[PDF] Top 20 Students� Corner Original Article Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma: Experience at a Tertiary Care Centre in Pakistan

... A range of surgical approaches have been described ranging historically from transpalatal resections to open procedures with lateral rhinotomy, Weber-Ferguson or mid- face degloving, and, more recently, endoscopic ... See full document

... to Pakistan as a developing ...health care or insurance policy, the burden of picking up the treatment cost falls on the family, who mostly come from the low-income ... See full document

... Our series revealed only 12 diagnosed cases over a period of 15 years. This is probably due to under diagnosis of the condition. Three factors account for this difference. First, as there is no pre hospital care ... See full document

... of Pakistan for instance Aga Khan University Hospital Karachi, Liaquat National Hospital Karachi, South City Hospital Clifton Karachi, Doctors Hospital and Medical Centre Lahore etc display necessary ... See full document

... like Pakistan with an illiteracy rate of 55% (according to the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization), patients also face family problems associated with long on-going therapies, Families ... See full document

... of nasopharyngeal carcinoma(NPC) constituting approximately 30% of the total cases of nasopharyngeal ...Rosai, nasopharyngeal carcinoma has bimodal age distribution with first peak between 10-20 ... See full document

... Prompt diagnosis of Hypertension is crucial due to potentially detrimental complications which the untreated condition can pose. Since it remains asymptomatic until late in its course, even newly diagnosed patients are ... See full document

... The testicular tumors have been classified into 3 discrete subclasses by World Health Orga- nization. Clinical topographics such as age of presentation, histology and genetic character- istics are the basis for these ... See full document

... In earlier studies, the incidence of oliguria was significantly higher (46% to 93%) (Griffin, 1976; Grylack, 1982), but studies conducted in developing countries have shown a much lower incidence of oliguria (Mathur, ... See full document

... a nasopharyngeal mass in an adolescent male patient and prefer to rely upon imaging methods for deciding whether the mass is likely to be an angioŽbroma, or a non- vascular lesion such as an antro-choanal ... See full document

... medical students put up the argument that medicine was too tough with stressful life, excessive work load and long working hours which left very less time for family and friends whereas, more than half of the ... See full document

... Results: Seventeen percent students were underweight (below the 5th percentile), 65% were normal weight (5th to 85th percentile) and 18% were overweight (above the 85th percentile). Regarding knowledge about ... See full document

... When the surgery for JNA involves the maxillary sinus, the resection of the medial wall of the maxillary sinus is indicated. Management of the nasolacrymal duct may be a challenge. Classically simple section of the duct ... See full document

... The actual incidence, however, is not known due to inaccessibility to health care as well as a presumed low prevalence of awareness, and it may well be more than reported. Lack of population awareness about cancer ... See full document

... Syncope is a relatively common medical emergency. It poses risk to the patients, hassle to the attendants, stress to the medical practitioner and burden to the health care system in general. It is essential to ... See full document

... JNA is an uncommon clinical entity comprising of 0.5% of all Head and Neck tumours[1]. Patients, mostly in their pre-pubertal adolescent age present with epistaxis, nasal blockage, headache and hyponasal voice. Advance ... See full document

... When RD was detected on a CT scan, subsequent surgical exploration was done with the intent to treat. Minimally inva- sive surgery through an endoscopic approach was performed. RD was removed and confirmed or ruled out ... See full document

... Near the pterygo mandibular raphe and the pterygoid hamulus , tensor palati muscle fans out from the tendon passing round the hamulus and if necessary it is divided just medial to the hamulus. Soft palate is retracted by ... See full document

... facilitate surgical access. Accordingly, a 7F arterial sheath (length: 90 cm; Boston Scientific, USA) was passed in to the common carotid artery via the aorta using a multipurpose catheter (length: 100 cm; outer ... See full document

... The main therapeutic challenge in the management of the patient in this case report was the choice of surgical intervention. The endonasal endoscopic approach is applicable with the superior cosmetic result since the JNA ... See full document