Primary hepatic leiomyosarcoma is very rare and no primary myxoid leiomyosarcoma in the liver has been reported yet. Most cystic space-occupying lesions in the liver are benign in nature. But, rarely, malignancy could appear as a cystic lesion by ultrasonographic examination. A 64-year-old woman with a huge cystic mass detected by hepatic ultrasonography was diagnosed as primary hepatic myxoid ...

We report a rare case of schwannoma of the brachial plexus presenting as an enlarging cystic mass. A 52-year-old woman was found to have a rapidly enlarging cystic lesion in the left pectoralis minor space. Surgical exploration finally found that the lesion was schwannoma originating from the fascicles of the brachial plexus. Partial removal of the fluid enabled us to dissect the mass without d...

  SUMMARY An infrequent case of adenoid cystic carcinoma is described. Four years ago a 35 year old women was admitted to BuAli Hospital because of a firm painful mass near her left areola. The pathologic diagnosis after surgery was adenoid cystic carcinoma of breast. Up to now the patient is quite well without recurrence. incidence. Adenoid cystic carcinoma is an infrequent type of breast ...

In children with cystic fibrosis, objective parameters of exercise tolerance are needed which are easy to measure in nonspecialized centres. We investigated maximal workload (W'max) in children with cystic fibrosis in relation to body weight and fat-free mass, and compared this with results for maximal oxygen consumption (V'O2,max). Fourteen patients with cystic fibrosis performed an incrementa...

Arterial adventitial cystic disease is an uncommon type of non-atherosclerotic peripheral vessel disease. Most cases of arterial adventitial cystic disease occur in the popliteal arteries; however, fewer cases have been reported in the femoral arteries. A 59-year-old male patient visited the hospital with a complaint of a swelling on the lower extremity that had begun two months earlier. Suspec...

AbstractHydatid disease is a widespread parasitic infection caused by tapewormEchinococcus and it affects mainly the liver, but other organs such as pelvic organscould be involved very rare. Here we report a case of hydatid cyst with involvementof oviduct in a woman with endometrial cancer. It was misdiagnosed as a multicysticright ovarian mass before surgery and by microscopic study it was sho...

Hydatid disease, caused by larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus, is a common parasitic infection of human and animal. Although liver and lung are the most commonly affected area, hydatid cyst may develop any part of the body. Primary subcutaneous hydatid cyst is extremely rare. We report a case of 54 years old man who presented with palpable mass in scapular region from 3 years ago....