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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

A 13 year-old patient presented with a 4 years history of skin lesions on the trunk and upper arm. The patient reported episodic increase in redness without any identified trigger factor. Physical examination showed erythematous ill-defined macula with negative Darier sign on the right side of the chest (Figure 1A) and the upper arm (Figure

The radiographic findings of tumoral calcinosis in a 2- years old girl with limping include periarticular ovaloid calcifications or calcified cysts with calcium layering in the dependent portion giving the appearance of sedimentation sign. Tumoral calcinosis is a rare condition in which there is calcium deposition in the soft tissue in periarticular location around joints.

50-year-old patient, with no notable pathological history, a farmer; who consults for an ulcero-bourgenant tumor, painless evolving for 1 year in a condition of conservation of the general state. On clinical examination: we noted an erythematous ulcerating Burgundian tumor, measuring 5 cm, scamous surface covered with some yellowish and hemorrhagic scales, well limited, raised border,

A 2-month-old male child presented with multifocal liver lesions, noted by abdominal ultrasonography. The Ultrasonography was done as part of a work-up for abdominal distension. He was asymptomatic and had been previously healthy. On examination, the liver was enlarged (liver span–15 cm). Blood investigations showed abnormal liver function tests with mild elevation in aspartate transaminase

BCC is by far the most frequent skin tumor, sun exposure is the most important risk factor in its pathogenesis, explaining its predominant localization on the head and neck. Its evolution is insidious, it is slowly progressive and painless, which often delays the diagnosis. We report a case of BCC on the trunk of fortuitous