Persistent haemolysis after infectious hepatitis.

Mycoplasma pneumonia with persistent lymphadenopathy and severe cold agglutinin haemolysis

Mycoplasma pneumonia is an atypical pneumonia commonly affecting young patients with generally mild clinical course. We present a case of a 66-year-old female presenting with weight loss, night sweats and low-grade pyrexia. She acquired symptomatic haemolytic anaemia requiring blood transfusion, markedly raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) to 114 mm/hr and extensive peri-hilar lymphaden...

Persistent Psychosis after Abuse of High Dose of Zolpidem

Background: Zolpidem is a non-benzodiazepine medication which selectively affects GABAA receptors and treats insomnia. There are numerous reports of psychosis following the consumption of zolpidem all of which recovered after stopping the medication. Case Report: A 27 year old male law student, who was treated with 10 mg zolpidem due to insomnia, increased the dosage to 500 mg during 3 months. ...

Early implantation of multiple spring coils for severe haemolysis after incomplete transcatheter occlusion of persistent arterial duct.

An 18 month old girl with an angiographically measured ductus of 4.5 mm underwent transcatheter occlusion of the persistent arterial duct with a 17 mm Rashkind umbrella and an occluding spring coil. Severe intravascular haemolysis developed 20 hours later. Significant residual ductal leakage was noted and the residual duct measured 6 mm. Previous underestimation might have been related to ducta...

Myocardial involvement in infectious hepatitis.

A WIDE variety of infectious diseases may affect the heart giving rise to myocarditis. During life the diagnosis often depends upon the recognition of the possibilities of myocarditis in the particular infection. Viruses, bacteria and parasites have all been incriminated as a cause of this disorder. There have been very few reports in the literature on infectious hepatitis causing myocarditis. ...

Corneal transplantation and infectious hepatitis.