BACKGROUND Solid pancreatic tumors such as pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), solid pseudopapillary tumor (SPT), and pancreatic endocrine tumor (PET) may occasionally manifest as cystic lesions. In this study, we have put together our accumulated experience with cystic manifestations of various solid tumors of the pancreas. METHODS From 2000 to 2006, 376 patients with pancreatic solid t...

background: improvements in imaging techniques has led to an increase in the number of diagnosed pancreatic cysts. although most of the detected cases are benign, a significant percentage of them are malignant or are potentially malignant. currently, endosonography, and analysis of cyst morphology, fine needle aspiration (fna) of the cyst contents, and measurement of the amylase and carcinoembr...

AbsractGastritis cystic polyposa is a rare and peculiar polypoid lesion arising at a gastroenterostomysite, and almost always on the gastric side. It is characterized by elongationof the gastric foveolae along with hyperplasia and cystic dilatation of the gastricglands extending into the submucosal layer. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy in a47-year-old woman without any history of gastric operation ...

cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive disease caused by a wide spectrum of mutations in the gene encoding for the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator protein. these mutations that correlate with different phenotypes, vary in their frequency and distribution in different populations. in this study missense mutation r117h that associated with the different clinical symptoms wa...

in the present report, diagnosis and treatment of a case with follicular ovarian cysts in a 5-year-old persian queen cat is described. in response to palpation of spines, the queen cat presented herself in lordosis and danced up and down with her rear legs. trans-abdominal ultrasonography examination showed 2 cysts  in the left ovary of the queen. serum estrogen assay indicated elevated level o...

background and objectives: adenoid cystic carcinoma (acc), the most common malignant tumor of submandibular and minor salivary glands, is characterized by a high rate of local recurrence and distant hematogenous metastasis and tendency to invade peripheral nerves. in spite of radiotherapy and surgical treatment, the long-term prognosis is dismal. today, many studies are being conducted using th...

adenoid cystic carcinoma (adcc) is a malignant neoplasm, which accounts for 5-10% of all salivary gland tumors (1). about 50% of these tumors originate from intraoral minor salivary glands usually in the hard palate (1). three clinically obvious characteristics of adcc include slow growth rate, perineural invasion and high incidence of distant metastasis (1). the most commonly-affected sites of...

teratomas are rare germline tumors that originate from one or more embryonic germ cell layers. teratoma of the kidney is extremely rare, and less than 30 cases of primary intrarenal teratomas have been published to date. we report the main radiologic features of an unusual case of mature cystic teratoma arising from the left kidney in a two-year-old boy. a left-sided abdominal mass was detected...

hyper - immunoglobulin e syndrome is a rare primary immunodeficiency disease characterized by recurrent abscess formation, respiratory tract infections and very high titers of serum ige associated with peculiar face and skeletal features. we report a seven-year old  girl  presenting with persistent productive cough and  history of chronic eczematoid facial lesions since infancy  and  two episod...