Sometimes patients with cancer are mistakenly diagnosed with a different diagnosis, which is why the time for treatment may be missed. 25-year-old Casey Altman from San Diego told her story, it is published in the Express. According to the girl, several doctors missed her illness. Eventually, she was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma. When she went to…
Endothelioma is a rare neoplasm originating from the inner lining of blood or lymphatic vessels. It can occur in any organs and tissues, but more often affects the skin, subcutaneous fat, nasopharynx, bones, testicles and ovaries. It is a rounded node. The color of the node ranges from grayish to rich red. Depending on the…
Eccrine spiradenoma is a benign neoplasia originating from the tissue of the eccrine sweat glands. It has many variants of histological structure. It usually happens alone, multiple neoplasms are less common. It is a small dense rounded knot. The skin above the node has a normal color, cyanotic, reddish or grayish tint. Palpation is painful.…
Central lung cancer is a malignant tumor that affects large bronchi, up to the subsegmental branches. Early symptoms of central lung cancer include cough, hemoptysis, shortness of breath; late symptoms are associated with complications: obstructive pneumonia, ERW syndrome, metastases. Verification of the diagnosis is carried out by X-ray and CT of the lungs, bronchoscopy with…
Chronic myeloid leukemia is a malignant myeloproliferative disease characterized by a predominant lesion of the granulocytic germ. It can be asymptomatic for a long time. It is manifested by a tendency to subfebrility, a feeling of fullness in the abdomen, frequent infections and an increase in the spleen. Anemia and changes in platelet levels are…
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is an oncological disease accompanied by the accumulation of atypical mature B–lymphocytes in the peripheral blood, liver, spleen, lymph nodes and bone marrow. In the initial stages, it is manifested by lymphocytosis and generalized lymphadenopathy. With the progression of this pathology, hepatomegaly and splenomegaly are observed, as well as anemia and thrombocytopenia,…
Chordoma is a rare neoplasm, presumably originating from the remains of a chord. Currently, it is more often considered as malignant. Occurs near the spine, can be located at any level, from the coccyx to the base of the skull. It usually develops in the sacrococcygeal region or the occipital-basilar part of the skull. The…
Cholangiocarcinoma is a malignant tumor of the bile ducts. The symptoms of the disease are mainly associated with cholestasis (jaundice, itching of the skin), and patients may also experience pain in the right hypochondrium, a sharp loss of body weight. Ultrasound of abdominal organs, computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI),…
