New onset bullae in a pregnant woman

Perioperative radiation exposure in a pregnant woman

The perioperative imaging of a pregnant woman presents a unique challenge to orthopaedics surgeon as concern about the radiation risk to the embryo or fetus. This article highlights effect of radiation exposure on foetus.I would like to discuss about the amount of radiation exposure in a pregnant woman during fluoroscopic guided closed femoral Interlock nailing as radiation has significant...

Tense Bullae and Urticaria in a Woman in Her Sixties

CASE A 68-year-old woman presented with a pruritic, blistering rash. Three months prior, she had developed itchy lesions on her hands and feet, spreading to her chest and abdomen. For the past week, she had developed painful, tense blisters. The patient had seen her primary care doctor at symptom onset and failed to improve with topical clobetasol proprionate and hydroxyzine. She took amlodipin...

Preoperative Emboli in a Pregnant Woman with Myxoma

The left atrium is the most common location of myxomas, which are benign tumors. Only a few cases of myxomas in pregnancies have been reported. Our thorough medical literature search showed only 17 reported cases in the course of pregnancy. Myxomas during pregnancy and in the preterm period constitute a serious phenomenon that can mimic an early sign of a life-threatening pathology like severe ...

A Pregnant Woman with Factor V Deficiency

"Pseudosarcoma" in a pregnant woman

BACKGROUND Intravascular fasciitis (IVF) is a rare benign condition characterised by reactive myofibroblastic proliferation arising from the superficial or deep fascia and involving arteries and/or veins. It is a distinct variant of the more common condition of nodular fasciitis, which possesses similar clinical and histological features to IVF, but lacks vascular invasion. A thorough review of...