Heterotopic thyroid tissue is described to usually lie at the tongue base, while the 10% at the hyoid bone. We report a case of incidental diagnosis of a true mediastinal goitre with preoperative chest X-ray in a 35-year old woman with a multinodular cervical goitre.

In recent years, advances in the diagnosis and treatment of childhood, adolescent and adult cancer have significantly improved the survival rate and life expectancy of cancer patients. However, chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments are gonadotoxic and may induce the loss of ovarian function and fertility with consequent premature ovarian failure (POF). A number of factors determine the level...

Myositis ossificans circumscripta is a benign lesion characterized by focal heterotopic soft tissue ossification, occurring in young people generally after localized trauma. Clinical and radiological appearances may mimic a sarcomatous neoplastic process. We report a case of myositis ossificans occurring after trauma, so as to illustrate the different imaging features of this benign pathology o...

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia is a common developmental anomaly encountered by paediatric surgeons. It is known to be associated with extradiaphragmatic malformations, which include cardiac, renal, genital, and chromosomal abnormalities. Herein, we report a newborn born with concurrent congenital diaphragmatic hernia, Meckel's diverticulum, and heterotopic pancreatic tissue. This is the first...

We describe a 56-year-old woman with a dural arteriovenous fistula involving the transverse sinus in association with a nodule of heterotopic brain tissue in the sinus. This finding is discussed in light of a recent radiologic study of nodules in the transverse sinus.

Despite the popularity of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), many fundamental aspects their physiology still have not been understood. The information accumulated to date argues that MSCs from different sources vary in differentiation potential and, probably, molecular mechanisms trilineage differentiation. Therefore, this review consists two parts. Firstly, we focus on data inter- and intra-source...