cervical thymic cyst is not a common pathology encountered in either an adult or a child. our case presentation is of an infant girl with a right cervical soft mass. it was totally resected and histological analysis revealed a thymic cyst. the diagnosis of thymic cyst is not possible prior to histological examination. therefore, in children the disorder should be considered as a differential di...

during the past few years, researchers and practitioners have developed novel techniques, using ansa cervicalis to innervate muscles of the larynx paralyzed due to surgical procedures carried out in the chest and neck areas. during routine dissection of a middle-age male cadaver, an unusual course of the superior root of the ansa cervicalis was observed. in this case, the superior root of the a...

A 30-year-old woman with a history of two pregnancy losses in the 8th and 16th weeks of pregnancy and a history of metroplasty referred to our Infertility Clinic. Hysterosalpingography (HSG) was performed as a standard infertility evaluation following surgery (Fig 1).

Background Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women and is regarded as one of the leading causes of cancer death in developing countries. In cervical cancer patients, both surgery and radiation therapy may bring about sexual dysfunction. Therefore, this study aimed to survey sexual dysfunction in women with cervical cancer and a history study of pelvic radiation therapy in Ghae...

in the present study, eight specimens of sheep (>1 year) of both sexes were dissected to provide a comprehensive description of the weight, allocation and nerve branches of the cranial cervical ganglion. the cranial cervical ganglion was found beneath the mandibular salivary gland. it was located ventromedial to tympanic bulla and ventrally to atlantic fossa. in three out of eight animals it wa...

the purpose of this study was to describe the feasibility of a combined preoperative chemoradiation program ib-iia, bulky and suspicious iib by radical surgery in patients with stage ib-iib cervical cancer. from september 1999 to april 2002, 30 patients with carcinoma of the cervix were treated with preoperative external beam radiotherapy of 45 gy in 5 weeks. patients received concurrent contin...

this study describes two cases of cervical sympathetic schwannoma operated at department of vascular surgery and review the literature to clarify the demographic, diagnostic, and therapeutic features of these rare lesions for the first time. two 32- and 59-year-old ladies both presenting with a painless cervical mass were referred to our service with the initial diagnosis of carotid body tumor....

background: congenital uterine malformations are the result of disturbances in mullerian duct development. in patients with recurrent miscarriage, the reported frequency of uterine anomalies varies widely, from 1.8% to 37.6%. there are reports in which cervical cerclage has been shown to prevent preterm labor in uterine anomalies. the aim of this study was to compare the role of cervical cercla...

background: the global status report of the world health organization (who) on road safety suggested that india is leading in road traffi c accidents in the world. according to the report on road accidents in india in 2010 by the transport research wing, ministry of road transport and highways, new delhi, kerala ranked third in accidents per lakh population and second in persons injured per lak...

cervical injury, blunt and penetrating trauma, hardly lead to morbidity and mortality in children population but it is clinically important. although blunt trauma is less prevalence in children than penetrating trauma, it is life threatening due to laryngotracheal rupture. bicycle accidents are common reason of blunt trauma. blunt laryngotracheal injury is rare in children because mandibular bo...