Atypical Course of Shmidts’ Syndrome

A case of Panayiotopoulos syndrome showing an atypical course

We describe herein a patient with Panayiotopoulos syndrome (PS) showing an atypical course. The patient initially had seizures typical of this syndrome from 3 to 5 years of age. EEG showed right occipital high-amplitude sharp and slow-wave complexes followed by brief generalized discharges of slow waves. Sequential EEGs obtained from 5 to 11 years of age showed both multifocal discharges and ge...

Unusual course of nephrotic syndrome associated with atypical pneumonia.

A 28-year-old man presented in March 2000 with a 1-week history of increasing leg oedema. Surprisingly, he had also experienced an involuntary weight loss of 6 kg during the preceding weeks. There was no relevant medical past history. Physical examination revealed a slightly elevated blood pressure of 145u90 mmHg and marked pretibial oedema. As laboratory values included a proteinuria of 14.5 g...

Atypical Symptoms of Acute Coronary Syndrome and Their Predictors

Anterior Plagiocephaly in an Atypical Case of Apert Syndrome

Apert syndrome is a congenital craniosynostosis syndrome comprising of bilateral coronal synostosis , symmetric syndactyly of hands and feet and midface hypoplasia. We present an atypical phenotype of this syndrome with right sided unilateral coronal synostosis. However, type I apert hand and other clinical and radiological features suggestthe diagnosis. Genetic analysis revealed an absence of ...

[Atypical pachydermatous cutaneous course of mastocytosis].

We describe the case of a 75-year-old man first seen in our department 32 years ago for generalized yellowish erythematous papular lesions along with an attack of pruritus, tachycardia, and flushing. A diagnosis of urticaria pigmentosa was proposed on the basis of these symptoms and the results of skin biopsy. Periodic follow-up in the intervening years included serial laboratory analyses, skin...