Báo cáo y học: "Calcific myofibrosis due to pentazocine abuse: a case report" doc

... disability. There was no associated weakness. Six years previously, the patient was given a pentazocine injection by a local physician for abdominal pain with a presumed diagnosis of pancreatitis. It ... skeletal abnormality. Nor- mal serum calcium and phosphate levels excluded hypoparathyroidism. Pentazocine- induced calcific myofi- brosis was a strong possibility in view of the h...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 23:21

... potential relationship between metabolic myopathy and systemic vasculitis. Case presentation: A 78-year-old African-American woman with a two-year history of progressive fatigue and exercise intolerance ... metabolic myopathy involving both the mitochondrial respiratory chain and glycogen storage pathways. Management of our patient required treatment of both the polyarteritis nodosa as...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:21

... computed tomography (CT) and ultrasonography. Case presentation A 40-year-old Caucasian man presented to the emer- gency department with a painless mass in the left ante- rolateral abdomen. During a ... a physical examination, the mass was firm, nontender and fixed to the abdominal wall. The patient stated that the mass was gradually increasing in size. He had no relevant family...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:22

... 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 sclerosis that can potentially ... this retrospective analysis included torsade de pointes, sus- tained ventricular tachycardia, atrial fibrillation and supraventricular tachycardia. Several others have also reported...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:22

... 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 ... CAS E RE P O R T Open Access Fatal cold agglutinin-induced haemolytic anaemia: a case report Gianluca Lodi * , Daniela Resca, Roberto Reverberi Abstract Introduction: Cold aggl...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 07:20

... insignificant and are principally dis- covered at postmortem examination. Patients with Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) present with a range of symptoms, but many are asymptomatic until the disease is advanced. ... with a wide array of symptoms and/or laboratory abnormalities. Because of this unusual characteristic, RCC has been labelled the "internist's tumor"[1]. Today, most t...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 10:22

... 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, pathol...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 10:22

... 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 Pneumothorax. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc ... 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 an...

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...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 12:20

... http://jmedicalcasereports.com/jmedicalcasereports/article/view/8457 Do you have a case to share? Submit your case report today • Rapid peer review • Fast publication • PubMed indexing • Inclusion in Cases Database Any patient, ... patient was symptomatic with com- plaints of pain and swelling. About 29% of reported cases have been found incidentally by a routine chest X-ray. Dyspne...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:20