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Mandibular asymmetry shows up often during craniofacial evaluations. It can shift the way a person bites, talks, or appears. Sometimes it is subtle, more obvious. Detecting it early makes a real difference, especially when treatment planning is involved. In orthodontics and surgical contexts, missing it could mean missing the root of a bigger issue.

Corneal opacity is a significant cause of blindness worldwide, accounting for an estimated 5.5 million people who are bilaterally blind or have moderate to severe visual impairment. In Nigeria, corneal opacities contribute to 7.9% of blindness, with trachoma alone accounting for an additional 4.2%.

There are few reports of the infestation on the human eyelid with ticks. Ticks such as Ixodes ovatus [1], Ixodes ricinus [2,3], Ixodes sp. [4,5], Rhipicephalus sanguineus [6], Hyalomma sp. [7], Amblyomma americanum [8], and Dermacentor sp. [9].

Radiomics analysis is a technique that extracts numerous quantitative markers related to tumor characters from medical images. This approach is widely used in cancer research to classify cancer grades and predict treatment prognosis.

Here we described a case with herpes zoster gangrene, ophthalmic us and meningitis.

Anesthetic management of elderly patients with heart failure and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) combined with diaphragmatic hernia represents a significant anesthetic challenge. We report the case of a 75-year-old patient undergoing total hip arthroplasty.

Ewing sarcoma is a rare malignant bone tumor that primarily affects children and adolescents. Costal involvement presents specific anesthetic challenges, particularly due to the need for one-lung ventilation and hemodynamic risks associated with thoracic surgery.

We report the case of a 21-year-old patient with end-stage chronic kidney disease on peritoneal dialysis since 2020 who underwent renal transplantation from a living donor, his 65-year-old mother. The patient had a prior surgery for posterior ureteral valve in 2006 and a history of hypertension

Alagille syndrome is an uncommon genetic disorder with autosomal dominant inheritance characterized by chronic cholestasis and paucity of interlobular bile ducts. The condition has been reported only as isolated cases in India.

Spinal dermoid cysts are benign, congenital tumors that typically form along the spinal cord. These cysts are characterized by their cystic structure, often being either unilocular (one cavity) or multilocular (multiple cavities).

Hydrocele of the canal of Nuck is a rare developmental anomaly resulting from incomplete obliteration of the processus vaginalis in females. Although commonly reported in infants and young children, its presentation in the immediate neonatal period, particularly on the first day of life, is exceedingly rare.

We have tried to reduce complications in TKA in three directions: (1) The patelloplasty complications using the modified approach (2) In cases of severe deformity, a tibial stem extension is added to distribute the forces and improve the stability of the implants. (3) To reduce the number of devastating septic failures.

Acute neuromuscular presentations often pose diagnostic challenges, especially when clinical features overlap between Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) and Myasthenia Gravis (MG). Differentiating between these conditions is crucial for timely and appropriate management.

Gastric intussusception in the adult population is a rare disease process [1]. In this case report, we discuss a unique presentation of gastric intussusception. Though unusual, this pathology is critical to recognize, as sequelae without treatment can be significant.

Severe trauma has a high mortality rate [1,2] and its clinical approach continues to be a challenge to healthcare providers. Caring for trauma patients with the added complexity of a prior coagulopathy (e.g., through pharmacological treatment or cirrhosis, etc.)

Posterior interosseous nerve injury is a rare complication of the radial bone fracture or its surgical treatment. We report a rare case where compression of the nerve was dynamic with supination of the wrist and rotation of the screw towards the overlaying nerve.

A 69-year-old woman diagnosed with mediastinal Gray zone lymphoma (Figure 1) was treated with R-DA-EPOCH with good clinical response. After 3 courses, she presented headaches; a lumbar puncture was performed revealing Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) infiltration by atypical lymphocytes (>1000 cells/μl).

To analyze the diagnostic findings following local anesthetic systemic toxicity (LAST) with articaine and assess the prognosis given appropriate management.

A 48-year-old male Carpenter présented with a one-month history of a solitary violaceous nodule, intermittently painful, located over the proximal interphalangeal joint of the right fourth finger. The onset of symptoms coincided with the period of Eid al-Kabir, the Islamic festival during which sheep are traditionally sacrificed as part of a religious ritual.

Anomalous Origin of Right Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery (ARCAPA) is an extremely rare congenital coronary anomaly with an estimated prevalence of less than 0.002% of the general population. Unlike its more common counterpart, Anomalous Left Coronary Artery.

Degenerative processes affecting the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) are common in the elderly but can occur at different ages, frequently causing pain. Conventional and minimally invasive treatments are often considered palliative, as they aim at pain control and functional restoration.

