To emphasise that hydatid cyst disease can present as a soft tissue mass even in an unusual site like the thigh, we report the case of a 21-year male patient who presented to Surgical Unit IV, Civil Hospital, Karachi, with a slow growing cystic swelling on the medial aspect of the left thigh. Based on serology and imaging, a diagnosis of solitary subcutaneous hydatid cyst thigh was made and cys...

We report a case of combined subcutaneous, intrathoracic, and abdominal splenosis who presented with attacks of flushing, tachycardia and vague abdominal pain. The patient's past medical history included a splenectomy due to abdominal trauma and years later, a lung lobectomy due to recurrent pneumonia. An enhancing solid mass adjacent to the upper pole of the left kidney and nodular pleural bas...

OBJECTIVE Our aim was to describe the MRI findings of subcutaneous epidermal cysts with an emphasis on determining the presence of rupture. CONCLUSION Epidermal cysts show a fluidlike signal with variable low-signal components on T2-weighted images and peripheral rim enhancement on gadolinium-enhanced images. Most ruptured cysts have septa, show thick and irregular rim enhancement, and are ac...

A 57-year-old man with a 15-year history of a right chest wall mass lesion without follow-up for 5 years was admitted to our hospital without any symptoms or evidence of malignancy. On MRI, an additional small subcutaneous mass lesion was found. Histology of both lesions revealed marginal zone B-cell lymphomas. Primary chest wall marginal zone B-cell lymphomas are rare; this report discusses th...

Figure 2. Subcutaneous calcinosis (black arrow) developed on the ankle, at a prior intravenous catheter site. Figure 1. Panel A. MRI showing 9.2 by 7.5 by 8.9 cm heterogeneous mass with vessels scattered throughout. Panel B. Biopsy of the mass showing spindle and plump cells, along with a vascular pattern similar to that of a hermangiopericytoma. Hypercalcemia of Malignancy in a Newborn with In...

In this study we estimate the subcutaneous tissue counter pressure during drug infusion from a series of injections of insulin in type 2 diabetic patients using a non-invasive method. We construct a model for the pressure evolution in subcutaneous tissue based on mass continuity and the flow laws of a porous medium. For equivalent injection forces we measure the change in the infusion rate betw...

We report a case of subcutaneous infection in a 55-yr-old Korean diabetic patient who presented with a cystic mass of the ankle. Black fungal colonies were observed after culturing on blood and Sabouraud dextrose agar. On microscopic observation, septated ellipsoidal or cylindrical conidia accumulating on an annellide were visualized after staining with lactophenol cotton blue. The organism was...

BACKGROUND Arthrobacter-like organisms, including Pseudoclavibacter organisms, have rarely been documented as being responsible for infection in humans. CASE PRESENTATION An 81-year-old French man developed a subcutaneous infection despite antibiotic treatment combining clindamycin and metronidazole for chronic wound infection. A skin biopsy showed numerous polymorphonuclear cells and no bact...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: ANO: Anorexia; BCM: Body Cell Mass; BIA: Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis; BMI: Body Mass Index; BW: Body Weight; BWC: Body Weight Loss And Composition; COX: Cyclo Oxygenase; DXA: Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry; FFM: Fat-Free Mass; FM: Fat Mass; GH: Growth Hormone; HAQ: Health Assessment Score; IGF: Insulin-Like Growth Factor; IL-1ß...

A healthy 42-year-old Japanese woman presented with a 7-day history of a painful palpable mass under her chin (Picture A). A computed tomography scan demonstrated a subcutaneous abscess (Picture B and C), which was aspirated by an otolaryngologist. Kinyoun staining of the specimen showed positive results (Picture D), and the organism was identified as Nocardia brasiliensis by culture and 16s rR...