Sigmoid perforation caused by an ingested chicken bone presenting as right iliac fossa pain mimicking appendicitis: a case report.

Introduction: Gastrointestinal perforation due to a foreign body is not unknown. The foreign body often mimics another cause of acute abdomen and requires emergency surgical intervention. The majority of patients do not recall ingesting the foreign body.

'Surgical cure' for non-parathyroid hypercalcemia.

Background: Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disease of unknown aetiology. Over 90% patients of sarcoidosis present with pulmonary findings. Other organs such as lymph nodes, skin, and joints may be involved.

Myoid hamartoma of the breast: case report and review of the literature.

Hamartoma is a mass of disorganized but mature specialized cells or tissue indigenous to the particular site. They can occur anywhere in the body, and their common sites of occurrence include lungs, skin, hypothalamus, spleen, and kidneys, of which lungs are the most common. We report a rather unusual, largely unrecognized case of myoid hamartoma of the breast.