Somnath Saha

Infratemporal fossa myoepithelial carcinoma—a rare case report

IntroductionMyoepithelial tumours are rare clinicopathological identity. It has been found in parotid glands and salivary glands but never reported in infratemporal fossa or other sites of lateral skull base region.DiscussionUnlike its benign counterpart, myoepithelial carcinoma is biologically very aggressive and prone to recur even after adequate therapy.Case reportHere, a rare case of myoepithelial carcinoma arising from infratemporal fossa has been described along with its treatment options and outcome.

Emergency Otorhinolaryngolocal cases in Medical College, Kolkata-A statistical analysis.

At the round the clock entergency of the Deparment of Otorhinolaryngology, Medical College, Kolkata, different types of cases are managed everyday. The various emergency conditions encountered by us in last four years are gathered and analyzed in this study. The different problems and their modes of management are discussed here.

Orbital hydatid cyst — A rare case report

We present a rare case of cystic hydatid disease of orbit and its endoscopic management. A 35-year-old female patient presented with unilateral progressive nonpulsatile proptosis of the right eye. Ophthalmological examination revealed proptosis of right eye with complete visual loss. Hydatid cyst of the orbit is a rare cause of proptosis, which can be safely managed endonasally in selected cases and by albendazole chemotherapy.

MIDLINE CERVICAL CLEFT: A REPORT OF TWO CASES

Congenital midline cervical cleft is a rare congenital anomaly. The cardinal diagnostic features are-(1). Fistulas opening are located caudally (2) Internuittent serous fluid discharge in the early neonatal period (3). Nipple like appearance of the cleft in the superior aspect (4). Widened scar and mininual neck contracture in later life. Two such cases are reported herewith with briefreview of literature and its surgical management.

Rhinosporidial infection in west bengal-a calcutta based hospital study.

Rhinosporidiosis is one of the common tropical diseases in ENT practice. In the present study, it constitutes about 1% hospital admission for E: surgery per annum. Nasal and extranasal involvement particularly occular involvement was critically examined in this study. Complete excision of rhinosporidial mass under endoscopie guidance for nasal rhinosporidiosis is found to give superior result in term of recurrence.

Orbital and paraorbital tumors-clinicopathological profile and surgical management

A total number of 31 cases of proptosis caused by primary orbital tumors, paranasal tumor extensions and nasapharyngeal tumors werte analysed in a retrospective study in relation to their age, sex, clinical and histological profile. Surgical management of this group of tumors depends on the anatomical location of the tumor and CT scan was considered as the primary modality of investigation. Different modalities of surgical treatment like lateral orbitotomy, medial orbitotomy, lateral rhinotomy, etc., have been adopted according to location of tumor. Surgical approaches and histopathological profile of the lesions causing proptosis are discussed in details.

Sarcomas of head and neck - A 10 yrs experience.

Abstract38 cases of sarcoma of head and neck region were analysed in a retrospective way in relation to age, anatomic location, histological, clinical profile, and surgical approaches. Compared to other types of head and neck neoplasms, such as squamous cell carcinoma, soft tissue sarcomas have low rates of regional metastases. However the biological behaviour of soft tissue sarcoma is more aggressive specially in paediatric age group. In the present series, CT scan was considered as the primary modality of investigation. Surgery generally has been recommended as the primary method of treatment for achieving local control, except in those high-grade tumours arising in sites not amenable to resection. 3-year and 5-year survival rates in this present series 50% and 31.6% respectively.

A molecular approach (multiplex polymerase chain reaction) for diagnosis of rhinosporidiosis

A New multiplex PCR have been developed in our laboratory using primer sets, aiming amplification of both D.N.A target fragments obtained in 18S RNA of commonly encountered fungi in human being and in Rhinosporidium seeberi using F1-fw/F2-rev (500 bp target) and Rhino-fw/ Rhino-rev (.177 bp target). This multiplex PCR has been found to be able to delect R. seeberi from clinical samples and differentiate it from other fungi. Furthermore, by this multiplex PCR, R. seeberi, phylogenitically appears to belong to a member of so called DRIPs clade of fish parasite not a cyanobacterium as claimed previously, by some workers.

Haemangioma of maxillary sinus

Though haemangioma of nose is a common tumor, those arising from the paranasal sinuses are not very common. Very few cases have been reported. Because of its rarity under the backdrop of existing literature we are reporting our present case.

Maxillary swelling - A rare presentation of solitary plasmacytoma.

Plasmacytoma is not a rare entity; it usually presents as bone pain (70%) or susceptibility to infection e. g. · pneumonia or pyelonephritis, but its presentation as isolated maxillary swelling is a rare entity.Here, a 25 years young male presented with right maxillary swelling. After radiological, histopathological and biochemical investigation, it was diagnosed as plasmacytoma. The modalities of treatment with review of literture is discussed in this report.