Intestinal Heterophyid infections are almost unknown in India with only one documented case report. We report a case of six year old child with diarrhoea without any other associated gastrointestinal symptoms. Examination of the faeces revealed eggs of Metagonimus yokogawai. However, the patient left against medical advice and was lost to follow up. The case is being reported because of its rar...

The infestation by Schistosoma haematobium is common in African countries and West Asia. Its chronic phase is characterized by the deposition of eggs of the parasite in various tissues of the body causing inflammatory response, formation of granulomas and fibrosis. The disease often affects the urinary tract, presenting with hematuria and, in the terminal stage, renal failure by urinary obstruc...

Congenital arhinia or absence of nose is a rare condition with only 30 cases reported so far. We report a rare case and briefly review the literature.

A term male baby, after delivery, was found to have a 3-centimeter beefy-red mass protruding from the left chest wall, adjacent to the left nipple. Radiological imaging suggested it's origin from the left lateral liver segment. A diagnostic laparoscopy confirmed the isolated connection to the liver, elevated left hemidiaphragm, and protrusion between the ribs. The mass was excised using electro...

PATIENT Male, 4 months FINAL DIAGNOSIS Congenital arhynia Symptoms: Absence of the nose Medication: - Clinical Procedure: - Specialty: Pediatrics and Noenatology • Genetics. OBJECTIVE Congenital defects. BACKGROUND Congenital nasal absence (arhinia) is an extremely rare malformation. Arhinia causes severe airway obstruction and poor feeding in the affected neonate. There is an association...

1 D/O R L Gupta, Raja Cycle Colony,Street No 2,Srinagar Road Ajmer, Rajasthan Pin 305007 2 347, Ward No 9 Salavato Ka Bas Sadri, Dist Pali, Rajasthan Pin 306702 Email: [email protected], Telephone: +919887733389 3 C/O R L Gupta, Raja Cycle Colony, Street No 2, Srinagar Road Ajmer, Rajasthan Pin 305007 4 3/75 Hanuman Bagh Colony, Nagaur Rajasthan Pin 341001 ABSTRACT Calcifying aponeurotic...

Dear Editor, We would like to present a rare case of primary paratesticular leiomyosarcoma. Primary leiomyosarcoma of testis is a rare entity with few cases reported in literature. Most cases reported in the literature indicate that this may be an indolent tumor with a potential for cure if treated early. A 53-year-old man presented with a right scrotal swelling. A computarized tomography (CT) ...

Introduction: Maxillary osteomyelitis is a rare phenomenon. If it occurs, evaluation for underlying disease especially osteopetrosis must be considered. Osteomyelitis occurs as a complication in 10% of the cases of osteopetrosis. Case report: This is a case report of maxillary osteomyelitis presented in a 15-year old boy with osteopetrosis.  In this case, the disease represented mainly with ...

Introduction: Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) is an uncommon neoplasm originating from parafollicular C cells. Distant metastasis in MTC, such as axillary node involvement, is extremely rare.  Case Report: The present study describes a known case of MTC with axillary lymph node metastasis in a 31-year-old woman. In 2010, she underwent total thyroidectomy and right-sided modified radical neck dis...

Myocardial bridge is a benign congenital anomaly in which a segment of major epicardial coronary arteries descends into the myocardium for a variable distance. Myocardial bridge is most often single and located in the middle part of the left anterior descending artery. The presence of more than one myocardial bridge in coronary arteries is very rare. We present a patient with more than one myoc...