Báo cáo y học: "Primary biliary cirrhosis presenting with ascites and a hepatic hydrothorax: a case report" ppt

... Case report Open Access Primary biliary cirrhosis presenting with ascites and a hepatic hydrothorax: a case report Thomas George Wojcikiewicz* and Sachin Gupta Address: Department of Gastroenterology, ... of fat soluble vitamins, portal hyper- tension, ascites, variceal haemorrhage and hep atic encephalopathy. Hepatic hydrothorax is a pleural effusion occurrin...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:21

... myeloma, and B-cell lymphomas. In this case, the patient had no history of atopy, or parasitic infection and she had a nor- mal protein electrophoresis and bone marrow evaluation. Lymphomas are ... immunoglobulins, and rarely, cases have been reported of both B- and T-cell lymphomas associated with elevated IgE [6-8]. Sézary's syndrome (a peripheral T-cell neoplasm) has b...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... patient had many of the clinical and anatomic findings typical of OTCS: the dysmorphic face, white matter alteration, as described by Lalatta [4] and by Azimi [5], cerebral hemorrhage [3] and hearing ... by trigonocephaly, m ental retardation, short neck, typical facial appearance, joint and limb anomalies, up- slanting palpebral fissures, epicantha l folds, a broad depressed nasal...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:21

... repeated as appropriate to correct dehydration. Although she r emained apyrexial with normal hemody- namic variables for a few more day s, her inflammatory markers remained markedly raised and ... disease and rapidly fatal pneumonia in a renal transplant patient: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:228. Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take...

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... had totally healed, leaving only a small area of mild subepithelial opacity (Figure 3b). Treatment with topical acyclovir ointment once daily was continued, with 0.5% carboxymethylcellulose eye ... disease followed an atypical course of neurotrophic keratitis. Case presentation A 71-year-old Korean man was referred for both eye pain and epiphora starting a week previously. He ha...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:22

... Ivory Coast, Gambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Zambia and South Africa. Nigeria, Ghana, Zimbabwe and Egypt have prevalence rates of 50% and the countries with relatively low rates of ... We report a case of PEL in a 70-year-old HIV- infected woman from Kampala, Uganda. Case presentation A 70-year-old newly diagnosed HIV-positive Ugandan African woman presen...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 00:22

... A 24-year-old Caucasian woman was acutely unwell with a background of several months of generalised fatigue and intermitten t headaches. She had unremarkable neurological and systemic examination ... precipitated by acute stress. This case suggests that idiopathic intracranial hypertension can rarely be associated with Addison’s disease and present as an acute illness. Idiopat...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 11:23

... cure, primary treatment with a long-acting somatostatin analog is recommended [6,7]. Two somatostatin analogs are available, su ch as octreo- tide (Sandostatin® , Novartis) and lanreotide (Autogel ... was not per- formed. She tolerated the treatment well and reported no gastrointestinal discomfort. Case report 3 A 63-ye ar-old Caucasian woman of German nationality and with a...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 12:20

... or any associated lymphadenopa- thy (Figure 1). An ultras onography showed haematome - tra and minimal fluid in her pelvis with septations, apart from the vaginal mass. A biop sy of the vaginal ... in each run. To check the quality and integrity of the cDNA, FOXO 1A was amplified as a housekeeping gene (FKH-F: 5’ CAT CCC CTT CTC CAA GAT CA 3’ ;FKH-R:5’ GCT GCC AAG AAG AAA GCA TC 3’...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 12:20

... used as an adjunctive therapy in patients with SPS [7]. Although many patients with SPS may not be able to tolerate physical therapy, it was fundamental to our patient's recovery. While weakness ... difficulty swal- lowing, which may have been related to esophageal dysmotility or laryngeal and pharyngeal spasms. The manifestation of stiffness in an arm, as opposed to the legs or th...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 12:20