Sarcoidosis a review and report of three cases

3 male patients with cutaneous sarcoidosis are reported. Systemic involvement has not been detected and they are periodically checked for possible future systemic spread. The first case was a male patient who presented with wide spread multiple cutaneous nodules affecting forehead, nostrils, upper arms, thighs and trunk. The nodules were asymptomatic and had a violaceous color and erupted over a period of 2 years. The second patient had nasal rim lesions of 7-8 months duration. The third patient had papular lesions of the face of 6 months duration. All cases were diagnosed on histopathological findings. The treatment given and the patient response is discussed

Cysticercosis report of three cases form Qatar

This article reports three cases of cysticercosis seen in the State of Qatar between 1983 to 1996. The lesion in case 1 was present in the left side of the neck in a 24-year-old Indian woman, simulating branchial cleft cyst; In case 2 the cyst had involved soft tissue and muscle of the chest wall in a 17-year- old Qatari girl, presenting as left breast mass, presumed to be a fibradenoma; Case 3 was a 24-year- old Bangladeshi man who presented with discharge from the left eye which on ophthalmologic examination was found to be from a conjunctival cyst. He had a history of headache and double vision. A brief account of the geography, life cycle, clinical features, pathology, diagnosis and treatment of cysticercosis is presented