Sudhir Singh, J. Rawat, Digamber Chaubey, Gurmeet Singh
{"title":"Unusual Presentation of Glomus Tumor in a Child","authors":"Sudhir Singh, J. Rawat, Digamber Chaubey, Gurmeet Singh","doi":"10.21699/AJCR.V8I4.598","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21699/AJCR.V8I4.598","url":null,"abstract":"A 6-year-old girl presented with a large (15x10x8-cm) mass over left thumb for two years associated with severe pain (Fig.1A,B). She is resident of a remote area where medical facilities were not available. On examination, the whole left thumb is covered in mushroom fashion by fleshy mass sparing its base. X ray of hand showed left thumb soft tissue mass sparing bone (Fig.1C). Incisional biopsy confirmed it a glomus tumor. Patient was managed with thumb amputation due to extensive involvement (Fig.1D). Histopathology was consistent with round glomus cells with a sharply punched out rounded nucleus (Fig.1E).","PeriodicalId":89657,"journal":{"name":"APSP journal of case reports","volume":"8 1","pages":"30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45539761","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Naeem Liaqat, S. H. Dar, R. Imran, Abeer Asif, A. Sandhu, K. Waheed
{"title":"Gossypiboma: An unusual cause of Infected Wound after Inguinal Herniotomy","authors":"Naeem Liaqat, S. H. Dar, R. Imran, Abeer Asif, A. Sandhu, K. Waheed","doi":"10.21699/AJCR.V8I4.620","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21699/AJCR.V8I4.620","url":null,"abstract":"A 2-year-old boy presented with inguinal swelling following right sided inguinal herniotomy done 3 months ago in a periphery hospital. The swelling developed just after the surgery and after 2 weeks of surgery, pus started oozing out of the wound. Patient had been taking antibiotics since then but the swelling didn’t resolve. On examination, it was slightly tender, tense and non-cystic swelling with oozing of pus when compressed (Fig.1). His x-ray of pelvis showed haziness at right pubic region and differential included osteomyelitis. Ultrasound of the swelling showed it as a mixed echogenicity area, limited to subcutaneous plane and not extending to bone. Per-operatively, pus was present inside the wound and a (10 x 10 cm) retained gauze piece was retrieved (Fig.1). Wound was washed with saline and left for secondary healing. Patient was followed up till 3rd week of surgery. His wound healed completely.","PeriodicalId":89657,"journal":{"name":"APSP journal of case reports","volume":"8 1","pages":"29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41634789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Hisamatsu, Hiroko Suzuki, T. Uehara, K. Yoshino
{"title":"Idiopathic Non-ischemic Priapism in a 7-Year-Old Boy","authors":"E. Hisamatsu, Hiroko Suzuki, T. Uehara, K. Yoshino","doi":"10.21699/ajcr.v8i4.614","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21699/ajcr.v8i4.614","url":null,"abstract":"Non-ischemic priapism is a rare condition in children. Perineal trauma is the most common cause of this condition. We report a 7-year-old boy with idiopathic non-ischemic priapism that resolved spontaneously after four weeks of watchful waiting.","PeriodicalId":89657,"journal":{"name":"APSP journal of case reports","volume":"8 1","pages":"26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49649297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Singh, Maryem Ansari, Arun Gupta, Ramesh Tanger, Vinay Mathur
{"title":"Glial Heterotopia of the Scalp in an Infant","authors":"A. Singh, Maryem Ansari, Arun Gupta, Ramesh Tanger, Vinay Mathur","doi":"10.21699/AJCR.V8I4.613","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21699/AJCR.V8I4.613","url":null,"abstract":"A 4-month-old male infant presented with a painless scalp swelling (3x2cm) at the occipital region since birth. On examination, it was non-tender, soft, and non-compressible. The swelling was surrounded by a circle of long coarse hair. There was no impulse on crying and an underlying bony defect was not evident. There was history of single episode of the clear fluid discharge from the swelling. CT scan showed a midline, well circumscribed, extra cranial, heterogeneous swelling without the bony defect. The underlying intracranial structures were normal and separate from the extracranial mass lesion (Fig.1).","PeriodicalId":89657,"journal":{"name":"APSP journal of case reports","volume":"8 1","pages":"28"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42518152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Rare Cause of Vaginal Discharge in a Pre-Pubertal Girl","authors":"K. Herle, H. Bal","doi":"10.21699/AJCR.V8I4.605","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21699/AJCR.V8I4.605","url":null,"abstract":"Vaginal discharge is not an uncommon gynaecological problem and is most commonly infective in origin. Foreign bodies in vagina are the most common non-infective cause of vaginal discharge. We report a case of 5-year-old girl with button battery in vagina causing walled off collection along with vaginal discharge. Child needed a laparotomy due to the dense synechiae caused by the battery leak.","PeriodicalId":89657,"journal":{"name":"APSP journal of case reports","volume":"8 1","pages":"25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46114356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ingested Pin Causing Acute Appendicitis In A Child","authors":"Sudhir Singh, Nitin