A case of choroidal neurilemmoma is reported. After a period of clinical observation which included serial fundus photography and fluorescein angiography, during which time active growth was seen, the tumour was thought to be a malignant melanoma, and enucleation was considered the treatment of choice. Subsequent histological study revealed a neurilemmoma. Important points relating to the clini...

Violation of civil rights, forced treatment, and commitment under the guise of psychiatric care occurred in two cases involving women who became “patients” in nonmedical situations in different states. They were both violently victimized and at some point in their cases acted on their own behalf. One case will be described herein. In both cases the victims were denounced in court as malingerers...

To cite: Kamaruddin H, Orme R, Hall IR, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2014204519 DESCRIPTION A 51-year-old man with a history of ischaemic heart disease (IHD), previous percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and rheumatoid disease, presented with chest pain and inferoposterior ST segment elevation in August 2013. He had continued to smok...

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Intramural esophageal hematoma is a very rare but important cause of chest pain. This condition shares similarity with the diagnosis of other thoracic emergencies and has a high potential for misdiagnosis. The emergency clinician plays a critical role in the early identification and management of these patients. The management of intramural hematomas is typically conservative, and a misdiagnosi...

A 79-year-old female was referred to our Gynecologic Department presenting with a pelvic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), showing an adnexal mass, later confirmed at the pelvic examination. The patient's routine laboratory tests were normal. A sonographic examination was performed with inconclusive results. Although the ultrasonography excluded the presence of vascularization and malignant deg...

It is often difficult to identify maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) in pediatric patients close onset. Hence, misdiagnosis and unnecessary insulin treatment are still common.

BACKGROUND Since 1970, the incidence of lymphoma, a potentially curable disease, has risen by 80% in the general population and in HIV- positive patients. Given its clinical similarities to tuberculosis (TB), lymphoma may be misdiagnosed and patients treated unnecessarily with potentially harmful TB medication. OBJECTIVES (i) To identify patients with a histological diagnosis of lymphoma who ...

The experience of our self-help organisation shows that the reason patients with symptoms of magnesium (Mg) deficiency do not get Mg therapy is acceptance of an inappropriate lower limit of the reference values for serum Mg concentration. The commonly designated low limit of the normal range seems to have been selected from values obtained for symptomatic patients. It is below levels that exist...