BackgrOlmd: Lemierre syndrome, or postanginal sepsis, was first described in the early part of this century and is characterized by pharyngitis, followed by high fever and rigors, cervical adenopathy, thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein, distant abscess formation, and icterus, associated with isolation of Pusobacterium necropborum from blood. Metbods: This report describes a case of p...

The term disappearing HDL syndrome refers to development of severe high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) deficiency in noncritically ill patients with previously normal HDL-C and triglyceride levels. Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS) is a disorder of the immune system due to an inability to regulate lymphocyte homeostasis resulting in lymphadenopathy and hepatosplenomegaly. ...

Case 1. Anne is a 23-year-old nursing student who presents with bilateral cervical, left supraclavicular, and left axillary adenopathy. Computed tomography (CT) scan of the thorax reveals a 6-cm anterior mediastinal mass. Biopsy of the left supraclavicular lymph node reveals classical nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma. A complete blood count is normal and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ES...

Multiple malignancies may occur in the same patient, and a few reports describe cases with multiple hematologic and non-hematologic neoplasms. We report the case of a patient who showed the sequential occurrence of four different lymphoid neoplasms together with a squamous cell carcinoma of the lung. A 62-year-old man with adenopathy was admitted to the hospital, and lymph node biopsy was posit...

On examination, a 7-8 cm sized non-tender, immobile, smooth surfaced, hard mass was palpated beneath the right nasolabial fold. Another mass around 1-1.5 cm in size was palpated beneath the left nasolabial fold (Figure 1). Anterior rhinoscopy revealed a round, mucosal-covered mass extending along the floor and lateral wall of nose into the right nasal vestibule. No proptosis or extra-ocular mus...

A63 year-old previously healthy man presented with marked lymphocytosis. Physical examination showed splenomegaly but no adenopathy. The blood count was 38.53109 leukocytes with 88% lymphoid cells, 170 g/L hemoglobin and 2463109/L platelets. The lymphoid cells were large with a single thick-rimmed nucleolus in a round regular nucleus. The chromatin was moderately dense and the cytoplasm was pal...

Locoregional recurrence following surgical resection alone for stage III/IV head and neck cancer is common. Adjuvant radiotherapy has been shown to improve post-operative locoregional control when compared to pre-operative radiotherapy for head and neck cancers. Following surgical resection, adverse pathological features determine the need for adjuvant therapy. High-risk pathologic features inc...

To cite: Parchand SM, Vijitha VS, Misra DP. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2016218848 DESCRIPTION A girl aged 16 years presented with sudden loss of vision in the left eye (LE) for 1 day. Visual acuity was 6/6 in the right eye (RE) and perception of light in LE. LE had relative afferent pupillary defect. RE fundus had cotton wool spots (figure 1A)...