Fusiform Cervical Mass in a 6-Year Old Boy; Do not Forget the Thymic Cyst.

Cervical thymic cyst is a rare clinical entity, with approximately one hundred cases reported in the literature so far. The purpose of this case report is to highlight some certain features, along with an extensive research of the relevant literature. A 6-year-old boy was admitted to the Otorhinolaryngology Department due to the presence of a left-sided, painless, latero-cervical swelling, first observed by his parents 2 weeks ago.

Metastatic Melanoma to the Urinary Bladder of Ocular Origin Accompanied with Primary Cutaneous Melanoma: Diagnostic Challenge-A Report of a Case.

Metastases of melanoma to the urinary bladder are infrequent. Even rarer are metastases to the urinary bladder from uveal melanoma, with only 3 cases published in the literature so far. Herein we present a case of a 77-year-old male patient who presented with metastatic melanoma to the urinary bladder.

Epididymal Adenomatoid Tumor: A Very Rare Paratesticular Tumor of Childhood.

Adenomatoid tumor is an uncommon benign mesothelial neoplasm, usually localized in the epididymis. It is the most common paratesticular tumor of middle-aged patients (average age of clinical presentation: 36 years). However, these tumors in pediatric and pubertal patients are extremely rare.

Enterobius Vermicularis-Associated Pelvic Inflammatory Disease in a Child.

Background: Enterobius vermicularis is the most highly prevalent intestinal worm in childhood and is generally considered of low pathogenicity. Little is known about the inflammatory complications of the female genital tract induced by E. vermicularis in childhood.

Dendritic and spinal alterations of the spiny stellate cells of the human visual cortex during normal aging.

The visual cortex undergoes age related changes that have been studied mainly in rats Maccaca Mulata, and human beings. Despite the fact that there is no extensive neuronal loss in aged brains, a lot of important pathological changes are found in the morphology of the neurons. The present study describes the morphological alterations of the spiny stel-late cells of the human primary visual cortex during normal aging, using Golgi method, Golgi-Nissl staining and Nissl staining.