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BACKGROUND
Protein S deficiency and mesenteric venous thrombosis have been described in association with ischemic and/or necrotic bowel. Thrombophilic familial protein S deficiency is known to be amplified by estrogen replacement therapy. Pancreatic ischemia studies have revealed elevated amylase
OBJECTIVE
To emphasize the role of history and physical examination in the clinical evaluation of hypocalcemia and to describe a patient with celiac sprue and multiple osteonecrosis, a previously unrecognized association.
METHODS
A case report is presented of a 39-year-old man with mild
Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) remains a persistent challenge, with substantially increased incidence and severity. The rising burden of CDAD requires urgent identification of preventable risk factors.A 77-year-old man with the symptoms of Introduction: The primary analysis of a global phase 3 study that evaluated the efficacy and safety of denosumab versus zoledronic acid for preventing skeletal-related events (SREs) in adults with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (MM)
High-dose therapy and allogeneic matched sibling bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is considered to be the treatment of choice for children with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), or for children with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in first remission. However, the rate of bone marrow relapse
Background: Sheehan syndrome refers to a series of clinical symptoms resulting from avascular necrosis of anterior pituitary due to various reasons.
Case: We report a case of
A 38-year-old woman had polyarthralgia, proteinuria, and intractable diarrhea. Biopsy of the synovium, and intractable diarrhea. Biopsy of the synovium, rectal mucosa, and kidney revealed abundant deposition of amyloid, and the diagnosis of primary amyloidosis was made. The joint symptoms and
Acute graft-versus-host disease is mainly a complication of allogeneic bone-marrow transplantation, and rarely seen after transplantation of solid organs. We describe a 68-year-old man who developed a maculopapular eruption and fever approximately 15 days after orthotopic liver transplantation for
Treatments for postmenopausal osteoporosis are generally safe, but are linked to some rare serious adverse drug reactions, for which causality is not always certain. The bisphosphonates are associated with gastrointestinal effects, acute phase reactions, and musculoskeletal pain, and, more rarely,