A 29 year old female presented with a growth in relation to the right cheek mucosa (A). On inquiry, she revealed that it had been gradually increasing in size, since she first noticed 4 months earlier. History revealed that she habitually bit her cheek. Constitutional symptoms and lymph node enlargement were absent. The nodule was 2 X 2 cm in size, yellowish in color, located on the right bucca...

INTRODUCTION The occurrence of intussusception in adults is rare. The condition is found in 1 in 1300 abdominal operations and 1 in 100 patients operated for intestinal obstruction. The child to adult ratio is 20:1. CASE PRESENTATION A 52-year-old Irish Caucasian woman was investigated for a 3-month history of intermittent episodes of colicky midgut pain and associated constipation. Ileocolon...

Colonic lipomas are a rare type of gastrointestinal benign tumor. Those that are <2 cm are generally asymptomatic and do not require any treatment. However, those that are >2 cm may be symptomatic, resulting in abdominal pain, changes in bowel habits, intestinal obstruction and rectal bleeding. A 39-year-old male patient presented with a mass prolapse through the anal canal, which was causing a...

Intussusception in adults accounts for less than 5 % of all intussusceptions. It occurs when a segment of intestine invaginates into itself. Here we report a 60 year old female patient with pain abdomen over 4 years duration, located in the lower abdomen which was insidious in onset and colicky in nature lasting for 15 to 30 minutes, which aggravated on taking food and relieved after passing st...

Teratomas are neoplasms derived from the germ cell with components of all the three embryonic layers. These are rare neoplasms in head and neck region which can occur in any age group but are more prevalent in children. The present case is an 11-year-old girl who was brought with history of painless and progressive swelling in the oropharynx for 3 years with the associated left sided nasal bloc...

Endoscopic loop ligation has been shown to be successful in the removal of a variety of large mucosal and submucosal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract, such as lipomas, leiomyomas, lymphangiomas, carcinoid tumors, and Brunner’s adenomas [1–4]. However, immediate release of the endoscopic loop after ligation of the tumor may fail to eradicate the lesion in one session [1,2]. We therefore eval...