A nuchal fibroma is a rare benign mass; it is a fibrolipoma-like soft tissue mass, usually located in the lower back and the neck. Males are affected far more often than females. It can occur extranuchally. It is a slow growing tumor and usually asymptomatic. We present a rare case of a 39-year old female who was diagnosed with nuchal-type fibroma on final pathology. The proper management for t...

Madelung’s disease (MD) is a rare characterized by diffuse, non-encapsulated, multiple fat masses in different areas of the body. In this case report, we present MD Asia and its management. A 66-year-old man with history hypertension presented massive growth soft tissue around neck, breasts, upper back, lower abdomen. Preoperative MRI revealed remarkably hypertrophic neck anterior chest wall, w...

background and objective: fine needle aspiration cytology (fnac) is a well-established method of diagnosis in palpable masses of various sites. this study was conducted to evaluate the usefulness of fnac as a diagnostic tool in the management of patients with cervical lymphadenopathy. patients and methods: totally 178 patients admitted to loghman-hakim hospital , tehran, iran, with cervical mas...

Acne keloidalis nuchae is an unusual form of progressive chronic folliculitis with cicatricial alopecia that affects the nape neck. Rarely, it can lead to severe scarring tumor like masses where treatment becomes challenging. We present a case report such patient who underwent local excision for mass good recovery.

The probabilistic Noisy OR model has been widely used as a means of reducing the amount of probabilistic information that is needed to specify the interaction between groups of variables. Motivated by our work on the diagnosis of faults in satellite subsystems , which required a similar synthesis of partial possibilistic information on interactions , we consider a number of ways of gener-alisin...

Purpose: To present a patient with bilateral severe and symmetric lower lid lymphedema in the setting of previous neck surgery and chronic psoriasis, and to review the potential relationships of neck surgery, irradiation, psoriasis, and rosacea to chronic lymphedema. Design: Single case report with literature review. Methods: A 60-year-old female with long-standing psoriasis presented with a 2-...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Infections caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) commonly manifest as cervicofacial adenitis in otherwise healthy children. The aim of this study was to characterize the imaging findings of NTM infection of the head and neck in immunocompetent children. METHODS The medical records and imaging examinations (CT in 10, MR in two) were reviewed in 12 immunocompetent c...

Amyloidosis is a group of disorders characterized by an extracellular deposition of an abnormal amount of proteins in a variety of organs. It typically presents as disseminated deposits. However rarely, localized deposits of amyloidosis are seen. Tumor like localized presentation of amyloidosis, referred to as amyloidoma, is uncommon, especially in the head and neck. We report a case of a 40yea...

Background: Neck masses are found in all age groups from many causes, ranging congenital to acquired pathology. There is a wide variation the presentation of neck concerning its site origin, clinical presentation, and nature progression disease. This study was performed have an idea about prevalence various according sex so that it would help us diagnosing masses. Materials methods: retrospecti...

Lipoblastomas are benign neoplasms of white adipose which usually occupy the trunk and limbs in pediatric patients. They can seldomly involve head neck, as a lateral cervical mass. Magnetic resonance imaging is most useful modality for identifying these lesions. Treatment involves complete excision, patients followed with serial exams and/or recurrence more common neck. Here we present an excee...