Lobster claw sign: a new sign depicting central cervical cord injury at or below that level. Case report

New clinical sign of cervical myelopathy: Wazir hand myelopathy sign.

INTRODUCTION Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) represents a spectrum of pathologies with progressive compression of the spinal cord. The clinical signs and symptoms play a key role in diagnosis. The characteristic hand myelopathy signs are of significant clinical importance. The aim of this descriptive study was to report a relatively easy to elicit new hand myelopathy sign. The basis for t...

Ectrodactyly or Lobster Claw Syndrome ,

Split-hand/split-foot malformation is a rare limb malformation with median clefts of the hands and feet and aplasia/hypoplasia of the phalanges, metacarpals and metatarsals. When present as an isolated anomaly, it is usually inherited as an autosomal dominant form We report a case of autosomal dominant inheritance and discuss the antenatal diagnosis, genetic counseling and treatment for the mal...

Trauma or Tumor? The Nail Splay Sign

Immune Thrombocytopenia as a Primary Sign of Relapse in Hodgkin Lymphoma: A Case Report

Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) as a malignant tumor presents with lymphadenopathy and systemic complaints. The origin of this tumor is mostly suggested to be B lymphocytes. There is a close relationship between autoimmunity and HL, but the mechanism of this immune syndromes is unclear. Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is the most common autoimmune syndrome which may present before, at the same time, and ev...

Post-operative Hamman’s sign: a case report

INTRODUCTION We provide this brief case report on Hamman's sign, as a reminder that both pneumomediastinum and pneumothorax can cause sounds that may disclose the abnormal presence of air in these respective locations. BACKGROUND Attributed originally to the observations and report of Louis Hamman in 1937, abnormal sounds may emanate from air in the otherwise quiet mediastinum or pleural spac...