Candidiasis
Fluconazole Itraconazole Flucytosine Amphotericin B Voriconazole Posaconazole Echinocandins Candida species C. albicans S S S S S S S C. tropicalis S S S S S S S C….
Approach to Patients with Suspected Fungal Infections
CD4+ T lymphocyte cell count (cells/µl) Fungal infections > 500 Candidal vaginitis 200–500 Thrush (oropharyngeal candidiasis) < 200 PCP, disseminated histoplasmosis, disseminated coccidioidomycosis < 100 Cryptococcosis, candidal esophagitis, penicilliosis PCP Pneumocystis pneumonia Organ…
Diagnostic Immunology
Population Assay Study design Sensitivity(%) Specificity(%) Commentsb Ref. All Any Meta-analysis of 16 studies: 2979 patients; 594 with proven/probable IFI. Excluded diagnosis of PCP 77 85 One positive test required;…
Treatment of Pseudomyxoma Peritonei from Non-appendiceal Primary Sites
Fig. 3.1 CT scan in a patient with urachal cancer through the upper abdomen showing large volume disease in the right upper quadrant, left upper quadrant, and lesser omentum (From…
Benign Types of Peritoneal Mesothelioma
Type of benign mesothelioma Characteristics Benign multicystic mesothelioma Well-differentiated papillary mesothelioma Benign adenomatoid type of mesothelioma Predilection Young to middle-aged women Reproductive age women Reproductive age women and men Predisposing…
Peritoneal Metastasis from Small Bowel Adenocarcinoma Associated with Crohn’s Disease
Crohn’s related risk factors for small bowel adenocarcinoma Long duration of CD Area of CD inflammation Jejunal CD Strictures Fistula Bypassed segment CD medications Young age Male gender Tobacco-alcohol-diet The…
Management of Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor
Fig. 5.1 Low- (a-5 and b-20×) and high-power (c-40×) histologic sections of DSRCT from an omental biopsy. In figure (c), nests of small round blue cells (filled arrow) interdigitate between…
Management of Peritoneal Metastasis from Uterine Sarcoma
Fig. 7.1 WHO classification of tumors of the uterine corpus and histopathological subtypes of uterine sarcomas (4th edition, 2014) [25] (*Carcinosarcoma is no longer considered a uterine sarcoma. WHO World…
Treatment of Peritoneal Metastases from Breast Cancer by Maximal Cytoreduction and HIPEC
Patient Age (years) Histology Stage Surgery Radiotherapy Adjuvant chemotherapy Pt 1 58 IDC T2 N1 Radical mastectomy No CMF Pt 2 54 ILC T2N3 Quadrantectomy Yes Refused Pt 3 55…
The Role of Surgery and Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in the Management of Advanced or Recurrent GIST
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Emel Canbay (ed.)Unusual Cases in Peritoneal Surface Malignancies 10.1007/978-3-319-51523-6_8 8. The Role of Surgery and Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in the Management of Advanced or Recurrent GIST Rebecca M. Dodson1, Perry Shen1, Edward A. Levine1…
