Schwannomas of Uncommon Peripheral Locations: Analysis of Imaging Findings of 21 Cases.

Background: Schwannomas are benign slow-growing tumors most often associated with the cranial nerves. Schwannomas often originate from the eighth cranial nerve. They may also originate from the peripheral nervous system of the neck and extremities.

Preoperative ultrasonographic evaluation of testicular volume and blood flow in patients with inguinal hernias.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether an inguinal hernia would have an impact on the testicular volume and blood flow by scrotal ultrasonography.

Methods: Twenty-six male patients with unilateral inguinal hernias with a mean age of 48.1 years were included in the study.

A rare case: spontaneous cutaneous fistula of infected splenic hydatid cyst.

Hydatid disease is caused by the larval stage of the genus Echinococcus. Live hydatid cysts can rupture into physiologic channels, free body cavities or adjacent organs. Although hydatid disease can develop anywhere in the human body, the liver is the most frequently involved organ, followed by the lungs.