Upper respiratory tract and cutaneous diphtheria.

With the global immunization programme of children there is a progressive decline in the number of diphtheria cases. It is a disease commonly affecting the children caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae usually affecting the mucous membrane of the nose, pharynx or larynx. Cutaneous diphtheria is a rare entity.

Enterobius vermicularis in the nose: A rare entity.

A rare case of enterobius vermicularis pin-worm is reported in the nose. An 11-year-old girl presented with the vague symptoms of crawling sensation in the nose for few weeks, who had received treatment for allergic rhinitis. The nasal secretions were examined and confirmed the diagnosis of pinworm infection and treated by albendazole.

Pedunculated cribriform adenocarcinoma of the base of the tongue.

A handful of cases of cribriform adenocarcinoma of the tongue have been reported in the literature, but in none of these cases was the tumor pedunculated. By the time these patients sought treatment, most of the tumors had metastasized to the cervical lymph nodes. We report the case of a 65-year-old woman who had a large, pedunculated, cribriform adenocarcinoma that had arisen from the base of the tongue.

Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx: report of a case.

Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma is a variant of squamous cell carcinoma. This malignancy has a predilection for the upper aerodigestive tract, although it has been found in multiple other sites. The tumor is highly aggressive biologically, and the overall prognosis is poor despite intensive treatment.