Malingering, conversion and factitious disorders. The emotional and monetary costs to the healthcare delivery system [0.03%]
诈病、转换障碍及诈病性障碍。对医疗保健系统的情感和经济负担
Ahmed K Pasha,Manish Sharma
Ahmed K Pasha
Amir Hanafi,Richard Alweis
Amir Hanafi
A 56 year old African-American female with history of well-controlled hypertension and hyperlipidemia presented to the office for an annual physical examination. She did not have any complaints. She reported being compliant with her medicat...
Marwa Oudah,Hargeet Sandhu,Fattoumata Sissoho et al.
Marwa Oudah et al.
A 59-year old woman presented with hemoptysis of thick blood clots and fever of two days duration. Her medical history included sarcoidosis for which she was on chronic steroids. Computed tomography imaging revealed stage IV sarcoidosis wit...
An entire coronary system arising from right coronary cusp: a rare anomaly [0.03%]
右侧冠状动脉瓣起源的完整冠状动脉系统：一种罕见异常现象
Muhammad Shabbir Rawala,Syed Imran Rizvi,Syed Bilal Rizvi
Muhammad Shabbir Rawala
The prevalence of coronary artery anomalies is approximately 0.6% in individuals undergoing angiography. Most of the anomalies are benign, but some can lead to myocardial infarction, cardiomyopathy, and sudden cardiac death. It is very rare...
Joel Chandy,Ammar Hassan,Michael Sciarra
Joel Chandy
Acute pancreatitis is a serious, potentially life threatning inflammatory disorder of the pancreas usually caused by alcohol use or gallstones. Other causes include certain drugs (such as antibiotics, antihypertensive medications, and immun...
Iman Khan,Mustafa Muhammad,Janki Patel
Iman Khan
Deferasirox is a recently approved iron chelator and is widely used to treat iron overload in transfusion-dependent patients. Its once-daily dosing and oral route of administration have made it an appealing alternative to deferoxamine. Rece...
Complete Eye Ophthalmoplegia: the unusual initial presentation of Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis [0.03%]
完全性眼肌麻痹：癌瘤脑膜转移的少见首发症状
Lakshpaul Chauhan,Ateeq Mubarik,Abdulmagid Eddib et al.
Lakshpaul Chauhan et al.
Ophthalmoplegia is a paralysis or weakness of extraocular muscles that have a variety of different etiologies including and not limited to Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis (LC). LC is caused mainly by metastatic cancers and can cause a wide va...
A rare case of pulmonary Kaposi sarcoma presented with respiratory failure [0.03%]
以呼吸衰竭为表现的肺卡波西肉瘤1例
Elham Vosoughi,Chirag A Sheth,Amandeep S Gill et al.
Elham Vosoughi et al.
Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is the most commonly diagnosed malignancy in HIV-infected patients. With new treatments, incidence and severity of KS have significantly decreased. A 57-year-old African American male with medical history of AIDS present...
Khadija Tayabali,Hussein Pothiwalla,Mark Lowitt
Khadija Tayabali
The occurrence of eczema herpeticum (EH) in patients with Darier's disease (DD) is a rare occurrence. It is considered a dermatologic emergency due to its high mortality rate if misdiagnosed or left untreated. Here, we present a case of a 4...
Eruptive xanthoma associated with severe hypertriglyceridemia and poorly controlled type 1 diabetes mellitus [0.03%]
与重度高甘油三酯血症和控制不佳的1型糖尿病相关的爆发性黄瘤病病例报告
Sun Yong Lee,Chirag A Sheth
Sun Yong Lee
Eruptive xanthoma is characterized by yellowish skin papules encircled by an erythematous halo and associated with severe hypertriglyceridemia above 2,000 mg/dl. Hypertriglyceridemia can be caused by primary genetic mutations, secondary cau...