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Bordetella pertussis, an agent not to forget: a case report
Cases Journal - Tập 2 - Trang 1-3 - 2009
In the past, pertussis affected particularly children under 6 years of age, but recent trends show that there is a shift toward the older age group. The clinical presentation can be atypical in the adolescent age group, and the disease is often misdiagnosed. We present a case of an 11-year-old male patient oriented to our unit with anorexia, weight loss and persistent cough with nocturnal paroxysm......
Abdominal pain in an adult with Type 2 diabetes: A case report
Cases Journal - Tập 1 - Trang 1-5 - 2008
Chronic abdominal pain (CAP) may be a manifestation of diseases involving many intra-abdominal organs. Beside diseases affecting subjects without diabetes mellitus, diabetic patients may have CAP due to diabetes-related complications like neuritis, motor diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and autonomic dysfunction. Atherosclerosis is 2–4 times more common in patients with diabetes and affects ......
An unusual cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage in a patient with newly diagnosed neurofibromatosis: a case report
Cases Journal - Tập 2 - Trang 1-4 - 2009
In this report we discuss an unusual cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage in association with neurofibromatosis. A previously fit 55-year-old man developed sudden onset headache with loss of consciousness. He was comatose on admission with no focal neurological signs. Numerous neurofibromas and café-au-lait patches were noted, indicating neurofibromatosis type 1 which had not been previously diagnose......
Colobronchial fistula presenting with persistent pneumonia in a patient with Crohn's disease: a case report
Cases Journal - Tập 2 - Trang 1-3 - 2009
Colobronchial fistula is an uncommon complication of Crohn's Disease. It is also rarely diagnosed on first presentation. We describe a case of colobronchial fistula and recurrent pneumonia in a patient with Crohn's Disease. A 52-year-old gentleman with a history of Crohn's Disease presented with cavitating left lower lobe pneumonia that did not resolve despite a one month course of antibiotics. A ......
Nutritional vitamin D deficiency: a case report
Cases Journal - Tập 2 - Trang 1-4 - 2009
We present a 6-month-old African American male child with a chief complaint of failure to appropriately gain weight despite adequate caloric intake via breastfeeding. While he has met developmental milestones he appears small for age and is diagnosed with failure to thrive after crossing two major growth curve percentiles. After appropriate diagnostic workup, a diagnosis of nutritional vitamin D d......
Jejunal atresia presenting with mesenteric cyst in a neonate: a case report
Cases Journal - Tập 1 - Trang 1-3 - 2008
Jejunoileal atresia is a congenital anomaly that is characterized clinically by bilious vomiting and abdominal distension. It has been associated with various congenital anomalies but its association with mesenteric cyst has only been reported sporadically. As this is a very rare entity, it is being reported with a brief review of literature.
Anterolateral papillary muscle rupture caused by myocardial infarction: A case report
Cases Journal - Tập 1 - Trang 1-4 - 2008
The rupture of the anterolateral papillary muscle is less common than the posteromedial papillary muscle since the anterolateral muscle has dual blood supplies, while the posteromedial papillary muscle has a single blood supply. We present a case report of a 42 year old male presenting with heart failure being diagnosed to have mitral regurgitation from the partial rupture of the anterolateral pap......
Swallowed dental bridge causing ileal perforation: a case reportAbstract
We report the case of a 53 year old gentleman who had accidentally swallowed his dental bridge. One week following this he experienced a sudden onset of generalised abdominal pain and underwent laparotomy. At operation he was found to have a distal ileal perforation and an ileocaecal resection was performed. Although most swallowed foreign bodies... ...
Cases Journal - Tập 1 Số 1 - 2008
Dynamic splinting home therapy for toe walking: a case report
Cases Journal - - 2009
Serial casting is frequently prescribed for toe-walking but that does not allow continued physical therapy (PT). This report described a child and family who chose dynamic splinting (DS) with concurrent PT for treatment. The patient presented with right hemiparesis; below average motor skills and a gait pattern of toe contact (without ankle foot orthosis). Four months of PT plus 6 hours/night of D......
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