Thymic epithelial neoplasms are commonly aetiology of the anterior mediastinum masses in adults. It represents 20–30% of all mediastinal tumours in adults. Ectopic thymomas usually affect the neck, mediastinal compartments, lung, and pleura, arising from aberrant thymic tissue. For giant thymoma, there is still no consensus on the surgical approach.  We herein report a patient with a giant thym...

A 16-year-old female with a history of neck hemangioma surgery presented with irritable coughs. A computed tomography scan showed anterosuperior and middle mediastinal masses (Figure 1). The patient underwent surgery and the upper and middle mediastinal lesions were removed (Figure 2A). Pathological examination confirmed that the upper and mid...

the reason why children are more prone to a dog bite is elusive. some propose the theory that a young child who is playing can be interpreted as aggressive by the dog. however, the fact that in some reports children were killed by dogs while asleep proves that this theory does not hold in all cases. in this case, a 9-year-old boy was attacked by 8 different races of dogs escaping from a serolog...

The infection of the retroperitoneal area (retroperitoneal abscess) is a relatively rare but serious infection, leading to considerable mortality. Most commonly, cases with retroperitoneal infection reported in the medical literature are as a complication of a local abdominal pathology. Retroperitoneal abscesses may be complicated with extension of infection into the peritoneal cavity, the pleu...