For information about the wide variety of Jewish views on what happens after death, see Simcha Paull Raphael's book, Jewish Views of the Afterlife. Raphael, a Reconstructionist rabbi, takes a historical approach to life-after-death theories, exploring the views that predominated in each era of Jewish history.
Preauricular sinus and cyst. A preauricular sinus (also known as a congenital auricular fistula, a congenital preauricular fistula, a Geswein hole, an ear pit, or a preauricular cyst) is a common congenital malformation characterized by a nodule, dent or dimple located anywhere adjacent to the external ear.
Epidermoid cysts are congenital, true-cysts with epithelial-lined walls. They are usually well-defined, spherical, unilocular, and non-enhancing. Pancreatic pseudocysts occur in the splenic hilum as fluid tracks along the pancreatic tail in the setting of pancreatitis.ydatid cysts should be suspected in a patient with cysts in the liver, lung, and spleen. These cysts are typically large, and will have septations, daughter cysts, and hydatid sand. They may also have ringlike calcifications in chronic stages.