Traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage is known on many occasions to result from a blow on the neck rupturing the vertebral artery within the cervical spine. On some occasions, however, no such damage to the artery in the neck can be found to account for the haemorrhage. Some cases are described in which the source of haemorrhage was rupture of the vertebral artery within the skull close to the bas...

nt matter & 2006 gyn.2006.01.003 thor. Tel.: +44 20 . [email protected] Summary Antepartum haemorrhage is bleeding from the genital tract in the second half of pregnancy. It continues to be an important cause of maternal and fetal mortality and morbidity. In those cases where a cause is identified, placental abruption and placenta praevia are two common responsible conditions. In the remaining h...

OBJECTIVE Antepartum haemorrhage (APH) defined as bleeding from the genital tract in the second half of pregnancy, remains a major cause of perinatal mortality and maternal morbidity in the developed world. RESULTS In approximately half of all women presenting with APH, a diagnosis of placental abruption or placenta praevia will be made; no firm diagnosis will be made in the other half even a...

A 49 year old man who developed idiopathic pulmonary haemorrhage and glomerulonephritis responded initially to immunosuppressive treatment and plasmapheresis. However, he died later from massive pulmonary haemorrhage and necropsy showed cytomegalovirus infection of the lungs. We propose that relapse of pulmonary haemorrhage may be associated with cytomegalovirus infection and that preventive me...

Dengue is a mosquito borne febrile viral disease .Sri Lanka an endemic area where the incidence was peak in 2017 and slightly decreased 2020 (28.7%) because of preventive measures. Presentation can be asymptomatic or cause spectrum symptoms including undifferentiated fever, dengue haemorrhagic fever with without shock expanded syndrome. We describe here case 48-years old man who presented to em...