Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to J Rubí Uría.
The clinical case of a 59-year-old male with neck rhabdomyosarcoma is reported. The literature is reviewed for the epidemiology, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of this infrequent sarcoma.
Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a rare entity of uncertain cause which commonly presents as a lymphoadenopathy unresponsive to antibiotic therapy. Although usually it follows a benign self-limited course KFD has been repeatedly misdiagnosed as lymphoma. With this new case data about the etiology and clinical trend of KFD are added. Review of the literature.
This study report 3 cases of nodal cystic metastasis in the neck. One of them was diagnosed as an epidermoid carcinoma of unknown origin and the other 2 were an epidermoid carcinoma and an mucoepidermoid carcinoma respectively, arising in the larynx. Treatment of these patients included removal of the cystic metastasis with or without neck dissection and irradiation. Cystic metastasis from squamous cell carcinoma have often been mistaken for primary squamous cell carcinoma of branchiogenic origin. The distinctive histological features of cystic metastasis reviewed after its correct identification, can lead to the discovery of an unsuspected primary lesion and result in specific treatment options.
We present the case of a old woman with a supraclavicular mass and sarcomatous cytologic appearance. The final microscopic appearance was schwannoma. We also review the pertinent literature.
We present a cervical thymic cyst clinically manifest as a lateral neck mass and studied preoperatively with ultrasound. We point to the sonographic findings that allow us to include the cervical thymic cyst as one of the diagnostic possibilities.
A case report of mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the larynx es presented and the literature reviewed. The inherent difficulties in histologic mucoepidermoid carcinoma is discussed. At the present time, mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the larynx should be regarded as a separate entity, its treatment based in histological grade as well as clinical behavior.
A case of laryngeal fibrolipoma, a rare tumor, is presented. The histopathology, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and related literature are reviewed.