UNLABELLED Respiratory obstruction and stridor in infants and children are not uncommon. A rare cause of these sometimes life-threatening symptoms is the congenital saccular cyst. OBJECTIVES We present the case of a 5-year-old girl with a cervical tumor, which appeared after a laryngeal endoscopic surgery of a saccular cyst with two relapses and a particular local evolution of its recurrence ...

Subacute thyroiditis is extremely rare during the first decade of life. We describe a case of subacute thyroiditis in a 2 year old child whose initial clinical, sonographic, and radioisotopic features were indistinguishable from acute suppurative thyroiditis. The diagnosis was established by a raised antibody titre against adenovirus and typical increased thyroid function tests.

Paragangliomas are extra adrenal pheochromocytoma arising from the chromaffin tissue of sympathetic nervous system. It accounts for 15% of all the pheochromocytomas. Paraganglioma of urinary bladder is an extremely rare entity and difficult to diagnose in absence of typical symptoms of catecholamines excess. They usually have typical symptoms of hypertensive episodes specifically during voiding...

Gastric volvulus has been reported in all age groups; however, it is typically diagnosed in the elderly. Organo-axial volvulus is the most common type, followed by the mesentero-axial and the combined types. Depending on the etiology, gastric volvulus can also be classified as primary (idiopathic) or secondary. Treatment of acute gastric volvulus involves laparoscopic or endoscopic procedures/m...

Diabetic myonecrosis is a frequently unrecognized complication of longstanding and poorly controlled diabetes mellitus. The clinical presentation is swelling, pain, and tenderness of the involved muscle, most commonly the thigh muscles. Management consists of conservative measures including analgesia and rest. Short-term prognosis is good, but long-term prognosis is poor with most patients dyin...

The HACEK group of organisms are one of the infrequent causes of infective endocarditis. Infective endocarditis should be recognized and treated promptly to prevent excessive morbidity and mortality associated with the disease. Sometimes the diagnosis is delayed due to vague and subtle presentation. Through this case report, risk factors of Cardiobacterium hominis endocarditis and its atypical ...

PURPOSE To describe the clinical features and management of a patient with an extralacrimal dacryolith. METHODS Case report. RESULTS A 43-year-old woman remarked at a routine eye examination that a small, firm mass located for several years on the right side of her nose had recently become slightly larger. The mass had remained firm and nontender during this enlargement. She explicitly deni...