thyroiditis/vomiting

Neuromyelitis optica (NMO or Devic's syndrome) is a rare relapsing demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) that mainly affects the spinal cord and optic nerves and shares many clinical and radiological features with multiple sclerosis. The association of NMO with other autoimmune

BACKGROUND Although most symptomatic dengue infections follow an uncomplicated course, complications and unusual manifestations are increasingly being reported due to rising disease burden. Expanded dengue syndrome is a new entity added into World Health Organization (WHO) classification system to

Sheehan's syndrome and lymphocytic hypophysitis often occur in relation to pregnancy, making their differentiation difficult. We describe a 52-yr-old woman with hypopituitarism, Hashimoto's thyroiditis and candidiasis. She was admitted to our hospital because of nausea, vomiting and constipation.

METHODS A 26-year-old Pakistani woman was admitted to hospital with fever, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain and general weakness for the previous two weeks, but no diarrhea or constipation. Antibiotic therapy as an out-patient had not provided relief. She also had enlarged cervical lymph nodes.

Background: Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT) is the most frequent cause of acquired hypothyroidism in paediatrics. HT is usually diagnosed in older children and adolescents, mainly in females and is rare in infants and toddlers with cardiac involvement, including pericardial effusion, that can be found in

BACKGROUND Severe hypercalcemia has rarely been reported in patients with hyperthyroidism. Although the pathogenesis is not clear; it is believed to be due to activation of osteoclasts resulting in excessive bone resorption. OBJECTIVE To recognize the unusual cause of hypercalcemia from painless

We report a 30 years old woman with sporadic poliglandular autoimmune syndrome type II, first seen with an insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and a Graves-Basedow disease that became spontaneously hypothyroid with positive antimicrosomal antibodies. Six years later she presented with persistent

BACKGROUND Hypothyroidism has been reported to affect renal function and structure. However, the association of hypothyroidism with distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA) is rarely reported in children. METHODS We present a 6-year-boy with Down syndrome admitted in our department due to vomiting,

We describe a rare case of transient thyrotoxicosis secondary to painless thyroiditis accompanied by panhypopituitarism caused by ruptured Rathke's cleft cyst. A 32-year-old man presented with vomiting and diarrhea. Laboratory data showed that he had transient hypercalcemia, primary thyrotoxicosis

Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory polyarthropathy that affects many synovial joints favoring the hands, knees, and vertebral articulations. Joint laxity manifests as sub-axial instability, atlantoaxial

BACKGROUND This Case Conference reviews the normal changes in thyroid activity that occur during pregnancy and the proper use of laboratory tests for the diagnosis of thyroid dysfunction in the pregnant patient. METHODS A woman in the 18th week of pregnancy presented with tachycardia, increased

Background: Autoimmune polyglandular syndrometype-2 (APS-2) is an uncommon endocrine disorder of Addison's disease with an autoimmune thyroid disorder and/or type 1 diabetes mellitus. The diagnosis is more challenging when a patient

Schmidt’s syndrome, also known as poliglandular autoimmune syndrome type 2, is a rare disease that has a prevalence between 1.5-4.5 cases per 100 000 inhabitants. The diagnosis consists in the concomitant presentation of Addison disease, autoimmune thyroid disease and other autoimmune