FamilialTrichostrongylusInfection Misdiagnosed as Acute Fascioliasis

Familial Trichostrongylus Infection Misdiagnosed as Acute Fascioliasis.

To the Editor: Human fascioliasis, infection with Fasciola spp. flukes, is highly pathogenic in both acute and chronic phases and can result in death (1). This disease has been recently emerging, in part linked to climate and global changes (2). Human Fasciola infection has been reported in 5 continents and is related to the disease’s wide spread in livestock. Guilan Province in northern Iran i...

Amanita Phalloides Intoxication Misdiagnosed as Acute Appendicitis: A Case Report

Background: Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency of the childhood. Its diagnosis is really challenging. A constellation of through history taking, physical examination, radiographic investigations, and laboratory analysis should be used to balance the risk of delayed operative intervention against the removal of a normal appendix. Here a case with misdiagnosis of acute app...

Acute Fascioliasis in Roodbar

Aconitine Intoxication Misdiagnosed as Acute Myocardial Infarction

In Asia, aconitine poisoning is common because of the continued use of aconite roots in traditional medicine as an analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and cardiotonic agent. Aconitine and other Aconitum alkaloids are highly poisonous cardio-toxins and neurotoxins present in all parts of the plants of the Aconitum genus (aconite). The major toxin in these plants is aconitine, which interacts with the ...

Bilateral acute iris transillumination (BAIT) initially misdiagnosed as acute iridocyclitis.

Bilateral acute iris transillumination (BAIT) is a relatively new clinical entity characterized by bilateral acute loss of iris pigment epithelium, iris transillumination, pigment dispersion in the anterior chamber, and sphincter paralysis. We report the case of a 30-year-old male who was initially diagnosed with acute iridocyclitis in a different clinic and treated with topical and systemic co...