Development of Renal Failure without Proteinuria in a Patient with Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance: An Unusual Presentation of AL Kappa Amyloidosis by Yijuan Sun, Amarpreet Sandhu, Darlene Gabaldon, Jonathan Danaraj, Karen S. Servilla, Antonios H. Tzamaloukas

“…For the first eight years, he had stable stage III chronic kidney disease attributed to bladder outlet obstruction secondary to prostatic malignancy. In the last year, he developed progressive serum creatinine elevation, without any increase in the serum or urine levels of paraproteins or any sign of malignancy. …”
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Thymic Hyperplasia after Lung Transplantation Imitating Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder by Christina Maria Steger, Severin Semsroth, Thomas Hager, Ralf Rieker, Ludwig Müller

“…Thymic hyperplasia is usually associated with the treatment of malignant tumours and is sometimes linked with endocrine diseases. …”
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Giant Mature Primary Retroperitoneal Teratoma in a Young Adult: Report of a Rare Case and Literature Review by Walid Sasi, Giuseppe A. Ricchetti, Laila Parvanta, Robert Carpenter

“…Because of the risk of malignancy, follow-up radiographic studies were performed to ensure the oncologic efficacy of resection. …”
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Insights on Genomic and Molecular Alterations in Multiple Myeloma and Their Incorporation towards Risk-Adapted Treatment Strategy: Concise Clinical Review by Taiga Nishihori, Kenneth Shain

“…Although recent advances in novel treatment approaches and therapeutics have shifted the treatment landscape of multiple myeloma, it remains an incurable plasma cell malignancy. Growing knowledge of the genome and expressed genomic information characterizing the biologic behavior of multiple myeloma continues to accumulate. …”
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Diagnosis of Cellulitis in the Immunocompromised Host by Charles F Carey, Lawrence Dall

“…A prospective study of diagnostic techniques in cellulitis was performed on 28 patients with malignancy. Twenty-two (78%) of the fine needle aspiration cultures and 10 (35%) of the blood cultures were positive in this immunocompromised population. …”
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Superior Vena Cava Syndrome Secondary to Lung Cancer: A Case Report by Victor Olamiposi Olaiya, Vincentia Kuukua Agyekum, Adefunke Temitope Omotoso

“…SVCS can significantly affect patient outcomes, especially in cases of malignancy, and requires timely intervention. …”
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A Rare Case of Pure Primary Large Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Gallbladder by Rodney E. Shackelford, Ekin Ozluk, Jehan Abdulsattar, Terry C. Lairmore, Quyen Chu, Eric X. Wei

“…Primary large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC) of the gallbladder is a rare malignancy which is often associated with non-LCNEC histologic components. …”
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Pleuropulmonary Blastoma (PPB) in Child with DICER1 Mutation: The First Case Report in the State of Qatar by Sara G. Hamad, Amal Al-Naimi, Mutasim Abu-Hasan

“…Pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) is a rare intrathoracic malignancy, which arises from the lung parenchyma and/or pleura. …”
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Advances in the Application of New Ultrasound Technology for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Lymphoma by Bao Rui, Chen Lu, Luo Yukun, Zhang Mingbo

“…Lymphoma is a common hematological malignancy with markedly increasing incidence. Its pathological types are complex and heterogeneous, and there are significant differences in treatment options and efficacy. …”
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Management of Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis: Effectiveness of a Steroid-Free Regimen Using Tinospora cordifolia—A Single-Institution Experience by Ankita Das Sheth, Shalaka Joshi, Arul Kumar, Nita Nair, Tanuja Shet, Ayushi Sahay, Palak Thakkar, Purvi Haria, Aparna Katdare, Vani Parmar, Sangeeta Desai, Rajendra Badwe

“…However, it mimics malignancy in 60% cases, and histology clinches the diagnosis. …”
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A Case Report on VT from TV: DVT and PE from Prolonged Television Watching by Alan Lucerna, James Espinosa, Lindsey Ackley, Philip Carhart, Douglas Stranges, Risha Hertz

“…Well known risk factors for thromboembolic events include immobility, malignancy, pregnancy, surgery, and acquired or inherited thrombophilias, obesity, cigarette smoking, and hypertension. …”
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Microscopic Pulmonary Tumour Embolism: An Unusual Presentation of Thymic Carcinoma by Brita L Sperling, Donald W Cockcroft, Rajni Chibbar

“…This case was unusual because MPTE has never before been associated with thymic carcinoma, MPTE was the first clinical indication of an occult malignancy, and the clinical presentation was that of sudden onset of dyspnea associated with acute cor pulmonale. …”
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An Unusual Case of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Hemophagocytic Syndrome by Saika Sharmeen, Nazia Hussain

“…Hemophagocytic syndrome (HS) or hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is an immune mediated phenomenon that can occur in the setting of an autoimmune disease, chronic immunosuppression, malignancy, or infection. It has been more commonly described in the pediatric population and less commonly in adults. …”
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RPE Adenocarcinoma as the Presenting Sign of Bronchogenic Carcinoma: Diagnostic Dilemma in the Management of a Case by Namrata Adulkar, Santhi Radhakrishnan, N. Vidhya, Usha Kim

“…In this paper, ocular symptoms were the first sign of a systemic malignancy.…”
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Kikuchi–Fujimoto disease presenting as pyrexia of unknown origin by Prasanta Padhan, Krishna Prasad Tripathy, Saroj Ranjan Sahoo, Debasish Maikup, Nachiketa Mahapatra

“…The infectious and malignancy screen was negative on extensive workup. …”
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Ileocecal Adenocarcinoma and Ureteral Transitional Cell Carcinoma with Multiple Sebaceous Tumors and Keratoacanthomas in a Case of Muir-Torre Syndrome by Michael C. Lynch, Bryan E. Anderson

“…Cutaneous neoplasms including sebaceous tumors, keratoacanthomas, and basal cell carcinomas with sebaceous differentiation can be markers of internal malignancy associated with the Muir-Torre Syndrome (MTS). …”
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Gastrointestinal Tumors Mimicking Adnexal Masses: A Report of Three Cases and Review of the Literature by Berna Dilbaz, Burak Karadağ

“… It is important to determine the origin and malignancy risk of pelvic pathologies preoperatively and thus decide the route and extent of the surgery. …”
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A Rare Case of Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm Occurred in Postchemotherapy of Breast Cancer by Jiankun Tong, Sergei Aksenov, Beth M. Siegel, Lihong Wei, William H. Rodgers

“…Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN) is a rare and highly aggressive hematologic malignancy that arises from plasmacytoid dendritic cells. …”
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Intestinal Adenocarcinoma Arising from a Mature Cystic Teratoma by King Man Wan, Forough Foroughi, Rajni Bansal, Martin K. Oehler

“…The most common malignancy are squamous cell carcinomas. Here we present the case of an intestinal adenocarcinoma which is an exceedingly rare malignant entity arising within a mature cystic teratoma. …”
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