Abstract Objectives The aim of this literature review was to establish consensus with respect the anatomic features articular branches innervating hip joint and distribution sensory receptors within its capsule. Methods Five electronic databases were queried, search encompassing articles published between January 1945 June 2019. Twenty-one original providing a detailed description around capsul...

We report an extremely rare case of Synchronous primary intrapulmonary and mediastinal thymoma in a Chinese patient. We describe the histological and radiological findings, which support the possibility of multicentric thymoma. Resection of the mass in the left anterior superior mediastinum and upper lobectomy of right lung were performed, with lymph Nodes clearance, superior vena cava, left an...

A 52-yr-old male with alcoholic liver cirrhosis was hospitalized for hematochezia. He had undergone small-bowel resection due to trauma 15 yr previously. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy showed grade 1 esophageal varices without bleeding. No bleeding lesion was seen on colonoscopy, but capsule endoscopy showed suspicious bleeding from angiodysplasia in the small bowel. After 2 weeks of conservative t...

Shawl, in his examination of the tissues from a girl aged 15 who died of rheumatic fever and chorea, found a few Aschoff nodules in the outer layers of the fibrous capsule of the tonsil. There was no evidence of any damage to the nearby fibres of the superior constrictor muscle of the pharynx. Graff2 has described rheumatic lesions in the peritonsillar tissues of a man aged 22 who died 16 days ...

The TMJ, a structurally and functionally complex unit, is enclosed in an articular capsule, which extends from the articular eminence and mandibular fossa superiorly to the neck of the mandibular condyle inferiorly. The condyle is covered and protected by the TMJ disc as the disc slides between the mandibular fossa and articular eminence with joint movement. The presence of the TMJ disc reduces...