12 articles in this issue
Richard Bostelmann, Mario Leimert, Hans Jakob Steiger, Kirstin Gierga, Athanasios K. Petridis
Primary extraosseous Ewing sarcomas (EESs) are an extremely rare pathological entity. Less than 32 cases have been reported in the literature. Here we report an uncommon case with very rapid progression in the cervical region with extra- and intradural in... see more
Bong-Sung Kim, Gerrit Grieb, Patrick Rhodius, Arne H. Böcker, Jan-Philipp Stromps, Nils Andreas Krämer, Norbert Pallua
We report about a dorsal dislocation of the lunate accompanied by a trapezoid fracture in a 41-year old male patient after a motorcycle accident. The lunate dislocation with no dorsal or volar intercalated segment instability (DISI, VISI) was diagnosed by... see more
Georges Aoun, Ibrahim Nasseh
A supernumerary tooth is one that is supplementary to the normal dentition. It can be found anywhere at the dental arch. A mesiodens is a supernumerary tooth located between the two maxillary central incisors usually palatally or within the alveolar proce... see more
Leilei Liu, Xianglei Kong, Xiaoqian Lu, Dianbo Cao
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) belongs to the group of soft tissue tumor and could occur at any anatomical site from the central nervous system to gastrointestinal tract. The lung and abdomen are commonly affected sites, however, pulmonary IMT i... see more
Fred O. Ugwumba, Emeka F. Nnakenyi, Okechukwu C. Okafor, Augustine C. Onuh, Paschalina C. Ezechukwu, Sunday Urube
Renal angiomyolipomas (RAML) are uncommon benign renal tumours that are associated with a tendency to rupture resulting in sometimes- torrential retroperitoneal hemorrhage as the Wunderlich syndrome or as severe potentially exsanguinating hematuria. When ... see more
Shreyas Gangadhara, Suhas Gangadhara, Chetan Gandhy, Derrick Robertson
Stiff-person syndrome (SPS) is a rare neurologic disorder characterized by waxing and waning muscular rigidity, stiffness and spasms. Three subtypes have been described: paraneoplastic, autoimmune and idiopathic. Rhabdomyolysis has been described in the p... see more
Hayfa Romdhane, Myriam Cheikh, Zeineb Mzoughi, Sana Ben Slama, Rym Ennaifer, Najet Belhadj
Schwannomas are generally benign, slow growing tumors. They are rarely observed in the gastrointestinal tract with the most common site being the stomach. These tumors are usually asymptomatic. The preoperative diagnosis via endoscopy is a challenging iss... see more
Nikhil Sonthalia, Sami S. Jain, Vinay B. Pawar, Vinay G. Zanwar, Ravindra G. Surude, Pravin M. Rathi, Kshitij K. Munde, Sandeep Bavdekar
We describe a case of two-year-old boy presenting with debilitating pruritus, patchy alopecia and jaundice since the age of 6 months. On evaluation he had intrahepatic cholestasis with persistently raised serum alkaline phosphatase, normal Gamma glutamyl ... see more
Munish Sharma, Daniel A.N. Mascarenhas
Aortic valve replacement (AVR) remains the cornerstone of treatment for symptomatic critical aortic stenosis (AS). It is a Class I indication that symptomatic patients with critical AS undergo either surgical or transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAV... see more
Samia Aboujaoude, Antoine Cassia, Carla Moukarzel
Hereditary gingival fibromatosis (HGF) is a rare disease characterized by a benign enlargement of the gingiva involving both the mandible and the maxilla. This case is about a 6-year-old child with non syndromic HGF showing a severe gingival enlargement c... see more
Gargi S. Sarode, Sachin C. Sarode, Shankargouda Patil, Sukumaran Anil
Pleomorphic adenoma (PA) is the most common salivary gland tumor characterized by histo-morphological diversity in the form of myxoid, hyalinized, chondroid, osseous, and squamous areas. In this paper, we report a rare case of predominantly oncocytic vari... see more
Adisa Kursumovic, Richard Bostelmann, Maria Gollwitzer, Stefan Rath, Hans Jakob Steiger, Athanasios K. Petridis
Juxta-articular cysts are synovial cysts originating from the facet joints or the flava ligaments. If they grow intra-spinally they can compress nervous structures and cause a variety of symptoms. Micro-neurosurgery is usually the treatment of choice. Alt... see more