Association of Second Hand Smoking with Mental Disorders in Children-An Egyptian Study

Eman A Zaky1*, Eman M Fouda1, Enas S Nabih2,

Background: Second hand smoke (SHS) might affect mental health of children as many mental disorders have an onset in youth, a time when SHS exposure is high. Ob..Ver más»

Lactic Acidosis in a Man with Diabetes: Is Metformin the Culprit?

Harsha Anuruddhika Dissanayake, Eranga S Wijewickrama and Prasad Katulanda

Background: Lactic acidosis is a rare but serious adverse effect of metformin, particularly when used in high doses in patient with other risk factors. We repor..Ver más»

Small Cell Carcinoma Metastasis to Thyroid Gland: A Case Report

Saqib Mehmood,Raheel Ahmad*,Tayyaba Akram,Jahangir Sarwar Khan

Lung carcinomas are rarely responsible for the metastatic disease of the thyroid gland. Despite high potential for metastasis of small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC), thyroid remain..Ver más»

Acute Small Bowel Obstruction due to Intra-Abdominal Lithopedion

Salako Alexandre Allodé, Emile Mensah and Francis Moïse Dossou

A case report of a 32-year old woman who had 2 years ago a miscarriage pregnancy at 5 months of gestation and was admitted urgently for abdominal pain lasting for 72 hours. Pain..Ver más»

From Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS) to severe DRESS

Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms, or DRESS, is a rare drug reaction and can be lifethreatening in some cases. This is a report of a 55-years-old woman who p..Ver más»

Ruptured Pulmonary Pseudoaneurysm in a Patient with Infectious Lung, Endocarditis, and Pulmonary Hypertension: Successful Treatment with Selective Transcatheter Embolization

Takeshi Sugahara

A 65-year-old woman with a 14-year history of hypertension and chronic renal failure secondary to an unknown disease was admitted to our hospital after 2 days of fever, cough, d..Ver más»