INTRODUCTION Phimosis is defined as the inability to retract the foreskin. Differentiating between physiological phimosis and pathological phimosis is important, as the former is managed conservatively and the latter requires surgical intervention. Referrals of patients with physiological phimosis to urology clinics may create anxiety regarding the need for surgery amongst patients and parents,...

Oral mucocele is the most common benign lesion of minor salivary gland caused due to any form of mechanical trauma to the excretory duct of the gland. It is of two types - mucous extravasation phenomenon and mucous retention type. Extravasation type is more common. Here, we report a case of a 65-year-old male patient with a complaint of painful swelling in the lower lip for 1 month with a histo...

A 4-year-old Hispanic boy was referred to our facility because of elevated levels of alanine transaminase (ALT) and aspartate transaminase (AST), which were detected during an evaluation of transient abdominal pain while the boy was in Puerto Rico. He was otherwise in perfect health; a review of systems was negative. His past medical history and birth history were noncontributory. Immunizations...

cemento-ossifying fibroma (cof) is a rare benign fibro-osseous tumor. the radiographic and clini cal features of this lesion are unpredictable and variable. in this report, the patient was a 12-year old girl with a painless swelling which demon strated an opaque lesion with radiolucent zone to involve left posterior portion of the mandible on panoramic radiography. the radiographic manife stati...

the clinical facts and radiologic findings are very important in the diagnostic evaluation of jaw swellings, and must be considered along with histologic findings. osteoblastoma, an uncommon primary lesion of the bone that occasionally arises in the jaws, is one such lesion causing a localized jaw swelling. clinically, osteoblastoma can be symptomatic or even remain symptom-free, and may be dia...

UNLABELLED A case of hypereosinophilia is presented. The case illustrates the complexity of the diagnostic processes in certain conditions like hypereosinophilia. KEYWORDS Hypereosinophilia; Myocarditis; Stroke.

A 7-year-old Nepalese boy with unremarkable past health was admitted in July 2013 with a 2-week history of headache, dizziness, and vomiting that subsided spontaneously. On admission, he was afebrile with unremarkable neurological and fundal examination. He had been living in Nepal until the age of 5 years and then immigrated to Hong Kong. He recently travelled to Nepal but had otherwise no con...

tumefactive fibroinflammatory lesions (tfls) are rare idiopathic benign fibrosclerosing lesions that clinically simulate a malignancy. tfls are seen more frequently in males between 10 and 74 years of age. the usual site of involvement is the head and neck region, but rarely the extremities may be involved. coexisting fibrosclerotic processes have been reported including retroperitoneal fibrosi...