Aim: We aim to highlight this rare presentation to alert clinicians to atypical multiple myeloma (MM) cases, enabling earlier diagnosis and better patient outcomes. This report may contribute to the medical literature by illustrating how MM can masquerade as other conditions in a...
The present study explores anesthesia care for a polytraumatized eleven years old child with thoraco-abdominal impalement trauma. The anesthetist plays an important role in trauma management. We present the case of an 11-year-old boy who had thoraco-abdominal exploration for impa...
Chronic myeloid leukemia has the highest prevalence rate among all the oncological cases around the globe. It possesses a very significant risk to the public in various forms. About 1 person in 526 will get CML in their lifetime. Nowadays, it's very challenging to understand the...
Giant cell arteritis, formerly known as Horton's disease, is a vasculitis affecting the large vessels, specifically the aorta, with a preference for the supra-aortic trunks. Its etiology remains unknown, but two risk factors have been identified: a genetic predisposition and the...
Sjögren's syndrome, formerly known as Gougerot-Sjögren syndrome, is an autoimmune disease with a predilection for exocrine glands, earning it the nickname of exocrinopathy or autoimmune epithelitis of the exocrine glands. It is a rare disease that predominantly affects females, w...
Laky Saha, Koushik Bhatttacharjee, Rima Mahapatra, Rajnarayan Mukherjee, Keya Basu, Shyamalendu Medda, Atanu Pal, Sanjay Dasgupta & Arunansu Bandyopadhyay·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Medicine and Health·2024
Proliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal IgG deposits (PGNMID) is a rare renal disease under the spectrum of monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance (MGRS). Majority of the cases have been diagnosed in adult population, especially after the age of 40 years. We report...
Uveitis is an intraocular inflammation that specifically affects the uvea. The granulomatous nature is defined by large inflammatory cell precipitates on the corneal endothelial tissue, inflammatory nodules located at the edge of the pupil, or within the iris stroma. The etiologi...
This case report addresses the complicated relationship between systemic corticosteroid use and the development of opportunistic fungal infections. A 39-year-old female patient, with a history of prednisolone usage, came with tinea corporis and tinea cruris. These illnesses, whic...
Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) is revised nomenclature of Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) which is very commonly prevalent condition in India. Currently only one drug Saroglitazar is approved for treatment of NAFLD in India. It is a dua...
Cerebrovascular disease represents one of the leading causes of morbidity worldwide and is the main cause of acquired disabilities. The degree of neurological damage varies according to the extent of the infarction and hemispheric dominance. The middle cerebral artery is the most...
Macrophagic Activation Syndrome (MAS) and myocarditis individually pose significant challenges to healthcare providers due to their complex pathophysiology and diverse clinical presentations. However, when these two conditions intersect, the immune system's dysregulation amplifie...
Thromboembolic events, represents one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. While traditional risk factors, are well-established, metabolic hyperhomocysteinemia has emerged as a novel and potentially modifiable risk factor. Elevated levels of homocysteine, hav...
Aim: To present a case of Pseudomonas meningitis with an atypical presentation. Case Presentation: A 48 year old male with history of RTA related brain injury and shunt placement, presented with complaints of diarrhoea. On further investigations he was found to have Gram negative...
We report a new observation of an unusual association of CVID with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Osteoarticular involvement associated with CVID occurs in approximately 5 to 40% of cases, most commonly in the form of septic arthritis, or non-septic arthritis, which is part of the...
This case report focuses on a pediatric patient with obstructive hydrocephalus secondary to tubercular meningitis, complicated by pyrazinamide-induced hepatitis. The elevated dosages of essential antituberculosis agents for pediatric use, recommended by the World Health Organizat...