Chlamydia trachomatis is the most widespread sexually transmitted infection worldwide and constitutes a public health threat in Cameroon. It affects sexually active young people, and its risk factors include multiple sexual partners and non-use of condoms.

Pulmonary microfistulas are rare vascular anomalies characterized by right-to-left intrapulmonary shunt, often undetectable by conventional imaging. They may lead to severe, refractory hypoxemia and orthodeoxia, especially when not amenable to embolization or surgery.

The Ewing Sarcoma (ES), which belongs to the primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) family, is the second most common high-graded malignant bone tumor in children and young adults. However, the primary Extraskeletal Ewing Sarcoma (EES) of the pleura is extremely rare and challenging to diagnose.

A 67 year old male patient presented with bleeding per rectum of 2 months duration. On colonoscopy and biopsy, he was diagnosed to have recto sigmoid malignancy with imaging of the abdomen and thorax showing an irregular asymmetric circumferential thickening in the recto sigmoid region of maximum thickness of 28 mm

A 59-year-old male presented with a progressively enlarging anterior chest wall mass, first noted 5-6 years after blunt trauma to the sternum. Over the past six months, the mass had rapidly increased in size, resulting in mild dysphagia, dyspnea, and odynophagia.

Neonatal jaundice is a very common condition, occurring in 60-80% of all healthy term births. It is the most common clinical diagnosis in newborns primarily due to elevated Unconjugated Bilirubin (UCB). In the majority of infants, jaundice resolves spontaneously and without harm.

Cholecystoduodenal fistula’s (CCDFs) are rare complications associated with inflammatory erosion within the hepatobiliary system. Preoperative diagnosis can be challenging, and they are often managed with open surgical techniques.

Progressive quadriparesis involves the gradual weakening of all four limbs due to diverse etiologist affecting the nervous system, muscles, or connective tissues. Common causes include spinal cord compression, neurodegenerative disorders, autoimmune diseases, or metabolic abnormalities.

Acute abdomen is a common surgical emergency requiring timely and accurate diagnosis. CT imaging has become a cornerstone in the diagnostic workup, but its influence on operative decision-making remains under continuous evaluation.

Plasma Cell Mucositis (PCM) is a rare, chronic inflammatory condition marked by dense polyclonal plasma cell infiltration in mucosal tissues and variable clinical presentations.

ABPA/ABPM is an inflammatory disease caused by immune reactions triggered against Aspergillus fumigatus or other Aspergillus species that colonize the airways of patients, particularly those with asthma or cystic fibrosis.

This study focuses on the artistic representation of cadaver dissections in the early modern period and aims to analyze the earliest visual projections of medical anatomy within visual culture. The works The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Willem van der Meer (1617) by Michiel Jansz.

The inhalation of a headscarf pin is an increasingly frequent phenomenon in countries where women wear the hijab, and its consequences can be serious. The aim of this report is to present a rare case of this emerging clinical entity, to illustrate its severity, and to discuss diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.

A 68-year-old woman with lymphoma underwent central venous (CV) port placement via the left subclavian vein for chemotherapy administration. However she achieved remission, the port was retained due to the disease recurrence risk.

Mucormycosis is an aggressive, opportunistic fungal infection caused by fungi of the order Mucorales. It typically affects immunocompromised patients and is mostly associated with rhinoorbital-cerebral, pulmonary, and cutaneous involvement.

This report reveals the intricate difficulties doctors face when studying and treating asthma alongside NEHI in an adult female patient. NEHI is a rare disease in young patients that doctors detect through persistent fast breathing and low oxygen levels, together with lung X-ray results showing uneven tissue sections.

The celiac trunk is the primary arterial supply to upper abdominal organs. Anatomical variations in its branching pattern are crucial for surgical planning and interventional procedures. This study aims to analyze these variations using CECT whole abdomen scans.

Cerebral toxoplasmosis remains a major opportunistic infection in immunocompromised patients. We describe a fatal case in a 39-year- old woman whose diagnosis was established through CT and MRI.

A 20-year-old male with a history of a road traffic accident presented admitted in the trauma ICU for blunt abdominal pain & hemodynamic instability for which he undergone laparotomy. A Central Venous Catheter (CVC) was placed in view of hemoperitoneum and resection anastomosis.

The “cluster sign” or “grape cluster sign” (Figure 1) was first introduced by Jeffrey et al. in 1988 to describe multiple small, tightly positioned liver abscesses associated with pyogenic bacterial liver infections [1].

Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation is a rare clinical condition with incidence of 2-3 patients per 100,000 population generally present with symptom like dyspnoea, orthodeoxia. Our case a 65-year- old female presented with symptom of gradually progressive shortness of breath with hypoxemia and CTPA revealed AV malformation with aneurysmal dilatation in poster-basal segment of left lower lobe 4.8 x 4.5 cm in measurement.