We report a case of a 15-year-old boy who presented with profound visual loss and complete ophthalmoplegia after an uneventful spinal surgery for removal of cervical osteoblastoma. Postoperative visual loss following nonocular surgery is, fortunately rare, yet a devastating complication. The most common cause is ischemic optic neuropathy, but it can also be due to central retinal occlusion or cortical blindness. Visual loss in conjunction with ophthalmoplegia is rarely seen, and there are very few reports in the literature. We also review the related literature and highlight the mechanism and preventive measures.
Pilomatrixoma of the eyelid is extremely rare in middle age
and rarely develops into a large tumor. A 45-year-old female
developed a painless, progressive swelling (3.0 cm × 2.0 cm)
of the left upper eyelid over a period of two years. Overlying
skin was normal in color and texture. A differential diagnosis of
dermoid, epidermoid cyst, chalazion and basal cell carcinoma
was made. An excisional biopsy was performed. A diagnosis
of pilomatrixoma was made on histopathological features
(dystrophic calcification of matrix with keratin and foreign
body granulomatous reaction, basaloid cells and shadow cells/
ghost cells). It also comprises ossification apart from the usual
calcification. This is a report of an unusually large ossifying
pilomatrixoma in left upper eyelid of a middle-aged woman. The
patient should be followed up at regular intervals to rule out any
recurrence or malignant transformation.
Unilateral PANDO has a higher incidence of ipsilaterally deviated nasal septum. This association is significant. Routine nasal endoscopic examination should be performed in cases undergoing dacryocystorhinostomy to better plan a concomitant septoplasty if needed.
Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is an autosomal recessive genetic
disorder of DNA repair in which the body′s normal ability to
repair damage caused by ultraviolet light is deficient. This leads
to a 1000-fold increased risk of cutaneous and ocular neoplasms.
Ocular neoplasms occurring in XP in order of frequency are
squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma and melanoma.
Malignant melanomas occur at an early age in patients with
XP. We report a case of XP with massive orbital melanoma in
an eight-year-old boy which is unique due to its amelanotic
presentation confirmed histopathologically.
Introduction: Urethral stricture is one of the common urological problem. There are different option to treat urethral stricture but, irrespective of the treatment the chances of recurrence is still high. Clean intermittent self-catheterization (CISC) was introduced by Lapides has greatly reduced the chances of recurrence. So, the objectives of this randomized clinical trial was to compare the chances of recurrence in optical internal urethrotomy (OIU) patients with or without CISC.
Materials and methods: A randomized controlled study conducted in the department of surgery, urology division at National medical college, Birgunj from June 2019 to June 2020. Total 97 cases of age 20-80 years with stricture up to 1-2 cm were included. All cases were randomized in two groups. Group 1 (optical internal urethrotomy with clean intermittent self-catheterization) Group 2 (optical internal urethrotomy without clean intermittent self-catheterization).
Results: Among total 97 cases 4 cases from group 1 and 7 cases of group 2 lost their follow-up which were excluded from the study. Total 86 patient completed the study, 43 in treatment group 1 and 43 in control group 2. Mean age of patient was 42.58±16.147 years in group 1 and 32.07±9.917 years in group 2. Majority of patient 56 (65%) were of age 20-40 years. Recurrence of stricture was seen in 9 (20.93%) cases in group 1 and 20 (46.51%) cases in group 2.
Conclusions: The study concluded that clean intermittent self-catheterization is a simple and effective way of reducing the chances of recurrence after internal optical urethrotomy.
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