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We report a case of a 77-year-old woman who presented to the Emergency Room with a three-day history of oral lesions and jaw tightness. Her physical examination was remarkable for the presence of trismus and white ulcers on the visible portion of the tongue. CT head and neck was unremarkable, and
Tetanus is characterized by tetanic convulsions related to the actions of tetanospasmin produced by Clostridium tetani. Another important characteristic of tetanus is the instability of the cardiovascular system related to sympathetic hyperactivity in the autonomic nervous system, and it may be an
OBJECTIVE
To study the demographic profile, prognostic indicators, and mortality of tetanus patients and treatment outcomes following intramuscular anti-tetanus immunoglobulin (ATG) alone or combined intrathecal and intramuscular ATG.
METHODS
Retrospective study.
METHODS
Inpatients from a tertiary
In this report, we describe a case of brain abscess due to odontogenic infection. A 53-year-old female who had been suffering from headache and trismus for two weeks visited the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Sun Dental Hospital (Daejeon, Korea). Even after several routine
: We report the case of a 56-year-old male patient affected by a severe form of Ebstein's anomaly (type C of Carpentier classification) with secundum atrial septal defect, who presented to the emergency department with impaired consciousness, seizures, and trismus. The brain computed tomography scan
Our study objectives were to determine annual cases of the tetanus and to describe its clinical, evolutionary and prognostic aspects. It was a transverse study from data records and medical records of patients aged 15 years and above hospitalized for tetanus in the service of infectious diseases of
We describe two patients with generalized tetanus, a 60-year-old man and a 76-year-old woman, presenting with dysphagia as an initial symptom of the disease. Eighty percent of patients with generalized tetanus manifest dysphagia on admission to a hospital. However, dysphagia is rare as an initial
A 74-year-old man developed tetanus 3 days after working with cow and poultry manure. Kakkonto and shakuyakukanzoto, traditional Japanese herbal medicines that are effective for the relief of pain primarily related to muscle contraction, were given to control the trismus and painful contracture of
Thirty seven patients with various neuroparalytic manifestations were studied. There were 25 males and 12 females aged 14 to 50 years with majority in 3rd and 4th decades. Their neurological deficits comprised of drowsiness in 12, stupor in 6, coma in 4 and convulsions in 4 patients. Ptosis was
Neonatal tetanus is a significant health problem worldwide, with an estimated 500,000 deaths per year. Retrospective analysis of medical records of neonates admitted to Bushulo Major Health Center with the diagnosis of tetanus neonatorum over 5 years period (1994/98) was made to describe the
A retrospective study was conducted to identify the risk factors, mortality and morbidity of neonatal tetanus in an Infectious Disease Hospital, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh, the only referral hospital in the country of its kind. Hospital records of all cases of neonatal tetanus admitted over one
A 78-year-old Japanese female was admitted to our hospital because of headache. Trismus, opisthotonus and convulsion appeared in the early morning on the second hospital day. She was diagnosed as tetanus based on these symptoms and the history of trauma on her left hand 6 days ago. A piece of bamboo
4 cases of accidental fenfluramine poisoning in children are reported. Excitation, coma, convulsions, tachycardia, mydriasis, nystagmus, and rubeosis of the face were the most important signs. They appeared 30--60 min after ingestion, and some of them lasted for several days. 2 children had severe
In this article, in light of the literature, we aimed at discussing data obtained from patients in which extrapyramidal adverse effects that are misdiagnosed as varied clinical presentations developed due to metoclopramide, which is frequently prescribed in pediatric emergency services