'Acute leukemia in congenital methehemoglobinemia - an enigma to explore' [0.03%]
先天性高铁血红蛋白血症合并急性白血病——一个亟待阐明的难题
Jaafar F Al-Khafaji,Mokshya Sharma,Khazi Nayeemuddin et al.
Jaafar F Al-Khafaji et al.
Congenital methemoglobinemia is a rare disease, resulting in increased oxygen affinity and impaired oxygen delivery to the tissues. While there have been studies that have linked acquired methemoglobinemia in almost 79% of leukemia patients...
Desensitization therapy using 'Mariana Castells' protocol in a patient with multiple autoimmune disorders- does it work? [0.03%]
使用玛利亚娜·卡斯泰尔斯方案的脱敏疗法治疗多系统自身免疫病患者有效吗？
Syed Raza Shah,Terance Millan,Sardar Muhammad Alamzaib et al.
Syed Raza Shah et al.
Clinical use of antibiotics is becoming more widespread with each passing day for various infectious diseases. This has caused an abrupt increase in hypersensitivity reactions linked to these drugs, sometimes preventing the use of first-lin...
Htay Htay Kyi,Yazan Zayed,Samer Al Hadidi
Htay Htay Kyi
The use of ibrutinib for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and other hematologic malignancies is blooming. Atrial fibrillation is a known side effect of ibrutinib but cardiomyopathy was not reported previously. We present ...
Beenish Fayyaz,Hafiz J Rehman,Hakim Uqdah
Beenish Fayyaz
Inflammatory myopathies are characterized by the skeletal muscle inflammation leading to symptoms of myopathy along with varying involvement of other organs such as lung, skin and joints. The strong association between inflammatory myopathi...
The forgotten urinalysis: an integral part of unmasking thrombophilia [0.03%]
被遗忘的尿液分析：揭开血栓形成倾向的重要环节
Marvi Qureshi,Fortune Alabi,Francis Christian et al.
Marvi Qureshi et al.
A 43-year-old female presented with flank pain of two days duration. She had been admitted previously for bilateral lower extremity edema which had not improved with diuresis. Abdominal Imaging showed left ovarian vein thrombosis and left r...
A rare presentation of angioedema with isolated retropharyngeal and supraglottic involvement [0.03%]
以咽后和声门上腔孤立受累为表现的血管性水肿1例
H Patel,S Kant,R Chow
H Patel
Angiotensin converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are commonly prescribed drugs with multiple indications including congestive heart failure, hypertension, and diabetic nephropathy. ACE inhibitor induced angioedema is commonly seen across emer...
Anti-HMG-CoA reductase myopathy, an undesirable evolution of statin induced myopathy: a case report [0.03%]
他汀类药物引起横纹肌溶解症后出现反HMG-CoA还原酶肌病一例报告
Sunita Upreti,Beenish Fayyaz,Ramchandran P Bongu
Sunita Upreti
Statins are commonly used lipid lowering agents which play a pivotal role in reducing cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Often well tolerated, these HMG-CoA reductase (HMGCR) inhibitors can sometimes cause severe muscle weakness and el...
Nooreen Hussain,Preeti Patel,Jonathan Yin et al.
Nooreen Hussain et al.
Tumor necrosis factor antagonists (anti-TNF) are increasingly prescribed as maintenance therapy for a variety of autoimmune conditions. Therefore, frequent monitoring and awareness of side effects are of the utmost importance. Adalimumab is...
James Turro,Pratiksha Singh,Manbeer Singh Sarao et al.
James Turro et al.
Background: Burkitt lymphoma is a rare, aggressive and rapidly fatal, B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. It has an incidence of 0.4/100,000 age-adjusted to the USA standard population. Here we describe the case of a 77-year-old patient who pres...
A case of celiac disease presenting with celiac crisis: rare and life threatening presentation [0.03%]
一例以乳糜泻危象起病的乳糜泻病例报道：罕见而凶险的表现形式
Rakshya Poudyal,Saroj Lohani,William B Kimmel
Rakshya Poudyal
A 20 year old male with past medical history of Type 1 Diabetes and Hypothyroidism presented to our hospital with severe hypocalcemia. His calcium was 5.8 mg/dl (normal range 8.6-10.3 mg/dl). He had been complaining of generalized weakness ...