Cheek Hematoma: A Rare Presentation

Subdural hematoma: a rare presentation of a convexity meningioma.

CASE PRESENTATION a 69-year-old male presented to a peripheral emergency department with a several day history of increasing confusion and headache. on admission, his glasgow Coma Scale (gCS) score was 10 (e3 m6 v1). he was mute but would obey commands intermittently. Cranial nerve exam was normal and there was no evidence of weakness. a computed tomogram (Ct) head (figure 1) showed a chronic s...

Dural metastases presenting as an extradural hematoma: a rare presentation.

We report a case of an elderly man who presented with hemiparesis and plain CT scan findings highly suggestive of an extradural hematoma as the underlying cause. This patient was later found to have dural metastases secondary to bronchogenic carcinoma. Dural metastases are rare, usually presenting as dural mass, but may also present as chronic subdural or extradural hematoma on non contrast CT ...

Giant Palmar Lipoma: A Rare Presentation

Primary tuberculosis of the cheek: a common disease with a rare presentation.

Tuberculosis of the extra-oral region is uncommon and is rarely primary. Extra-oral involvement of the cheek in the absence of tuberculosis elsewhere in the body is rare. To the best of our knowledge, we report here the first case of primary tuberculosis of the cheek in a 31-year-old male presenting as a nodular swelling of the cheek. Previous reported cases of extra-oral involvement of the che...

Neurofibroma: Report of a rare clinical presentation

Neurofibroma is a tumor composed of a complex proliferation of neuromesenchymal tissue (Schwann cells, perineural cells, fibroblast, and mast cells). We report a 45-year-old female who had a slow growing, large, soft, pedunculated mass on her left lateral neck. A skin biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of neurofibroma.