A mucocele is a benign, mucous-containing cystic lesion of the minor salivary glands presenting as a distinct, fluctuant, painless swelling of the mucosa. Mucocele is a clinical term used that includes mucous extravasation phenomenon and mucus retention cyst. Because each has a distinctive pathogenesis and microscopy, they are considered separately. Extravasation mucocele is the most common typ...

BACKGROUND Transverse nasal crease is an uncommonly reported entity. It likely represents an embryologic fault line. Transverse nasal milia have also been reported in the same location, both as an isolated finding and in a transverse nasal crease. This observation suggests they are variants of the same entity. OBSERVATIONS Two cases, one of transverse nasal crease with milia and one of transv...

Corresponding Author: Atsuya Hikosaka, MD Department of Urology, Toyota Kosei Hospital, 500-1, Ibobara, Josui-cho, Toyota, Aichi 470-0396, Japan Tel: +81 565 43 5000 Fax: +81 565 43 5100 E-mail: [email protected] INTRODUCTION Spermatocele, a retention cyst of the scrotum which is or has been in communication with the semen-carrying system,(1) is a relatively common clinical entity. It presents...

A 68-year-old woman presented with a multilocular mucous cyst of the lung. At operation numerous seedling cysts were present on the parietal pleura, and the appearances strongly resembled those found in pseudomucinous cystadenoma of the ovary. The histological features suggested that the lesion was an unusual benign mucous cyst of the bronchus. After lobectomy and removal of pleural masses the ...