Imaging features of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis - Case report.

Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis is a rare disorder of unknown etiology. This disease occurs mostly in young women and often after the lactation period. Women usually present with a fixed, painful mass, sparing the retroareolar region, associated with skin thickening and possible ulceration that mimics carcinoma.

[Morphometric analysis of inguinal canals and rings of human fetus and adult corpses and its relation with inguinal hernias].

Objective: To evaluate the anatomical differences of fetus and adults concerning the inguinal region of male gender, as well as the presence of possible morphological basis for the higher incidence of inguinal hernias in the right side in both groups.

Methods: Twenty human stillborn fetuses and twenty in natura adult male corpses were dissected in order to compare the length of the inguinal canals, the longer diameter of the deep and superficial inguinal rings in both sides of each corpse, and the presence or not of overlap between the deep and superficial rings.

Results: No statistically significant differences were observed in both groups regarding the measures of the deep and the superficial rings, as well as the inguinal canals, when in comparison to the respective contralateral anatomical structures of each specimen.