Secondary polycythaemia results from increased Erythropoietin production which acts on normal erythropoietic progenitors leading to erythrocytosis. This report is about a 64 years old hypertensive and anaemic male who presented with complaints of painful per rectal bleeding dribbling micturition. On undergoing relevant investigations, he was found be low haemoglobin haematocrit. Lateron, subseq...

conclusions gorham’s disease has several manifestations as primary bone involvement. as in this rare case the ulna may be affected first and then the disease may spread to adjacent bones. more studies are needed to better recognize the behavior of this rare disease. introduction gorham’s disease is a rare musculoskeletal disease which causes progressive osteolysis and is characterized by massiv...

Introduction: Fazio-Londe disease is a genetic rare disorder manifesting by acute respiratory distress.  This article is a case report of Fazio-Londe syndrome, its comparison with other case reports in the literature and its patient-centered nursing care.  Case presentation: In this study, we reported a case with Fazio-Londe syndrome with respiratory distress, bulbar palsy, muscle weakness, an...

Abstract Background Solid pseudo-papillary tumor of the pancreas (SPTP) is a rare disease with a low malignant potential. Though it shows low malignant potential 10% to 15% of the cases show aggressive behavior with metastatic involvement of the liver. The symptoms include abdominal discomfort and abdominal pain. It is very rare in early years of age. This is the case of a 10 year old girl wi...

Introduction: This is to report a rare case of sebaceous carcinoma of inner cantus of the eye in relation with rare skin lesions of epidermodysplasia verruciformis. Epidermodysplasia verruciformis is a rare skin disease which is caused by human papilloma virus. Sebaceous carcinoma is a rare entity which is derived from sebaceous glands and to our best knowledge this is for the first time that w...

dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (dfsp) is very rare tumor of dermis layer of skin with the incidence of only 1 case per million per year. dfsp rarely leads to a metastasis (less than 5% have metastasis), but dfsp can recur locally. we publish a rare case of a recurrent dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans and its management with radical excision and interval skin grafting.

Introduction: The ectopic ciliated cyst is a rare non-odontogenic cyst which occurs as a delayed complication after maxillary sinus radical surgery; this lesion emerges due to the destruction of the sinus mucosa during the surgery and entrapment of the respiratoryepitheliumin the region. This lesion has been observed in very rare cases following genioplasty and bimaxillary orthognathic surgery....

A rare case of tuberculosis of the glans penis is described in a 60 year old lranian individuaL

Introduction: Tuberculosis is one of the most common diseases in developing countries, resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. Tuberculosis has varied clinical presentations, varying from common primary pulmonary tuberculosis to the extremely rare tubercular otitis externa, as in this case. Tubercular otitis externa has an extremely low clinical incidence.   Case Report: We report the...