The literature is limited regarding reports of S. mansoni infection in the female genital tract. We report a case of a 44-years-old woman who underwent a laparoscopic momentum due to persistent pelvic pain. Histological examination of the specimen revealed an intramural leiomyoma with areas of hyaline and cystic degeneration. The leiomyoma contained many schistosoma eggs, consistent with S. man...

•We present an unusual case of umbilical endometriosis and huge uterine leiomyomas with marked hydropic and cystic degeneration.•Although umbilical tumors are uncommon, the differential diagnosis should include umbilical endometriosis, particularly in reproductive-age women.•Umbilical endometriosis can be suspected from the clinical presentation, but the diagnosis should be confirmed with histo...

A 62-year-old female patient was admitted for abdominal pain and vomiting. Imaging tests revealed a solid-cystic lesion at the head of the pancreas communicating with the distal bile duct. A Todani type II choledochal cyst was diagnosed with neoplastic degeneration after cytological diagnosis with endoscopic ultrasound-guided puncture. The patient was treated with a cephalic duodenopancreatecto...

Purpose To report an atypical case of unifocal, unilateral pigmented paravenous retinochoroidal atrophy (PPRCA) characterized by thickening and cystic degeneration of the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL). Observations A 79-year old Asian woman presented with a large area of atrophic, pigmented change along the inferior arcade of her right eye. She denied nyctalopia and any other visual compla...

PURPOSE To prospectively investigate whether quantitative magnetic resonance (MR) parameters, including magnetization transfer ratio (MTR), apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), fractional anisotropy (FA), and MR spectroscopic metabolite concentrations, allow for discrimination between different types of pathologic conditions that underlie signal intensity abnormalities in white matter. MATER...