Akathisia Causing Secondary Severe Depression in a Cancer Patient

Nivolumab-Induced Severe Akathisia in an Advanced Lung Cancer Patient

BACKGROUND Nivolumab is an anti-PD-1 immune checkpoint inhibitor that was recently developed for cancer immunotherapy. In the clinical trials of nivolumab, its adverse effects were reported to be less likely than those of conventional anti-cancer agents; however, after practical clinical distribution, it has come to be known that nivolumab induces various immune-related adverse events. CASE REP...

Occurrence of Secondary Acute Myeloid Leukemia in a Patient with Breast Cancer after Chemotherapy

Prostatic cyst causing severe infravesical obstruction in a young patient.

Received December 2009 Accepted February 2010 INTRODUCTION Prostatic cysts are rare entities, usually asymptomatic, and detected incidentally during transrectal or abdominal ultrasonography. Mostly, they originate from the posterior area of the prostate, such as the mullerian ducts and utricle, as an embryological remnant.(1) Symptomatic prostatic cysts usually present with recurrent urinary tr...

Symptoms of agitated depression and/or akathisia.

Akathisia is a syndrome characterized by the unpleasant sensation of "inner" restlessness that manifests itself in the inability of sitting still or not moving. Many types of medicaments can cause akathisia as an adverse event of their use and they include: antipsychotics, antidepressants, antiemetics, antihistamines, and psychoactive substances. We will present the case of a 50 year old patien...

Tuberculous Pericarditis Causing Severe Pericardial Effusion: A Case Study

Aims Tuberculous pericarditis is present in only one to two percent of the tuberculosis cases, i.e. considered rare. The disease is responsible for 4% and 7% of acute pericarditis and cardiac tamponade cases, respectively. Moreover, these conditions are associated with hazardous side effects. Thus, timely and precise diagnosis of the disease could prevent such complications. Case report We rep...