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A 32 years old woman lastly operated for hepatic hydatic cyst and cholecystectomy, presented for jaundice, fever and right hypochondrium pain. Abdominal examination was showed tenderness of the right hypochondrium. Biological tests showed cholestasis with total bilirubin 123 and conjugated at 80 with elevated CRP (205) and cytolisis. Prothrombin time was normal. Abdominal ultrasound (Figure […]

A 13-year-old boy with a history of complicated pneumonia at the age of 20 months (Figure 1-A) managed with antibiotics and chest drainage presented with hemoptysis. Chest radiography showed multiple small, thin-walled cavities (Figure1-B). Chest scan showed massive necrosis of the left lung (C and D). Lung perfusion scan showed differential perfusion of left: right

11-month-old male infant with a history of atopic dermatitis since the age of 3 months with poor compliance, an antecedent of varicella in the sister a week ago. Admitted to pediatric emergency departments for management of a generalized febrile rash with abrupt onset that started two days earlier. The dermatological examination had objectified a diffuse

The incidence of end-stage kidney disease, in the Caucasian population, is 275 cases per 1 million people per year. Currently, nearly 10% of patients under renal replacement therapy are under peritoneal dialysis. The catheter’s dysfunction is generally caused by its displacement, obstruction by omentum, small bowel, fibrin deposits, and exceptionally, by the cecal appendix or

A 39 year old right handed lady presented with a 3 month history of worsening chin and bilateral leg tremors. Secondary to this she had multiple falls. This was on a background of 18 months of intentional hand tremors. On examination she had marked rigidity bilaterally, intention tremor and an unsteady gait. Kayser-Fleischer rings were

Subphrenic abscess is an uncommon complication of acute appendicitis since the advent of surgical treatment [1,2]. We report a case of a 47-year-old female, without any significant medical history, who had been diagnosed with acute appendicitis but refused surgical treatment. Three weeks later, she went to the Emergency Room with fever, abdominal pain and respiratory

55-year-old female, phototype III, with no history of melanoma, with an erythematous papule, eroded on the surface, well limited, involving the palm skin of the right hand (Figure 1). The lesion had persisted for 2 months despite the use of topicals and salicylic acid ointments. The patient was immunocompetent, with no history of arsenic ingestion,

A 63-year-old female known case of diabetes and hypertension had an elective procedure of right dacryocystorhinostomy present to the emergency department the next day with a loss of consciousness. Urgent Computed Tomography (CT) head showed air in the cranium (pneumocephalus). Tension Pneumocephalus had a diverse clinical presentation that includes altered mentation, loss of consciousness and