA methylation of LINE‑1 and Alu repeats were considered as the cut‑off (59.81 and 18.49%, respectively). The results of the current study demonstrated a positive correlation between DNA methylation levels of LINE‑1 and Alu repeats (rho=0.284; P<0.03). DNA hypomethylation of LINE‑1 was also indicated to be associated with low grade (P=0.023). To the best of our knowledge, the current study is the first study regarding DNA methylation of LINE‑1 and Alu repeats element in breast cancer of the Tunisian population. The results of the current study suggest that, since hypomethylation of LINE‑1 is associated with low grade, it could be used as a biomarker for prognosis for patients with breast cancer