Two cases of ACTH-producing thymic carcinoid and a review of reported cases in Japan.

HYPERPARATHYROIDISM AND PREGNANCY A REVIEW OF TWO CASES

Fulminant Cushing's syndrome due to an ACTH-producing thymic carcinoid.

Case Description A 32-year-old man was hospitalized because of severe fatigue and blurred vision. Evaluation revealed glaucoma, hypertension, new-onset diabetes mellitus and severe hypokalemia with metabolic alkalosis. A month later he was admitted to the urology department because of a perianal and scrotal abscess, which was surgically drained. Following surgery, he developed shortness of brea...

Gemistocytic Glioblastomas: Review of Two Cases

  We report two cases of de novo Gemistocytic glioblastomas. In case one, a 35 year male presented with features of raised intracranial pressure and rapid neurological deterioration. In case 2; a 73 year old male presented with rapid neurological deterioration and focal neurological deficits. In both cases imaging findings were suggestive of high grade malignancy involving the brain. This was ...

Sporotrichosis in Iran: A mini review of reported cases in patients suspected to cutaneous leishmaniasis

Sporotrichosis is a chronic subcutaneous fungal infection with global distribution. It is a rare fungal infection with nine reported cases in Iran, including eight humans and one animal, within the past 30 years. Among the human cases, seven were of the fixed cutaneous type of sporotrichosis and one had sporotrichoid lymphocutaneous. The reported patients were within the age range of 23-60 year...

A report of two cases of pyknodysostosis in two children

pyknodysostosis is a rare bone disease characterzed with short stature,wide fontaneles,small chin,hyperdensity of bones,erosion of tufts of the disatl phalanges,and narrowing of the mandibular angle. pyknodysostosis is inheritted as an autosomal recessive disease and may be seen in both sexes at any age.the patients have normal life span.short stature and bone fractures are their major problems...