Systemic candidiasis: an unusual complication of eating mutton.

Polyserositis: An Unusual Complication of Aluminum Phosphide Poisoning

  Background: Aluminum phosphide is the common cause of poisoning in adults in India, with a very high case fatality ratio. We studied five patients of aluminum phosphide poisoning with polyserositis. Methods: We enrolled all patients with aluminum phosphide poisoning presenting to emergency medical department, at a tertiary care hospital in northwestern India from January to July 2006. These p...

AA amyloidosis in systemic lupus erythematosus: an unusual complication.

a nephrotic syndrome. The only SLE activity she Introduction reported during this time were brief episodes of polyarthralgia. Laboratory tests showed a normal creatinAA amyloidosis is a complication of chronic inflamine level, albumin concentration at 1.79 g/dl, heavy matory diseases including Crohn’s disease, rheumatoid proteinuria (3 g/day), no haematuria, antinuclear antiarthritis, ankylosin...

An unusual complication of mourning.

The emotional trauma of bereavement can, on occasion, be translated into physical trauma. Phrases such as "grinding of teeth", "breast-beating" and "tearing one's hair out" have a traditional association with mourning and lamentation.' We report a case where bereavement led directly to an uncommon neurological complication of blunt trauma. A forty year old housewife from the United Arab Emirate...

An Unusual Complication from an Electric Shock

Purpura fulminans: an unusual complication of malaria.

A 45-year-old male presented with history of fever for four days and a skin rash for two days. The rash was present primarily at the extremities and had progressed to acquire a blackish hue at the time of presentation (Figs. 1 and 2). The patient was febrile and had hepatosplenomegaly. On further workup, the patient was diagnosed to have Plasmodium falciparum malaria on peripheral smear and ant...