A RARE CAUSE OF RECURRENT POST-OBSTRUCTIVE PNEUMONIA

a rare cause of recurrent abdominal pain

a 30-year-old man presented with a nine-months history of repetitive abdominal pain simulating dyspepsia.  nine months before presentation, a local physician saw him, and he performed upper gastrointestinal endoscopy for him, and was diagnosed as a case of mild gastritis with oral omeprazole, but without any benefit. so the patient was seen at another center and was evaluated by abdominal compu...

A rare cause of cavitatory pneumonia

Radiographic findings of thick walled cavities in the lungs are typically seen in mycobacterial infections, malignant lesions, fungal infections, pulmonary vasculitis or other inflammatory lesions of the lungs. Necrotizing infections of the lungs caused by gram negative bacteria (Klebsiella, Psudomonas, Legionella) and Staphylococcus aureus may also form cavities of varying thickness, with cons...

[A rare cause of obstructive jaundice: fascioliasis].

A 56 year old woman was admitted to the clinic with severe colicky right upper abdominal pain. There was a three-week history of jaundice. Pathological biochemical laboratory results of her serum were as follows: direct bilirubin 4.53 mg/dl, total bilirubin 3.08 mg/dl, AST 45 U/L, ALT 72 U/L. Surgical treatment, cholecystectomy + choledochtomy + T-tube drainage, was performed. Exploration of th...

A Rare Cause of Obstructive Jaundice

A rare cause of obstructive jaundice.

uestion: An 80-year-old woman was admitted to the ospital because of jaundice, upper abdominal pain, nauea, and vomiting. The patient was on phenprocoumon or chronic atrial fibrillation. Physical examination reealed right upper quadrant tenderness and jaundice. Laboratory studies revealed abnormal coagulation tests ith a prolonged prothrombin time (International Normalzed Ratio 6.0) and a prolo...