BACKGROUND It is possible that this condition will lead to urosepsis and progressive deterioration of renal function in the absence of surgical intervention.Several recent clinical studies have shown that multi-tract ...
Due to its prevalence of 0.5%to 2%in the general population,with a 75%predominance among men,bicuspid aortic valve is the most common congenital heart defect.It is frequently accompanied by other cardiac congenital an...
BACKGROUND Metastatic carcinoma of the thyroid gland is a rare encounter in clinical practice, but autopsy series showed that it is not so rare. Thyroid metastasis from colorectal cancer(CRC) is rare and has a poor pr...
BACKGROUND Fine-needle biopsy is an accurate and cost-efficient tool for the assessment of thyroid nodules.It includes two primary methods:Fine-needle capillary biopsy(FNCB)and fine-needle aspiration biopsy.Needle tra...
BACKGROUND Papillary thyroid cancer(PTC)has good prognosis so that the local recurrence or distant metastasis can occur later on the lifetime follow up.In this study,we report recurrence of PTC in subcutaneous area co...
BACKGROUND Reactive lymphoid hyperplasia(RLH)of the liver is a rare liver lesion.It is considered difficult to differentiate radiologically from hepatocellular carcinoma,metastatic liver tumor and other pathologies.CA...
Supported by the Capital Clinical Characteristics Applications Research Program,No.Z171100001017201;the Beijing Hospital Clinical Research 121Project,No. BJ-2018-090.
Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma(LELC)is a rare,malignant epithelial tumour which can arise within the upper urinary tract.This letter adds to a previous systematic review and cumulative analysis of 28 published upper...
MicroRNAs(miRNAs)are highly deregulated in cancer and play a role in the initiation of tumorigenesis.Recently,miRNAs have attracted attention in gastrointestinal(GI)cancers.Single nucleotide polymorphisms(SNPs)could a...
BACKGROUND Primary malignant melanoma of the biliary tract (MBT) is a rare condition whose diagnosis requires excluding a primary origin in another location.This paper reviews the most important characteristics of MBT...
BACKGROUND Villous adenomas of the urinary tract are uncommon. They are morphologically similar to and difficult to differentiate from their counterpart in the colon. The histogenesis and malignant potential are uncer...