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J Craniofac Surg 2020 Jun 24. Epub 2020 Jun 24.

Medical Faculty, Otorhinolaryngology Clinic, Afyon Health Sciences University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.

Nasal dermoid sinus cyst is a rare congenital midline anomaly. The embryological origin is different from the dermoid cysts seen in other parts of the face. Nasal dermoid sinus cysts constitute 1% to 3% of all dermoid cysts and 11% to 12% of head and neck dermoid cysts. Read More

J Craniofac Surg 2020 Jun 24. Epub 2020 Jun 24.

Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Gulhane Medical School, Ankara, Turkey.

Objective: The postauricular region (PR) is an anatomic area that has been neglected until now, due to the fact that the significant cosmetic changes and features of this region are often overlooked. There are limited and inconsistent data about postauricular masses in the literature and the definition of the PR and its borders remain unclear. The aim of the present study was to define the PR and evaluate benign and malignant masses that may arise in the PR. Read More

Diagnostics (Basel) 2020 Jun 24;10(6). Epub 2020 Jun 24.

Laboratory for Innovation Science, Harvard University, 175 N. Harvard Street, Suite 1350, Boston, MA 02134, USA.

Periapical radiolucencies, which can be detected on panoramic radiographs, are one of the most common radiographic findings in dentistry and have a differential diagnosis including infections, granuloma, cysts and tumors. In this study, we seek to investigate the ability with which 24 oral and maxillofacial (OMF) surgeons assess the presence of periapical lucencies on panoramic radiographs, and we compare these findings to the performance of a predictive deep learning algorithm that we have developed using a curated data set of 2902 de-identified panoramic radiographs. The mean diagnostic positive predictive value (PPV) of OMF surgeons based on their assessment of panoramic radiographic images was 0. Read More

J Craniofac Surg 2020 Jun 15. Epub 2020 Jun 15.

Department of Otolaryngology.

Cervical thymic cysts are rare and present in the first decade of life. They constitute 0.3% to 1% of congenital neck masses. Read More

Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2020 Jun 19:3489420936712. Epub 2020 Jun 19.

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Objective: Thyroglossal duct cysts (TGDCs) are relatively common congenital midline neck masses that are treated with surgical excision. Traditionally these are removed along with any associated tract and the central portion of the hyoid bone through an anterior neck incision. Some patients with TGDCs want to avoid an external neck scar. Read More

Int J Surg Case Rep 2020 Jun 11;72:233-236. Epub 2020 Jun 11.

Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Department of Otolaryngology, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Electronic address:

Introduction: Epidermoid and dermoid cysts in the floor of the mouth are uncommon. A large cyst can lead to functional morbidities including airway, swallowing and speech problems. The treatment of choice is surgical excision. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2020 May;99(21):e19435

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Sleep Disordered Breathing, Shanghai, China.

There have been few studies on congenital nasal dermoid and sinus cysts (NDSCs) in infants.This study was performed to obtain clinical data for the diagnosis and treatment of NDSCs in infants.We performed a retrospective analysis of 11 infants admitted with NDSCs between 2014 and 2019. Read More

Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med 2020 May 26. Epub 2020 May 26.

Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

Conventional reconstruction techniques for superficial parotidectomy have been criticized for their ability to provide long-term volumetric correction and to prevent Frey's syndrome. To demonstrate the long-term effectiveness of a pedicled and innervated sternocleidomastoid muscle flap (PISCMMF) to reconstruct superficial parotidectomy defects. This is a retrospective cohort study of patients treated by a single surgeon in a tertiary care center from July 2012 to March 2018. Read More

Head Neck Pathol 2020 May 20. Epub 2020 May 20.

Institute of Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics, University Hospital, Augsburg, Germany.

