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Mesothelial Splenic Cyst—A Case Report
Non-parasitic cystic lesions of the spleen are unusual. They are classified essentially as primary (true, epithelial) and secondary (pseudo, non-epithelial) based on the presence...
A Case Report of Heparin Resistance due to Acquired Antithrombin III Deficiency
Intravenous heparin therapy is used in the management of angina and myocardial infarct with increasing frequency in recent years. Those patients who have been...
Cryptococcal Prostatic Abscess in an Immunocompromised Patient: A Case Report and Review of the...
Cryptococcosis is a well-recognised infection in immunocompromised patients, although its prevalence varies with the type of immune defect. We report a patient with myasthenia...
Cutaneous Polyarteritis Nodosa: A Case Report and Literature Review
Cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa (CPN) is an uncommon form of vasculitis of the small-and medium-sized arteries in the reticular dermis and subcutaneous tissue. It remains...
Sezary Syndrome: A Case Report and a Review of the Molecular Pathomechanism and Management
Our patient is a 64-year-old Malay man who first presented in July 1993 with a history of rash starting on the hands 1½ years...
A Case Report of Neutrophilic Eccrine Hidradenitis in a Patient Receiving Chemotherapy for Acute...
Neutrophilic eccrine hidradenitis (NEH) is a neutrophilic dermatosis primarily affecting the eccrine glands and occurs most commonly in patients undergoing chemotherapy for a malignancy.
This...
Pericardial Injury Following Severe Sepsis from Faecal Peritonitis—A Case Report on the Use of...
The intermittent manual bolus thermodilution method is the most common means of determining cardiac output in critically ill patients. Although widely used, there are...
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Presenting with Visual Blurring, Diplopia and Visual Loss: Heidenhain’s Variant
The electroencephalographic pattern is distinctive in many but not in all patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). Often, it is one of diffuse and non-specific...
Case Series of Bronchoscopic Removal of Tracheobronchial Foreign Body in Six Adults
Gustav Killian reported the first case of bronchoscopic removal of foreign body (FB) from the trachea in 1897. Since then, rigid bronchoscopy under general...
Thyroid Storm Presenting as Jaundice and Complete Heart Block
Thyroid storm is defined as a severe and often life-threatening exacerbation of thyrotoxicosis which is usually characterised by hyperthermia, tachycardia, severe agitation and altered...