PROPIONIC ACIDEMIA, A RARE CAUSE OF CARDIOGENIC SHOCK IN A YOUNG WOMAN WITH ENCEPHALOPATHY

A Rare Case of Acquired Segmental Megacolon with Unknown Cause in a Young Woman

Acquired Megacolon is a rare disease that usually presents in elderly people and there have been only few reported cases in literature. In this article we report a 24-year-old woman who had referred with chronic intermittent epigastric pain from 4-5 years ago and also chronic constipation and distension of upper abdominal part. Clinical examinations and imaging studies (chest x-ray, barium enem...

Rare cause of severe hypertension in a young woman.

mumps myocarditis as a cause of neonatal cardiogenic shock

the mothers may be infected during pregnancy with infectious agents. mumps induced myocarditis, especially endocardial fibroelastosis, was previously a common disease of infants but is rare now. a 25 day old male infant admitted to the intensive care of our hospital because of cardiogenic shock. further studies revealed ischemic electrocardiograms, poor ventricular function, and positive result...

A young woman with multiple hypopigmented patches

A 33–year-old woman was visited at the dermatological clinic of Loghman-e-Hakim Hospital with multiple hypopigmented patches on her right arm, buttocks and flanks. Her lesions developed over the past year with no regression. Lesions were resistant to multiple antifungal therapies. Clinical examination revealed multiple circular or oval patches on the right arm, flank and sacral area. There was ...

GASTROESOPHAGEAL LE IOMYOMATOSIS IN A YOUNG WOMAN WITH V ULVAR LEIOMYOMATOSIS AND GALLSTONE DISEASE: REPORT OF A RARE CASE

Gastroesophageal-vul var leiomyomatosis is a very rare condition it is characterized by diffuse, ill-defined proliferation of smooth muscle in the esophagus and vulva. We present an interesting case of esophageal leiomyomatosis in a woman with a history of vulvar leiomyomatosis and a gall bladder full of stones. She was 18-years old and had a 4 year history of vulvar mass and clitoromegaly,...