A case of Cushing disease treated successfully with bromocriptine:A paradoxical response to cyproheptadine

A dramatic case of Behçet disease successfully treated with infliximab.

Behçet disease is a chronic relapsing systemic disease with possible life-threatening presentations. Management of this disease can be challenging and reports of the off-label use of anti-TNFα agents for the treatment of severe manifestations are increasing, with good results. The authors report a case of Behçet disease with a sudden and severe multi-systemic onset successfully treated with inf...

Deep vein thrombosis in a patient of adenomatous polyposis coli treated successfully with aspirin: A case report

Background: Deep vein thrombosis is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. However, its association with adenomatous polyposis coli is extremely rare. Here we present an interesting case of deep vein thrombosis associated with adenomatous polyposis coli. Case Presentation: A 15 year old female who was having fever and diarrhea for 5 months developed bilateral asymmetric painful swell...

A Case of Extramammary Paget's Disease Resistant to Photodynamic Therapy and Surgery Successfully Treated with Radiotherapy

Vol. 27, No. 1, 2015 99 Received November 18, 2013, Revised February 17, 2014, Accepted for publication March 1, 2014 Corresponding author: You Chan Kim, Department of Dermatology, Ajou University School of Medicine, 164 Worldcup-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon 443-721, Korea. Tel: 82-31-219-5190, Fax: 82-31-219-5189, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms...

A Case of Psoas Abscess Successfully Treated

Erdheim Chester Disease treated successfully with cladribine

A 61-year-old previously healthy male with a history of progressive fatigue, lower extremity edema, and dyspnea for 4 months was hospitalized with pericardial and pleural effusions (Figure 1A, B). Lung, pleural, and pericardial biopsies were consistent with Erdheim-Chester disease. He was treated with systemic steroids, and ultimately tried on PEG-interferon. He deteriorated clinically and the ...