The Editor,

Sir,

The Editor,

Sir,

A 50-year old male was admitted to our hospital with a slowly progressive swelling in the left preauricular region lasting for eight months. On physical examination, a hard immobile painless mass was palpable in the left parotid gland region. He had no past medical, drug or surgical history. 

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Angiofibromas account for less than 1% of all head and neck tumours and they predominantly arise in the nasopharynx (NPA), mainly affecting adolescent males. Extranasopharyngeal angiofibroma's (ENPA) are very rare with less than 80 cases reported in the literature and none arising from the external auditory canal. 

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Schistosomiasis (Bilharziasis) is the second most common parasitic infection in the world after malaria, caused by trematodes of the genus Schistosoma. Three schistosomal species cause most human infections: S mansoni, S japonicum, and S hematobium.

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Amiodarone is a potent antiarrhythmic agent that is used to treat ventricular arrhythmias and atrial fibrillation. Proarrythmias due to amiodarone therapy is rare. We discuss a case who had amiodarone-induced incessant Torsades de Pointes (TdP), that could only be suppressed by lidocaine.

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Dercum’s disease is a rare disease that is characterized by generalized overweight or obesity, multiple, painfull fatty masses and a number of associated symptoms. The disease can be classified as Type 1 (juxta-articular), Type 2 (diffuse-generalized) and Type 3 (nodular). The pain is chronic (for more than three months), symmetrical and often disabling.

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A 15-year old girl presented with rapid respiration and excessive water consumption and urine production. At physical examination, her general condition was average, and she was lucid, oriented and cooperative. Respiratory acidosis was present.

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Sir,

The Editor,

Sir,

A 23-year old male patient who was previously diagnosed with peripheral spondyloarthropathy (SpA) presented to our clinic. During physical examination, pain and swelling were observed bilaterally in his knee and ankle joints.