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We are reporting a case of 10-year-old female child with an asymptomatic left sided cystic neck mass who underwent surgical excision. She was diagnosed as having a cervical thymic cyst based on histopathologic findings. The review of available literature on thymic cyst has shown that cervical thymic cyst is a rare occurrence, but should always be thought of in the differential diagnosis of cystic masses in the neck especially presenting in children.

Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma is a pathologically benign yet locally aggressive and destructive vascular lesion of head and neck region typically affecting adolescent boys. The present article is a retrospective study of surgically treated patients of juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma over a period of 5 years. The study discusses about most common presenting complaints, correlation of preoperative radiological and intraoperative staging and factors affecting recurrence of juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma.

Adenomatous neoplasia or glandular tumours in the ear are very rare to occur. We are reporting two patients who presented with polypoid mass in external auditory canal of whom one patient was diagnosed to have ceruminous adenoma of external auditory canal and the other adenomatous carcinoma of middle ear based on histopathology findings of biopsied specimen. Review of available literature shows that both ceruminous adenoma of external auditory canal and adenocarcinoma of middle are very rare to occur and are even difficult to diagnose histopathologically. We would like to emphasize the importance of considering even such rare pathologies while evaluating aural polyps.

A young man presenting with complaints of progressive deafness in both ears with recent onset of facial paralysis was found to have necrotic debris in the nasal cavity. He was diagnosed to have limited form of Wegener's granulomatosis on the basis of nasal biopsy. There was delay in diagnosis as the patient was having atypical and predominantly otological presentation of a potentially serious systemic disorder, Wegener's granulomatosis. In this case report, emphasis was given on the necessity of comprehensive evaluation of the patients to avoid pitfalls in diagnosis.