BACKGROUND To review the clinical and pathological characteristics of median raphe cysts and to classify the lesions according to pathogenesis and histopathological findings. METHODS The medical records of patients who were diagnosed with median raphe cysts between 2001 and 2010 were reviewed to document the clinical presentation and pathological findings of the cysts. RESULTS Most patients...

There are many varieties of cysts of the lung which may contain air, but in this paper it is not intended to deal with them all. Qnly five types, which have some clinical relationship to each other, will be considered. They are (1) bronchogenic cysts, (2) post-infective cysts, (3) infantile tension cysts, (4) anepithelial cysts, and (5) emphysematous cysts. The cases have been collected from se...

Dentigerous cysts are the most common developmental cysts of the jaws, most frequently associated with impacted mandibular third molar teeth. Bilateral dentigerous cysts are rare and occur typically in association with a developmental syndrome. The reported occurrence of bilateral dentigerous cysts in the absence of a syndrome is rare and, to date, only 11 cases have been described. Here, we re...

Dentigerous cysts are developmental odontogenic cysts and are always associated with an unerupted or developing tooth bud. Mesiodens is a supernumerary tooth found in the anterior maxilla. Supernumerary teeth seldom associate with dentigerous cysts and dentigerous cysts around supernumerary teeth account for 5% of all dentigerous cysts. Here we report a case of dentigerous cyst in association w...

A survey of the river water frequently used by the Temuan Orang Asli (aborigine) indicated that 66.7% of the river water samples were Giardia cyst positive and 5.6% were Cryptosporidium oocyst positive. Although Giardia cysts were detected in samples from all the sites (e.g. upstream, midstream, and downstream), Cryptosporidium was only present in one river water sample taken from downstream fr...

BACKGROUND To identify and estimate the prevalence of mediastinal cysts lined by the epithelium expressing steroid receptors. METHODS We retrieved 19 mediastinal cysts from our pathology files from 1996 to 2004, and examined estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) expressions in the cysts. RESULTS Three paravertebral cysts, all in women, one bronchogenic cyst in a woman, nine ...

APIDLY expanding congenital cysts of the lung may appear suddenly during infancy. Recognition is simple and prompt surgical treatment is effective. The condition is not common enough to be at one’s diagnostic fingertips but is usually so characteristic and dramatic that one case leaves a lasting impression. Six congenital lung cysts, all emergencies, and all in infants, were seen within two yea...

background: foregut duplication cysts associated with vertebral anomalies are referred to as neurenteric cyst. about 30 cases have been reported in the literature so far. posterior mediastinal neurenteric cysts are very rare and a few studies could be found in the literature even after extensive search. because of rarity we are prompted to present 7 cases of posterior mediastinal neurenteric cy...