THREE SOMEWHAT UNCOMMON CASES OF SALIVARY CALCULI; WITH REMARKS.

Three Cases of Word-Blindness, with Remarks

Giant Salivary Gland Calculi (GSGC): Report Of Two Cases

Sialolithiasis is the most common disease of salivary glands. It is a condition characterized by the obstruction of a salivary gland or its excretory duct due to the formation of calcareous concretions, resulting in salivary ectasia and even determining the subsequent dilatation of the salivary gland.The sialolith usually measure from 1 mm to less than 10 mm. They rarely measure more than 15 mm...

Papular atrichia: report of 3 cases with uncommon presentation

Atrichia with papular lesions (APL) is a rare, autosomal recessive syndrome with total alopecia in which mutations in the hairless gene have been shown to underlie the phenotype. We report here three cases, two 16 and 18 years old cousins and a 15 year-old-girl with a history of shedding of scalp, eyebrow and eye lashes in infancy. Later in life they developed numerous erythematous papules on t...

Uncommon clinical presentations of leprosy: apropos of three cases

Leprosy has been labelled as a great imitator since times immemorial. This mainly is because of the wide range of its clinical presentations. In endemic regions it is important to entertain the possibility of leprosy even in atypical presentations so as to avoid misdiagnosis. Here we report three cases of leprosy with uncommon disease presentations. First case had presented with eczematous morp...

Remarks on thirty-three cases of subdural effusion in infancy.

Following the pioneer work of Ingraham and Matson (1954), the diagnostic possibility of subdural effusion in infancy has excited the interest of paediatricians and neurosurgeons. Guthkelch (1953) remarks that the condition may be regarded as one of the most frequent neurosurgical disorders in infancy, a striking observation when it is considered that up to 10 years ago the diagnosis was rarely ...