AN UNUSUAL COMPLICATION

Polyserositis: An Unusual Complication of Aluminum Phosphide Poisoning

  Background: Aluminum phosphide is the common cause of poisoning in adults in India, with a very high case fatality ratio. We studied five patients of aluminum phosphide poisoning with polyserositis. Methods: We enrolled all patients with aluminum phosphide poisoning presenting to emergency medical department, at a tertiary care hospital in northwestern India from January to July 2006. These p...

An unusual complication of mourning.

The emotional trauma of bereavement can, on occasion, be translated into physical trauma. Phrases such as "grinding of teeth", "breast-beating" and "tearing one's hair out" have a traditional association with mourning and lamentation.' We report a case where bereavement led directly to an uncommon neurological complication of blunt trauma. A forty year old housewife from the United Arab Emirate...

An Unusual Complication from an Electric Shock

Purpura fulminans: an unusual complication of malaria.

A 45-year-old male presented with history of fever for four days and a skin rash for two days. The rash was present primarily at the extremities and had progressed to acquire a blackish hue at the time of presentation (Figs. 1 and 2). The patient was febrile and had hepatosplenomegaly. On further workup, the patient was diagnosed to have Plasmodium falciparum malaria on peripheral smear and ant...

Splenic Injury: An Unusual Complication of Colonoscopy