Hepatopulmonary syndrome: More than just a matter of tone?

Mounier-Kuhn syndrome: more than just a cough.

To cite: Azzopardi C, Attard J, Vassallo E, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2014-206155 DESCRIPTION A 35-year-old man presented with a chronic productive cough and a history of recurrent lower respiratory tract infections. Physical examination was unremarkable as were routine blood investigations. A chest radiograph demonstrated dilation of...

Lemierre syndrome: more than just a sore throat.

To cite: Azzopardi C, Grech R, Mizzi A. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013201868 DESCRIPTION A previously healthy, 35-year-old, immunocompetent man presented with a 2-day history of sore throat and unilateral swelling of the right neck. The patient was found to be tachycardic and pyrexic on clinical examination. Lemierre syndrome is the sequela o...

More than just vanilla.

Hyperinsulinemic diseases of civilization: more than just Syndrome X.

Compensatory hyperinsulinemia stemming from peripheral insulin resistance is a well-recognized metabolic disturbance that is at the root cause of diseases and maladies of Syndrome X (hypertension, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, coronary artery disease, obesity, abnormal glucose tolerance). Abnormalities of fibrinolysis and hyperuricemia also appear to be members of the cluster of illnesses comp...

More than just big ears

To the non-specialist, large ears in elephants used to mean African, small ears, Indian. But to taxonomists African elephants have long posed a more complex puzzle. During the nineteenth century, it was fashionable for wealthy trophy hunters to assign their own names to species they had shot destined for the museums of Europe. At least 18 elephant subspecies were claimed following this fashion....