We report a rare case of fatal cardiac tamponade attributed to coronary sinus thrombosis. An 83-year-old man was admitted to the hospital complaining of general fatigue. Laboratory examination revealed marked increase of atypical lymphoblastic cells in peripheral blood. CHOP therapy was started under the diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The patient died, however, of sudden cardiac arr...

background sphenoid sinus is surrounded by many vital vascular and nervous structures. in more than 20% of patients with chronic sinusitis, involvement of sphenoid sinus has been observed. besides, sphenoid sinus is an appropriate route to access anterior and middle cranial fossa in surgery. therefore, it is important to have an adequate knowledge about the contents of sphenoid sinus and its pr...

cytotoxicity evaluation of daphne mucronata (thymelaeaceae) extract and one of its active purified components, using seven different cancerous cell lines, revealed the strong antiproliferative activity of the plant. using flow cytometry technique, it was found that treatment of the most responsive cells (k562) with the plant extract or the active component inhibited the progression of cells thr...

Sudden cardiac arrest has been reported to occur in patients with congenital anomalous coronary artery disease. About 80% of the anomalies are benign and incidental findings at the time of catheterization. We present a case of sudden cardiac arrest caused by anomalous left anterior descending artery. 61-year-old African American female was brought to the emergency department after sudden cardia...

the silent sinus syndrome (sss) involves painless facial asymmetry and enophthalmos, which is theresult of chronic maxillary sinus atelectasis. in most cases, it is diagnosed clinically, however, usingthe characteristic imaging features including maxillary sinus outlet obstruction, sinus opacification,and sinus volume loss caused by inward retraction of the sinus walls. obstruction of the maxil...

Anaesthesiologists being the frontline worker in COVID 19 pandemic, also contributed to management of post-COVID sequelae like mucormycosis. Hereby reporting a case successful anaesthetic 60-year-old male with post mucormycosis having an orbital extension, co-morbidities IHD, dilated cardiomyopathy, rate-controlled atrial fibrillation on regular treatment posted for emergency endoscopic debride...

A 58-year-old man without comorbidity presented with high fever, chills, and myalgia. Examination showed right inguinal lymphadenopathy; an eschar was present in the ankle region (Figure 1). His blood pressure was 100/60 mmHg, heart rate was 70 beats/minute, and the electrocardiogram (ECG) showed normal sinus rhythm (Figure 2A). The platelet count was 74,000/μL, total bilirubin was 1.3 mg/dL, a...