a variety of verrucous and papillary lesions affect the oral mucosa. Those which are benign and reactive, for example squamous papilloma or verruciform xanthoma, usually present little diagnostic difficulty. However, dysplastic and malignant verrucous and papillary lesions are a much greater diagnostic challenge, not helped by confusing terminology. papillary hyperplasia is a reactive inflammat...

Ovarian goiter is a form of single tissue teratoma the ovary, accounting for 2% - 3% mature ovarian teratomas. Malignant transformation may occur in rare cases. Papillary thyroid-type carcinoma represents most common type malignant struma ovarii, followed by follicular carcinoma. ovarii commonly seen women fifth decade. The diagnosis often made post-operatively after histological examination. H...

this case report states a 25-year-old woman, residing in the city of dezfool, khuzestan province, south of iran with the diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis in june 2008. her skin lesion had de­veloped from 8 months earlier as a nodule on her left arm, 1×3 cm in diameter. because of sever­ity of the lesion, we prescribed meglumine antimoniate intralesionally with giving up her breast feeding. ...

I-131 uptake in the breast has been described with a variety of normal and pathologic conditions. We present the case of a 38-year-old female who received 317 millicuries of radioactive I-131 treatment for papillary thyroid carcinoma. Post-treatment scan demonstrated I-131 uptake in an area of fat necrosis in the breast.

objectives the aim of this study was to evaluate the value of diffusion weighted imaging in diffusion weighted imaging in distinguishing between in benign and malignant breast lesion methods there were 37 female patients with 47 lesions. sixty seven female subjectd (40 mean age ) ,age ranges 17-69 , with histopathologically proven breast lesions underwent dwi of breasts with a single shot echo ...

Papillary cystadenomas of the salivary gland are uncommon, benign, encapsulated or well-circumscribed, multicystic tumors with intracystic papillations. In a large review, papillary cystadenoma constituted 2% of all minor salivary gland tumors. The present study reports an extremely rare case of a papillary cystadenoma arising from the palate that demonstrated oncocytic features. A 60-year-old ...

Intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia (Masson's hemangioma) is an unusual benign, non-neoplastic, vascular lesion characterized histologically by papillary fronds lined by proliferating endothelium. It may appear as a primary or pure form developing in a distended vessel, or it can be associated with hemangiomas, pyogenic granulomas, or lymphagiomas. Nearly all lesions are intimately ...

Introduction: Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) constitutes 75–85% of all thyroid cancers. PTC usually presents as a subtle, commonly slow-growing, painless thyroid mass or a solitary nodule in the neck. This presentation of a cystic neck lump, without the presence of a thyroid nodule, may imitate the course of a benign disease, thus delaying diagnosis and proper treatment.  Case Report: Thr...