We report a case of 30 year old female patient who presented with complain of gradually progressive swelling at the lower back for 8-months duration. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of swelling revealed characteristic physaliferous cells seen as in chordoma and, radiological and histological findings are favoured the diagnosis of chondroid chordoma. Chondroid chordoma is a controversial ...

as an in-patient in the First Physician's wards of to General Hospital, Madras, complaining of oedema ? the whole body and passing scanty urine for one moot previously. He was perfectly all right before this attach which began with swelling of the face, the swelling extending to other parts of the body afterwards He did not complain of fever or of breathlessness. On admission the patient had a ...

A 68-year-old Malay man who is a rubber tapper, presented with a large painful right-sided neck swelling for 6 months, which was gradually increasing in size and associated with odynophagia, dysphagia, hoarseness and significant weight loss. He did not complain of any ear symptoms, but on further questioning, he admitted having a 3-week history of occasional tinnitus and reduced hearing on the ...

of elderly people are often highly absorbed and oral mucosa covers the ridge occasionally showing thin and poor resiliencei}. Patients suffering from these problems complain of pain during mastication. Therefore, soft lining materials are expected to relieve these problemsL2), and studies have been conducted testing their efficiencies3'`J, Many soft lining materials have been marketed during th...

The quality of mobile apps is becoming an increasingly important issue. These apps are generally delivered through app stores that allow users to post reviews about apps. These user-reviews provide a rich data source that can be leveraged to understand user reported issues. In this study, we qualitatively study 6,390 low star-rating user-reviews for 20 free iOS apps. Our study uncovers 12 types...

Inguinal mass is a common clinical finding or even symptom in childhood while the most common diagnosis is inguinal hernia that may proceed with prompt surgical but there are a vast variety of different entities that may manifest as an inguinal mass and in some instances, surgical approach is not indicated or may need further preoperative assessments to determine a correct therapeutic plan. In ...

Background: Workers in informal sector such as loading and unloading workers have a risk of experiencing health disorder occupational disease musculoskeletloadingal disorders (MSDs). Such complain usually occurs on spine (back neck) upper limb. Most the work using manual material handling, loading, unloading, pushing, pulling, throwing, moving, or rotating loads their hands other body parts. me...

Children frequently complain of upper extremity pain often secondary to trauma, yet rarely do they suffer from thoracic outlet compression syndrome (TOCS). Through 1997 the literature contains only 6 reported cases: 4 in the United States, 1 in Turkey, and 1 in Italy.1-3 Although family physicians need to focus on the common causes of symptoms, we must consider the unexpected possibilities. For...

Cervical thymic cysts are nearly 0.3% of all congenital cervical cysts. Thymic cysts are asymptomatic, but they rarely complain of dysphagia or tracheal obstruction symptoms. A soft, mobile, and painless mass increasing with valsalva maneuver directs the diagnosis of laryngocele. There has not been any study in the literature in which thymic cyst presenting like laryngocele. We hereby present a...