A mediastinal enteric cyst is an uncommon entity which is rare in adults and usually found incidentally. In most cases the lesion is lined by gastrointestinal mucosa, and theories as to the origin of such lesions are diverse. We report an adult case of thoracic enteric cyst that presented with cardiac tamponade and for which histopathological examination revealed the presence of pancreatic tiss...

In the worldwide medical literature, only one case of inlet patch shows a kissing pattern on endoscopy. This article describes 69-year-old female patient who came to gastroenterology clinic, Rohani hospital, Babol University Medical Sciences (Iran) for an examination indigestion. Endoscopy showed two polyps in background maroon just below upper esophageal sphincter, oppositely positioned view p...

© 2007 The Authors 1267 JEADV 2007, 21, 1253–1302 Journal compilation © 2007 European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology 8 Winchester L, Scully C, Prime SS, Everson JW. Cheilitis glandularis: a case affecting the upper lip. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1986; 62: 654–656. 9 Michalowski R. Cheilitis glandularis, heterotopic salivary glands and squamous cell carcinoma of the lip. Br J Dermat...

Heterotopic bone is rarely found in the gastrointestinal tract. In the majority of reported cases, it was associatedwith malignant lesions [1,2], Peutz–Jeghers syndrome [3], and more rarely with inflammatory colonic polyps [4]. On reviewing the literature, we found only two cases of metaplastic bone accompanying hyperplastic gastric mucosa [5,6], and no case report of osseous metaplasia in gast...

Introduction: Heterotopic pregnancy is a rare event in natural conception cycles. Diagnosis of heterotypic pregnancy requires a high index of suspicious. Described here in is a reported case of Heterotopic pregnancy presenting as adnexal mass. Case: A young nulliparous woman with her last menstrual period 10 weeks before presentation complained of hypogastric pain beginning about 2 weeks ago. I...

The occurrence of keratinous cyst in the oral cavity is extremely rare. Keratinous floor mouth painless, doughy or fluctuant lesion and causes no symptoms until it large enough to interfere with speech eating. Cyst generally presents as slow progressive growth often not diagnosed second third decade life. We report an uncommon presentation sublingual space a 6year old female child. swelling was...

Early excision of heterotopic ossification was performed in 8 patients at an average of 10.2 months after total hip arthroplasty. All patients received a single irradiation dose of 7Gy the day before the operation, followed by oral indomethacin (3x25mg/day) for six weeks. Continuous passive mobilization under epidural anesthesia was started immediately post-operatively. At an average follow-up ...

We present the case of a dermoid cyst with an oral and a submental component in a 21-year-old Japanese woman who presented with complaints of a mass in the oral cavity and difficulty in chewing and swallowing solid foods for about 2 years. MRI shows a 55 × 65 mm well-circumscribed cystic mass extending from the sublingual area to the mylohyoid muscle. Under general anesthesia and with nasotrach...

BACKGROUND Splenosis refers to the heterotopic transplantation of splenic tissue following splenic trauma or splenectomy. Splenosis is typically asymptomatic and is often identified incidentally. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of splenosis with colon and stomach invasion presenting as lower gastrointestinal bleeding and mimicking colonic gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST). The importa...

introduction the glandular odontogenic cyst (goc) is a rare, locally aggressive and potentially recurrent cyst of jaws which lead in diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. since 1992, 111 cases of goc have been reported, with 0.2% incidence among odontogenic cysts. conclusions glandular odontogenic cyst is an uncommon and relatively aggressive cyst with a high recurrence rate. clinical and radi...