Recurrent cardiovascular collapse due to surreptitious ingestion of propranolol.

Factitious Disorder in Crohn's Disease: Recurrent Pancytopenia Caused by Surreptitious Ingestion of 6-Mercaptopurine

Factitious disorder is a rare psychiatric illness characterized by the willful and deceptive induction of illness for the purpose of assuming the sick role. It presents a substantial diagnostic challenge, as patients often go to great lengths to conceal their deception. Accordingly, its presence in the full spectrum of gastrointestinal diseases is likely underappreciated. While factitious gastr...

Survey of Cardiovascular Damage due to Atherosclerosis in 112 Patients

ABSTRACT Atherosclerosis is one of the most common disorders in Iran. It usually involved adult males over the age of 60 year. All Major and middle arteries are at risk and usually it has two types effects on arteries, Occlusive lesions in the site of dividing arteries and aneurysmal lesions which occure in abdominal aorta in 90%. Frequency, symptoms and pathologies of atherosclosis is still...

Recurrent migraine after propranolol.

A 70-year-old woman with angina pectoris developed a migrainous headache 3 days after starting oral propranolol. She had not complained of headaches since her second and third decade when she had suffered occasional attacks of migraine. It is likely that propranolol was the cause of her headache, since it recurred when she was rechallenged with the drug.

Nitrate intoxication due to ingestion of pigweed red-root (Amaranthus retroflexus) in cattle

Nitrate toxicosis associated with consumption of pigweed red-root (Amaranthus retroflexus) wasdiagnosed in a small herd of cattle in the suburb of Mashhad, northeastern Iran. The clinical signs wereruminal tympany, incoordination, tachycardia, dyspnea, head pressing, aggressive movements and jugulardistension. Seven animals including 3 young calves and 4 cows died of intoxication; other affecte...

Fixed drug eruption due to propranolol.