Hydatid cyst is a parasitic disease that is endemic in Mediterranean areas, South America, North Africa, Australia, and Iran. Although the liver and lung are the most common involved organs, but the other organs in human body also can be involved by hydatid cyst. Chest wall involvement by hydatid cyst is a rare condition, which may be misdiagnosed as chest wall tumor in the endemic areas. Herei...

Cyst infection is a severe complication of renal and hepatic cystic disease that frequently leads to hospitalization. In most cases the diagnosis of cyst infection is made empirically as a cyst aspirate is frequently unavailable. This study aims to evaluate diagnostic criteria, microbiological findings and imaging modalities needed to diagnose cyst infection. In order to do so, we evaluated rep...

This study was undertaken to analyze and evaluate the diagnosis and principal treatment methods for congenital choledochal cyst, focusing on various surgical procedures and clinical outcome. A comprehensive, retrospective study was conducted on 72 adult patients who presented with choledochal cyst from 1985 to 2002. Surgical procedures were cyst excision with hepaticojejunostomy in 25 cases for...

The occurrence of keratinous cyst in the oral cavity is extremely rare. Keratinous floor mouth painless, doughy or fluctuant lesion and causes no symptoms until it large enough to interfere with speech eating. Cyst generally presents as slow progressive growth often not diagnosed second third decade life. We report an uncommon presentation sublingual space a 6year old female child. swelling was...

fine- needle (fna) cytology of ovary is a simple method for evaluation of ovarian masses. but there is controversy about its reliability in differentiating between benign and malignant neoplasms. to evaluate the efficiacy of fna cytology in the distinction between benign and malignant masses of ovary, we examined 55 fine needle aspirations from 55 women 14-74 years of age. the aspirations were ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy and safety of a 200-microgram misoprostol vaginal insert with a 10-mg dinoprostone vaginal insert for reducing the time to vaginal delivery. METHODS In a phase III, double-blind, multicenter study, women being induced with a modified Bishop score of 4 or less were randomly assigned to receive either a 200-microgram misoprostol vaginal insert or a 10-mg dinopr...

PURPOSE To study the characteristics of orbital cyst associated with microphthalmos in a group of Chinese patients, and to analyze the relationship between orbital cyst and orbital volume. DESIGN Cross-sectional comparative study. PARTICIPANTS 120 patients who were diagnosed as unilateral clinical blind microphthalmos, in which 20 patients had orbital cyst in the affected eye. METHOD Part...

BACKGROUND Giardia lamblia parasitizes the human small intestine to cause diarrhea and malabsorption. It undergoes differentiation from a pathogenic trophozoite form into a resistant walled cyst form. Few cyst proteins have been identified to date, including three cyst wall proteins (CWPs) and one High Cysteine Non-variant Cyst protein (HCNCp). They are highly expressed during encystation and a...