30 year old woman with weight gain

... patient was diagnosed with Type I TA with beta thalassemia trait TA may present with nonspecific symptoms such as fever, arthralgia and weight loss It may also present with systemic complaints ... Cite this article as: Ishaq and Shabbir: Takayasu’s arteritis presenting with temporary loss of vision in a 23 -year- old woman with beta thalassemia trait: a case report Journal of Medical Case Reports ... percent of patients with TA have a normal ESR [6] Patients with beta thalassemia trait also have a raised ESR Anemia in TA can be normocytic and normochromic, but our patient presented with microcytic...

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... young adults, with men having more severe vascular complication with this disease [1,9-11] Case presentation A 25 -year- old Afro-Brazilian woman was hospitalized in a public hospital with the following ... doi:10.1186/1752-1947-5-52 Cite this article as: Carvalho et al.: Budd-Chiari syndrome in a 25-yearold woman with Behỗets disease: a case report and review of the literature Journal of Medical Case ... Budd-Chiari syndrome in patients with Behỗets disease being much greater and more serious in young men, we report a case of Budd-Chiari syndrome in a young woman in association with Behỗets disease It...

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... Autonomic Research 2001, 11 :309 -311 doi:10.1186/1752-1947-5-159 Cite this article as: Kitami et al.: Acute urinary retention in a 23 -year- old woman with mild encephalopathy with a reversible splenial ... sural sensory nerve that was within the normal range F-wave was not elicited in the tibial nerves We diagnosed our patient with MERS with urinary retention She was treated with g of methylprednisolone ... disappeared within four weeks Discussion In addition to their presence in MERS, reversible focal lesions in the SCC have been reported in patients with seizures, antiepileptic drug toxicity/withdrawal,...

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... medical literature: an adult patient with a chylous effusion clearly associated with hypothyroidism In that case, Kollef [2] described a 37 -year- old woman with refractory chylous pleural effusions ... doi:10.1186/1752-1947-4-336 Cite this article as: Koo et al.: Chylous effusion presenting in a 37-yearold woman with severe hypothyroidism: a case report Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:336 Patient’s ... chylothorax associated with hypothyroidism reported by Kolef [2] Conclusion We report the first case of chylothorax associated with hypothyroidism responsive to thyroid-replacement therapy, without a history...

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... splenic artery as well Case presentation A 39 -year- old Caucasian woman presented in our emergency department with acute abdominal pain associated with nausea, vomiting, and signs of intestinal ... this article as: Romano et al.: Acute thrombosis of the superior mesenteric artery in a 39 -year- old woman with protein-S deficiency: a case report Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:17 Authors’ ... the patient was readmitted to the same hospital with similar symptoms, and she was treated with corticosteroids, mesalazine, and metronidazole with a complete resolution of the symptoms Five...

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... article as: Kenchaiah and Hyer: Diffuse large B-cell non Hodgkin’s lymphoma in a 65 -year- old woman presenting with hypopituitarism and recovering after chemotherapy: a case report Journal of Medical ... prognosis Conclusion We report a patient with diffuse large B-cell non Hodgkin’s lymphoma with anterior pituitary involvement, whose pituitary function recovered with successful chemotherapy A complete ... cells rather akin to a hypophysitis with infiltrating lymphocytes Differential diagnosis of a pituitary mass has been well described previously [2] In a patient with a normal pituitary image and...

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... the above data, our patient was diagnosed with pheochromocytoma and treatment with phenoxybenzamine at 10 mg once a day with gradual dose titration to 30 mg three times a day was initiated The ... doi:10.1186/1752-1947-5-310 Cite this article as: Hou et al.: Pheochromocytoma presenting with arterial and intracardiac thrombus in a 47 -year- old woman: a case report Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:310 Submit ... ventricular thrombus without myocardial infarction In addition, the risk of thrombosis induced by oral contraceptives is highest in the first year of use [16,17] and the risk decreases with duration...

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... patients with ethambutol-induced optic neuropathy Br J Ophthalmol 2007, 91:895-897 doi:10.1186/1752-1947-5-317 Cite this article as: Ayanniyi and Ayanniyi: A 37 -year- old woman presenting with impaired ... towards early detection and attention are discussed Case report Our patient was a 37 -year- old, 48 kg Yoruba woman, who developed impaired visual function while on treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis ... This report highlights the sight restoration, following early detection and attention, in a 37 -year- old woman who developed impaired visual function after four months on high-dosage combination antituberculosis...

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... doi:10.1186/1752-1947-4-60 Cite this article as: Sharma et al.: Addison’s disease presenting with idiopathic intracranial hypertension in 24 -year- old woman: a case report Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:60 Consent ... adrenal insufficiency with basal cortisol at 231 nmol/l, 30 minute cortisol 265 nmol/l and 60 minute at 200 nmol/l A repeat SST showed basal cortisol at 138 nmol/l and 30 minute cortisol at 159 ... the current term idiopathic intracranial hypertension is inaccurate with the condition frequently associated with obesity or with the use of medication including various antibiotics (tetracyclines,...

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... blood cultures and sensitivities Our patient’s problem with sepsis was resolved and her overall clinical condition continued to improve with the signs of inflammation returning to normal levels ... present with such clinical signs or symptoms Treatment of aortitis is by a combination of antibiotic therapy and aortic replacement Three reports described patients who were treated with antibiotics ... Primary mycotic aneurysms Annals Intern Med 1945, 22:431-440 Worell JT, Buja LM, Reynolds RC: Pneumococcal aortitis with rupture of the aorta Ann J Clin Pathol 1988, 89:565-568 Ioannidis JP, Merino...

