Osteochondromas are among the most common benign tumors of the bone. They mostly arise from the metaphysis of the long bones in the first two decades of life. Involvement of the flat bones is uncommon and the involvement of the small bones of hands and vertebrae are extremely rar...
The aim of the case presented was to highlight the assessment of an incidental radiographic finding of fused symphysis for emergency clinicians and trauma surgeons involved in the assessment and management of emergency trauma cases. The objective was to understand the symphyseal...
Dieudonné Lobela Bumba, Issa Yakusu Issa, Ossinga Bassandja, Mankulu N’Sila, Beatrice Lisimo, Bruce Wembolua Shinga, Kendewa sabiti, Bokanga Ekelenge, Francy Baelongandi Folo & Atoba Bokele·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Medicine and Health·2021
Artesunate is an artemisinin derivative with rapid and potent parasiticidal power. However, cases of delayed hemolytic anemia described in the literature can be fatal, especially in children. We report a rare case of late hemolytic anemia in an infant. This was a 17 month old inf...
Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) is a rare disease. Usually affecting women in the third trimester pregnancy or post-partum period and with high risk of mortality. The diagnosis AFLP is based on exclusion. In addition, the Swansea criteria is commonly used to diagnosis AFLP....
Background: Essential Thrombocythemia is one of the myeloproliferative disorders characterised by elevated platelet counts leading to an increased tendency for vessel thrombosis and hemorrhage affecting various organ systems. It is most common in the elderly but can occur at any...
Urinary tract tuberculosis is a relatively common form of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis, accounting for 3-5% of all cases of tuberculosis [1]. We report a very rare case of a 44-year-old man who presented with right flank pain and weight loss. CT SCAN showed a tumour of the right...
Foreign body ingestion occurs, especially in childhood. But we saw it among adults. most foreign bodies pass through the gastrointestinal tract, causing no damage. Migration of an ingested needle to the kidney is very rare. We report a case of a 30-year-old female who was admitte...
Aims: Ligamentum flavum cysts are rare and may lead to compression of the spinal cord or surrounding structures which ultimately may require surgery. We report a case of a ligamentum flavum cyst presenting with neurogenic claudication with its clinical, radiological, and histopat...
Introduction: COVID-19 has diverse clinical presentations. We are now quite familiar with the usual symptoms---fever, cough, breathlessness, anosmia, fatigue. Diabetes insipidus could also be a symptom related to covid-19 or it can be a post covid complication. Case Report: This...
Carriers of structural chromosomal rearrangements such as Robertsonian or reciprocal translocations have an increased risk of spontaneous abortion and producing offspring with genetic abnormalities. We report an women with uncommon unbalanced Reciprocal translocation carrier 46,X...