A 52-year-old woman with headache and bradycardia.

Status epilepticus in a 52-year-old woman due to intracranial needle

Intracranial needles are a rare entity. They most commonly present with headache and seizures. The management of such patients is sometimes challenging. We present a 52-year-old woman who was admitted to our hospital with status epilepticus, because of an inracranial needle. There was no history of epileptic seizures and she was asymptomatic until the time of presentation.

A 52-year-old woman with asymptomatic annular erythematous plaques

A 52-year-old woman sought medical attention because of several annular erythematous lesions with central clearing on her body since seven months ago. No pruritus or burning sensations were noted. Her medical and family history was unremarkable. Her Fitzpatrick skin photo-type was II. On dermatological physical examination, there were several annular erythematous plaques with raised borders and...

Bradycardia Caused by interaction of Venlafaxine and Cyclosporine: A case report

Background: Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) are prescribed widely for the treatment of depression, anxiety disorders and other psychiatric disorders. Although antidepressants are considered as a safety drug category but unexpected cardiovascular events have been reported as the most serious complications. The aim of this s...

Giant drug-induced QT prolongation > 800 ms with alternans of terminal portion of T wave and J wave in a normothermic patient.

We describe a case of an 85-year-old woman admitted to hospital because of syncope with palpitations. The patient had mistakenly taken sotalol 120 mg/d together with carvedilol 6.25 mg/d. On hospital admission, ECG showed sinus bradycardia 52 bpm with marked QT prolongation: QTc presented variability from beat to beat (840 ms - 640 ms - 820 ms - 640 ms, respectively) with associated macro-alter...

A 30-year-old pregnant woman with bradycardia.