Unusual Frost Phenomenon

An unusual case of frost bite autoamputation of toes

BACKGROUND We report a case of a 15 year old young female who suffered autoamputation of left mid foot and four digits of right foot following repeated application of snow to relieve the pain in her frost bitten feet. CASE PRESENTATION The sociodemographic background, cause, resulting injury and subsequent management are discussed. CONCLUSION Such injuries are relatively rare but awareness ...

Unusual Clinical Presentation of Nutcracker Phenomenon.

Dear Editor, A 34-year-old female presented with progressively worsening left flank pain. The pain was initially relieved by analgesics but subsequently increased in severity and frequency. There were no complaints of haematuria, dysmenorrhoea or dyspareunia. Physical examination was essentially unremarkable with no palpable abdominal mass or pelvic varicose veins. Urinalysis suggested mild uri...

An Unusual Post-Operative Phenomenon in Thyroidectomy

An Unusual Phenomenon in Strychnine Convulsions

while to test the margin of safety claimed by the British Pharmacopoeia for the maximum dose of some of the toxic drugs ; amongst the many toxic substances that suggested themselves, strychnine was considered the safest, as the antidote is well known and its action almost quantitative. After consideration of all factors it was considered reasonable that I personally should become the subject of...

An unusual cutaneous manifestation of myelodysplastic syndrome: "pseudo-Koebner phenomenon".

An unusual and hitherto unreported complication of myelodysplastic syndrome is reported: the "pseudo-Koebner phenomenon." The skin lesions were characterised by exuberant "fleshy" masses at the sites of intravenous cannulation and skin trauma, and by histological evidence of chronic inflammation with focal necrosis and abscess formation. No evidence of dermal infiltration by malignant haemopoie...