severe abdominal pain as the first manifestation of rabies

Severe Abdominal Pain as the First Manifestation of Rabies

INTRODUCTION Rabies is an acute fatal viral disease that is generally transmitted from animals to humans following wild and domestic animal bites. The rabies virus enters the body from the area where the individual is bitten, and then the virus moves towards the brain and involves the nerves. CASE PRESENTATION During the years 2001-2011, there have been 73 reported rabies cases. About 50,000 ...

Mandibular Swelling as the First Manifestation of Multiple Myeloma

Multiple myeloma is a monoclonal malignant proliferation of plasma cells. The disease is more frequent in men, and the average age of patients at the time of diagnosis of the disease is about 60 years. Solitary myeloma may be the first manifestation of the disseminated form of multiple myeloma, which is characterized by multiple skeletal lesions, general metabolic alterations, impairment of ren...

[Severe abdominal trauma as a manifestation of child abuse].

Dyspnea as the First Manifestation of Silent Renal Cell Carcinoma

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) accounts for only 3% of adult malignancies, and the lung is the most common site of metastasis of this tumor, which may be accompanied by pleural metastasis. However, solitary pleural involvement is very rare and its presentation with dyspnea as the first manifestation of RCC is extremely rare.We describe a 39-year-old male with episodes of dyspnea dating back 6...

Severe dystonia as the first manifestation of neuromyelitis optica.

1Department of Neurology, Universidade Metropolitana de Santos, Santos SP, Brazil; 2Multiple Sclerosis Reference Center for the Coastal Region of the State of São Paulo, Santos SP, Brazil. Correspondence: Yara Dadalti Fragoso; Departamento de Neurologia, Universidade Metropolitana de Santos; Rua da Constituição 374; 11015-470 Santos SP Brasil; E-mail: [email protected] Conflict of interest: The...

Cytomegalovirus pneumonia as the first manifestation of severe combined immunodeficiency

Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) is characterized by the absence of functional T lymphocytes and impairment of adaptive immunity. While heterogeneity of the genetic background in SCID leads to the variability of immune phenotypes, most of affected newborns appear healthy but within the first few months they develop life-threatening opportunistic respiratory or gastrointestinal tract infe...