Cysticercosis is a parasitic infection caused by the larvae of the tapeworm Taenia solium. Neurocysticercosis is the most common form of presentation. Extraneural lesions are solitary, rare and small in size which usually involves subcutaneous tissue, skeletal muscles and eyes. Human cysticercosis can occur after ingestion of pork tapeworm eggs, through feco-oral route by ingesting fecally cont...

Follicular carcinoma of the thyroid rarely manifests itself as a distant metastatic lesion, and, when present, is usually found in flat bones. A soft tissue metastasis is extremely rare, and synchronous metastases to the bone and soft tissue is not reported in the literature so far. We report such a case of a 42-yr-old male, who presented with a goiter, scalp and forearm soft tissue swellings, ...

INTRODUCTION Epidermoid inclusion cysts are usually composed of epidermal elements implanted into the dermal layers. Patients are seen in the outpatient clinics with a mass. Most of the complaints are mechanical and cosmetic problems. CASE OUTLINE A 34-year-old female patient was admitted to our clinic because of swelling and pain in her right foot. A palpable mass was detected in the first w...

The accessory soleus muscle is an uncommon anatomical variant. It usually manifests as ankle pain and swelling or asymptomatic soft-tissue mass along the posterior medial aspect of ankle. In a few cases, it sometimes misdiagnosed mesenchymal lesion. idea this case report was to highlight existence mistaken tumor on fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC). A 32-year-old male patient presented ort...

BACKGROUND Instrumentation, relying on the use of negative pressure (suction), has been introduced to reduce pathological tissue swelling. Then, relative contribution of skin, adipose tissue and muscle, to the overall mechanical response is not known. METHODS Under suction, stretch of soft tissues in the forearm of human subjects (N = 11) was experimentally measured at rest and under venous o...

background cancer pain may be a major problem for health care providers worldwide. according to different studies reporting the pain severity, one-third of patients reported to have moderate to severe pain. management of cancer pain is one of the most important goals of palliative care. recently, different research results on the efficacy of opioid analgesics in chronic pain management have pla...

introduction: high prevalence of rhinoplasty in the community and lack of structured studies about its minor skin and soft tissue complications, point out the necessity of performing precise and comprehensive studies. the aim of this study was to determine the frequency of minor cutaneous and soft tissue complications of rhinoplasty.  materials and methods: 110 patients (30 male and 80 female, ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the levels of agreement from independent clinical examination (CE) by a pediatric rheumatologist and podiatrist and an ultrasound (US) examination of articular and periarticular foot disease in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). METHODS Thirty patients with JIA and a history of foot disease underwent CE and US examination of 24 foot joints, 10 tendons, and 6 periarticu...

Angiolipomas are not uncommon tumors of the soft tissue, but are rarely found in other parts of the body. We report a case of intranodal angiolipoma in a 64-year-old man who presented with right inguinal swelling. Histopathological examination showed a tumor composed of mature adipose tissue and prominent vascular component, which is consistent with angiolipoma. We conclude that angiolipoma can...

Abstract: A five-year-old, male Great Dane was referred to the Veterinary Hospital of Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman for treatment of a painful swelling mass at the left upper part of the chest wall, between 9th till 12th intercostals space. Lethargy, depression, vomiting and abdominal pain in palpation of the mass were the main clinical observation with no response to antibiotic and anti-...