Oyster Splint As an Adjuvant for Post-Traumatic Keloid on Cutaneous Upper Lip

Post-Traumatic Cutaneous Meningioma

381 including infection and allergic reaction, and its use should definitely be avoided in the case of children, whose bones have not yet stopped growing. In the case of the sixteen-year-old patient in this study, while alloplastic cranioplasty was possible, as the growth of the skull bone was nearly complete, the patient and his guardian decided upon autologous cranioplasty. In cases of large ...

Post-traumatic cutaneous meningioma.

Cutaneous meningiomas are extremely rare tumours and their diagnosis is difficult. We describe the case of a patient who developed a paranasal swelling after head trauma and associated fractures in the same region years before. Histopathological examination of an incisional biopsy revealed the diagnosis of cutaneous meningioma. After one and a half years' follow up, surgical excision was perfor...

Perialar crescentic advancement flap for upper cutaneous lip defects.

Post-traumatic cutaneous mucormycosis in an immunocompetent patient.

Fungi of the class Zygomycetes, order Mucorales, cause deepseated infections in immunosuppressed individuals, such as those with hematologic malignancies, renal failure, diabetes mellitus, and patients on immunosuppressive therapy.1 Typically an airborne disease, primary infection is initiated in the upper or lower airways and is associated with the clinical development of sinusitis, rhinocereb...

I’m Swelling Up: An Extensive Post-Traumatic Sub-cutaneous Emphysema

A former smoker 85-year-old man with a history of emphysematous COPD was admitted to hospital with a mild COPD exacerbation. He also reported a costal trauma 48 hours before. The following day the patient began to complain that he was "swelling up"; a physical examination was performed without findings at the time. Within two days of admission and after a fit of coughing, the patient experience...