Gene fusions involving the NUTM1 gene (NUT) represent defining genetic markers of a highly aggressive carcinoma type with predilection for the midline structures of children and young adults, hence the original description as NUT midline carcinoma. Recent studies have increasingly documented involvement of the NUTM1 gene in the pathogenesis of other entities as well. We herein describe two cases of auditory canal carcinomas with features of porocarcinoma, both harboring a newly described YAP1-NUTM1 gene fusion. Read More

Gastric Cancer 2020 May 15. Epub 2020 May 15.

Division of Diagnostic Pathology, National Cancer Center Hospital, 5-1-1, Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan.

Pyloric gland adenoma (PGA) is an uncommon variant of gastric adenoma exhibiting pyloric gland/mucous neck cell differentiation. We present a sporadic PGA associated with a large fundic gland polyp (FGP) in a woman in her 40 s without Helicobacter pylori infection. The polyp, measuring 25 mm in size, was located in the middle gastric body and was removed by endoscopic submucosal dissection. Read More

Zh Vopr Neirokhir Im N N Burdenko 2020 ;84(2):72-82

Burdenko Neurosurgical Center, Moscow, Russia.

Post-radiation cyst of the brain is a rare complication that often arises many years after irradiation for head and neck neoplasms. The majority of the articles devoted to this problem are small samples or case reports. Nevertheless, the overall number of these patients is steadily increasing. Read More

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 2020 Mar 26;164. Epub 2020 Mar 26.

Ziekenhuis Gelderse Vallei, Ede. Afd. Chirurgie.

A 55-year-old woman presents with a progressive swelling in the suprasternal notch. Ultrasound and CT-scan show a cyst filled with remarkably uniform nodules of fat density. This radiological presentation is known as the sack of marbles sign and is pathognomonic for dermoid cysts. Read More

Radiographics 2020 May-Jun;40(3):775-790

From the Department of Imaging, University College London Hospitals, London, England (T.B., S.M.); Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, 330 Gray's Inn Road, Kings Cross, London WC1X 8DA, England (V.M.T.); and Serviço de Radiologia, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal (M.H.).

Although US is one of the most used modalities for head and neck imaging, its use in the diagnosis of laryngeal abnormalities is much less widespread. The standard assessment of laryngeal abnormalities currently involves direct laryngoscopy and cross-sectional imaging (either CT or MRI) but rarely US. US is readily available, noninvasive, and radiation free, and it allows real-time imaging (with video for dynamic assessment), higher resolution than that of cross-sectional imaging, and the performance of targeted fine needle aspiration cytology or biopsy. Read More

J Korean Assoc Oral Maxillofac Surg 2020 Apr;46(2):108-115

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea.

Objectives: Kinesiology tape (KT) creates a pulling force on the skin, thus improving blood and lymph flow by alleviating hemorrhage and congestion of lymphatic fluid. The authors hypothesized that the use of KT could be beneficial for the management of complications after head and neck surgery and designed this study to evaluate the effects of KT on swelling, pain, and trismus after enucleation of mandibular dentigerous cysts with third molar extraction.

Materials And Methods: Forty patients who underwent enucleation of a dentigerous cyst with extraction of the mandibular third molar were selected. Read More

Am J Case Rep 2020 May 2;21:e919745. Epub 2020 May 2.

Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

BACKGROUND Thyroglossal duct cysts are the most common congenital neck cysts. They typically present in childhood and early adulthood, and average a size of 2-4 cm, but can also present in later adult life. CASE REPORT We present a case of a 36-year-old female patient with a very large midline neck mass, reaching the mandible superiorly. Read More

Orphanet J Rare Dis 2020 Apr 29;15(1):108. Epub 2020 Apr 29.

Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, and the Institute of Biomedical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.

Background: Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy (BSCL) is a heterogeneous autosomal recessive disorder characterized by an almost total lack of adipose tissue in the body. Mutations in the AGPAT2, BSCL2, CAV1 and PTRF genes define I-IV subtype of BSLC respectively and clinical data indicate that new causative genes remain to be discovered. Here, we retrieved 341 cases from 60 BSCL-related studies worldwide and aimed to explore genotype-phenotype correlations based on mutations of AGPAT2 and BSCL2 genes from 251 cases. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2020 Apr;99(17):e19389

Department of Radiology, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine and Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Changwon, Republic of Korea.

