4 research outputs found
Burkittās Lymphoma in the Boy: Infiltration in the Stomach, Colon and the Retroperitoneum ā Ileocecal Invagination
A 4-year-old boy was hospitalised because showing signs of weakness, slight pain in the abdomen and while urinating.
The symptoms occurred 7 days before hospitalisation. The boy did not vomit, nor did he have the urge to vomit, the
defecation was regular showing no traces of blood. The physical visit a soft and painless tumefaction was confirmed
ileocecally. The echography tests and the computed tomography suggested invagination, not excluding the second substrate.
Barium enema showed irreductible invagination. The operative test showed that it was about the ileocolic invagination
with extreme thickening of the cecum, the ascedental colon, the intestine and the retroperitoneum walls. A resection
of the small intestine and a ileocolic anastomosis was performed. The pathohistological test shows the primar abdominal
Burkittās lymphoma. In spite of the subsequent therapy the boy dies three weeks after the first symptomsā manifestation.
We, herewith, suggest at the importance of the echography analysis when diagnosing the Burkittās tumor and give advantage
to this analysis against the computerized tomography. We also point at the huge level of malignancy of the Burkittās
tumor in this boy
Osteosarcoma of the Mastoid Process Following Radiation Therapy of Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Parotid Gland ā A Case Report
Radiation therapy is frequently used method in treatment of the head and neck malignancies. Osteosarcoma is a rare complication of radiation therapy and usually occurs after a long latent period. We report the case of 75-year-old female with osteosarcoma of the mastoid process. Twelve years before presentation she received radiation therapy after total parotidectomy and radical neck dissection in treatment of mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the parotid gland. Diagnostic procedures included contrast ā enhanced CT and MRI of the head and neck and HRCT of the temporal bone. The final
diagnosis of the low grade osteosarcoma was confirmed by biopsy. Diagnostic criteria were fulfilled and the lesion was classified as a radiation induced osteosarcoma