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BMJ Case Rep
January 2025
Pathology and Lab Medicine, AIIMS Jodhpur, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Myoepithelial tumours are rare and distinct entities with uncertain histogenesis. They occur primarily in major salivary glands and soft tissue around the head and neck. Bony involvement predominantly occurs in facial bones.
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October 2024
Department of Orthopaedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, India.
Case: A 47-year-old man presented with neck pain, restricted neck movements, along with involvement of facial and hypoglossal nerve. On the basis of clinico-radiological correlation, the patient was diagnosed with craniovertebral junction tuberculosis and was started on antitubercular therapy (ATT). Failing the conservative trial, the patient was operated and occipitocervical fusion was done with bone grafting.
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January 2025
Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, ESICPGIMSR, New Delhi, Delhi, India.
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is a disease of immunocompetent patients, and invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is seen in immunocompromised patients. Hence, pulmonary overlap syndrome presenting with ABPA and invasive aspergillosis is extremely rare. We report a case of well-controlled bronchial asthma who presented with acute exacerbation and hypoxaemic respiratory failure.
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August 2024
Department of Radiology, University College Hospital and College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
The aim of this study is to present and discuss atypical instances of spina bifida (SB) within a Nigerian paediatric cohort, highlighting their distinctive clinicoradiological features. Additionally, a brief literature review is provided to contextualise these congenital anomalies. This series comprises eight rare cases of SB managed in a Nigerian neurosurgical facility.
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December 2024
Department of Orthopaedics, KIMS-Sikhara Hospital, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh India.
Introduction: Bisphosphonates have become the standard drugs for the medical management of patients with moderate-to-severe forms of osteogenesis imperfecta (OI). This study was undertaken to study the effect of parenteral pamidronate or oral alendronate therapy, on bone healing after osteotomies in patients with moderately severe forms (Sillence type 4) of OI.
Materials And Methodology: We retrospectively evaluated the effects of bisphosphonate therapy on the healing of seven osteotomies in five patients of OI (Sillence type 4) who underwent Sofield Millar procedure for deformity correction and non-union of long bone fractures.
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