Neuroendocrine tumour of the appendix is a rare neoplasm discovered only incidentally. We hereby report an occurrence of this tumour in the appendix of a 27 years old female. There was an initial diagnosis of acute appendicitis based on a few days history of right abdominal quadr...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/31523
Blastomycosis is a fungal infection that mostly involves the skin and lung with only a 5-10% incidence of Central nervous system involvement [1]. It occurs worldwide but it is endemic to areas like the Midwestern United States, Manitoba and Ontario provinces of Canada and equally...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/31587
Cutaneous metastases from various malignancies have been reported in literature but skin as a site of recurrence in cancer ovary has been seldom reported. We hereby report one such case of a 47 year old, follow up case of ovarian cancer, which progressed after two lines of chemot...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/31775
A 70 year old Caucasian female had been prescribed alendronate for osteopenia 4 years earlier. While on an overseas vacation, the day after enjoying an ocean swim, she experienced a sudden displaced fracture of her right femur while walking across a room. This fracture was treat...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/31352
Summary: We present 4 hospitalized patients with chronic illness without social history of alcoholism. These patients suddenly developed altered mental status and drowsiness. Clinical examination was inconclusive and patients were diagnosed as Wernicke’s encephalopathy on typical...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/31381
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a common (though rarely diagnosed) disease affecting the apocrine glands. It is chronic in nature and mainly found in areas rich in apocrine glands like axillae, groins, under the breast, buttocks and the gluteal region. The main features of HS ar...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/25006
A 29-year-old Caucasian woman at 30 weeks’ gestation presented with severe and asymptomatic thrombocytopenia with a platelet count of 17 × 109/L after completing 9 days out of a 10-day course of Bactrim DS for a nasal abscess. Upon further investigation, Bactrim-induced thrombocy...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/30229
A 57-year-old male presented to the ED complaining of severe abdominal pain. Further investigations ruled out gastritis and gastroparesis. Computed tomography (CT) angiography of the abdomen revealed a dissecting aneurysm with a maximum diameter of 1.5 cm at the celiac trunk exte...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/29821
Maxillary central incisors impaction is a challenging problem in orthodontics, which has a major effect on dental and facial esthetics. Scientific literature agree on the importance of early diagnosis and appropriate intervention. This is a case report of a 10 yearold boy who pr...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/28943
A 2,600-gram infant treated with methadone and clonidine for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) developed acute hypertension following initiation of the clonidine taper, requiring treatment with a calcium channel blocker. While transient hypertension after discontinuing alpha-2 a...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/29918