Carcinoid tumours occur predominantly in the gastrointestinal tract and bronchial system of the lungs, but they can originate in less common anatomical sites such as the testes, which accounts for <1% of all testicular neoplasms.
This report is of a 75-year-old man with aortoesophageal fistula complicating aortic stent-graft placement for ruptured thoracic aneurysm. The clinical presentation, pathophysiology, imaging features, and treatment options of this condition are discussed.
Meigs̓ syndrome is a rare clinical entity consisting of a triad of ascites, pleural effusion, and benign ovarian tumour. The co-existence of Meigs̓ syndrome and pregnancy is even more infrequent.
We report on a 44-year-old man with nasopharyngeal carcinoma with intracranial extension and leptomeningeal metastases in the spinal cord. Marked resolution of the nasopharyngeal carcinoma and leptomeningeal metastases was achieved
Objective: To review the radiological features of femoral stem loosening of cemented hip arthroplasty on plain
radiographs and to determine their usefulness.
Objective: By auditing paediatric brain computed tomography (CT) performed in four Hong Kong centres, dosage values were obtained to address local practice and suggest improvements.
RKL Lee, WCW Chu, JHY Leung, AWH Ng, HKY Tam, PPY Lui, AWK Leung, MKM Kam, MK Shing, CK Li
Hong Kong J Radiol 2013;16:27-33
DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1312146
Objective: Radiosynoviorthesis has been shown to be effective in decreasing bleeding frequency, reducing pain, and improving quality of life in haemophilic patients.
Objective: We set out to review our unit’s experience in evaluating fetal lung lesions and the accuracy of prenatal diagnosis, and to illustrate the prenatal sonographic and postnatal radiological features of detected lesions.
With the advances that have been made in the field of radiation technology over the past decade, radiotherapy has become a feasible and promising treatment modality for hepatocellular carcinoma.
Although ovarian cancers tend to be fairly chemo-responsive initially, the difficulty facing clinicians is maintaining or prolonging the duration of disease control.
This report describes a 28-year-old woman with stage IV Hodgkin’s lymphoma with nodular sclerosis and bone marrow involvement. The patient received four cycles of adriamycin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine combination chemotherapy
Mature T-cell and natural killer–cell neoplasms can be classified into four categories based on site: cutaneous, extranodal, nodal, and leukaemic. Subtypes within these categories may be aggressive or indolent,
Castleman’s disease is an uncommon lymphoproliferative disorder characterised by hyperplasia of lymphoid tissue. There are three histopathological types of Castleman’s disease: hyaline vascular variant, plasma cell variant, and mixed cellularity.
Biopharmaceuticals or biologics were first introduced at the beginning of the 1980s and are now well established in the treatment of a wide variety of diseases. Biosimilars are biopharmaceuticals that are similar, but not identical,
Palliative chemotherapy and / or radiotherapy continue to represent the standard of care for patients with inoperable, advanced-stage non–small-cell lung cancer.
Angiogenesis is essential for tumour growth and metastasis, and constitutes an important process in the control of cancer progression. The use of anti-angiogenic agents, particularly those targeting vascular endothelial growth factor,
The human epidermal growth factor receptor HER2/neu gene is amplified and overexpressed in 25 to 30% of breast cancers. In women with HER2-positive advanced or metastatic breast cancer,
Mortality from metastatic colorectal cancer has declined over the past decade, partly due to improvement in survival secondary to incorporation of targeted biologics in the treatment paradigm.
With the recent advancement of molecular targeting therapy, we are witnessing a paradigm shift in the role of pathology laboratories in the management of solid tumours.
The treatment of rectal cancer is evolving and it nicely demonstrates the beauty of multimodality treatment. Unlike total mesorectal excision in surgery, which has probably marked the climax in the advancement of surgical treatment of rectal cancer,
The high prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in Hong Kong makes hepatocellular carcinoma one of the area’s most important solid tumours. Late presentation and underlying cirrhosis mean that many hepatocellular carcinomas are inoperable at first presentation.
Liver cancer, which consists predominantly of hepatocellular carcinoma, is one of the most frequently occurring cancers and the third most common cause of cancer death worldwide.
Multiple factors may influence the selection of treatments for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Surgical resection continues to be the mainstay of treatment for patients with well-preserved liver function.
Ovarian cancer is often diagnosed in its later stages, leading to poor prognosis and high mortality rates. Chemotherapy with paclitaxel plus a platinum-based drug is the standard treatment for advanced ovarian carcinoma.
Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the breast is a rare breast neoplasm. This report describes two Chinese women diagnosed with primary squamous cell carcinoma of the breast.
Peroneal tenosynovitis in association with hypertrophy of the peroneal tubercle is part of the differential diagnosis of lateral foot and ankle pain. When the peroneal tubercle is enlarged, it can be a source of discomfort when wearing shoes,
Chiari I malformation may not be congenital, but may be acquired as a consequence of skull deformities and other associated intracranial factors in patients with craniosynostosis.
