2013 - Volume 1 - Issue 1 Articles
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Case Report | ArticleNovember 19, 2013 | Pages : 205 - 450Abstract Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), also known as complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a complex syndrome of pain and stiffness with vasomotor instability that can affect any part of the body but, more common in the hand and the leg [1]. It.....
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Case Report | ArticleNovember 19, 2013 | Pages : 205 - 450Abstract A 27 year old man presented with two bony lumps in the fifth toe of the right foot. Both lumps were present from early childhood. The lump in the toe was painful while both lumps were bony and the lump in the metatarsal was diagnosed to be an exostos.....
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Case Report | ArticleDecember 16, 2013 | Pages : 205 - 450Abstract A 76-year-old male presented in new-onset atrial flutter with rapid ventricular response. Pharmacologic and electric attempts at rate control with intravenous diltiazem, esmolol, digoxin, amiodarone and transesophageal echocardiogram-guided cardiover.....
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Case Report | ArticleDecember 16, 2013 | Pages : 205 - 450Abstract A 29-year-old healthy gentleman was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and was treated with etanercept 50 mg subcutaneously weekly, after failing conservative treatment with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and exercise......
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Case Report | ArticleBy Abdulla Al-Aqeel Ebrahim Al-Zayer Faisal AlSayegh Hassan A. Al-Jafar Leena Ayt Oglu Salem Al-ShemmariDecember 16, 2013 | Pages : 205 - 450Abstract Objective: In this study we found in our small group of patients in this rare disease that pegylated interferon a-2a (Peg-IFN-2a), which is approved for treating hepatitis C virus infection, is associated with relatively milder and less frequent adve.....
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Case Report | ArticleDecember 16, 2013 | Pages : 205 - 450Abstract NSAIDs do cause weight gain by mechanisms of fluid and water retention. Can chronic high dose NSAID therapy cause massive weight gain? We describe a case of a 69 year old Caucasian lady who was known to have Dercums Syndrome (A rare disorder of painf.....
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Case Report | ArticleDecember 16, 2013 | Pages : 205 - 450Abstract Vasoactive intestinal peptide tumours (VIPomas) are rare pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours with an estimated incidence of between 0.2 to 0.5 per million per year that usually present with a conglomerate of findings related to the excessive secretion .....
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Case Report | ArticleBy Bruna Maria Grosso Mascarenhas Fernando Luiz Affonso Fonseca Flávia Tobaldini Russo Janaina Aparecida Boide Santos Leonardo Fernando Ferrari Nogueira Marcelo Rodrigues Bacci Patrícia Zilda de SouzaDecember 16, 2013 | Pages : 205 - 450Abstract Introduction: Thyroid dysfunctions are highly prevalent diseases. Despite of its high prevalence the presentation is unusual nowadays because of oral hormone therapy widely used in insufficiency of the gland however hyperfunction states are common al.....
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Case Report | ArticleDecember 16, 2013 | Pages : 205 - 450Abstract Chilaiditi’s sign is an incidental radiological finding that may be mistaken for pneumoperitoneum and in the presence of symptoms (known as Chilaiditi’s syndrome), may potentially lead to unwarranted surgical intervention. We report a case .....
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Case Report | ArticleDecember 16, 2013 | Pages : 205 - 450Abstract Background: Adenosarcoma of endometriosis presenting with neurological paraneoplastic manifestations is rare. Case: 30 year old multiparous woman presented to neurologist with stroke. Subsequent evaluation revealed haemorrhagic ascites with adnexal m.....