... MEDICAL
CASE REPORTS
Case report on trial: Do you, Doctor, swear to tell
the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the
truth?
Yitschaky et al.
Yitschaky et al. Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011, ... 5:179
http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/5/1/179 (13 May 2011)
us, as clinicians, better insight into the unusual riddles
which we usually encounter in our everyday practice.
Let us le...
... of lymphatic malformations is at
times confusing; microcystic lymphatic malformation was
previously called lymphangioma and macrocystic was
called cystic hygroma. Lymphangiomas are commonly
located ... the lymphatic system to connect with the venous
system. This theory may, in part, be supported by the
predominance of MLM in children. Other possible causes
include inflammation in the lymphati...
... day 8 and discharged from the ICU to a
R3
general medical ward on day 14. He was reviewed by the
liaison psychiatry team on the ward.
When he was discharged from hospital on day 50, he was
asymptomatic, ... mercury complexes with a number of ligands, particu-
larly sulphydryl groups, causing inhibition of enzymes and
protein transport mechanisms [2]. This causes a metabolic
acidosis and, in t...
... chemistry that the best and
brightest students are more apt to go into biology, where they
end up, ironically, often working on biochemical questions. But
why should they stay with chemistry, when ...
Chemistry bills itself as ‘The Central Science’, implying that an
understanding of chemistry is important for many, if not most
other sciences. I agree with that sentiment, but I doubt many of...
... Syndrome," were organized to discuss
these challenging topics. About 160 participitants from
diverse disciplines including physiatry, orthopedics, neu-
rosurgery, hand surgery, neurology, ... Tehran,Iran organized by
the Department of Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation and
Electrodiagnosis of Shaheed Beheshti Medical University
in collaboration with the Iranian Society of Physical Med-
ic...
... Neurology. 7th
edition. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2001.
12. Jacob A, Boggild M: Neuromyelitis optica. Ann Indian Acad Neurol
2007, 10:231-239.
Do you have a case to share?
Submit your case report today
• ... inflam-
matory demyelinating disease can present as a surgical
emergency if a strategically located lesion causes obstruc-
tive hydrocephalus. Butler and Gilligan [3] reported a case
of obst...
... indicator of the activity and
severity of the inflammatory response and may be used for
monitoring bacterial infections.
In recent years, a variety of laboratory and immunologic
parameters have ... it is frequently difficult to decide on the
aetiology of an inflammatory response syndrome and
direct appropriate therapy. Second, the disappointing
results of immunomodulatory trials in septic ......
... of strychnine and theirs is the only other report on the
kinetics of strychnine in a patient who survived [19]. They
reported a 42-year-old man who ingested an unknown quan-
tity of strychnine ... usually respiratory arrest secondary to respiratory muscle
spasms [6], although prolonged muscular spasm can lead to
hyperthermia, rhabdomyolysis and associated renal failure
due to myoglobinuria .....
... and hypotension, and finally collapsed.
The emergency physician observed bradycardia and choliner-
gic symptoms. Some minutes later asystole occurred. The
physician initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation, ... cholinergic symptoms
complicated by respiratory infection. He eventually died. For
the first time, carbachol serum and urine concentrations were
analysed by HPLC-mass spectrometry, and...