Articles

Volume-2, 2021
Issue 1 (Jan & Feb)



Urinoma: Saviour of beleaguered kidney

Spontaneous extravasation of urine due to High Pressure Chronic Retention is a rare entity. Most cases of urinoma are secondary to ureteric calculi. We present a case of left spontaneous perinephric urinoma with right hydroureteronephrosis with high pressure chronic retentiondue to benign enlargement of prostate. A 70 years male, with no comorbid illness, presented with left flank pain with overflow incontinence.

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Male breast cancer: Report of 2 cases

Male breast cancer (MBC) is a rare neoplasm and diagnosed in less than 1% of all malignant tumors. It also accounts for less than 1% of all breast cancers. It has been estimated that it affects around 1/100000 men per year. However, the frequency of diagnosed MBC has been steadily increasing over past few decades. The risk of developing breast cancer in men within a population is about 125 lower when compared to breast cancer in women.

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Third trimester ovarian pregnancy: A diagnostic dilemma

Ovarian pregnancy is a type of ectopic pregnancy where the fertilized ovum is implanted in the ovary. It is a rare entity and preoperative diagnosis remains problematic due to its nonspecific clinical presentation and sonographic findings. Here, we present a case of an advanced ovarian pregnancy at 28 weeks age of gestation initially managed as a case of suspected abdominal pregnancy.

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Cross-leg flap after posttraumatic osteomyelitis defect: A last resource for limb salvage

We report the case of a patient with a tibial shaft fracture occurring through a chronic posttraumatic osteomyelitis site with significant soft tissue defect. The bone and soft tissue reconstruction procedures are described with a cross-leg fasciocutaneous flap performed as a last resource after previous rotated muscle flap partial failure.

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Pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma in adult: A very uncommon occipital location

Rhabdomyosarcomeis a commun tumor in children with all its types (pleomorphic, embryonal,alveolarand spindle cell rhabdomyosarcoma). However, it is a very rare tumor in adults, the commun type isthe pleomorphicrhabdomyosarcoma but it is very rare in the head and neck region.

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Covid-19 in a nursing student: Case report

Purpose: In this case report, it was aimed to reveal the experiences of a nursing student when she was diagnosed with covid-19. Design and Method: The study is a case report. The data were collected by interviewing a nursing student covid-19 patients with a diagnosis of Covid-19.

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Rupture of right non-communicating horn of bicornuate uterus with twin pregnancy

The rupture of uterus in first and second trimester is very rare and mostly associated with uterine anomalies or cornual pregnancy. Bicornuate uterus (BU) is a uterine anomaly results from incomplete fusion of the two Mullerian ducts during embryogenesis. Here we are presenting a case of primigravida in the second trimester (20 weeks) as ruptured ectopic pregnancy in emergency.

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Diaphragm dysfunction (paralysis) in a cystic fibrosis patient

Diaphragmatic paralysis (DP) is a rare disease and usually occurs secondary to systemic processes, although idiopathic forms have been described. Management of diaphragmatic paralysis depends on multiple factors, including the etiology, presence, or absence of symptoms, and more importantly, the presence of nocturnal hypoventilation.

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Gastric outlet obstruction in a cystic fibrosis patient

Eosinophilic gastritis is an uncommon disease characterized by focal or diffuse eosinophilic infiltration of the gastric wall and is usually associated with dyspepsia and peripheral eosinophilia. The stomach and small bowel are usually involved in eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorder (EGID) which is called Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis (EG), but the esophagus and colon are rarely involved.

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The role of cardiac magnetic resonance for arrhythmic risk stratification in a patient with myocarditis

Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of cardiac muscle with a variable clinical presentation, ranging from asymptomatic cases to different degrees of left ventricular systolic dysfunction up to heart failure and dilated heart disease. Ventricular arrhythmias (VA) can occur in patients with myocarditis and implantable cardioverter defibrillator.

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Deep vein thrombosis as sole presentation of COVID-19 infection

As is the case for so many aspects of COVID-19 pandemic, information on clinical complications caused by this virus continues to emerge and evolve in real time. The majority of patients who have tested positive for COVID-19 present with symptoms of an acute respiratory illness including fever, body aches, lethargy, dry cough and breathing difficulties.

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Kernicterus: The continuing occurrence of a preventable chronic disabling neurologic condition

Kernicterus is a preventable condition that has become increasingly rare in many countries in the world. It is chronic severe form of bilirubin-induced neurological dysfunction that is associated with a variety of metal and neurological abnormalities resulting from bilirubin-induced brain damage mostly in the basal ganglia and during the neonatal period.

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