Introduction: Choristoma is a non-neoplastic growth of normal tissues in non-indigenous site of origin. Osseous Choristoma is an ectopic bone formation which is a rare entity with 72 cases has been reported in the tongue, 15 cases in the buccal mucosa, 1 case in the lower lip.   Case Report: A 43 year old male patient experienced a mild, intermittent, dull aching type in...

Choristoma is development of a normal tissue in an aberrant location. This report describes jejunal salivary choristoma (JSC) causing recurring episodes of abdominal discomfort in a 5-year-old girl. Exploratory laporatomy revealed a pale yellow subserosal jejunal lesion. Wedge resection of the lesion and repair of the bowel were performed. The child did well postoperatively and has since that t...

Salivary gland choriostoma is defined as a tumor-like growth of otherwise normal salivary gland found in an abnormal location. It has been reported in the head and neck regions but there are very few reports of its presence in the gastrointestinal tract [1,2]. To our knowledge, it has been reported in the jejunal [3], sigmoid colon [4], rectal [5,6], and perianal regions [7], but there is no re...

A choriostoma is an aggregate of microscopically normal cells or tissues which occurs in an aberrant location. It follows a benign course, rarely seen in head and neck region. A choriostoma of the palatine tonsil is very rare; less than 10 cases were reported till date. A 11-year-old male referred to ENT OPD with chronic tonsillitis and underwent tonsillectomy. The histopathological examination...

amyloidoma or amyloid tumor is a tumor-like localized deposit of amyloid encountered occasionally in association with multiple myeloma, various chronic inflammatory diseases and primary amyloidosis. amyloid tumors unassociated with plasmacytoma or other disease are extremely rare in soft tissues and few cases in various situations have been reported. histologic examination discloses amorphous e...

progressive osseous heteroplasia is a rare inherited disease that begins with skin ossification and proceeds into the deeper connective tissues. the disease should be distinguished from other genetic disorders of heterotopic ossification including fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (fop) and albright hereditary osteodystrophy (aho). we report a case of progressive osseous heteroplasia in a t...