Background: Leiomyomas are by far the commonest uterine neoplasms in female reproductive age group. Giant leiomyomas quite scarce and when longstanding tend to undergo various degenerations owing decreased blood supply which on imaging may simulate malignancy compromised imaging.Case Presentation: We present a case of 48-year-old post-menopausal multiparous woman complaining intermittent lower ...

Lipomas are the most common and benign soft tissue neoplasms that can occur throughout body. Intraabdominal lipomas, especially those located in preperitoneal region, very rarely detected. These lipomas be manifested with discomfort or bloating, pain palpable mass abdomen, many of them detected incidentally during a radiological examination surgery for different reason. Surgical resection is ne...

Introduction: The stomach can be the source of complaints for many patients attending for upper abdominal ultrasound. It is not routinely imaged as part of most upper abdominal ultrasound protocols, with sonographers and sonologists alike commonly muttering the line; "I can't see the stomach on ultrasound". However, this is incorrect, as the gastric antrum can almost always be visualised sonogr...

Cystic nephromas (CNs) are uncommon, benign renal neoplasms reported in infants/young children of both genders and adult females, concerning the pediatric population few studies have been conducted. The diagnosis cystic nephroma is based on clinical signs, imaging tests, anatomo-pathological study. In children, CNs can appear as a palpable abdominal mass most cases, hematuria or recurrent urina...

RATIONALE Pneumatosis cystoids intestinalis (PCI) is a rare disease in which gas develops in the mucosa or submucosa of the digestive tract. The etiology and pathogenesis of this disease, at present, remain unclear, and gastrointestinal malignant neoplasms may be a potentially important cause. Herein, we report a case of mantle cell lymphoma presenting as PCI as well as present a literature rev...

Utility of 3D Visualization in Surgical Planning Khan M. Siddiqui, MD Case 1: Adult Intussusception Introduction: Intussusception is the invagination of one bowel segment (intussusceptum) into an immediately distal bowel segment (intussuscipiens). It can be classified according to the site of invagination as enteroenteric, colocolic, and enterocolic. By far, the majority of intussusceptions are...

This was a retrospective study carried out on all hysterectomy specimens sent to Department of Pathology of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal from 1st September 2005 to 28th February 2006, to study the histopathological findings of these specimens. All informations used in the study were obtained from the records of Department of Pathology of the hospital. Out of 221 hyst...

although the majority of mesenchymal lesions of the gastrointestinal tract are neoplastic in nature, but nonneoplastic reactive processes may also involve the gastrointestinal tract and mesentery. some more aggressive neoplasms located in same area, such as fibromatosis or gastrointestinal stromal  tumors  may  be  cause  of  diagnostic  confusion.  reactive  nodular  fibrous  pseudo  tumor (rn...

Schistosomiasis is a parasitic infection that is highly prevalent worldwide, with a variety of species being responsible for causing the disease. In Brazil, however, the only identified species is Schistosoma mansoni. The adult parasites inhabit the blood vessels of the hepatic portal system of the main host. The disease may range from being asymptomatic to provoking liver damage or portal hype...

Primary gastrointestinal (GI) lymphomas constitute less than 8 % per cent of total gut neoplasms. Most of them are Non-Hodgkin’s type of Lymphomas. Among the Extra-nodal tissues Gastro-intestinal tract is the most common site followed by Head and Neck region, Central nervous system, Thorax, Spleen, Adrenal glands, Uro-genital tract, skin and Bone. The stomach is the most common location of GI l...