Woman With Unilateral Facial Swelling

Innocent unilateral facial swelling after endoscopic sphincterotomy

A 73-year-old woman with choledocholithiasis was referred to our department for ERCP. She was overweight and had a history of hypertension but despite that she was very fit. She did not report any allergic diathesis to iodine-containing contrast media drugs, food, history of asthma, urticaria, or allergy to insect bites. ERCP was performed, under conscious sedation with intravenous (iv) injecti...

Localized pemphigus foliaceus with unilateral facial involvement: A case report

Pemphigus foliaceus is an autoimmune blistering condition more often than not associated with generalized lesions. Localized Pemphigus foliaceus is a rare entity. Herein, we report a case of pemphigus foliaceus localized on the face. A 64-year-old woman was referred to our clinic with a 2-year history of erythematous plaque on the right side of her face. The histology report was compatible with...

Polyarteritis Nodosa Presenting with Bilateral Testicular Swelling and Complicated by Unilateral Facial Nerve Palsy

Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a systemic necrotizing vasculitis that is generally restricted to medium-sized vessels. Here we describe the first case of a patient in which a bilateral testicular mass was a presenting symptom and the diagnosis was made on the basis of testicular histopathology. A 53-year-old Asian man presented with a history of constitutional symptoms and testicular swelling. S...

Facial swelling in newborn

DOI: 10.1590/S1679-45082014AI2606 A 22-day-old male infant, the first child of nonconsanguineous parents, who was delivered from a followed-up and normal pregnancy, and without alterations in analytical and echographic evaluation. He was born by cesarean section at 39 weeks, because the labor failed to progress, with Apgar score of 9 at 1 minute and of 10 at 5 minute, weighting 3,240g at birth ...

Facial swelling in a patient with sarcoidosis.