Middle Aortic Syndrome in a Child-Bearing Age Patient

A Mitochondrial Disorder in a Middle Age Iranian Patient: Report of a Rare Case

Introduction: Mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) can involve multiple systems and cause stroke-like episodes and status epilepticus. Case Presentation: A 48-year-old female with history of early fatigability, migraine-type headaches, and bilateral sensory-neural hearing loss presented 3 episodes of serial seizures. On admission she was affected by W...

The Middle Aortic Syndrome.

Obstructive lesions of the aorta and its branches have been the subject of a great deal of interest and study due to the phenomenal growth of vascular surgery in recent years. With this study has come about a constant reappraisal of our clinical knowledge of these cases. Congenital narrowings of the aorta are nearly all located in the isthmial area, and clinical knowledge of these cases is base...

Mercury in Women of Child-bearing Age in 25 Countries

Idiopathic Stevens-Johnson Syndrome in a Child: a Case Report

Background Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) is one of potentially fatal disorders that often occur after taking certain types of medication. There are reports of this disease after some infections. This paper presents the case of a young boy with idiopathic Stevens-Johnson syndrome. Case Report A six-year-old male patient with complaint of fever and skin lesions was transferred to emergency depar...

A Rare Case of Budd Chiari Syndrome in a Child

A 7-year- old male child presented with the complaints of tense abdominal distension and swelling over feet since 1 month. The patient had repeated episodes of similar complaints since last two years with partial or complete relief after taking various forms of allopathic therapy. On imaging, Budd-Chiari syndrome was diagnosed which was hallmarked by occluded Inferior venacava (IVC), caudate lo...