Spontaneous splenic rupture resulted from infectious mononucleosis.

Introduction: Infectious mononucleosis is common among young adults and teenagers. However, spontaneous rupture of spleen secondary to IM is rare and it is the most frequent cause of death in infectious mononucleosis.

Presentation Of Case: A previously healthy 16-year-old girl presented with a one-week history of sore throat, non-productive cough, fever, malaise and a positive Monospot test.

Goitre causing acute respiratory arrest.

A patient reported symptoms of upper airway obstruction for 4 years. His symptoms worsened with a viral upper respiratory infection and he suffered acute respiratory arrest. He was resuscitated and a large goitre with intrathoracic extension which was compressing the trachea was resected.

Traumatic hemipelvectomy associated with contralateral hip dislocation: case report.

A case of a 28-year-old man surviving traumatic hemipelvectomy is presented. This patient is the first reported survivor in Australia of traumatic hemipelvectomy and one of few survivors reported in the world literature. Accurate and rapid early management including good resuscitation, rapid transport to the operating room and an aggressive team surgical approach all contributed to survival.

A rare 'parotid tumour'.

A ganglion of the temporo-mandibular joint presenting as a tumour of the deep lobe of the parotid gland is described. This appears to be the first description of such a case in the literature. Simple excision of the lesion after mobilization of the superficial lobe was performed.