Acute myocardial infarction is relatively uncommon among the young adults. Blunt trauma to chest is one rare mechanism of acute myocardial infarction specially among young adults. A 35-year-old male had sustained among other injuries, a blunt impact on the left side of his front...
Gastrointestinal bleeding and foreign body ingestion are the big part of the emergency gastroscopic procedure. Foreign bodies such as sharp and pointed ones associated with complications. The most feared complications are perforation, obstruction and bleeding. Toothpicks are ver...
The study reports a case of T-cell PTLD in a kidney recipient with a review of literature. Solid organ or bone marrow transplantation is the only curative treatment for a variety of diseases. Paradoxically, it accounts for several potentially life-threatening complications for th...
Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma is a malignant neoplasm of cartilaginous origin. It is an uncommon subtype of chondrosarcoma which is described in the young adolescent population. We present a rare case of chondrosarcoma in a teenage group-a 16yr old pediatric patient. This 16 year ol...
Background: Papillary Thyroid Cancer (PTC), is a common encountered head and neck cancers, making the majority of cases among thyroid malignancies. It is unique since thyroid cancers are the only cancer that include age to predict the prognosis. The usage of age however is debat...
Background: Mature cystic teratoma (MCT) also known as dermoid cyst is the commonest benign neoplasm of the ovary constituting 10-20% of all the ovarian tumours. They are also the most common ovarian germ cell tumour commonly seen between 20-40 years. They are bilateral in 8-15%...
Aims: The cross-reactivity of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in the occurrence of drug eruption makes intrinsic accountability difficult. We are reporting on a case of drug eruption that occurred in a patient treated with four AEDs who had previously developed rashes with two other A...
Conjoined twin is one the rarest and most fascinating phenomena of twinning. The incidence ranges from 1 in 50 000 to 1 in 100 000 live births. Even though the degree and location of conjunction and the shared internal organs determine the prognosis of conjoined twins, they are a...
Cardiomyopathies include a spectrum of intrinsic myocardial diseases without significant inflammation. Out of these, restrictive cardiomyopathy is considered a rare form compared to Hypertrophic and Dilated types. A 67-year-old male with a history of hypertension and diabetes for...
Pannonibacter phragmitetus is an environmental pathogen that can occasionally cause serious infections in humans. While positive cultures for this organism in an otherwise asymptomatic person likely represent contamination, this microbe should not be ignored in patients who show...
The authors wish to discuss the possibilities and pathophysiology of orbital emphysema of a live victim of high-explosive blast attack. A 35-year-old male suffered a terrorist blast resulting in shrapnel injuries, flash-burns and bilateral ear drum perforation. Throughout in a c...
Adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD) is a multi-system, inflammatory disease that presents with acute fevers, arthritis or arthralgia, and a evanescent maculopapular rash, mostly occurring with myalgia, sore throat, splenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, raised C-reactive protein (CRP), se...
Isabela dos Santos Alves, Cristyano Bismark Ferreira Leite, Cairo Thome Roca, Daniel de Souza Delgado, Maria da Graça Morais Martin, Ana Patricia Ferreira Vieira, Claudia da Costa Leite & Marcos Fernando de Lima Docema·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Medicine and Health·2020
We aim to review the etiological investigation and differential diagnosis of PRES, including viral infectious diseases, considering the current Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Our case report showed a critical patient with hemorrhagic PRES associated with nephropath...
With evolution of technology and materials, new synthetic substances like fiberglass are now available and used for the casting of fractures. Though these offer advantages for both patient and physician, the possibility of developing a pressure ulcer needs to be kept in mind, whi...
Aims: Henoch-Schönlein Purpura (HSP) is the most common vasculitis during childhood yet sometimes is misdiagnosed. Gastrointestinal symptom in HSP is a frequent finding which causes patient to seek medical care. Recurrent episode of HSP occurs in 2.7–30% cases, most of which has...