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Cholecysto-duodenal fistula (CDF) is a rare complication of chronic calculous cholecystitis. Due to advancements in minimally invasive techniques, a paradigm shift has occurred from the traditional ...
A male in his 40s presented with a 3-day history of progressive difficulty with ambulation and speech. Physical examination ...
An older woman with dementia and type 2 diabetes was started on semaglutide and subsequently developed severe psychological and physical symptoms, including apathy, significant weight loss and ...
A man in his 20s presented after a high-energy MCA. Initially, he was haemodynamically stable; the abdominal exam revealed a large right flank haematoma. On placement of a catheter, there was gross ...
A previously healthy male patient presented with relapsing serous effusions affecting the pleural, pericardial and peritoneal membranes, along with thrombocytopaenia, following infection with COVID-19 ...
A woman in her 70s presented with approximately 2 years of sudden-onset gait and cognitive problems. She had been diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) and underwent ventriculoperitoneal ...
Anti-signal recognition particle (anti-SRP)-positive necrotising myopathy causes severe progressive proximal weakness with a propensity to involve pharyngeal, laryngeal and respiratory muscles. It is ...
A 27-year-old woman was referred to an orthopaedic surgeon for pain in the left buttock radiating to the posterior thigh, previously, which had been increasing during 3 months after pregnancy (a term ...
Primary splenic angiosarcoma is an extremely rare and aggressive vascular neoplasm associated with high rates of metastasis. A male patient in his 70s presented with thrombocytopenia. Physical ...
A 70-year-old man referred to emergency department with acute onset of severe flank pain. In initial examinations, the patient was pale, with pulse rate of 120/min and blood pressure of 95/65. In ...
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhoea is usually secondary to severe head trauma. Spontaneous CSF leak is an infrequent entity and represents only 4% of CSF rhinorrhoea cases.1 A 70-year-old obese ...
A young pregnant woman in her 20s presented with a 2 month history of high-grade intermittent fever. She exhibited multiple painful nodules scattered across her body for 2 months, initially small but ...