Rationale: Thyroglossal duct cyst (TGDC) is the most common congenital anomaly of midline neck masses. A thyroglossal duct cyst is especially difficult to diagnose and is treated differently when it appears in the sublingual area. Here, we report a rare case of TGDC extending to the sublingual space. Read More

Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2020 3;11:188. Epub 2020 Apr 3.

Department of Radiology, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Changwon, South Korea.

The relationship between radioactive iodine therapy (RIT) and prevalence of thyroglossal duct cysts (TGDC) on ultrasonography (US) has not been reported. We assessed the prevalence and US features of TGDC according to RIT. From July 2017 to June 2018, 3,146 subjects underwent thyroid or neck US at our center. Read More

Minerva Ginecol 2020 Apr 21. Epub 2020 Apr 21.

Department of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Novara Italy.

BMC Endocr Disord 2020 Apr 20;20(1):53. Epub 2020 Apr 20.

Clinic of Nuclear Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.

Background: Primary hyperparathyroidism is a rare condition of disease which can seldomly present as giant retrotrhyroideal cysts, complicating the localization of the adenoma to resect.

Case Presentation: A 56-year old female presented with hypercalcaemia of 3.38 mmol/L (2. Read More

Ultrasonography 2020 Jul 9;39(3):247-256. Epub 2020 Feb 9.

Department of Radiology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Korea.

Purpose: This study was conducted to determine which factors influence the ability of abdominal ultrasonography (US) to detect focal pancreatic lesions identified using endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS).

Methods: In this study, 338 consecutive patients with focal pancreatic lesions (cyst, n=253; adenocarcinoma, n=54; pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, n=24; solid pseudopapillary neoplasm, n=4; intrapancreatic accessory spleen, n=1; metastasis, n=1; and lymphoma, n=1) detected by EUS who underwent US were enrolled. We reviewed their radiologic reports and assessed the presence or absence of a focal lesion, the multiplicity of the lesions, and their size and location on US. Read More

World Neurosurg 2020 Apr 16;139:163-168. Epub 2020 Apr 16.

Department of Neurosurgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.

Background: Aneurysmal bone cysts (ABCs) comprise 1%-2% of all bone tumors. ABCs involving the upper cervical spine in pediatric patients complicate intervention because of an immature skeleton and nearby neurovascular elements. Treatment often consists of surgical intervention with preoperative embolization to mitigate blood loss. Read More

Wiad Lek 2020 ;73(3):614-618

Department of Surgical Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery, Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Tumours and tumorous lesions of head and neck account for 10% of all oncological pathologies. Branhyogenic cancer is found in 4.5% of patients with lateral cysts in the neck. Read More

Head Neck Pathol 2020 Apr 13. Epub 2020 Apr 13.

Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.

Sublingual dermoid cysts and oral heterotopic gastrointestinal cysts are well-documented causes of sublingual swellings in infants. However, the simultaneous occurrence of both cysts is an extremely rare phenomenon, with only two previous cases reported in literature. We present a case of 1-month-old neonate with a cystic ventral tongue mass that on histologic examination showed a dermoid cyst with co-existing heterotopic gastric-type epithelium in the wall. Read More

Breast Dis 2020 Apr 6. Epub 2020 Apr 6.

Intern, King Abdullah University Hospital, Irbid, Jordan.

Pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia (PASH) is a benign breast condition commonly presented as an incidental microscopic finding. However, it can also manifest as a mass-forming lesion (tumorous PASH) or as gigantomastia (diffuse PASH). Most of the previously reported cases are unilateral tumorous PASH treated by mastectomy. Read More

Radiol Clin North Am 2020 May;58(3):639-652

Division of Thoracic Imaging, Department of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 20115, USA. Electronic address:

Congenital entities sharing imaging characteristics with true pathologies occasionally are discovered incidentally in adults. These may occur in the neck, chest, abdomen/pelvis, or musculoskeletal systems. Although these incidental findings share imaging features with true pathologic processes, up-to-date knowledge and assessment with the most appropriate imaging modalities generally allow a distinction between congenital entities that may be safely dismissed and pathologic processes requiring further assessment and treatment. Read More

Auris Nasus Larynx 2020 Apr 5. Epub 2020 Apr 5.

Division of Otolaryngology, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai 981-0905, Japan. Electronic address:

HIV-associated salivary gland disease refers to the pathology in head and neck lesions such as ranula, salivary gland swelling, xerostomia, and benign lymphoepithelial cysts in the parotid gland. Here, we present a unique case of the ranula patient with HIV infection treated with OK-423 sclerotherapy. Case report: The patient was a 42-year-old Japanese male with a few months history of oral floor swelling. Read More

Cureus 2020 Feb 27;12(2):e7111. Epub 2020 Feb 27.

Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Riyadh-Al Kharj, SAU.

A bronchogenic cyst is a rare congenital malformation. It occurs due to the development of buds in any part of the tracheobronchial area. It can also lead to fatal complications, especially in the early stages of life. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2020 Mar;99(13):e19649

Departments of Gynecology.

Rationale: Hepatic ectopic pregnancy is an extremely rare ectopic pregnancy. This study aimed to report a case of primary hepatic pregnancy in a patient with polycystic syndrome.

Patient Concerns: A 30-year-old woman presented with vaginal bleeding after 63 days of amenorrhea. Read More

Ann Emerg Med 2020 04;75(4):e23-e24

Radiology, Institute for Maternal and Child Health-IRCCS "Burlo Garofolo," Trieste, Italy.

J Robot Surg 2020 Mar 23. Epub 2020 Mar 23.

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50-1 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, South Korea.

We suggested operative techniques and indications of robotic neck surgery. To determine operative techniques and the indications for robotic neck surgery, we analyzed treatment outcomes of patients who received robotic neck surgery. Between May 2010 and July 2018, a total of 945 patients with various neck diseases visited Severance Hospital and underwent robotic neck surgery. Read More

Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2020 Mar 24:194599820913637. Epub 2020 Mar 24.

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.

Objectives: The advent of endonasal endoscopic skull base surgery (ESBS) has redefined the management of pediatric sellar and suprasellar lesions. To date, the outcomes of these procedures have not been systematically reviewed. This study performed a systematic review with meta-analysis of surgical outcomes for pediatric patients undergoing ESBS for sellar and suprasellar lesions. Read More

Clin Imaging 2020 Aug 15;64:1-6. Epub 2020 Feb 15.

Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.

Branchial cleft cysts are the most common lesions in the lateral neck with ectopic thyroid tissue found only rarely within these cysts. Over the years, multiple cases of papillary thyroid carcinoma arising from these ectopic thyroid tissues have been described in the literature with these cases sharing a normal thyroid gland on surgical and histological evaluation. Recently, however, there are three cases of papillary thyroid carcinoma in a branchial cleft cyst reported to be the result of metastasis from a thyroid primary. Read More

Respirol Case Rep 2020 May 11;8(4):e00549. Epub 2020 Mar 11.

Respiratory Medicine Iizuka Hospital Iizuka Japan.

An 89-year-old woman with small papules on her face presented to our hospital complaining of progressive dyspnoea. Chest computed tomography (CT) showed bilateral multiple lung cysts, a nodular opacity in the right lower lobe, and bilateral pleural effusion. She was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma. Read More

Cir Pediatr 2020 Jan 20;33(1):16-19. Epub 2020 Jan 20.

Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet. Zaragoza (Spain).

Objective: Evaluate ultrasound (US) sensitivity and specificity in suspected thyroglossal duct cysts (TGDC) undergoing surgery in our hospital, and their correlation with surgical findings.

Material And Methods: Retrospective study of 150 patients undergoing surgery for midline neck mass suggestive of TGDC (2008-2018). We analyzed epidemiological variables and compared the correlation between diagnostic ultrasound imaging and surgical findings, considering previous episodes of local infection. Read More

Ann Dermatol Venereol 2020 May 9;147(5):361-365. Epub 2020 Mar 9.

Service de dermatologie, grand hôpital de Charleroi, rue de Villers 1, 6280 Loverval, Belgique.

Background: Apocrine hidrocystomas are benign cystic tumors that develop from apocrine gland proliferation. In most cases, they are translucent solitary lesions of the face, generally found in the periorbital region, on the scalp or on the neck. More rarely, apocrine hidrocystomas may be multiple and appear on the ears, trunk, shoulders and genital area. Read More

BMJ Case Rep 2020 Mar 10;13(3). Epub 2020 Mar 10.

Department of Endocrine Surgery, Scientific Center of Surgery named after M.A.Topchubashov, Baku, Azerbaijan.

Cystic parathyroid adenomas are one of the rare causes of neck masses. Due to its rarity, it causes misdiagnosis and wrong treatments and has undesirable consequences. The measurement of parathyroid hormone in fine-needle aspiration washout fluid is a minimally invasive, safe method for the diagnosis of parathyroid cysts and seems to be more useful than Tc-99m sestamibi (MIBI) parathyroid single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)/CT. Read More

Pan Afr Med J 2019 29;34:169. Epub 2019 Nov 29.

Service d'Oto-Rhino-Laryngologie et de Chirurgie Cervico-faciale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tingandogo, Tingandogo, Burkina Faso.

Epidermoid cyst is a benign embryonic tumor. It is an anomalous localization of ectoderm-derived tissue. Cervical epidermoid cyst is rare. Read More

Int J Surg Case Rep 2020 6;68:104-106. Epub 2020 Feb 6.

College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Introduction: Rathke's cleft cysts (RCCs) are benign cystic lesions from the remnant cells of the craniopharyngeal duct within Rathke's pouch. Anticipation of such condition will help planning the treatment course.

Presentation Of Case: We present a case of a 46-year-old male, referred to our tertiary center with a history of seizures, confusion and agitation for the past two weeks. Read More

Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal 2020 May 1;25(3):e364-e369. Epub 2020 May 1.

Postgraduate Program in Dental Sciences Department of Dentistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte Av. Salgado Filho, 1787, Lagoa Nova CEP: 59056-000. Natal-RN, Brazil

Background: Dermoid and epidermoid cysts are slow-growing, benign developmental cysts that arise from ectodermal tissue and can occur anywhere in the body. Less than 7% of these cysts involve the head and neck region, with only 1.6% of cases presenting in the oral cavity. Read More

Ear Nose Throat J 2020 Mar 5:145561320910676. Epub 2020 Mar 5.

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.

Wideochir Inne Tech Maloinwazyjne 2020 Mar 15;15(1):245-248. Epub 2019 Oct 15.

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea (South).

Introduction: A trend towards robotic scarless surgery using remote site incisions has developed in head and neck surgery for better cosmetic outcomes. We have carried out robot-assisted excision of thyroglossal duct cysts (TGDC) by a postauricular facelift approach to avoid visible scars in the central neck related to the trans-cervical Sistrunk operation.

Aim: To evaluate the technical feasibility and safety of robot-assisted excision of TGDC by a postauricular facelift approach. Read More

J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2020 Feb 5. Epub 2020 Feb 5.

