Internal medicine
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Case Reports
Development of Pancreatic Cancer During the Follow-up of Autoimmune Pancreatitis: A Report of Two Cases.
Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is considered to have a good steroid response and is recognized as a disease with a favorable prognosis. However, it has been reported that patients with AIP have malignant diseases. We herein report two cases of pancreatic cancer during the follow-up of AIP, in which both patients died of pancreatic cancer. Patients with AIP may be at a high risk of malignant diseases, including pancreatic cancer, and medium- to long-term follow-up may be necessary.
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Case Reports
Pleomorphic Liposarcoma Initially Presenting with Multiple Organ Involvement Including the Heart.
A 42-year-old man visited our hospital due to a gradually swelling subcutaneous mass on the back of the right shoulder. The biopsy specimen was diagnosed pathologically as pleomorphic liposarcoma. ⋯ However, newly developed lung metastases grew rapidly during subsequent cycles of chemotherapy, and the patient died 10 months after the initial diagnosis. The initial presentation of multiple organ involvement, including the heart, is a rare clinical manifestation of pleomorphic liposarcoma.