Background: Neuromuscular choristoma is a rare benign peripheral neuropathy composed of ectopic mature muscle fibers and nerve bundles, usually involving large nerve roots or trunks, such as brachial plexus and sciati...
Objective: To describe the radiological and pathological presentation of a salivary heterotopia in clivus. The lesion was detected incidentally in a 57-year-old woman. Material and Methods: Radiologic imaging (CT scan...
BACKGROUND Choristoma is a rare,benign,congenital proliferative tumor,with osseous choristoma being the rarest.Although the tumor is benign,effective identification is needed for its diagnosis and treatment.Here,we re...
Hairy polyp is an unusual, rare benign developmental malformation of neonates and infants. Embryologically, they are benign lesions containing of both ectodermal and mesodermal origin. Based on size, location of the l...
We describe the case of a nine-month-old patient with a nasopharyngeal choristoma.The case presented includes the retrospective review of the historical,radiological,surgical and histological assessment of this pathol...
BACKGROUND Liver tissue situated outside the liver with a hepatic connection is usually calledan accessory liver, and that without a connection to the mother liver, is calledectopic liver tissue.AIM To identify studie...
To the Editor:Salivary gland choristoma of the middle ear is a normal salivary gland tissue located in the middle ear.It is a benign and slow growing neoplasm that usually involves the ossicular chain and facial nerve...
To the Editor:Osseous choristoma is the rarest type of the epibulbar choristomas.It is a form of benign congenital tumor first described by von Graefe as an epibulbar osteoma in 1863.[1] Most epibulbar osseous choris...
We report a case of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm(IPMN) originating from the ileal heterotopic pancreas in a patient with hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer(HNPCC). A 49-year-old woman had a past his...
Conductive hearing loss due to middle ear masses is uncommon and usually diagnosed after biopsy. We present a case of a permanent facial palsy occurred following an uneventful biopsy during an exploratory tympanotomy ...