Achalasia and Cricopharyngeal Sphincter Dysfunction in a Patient With Myasthenia Gravis: A Case Report.

This case report describes an 82-year-old female patient with myasthenia gravis (MG) who presented with worsening dysphagia. The patient was found to have cricopharyngeal sphincter and esophageal achalasia, and a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube was placed due to severe pharyngeal dysphagia and cricopharyngeal dysfunction. The patient had class IVb myasthenia gravis and was treated with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), prednisone, and pyridostigmine.

Brain Abscesses by Nocardia: An Interesting Case.

The successful management of disseminated infection is not well described in medical literature. Immunocompetent individuals presenting with complicated and widespread infection is an uncommon phenomenon. We describe an interesting case of a large abscess in the brain in an immunocompetent patient that was aspirated.

Pulmonary Glomus Tumor.

Glomus tumors, which account for less than 2% of soft tissue tumors, are a rare benign soft tissue neoplasm. They originated from neuro-myo-arterial glomus tissue whose primary function is regulation of the body temperature. This tissue is commonly located in the dermis or subcutis in the subungual region; however, it can be extracutaneous such as in bones, the genitourinary tract, the gastrointestinal tract, and the respiratory tract.