Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is a genetic systemic disorder, which is associated with cyst formation in several organs, renal function decline and a higher prevalence of intracranial aneurysms. We report a 52-year-old, otherwise healthy, man with ADPKD who had asymptomatic, bilateral, multiple cysts in the choroid plexus, which is an extremely rare abnormality. Recent ev...

The thyroid gland arises from the foramen cecum and descends in the neck to its final resting place in the pretracheal space. An anomaly in this descent might leave space in the tract, which leads to the formation of the thyroglossal duct cyst (TGDC). It is estimated that around 7% of the adult population have a persistent duct, therefore, leading to the formation of TGDC. This cyst is lined by...

A 1 0-year-old boy had a 4-year history of growth retardation , a 10month history of polyuria and polydipsia, and recent onset of frontal headaches. Physical examination revealed a small , prepubescent boy without neurologic or visual-field deficits. His growth curve fell below the fifth percentile for height and weight, and the bone age was delayed. CT showed a round sellar mass that bulged in...

Esophageal duplication is the second most common site of gastrointestinal duplication and most cases present with complications. These complications include bleeding, infection, dysphagia, and dyspnea. We report an incidental case of a true intramural esophageal duplication cyst in a new military recruit. The patient was diagnosed in Armed Forces Hospital, Oman. The patient came for a pre-recru...

One hundred and seventeen cases of cystic lesions of the maxilla treated at Mie University hospital for 10 years from 1963 to 1972 were reviewed. Cystic lesions of the maxilla could be simply divided into, those related etiologically and anatomically to the teeth and those which were not. The former group included 24 periodontal cysts (20.6%) and 3 follicular cysts (2.6%), while the later group...

The glandular odontogenic cyst (GOC) was a rare jawbone cyst described in 1988 as a distinct entity. This lesion can involve either jaw, and the anterior region of the mandible was the most commonly affected area. Clinical and radiographic findings were not specific, and the diagnosis of GOC can be extremely difficult due to the rarity of this lesion. The cyst presented a wall constituted by fi...

MRL/MpJ (MRL) mice, commonly used as a model for autoimmune disease, have a high frequency of ovarian cysts originating from the rete ovarii. In the present study, to clarify how the rete ovarii, which are remnants of mesonephric tubules during embryogenesis, progress to cystic formation with aging, the morphology of MRL rete ovarii was analyzed and compared with that of normal C57BL/6N (B6) mi...