Cold Urticaria: An Unusual Manifestation of Histiocytic Lymphoma

Cold urticaria: an unusual manifestation of histiocytic lymphoma.

An unusual manifestation of hyperkalemia

An 82 years old patient was admitted to the emergency department complaining since 15 days of fatigue, dizziness and lipothymia. He had a history of hypertension and diabetes; and had undergone a coronary bypass in 2005. His physical examination showed a blood pressure at 160/50mmHg, a heart rate at 26cycles/min, and he was afebrile. On admission the ECG showed a third degree atrioventricular b...

Renal lymphoma: unusual lymphoproliferative manifestation of Sjogren's syndrome.

Hypokalemic quadriparesis: an unusual manifestation of leptospirosis.

We report a 46-year-old male who presented with fever and flaccid weakness of all four limbs due to Leptospirosis associated hypokalemia. Acute hypokalemic quadriparesis is an uncommon presentation of leptospirosis, not yet widely recognised. Renal potassium wasting occurs in Leptospirosis and subsequently, the development of hypokalemia leads to paralysis. The patient had kaliuresis due to lep...

Hypercalcemia: An Unusual Manifestation of Uterine Leiomyoma

We present a case of hypercalcemia in a 79-year-old female likely secondary to uterine leiomyoma. To the best of our knowledge, hypercalcemia due to a benign tumor has only been described in five cases. Of these above five cases, uterine leiomyoma was thought to be the cause of hypercalcemia in three cases.