Primary Thyroid Tuberculosis Diagnosed with CBNAAT.

Tuberculosis is a common disease in India but even then Primary tuberculosis of Thyroid gland is an extremely rare clinical scenario. Diagnosis of this rare disease requires very high level of clinical suspicion as the clinical features have no distinct characteristics and usually mimic with bacterial thyroiditis, thyrotoxicosis, thyroid carcinoma, lymphoma etc. Historically most of patients were diagnosed through histopathology in post operative thyroidectomy specimens.

Kissing Carotids: A Rare Anatomical Aberration with Clinical Significance.

Unlabelled: Kissing Carotids is a term given for an anatomical variation in which bilateral internal carotid arteries are medially placed in the retropharyngeal space and are juxtaposed to each other. Though this condition is asymptomatic it can lead to abrupt catastrophic bleeding during oral surgical procedures and tracheal intubation. This variation can be diagnosed with a contrast enhanced computed tomography and can alert the surgical team.

Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma of Lacrimal Drainage System : A Rare Case Report.

Tumours of lacrimal drainage system are a rare entity and among these rare tumours lymphomas are a rarity. We report a case of 65 year old male who presented with mass inferior to left lacrimal sac region which was diagnosed as Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma on histopathology and immunochemistry. The patient underwent excision biopsy followed by chemotherapy and is disease free till writing of this report.

Yoga Technique of Sutra Neti Causing Nasopharyngeal Stenosis: A Case Report.

Unlabelled: Yoga is becoming way of life world over to stay fit and agile both physically and mentally. Sutra neti is an ancient yoga practice in which a thread/tube is passed through nostrils and taken out through mouth and is then moved back and forth. This technique is believed to clean nasal passages and is considered relatively safe.

Use of Paramedian Forehead Flap in an Octogenarian:A Case Report.

Increase in life expectancy has led to increased number of octogenarian and nonagenarians population. These old people have increased chances of developing skin tumours like slow growing basal cell carcinoma on the sun exposed parts of body. Many a times surgeons all over the world are bit conservative in managing these elderly patients and compromise on cosmetic aspects due to very advanced age of these patients.

Endoscopic transcanal myringoplasty:Is learning curve a myth?

Objective: To investigate the feasibility of transcanal endoscopic myringoplasty in the hand of young beginner surgeons who had just completed the residency programme.

Methods: In a three year period (August 2012 to August 2015), 44 ears in 42 patients were operated upon by a beginner surgeon through the transcanal endoscopic approach in a subdistrict level hospital located in the north western ranges of the Himalayan region.

Results: Of the 42 patient, 19 were male and 23 female.