Wandering Fibroid: An Unusual Complication Arising from an Unusual Location

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...

An Unusual Complication from an Electric Shock

Nevus lipomatosus superficialis on the neck: an unusual location

Nevus lipomatosus superficialis (NLS) is a hamartomatous skin lesion defined by the presence of mature adipose tissues among the collagen bundles of the dermis. It is classified into two forms:the classical form and the solitary form. The classical NLS most commonly involves the pelvic or gluteal region. In this paper, we report a case of classical NLS over the neck because of its atypica...

An unusual presentation of huge cervical fibroid.

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...