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... Performance IQ = 92) DSM-IV [12] chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety was diagnosed Discussion In this case study, we report about a 4 -year- old boy with an androgen producing testis tumour, in whom ... (testosterone and/or DHEA-S) and aggression [1518] For instance, in a study in which 8- to 12 -year- old children (n = 15) with a Conduct Disorder were compared to normal controls (n = 25), van Goozen et al ... hormone levels may have directly resulted in withdrawal from social contacts Sánchez-Martín et al [19] examined 28 boys and 20 girls with a mean age of years by videotaping them every morning during...

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... approach with atypical resection followed by regional lymphadenectomy [20] Only a few cases of SH have been reported in young patients, among them a 10 -year- old, an 18 -year- old and a 19 -year- old Asian ... associated with non-small cell lung cancer Fam Cancer 2009, 8:359-362 doi:10.1186/1477-7819-9-62 Cite this article as: Schiergens et al.: Pulmonary sclerosing hemangioma in a 21 -year- old male with ... latter might corroborate with the monoclonality of cells within SH, which has been described before and which suggests a neoplastic growth pattern of the lesion [33] With respect to synchronous...

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... stopped and the creatinine concentration normalized again within two months Twelve days after the treatment discontinuation she presented with fever (39–39.5°C), lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly ... treatment in patients with chronic HIV infection [5-9] To our knowledge, this is the first description of this syndrome in a patient infected with HIV since birth The clinical picture with mononucleosis-like ... 2002, 16(17): 2303 - 2309 Colven R, Harrington RD, Spach DH, Cohen CJ, Hooton TM: Retroviral rebound syndrome after cessation of suppressive antiretroviral therapy in three patients with chronic...

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... 70 years old [2] Holper et al reported that the actuarial freedom rate from major bleeding at 15 years was 88%±4% in patients with an implanted bioprosthetic valve, and 57%±1.1% in those with ... of 71 years; her postoperative course had been excellent, and her condition had remained satisfactory for more than 15 years without warfarin Unfortunately, she developed SVD suddenly, 16 years ... warfarin, in patients with a mechanical valve Cannegier et al reported that the risk of hemorrhage in patients over 70 years of age with an implanted mechanical valve was 5.6%/pt -year, which is twice...

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... by grants Key Scientific and Technological Projects of Guangdong Province (No 2008B 0303 01311, and 2008B 0303 01341) Author details Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, ... doi:10.1186/1749-8090-5-120 Cite this article as: Luo et al.: Primary cardiac osteosarcoma in a 4 2year- old woman Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2010 5:120 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central ... atypical cells with prominent nucleoli and an osteogenic sarcomatous element Original magnification ×400; (C-F) Immunohistochemical results, showing that the tumor was strongly stained with antibodies...

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... Iwamoto O, Aoki M, Nakamura C, Kusukawa J, Matsuishi T: RamsayHunt syndrome with vesicular stomatitis in a 4 -year- old infant Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2006, 102:e37-e39 ... doi:10.1186/1752-1947-5-376 Cite this article as: Masukume et al.: Full recovery of a 13 -year- old boy with pediatric Ramsay Hunt syndrome using a shorter course of aciclovir and steroid at lower ... to the facial nerve (affected in RHS) within the bony facial canal Headache, nausea and at times vomiting are recognized common side effects of treatment with aciclovir [8]; this drug could have...

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... Confusion is possible with other primary breast lesions Case presentation: A 75 -year- old Caucasian woman presented with a mass in her left breast 21 years after being diagnosed with invasive ductal ... here the case of a 75 -year- old Caucasian woman, who 21 years ago underwent a right mastectomy and axillary dissection followed by radiotherapy and breast reconstruction with a prosthesis for ... is well with no evidence of recurrence one year after surgery Discussion DFSP represents about 1% of soft tissue sarcomas with an estimated incidence of 0.8 to 5.0 cases per million per year [2,4]...

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... pediatric patients with Hodgkin lymphoma Pediatr Blood Cancer 2008, 51:198-203 doi:10.1186/1752-1947-5-511 Cite this article as: van den Akker et al.: An osseous lesion in a 10-yearold boy with Hodgkin’s ... bone tissue with exophytic cartilaginous tissue (Figure 2), consistent with osteochondroma without evidence of involvement with HL Our patient underwent four courses of ABVD chemotherapy protocol ... aggressive disease with a relative poor prognosis, associated with unfavorable histological subtypes Primary osseous HL is very rare and must be distinguished from systemic HL with diffuse bone...

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... http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/5/1/515 Case presentation A five -year- old Hispanic (non-indigenous) boy was admitted to our hospital with a history of intermittent fever, and was found to have elevated ... calculated with a radiograph of the left hand and was reported delayed by two years An electromyogram reported a myophatic inflammatory process involving mainly proximal muscles compatible with myositis ... doi:10.1186/1752-1947-5-515 Cite this article as: Delgado Hurtado et al.: Hypothyroidism in a fiveyear -old boy with rhabdomyolysis and recent history of cardiac tamponade: a case report Journal of Medical...

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