Duodenal duplication cyst (DDC) is a rare congenital anomaly that typically presents with symptoms during childhood [1]. Acute pancreatitis and biliary obstruction have rarely been reported in adults [2,3]. Twomodalities of treatment havebeendescribed for DDCs: surgical [4,5] and endoscopic, by means of cyst marsupialization [1]. The rationale behind cyst marsupialization is to establish commun...

introduction: hepatic hydatid cyst is caused by echinococcosis granulosis. it is a major health problem in endemic areas. the modern treatment of hydatid cysts of the liver varies from surgical intervention to percutaneous drainage or medical therapy. a high rate of complications following percutaneous drainage, and ineffectiveness of medical therapy have shown not to be the definitive treatmen...

Introduction: The ectopic ciliated cyst is a rare non-odontogenic cyst which occurs as a delayed complication after maxillary sinus radical surgery; this lesion emerges due to the destruction of the sinus mucosa during the surgery and entrapment of the respiratoryepitheliumin the region. This lesion has been observed in very rare cases following genioplasty and bimaxillary orthognathic surgery....

Various complications of hydatid cyst have been recognized to date. We have encountered one such complication-rupture of hydatid cyst to the duodenum­ leading to upper gastrointestinal bleeding in a 40 year old male, who referred with severe right upper quadrant (RUQ) pain and gastrointestinal bleeding of a few hours' duration. Laparotomy revealed a cyst (7 x 15 cm) in the left lobe of the ...

Hydatid cyst disease is a zoonotic infection.in human beings it apears as cystic lesions in different organs and the most common form is hydatid cyst of liver.one of the rare sites of the disease is salivary gland,which appears as a neck mass.therefore,when observing a cystic lesion in salivary glands.hydatid cyst should be considered and for confirmation of diagnosis spicial paraclinic techniq...

INTRODUCTION The lateral periodontal cyst, as the name implies, occurs on a lateral periodontal location and is of developmental origin, arising from cystic degeneration of clear cells of the dental lamina. A botryoid odontogenic cyst is considered to be a rare multilocular variant of a lateral periodontal cyst. CASE PRESENTATION We report the clinical and histopathologic features of a rare c...

CONTEXT Cyst fluid CEA concentration>192 ng/mL has proven accurate to differentiate mucinous from non-mucinous pancreatic cystic neoplasms. It is unclear whether the degree of cyst fluid CEA elevation is predictive of malignant behavior in IPMNs. OBJECTIVES To determine whether elevated cyst fluid CEA concentrations were predictive of invasive cancer. DESIGN Cross sectional study. SETTING...

A 25-year-old male patient was admitted to the cardiology outpatient clinic with atypical chest pain. Physical examination and electrocardiograms were normal. Chest radiography revealed irregular border of the cardiac silhouette, which was further evaluated by transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). Parasternal long axis view revealed mild local hypertrophy of the interventricular basal anterior ...

  Human hydatid cyst is a wide spread disease. It is an endemic disease in Iran. Hydatid cyst is extremely rare in the female reproductive organs. This is a case report of ovarian hydatid cyst in a 42-year-old woman. She presented with feeling of enlargement of abdomen and abdominal pain. On physical examination, a large mass in lower abdomen palpated. Ultrasonography reported a heterogeneous ...