A right supradiaphragmatic mass varying over 6 yers

peer reviewedLe kyste pleuro-péricardique est une entité rare d'origine embryologique. Nous rapportons le cas d'une patiente présentant une importante masse médiastinale au départ asymptomatique. La découverte fortuite d'une masse médiastinale doit amener à évoquer, entre autres, le diagnostic de kyste pleuro-péricarique

Intrapericardial Bronchogenic Cyst Adherent to the Ascending Aorta.

Bronchogenic cysts arise from an abnormal budding of the ventral diverticulum of the foregut or the tracheobronchial tree during embryogenesis. Pericardial location of these cysts is very rare. We describe a case of a young asymptomatic woman with an intrapericardial cystic mass compressing the right heart. Because of severe adhesions of the mass to the ascending aorta and to the right coronary artery, these structures were injured during surgical resection requiring the replacement of the ascending aorta and a coronary artery by-pass graft. Only the histopathologic findings provided the final diagnosis

Triple negative breast cancer

peer reviewedLe cancer du sein touche une femme sur huit dans les pays occidentaux. Son incidence a considérablement augmenté au cours de ces deux dernières décennies mais, en même temps, le niveau de mortalité spécifique est resté stable et a même diminué en Europe et aux Etats-Unis, notamment, grâce à l’apport de nouvelles armes thérapeutiques, aux changements dans l’utilisation du traitement hormonal substitutif à la ménopause et à un diagnostic plus précoce. Malgré cela, le cancer du sein reste la première cause de décès par cancer chez la femme de moins de 65 ans. Le cancer du sein «triple négatif», un sous-type représentant environ 10 % des cancers du sein, est caractérisé par l’absence de récepteurs hormonaux aux oestrogènes et à la progestérone et l’absence d’expression du facteur de croissance HER-2 en étude d’immunohistochimie. Ce type de cancer du sein est associé à un profil clinique défavorable avec un haut risque de rechute métastatique précoce. De plus, le cancer du sein «triple négatif» ne présente aucune cible thérapeutique propre et son pronostic est donc particulièrement mauvais. La définition de facteurs prédictifs de la réponse tumorale aux différents traitements et l’apport des thérapies ciblées sont deux pistes susceptibles d’améliorer la prise en charge et la survie des patients atteints par ce type de cancer extrêmement agressif

Anatomo-Clinical Comparison: Caecal Duplication Cyst

peer reviewedEnteric duplication cysts, and particularly caecal duplication cysts, are rare and generally benign congenital anomalies for which a diagnosis is difficult to make because they mimic other surgical diseases. A surgical management is the treatment of choice. The diagnosis can then be made or confirmed by histopathologic analysis

Inflammatory hepatocellular adenoma, focal nodular hyperplasia and hepatic granulomas in one single patient : possible physiopathologic explanations.

We report the case of a hepatocellular adenoma associated with focal nodular hyperplasia and hepatic granulomas in a 30-yearsold woman. This association has rarely been described before but might be explained by underlying common pathophysiologic mechanisms. In this manuscript possible links between the three entities are discussed

Inflammatory hepatocellular adenoma, focal nodular hyperplasia and hepatic granulomas in one single patient: Possible physiopathologic explanations

We report the case of a hepatocellular adenoma associated with focal nodular hyperplasia and hepatic granulomas in a 30-years-old woman. This association has rarely been described before but might be explained by underlying common pathophysiologic mechanisms. In this manuscript possible links between the three entities are discussed.SCOPUS: ar.jinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishe

Liver transplantation for hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma

peer reviewedL’hémangioendothéliome épithélioïde est une affection maligne rare qui peut survenir dans le foie. Lorsque la forme est multifocale et bilobaire, la transplantation hépatique constitue le traitement curateur de cette affection. Dans cet article, les auteurs décrivent le diagnostic et le traitement d’une femme de 52 ans souffrant d’un hémangioendothéliome épithélioïde hépatique traitée par transplantation du foie

Oncological and surgical outcome after oncoplastic breast surgery

BACKGROUND: Oncoplastic surgery combines breast-conserving treatment and plastic surgery techniques. The aim of the study was to identify breast and tumor-related characteristics that contribute to the rate of complications and recurrence. METHODS: This retrospective study included 72 patients with a median follow-up of 32 months. For each patient, a comprehensive set of data was collected, including epidemiology, tumor characteristics, preoperative information, detailed pathology reports, radiotherapy treatment and type of surgical technique. The rate of complications, recurrence and survival were studied. RESULTS: Complete tumor removal was performed with clear margins in all patients but in 25 of them margins were less than 2 mm. One patient had local recurrence and another developed distant metastases. The study showed that the size of the margin was not predictive of recurrence as long as not positive; the greater the resection volume, the larger the excision margin. The resection size was the only factor influencing complications and no specific tumor-related factor significantly increased the complication rate. Surgical complications did not delay the initiation of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first oncoplastic study where both tumor and breast characteristics were analyzed using the most recent criteria of the literature. Oncoplastic surgery can be considered as oncologically safe. The resection size was the sole significant risk factor for postoperative complications. Complications after oncoplastic breast surgery did not differ neoadjuvant therapy. Long-term event-free survival was excellent (96% at 7 years)