Clue to a killer

Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis: A Diagnostic Clue to Primary Hyperparathyroidism

A Molecular Clue to PTSD

Work on rats and humans reveals a role for reduction in the levels of the stress-regulated protein kinase SGK1 in the development of post-traumatic stress disorder. Read the Research Article.

Leukocyturia, another clue to inflammation in acute coronary syndrome

Introduction: Cronary artery disease is the main cause of mortality in developed countries. Classic risk factors have not been able to explain epidemiologic variants in this disease, hence other risk factors including systemic infections are under survey. This study was designed to evaluate the possible role of local and systemic infections in producing acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Methods: ...

Fulminant pneumonitis: a clue to autoimmune disease.

were heard over the lower third of the right lung, without reduced air entry or dullness on percussion. Pitting edema of both lower extremities was present. Otherwise, the physical examination was unrevealing. Her blood tests showed mild anemia (hemoglobin 11 g/L, mean cell volume 78 fl), normal number of white blood cells and platelets, normal level of serum electrolytes, urea and creatinine; ...

Eschar: a clue to scrub typhus.

E1152 CMAJ, October 18, 2011, 183(15) © 2011 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors A33-year-old man from a rural Taiwanese village was admitted with a three-day history of fever, headache, muscle pain and skin rashes. On examination, he was febrile (39.2°C) with generalized macular patches and an eschar measuring 15 mm on the left lower quadrant of his abdomen (Figure 1). His leukocyte ...