Director, Center for Applied Clinical Investigation, and Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA. Electronic address:

Purpose: To the best of our knowledge, no study has reported pediatric jaw lesions according to the latest World Health Organization (WHO) classification of head and neck tumors. We reviewed the spectrum of benign pediatric jaw lesions treated at the Massachusetts General Hospital during a 13-year period according to the 2017 WHO classification.

Patients And Methods: We implemented a retrospective cohort study of patients younger than 18 years old with benign bony lesions. Read More

Pan Afr Med J 2019 20;34:154. Epub 2019 Nov 20.

University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Thyroglossal duct cyst is a non-odontogenic congenital developmental cyst. It is predominantly a midline anterior neck swelling in children and total excision of the tracts prevents recurrence. Retrospective hospital record analysis of patients managed with histopathology results of thyroglossal cyst between 2003 and 2018. Read More

Int J Surg Case Rep 2020 11;67:267-270. Epub 2020 Feb 11.

Kscien Organization for Scientific Research, Hamdi Street, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq; Faculty of Medical Sciences/School of Medicine, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, University of Sulaimani, François Mitterrand Street, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq. Electronic address:

Introduction: Although hydatid cysts can affect any organ in the body, reports regarding affection of thyroid gland are scanty in the literature. This report aims to present a case of thyroid hydatid disease with literature review.

Case Report: A 48-year-old female presented with painless anterior neck mass of about 2 year duration. Read More

Head Neck Pathol 2020 Feb 24. Epub 2020 Feb 24.

Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Biology, Oral and Dental Hospital, University of Pretoria, Prinshof Campus, 6 Bophelo Road, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa.

The presence of non-odontogenic cysts associated with benign fibro-osseous lesions of the jaws has been well documented. However, literature is scant when describing benign fibro-osseous lesions with associated odontogenic cysts. This case report highlights the presence of a concurrent developmental odontogenic cyst, glandular odontogenic cyst with extensive squamous metaplasia, in a patient with florid cemento-osseous dysplasia (COD). Read More

Case Rep Neurol Med 2020 7;2020:7853279. Epub 2020 Feb 7.

Department of Neurological Surgery, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, USA.

Meckel's cave (MC) epidermoid cysts are relatively uncommon lesions. In cases where surgical excision is indicated, resection is often carried out via a frontosphenotemporal craniotomy from an anterolateral approach or a temporal craniotomy with or without a petrosectomy for a lateral corridor; both of these routes are associated with brain retraction and potential neurovascular injury. The anterior location of MC in the middle cranial fossa makes safe access via posterior fossa-based approaches-such as the retrosigmoid approach-challenging as well. Read More

Dermatol Res Pract 2019 26;2019:8143680. Epub 2019 Dec 26.

Department of Pathology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.

. Skin and soft tissue diseases form a large and heterogeneous group of mesenchymal extraskeletal and dermatologic lesions in humans. Diseases of the skin and soft tissue can develop virtually anywhere in the body, extremities, the trunk, the retroperitoneum, the head, and the neck. Read More

Lin Chung Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2020 Feb;34(2):146-149

Department of Radiology and Medicine Imaging，Shanghai Children's Hospital，Children's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University，Shanghai，200040，China.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the value of multi-slice spiral CT （CT） and multi-planar reconstruction （MPR） in the diagnosis of children with parotid cleft deformity. The CT images of 55 cases of branchial cleft deformity confirmed by surgery and pathology were retrospectively analyzed. CT examination showed that 37 cases had strip-like, tubular fistula or cystic mass located in the anterior cervical triangle, anterior margin of sternocleidomastoid muscle, and 2 of them had bilateral fistula structure. Read More

Case Rep Surg 2020 28;2020:8932017. Epub 2020 Jan 28.

Department of Pathology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India.

. Omental cysts are a part of cystic lymphangiomas and are benign proliferations of ectopic lymphatics without a communication with the normal lymphatic system. They commonly involve the neck in the pediatric population and are uncommon at other sites and occur rarely in adults. Read More