ENTEROGENOUS CYSTS AT THE ILEOCECAL JUNCTION

Enterogenous cysts of ileum.

Spinal Enterogenous Cysts in Infants

Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Departments of Neurosurgery1 and Pathology2, İzmir, Turkey Intraspinal enterogenous cysts are very rare congenital cysts of endodermal origin, and tend to occur in anterior spinal intradural space. The diagnosis is usually established during the first or second decade of life. Those cysts are frequently associated with vertebral or spinal cord anomali...

Intestinal adenocarcinoma of the ileocecal junction in a chicken.

An 89-week-old male chicken was presented with signs of depression, emaciation, and weakness. At necropsy, a stricture was found at the ileocecal junction that resulted in blockage and dilation of the ileum proximal to the stricture. Histologically, neoplastic epithelial cells that contained mucin had invaded the intestinal wall and produced a fibrous connective tissue reaction. The lesion was ...

Atresia of ileocecal junction, ileocecal valve: Rare variants of bowel atresia

Atresia of ileocecal junction and isolated atresia of ileocecal valve are rare types of intestinal atresia with very few reports in literature. We report two such cases. Radiology showed dilated ileal segment and distal micro colon in both the cases. At laparotomy there was atresia of ileocecal junction in the first case and isolated ileocaecal valve atresia with normal ileocecal junction in th...

Enterogenous cyst of the testis.

Enterogenous cyst is a rare congenital lesion generally located in the mediastinum or the abdominal cavity. We reported the first case of testicular enterogenous cyst in a 55-year-old white male presented with testicular pain and a gradually enlarging left scrotal mass with a 2-week duration.