dextrocardia/fever

Pulmonary agenesis, defined as complete absence of bronchus, parenchyma, and vessels is a very rare condition. Herein, we report a 4-month-old infant who presented with fever, cough, and respiratory distress and was misdiagnosed in a peripheral hospital as a case of pneumonia. The child was, later

Hypoglossia is a rare malformation that is not fatal, unlike otocephaly. METHODS A neonate, born at 39 weeks of GA and dead at 5th day showed hypoglossia, dextrocardia, situs inversus and pituitary aplasia. Maternal hyperthermia was observed at 4 weeks gestation. CONCLUSIONS This case is reminiscent

This is the case of a 63 years old female that was admitted with abdominal pain mainly localized in the left lower quadrant, with diffuse radiation to the rest of the abdomen. It persisted for two days and worsened on the day of admission. It was associated with two episodes of vomiting and fever.

We report a case of severe hyperthermia in a 6-month-old boy with a single ventricle, dextrocardia, asplenia, and transposition of the great arteries, during induction of anesthesia on three separate occasions. To our knowledge, this is the first case reported of repeated intraoperative hyperthermia

BACKGROUND Situs inversus with dextrocardia is the complete inversion of position of the thoracic and abdominal viscera. It may be isolated or associated with malformations, especially cardiac and/or alimentary. It may be discovered in infancy because of associated anomalies but often remains

A 21-year-old woman at 25 weeks gestation presented to the emergency department with chief complaints of decreased appetite for one week, fever, runny and stuffy nose, and generalized muscle pains.

A 39-year-old man with a history of repeated attacks of acute bronchitis and pneumonia since childhood was admitted complaining of cough, sputum, and a high fever. A diagnosis of Kartagener's syndrome was made because of the presence of mirror-image dextrocardia with complete situs inversus,

The successful performance of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a patient with situs inversus viscerum and empyema of the gallbladder is reported. The 62-year-old man presented with pain in the left upper quadrant associated with fever, chills, nausea and vomiting. The abdomen was tender with guarding

The authors report the case of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) associated with situs inversus, the first description of this rare association in a previously asymptomatic adult. A 32 years old chauffeur was admitted to hospital with pyrexia and convulsions due to a left temporo-parietal cerebral abscess

Kartagener's Syndrome or Immotile Cilia Syndrome, a variant of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD), is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder caused by defect in the tiny hair like structure, the cilia lining the respiratory tract (upper and lower), sinuses, eustachian tubes, middle ear and

A 4-year-old cocker spaniel, male, of 12kg body weight was presented because of the onset of polyuria or polydipsia. From the first months of its life, the dog had exhibited constant serous to mucopurulent nasal discharge, productive cough, sneezing, reverse sneezing, otitis, and recurrent episodes

A white, 48-year-old woman, natural from Uberaba-MG, presented herself to hospital. She had a picture of rest dyspnea, fever, productive cough, greenish catarrh and ventilatory-dependent thoracic pain, for 3 days. During investigation, through radiogram and thoracic tomography, it was visualized the

A 19-year-old man was admitted with fever, haematuria, general malaise, pain on the left side of the pelvis and a full feeling in the left lower abdominal quadrant of the abdomen. His history mentioned a varices operation. During admission he developed an acute abdomen and deep vein thrombosis in

BACKGROUND Mucinous adenocarcinoma is a rare neoplasm of the gastrointestinal tract and one of the three major histological subtypes of the primary appendiceal adenocarcinoma. The most common type of presentation is that of acute appendicitis and the diagnosis is usually occurred after appendectomy.