Introduction. “The nutcracker syndrome” occurs due to abnormal compression of the left renal vein (LRV) between superior mesenteric artery and aorta. Clinical manifestations range from hematuria, proteinuria, pain in lumbar region, sided varicocele men, pudendal varicosity women development severe anemia failure some cases progressive phlebohypertension.Materials methods. The study included 210...

To determine clinical presentation and outcomes of henoch schonlein purpura, 28 cases of the disease who were admitted in our hospital during a period of 7.5 years, were studied through review of their hospital records. Their mean age was 7.5 years, and matel female ratio was 1.5. the characteristic skin rash of syndrome was present in all of the cases. The prevalence of the other main manifest...

Hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) is a life-threatening clinical syndrome that has various presentations, shows rapid progression and is associated with a high mortality. Clinical reports about pulmonary tuberculosis combined with respiratory failure accompanied by HPS are rare.HPS has no special clinical manifestations, and the main presentations include persistent fever, hepatosplenomegaly, hemat...

Tumor lysis syndrome is characterized by the massive destruction of malignant cells and the release in the extra-cellular space of their content. While Tumor lysis syndrome may occur spontaneously before treatment, it usually develops shortly after the initiation of cytotoxic chemotherapy. These metabolites can overwhelm the homeostatic mechanisms with development of hyperuricaemia, hyperkalaem...

Borrelia burgdorferi is highly susceptible to antibiotic treatment and the majority of patients profit from this treatment. Antibiotic selection, dose and route of administration, and duration of therapy for Lyme disease depend on the patient’s clinical manifestations and stage of disease, age, pregnancy status, as well as the presence of other concomitant diseases and/or allergies. Despite an ...

The clinical manifestations of 88 children with congenital constriction band syndrome involvement of the hand were reviewed. Seventy-five of these children had evidence of digital or limb amputations, with 235 upper limb amputations and 138 lower limb amputations. In the hand, digital amputations were most common in the index, middle, and ring fingers, whereas in the foot, amputations of the ha...