Case Reports Index

Pulmonary Blastomycosis Masquerading as Metastatic Disease in the Lung: A Case Report This case report explains pulmonary blastomycosis appearing as metastatic laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma.
Medscape General Medicine™, January 2006
A Life-Threatening Multilocalized Hidradenitis Suppurativa Case This report describes how a fatal complication of hidradenitis suppurativa is rare; however, especially in multilocalized cases, morbidity is present affecting social life and professional life.
Medscape General Medicine™, October 2005
Eye Problem Following Foot Surgery -- Abducens Palsy as a Complication of Spinal Anesthesia This case report describes the paralysis of the abducens nerve -- a rare complication of lumbar puncture, which is a common procedure most often used for diagnostic and anesthetic purposes.
Medscape General Medicine™, October 2005
Disseminated Aspergillosis Following Infliximab Therapy in an Immunosuppressed Patient With Crohn's Disease and Chronic Hepatitis C: A Case Study and Review of the Literature We report a fatal case of disseminated Aspergillus in a woman with Crohn's disease treated with a single infusion of infliximab.
Medscape General Medicine™, September 2005
Bilateral Radial Head Fractures in a Woman With Trivial Trauma This case reports a bilateral undisplaced radial head fracture in a patient following a simple fall. Early recognition, management, and physical therapy led to full functional movement of the elbow.
Medscape General Medicine™, September 2005
Severe Hepatotoxicity in a Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient Switched From Leflunomide to Methotrexate This case report describes an RA patient who developed severe hepatotoxicity when leflunomide was stopped and methotrexate restarted.
Medscape General Medicine™, September 2005
Case Report: Psoas Abscess -- Unusual Etiology of Groin Pain Suppurative psoas abscess is an unusual lesion that is unfamiliar to many orthopaedic specialists, which can make an accurate and timely diagnosis problematic.
Medscape General Medicine™, July 2005
The 2-Bodied Continuous Cardiac Output Catheter We present a case in which a CCO catheter appeared to have a double body on radiologic diagnosis. This resulted in extra radiography for rechecking and careful clinical reevaluation.
Medscape General Medicine™, July 2005
Group A Beta-Hemolytic Streptococcal Glossal Necrotizing Myositis -- Case Report and Review This report outlines the first case of glossal necrotizing myositis by group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus in an 8-year-old girl on chronic NSAIDs, immunomodulators, and steroids for juvenile RA.
Medscape General Medicine™, June 2005
An Accessory Spleen Mimics a Left Adrenal Carcinoma When an accessory spleen wanders, it may mimic a kind of tumor. Adnexal, pancreatic, retroperitoneal, and testicular tumors have been reported. This case explains an adrenal carcinoma.
Medscape General Medicine™, May 2005
Extensive Arterial and Venous Thrombosis in a Patient With Ulcerative Colitis -- A Case Report This case presents an exacerbation of ulcerative colitis associated with thrombosis involving the peripheral venous and cerebral venous systems and peripheral arterial system occurring in 1 episode.
Medscape General Medicine™, April 2005
Iopamidol Myelography-Induced Seizures This Case Report describes a case of generalized tonic-clonic seizure after cervical myelography with iopamidol in a previously healthy young man.
Medscape General Medicine™, April 2005
A Case of Sarcoidosis in a Patient With IgA Nephropathy This Case Report presents a patient with established IgA nephropathy who developed sarcoidosis.
Medscape General Medicine™, March 2005
Hepatic Dysfunction in a Patient With Plasmodium vivax Infection Clinicians confronted with a patient with unexplained fever must consider delayed-onset malaria and remember that species other than P falciparum can cause malarial hepatitis.
Medscape General Medicine™, February 2005
Methamphetamine-Associated Shock With Intestinal Infarction This article reports an unusual case of methamphetamine-associated intestinal infarction.
Medscape General Medicine™, December 2004
Herpes Simplex Virus Encephalitis During Immunosuppressive Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis This case describes a patient with ulcerative colitis who developed herpetic encephalitis during immunosuppressive treatment and its successful management.
Medscape General Medicine™, November 2004
A Case Report of Suspected Ginseng Allergy A case of a possible anaphylactic reaction to ginseng.
Medscape General Medicine™, July 2004
The Two-Headed Swan The evaluation of a malfunctioning pulmonary artery catheter is a frequent occurrence in the intensive care unit and requires careful clinical consideration and radiographic examination.
Medscape General Medicine™, June 2004
Physical Diagnosis Find -- Thymolipoma A medical student makes an unusual discovery as he "practices" on a fellow student.
Medscape General Medicine™, January 2004
A Case of Mistaken Identity: Accidental Ingestion of Coins Causing Esophageal Impaction in an Elderly Female Coin impaction of the esophagus is infrequently seen in adults, and multiple coin impaction has not been described.
Medscape General Medicine™, June 2003

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