Rare giant cystic lesion

Cystic Mandibular Lesion in the Antiquity. A Rare Finding

Ameloblastoma is a not uncommon tu mour reported in the clinical literature and is characterised by a multilocular cavity with ‘soap bubble’ pattern usually in the posterior body of the mandible. A review of the palaeopathology literature did not reveal any examples of ameloblastoma. In this paper, a probable case of ameloblastoma in a male skeleton, 45 –55 years at age of death, from Casserres...

Primary Pancreatic Hydatid: A Rare Cystic Lesion of the Pancreas

A 48-year-old woman presented with vague abdominal pain and malaise. She was from Andhra Pradesh, an area endemic for hydatid disease due to Echinococcus granulosus. The laboratory investigations were indicative of anemia with hemoglobin of 6 g/dL. Serum bilirubin and amylase were within normal limits and the abdominal examination was benign. An ultrasound of the abdomen was performed which rev...

Hybrid Odontogenic Lesion: A Rare Entity

Hybrid tumors are very rare tumors composed of two different tumor entities, each of which conforms to an exactly defined tumor category. A 14-year-old boy was referred for an intraosseous painless lesion with a histopathological feature of multiple odontogenic lesions including calcifying odontogenic cyst, complex odontoma and ameloblastic fibro-odontoma. The final diagnosis considered to be a...

Giant Palmar Lipoma: A Rare Presentation

Giant cystic pheochromocytoma.

A 53-year-old man presented with a 1-month history of pain and a palpable mass in the left side of the abdomen. Physical examination revealed a mass on the left half of the abdomen crossing the midline. Laboratory data were unremarkable, except for an upper limit of reference range for urinary cathecholamine metabolites. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a huge complex...