The presence of an appendix vermiformis in a femoral hernia sac is called De Garengeot's hernia. It is a very rare clinical condition and requires emergency surgery. However, preoperative diagnosis of De Garengeot's hernia is difficult. Herein, we report a 58-year-old female who presented with sudden-onset painful swelling in the right groin region. Diagnosis was established based on computed t...

Pilotrichella, a genus of epiphytic mosses comprising 6 species and 1 form, is represented in Mexico by P. flexilis(Hedw.) Aongstr., flexilis fo. nudiramulosa (Müll. Hal.) B. H. Allen & Magill, mauiensis (Sull.) A. Jaeger, reesei Magill. The last known from single specimen. Peruvian vermiformis Magill reported here as new to Hidalgo, Veracruz, Oaxaca. In total, 260 specimens deposited at ME...

Mucinous neoplasms of the urinary tract are very rare. We present a 63-year-old-women who had a sessile papillary villous tumor in urinary bladder. Although transurethral resection of the bladder tumor (TURBT) was performed, the villous tumor repetitively recurred and gradually spread to the entire surface of bladder lumen. Histopathologic and immunohistochemical examination showed that the les...