ABSTRACT Background: Primary tumor resection in metastatic breast cancer (MBC) remains a palliative procedure. Its impact as an upfront option on survival is debatable. No data from our locality addressed this issue; we conducted this retrospective study to ex- plore its benefit as regards time-to-progression and/or time-to-death. Methods: Data of patients’ medical records used between 2010 through 2015 from Sohag ... Read more

Acquired esophago-respiratory fistulae are usually esophago-tracheal or esophago-bronchial. Esophago-pulmonary fistulae have been rarely described. We report a case of 17-year-old girl with esophago-pulmonary fistula. She experienced a long history of cough and expectoration. CT scans of the chest demonstrated right lower and middle lung lobes multiple cavitary lesions with marked dilatation of the esophagus and a communicating fistula between the ... Read more