Pant, J. Rawat","doi":"10.21699/AJCR.V8I4.615","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21699/AJCR.V8I4.615","url":null,"abstract":"Ingested foreign body (FB) can occasionally lodge into the vermiform appendix leading to its inflammation. A 4-year-old girl presented with features of acute appendicitis. On X ray abdomen a metallic pin was seen in right lower abdomen. Patient had open appendicectomy and a metallic pin was found penetrating both walls of appendix near its tip. Postoperative recovery was uneventful.","PeriodicalId":89657,"journal":{"name":"APSP journal of case reports","volume":"8 1","pages":"27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46001523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ingested Foreign Body Causing Duodenal and Colonic Perforations in a Child.","authors":"Dileep Garg, Aditya Pratap Singh, Sunil Kothari","doi":"10.21699/ajcr.v8i3.546","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21699/ajcr.v8i3.546","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Most ingested foreign bodies usually pass uneventfully through the gastrointestinal tract. Few may cause complications and require surgical interventions. We report a 1.5-year-old child who ingested hair clip and presented with vomiting and obstruction. At operation, we found duodenal and colonic perforations. Hair clip was removed with repair of perforations.</p>","PeriodicalId":89657,"journal":{"name":"APSP journal of case reports","volume":"8 3","pages":"17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5423886/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35024318","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in a Child Using Slender Forceps.","authors":"Kazuaki Shibuya, Hideki Kawamura, Munenorix Tahara, Masahiro Takahashi, Akinobu Taketomi","doi":"10.21699/ajcr.v8i3.559","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21699/ajcr.v8i3.559","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Laparoscopic procedures in children are technically demanding because of reduced working space with careful monitoring of pneumoperitoneum pressure. We report a case of laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed in a 9-year-old boy using slender forceps which addressed all the above mentioned concerns. This shows a possibility of needlescopic surgery in children.</p>","PeriodicalId":89657,"journal":{"name":"APSP journal of case reports","volume":"8 3","pages":"18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5423887/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35024319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bozidar Zupancic, Marko Baskovic, Ljudevit Sovic, Dubravko Habek
{"title":"Bilateral Ovarian Torsion during Follow-up for Antenatally Detected Ovarian Cysts.","authors":"Bozidar Zupancic, Marko Baskovic, Ljudevit Sovic, Dubravko Habek","doi":"10.21699/ajcr.v8i3.563","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21699/ajcr.v8i3.563","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ovarian torsion is a surgical emergency demanding timely diagnosis and treatment to prevent loss of the ovaries which if happens may result in functional and emotional consequences. Simple (less than 5cm in size) ovarian cysts require follow-up for potential self-resolution. We describe a case of antenatally detected bilateral ovarian cysts that developed bilateral ovarian torsions on follow-up, postnatally.</p>","PeriodicalId":89657,"journal":{"name":"APSP journal of case reports","volume":"8 3","pages":"21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5423890/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35023754","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sumeet R Dhawan, Pankaj C Vaidya, Jerry R John, Biman Saikia, Ram Samujh, Akshay Saxena, Pratibha D Singhi
{"title":"Necrotizing Fasciitis of Scalp and Neck in Neonates.","authors":"Sumeet R Dhawan, Pankaj C Vaidya, Jerry R John, Biman Saikia, Ram Samujh, Akshay Saxena, Pratibha D Singhi","doi":"10.21699/ajcr.v8i3.554","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21699/ajcr.v8i3.554","url":null,"abstract":"A term 3 kg hospital born neonate presented on day 9 of life with continuous high grade fever since day 2 of life. Baby developed progressive erythema and swelling of scalp, face and periorbital area with small scattered black patches for 5 days (Fig.1A). Complete blood count showed haemoglobin of 13.5 g/dL, total leukocyte count of 26,200/mm3 and platelet count of 71,000/mm3. Coagulogram, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis, HIV ELISA, blood culture, immunoglobulin profile, T and B-lymphocyte subsets and nitro-blue tetrazolium tests were in normal range. Contrast CT scan showed diffuse skin and subcutaneous thickening of face and neck. Baby was managed with vancomycin, meropenem and clindamycin. He developed clinical deterioration and multiple areas of gangrenous spots surrounded by inflamed edematous skin over right half of face and scalp. Ultrasonography of neck was suggestive of pyomyositis and NF. Figure 1: A) Showing cellulitis of face, scalp and neck with areas of cutaneous skin necrosis of case 1. B) showed areas of granulation tissue over the scalp and neck after antibiotic therapy.","PeriodicalId":89657,"journal":{"name":"APSP journal of case reports","volume":"8 3","pages":"23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5423892/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35023756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}