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Implications Of Covid-19 On A Rapidly Growing Thymoma Case, Neeraja Narayanan, Shoaleh Motamedi, Christian Lalonde, Mikko Tauriainen

HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine

Introduction

Thymomas are a rare form of slow-growing malignancy that originate from thymic epithelial cells presenting as an anterior mediastinal mass. Although most are asymptomatic, they can have a variety of presentations, such as local thoracic symptoms, superior vena cava syndrome, or paraneoplastic syndromes. Local compressive thoracic symptoms include shortness of breath, chest pain, and cough. Superior vena cava syndrome presents with respiratory, vascular, or neurologic symptoms. Paraneoplastic syndromes, such as myasthenia gravis, are due to abnormal T-cell maturation leading to an increased risk of autoimmune conditions.

Case Presentation

We report a case of a 71-year-old White male with multiple …

Juvenile-Type Granulosa Cell Tumor In Pregnancy Presenting As A Ruptured Abdominal Mass, Odinaka Mogor, Steven Feinstein, Glen Friedman, Jose Salvador Saldivar, Melissa Mendez

HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine

Introduction

Granulosa cell tumors (GCTs) are part of the sex cord-stromal tumors occurring with a rare incidence rate that only makes up about 2-5% of all ovarian malignancies.

Case Presentation

A 28-year-old woman, gravida 2, para 1, presented with a juvenile-type granulosa cell tumor at 31 weeks gestation, which appeared as a rapidly growing mass with rupture. She underwent an exploratory laparotomy with unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, and consequently had a successful vaginal delivery. Post-operatively she was treated with paclitaxel and carboplatin chemotherapy regimen with no evidence of recurrence after one year.

Conclusion

Radical surgical management is recommended for these tumors due …

Case Report: An Isolated Dematologic Reaction To Isosulfan Blue Dye After Lumpectomy, Micaela Moen Md, Aaron Pinnola, M Pahlkotter

General Surgery

P 154. CASE REPORT: AN ISOLATED DERMATOLOGIC REACTION TO ISOSULFAN BLUE DYE AFTER LUMPECTOMY Presenter: Micaela Moen MD | Grand Strand Medical Center Moen MR, Pahlkotter M, Nicholson G, Pinnola A Introduction: The use of isosulfan blue dye for sentinel lymph node mapping in breast cancer is considered routine (1). An array of adverse side effects from this dye have been described in the literature (2-3). Here we describe an atypical isolated dermatologic reaction. A 79 year old female with history of hypothyroidism, GERD, hypercholesterolemia, iron deficiency anemia who was found to have infiltrating ductal carinoma after a core biopsy …