Road traffic accidents (RTAs) are changing their presentations over the years, as the type of causative factors evolve. With advent of faster motorbikes and racing cars the RTAs with much greater impact are seen. The most commonly fractured facial bone is the mandible followed by...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/25429
Aims: Our aim is to describe a case of moderate to severe facial itching associated with missed doses of vilazodone. Presentation of Case: This report concerns a 53-year old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus and major depressive disorder who experienced sporadic episodes of...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/25831
Aims: Skin herpes zoster frequently affects immunocompromised patients including multiple sclerosis patients that belong to a distinct category of autoimmunity. Although considered a manageable condition, non-immunocompetent patients are suboptimally targeted by the gold standard...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/25476
Aims: To present a case of impacted urethral stone in a female. Presentation of Case: A 32-year-old female presented at the Family Medicine clinic with a history of external urethral meatal pain and a foreign body in her external meatus of one hour duration. She noticed that the...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/25639
Introduction: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most frequently observed malign neoplasm of the kidney. Its sarcomatoid variant (SRCC) is rare but aggressive. Our aim is to present the clinical course of a 51 year-old patient with SRCC, in the light of the literature. Methods: A...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/25900
Introduction: Sepsis is a well-recognised medical emergency requiring aggressive medical management, often in a critical care setting. Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA) (previously named Wegener’s Granulomatosis) is a type of primary systemic antineutrophil cytoplasmic antib...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/25223
Infantum cold® (Sedomed İlaç Pazarlama-Konya-Turkey) is an inhalant ointment that helps to relieve nasal congestion due to upper respiratory tract infections. It contains only eucalyptus oil and spruce oil. Although many reports present allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) due to eu...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/25115
Autoimmune diseases may be related with the development of a secondary autoimmune disorder. We, herein, report a case (31 years old female) of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura responding to antithyroid treatment in a patient with Graves Opthalmopathy (GO). The relation between...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/24210
Meropenem is one of the new carbapenem antibacterial agent with wide spectrum of activity against Gram-negative, Gram-positive and anerobic organisms. It has greatest utility in the treatment of children hospitalized with serious bacterial infections. Despite its usefulness and r...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/24618
Ameloblastic carcinoma is a rare odontogenic malignancy. Ameloblastic carcinoma is a histopathological presentation, which combines the features of conventional ameloblastoma and cellular atypia. Biological behavior is rather aggressive when compare to conventional ameloblasts an...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/24212
Charcot neuropathic osteoarthropathy (CN) is a chronic progressive disease that affects foot and ankle bone commonly. Osteoarticular deformities and functional disability may develop in the affected bone and joints. Various diseases may play role in the etiology. The most common...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/24657
Aim: To present a case with bilateral fibrous dysplasia of the upper and lower jaws. Presentation of Case: A patient had mild pain in the lower jaw without any specific localization. From the patient’s diagnosis, it was revealed that he had a past medical history that included sk...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/24060
The Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis is a condition of the joint that causes problem in mouth opening, mastication, digestion, speech, hygiene and appearance. The treatment of TMJ ankylosis poses a significant challenge because of high incidence of recurrence and technical...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/24486
Tuberculous lymphadenopathy can paradoxically increase in size after initial clinical improvement. This paradoxical reaction during tuberculosis treatment is more common among HIV positive than non-HIV patients. However paradoxical reaction must not be primary diagnosis and it is...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/24319
Aims: Our aim was to illustrate a case of Membranous Glomerulopathy (MG), which is the commonest paraneoplastic pathology associated with the nephrotic syndrome, and develops in parallel with salient/ unapparent cancer evolution phases. Presentation of Case: We present a rare cas...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/23885