We report a case of histopathologically proven pancreatic cancer in an 18-year-old boy. Complete blood picture revealed moderate normochromic normocytic anaemia with anisocytosis. Other laboratory results including liver function tests, renal functions tests, serum amylase, fasting blood sugar level and serum electrolytes were all of normal values. Abdominal US showed a focal mass of the pancre...

Methaemoglobin, carboxyhaemoglobin concentrations and some haematological parameters were studied in fifty tobacco snuff addicts (40 males and 10 females) in some villages of Anambra State, Nigeria. The aim was to investigate possible adverse effects of tobacco snuff in addicts in Igbos of Anambra State. Fifty apparently healthy persons (25 males and 25 females) who do not inhale snuff were use...

Introduction Chronic atypical neutrophilic dermatosis with lipodystrophy and elevated temperature (CANDLE) syndrome is a newly described autoinflammatory disease, which had been recently reported in 9 patients. It is characterized by onset during the first year of life of recurrent fevers, purpuric skin lesions, arthralgia, progressive lipodystrophy, hypochromic or normocytic anemia, delayed ph...

Introduction Chronic atypical neutrophilic dermatosis with lipodystrophy and elevated temperature (CANDLE) syndrome is a newly described autoinflammatory disease, which had been recently reported in 9 patients. It is characterized by onset during the first year of life of recurrent fevers, purpuric skin lesions, arthralgia, progressive lipodystrophy, hypochromic or normocytic anemia, delayed ph...

background: closantel is a veterinary drug used as anthelmintic for ruminants while it is contraindicated for humans. this report describes a rare case of blindness, increased liver enzymes and coagulopathy following closantel poisoning. case report: a 5-year-old girl was presented with acute blindness following closantel poisoning. she was given mistakenly a dose of 500 mg/day (25mg/kg/day) fo...

Multiple myeloma is a type of plasma cell dyscrasia, characterised by presence of paraprotein or monoclonal (M)-protein in serum or urine. The M-protein may consist of an intact immunoglobulin, the heavy chain only or the light chain only. The latter, designated as light chain multiple myeloma (LCMM) makes up almost 20% of myelomas. Clinical manifestation is often heralded by hypercalcaemia, re...

Myelodysplastic neoplasia (MDS) is a group of stem cell disorders involving ineffective hematopoiesis. It can be associated with an increased risk progression toward acute myeloid leukemia (AML). In Bahrain, MDS the fifth most common primary hematologic malignancy. has annual incidence up to 4 million cases. Some presenting signs and symptoms are often nonspecific, such as fatigue, pallor, mala...