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A 23-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with severe occipital headache, nausea and fever. She was treated with intravenous antibiotics for suspected meningitis. After a brief period of response, her symptoms relapsed and remained refractory despite continuing intravenous
Ten patients treated for 'limited' stage small cell lung cancer presented during follow-up with epigastric or back pain together with nausea and/or vomiting. Upper abdominal lymphadenopathy was shown to be the first symptomatic site of relapse. A single fraction of radiotherapy provided a
Lymphadenopathy could represent a vast spectrum of etiologies including infectious and non-infectious diseases. Besides proper history taking, physical examination, and laboratory investigations, a tissue diagnosis is often necessary to unmask the cause of generalized lymphadenopathy. Here we
We report the case of an afebrile 59-year-old heart transplant recipient presenting with nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, weight loss, and diffuse lymphadenopathy. Lymph node biopsies revealed non-caseating granulomatous inflammation. Cat-scratch disease was confirmed by serologic studies, Warthin-Starry
Hairy cell leukemia (HCL) is uncommonly associated with lymphadenopathy, while retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy is extremely uncommon. We report on a patient with a 12-year history of HCL who developed painless jaundice and ascites, accompanied by positional discomfort with persistent nausea.
From 108 cases of new daily persistent headaches, clinical or laboratory evidence was found suggesting extracranial or systemic infections in: 28 cases (25.9%) of gastrointestinal mainly Salmonella, 28 (25.9%) urinary Coli, 16 (14.8%) Streptococcal, 4 (3.7%) each of Epstein Barr virus or Toxoplasma,
A 40-year-old man presented with a three-week history of malaise, nausea, night sweats, decreased appetite, and a 15-lb weight loss. He reported having had diarrhea, occasionally with bright red blood, for the first two weeks and a temperature as high as 39.4 degrees C for the last two weeks. He had
A 51-year-old man developed anorexia, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and weight loss. He had orthostatic hypotension, hyponatremia, hyperkalemia, and hypocortisolemia, and the diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency was made. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed asymmetrically enlarged adrenal glands.
Mucinous cystic neoplasms (MCNs) are relatively rare lesions, accounting for 2%-5% of all exocrine pancreatic neoplasms. MCNs mainly occur in women (female:male ratio = 20:1), with a peak incidence in the 5th decade of life. Osteoclast-like giant cell tumors (OGCTs) are rare and The authors observed an injury caused by the sting of a false tocandira ant in the hand of an amateur fisherman and they describe the clinical findings and the evolution of the envenoming, which presented an acute and violent pain, cold sweating, nausea, a vomiting episode, malaise, tachycardia and
Here we report an unusual case of T-cell lymphoma presenting as ascites. A 49-yr-old woman was admitted to the hospital for abdominal discomfort associated with increasing abdominal girth over the course of 3 mo. She also complained of nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. On physical examination, a tense
The safety of licensed influenza virus vaccine (IVV) combined with a novel adjuvant containing muramyl tripeptide (MTP) conjugated to phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) was evaluated in a randomized pilot study. Ten healthy 23-30-year-old men were given a single intramuscular dose of IVV combined with
OBJECTIVE
To describe a possible case of procainamide-induced intrahepatic cholestatic jaundice that was recognized six weeks after the initiation of procainamide therapy and to summarize the five previously reported cases.
METHODS
A 77-year-old woman with a history of hypertension,
We report on a tourist returning from Thailand, who presented with classical dengue fever. While in Thailand a 36-year-old Swiss female laboratory assistant suddenly developed fever, devastating headache, retro-ocular pain, myalgia and arthralgia, photophobia, nausea and diarrhea. In addition she
Spontaneous perforation of pyometra resulting in generalized diffuse peritonitis is extremely uncommon. Herein, we report the case of a 63-year-old woman who presented to emergency department with a 2-day history of severe diffuse abdominal pain, high-grade fever, nausea, and vomiting. Acute abdomen