A moth-eaten radius

A moth-eaten radius.

To cite: Khan FS, Walker AB, Pappachan JM. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2013-201653 DESCRIPTION A 67-year-old right-handed man, with known renal cell carcinoma (RCC), presented to the hospital with a painful and swollen right wrist joint and severe hypercalcaemia (albumin-corrected serum calcium level of 3.6 mmol/L) with low parathyroid hormone...

[Moth eaten alopecia as a manifestation of secondary syphilis].

This case refers to a 18 year old male, from Peru, who was admitted to our facility in May 2012. Upon admittance he denied any pathological history of interest. He reported alcohol consumption of 150 g during the weekends and occasional smoking of heroin. As far as sexual habits are concerned he admitted to be heterosexual and having had several partners, frequently in the context of ethylic in...

Moth-Eaten Symptomatic Syphilitic Alopecia Associated with Human Immunodeficiency Virus—A Case Report

Syphilitic alopecia (SA) is a rare skin manifestation in secondary syphilis and sometimes indistinguishable from other alopecia. SA is of 2 types, symptomatic and essential, and 3 clinical types, moth-eaten or patchy pattern, diffuse pattern and a combination of both. SA in our case indicated symptomatic SA with moth-eaten hairloss. A 46-year-old Japanese homosexual man experienced hairloss fol...

Freshly Eaten Leafy Vegetables: A Source of Food Borne Pathogens?

The microbiological quality of selected fresh vegetables; lettuce, cabbage, mukunuwenna, gotukola, and tomato were assessed from different market types in the Kandy district. Fifty samples of each vegetable were tested for viable bacterial count (VBC), Salmonella spp., Listeria monocytogenes and Escherichia coli O157:H7, before and after washing using tap water. The average VBC in unwashed vege...

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