purpose : to report a rare case of isolated orbital mucocele after trauma case report : a 45-year-old man presented with swelling in the left orbital region. the only significant event in his medical history was trauma which occurred 25 years previously during the iran-iraq war. computed tomography revealed a left medial intraorbital cystic mass lesion. the cystic mass was completely removed th...

mediastinal lymphangioma is primarily a benign lesion and the majority of the cases are found incidentally. these lesions account for approximately 1% of all mediastinal tumors. here we present a giant mediastinal cystic mass in a 35-year-old female who was presented with severe respiratory distress. on the plain chest radiography and ct scan, a massive left pleural effusion with large paraster...

Background: Cystic lesion in the neck originates from lymph nodes, skin appendages, soft tissues, salivary gland or developmental anomalies of like branchial cleft. Present study has been designed to know anatomical site cystic swelling, dividing them cystic, inflammatory, benign, and malignant groups.Methods: FNAC was done using 22 gauge needles. The aspirated material smeared on slide stained...

background : the present study aimed to report the characteristics and treatment outcomes of five patients with nasopharyngeal adenoid cystic carcinoma and a literature review. methods : between 2000 and 2009, five consecutive patients (4 men, 1 woman) were diagnosed with nasopharyngeal adenoid cystic carcinoma and treated at our institution. three patients had stage iva (t4n0m0) and two patien...

A 23-year-old man with a history of tuberous sclerosis presented multiple white globular elevated lesions bilaterally (Fig A). The most prominent these astrocytic hamartomas in his left eye was raised, cystic, and calcific A, line). En face OCT infrared scan B) highlights the clear cystic spaces. Angiographic flow C) en angiography D) demonstrates plexus capillary vessels apex hamartoma. (Magni...

BACKGROUND Double gallbladder (GB) is a rare congenital anomaly of the biliary system characterized by the presence of an accessory GB. CLINICAL FINDINGS A 38-year-old female presented with a history of right upper quadrant (RUQ) pain. Computed tomography (CT) showed a lobulated cystic mass involving the center portion of liver. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) additionally revealed a tubular...

BACKGROUND Antenatal screening for cystic fibrosis has been endorsed by the US National Institutes of Health. Edinburgh is the only city in the UK with an established routine antenatal screening programme for cystic fibrosis. AIMS To report the change in numbers of infants diagnosed with cystic fibrosis born in Edinburgh after the introduction of antenatal screening for the disease. POPULAT...

One hundred and eighty eight isolates of Haemophilus influenzae and 187 isolates of H parainfluenzae from patients with cystic fibrosis, patients with respiratory infections but without cystic fibrosis, and patients with neither cystic fibrosis nor respiratory infections were biotyped. Biotype I of H influenzae were found significantly more often in patients with cystic fibrosis compared with t...

BACKGROUND Cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by chronic progressive multisystem involvement. AH1N1 virus infections caused classic influenza symptoms in the majority of cystic fibrosis patients while others experienced severe outcomes. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of late incidental cystic fibrosis diagnosis in a young Caucasian man suffering from respirat...

PURPOSE The goal of this study was to perform a retrospective analysis of the ultrasonographic findings associated with low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma. METHODS Ten pathologically confirmed cases of low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma at our institution from January 2007 to April 2014 were retrospectively reviewed. All patients underwent a preoperative transvaginal ultrasound. Two rad...