Accepted 15 September 1997 A 58-year-old man was referred to the Head and Neck Clinic for the diagnosis and treatment of a painless swelling in the left pre-auricular region of approximately 18 months duration. The swelling had appeared suddenly and had remained the same size until one month prior to his referral when the swelling abruptly increased in size and then slowly decreased to its orig...

A sclerosing perineurioma presents as a single asymptomatic papule or nodule located on the hands of adult patients; approximately 60 cases have been reported in medical literature since 1997. Histologically, it originates from the perineural cells of the peripheral nerves and presents epithelial membrane antigen (EMA) positivity and S100 protein negativity. Here, we present the case of a 58-ye...

A 50-year-old man presented with swelling in his right elbow that began 10 days earlier. He had no history of injury to the arm, but he often rested his elbows on his desk at work. The elbow was not painful, and there was no arthralgia. He did not have a fever. His medical history was significant for chronic glomerulonephritis. He had been on hemodialysis for one year. Physical examination reve...

Abstract Swelling of shale potentially occurs when it is exposed to water-based drilling fluid. The migration hydrogen ions (H + ) in the nano-interlayered platelets rock utterly responsible for swelling behavior shale. Conventionally, any formation can be experimentally determined by linear dynamic swell meter. However, extremely important validate these experimental results; hence, this resea...