A rare case of a concurrent large thyroglossal duct cyst with a base of tongue haemangioma.

An 85-year-old lady presented with a large midline neck mass. After 8 years of steady growth, the previously asymptomatic mass began to cause stridor and dysphagia. The patient's comorbidities included a previous partial glossectomy for haemangioma of the tongue, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive cardiac failure and obesity (body mass index >30).

Intraoperative dexamethasone and the risk of secondary posttonsillectomy hemorrhage.

Objective: to determine whether intraoperative dexamethasone is a risk factor for secondary posttonsillectomy bleeding.

Design: retrospective chart review.

Setting: tertiary care referral centres in Scotland.

Thyroid cancer and renal transplantation: a meta-analysis.

Kidney transplantation and the associated immune suppression are associated with a significantly increased risk of developing cancer during long-term follow-up. Thyroid cancer has been recognised as a potential post-transplant risk but has not yet been subject of a focused review. We therefore performed a meta-analysis on data of 50,861 patients with a total follow-up of 198 595 patient-years and identified a 6.

Small bowel haemorrhage associated with partial midgut malrotation in a middle-aged man.

We describe a case of life-threatening small bowel haemorrhage in a 56 year old man, who was found to have partial midgut malrotation at laparotomy. An association between congenital malrotation and gastrointestinal haemorrhage has not previously been reported in this age group. We discuss the association between gut malrotation and small intestinal pathology and describe the principles of management in these patients.