Dear Editor: Colonoscopy was performed to a 65-year-old female with tenesmus that showed, in the distal rectum, a bulging lesion of 3 cm covered with normal appearance mucosa. We performed an endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) that showed a polypoid morphology lesion, heterogeneous, mainly hypoechoic, located in the deep mucosa and submucosa layers; the lesion was well delimited with regular bord...

OBJECTIVE Lipomas are relatively uncommon tumours in the oral cavity; only 1% to 4% of cases occur at this site. In this study, we describe the clinical and histopathologic features of 6 cases of oral lipoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between 1997 and 2005, the files for all cases of oral lipoma at the oral pathology division, University of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, were retrieved for st...

BACKGROUND Lipomas are common benign soft tissue neoplasms but they are found very rarely in the deep lobe of parotid gland. Surgical intervention in these tumors is challenging because of the proximity of the facial nerve, and thus knowledge of the anatomy and meticulous surgical technique are essential. CASE PRESENTATION A 71-year-old female presented with a large asymptomatic mass, which h...

INTRODUCTION The term ectopic thyroid refers to the presence of thyroid tissue located far from its usual anatomic placement and with no vascular connection to the main gland. The presence of swelling in atypical locations is diagnostically differentiated from other pathologies like pleomorphic adenoma or carcinoma, inflammatory lesions like sialadenitis, neurogenic tumors, paraganglioma, fibro...

Lipoma is the most common benign tumour which occurs anywhere in the body where adipose tissue is present which is asymptomatic, slow growing and painless. The lipoma consists of mature adipose tissue and occurs commonly in region of back, shoulder and nape of neck. Adipose tissue also exists in the parotid gland, but lipoma of the parotid gland is rare entity. The incidence of this entity has ...