Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP
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J Coll Physicians Surg Pak · Dec 2020
Observational StudyPrognostic Factors in Male Breast Cancer: A Single Centre Experience.
To determine the prognostic factors by assessing the clinicopathological characteristics of the male patients with breast cancer (MBC). ⋯ Advanced age might be an independent poor prognostic factor for patients with MBC. Key Words: Breast cancer, Elderly, Male, Prognosis.
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J Coll Physicians Surg Pak · Dec 2020
Case ReportsPrimary Intra-articular and Extra-articular Synovial Chondromatosis in a Child: A Rare Cause of Shoulder Pain in Children.
Synovial chondromatosis is a rare condition with chondroid metaplasia of the synovial membrane and multinodular proliferation of the synovial membrane of the joints, tendons and bursae without any certain etiology. The disease generally presents in monoarticular form; and the most commonly involved joint is the knee. It commonly occurs in third and fifth decades of life. ⋯ Herein, we report synovial chondromatosis of the shoulder joint in a child with both intraarticular and extraarticular involvement. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first case in the literature with both intra- and extra-articular involvement of synovial chondromatosis of the shoulder joint in children. Key Words: Synovial chondromatosis, Metaplasia, Children.