Bronchiolar Carcinoma: A Report of Six Cases

Bronchiolar carcinoma is a malignant tumour which apparently arises in a terminal bronchiole from which it spreads either by bronchial embolization or by lymphogenous and/or hematogenous dissemination. It is not a common neoplasm.Histologically, the tumour bears a striking resemblance to the disease of sheep, jagziekte, which is of virus etiology. A very common finding in reported cases is preexisting pulmonary fibrosis. At the Nova Scotia Sanatorium, Kentville, 80 cases of primary lung cancer have been encountered within the past 25 years. Six of these were bronchiolar carcinomas. Five patients had co-existing chronic pulmonary disease, bronchiectasis in one and tuberculosis in four. One patient died of a rapidly progressive bilateral lesion and five were explored. Lobectomy was done in all five, but in one for palliation only. Three patients are alive and well three, six and 14 years, respectively, after their operations.     

Adrenocortical Hyperfunction Associated with Bronchogenic Carcinoma: Report of Five Cases

Five patients with bronchogenic carcinoma associated with adrenocortical hyperfunction are described. The clinical features, laboratory studies and autopsy findings are discussed and compared with previously reported cases. Four patients presented most of the typical features of this disorder as previously described, whereas the fifth was atypical in some respects. Typical features included: acute onset of adrenocortical hyperfunction in a middle-aged male, rapid downhill course, slight or absent physical signs of Cushing''s syndrome, frequently impaired glucose tolerance, markedly elevated plasma and urinary 17-hydroxycorticosteroids not suppressed by exogenous steroids, absent diurnal variation of plasma corticoids, hypokalemic alkalosis with normal aldosterone excretion, and tumour histology of the oat cell variety. The adrenal glands of two patients were of normal or slightly increased weight, and mean 17-ketosteroid excretion values were normal in three; this contrasts with the marked increase in adrenal weight and 17-ketosteroid excretion in most reported cases.     

原发性肝透明细胞癌影像学及临床分析

目的:探讨原发性肝细胞癌(PCCCL)的影像学及临床病理等特点,提高对肝透明细胞癌的认识,早期确诊、早期治疗、改善预后等,以避免临床误诊,并评价PCCCL的预后比例及疗效。方法:回顾性分析了2009年至2010年我院肿瘤科收治的3例肝透明细胞癌患者的临床资料、影像学质料,以及临床治疗和随访情况。结果:3例均为男性,2例行氩氦刀靶向消融治疗,1例行CT引导下射频消融治疗,术后随访半年2例过世,1例生存。结论:原发性肝细胞癌透明细胞型早期诊断尤为重要,及时手术切除及消融治疗是取得较好疗效的关键。