Báo cáo y học: "Posterior mediastinal melanoma causing severe dysphagia: A case report" doc

... melanoma occurring as a mediastinal mass. Lau et al. [3] discussed the case of a patient with a malig- nant melanoma presenting as an anterior mediastinal mass consistent with lymph node metastases ... nodal metastatic melanoma. Conclusion: This report of a posterior mediastinal lymph node melanoma is unique. The nodal origin is definitely unusual: a primary melanom...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 21:22

... preponderance and dietary factors. Primary oesophageal melanoma is an extremely rare non- epithelial neoplasm, accounting for less than 0.2% of all primary oesophageal neoplasms with less than 250 cases reported ... subtotal oesophageal resection and immunomodulatory therapy. We present herein a case of primary malignant melanoma of the oesophagus including the associated clinical, pa...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 10:22

... 5:262 http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/5/1/262 Page 2 of 3 CAS E RE P O R T Open Access Metabolic myopathy presenting with polyarteritis nodosa: a case report Sahana Vishwanath, Mishal Abdullah, Amro Elbalkhi ... the potential relationship between metabolic myopathy and systemic vasculitis. Case presentation: A 78-year-old African-American woman with a two-year history of...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:21

... medical entity in a 40-year-old man with history of abdominal surgery and describe its appearance on computed tomography (CT) and ultrasonography. Case presentation A 40-year-old Caucasian man presented ... pregnancy. Case presentation: The case of a desmoid tumor of the anterior abdominal wall in a 40-year-old Caucasian man with no relevant family history is presented, describi...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:22

... this retrospective analysis included torsade de pointes, sus- tained ventricular tachycardia, atrial fibrillation and supraventricular tachycardia. Several others have also reported instances of QT interval ... of vasodilatory metabolites. This causes a secondary dilation of coronary vessels leadi ng to a net improvement in flow. Perivascular fibrosis and intra- myocardial artery sclerosi...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:22

... consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this case report and any accompany- ing images. A copy o f the written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief of this journal. Authors’ ... this article as: Incorvaia et al.: Skin reaction to inhaled tiotropium bromide: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:119. Submit your next manuscript to Bi...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 00:23

... haemolytic anaemia and Raynaud’s syndrome, cold ag glutinin disease is usually idiopathic. Several factors play a role in determining the ability of a cold agglutinin to induce a haemolytic anaemia such ... such as antibody concentration and temperature range, in particular the highest temperature at which antibodies interact with red blood cells. Case presentation: A 48-year-old Ca...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 07:20

... investigations. Discussion Malignant neoplasms involving the kidney may be pri- mary or secondary tumors. Although metastatic lesions outnumber primary tumors, secondary renal neoplasms are usually clinically insignificant ... insignificant and are principally dis- covered at postmortem examination. Patients with Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) present with a range of symptoms, but many are asym...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 10:22

... K, Yamada M, Morishita D, Nakamura Y, Murata Y, Fujioka M, Muramoto S, Murakami S, Sasaki K, Yasui M: A case of pulmonary aspergillosis presenting pulmonary bulla and eosinophilic pneumonia. ... 33:23-32. 2. Sakuraba M, Sakao Y, Yamazaki A, Fukai R, Shiomi K, Sonobe S, Saito Y, Imashimizu K, Matsunaga T, Miyamoto H: A Case of Aspergilloma Detected after Surgery for Pneumothor...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 12:20

... patient was dehydrated, febrile at 38.5°C, tachycardic and desaturating on room air. She was clinically jaundiced. A systolic flow murmur was noted on examination of her cardiovascular system. On auscul- tation ... and pelvic muscles. Case presentation A 44-year-old Afro-Caribbean woman missionary worker with homozygous sickle cell disease (HbSS), originally from Grenada, was admitted t...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 12:20