Neimeier, in 1934, proposed a classification for gallbladder perforation. The first type is fistulation between the gallbladder and adjacent viscerae. The second type is a subacute perforation surrounded by an abscess walled off by adhesions from the general peritoneal cavity; and the third type is a peritonitis due to free biliary spillage into the peritoneal cavity without protective adhesions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPapillary carcinoma originating from a thyroglossal cyst represents an infrequent finding, which occurs in ~1% of cases of thyroglossal cyst and its presentation is usually the same as that of a benign cyst, which represents the most frequent benign congenital lesion of the neck. The diagnosis is usually presented as a finding on the histopathological examination. Two cases of a thyroglossal cyst with later development of malignancy are presented.
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