TRAUMATIC PHACOCELE IN 55 YEARS OLD WOMAN FROM CHENNAI, INDIA

Actinomycetoma in a 60-Year-Old Woman for 20 Years

Mycetoma is a chronic and pustular infection usually involves foot. Mycetoma in Iran is not common and most cases have been reported from the South and North of Iran. The objective of present study was to review the mycetoma and the distribution of its etiologic agents in Iran. Moreover, a 60-year-old woman with actinomycetoma lesions in her left foot was presented. Direct smear of the grains s...

Traumatic phacocele: a rare but unique scenario.

Chaniyara MH, et al. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-220755 Description The term phacocele is derived from a Greek word, where ‘phaco’ denotes lens and ‘kele’ meaning herniation. It is an unusual and very rare clinical condition. A 48-year-old male patient presented with sudden-onset diminution of vision, redness, pain in his left eye following blunt trauma 2 days ago. There was no sign...

A 55-year-old peruvian woman with unresponsive pulmonary tuberculosis.

A 55-year-old Peruvian woman presented to our outpatient clinic with a 7-month history of cough, whitish sputum with bloody streaks, and occasional hemoptysis (up to 125 mL). She also had moderate chest pain and progressive shortness of breath without fever or weight loss. With the onset of symptoms, she noted the first of 4 sequential pruritic nodular skin lesions over different areas of her t...

Osteoid osteoma of a scapula: a case report in a 34 years old woman

 Osteoid osteoma is a benign bone tumor and accounts for 10% of benign tumors. Almost any bones can be involved but half of cases involving femur or tibia. Osteoid osteoma is a rare tumor of the scapula with only 18 reported cases in the literature. We presented a case of osteoid osteoma of the scapula in right shoulder in angle of coracoid and geloneid in a 34- year old woman. She had right ra...

Short communication:First distribution record of regular echinoids (Echinodermata; Echinoidea) from Chennai Coast, South India