CURIOUS CASE OF CAISSON DISEASE

Munchausen's syndrome simulating caisson disease.

Aseptic necrosis of bone in caisson disease.

Caisson disease, or decompression sickness, is encountered when a raised atmospheric pressure on the body is reduced too rapidly and excess gases which have been held in solution in the blood and tissue fluids are set free as their solubility decreases. Typically the condition is manifested by tingling and paraesthesia, itching of the skin, and by bone and joint pains. The symptoms vary within ...

Caisson disease in Thailand: Death rate

Caisson disease is an important condition that can be seen in diver. It is an important form of decompression illness that requires proper therapeutic management[1,2]. The problem can be sporadically seen in any coastal country. In Thailand, as a country with a long coastal line of more than one thousand kilometers, this problem can be seen. According to the recent report, this condition is an ...

A Curious Case of Ascites

was given. The bowels moved slightly and he came home. Again he had the constipation, and the abdomen began to distend gradually. He consulted several local doctors, and every one gave him either purgative or carminative. A week after his arrival at home, I was called in and found his abdomen extremely distended and the man was restless. Suspecting it to be a case of obstruction, I hesitatingly...

A curious case of confusion

Delirium secondary to pneumonia is expected in the elderly, but when persistent and incongruent with expectation, cerebral abscess should be considered.