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Aortic Sarcoma Mimicking a Thrombus Filling Vascular Lumen: A Rare Cause of Cerebral Infarction (P4.364)
Conclusion- Primary aortic sarcoma is an extremely rare cause of stroke. This sarcoma may be misinterpreted as a thrombus filling vascular lumen on CT angiography, but no elevation of D-dimer is incompatible with a large thrombus. The final diagnosis can be made by surgical biopsy.Disclosure: Dr. Kim has nothing to disclose. Dr. Jeon has nothing to disclose. Dr. Park has nothing to disclose. Dr. Kim has nothing to disclose. Dr. Kim has nothing to disclose. Dr. Kwon has nothing to disclose.
Source: Neurology - April 3, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Kim, H., Jeon, S.-B., Park, K.-W., Kim, H., Kim, B. J., Kwon, S. Tags: Cerebrovascular Case Reports Source Type: research

Drugs to be offered to women at high risk of breast cancer
The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has today released updated guidelines on the care of women who are at increased risk of breast cancer due to their family history. One of the main changes to the original guidance from 2004 is that NICE now recommends drug treatment with tamoxifen or raloxifene to reduce risk of breast cancer in a specific group of women who are at high risk of breast cancer and have not had the disease. They say that these treatments could help prevent breast cancer in about 488,000 women aged 35 years and older. The updated guideline has also made changes to the recommende...
Source: NHS News Feed - June 25, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer Medical practice QA articles Source Type: news

Acroangiodermatitis presenting as unilateral hypertrophic verrucous plaques
Acroangiodermatitis (AAD)[KL1] is a rare vasoproliferative disorder often involving the extremities that has been classified into two variants. Mali-type AAD is more common and associated with chronic venous stasis. Stewart-Bluefarb syndrome[KL2], the other variant, is associated with underlying arteriovenous abnormalities. Mali-type AAD is a relatively benign diagnosis but it may mimic more harmful etiologies such as Kaposi sarcoma both clinically and histologically. A 67-year-old woman with a history of varicose veins, deep vein thrombosis, stroke, and obesity presented to our outpatient clinic with verrucous red-brown p...
Source: Dermatology Online Journal - May 17, 2022 Category: Dermatology Source Type: research