Blepharospasm is an uncontrolled spasmodic contraction of the orbicularis muscles of the eye resulting in an abnormal tic or twitch of eyes. It usually lasts for seconds to minutes but in severe cases eyes may be closed for hours. It may be essentially benign or secondary due to a lesion in basal ganglia, pyramidal tract, and trauma, local pathology in the eyes or drug induced. Here we are pres...

INDIAN PEDIATRICS 749 VOLUME 41JULY 17, 2004 A 7-day-old full term male neonate was referred with persistent bilious vomiting and mass in the abdomen. The antenatal scans were normal. The child had passed meconeum and was feeding well. On examination, abdomen was mildly distended and nontender. There was an intra abdominal mass in the right lumbar region extending towards the right hypo-chondri...

Myocarditis, an inflammatory process affecting the myocardium, may be caused by any bacterial, viral, rickettsial, mycotic, or parasitic organism. In Europe and in the United States, however, most cases of acute myocarditis seem to be caused by viruses. It is often difficult to prove the viral aetiology in cases of myocarditis and such cases are often referred to as idiopathic myocarditis. The ...

I appreciate the letter of Drs. Arnett and Orient regarding the COMPACCS, Committee on Manpower of Pulmonary and Critical Care Societies.1 I enthusiastically agree that it would be a mistake, indeed it would be impossible, to “force residents into different subspeciality training programs. . . .” That was never the intent or goal of manpower planning nor the point of my editorial. It is absolut...

BACKGROUND: Aggressive periodontitis (AgP) by definition is a group of rare, very destructive forms of periodontitis, usually manifests itself at an early age and shows a marked tendency to aggregate in families. A variety of factors, such as microbial, environmental and behavioral have been suggested as risk factors of Aggressive periodontitis. METHODS: Ten cases with clinical and radiological...

Osteoid osteomas are well-known benign tumors, seen generally in long bones. When seen in phalanxes or toes, they can cause a diagnostic dilemma. A young male presented to us with complaints of enlargement of the great toe and severe pain. He had had an ingrown toe-nail operation before, and this situation caused a diagnostic dilemma. In this case report, we emphasize that osteoid osteomas can ...

Hemophilia is a disease of blood coagulation inherited as a sex linked recessive. The disorder is attributed to decreased blood levels of procoagulant factor VIII. However, mild forms of the disease with almost inapparent clotting defects have been reported. Patients with hemophilia often give a history of unusual bleeding associated with minor trauma. The disease may however remain undetected ...

Müllerianosis is an embryonic Müllerian disease, resulting in the formation of the benign diseases adenomyosis, endometriosis, endosalpingiosis, and endocervicosis. Endocervicosis primarily affects the bladder, and rarely the cervix. Cervical endocervicosis, which is also a pseudoneoplastic glandular lesion, could be misinterpreted as a premalignant or even a malignant lesion. Because the treat...

Necrotizing sialometaplasia is a benign self-limiting lesion of both major and minor salivary glands although more commonly the latter. The clinical and histological similarity between this entity and a malignant lesion implies a risk of unnecessary radical treatment. We report a case of necrotizing sialometaplasia in middle aged women presenting as a non-ulcerated swelling. This case illustrat...

Castleman's disease is a benign lymphoproliferative disease characterised by hyperplasia of lymphoid follicles. It can affect any lymph nodes in the body. Here we describe a caucasian patient who presented with six months history of shortness of breath with CT scan confirming an 8 cm segment of consolidated lung in left hilum. PET scan revealed a mass measuring 68x80x55 mm extending from the le...