Successful resuscitation after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

A 66-year-old woman presented to the emergency department after a witnessed cardiac arrest, having had compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation initiated by her son on the backseat of his car. She was resuscitated in the emergency department for 1 hour before the return of spontaneous circulation. She then underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention and therapeutic hypothermia. She was discharged without significant neurological deficit. This case illustrates better survival and neurological outcome can be achieved by prompt implementation of a 'chain of survival' interventions and therapeutic hypothermia.

Burkitt's lymphoma presenting as mandibular swelling--report of a case and review of publications.

Burkitt's lymphoma in a 4-year-old Chinese boy presented with acute mandibular swelling but no associated systemic disturbance. A review of published reports shows that the diagnosis should be suspected in jaw lesions with no obvious cause.

Lingual mandibular bone defect. Case report and review of the literature.

An unusual case of lingual mandibular bone defect (Stafne's bone cavity) is presented in which the lesion extended to above the inferior dental canal and caused expansion of the buccal cortical plate. The literature is reviewed with regard to the incidence, plausible aetiologic factors and methods of investigation of such lesions.