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Background: Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine cancer, with an increasing incidence around the world in the last three decades. The increased risk of secondary cancer is associated with a genetic predisposition or radioactive iodine used in the treatment. Case Report: A 65-year old male patient was operated on for thyroid papillary cancer. He received radioactive iodine on two occasions postoperatively. After six years, he presented with malaise and fatigue with leukocytosis and eosinophlilia. The physical examination revealed inguinal lymphadenopathies and splenomegaly, after examining the bone marrow and lymph node biopsies, he was diagnosed with eosinophilic myeloproliferative neoplasia and T-cell lymphoblastic leukaemia/lymphoma. Conclusion: Leukaemia and other haematological malignencies may develop after radioactive iodine treatment. Patients with radioactive iodine ablation history should be monitored for a long time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most common type of leukemia among adults in Western populations. CLL has a wide range of clinical presentations and varied outcomes. For CLL, cytogenetic assessment is essential for estimating prognoses and determining the treatment of choice. The fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) technique is widely used for genetic assessment due to its high sensitivity.Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the frequencies of deletions of 13q14.3, 17p13.1, 11q22.3, and 13q34 and of trisomy 12 and to observe their effects on survival in 226 Turkish CLL patients using FISH analysis.Result and Conclusion: The frequencies of abnormalities were 65.4% for del 13q14.3, 39.8% for del 17p13.1, 19% for del 11q22.3 (del ATM), and 15.9% for trisomy 12. No patients had a 13q34.3 aberration. Our results are partially consistent with literature findings. However, certain conflicts with prior results were observed, particularly with respect to the high prevalence of 17p13.1 deletions and the enhanced survival of patients with such deletions. These inconsistencies may represent population-based differences in the genetic epidemiology of CLL. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Abstract: Extramedullary plasmacytomas are localized tumours formed of monoclonal plasma cells in an extra-skeletal area. They constitute approximately 3% of all neoplasms originating from plasma cells. They generally display a destructive course. When the literature in English was reviewed, only 19 cases with the primary disease localized in the sphenoid sinus were found. We present the case of a 50-year-old male patient who presented with gradually increasing visual loss over 6 weeks, whose radiological tests revealed a formation of mass in the sphenoid sinus pressing against the optic nerve and internal carotid artery. A biopsy obtained by endoscopic sinus surgery was reported to be a plasmacytoma. A diagnosis of extramedullary plasmacytoma was made after investigations for other neoplastic plasma cell conditions proved negative. Extramedullary plasmacytomas were assessed by reviewing the literature. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Extramedullary plasmacytomas are rare malignancies. Most cases (80%) are seen in the head and neck region, where they represent 1% of all head and neck malignancies. We report a case of an extramedullary plasmacytoma of the tongue that was treated successfully with threedimensional conformal radiotherapy. The patient was a 50-year-old woman who was admitted to our hospital with bilateral pain and ulceration on the sides of her tongue. Findings on magnetic resonance imaging and positronemission tomography did not demonstrate any mass within the tongue or any lymphatic or distant metastasis. A tissue biopsy identified a plasma cell neoplasm. The patient was treated with a total dose of 50 Gy delivered in 2-Gy daily fractions. After 54 months of post-treatment follow-up, she exhibited no sign of systemic myeloma or local recurrence. This case is presented not only for the rarity of the tumor type, but also for its unusual location. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a study on the diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was conducted to determine the validity of the technique for diagnosis of CL. PCR was positive in all 20 cases when the Leishmania parasite was detected by light microscopy. Overall, the PCR-based method appears to be a useful diagnostic approach for identification of suspected cases of CL.

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The article presents a case study of a 62-year-old male patient with abdominal pain in the left lumbar region. Computed tomography scanning was performed of the abdomen and thorax which showed the masses in the left and right adrenal gland. He underwent the chemotherapy that was completed in five months and patient has no sign of any radiological progression. The article discusses the presence of primary adrenal lymphoma (PML) in the cases of non-hodgkin lymphoma.