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The triad of hemolytic anemia, pancytopenia, and thrombosis makes paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) a truly unique clinical syndrome. Intravascular hemolysis in PNH can lead to a severe hemolytic episode with massive hemoglobinuria which can cause acute kidney injury (AKI) probably from
Reddish black discoloration of urine in absence of red blood cells (RBCs) can be a manifestation of hemoglobinuria or myoglobinuria. We report a patient who was admitted for persistent vomiting. On 2(nd) day of admission, his urine turned reddish black. The patient then revealed that he had ingested
BACKGROUND
A 33-year-old female presented with a history of recurrent epigastric pain and vomiting of bile, accompanied by duodenal wall thickening seen on an abdominal CT scan and a congestive, bluish and ischemic-looking duodenal mucosa as visualized by endoscopy. The patient's medical history was
BACKGROUND
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is a clonal stem cell disorder of hematopoietic cells. Gastrointestinal complications of PNH are rare and mostly related with intravascular thrombosis or intramural hematoma.
METHODS
We describe a case of a man with PNH complicated by intramural
Loxoscelism is a reaction to the bite of spiders of the genus Loxosceles. Several species have been found in the United States; the most commonly encountered is L reclusus, the small brown recluse spider. Two types of reactions occur from the bite. In the localized type, necrotic loxoscelism, a
Naphthalene is widely used in households as an insect repellent, but its poisoning is rare, especially in adults. Naphthalene is a strong oxidant with a pungent smell.We report a case of a 16-year-old female who ingested three naphthalene mothballs 3 days The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety of cryopreserved and thawed peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) fractionated return infusions in children. 35 children patients with malignant tumors (13 acute leukaemias, 15 neuroblastomas and 7 malignant lymphomas) received fractionated return
BACKGROUND
The safety of the hemoglobin based oxygen carrier diaspirin crosslinked hemoglobin (DCLHb) has been reported only in the low (50-200 mg/kg) dose range [Przybelski. R.J.; Daily, E.K.; Kisicki, J.C.; Mattia-Goldberg, C.; Bounds, M.J.; Colburn, W.A. Phase I study of the safety and
During a five year period, 233 cases of malaria (2.4%) were diagnosed among 9259 children with fever and hepatosplenomegaly seen in Asir Central Hospital, Abha, Saudi Arabia. The majority of these were below four years of age and came from Tihama, a hot, humid valley area in the Asir region. The
Kerosene poisoning is one of the most common accidental poisoning in children in developing countries due common use of kerosene in house-hold and unsafe storage practices. Aspiration pneumonitis is the most common manifestation of kerosene ingestion due to its low viscosity, high 2,3-Dihydro-1H-imidazo[1,2-b]pyrazole, a DNA synthesis inhibitor, was given to 25 patients in a phase I study. The drug was administered by rapid iv infusion daily x 5 days at 3-week intervals at doses ranging from 150 to 1500 mg/m2/day. Side effects were observed with doses of greater than or equal
A previously healthy 7-year-old white boy presented to St. Louis Children's Hospital with a 1-day history of headache, malaise, temperature of 38.7 degrees C, and a progressively erythematous, tender calf with central dusky purpura. On the morning of admission, his mother noticed a 2-mm crust on the
Babesiosis (piroplasmosis) is a tick-borne disease with a symptoms of hemolytic anemia. For the first time babesiosis was described in dogs in United States in 1934. The etiological factor of this disease in Poland is protozoa Babesia canis, and its vector--Dermacentor-tick. The most common symptoms
Total starvation is effective for acute weight reduction in obesity. However, in 200 patients, most of whom also had internal diseases, 8% exhibited sometimes severe complications, i.e. reversible cerebral ischemia in 3 hypertensive patients when the blood pressure was lowered to the normal range by
Blackwater fever is characterized by severe intravascular hemolysis with renal failure caused by recurrent use of quinine for prophylaxis. Once described in European patients, sporadic cases have been reported more and more often in autochthonous Africans and Asians. Newer antimalarials including