DESCRIPTION A 26-year-old right-handed man presented with pain in his right ring finger after a physical altercation. Deformity and swelling in the distal interphalangeal (DIP) joint was evident. There was no open injury or sensory loss; flexion and extension were limited secondary to pain. X-ray showed posterior dislocation of the ring finger DIP joint without fracture.

A 67-year-old diabetic man presented with progressive multifocal myeloradiculopathy for 6 months, with no pulmonary symptoms. A chest x-ray and CT scan of the lungs revealed bilateral multiple nodular infiltrates in the right upper lobe and the lower lobes bilaterally, mimicking metastases. A thoracoscopic lung biopsy demonstrated bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia caused by capsule-...

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A 59-year-old man presented with a one-year History of progressive dysphagia to the point that he could no longer swallow solid foods. Cervical spine X-Ray Elms demonstrated massive anterior new bone formation along the anterior surface of C3 to C7 vertebrae. Evaluation with barium swallow and cervical computed tomograhpy demonstrated oesophageal compression. Resection of the anterior onteophyt...

A 44-year old man presented with increased shortness of breath. A chest X-ray revealed a widening of the mediastinum (Fig. 1a). Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a right paratracheal tumour (Fig. 1b, c). Rotational arteriography showed that the right thyrocervical artery was supplying the mass (Fig. 1d). He underwent a right cervical incision and thoracotomy resection of the mass. Histolo...

DESCRIPTION A 28-year-old man presents 5 months after a table saw crush injury to the thumb and the index finger of the right hand. Initially, he required thumb interphalangeal joint arthrodesis and ray amputation of the index finger. Postoperatively, the patient noted scarring and gradual contracture of the first web space causing pain with movement and significant restriction in the hand func...

Gallstone ileus is a rare cause of small bowel obstruction which usually presents in elderly female patients and which has been associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. We present the case of a 63-year-old man who presented at our institution with symptoms of bowel obstruction. Abdominal X-ray and exploratory laparotomy revealed a large gallstone in the terminal ileus.

A 46-year-old man with a 15 pack-year smoking history was referred to the pulmonary clinic with an incidental finding of a left pleural-based lung mass on chest X-ray (figure 1). The patient denied any respiratory symptoms, loss of weight or night sweats. He reported to have worked in a shipyard with a history of prolonged exposure to asbestos. Physical examination revealed no evidence of respi...

A 56-year-old man on maintenance hemodialysis was admitted to the intensive care unit with septic shock and coagulopathy. As there was a dialysis catheter in the right internal jugular vein, the left internal jugular vein was cannulated with a central venous catheter to initiate vasopressor therapy. A chest X-ray showed formation of a catheter loop inside the left brachiocephalic vein, probably...

Solitary Fibrous Tumors (SFTs) are rare primary pleural neoplasms which have recently been reported in extra-thoracic sites. In this report, solitary fibrous tumor arising in an intra-thoracic goiter with no evidence of cervical mass in a 74-year-old obese man who was found to have a large superior mediastinal mass with tracheal deviation on Chest X-Ray is presented.