Primary Sinonasal Tuberculosis: A Diagnostic Challenge.

Primary sinonasal tuberculosis remains a diagnostic challenge as it mimics sinonasal granulomatous disease or neoplasms. Its characteristic signs and symptoms may be non-specific and highly variable. Here we report a unique clinical condition of a 24-year-old man who presented with unilateral nasal obstruction and epiphora for 2 years.

Congenital midline cervical cleft: a 7 year prospective study.

Congenital cervical midline cleft (CCMC) is a rare disease of the head and neck region with only a few reported series. The patients attending the ENT or Plastic surgery OPD of a tertiary referral hospital of eastern India were screened for the presence of CCMC. All the patients found to have the developmental abnormality were included in the study and treated.

An arrow penetrating at base of the skull successfully removed.

A 30-year-old male presented with accidental injury with an arrow which referred to us from a peripheral village hospital. It was found that the arrow was penetrating through the nasal bones. An xray skull lateral view showed the tip of the arrow penetrating into the posterior wall of the sphenoid sinus.

Rhabdomyosarcoma of nose, nasopharynx and paranasal sinuses.

Rhabdomyosarcoma is an aggressive malignant soft tissue tumor that arises from primitive striated muscle cells called rhabdomyoblasts. It is the most common soft tissue malignant tumor in children and accounts for about 7-8% of childhood cancers. It can arise from almost anywhere in the body but it is most common in the head and neck region.

Midline cervical cleft: A report of two cases.

Congenital midline cervical cleft is a rare congenital anomaly. The cardinal diagnostic features are-(1). Fistula's opening are located caudally (2) Internuittent serous fluid discharge in the early neonatal period (3).