BACKGROUND Nasoalveolar cysts are rare non-odontogenic cysts that occur beneath the nasal alar region. Few cases of bilateral nasoalveolar cysts have been described. CASE PRESENTATION We report a rare case of a 67-year-old Japanese woman with bilateral nasoalveolar cysts who presented to our department with the chief complaint of a swollen left nasal alar base. Panoramic radiography revealed ...

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to evaluate the outcomes gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist treatment for ovarian cysts, which are developed during tamoxifen use due breast cancer. STUDY DESIGN: This was a retrospective cohort including patients who were under stage I-III cancer and administered leuprolide acetate cysts with low malignancy risk between 2012-2020. RESULTS: Leuprolide tot...

background: foregut duplication cysts associated with vertebral anomalies are referred to as neurenteric cyst. about 30 cases have been reported in the literature so far. posterior mediastinal neurenteric cysts are very rare and a few studies could be found in the literature even after extensive search. because of rarity we are prompted to present 7 cases of posterior mediastinal neurenteric cy...

HYPOTHESIS The laparoscopic isolated hypobaric technique that we developed and use is safe and feasible for almost all kinds of hepatic and extrahepatic abdominal hydatid cysts. DESIGN A case series. PATIENTS Between August 1992 and December 1999, 31 patients with no selection criteria underwent 32 consecutive laparoscopic operations for 52 symptomatic hydatid cysts located in the liver (49...

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...

OBJECTIVES To determine the relative incidence of odontogenic cysts and to identify the main clinicopathological features among patients treated in the Oral Surgery Department of the Dental Clinic of the University of Barcelona (Spain). STUDY DESIGN A retrospective observational study was made of 418 odontogenic cysts diagnosed in 380 patients included in the database of 1235 histopathologica...

Article type: Case Report Thoracobiliary fistula is a rare complication of hydatid cyst of the liver especially in the calcified form. Surgery is the only medical option. The treatment consists of radical surgical procedures in the majority of the patients. Conservative surgical treatments are performed with high mortality rate. Herein, we will describe two patients of calcified hydatid cysts o...

BACKGROUND Intrathoracic meningocele is a rare pathology, almost always associated with neurofibromatosis type I and with a few cases related in the literature. In the majority of cases cysts are small or asymptomatic, and the surgery is indicated when big or symptomatic cysts are present. We report a case of giant intrathoracic cysts surgically extirpated through out thoracotomy. CASE A 59-y...