A 42-year-old African male was brought by the police to the emergency department under suspicion of drug smuggling by body-packing. Plain abdominal radiograph showed multiple foreign bodies within the gastrointestinal tract. Contrast-enhanced abdominal CT confirmed the findings, and the patient admitted to have swallowed "balls" of hashish. Body-packing is a recognized method of smuggling drugs...

A 62-year-old man presented with chronic dry cough. He was known to have Crohn's disease which was in remission. A plain chest radiograph demonstrated bilateral apical infiltrates. A HRCT of the chest showed normal proximal airways. Stenosis of medium size airways was present with post-stenotic dilation. These dilated peripheral bronchi appeared fluid filled. Patchy areas of consolidation were ...

We are reporting a rare case of spontaneous atraumatic mediastinal hematoma in a previously apparently healthy middle aged female who presented with acute onset dysphagia, increasing neck swelling and spontaneous neck and chest bruising. Plain chest radiograph showed widening of the mediastinum. Contrast CT scan of neck and chest revealed a soft tissue swelling in retropharyngeal space causing ...

Fractures of the occipital condyle are rare. Their prompt diagnosis is crucial since there may be associated cranial nerve palsies and cervical spinal instability. The fracture is often not visible on a plain radiograph. We report the case of a 21-year-old man who sustained an occipital condylar fracture without any associated cranial nerve palsy or further injuries. We have also reviewed the l...

A 69-year-old man with an history of liver cirrhosis complicated by hepatocellular carcinoma treated by chemoembolization, moderate mitral insufficiency and chronic atrial fibrillation presented with a rounded calcified opacity in right upper abdomen at chest radiography. Abdominal computed tomography scan showed an omogeneous and complete uptake of lipiodol within the hepatocellular carcinoma,...

Intra-osseous mucoepidermoid carcinoma in the mandible is a rarely reported entity, comprising only 2-3% of all mucoepidermoid carcinomas. Unilocular and/or multilocular radiolucency is characteristic of mucoepidermoid carcinoma, but has a radiographic appearance similar to that of odontogenic benign and malignant tumors and thus cannot be accurately diagnosed on plain films. This article descr...

A plain abdominal radiograph ( fig. 1 ) showed no features of bowel obstruction and a possible foreign body in the right iliac fossa. A computer tomography (CT) scan ( fig. 2, 3 ), performed to rule out a caecal lesion, showed features of appendicitis and confirmed a foreign body in the appendix lumen. A 75-year-old man presented with a 3-day history of worsening right iliac fossa pain. He had ...

The clavicle, being subcutaneous, is easily examined and presents a tempting target for biopsy. This may be of both diagnostic and therapeutic value, but on occasion normal anatomical variations may lead to unnecessary operations. Two such cases are presented. Case I. A fit 28-year-old man was seen two days after a fall, complaining of pain and tenderness in the region of the sternoclavicularjo...

Intestinal lipomatosis is a rare disease entity. Few cases have been reported in the literature. It is often associated with characteristic CT findings, making a preoperative diagnosis possible. Here we report a 49-year-old male who suffered from progressive abdominal distension, epigastralgia, nausea and vomiting for 2 days. Plain abdominal radiograph showed distended small bowels. Abdominal C...

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Hemagioma arising in the knee is a rare cause of knee swelling. The diagnosis frequently is delayed for long. METHODS We are presenting the case report of a 12 year old male child who had a swelling on anteromedial knee which remained undiagnosed for more than 1 year. Patient had all baseline blood investigations and plain radiograph of knee which were normal. He also h...