BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) surveillance of patients with mucinous pancreatic cysts relies on the assessment of morphologic features suggestive of malignant transformation. These criteria were derived from the evaluation of surgical pathology in patients with pancreatic cysts who underwent surgery. Reliability of these criteria when evaluated by EUS in identifying lesi...

Objectives Management of asymptomatic pancreatic cysts is challenging. Guidelines by the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) and International Association of Pancreatology (Fukuoka) seek to identify high-risk patients. We assessed performance of these guidelines in selecting patients for endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and/or surgery. Methods PART I - We retrospectively studied 143 asymp...

We report the MR imaging findings in two cases of nasolabial cysts. Demonstration of their extraosseous location with cross-sectional imaging should prevent confusion with maxillary cysts and obviate unwarranted dental or maxillary surgery.

Dentigerous cysts constitute 20% of all odontogenic and are often located in the mandible maxilla. They seen at young ages men. Patients usually asymptomatic, diagnosis is established by dental radiographs routine scans. Surgery recommended for dentigerous because ameloblastoma, intraosseous mucoepidermoid carcinoma, or squamous cell carcinoma may develop from them. Generally transoral route pr...

Parathyroid cysts were first described in 1880 by Sandström, but the first surgical resection was not performed until 1905 by Goris. These cysts can be classified as functioning, which occur with primary hyperparathyroidism, or non-functioning. The latter are the most frequent, representing 80%–90% of all parathyroid cysts. In addition, cystic parathyroid lesions account for 0.075% of cervical ...

background: splenic cysts are known as rare clinical encounter. classifying into primary (true) and secondary cysts (pseudocysts), true cysts contain cellular epithelial lining and subdivided into parasitic and non-parasitic cysts. this study aimed to determine the outcome of treatment in patients with splenic cyst. methods: all patients with splenic cyst who had been treated in department of g...

Introduction : The objective of this study was to give a description of the most prominent atypical radiological presentations of lung hydatidosis. Materials and methods: All patients diagnosed with pulmonary hydatidosis by surgical exploration were included in this study. Standard chest roentgenogram and computed tomography CT) were evaluated before surgery for lung cysts or unknown lesions. R...

BACKGROUND Multiple hydatid disease is a complex surgical problem, and its treatment can follow either conservative principles (drainage or obliteration of the cavity) or radical principles (cystoperi-cystectomy or liver or lung resection). METHODS A total of 220 patients with multiple cystic echinococcosis (428 cysts) were managed between 1967 and 1998 with conservative operations (group A) ...

Laparoscopic surgery has both diagnostic and therapeutic advantages in the management of intra-abdominal cysts in children. Large cysts in small children pose technical challenges during laparoscopic surgery, requiring multiple incisions and advanced laparoscopic skills. This paper describes a novel laparoscopic technique using minimal manipulation for both aspiration and excision of the cyst. ...

The recent advent of endoscopic procedures has compelled plastic surgeons to reconsider the conventional methods by which the excision of different types of head and neck tumors are classically achieved. Endoscopic resection is a safe and minimally invasive approach and spares unnecessary discomfort to the patient. This article describes the authors' method for performing a video-assisted surge...