Haemangioma of cheek different presentation and management.

Though haemangioma of cheek is not a very uncommon entity, here we are presenting a case series of four such cases of haemangioma cheek of completely different presentation. One of which is classical maxillary haemangioma and the rest of the others have different and unusual presentations. They all have different radiological features and were managed successfully by different surgical approaches without any recurrence.

Contact headache and its management: our experience.

Headache and facial pain is very common and distressing complaint. Due to its multifactorial origin often it remains undiagnosed and inadequately treated. In this study strong relationship between nasal mucosal contact point and reason for unresponsive headache is found and various nasal surgeries are found to be quite helpful in treating these conditions.

An unusual presentation of medullary thyroid carcinoma.

Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is extremely uncommon having varied presentations & their prognosis is not exactly known; but as MTC is an aggressive tumor hence it needs to be documented in literature to help to know the behaviour of this variant. We report a rare presentation of medullary carcinoma of thyroid in a 48 years old man who presented with huge swelling at left side of neck extending from parotid to supraclavicular region with normal-sized thyroid gland of long duration. FNAC & incision HPE of this swelling was inconclusive so we had operated this swelling.

A comparative study of efficacy and safety of lornoxicam versus tramadol as analgesics after surgery on head and neck.

To assess efficacy and safety of lornoxicam as analgesic after surgery on head and neck in comparison to tramadol. Forty five patients undergoing operations on head and neck were recruited and randomly assigned to two parallel groups-lornoxicam and tramadol, both given intramuscular on the first post-operative day followed by oral tablets for the consecutive 4 days. Treatment was given single blind.