Baclofen overdose with unique cardiovascular effects
Case presentation A woman in her 70s was found unresponsive and brought to our hospital with respiratory distress, cardiomyopathy and volatile alternation between hypotension and hypertension. She was intubated and admitted to intensive care for supportive treatment of suspected baclofen overdose. She gradually recovered and was discharged 10 days after presentation. Laboratory testing ...
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Steroid-induced psychosis: a spectrum of neuropsychiatric ...
Glucocorticoid-induced neuropsychiatric side effects have been known since their initial usage and frequently manifest in clinical settings. Despite this, they remain unpredictable, variable and complex to manage, impacting patient outcomes and the healthcare system. We report a case of glucocorticoid-induced psychosis after the administration of dexamethasone post …
Mesenteric panniculitis - BMJ Case Reports
Background Mesenteric panniculitis is a rare and benign acute and chronic inflammatory and fibrotic process that affects predominantly the small and less frequently (20%) the large intestine mesenteric fat.1 2 It may more rarely involve retroperitoneal, pelvic and peripancreatic fat. It is more common in men, with a male-to-female ratio of 2–3:1, and it …
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Amlodipine induced gingival enlargement | BMJ Case Reports
There are both inflammatory and non-inflammatory mechanisms involved. The accumulation of the drug in the gingival crevicular fluid in the presence of bacteria can lead to upregulation of proinflammatory cytokines leading to gingival enlargement.3 Even decreased folic acid uptake leads to defective collagenase activity, increased adrenocorticotrophic hormone due to feedback from adrenal cortex ...
Pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma: current understanding …
Background. Pulmonary sarcomatoid carcinomas constitute a rare subset of tumours, comprising approximately 1% of non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) cases.1 Continued from 2004 and 2015 WHO classification,2 the 2021 WHO classification of NSCLC groups pulmonary pleomorphic carcinomas (PPC)3 into a type of sarcomatoid carcinoma, which also includes giant cell or spindle cell morphologies.
Fatal methaemoglobinemia due to intentional sodium nitrite …
Although unintentional sodium nitrite poisoning has been previously reported from home-cured meats and contaminated well-water, intentional ingestion of sodium nitrite for suicide has been increasingly reported.6–10 One case series of five patients with methaemoglobinemia in New York identified improperly labelled sodium nitrite salt as the culprit, with measured levels of sodium nitrite in ...
Acquired factor V inhibitor treated with rituximab
Acquired factor V (FV) inhibitors are extremely rare and present with a broad spectrum ranging from asymptomatic laboratory anomalies to life-threatening critical bleeds. The overall rarity along with the heterogeneity of clinical presentations poses a challenge in diagnosis. There is currently no standard of care immunosuppressive therapy (IST) in these settings. Most patients in the ...