Diet-induced carotenoderma – a rare clinical presentation

Neurofibroma: Report of a rare clinical presentation

Neurofibroma is a tumor composed of a complex proliferation of neuromesenchymal tissue (Schwann cells, perineural cells, fibroblast, and mast cells). We report a 45-year-old female who had a slow growing, large, soft, pedunculated mass on her left lateral neck. A skin biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of neurofibroma.

Sheehan’s syndrome presenting as psychosis: a rare clinical presentation

 Sheehan’s syndrome (SS) refers to the occurrence of varying degree of hypopituitarism after parturition (1). It is a rare cause of hypopituitarism in developed countries owing to advances in obstetric care and its frequency is decreasing worldwide. However, it is still frequent in underdeveloped and developing countries. Sheehan’s syndrome is often diagnosed late as it evolves slowly (2,3). Re...

Osteoblastoma of Mandible:A Rare Clinical Presentation

A Rare but Important Clinical Presentation of Induced Methemoglobinemia

Section Editor: Rick A. McPheeters, DO Submission history: Submitted March 31, 2016; Revision received April 23, 2016; Accepted June 15, 2016 Electronically published July 19, 2016 Full text available through open access at http://escholarship.org/uc/uciem_westjem DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2016.6.30504 [West J Emerg Med. 2016;17(5)627-629.] University of California, Irvine, Department of Emergency M...

Exercise‐induced endobronchial hemorrhage: a rare clinical presentation

The phenomenon of exercise-induced hemoptysis is still relatively underrecognised in humans. We report a case of recurrent hemoptysis brought on by vigorous exercise. A 33-year-old male presented with several episodes of intermittent fresh small-volume hemoptysis reproducible on vigorous exercise. There was no other significant medical history other than a past history of testicular tumor, trea...