Tuberculous spondylitis is not an uncommon disease of the spine. Near one percent of all cases of spinal tuberculosis (TB) involves craniocervical junction. Hypoglossal nerve palsy is not an uncommon neurological finding, but isolated involvement of the hypoglossal nerve is rare and limited to case reports or small case series. Here, we report a case of craniocervical junction tuberculosis pres...

primary localized amyloidosis of eyelid is a localized type of amyloidosis without evidence of systemic involvement. we report a 75-year-old man suffering of unilateral (left) ptosis due to upper eyelid mass with bony consistency. eye examination revealed upper lid mass attached to tarsus. no ocular infection or inflammation was found. pathologist reported diffuse distribution of eosinophilic h...

genitourinary tuberculosis (gutb) is difficult to diagnose in the earlier stage owing to the non-specific symptoms. usually, renal tuberculous involvement is unilateral and the imaging finding is renal calcification, but associated calcifications of bilateral ureter and bladder are rare. we report a 66-year-old man who presented with diffuse calcification of the urinary system (including bilate...

Herpes zoster or shingles is reactivation of the varicella zoster virus that had entered the cutaneous nerve endings during an earlier episode of chicken pox traveled to the dorsal root ganglia and remained in a latent form. This condition is characterized by occurrence of multiple, painful, unilateral vesicles and ulceration which shows a typical single dermatome involvement. In this case repo...

OBJECTIVE Chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) is a common intracranial hemorrhage, encountered in neurosurgical practice. Most CSDHs are unilateral, but some show bilateral involvement. However, the clinical characteristics of bilateral CSDH remain unclear. In this study, we investigated the clinical differences between bilateral and unilateral CSDH. METHODS A retrospective study was performed o...

primary or secondary hyperparathyroidism can present with a brown tumor of the mandible. involvement of other skull and facial bones is extremely rare. only a few cases with brown tumor of the orbital bones have been reported. an is year old girl with primary hyperparathyroidism presented with unilateral exophthalmos caused by brown tumor of the orbital roof, lite patient had a 1.5 cm palpable ...

Introduction:Anterior uveitis includes iritis, iridocyclitis and anterior cyclitis. Aim of the study is to evaluate clinical profile in tertiary care centre Western Maharashtra. Methodology:An observational ,descriptive , cross sectional was conducted at hospital rural set up. A total 35 eyes 27 patients diagnosed with were evaluated. All underwent complete ophthalmic evaluation systemic examin...

Results: There were a total 162 patients of ONFH. The mean age of distribution was 34.71 yrs, with 61.1% cases with bilateral involvement in non traumatic ONFH.ONFH secondary to steroid intake was the leading cause, followed by idiopathic, then secondary ONFH secondary to alcohol consumption. The mean HHS was 80.9 in unilaterally affected patients of ONFH, mean HHS of 72.7 and 80.1 in more invo...