AN UNUSUAL CYSTIC PANCREATIC MASS

Conjunctival rhinosporidiosis presenting as a cystic mass-an unusual presentation.

Rhinosporidiosis is endemic in India and Sri Lanka and parts of East Africa and South America. Cases of ocular rhinosporidiosis have also been reported from Nepal. Ocular rhinosporidiosis usually involves the conjunctiva and the lacrimal sac. It usually presents as a polypoidal mass. Cystic mode of presentation has not yet been reported in the literature. We herein report an unusual mode of pre...

Pancreatic Mass with an Unusual Pathology: A Case Report

Intra-abdominal abscesses formation in patients with no preceding symptoms is rare. Infection of the pancreas occurs in 5-9% of patients with acute pancreatitis, more commonly as a complication of necrotising or severe pancreatitis. We have reported a case of a 64-year-old almost entirely asymptomatic man who underwent a Whipple's procedure following extensive investigation of a pancreatic mass...

Pancreatic tuberculosis presenting as an unusual head mass.

A 28-year-old man presented with upper abdominal pain accompanied by loss of appetite and weight. The clinical examination was unremarkable. His laboratory investigations revealed serum alkaline phosphatase of 260IU/l (normal range: 42–126U/L) with normal serum bilirubin. Ultrasound of the abdomen showed a well-defined hypoechoic mass, measuring 3cm, in the head and body region of the pancreas ...

Isolated Pancreatic Histoplasmosis: An Unusual Suspect of Pancreatic Head Mass in an Immunocompetent Host.

Histoplasmosis is endemic to the Mississippi and Ohio River valley regions in the US. It usually affects patients with underlying immunodeficiency but can also be seen in immunocompetent hosts. Although gastrointestinal involvement is common in the setting of disseminated histoplasmosis, isolated gastrointestinal involvement is uncommon. We report a case of isolated pancreatic histoplasmosis in...

An unusual cystic lung lesion.