Two Cases of Ludwig's Angina or Sublingual Phlegmon

Sublingual isosorbide dinitrate therapy versus sublingual acebo in angina pectoris.

A double-blind crossover study comparing the effects of 5 mg of isosorbide dinitrate given sublingually four times daily for 4 weeks to those of a placebo also administered sublingually four times daily for 4 weeks was performed on 20 male patients with classical exeitional angina pectoris due to coronary artery disease. Isosorbide dinitrate, compared to placebo, significantly reduced the numbe...

Two Cases of Temporal Arteritis: One with Angina of Effort.

Temporal arteritis was first described as a separate syndrome by Horton, Magath, and Brown in 1932. The clinical features of headache associated with inflamed and tender temporal arteries, the histological appeafance of excised portions of these arteries, and the apparently self-limited course of the disease led them to suggest that this was a new clinical entity. Since then about forty cases h...

Foreign Bodies: Aspirated or Ingested? A Report of Two Unusual Cases

Introduction: The diagnosis of foreign bodies in the upper aerodigestive tract is usually straightforward but sometimes it can be delayed or the location of esophageal and upper airway foreign bodies can be mistakenly interchanged.  Case Report: We present two interesting cases that caused diagnostic challenges which could have led to serious complications if a greater delay in diagnosis ha...

Case Report on “pediatric Ludwigs Angina: a Life Threatening Entity Revisited”

A report of two cases of pyknodysostosis in two children

pyknodysostosis is a rare bone disease characterzed with short stature,wide fontaneles,small chin,hyperdensity of bones,erosion of tufts of the disatl phalanges,and narrowing of the mandibular angle. pyknodysostosis is inheritted as an autosomal recessive disease and may be seen in both sexes at any age.the patients have normal life span.short stature and bone fractures are their major problems...