Heterotopic pancreas is defined as pancreatic tissue found outside its normal localization without vascular or anatomic communication with the pancreatic gland. It is usually diagnosed incidentally, but it may also be responsible for acute clinical pictures. We discuss an interesting case of ectopic pancreas associated with type II esophageal atresia and presenting with gastrointestinal acute b...

PURPOSE Abdominal cysts of gastrointestinal origin are rare. Their rarity and varied clinical presentations make their pre-operative diagnosis difficult. METHODS Fourteen patients with histological diagnosis of cysts of gastrointestinal origin admitted between 2009 and 2015 were retrospectively analyzed with respect to age, sex, clinical presentation, diagnostic modality, site and type of cys...

Heterotopic mesenteric ossification (HMO) is a rare entity with few cases reported in the world literature. We report two cases. Both patients underwent an open gastric bypass with Roux-en-Y reconstruction procedure for morbid obesity and subsequently presented with gastrointestinal fistulae associated with HMO.

background and objectives: there are a few studies on histopathologic type of oral lesions especially from iran. the aim of this study was to survey the oral lesions in babol, northern iran. methods: the histopathology records were retrospectively reviewed for all lesions of oral cavity and jaws, during the years 1990 to 2009. the data were collected from the archive of pathology and analyzed ...

An enteric duplication cyst presenting as enterocolic intussusception is an exceptional clinical entity. We herein report a rare case of an ileal duplication cyst that manifested as an ileocolic intussusception. A 19-year-old woman was hospitalized due to right upper quadrant pain. Colonoscopy revealed a polypoid mass protruding into the colonic lumen. Ultrasonography demonstrated intussuscepti...

The jaws are host to a variety of cysts due in large part to the tissues involved in tooth formation. Odontogenic cysts (OCs) are unique in that they affect only the oral and maxillofacial region. There are few studies from sub-Saharan Africa. This study was aimed at describing the pattern of various types of cysts in the oral and maxillofacial region in a Kenyan population. This was done at th...

astrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are solid of the gastrointestinal tract. The stomach is most common site while esophagus least for tumors. cystic Gastrointestinal tumor has never been reported in past. On CT scan a young male patient, we an exophytic structure 2.5 x 2.2 cm along as esophageal duplication cyst then he underwent image-guided biopsy that finally turned out to be on histopath...