A 4-year-old girl was referred to the emergency department with urinary retention and paraplegia . She had constipation for one week prior to the admission. She also suffered from progressive weakness which had progressed to complete paralysis of both legs within four days. On examination, she was alert, with sensory loss below the level of T10. Sensation was normal in both arms. The muscle pow...

A 10-year-old boy presented with a swelling of the left mid upper arm of 1 month duration. Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) diagnosis of pseudosarcomatous lesion, suggestive of nodular fasciitis, was made and advised radiological examination. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) diagnosis was benign fibroblastic tumor. Excisional biopsy was done and histopathology confirmed the diagnosis of nodular fas...

Mycobacterium marinum is an atypical mycobacterium that usually causes a solitary nodule on the hand ("fish tank granuloma") or less commonly, secondary erythematous channels and nodules spread along lymphatic drainage of the extremity, mimicking sporothricoid skin lesions of nodular lymphangitis. This report presents a case of this rare entity, a nodular lymphangitis caused by Mycobacterium ma...

Nodular fasciitis is a benign proliferation of fibroblasts and myofibroblasts. It frequently mistaken for sarcomatous lesion because its rapid growth, imaging features aggressive pathological findings. Though plays vital role in evaluating these lesions, strong suspicion with careful histopathology the final answer. We present patient nodular involving upper extremity. A 15-year-old boy present...

Purpose. This study investigates the association between focal nodular mass with low signal in Hoffa's fat pad adjacent to anterior femoral cartilage of the knee (FNMHF) and focal cartilage abnormality in this region. Method. The magnetic resonance fast imaging employing steady-state acquisition sequence (MR FIESTA) sagittal and axial images of the B1 and C1 region (described later) of 148 pati...

Fibroadenoma (FA) of the breast is a benign fibroepithelial lesion rarely showing atypical epithelial overgrowth. We present case 50-year-old Japanese woman with sclerotic FA ductal hyperplasia (ADH)/ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). A small mass was detected during clinical examination upper lateral area left breast. Hematoxylin and eosin stain section needle core biopsy specimen showed trabecu...

A 64-year-old man was noted to have a single pigmented lesion in the nostril of his nose. Clinical examination revealed a 5 mm nodular growth and brown lesion. With a presumed clinical diagnosis of malignant skin tumor, a biopsy was performed. The histological examination revealed the unexpected diagnosis of pigmented inverted follicular keratosis. The inverted follicular keratosis is an uncomm...

Cysticercosis refers to infection of tissues after exposure of eggs of pork tapeworm Taenia solium. The authors report a rare case of a solitary intraoral cysticercosis in a thirty-four year female who presented with a mass in the left buccal mucosa of two months duration. The attending dentist could not have an impression of the lesion and sent for ultrasonography. The ultrasonographic report ...

a 40 year old female presented with a history of cough for 1.5 years and diarrhea for 5 days. she further had a history of pinkish discoloration of skin and red-crusted papules on the anterior and posterior parts of the trunk. chest x-ray and chest ctscan revealed focal nodular densities in lung besides an anterior mediastinal mass. the mediastinal mass was surgically removed and the pathologic...

INTRODUCTION Intramuscular myxoma is a rare benign mesenchymal tumor. Myxomas most commonly occur in the heart. They may occur less frequently in aponeurotic tissues, bone, genitourinary tract, subcutaneous tissue and skin. CASE PRESENTATION The case described here is a 44-year-old Turkish woman who presented with the complaint of a swelling in her right shoulder. A preoperative magnetic reso...