Asymptomatic swelling on ear lobule of 1 year duration

Asymptomatic swelling in a 60-year-old scar.

A 65-year-old lady presented with two hard swellings over the forehead for two years before seeking dermatology consultation. She had a penetrative injury in a linear fashion on the forehead when she was 5-year-old. The wound healed with secondary intention leaving behind a single linear scar. Two years back, she noticed a swelling underneath the scar. The swelling was gradually progressive in ...

Lobule separator prosthesis to prevent adhesion of reconstructed ear lobe

An adhesion is a band of scar tissue that binds two parts of the tissue together, which develops when the body's repair mechanisms respond to any tissue disturbance, such as surgery, infection, trauma, or radiation. Prevention of unwanted scar bands is of utmost importance to develop esthetic and healthy tissue. This article describes a technique to prevent the adhesion of the surgically recons...

Unusual Cause of Asymptomatic Neck Swelling

Sir, Carotid artery aneurysm is a rare cause of asymptomatic neck mass, which is very often misdiagnosed and underappreciated. We report a case of 57-year-old male patient presented with asymptomatic left sided neck swelling. Examination revealed a firm, non‐tender, non‐pulsatile 6 cm × 4 cm ellipsoid swelling with the presence of carotid bruit [Figure 1]. Computed tomography angiogram and reco...

Right ear pain and neck swelling.

Asymptomatic incidence and duration of prostate cancer.

Prostate cancer is known as a disease with an extremely high prevalence relative to its clinical incidence in the population. The combination of preclinical incidence and duration that could yield this phenomenon is of tremendous interest to researchers trying to understand the natural history of the disease and to develop efficient screening strategies. In this article, the authors present est...