Neurofibromatosis type 1, also known as von Recklinghausen disease, is an autosomal dominant disorder with an incidence of 1 per 4000. Neurofibromas are benign, heterogeneous tumors arising from the connective tissue of ...

Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumor in children. The co- occurrence of neuroblastoma and acute lymphoblastic leukemia is rare. We report a rare case of advanced-stage neuroblastoma in a 3.5-year-old ...

Osteopoikilosis is a rare benign osteosclerotic bone disorder that may be misdiagnosed as skeletal metastases. Here we describe a case of coincidental breast cancer and osteopoikilosis mimicking skeletal metastases. A ...

Background: Several recent studies demonstrated that transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β), by stimulating T regulatory cells, and interleukins 6 and 17 (IL-6, IL- 17), by inducing inflammatory reactions, may be critical ...