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We report a case of an adult with dengue hemorrhagic fever who developed acute idiopathic scrotal edema and glove-and-stocking polyneuropathy. A 54-year-old man who had fever, chills, bone pain, and skin rash for 4 days was admitted. We diagnosed dengue hemorrhagic fever because of fever, gum
In the Medline database there are approximately 60 cases reporting toxic pulmonary edema, a life-threatening event, induced after consumption of hydrochlorothiazide, one of the most common antihypertensive drugs. Moreover, increased procalcitonin concentrations have been reported after cardiogenic
Spider bites are a worldwide problem. Brown recluse spider bites can lead to severe local or systemic clinical effects, such as edema, necrotic ulcer, rashes, fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, malaise, arthralgia, myalgia, hemolysis, leukocytosis, disseminated intravascular coagulation, renal
A liver tumor metastatic from a sigmoid colon carcinoma was diagnosed in a 70-year-old man. Because hepatectomy was not indicated, the patient was treated with a combination of oxaliplatin, levofolinate, and fluorouracil (5-FU) (modified FOLFOX 6 regimen). After 15 cycles of chemotherapy, this
BACKGROUND Intestinal lymphangiectasia (IL) is a rare disease characterized by a dilatation of the intestinal lymphatics and loss of lymph fluid into the gastrointestinal tract leading to hypoproteinemia, edema, lymphocytopenia, hypogammaglobinemia, and immunological abnormalities. Iron, calcium,
OBJECTIVE
Acute kidney injury (AKI) caused by hypothyroidism-induced rhabdomyolysis is a rare and potentially life-threatening syndrome. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical characteristics of such patients.
METHODS
We retrospectively analyzed five patients treated at the Second
Drug-induced eosinophilic myocarditis is uncommon with few cases reported in the literature. It is a rare but potentially life-threatening disease.We report the case of an 11-year-old girl without medical history who developed an acute malaise and chills, followed by severe shortness of breath and a
Chagas disease is caused by the haemoflagellate protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. Currently, T. cruzi recognizes seven discrete typing units (DTUs): TcI to TcVI and Tcbat. The genetic diversity of T. cruzi is suspected to influence the clinical outcome. Acute clinical manifestations, which A 50-year-old woman with a medical history significant for limited scleroderma (SSc) complicated by interstitial lung disease (ILD) and pulmonary arterial hypertension presented to our institution with acute on chronic shortness of breath. Ten years before presentation, she was diagnosed with SSc.
To investigate the safety profiles of Motherwort injection (MI).A multi-center, prospective and drug- derived hospital intensive monitoring method was conducted to assess the safety of MI in real world applications. This study was based on a very large To investigate the safety profiles of Motherwort injection (MI).A multi-center, prospective and drug- derived hospital intensive monitoring method was conducted to assess the safety of MI in real world applications. This study was based on a very large Five male patients with congenital anomalies of the inferior vena cava aged 20 to 43 were examined. The diagnosis and the level of aplasia were established on the basis of complex instrumental examination (duplex scanning of inferior extremity veins, pelvic veins, and retroperitoneal veins; computed
Accidental acute mercury vapor poisoning in three persons is reported. Three hours after exposure, symptomatology began by chills, vomiting, diarrhea and chest pain. Two patients, respectively 67 and 77 year old, presented severe pulmonary edema, then neurological symptoms with tremor and coma. This
Sixteen patients with metastatic melanoma or metastatic renal cell carcinoma were treated with six weekly 24-hour infusions of recombinant interleukin-2. At least three patients were treated at each dose, beginning at 3.0 mU/m2 for 24 hours each week for 6 weeks. Subsequent patients were treated at
Hyperamylasemia has been reported in more than 65% of patients with severe leptospirosis, and the true diagnosis of acute pancreatitis is complicated by the fact that renal failure can increase serum amylase levels. Based on these data we retrospectively analyzed the clinical and histopathological