Cases / Quiz

By sharing our experience through interesting patient cases, we hope to make a difference in the way how people are diagnosed.

Mammary Analog Secretory Carcinoma of Salivary Glands

Mammary analog secretory carcinoma (MASC), also known as secretory carcinoma, is a recently identified type of low-grade malignant tumor found in salivary glands. It has been officially recognized in the […]
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A Rare Case of Fractured Tracheostomy Tube as Foreign Body in Tracheobronchial Tree

Tracheostomy is a common procedure usually performed as part of modern airway management in many specialties like surgical, medical and critical care units. Globally the number of tracheostomies being performed […]
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ENT Quiz – Swelling in base of tongue

32 year old male presented with complaints of foreign body sensation throat and difficulty in swallowing since 1 month. Not a smoker, alcoholic. On examination: Oral cavity normal, oropharynx normal, […]
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ENT Quiz – Progressive Hearing Loss

32 year old male patient presented with complaints of right side gradually progressive hard of hearing. No tinnitus, vertigo, ear ache, ear discharge. No noise exposure. No history of any […]
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ENT Quiz – What’s the molecules telling?

A 65-year-old male presented with a nonhealing ulcer over the pinna of the right ear for 5 months. A biopsy from the lesion was done and the following is the […]
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ENT Quiz – Its bleeding, bleeding and bleeding..

A 13-year-old male child presented to pediatric ENT unit, with chief complaints of left side nasal obstruction. progressive and spontaneous nasal bleed, continuing nasal discharge for two months. intermittent episodes […]
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ENT Quiz – Its all in the genes!

A 42-year-old female was seen at an outside facility for progressive bilateral hearing loss and was referred to the otology clinic. On further inquiry, she gave a history of chronic […]
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ENT Quiz – I feel breathless!

A 42-year-old male patient presented with a non-healing ulcer on the right lateral border of the tongue for 3 months. A biopsy from the lesion proven to be well-differentiated squamous […]
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ENT Quiz – Recurrent Meningitis with Hearing loss

A 12-year-old male child was referred from the pediatric department following resolution of the third episode of meningitis, with complaints of left-sided hearing loss since childhood. Parents noticed the hearing […]
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ENT Quiz – I can’t hear you!

A 45-year-old locomotive driver consulted his family physician because of a ringing sensation in both his ears for the past 5 years. Away from work, he had difficulty understanding conversations […]
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ENT Quiz – Progressive loss of voice in a 2 year old female child

A 2-year-old female child presented with complaints of progressive loss of voice for the past 6 months. She had no history to suggestive voice abuse, foreign body inhalation, cough or […]
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ENT Quiz – You guessed it right!

A 3-year-old boy presents with a midline anterior neck mass, just below the hyoid bone that moves with deglutition and tongue protrusion. Question: What is the most probable clinical diagnosis? Explanation […]
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ENT Quiz – Painful swelling of ear in a middle aged man

A 35-year-old man presented to the ear, nose, and throat outpatient department with a 1-week history of painful swelling of the right ear. He was having recurrent episodes of similar […]
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ENT Quiz – Intra oral swelling in a nine year old child

A 9-year-old female patient presented with a chief complaint of swelling in the floor of the mouth for the past 3 months. The swelling was initially small in size & […]
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ENT Quiz – Resurgence of a disease of the past

A 6-year-old boy from a rural area presented to pediatric casualty with a history of throat pain, progressive swelling of the neck and moderate grade fever for the past 2 […]
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