A young man in his early 30s presented to our hospital with upper abdominal pain radiating to the back, progressive jaundice with pruritus, low-grade fever, vomiting and significant weight loss over 4 ...

Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is a poorly understood but common cause of heart failure in sub-Saharan Africa, which typically presents with a restrictive phenotype. We describe a previously unreported ...

Schwannomas are benign tumours derived from Schwann cells of the peripheral nerve sheaths. A schwannoma arising in the external auditory canal (EAC) is rare, with few cases reported in the literature.

Aggressive angiomyxoma (AA) of the vulva is a rare, benign, slow-growing tumour that arises from the myxoid cells of the connective tissue. It has a low tendency to metastasise, but a high chance of ...

Colonic melanoma is a rarely detected aetiology of small bowel obstruction. This is a case of a male in his 80s with a history of treated stage IIIA melanoma on his trunk 7 years prior who presented ...

A woman in her 20s presented with 6 weeks of fever, persistent vomiting and 28% loss of body weight. Symptoms were refractory to treatment with antiemetics and broad spectrum antibiotics. Further ...

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Pulmonary hamartomas are abnormal growths of mature cell or tissue types, including cartilage, epithelium, fat or muscle. Although most cases are benign, asymptomatic and often incidentally discovered ...

In contrast to the ingestion of coin batteries, the ingestion of cylindrical batteries is an uncommon medical presentation. Owing to their larger size, cylindrical battery ingestion can lead to ...

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The solid variant of aneurysmal bone cyst is an expansile cystic lesion involving long tubular bones with unknown aetiology and usually occurs in the second decade of life. This is a paradigm of ...

Papillary Muscle rupture is a rare and potentially life-threatening complication that is typically observed in the days following acute myocardial infarction. Less commonly, rupture of a papillary ...