ACUTE DELIRIOUS MANIA FOLLOWING ACUTE DRY PLEURISY IN A GIRL TWELVE YEARS OF AGE.

Acute urinary retention in a three years old girl: case report and review of literature

    Abstract   Urinary retention, a rare childhood problem which is most commonly caused by   urinary tract infection. However, neurological neoplasm must also be considered in   differential diagnosis. We report here a 3 year old girlthat was referred to the pediatrics   department of Kashan University of Medical Sciences (KAUMS) with a history   of urinary retention for 10 days. By insertion ...

Acute Mania Following Simple Ovariotomy

Acute pleurisy in sarcoidosis.

A 47-year-old white man with sarcoidosis presented with a six-week history of acute painful pleurisy. On auscultation a loud pleural rub was heard at the left base together with bilateral basal crepitations. The chest radiograph showed hilar enlargement as well as diffuse lung shadowing. A lung biopsy showed the presence of numerous epithelioid and giant-cell granulomata, particularly subpleura...

Delirious Mania: A Diagnostic and Treatment Dilemma

109 Mania is a well-known psychiatric condition which is characterized by an elated or irritable mood. It is associated with increased energy, grandiose delusions, the pressure of talk, the flight of ideas, increased psychomotor activity, insomnia, distractibility and social disinhibition. However, any medical condition or substance misuse must be ruled out before making such a diagnosis. If a ...

Glutaric Aciduri Type II, with Rhabdomyolysis and Acute Renal Failure Presentation in 10 Years Old Girl

Introduction: Myopathy and rhabdomyolysis are not common in children and, if not detected and do not treated it will be associated with high mortality and morbidity rate. The causes of rhabdomyolysis include hypokalemia, trauma, viral myositis, poisoning, rheumatoid diseases, and metabolic myopathies. Rhabdomyolysis treatment includes rapid supportive care and treatment of the underlying dise...