Comment. Deficiency of MBL has been correlated with a variety of infections in otherwise healthy individuals but may also enhance susceptibility to certain infections in persons receiving chemotherapy or those with secondary immunosuppression for other reasons. Genetic polymorphism explains the range of serum concentrations of MBL found in the general population, with severe serum MBL deficienc...

Choristomas of the internal auditory meatus are exceedingly rare tumors. In most cases, neuromuscular choristomas have initially been misdiagnosed as vestibular schwannomas (VS). No known characteristics in the clinical presentation or in imaging exist distinguishing these tumors from VS, which are the most common tumors at this location [Smith et al.: AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1997;18:327-329]. We...

Neuromuscular Choristomas are rare benign tumors characterized by their composition as well as their location. They are typically composed of mature skeletal muscle tissue elements that are intermixed with mature neural tissue elements. This condition is extremely rare as is noted by its prevalence. To date, only about forty cases of neuromuscular choristomas have been reported with only five s...