Tracheobronchial rhinosporidiosis: an uncommon life‐threatening benign cause of airway obstruction

An uncommon cause of duodenal obstruction.

This is a case report of an elderly male, who presented with duodenal obstruction caused by abdominal aortic aneurysm. An axillo-bifemoral shunting with an infra renal straight inlay graft together with a feeding jejunostomy was performed. This is rare presentation with only a few cases reported.

An uncommon cause of gastric outlet obstruction

RATIONALE Metastatic involvement of the gastrointestinal tract is an uncommon scenario encountered in the clinical practice. Our case represents a gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) as a consequence of distant Transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) metastasis without any lymph node involvement in association with inflammatory stranding leading to extrinsic duodenal obstruction. PATIENT CONCERNS We r...

An Uncommon Cause of Neonatal Hypertension

Background: Adrenal hematoma is a very rare acquired cause of neonatal hypertension. In this study, we report a case of neonatal hypertension associated with adrenal hematoma. A male neonate was immediately transferred to our neonatal intensive care unit after delivery due to meconium aspiration. He needed to be on mechanical ventilation support. During his hospital stay, hospital records showe...

An Uncommon Cause of Severe Upper Airway Obstruction in a Toddler

Laryngopyocoele: an unusual cause of airway obstruction.

To cite: McLaren O, Hickey S. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2016214368 DESCRIPTION An 88-year-old woman presented with a 2-day history of dysphagia, hoarseness and inspiratory stridor. Examination revealed well-defined soft lobulated masses anteriorly and to the right of her neck. Flexible-nasendoscopy demonstrated a large mass displacing the rig...