purpose: the aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of endoscopic neurosurgery for patients with third ventricular colloid cysts without ventriculomegaly. methods: seventy-one patients with third ventricular colloid cysts were identified and recruited to this study. eighteen of these patients did not have concomitant hydrocephalus and underwent primary endoscopic...

The hepatic polycystic disease represents a hereditary condition with a reduced prevalence in the general population, sometimes associated with polycystic kidney disease. We present a retrospective observational study applied to 49 patients. The study aimed to observe the laparoscopic surgery of simple hepatic cysts. Laparoscopic approach is a simple and successful surgery management of these t...

OBJECTIVE/HYPOTHESIS The role of endoscopic sinus surgery for treating chronic maxillary sinusitis is well established. The purpose of the study is to determine the efficacy of endoscopic sinus surgery in the treatment of maxillary sinus inflammatory disease that includes mucoceles, retention cysts, and antrochoanal polyps. STUDY DESIGN This is a retrospective review of 32 consecutive patient...

BACKGROUND To identify and estimate the prevalence of mediastinal cysts lined by the epithelium expressing steroid receptors. METHODS We retrieved 19 mediastinal cysts from our pathology files from 1996 to 2004, and examined estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) expressions in the cysts. RESULTS Three paravertebral cysts, all in women, one bronchogenic cyst in a woman, nine ...

Introduction: Epididymal cystectomy is the procedure in which removal of cyst attached to epididymis done. The contains cleat/straw colored fluid. It excised because its increasing size causing discomfort or pain patient.
 Methodology: A Cross sectional observational study was conducted at Surgical Unit 1, Department Surgery LMC Hospital Jamshoro from January 2020 2021. All patients were a...

spillage of scoleces is a major problem in surgery of hydatid cysts, because each of them may develop into a new cyst if it settles on a suitable site such as the peritoneum. many surgeons believe that scoleces in ruptured hydatid cysts of the liver containing bile are not able to develop new cysts, because bile kills thein. in order to prove this idea, the viability of scoleces in such cysts w...

Synovial cysts of diarthrodial joints have long been recognized [1]. Clinically, they have most often been found in association with one of the arthritides [2,3]. Though synovial cysts can involve the facet joints of the spine, this fact was little appreciated until very recently [4, 5]. Radiographically, these lesions were extremely difficult to diagnose and were rarely recognized preoperative...

BACKGROUND The optimal treatment of nonparasitic liver cysts is still a topic of debate. Only symptomatic cysts are being considered as requiring treatment. Aim of this study is to evaluate our experience with this disease over the past ten years with a structured follow-up program. METHODS From January 2000 to August 2010, 56 consecutive patients with nonparasitic liver cysts were treated at...

Background: Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a zoonosis caused by the larve of Echinococcus granulosus. Cysts can develop in any part body, although liver and lungs are most frequently involved. Bone one rarest forms disease, accounting for 0.5 to 4.0% all echinococcosis. Spinal cysts disabling causing destruction similar malignant bone lesions, with high risk neurological deficit. Objectives: To ...