Ischemic colitis reduces blood flow to the colon or large intestine. Mesenteric ischemia is a reduction in blood flow to the small intestine due to the narrowing of the arteries. Both conditions ...

Savannah Stuthers waking up from surgery and learning that the cyst was in fact a teratoma with teeth and hair. Savannah Stuthers waking up from surgery and learning that the cyst was in fact a ...

When he cut into the cyst, he found teeth, hair and fat. The dermoid cyst was identified as a teratoma – “a rare type of germ cell tumor that may contain immature or fully formed tissue ...

"The constant denial and invalidation of our pain leads us to think that it's just part of being a woman," Savannah Stuthers tells PEOPLE. Tereza Shkurtaj is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has ...

We believe that our patient may represent the first reported case of malignant transformation of mature thyroid tissue in a sacrococcygeal teratoma. The impact of his diagnosis on the decision ...

A 59-year-old woman presented with a 1-day history of lower abdominal pain. Magnetic resonance imaging showed an adnexal mass with sack-of-marbles and whirlpool signs.

Sacrococcygeal teratoma (SCT) occurs when a tumor forms from the tailbone (coccyx) of a baby before birth. Though rare, it is the most common congenital (present at birth) tumor, occurring in 1 in ...

Article The CT image shows a sagittal section of the abdomen revealing a narrow angle between the superior mesenteric artery and abdominal aorta, which, along with symptoms and endoscopic findings, ...

We report a case of a 40-year-old female who presented with colonic intussusception and obstruction caused by an ovarian teratoma invading a segment of the colon. Contrast-enhanced CT imaging revealed ...

A history suggestive of upper gastrointestinal obstruction, such as epigastric pain and repeated vomiting, in a patient with cachexia should raise the clinical suspicion of superior mesenteric artery ...

Growing teratoma syndrome (GTS) is an extremely rare complication of malignant ovarian germ cell tumours. Repeated ovarian surgeries may be required in the case of GTS, which might pose a challenge ...

Design We quantified and sequenced the bacterial 16S rRNA gene in blood and AT samples (omental, mesenteric and subcutaneous) of 75 subjects with obesity with or without type 2 diabetes (T2D) and used ...