CYSTS OF THE URACHUS (CONGENITAL CYSTS, EXTRA-PERITONEAL CYSTS, OR DILATATION OF FUNCTIONLESS DUCTS)

Congenital iris cysts.

Unilateral, spontaneous, non-pigmented iris cysts appeared before the age of 2 years in four patients. Histopathological specimens obtained in three cases showed stratified to cuboidal, non-pigmented, epithelial lined cysts. Goblet cells were recognised in two of the three specimens. The clinical features and histopathological findings indicate that these cysts are derived from surface ectoderm...

Congenital pleuropericardial cysts.

Congenital lung cysts in infants.

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...

Congenital choledochal cysts in adults.

HYPOTHESIS Excision of the extrahepatic portion of congenital choledochal cysts (CCs) avoids the risk of cancer. The standard classification scheme is out of date. DESIGN Retrospective case series and literature review. SETTING Tertiary care university hospital. PATIENTS Thirty-eight adult patients diagnosed as having CC from 1990 to 2004. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Clinical and radiographic...

Congenital dermoid cysts of the anterior fontanel

Congenital dermoid cysts of the central nervous system are ra re lesions. Congenital dermoid cysts located over the anterior fontanel are reported in two Turkish infants. These two cases are examples of such a lesion in an infant of non-African descent. Key Word s: Anterior fontanel, congenital inclusion cyst, dermoid cyst