Colonic melanoma is a rarely detected aetiology of small bowel obstruction. This is a case of a male in his 80s with a history of treated stage IIIA melanoma on his trunk 7 years prior who presented ...
1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Gulhane Military Medical Academy Haydarpasa Teaching Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey 2 Department of Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine, Gulhane Military Medical Academy ...
Schwannomas are benign tumours derived from Schwann cells of the peripheral nerve sheaths. A schwannoma arising in the external auditory canal (EAC) is rare, with few cases reported in the literature.
Aggressive angiomyxoma (AA) of the vulva is a rare, benign, slow-growing tumour that arises from the myxoid cells of the connective tissue. It has a low tendency to metastasise, but a high chance of ...
A man in his 80s was admitted via the acute medical take after presenting with increased confusion and features of alcohol withdrawal. He had a several-month history of a worsening pruritic rash ...
Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is a poorly understood but common cause of heart failure in sub-Saharan Africa, which typically presents with a restrictive phenotype. We describe a previously unreported ...
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We present a case of acute-onset orbital inflammation with rapidly progressive proptosis, episcleral venous stasis with raised intraocular pressure and loss of vision in a patient with a recent ...
Lithium is a well-established treatment for mood disorders and considered first-line pharmacological therapy for bipolar disorder as per the American Psychiatric Association guidelines. However, ...
Early theories of schizophrenia considered the illness as a fragmentation of mental content in response to psychological trauma. Here we present a case of very late onset schizophrenia in a previously ...
Amiodarone is an antiarrhythmic drug which may be associated with thyroid dysfunction. Type I amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis (AIT) is treated with thionamides and type II AIT is treated with ...
Anticancer immunotherapies modulate the body’s immune system to recognise and eradicate cancerous cells. However, stimulation of the body’s immune system can also lead to a number of adverse effects ...