Eumycetoma due to Madurella grisea--a case report.

Mycetoma due to Madurella grisea has not been previously reported from Gujarat. We report a case in whom identification of the strain was made through the structure and texture of grains, morphology in Sabouraud's dextrose agar and histopathology.

Spinal tuberculosis due to dissemination of atypical mycobacteria.

There has been an increase in disease caused by Non Tuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) since the early 1980s. Though ubiquitous in environment, they may act as clinically important pathogens in various conditions. More importantly they are resistant to the conventional anti-tuberculous therapy (ATT) and respond to antibiotics such as quinolones and aminoglycosides and need an aggressive surgical intervention.

Nasal manifestations in chromium industry workers.

People working in mines, plating factories, cement industries are mainly exposed to chrome substances, IIexavalent chromium has been implicated for its toxic effect on the nasal mucosa. Hereby we present a rare study of 28 patients who attended out patient department of Otorhinolaryngology at SSG Hospital, Baroda from a nearby chromium industry. This study aims to present various nasal manifestations of toxic effects of prolonged chromium exposure.

Pseudoaneurysm of the facial artery.

Pseudoaneurysm of the facial artery has very characteristic clinical features and radiological findings and can be treated with successful catheter emholisation, thus decreasing the morbidity associated with surgical procedure. A rare case of pseudoaneurysm of the facial artery is presented here for clinical interest.

Moebius syndrome (moebius sequence).

Moebius Syndrome is one of the rare disorder amongst the oromandibular limb hypogenesis. It is of a unknown atiology with sporadic occurrence in which there is congenital bilateral facial palsy,-bilateral involvement of abducent nerve along with other cranial nerves like III, V, IX, X, Xllth and the patient having masklike expressionless face. We are reporting a case of Moebius Sequence who presented to us in the department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery, Baroda.