Results: Five patients (17%) experienced gastrostomy tube placement, 4 patients (13%) stricture, and 13 (45%) pneumonia. There was a significant difference in the fraction of gastrostomy tube placement among type II VHPL (36%), type I VHPL (0%), and type III VHPL (0%) (p=0.014). Flap size (lager than 70 cm2) was significantly associated with gastrostomy tube placement (p=0.043). No clinical var...

A foreign body (FB) in the upper aerodigestive tract is a common clinical problem that presents as as acute emergency. Sharp FB, such as fish bone or chicken bone, commonly lodges in the tonsil, base of tongue, vallecula or pyriform fossa. Dislodgement of a FB into the laryngopharynx is very rare and specifically onto the vocal cord is extremely uncommon. This case report illustrates a rare cas...

Scilla vardaria Yıldırım & Gemici (Asparagaceae) is described as a new species. Diagnostic morphological characters, a full description and detailed illustrations are provided on the basis of the type specimen and observations of wild populations. The new species is characterized by the conical floral corona structure formed by fusion of its filaments, with anthers arising almost at the floral ...

Management of airway obstruction is always challenging but more so in cancer setting, as obstruction can lie at any level right from pyriform fossa to low down in medistinum. Morbidity is significant but if not managed properly leads to frightful death by suffocation. These cases need to be evaluated, diagnosed and managed with care, skill, speed and appropriate intervention. With the advent of...

We report a 57-year-old man with bilateral cranial nerve IX and X palsies who presented with severe dysphagia. After a mild head injury, the patient complained of difficult swallowing. Physical examination revealed normal tongue motion and no uvular deviation. Cervical X-ray findings were negative, but a brain computed tomography revealed a skull fracture involving bilateral jugular foramen. La...

A myxozoan parasite belonging to the genus Thelohanellus Kudo, 1933 (Cnidaria, Myxosporea, Bivalvulida) was isolated from the fins of Labeo dero inhabiting Ranjit Sagar Wetland, Punjab, India. The plasmodium was 0.5-0.7 mm in diameter each containing 80- 100 number of myxospores. Myxospores were egg shaped to ovoidal in valvular view having bluntly pointed anterior and broad rounded posterior e...

Five new and six known species belonging to the genus Basirotyleptus collected from Western Ghats, India, are described illustrated. conicaudatus sp. nov. is characterized by having 0.42–0.44 mm long body; odontostyle 9.5–10.0 μm, odontophore 11.5–12.0 μm; pharyngeal bulb pear-shaped, 14–15% of total neck length; female genital system mono-opisthodelphic; tail conoid with acute terminus. constr...

a myxozoan parasite belonging to the genus thelohanellus kudo, 1933 (cnidaria, myxosporea, bivalvulida) was isolated from the fins of labeo dero inhabiting ranjit sagar wetland, punjab, india. the plasmodium was 0.5-0.7 mm in diameter each containing 80- 100 number of myxospores. myxospores were egg shaped to ovoidal in valvular view having bluntly pointed anterior and broad rounded posterior e...