A Rare Clinical Presentation of Diabetes Mellitus

Neurofibroma: Report of a rare clinical presentation

Neurofibroma is a tumor composed of a complex proliferation of neuromesenchymal tissue (Schwann cells, perineural cells, fibroblast, and mast cells). We report a 45-year-old female who had a slow growing, large, soft, pedunculated mass on her left lateral neck. A skin biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of neurofibroma.

Osteoblastoma of Mandible:A Rare Clinical Presentation

Sheehan’s syndrome presenting as psychosis: a rare clinical presentation

 Sheehan’s syndrome (SS) refers to the occurrence of varying degree of hypopituitarism after parturition (1). It is a rare cause of hypopituitarism in developed countries owing to advances in obstetric care and its frequency is decreasing worldwide. However, it is still frequent in underdeveloped and developing countries. Sheehan’s syndrome is often diagnosed late as it evolves slowly (2,3). Re...

Clinical presentation and management of diabetes mellitus in pregnancy

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical presentation, management, and the outcome of diabetes mellitus in pregnancy. METHODS One hundred seventy-one patients with diabetes mellitus admitted between September 1, 2006, and June 30, 2008, to the labor room at Maternity Hospital in Kuwait for induction of labor made up the study population; while an equivalent number of patients without medical compli...

Permanent neonatal diabetes mellitus: clinical presentation and epidemiology in Oman.

AIM To estimate the accurate incidence and prevalence of permanent neonatal diabetes mellitus, and to determine the clinical profile of this condition in the Sultanate of Oman. METHODS All children diagnosed as having permanent neonatal diabetes mellitus between 1991 and 1995 in Oman were included in the study. RESULTS The mean incidence was 2.2 per 100 000 live births/year and the prevalen...