DESCRIPTION A 48-year-old woman was referred to the gastroenterology outpatient department under the ‘2-weekwait’ referral system for suspected cancer. She complained of a 5-week history of nausea, vomiting, anorexia and epigastric pain. The patient also felt she had lostweight butwas unable to quantify this. On examination she had no stigmata of chronic liver disease but she had massive tender...

Accepted 21 January 1998 A 33-year-old man was referred for possible liver transplantation. The patient was initially diagnosed at birth when he presented with an enlarged liver and episodes of hypoglycaemia. A liver biopsy at the time showed pale hepatic cells by virtue of cytoplasmic granularity and periportal nuclear ballooning (figure 1). He was treated initially with dietary modifications ...

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A woman aged 35 years from the Philippines presented with epigastric discomfort associated with an epigastric mass. On examination the liver was markedly enlarged.

We report a histologic and PCR-confirmed case of symptomatic congenital toxoplasmosis in premature infant with optic nerve atrophy severe ventriculomegaly requiring ventriculoperitoneal shunt the absence cerebral calcifications. A significant risk factor acquisition this infection was mother’s consumption raw deer meat during pregnancy.

Sir, Only a few cases of hydatid cyst occurring in the neck area have been reported the biggest series being 9 cases reported by Touhami et al.' This prompted us to report a further case. A 25 year old male presented with a swelling on the left side of the lower neck, gradually progressive in size for one year. The swelling was 10 x 8 cm, situated partially under the left lower part of the ster...