atypical presentation is the most common form of celiac disease (cd). although the terminologies like latent, silent and potential have expressed different aspects of clinical and pathological behaviour of cd, they also have contributed in some extent to confusion between clinicians and patients due to the multiple definitions and uncertainty around them. in the light of new advances and the di...

We report two sibs showing a very mild form of mucolipidosis III with no clinical signs but isolated involvement of the hip and very mild abnormalities of the spine. This indicates that a storage disease, in particular mucolipidosis III, should be considered in any case of isolated bilateral hip dysplasia. The differences from other reported atypical variants of mucolipidosis III are discussed.

OBJECTIVE To investigate patients with an unusual type of muscular atrophy confined to the upper limbs (proximally dominant) and the shoulder girdle, while sparing the face and the legs until the terminal stage. METHODS Eight patients (six men and two women) were clinically examined. The age at onset ranged from 42 to 73 years, and the clinical course varied from 28 to 81 months. There was no...

A 22-year-old male smoker with no other cardiovascular risk factors presented within the first hours after a successful appendicectomy with severe acute chest pain accompanied by nausea. An ECG showed ST-segment elevation in leads I, VL, V2V4 and concurrent ST-depression in leads II, III, VF (Fig. 1). He was immediately transferred to the CCU where chest pain was relieved after nitrate therapy....

introduction : the objective of this study was to give a description of the most prominent atypical radiological presentations of lung hydatidosis. materials and methods: all patients diagnosed with pulmonary hydatidosis by surgical exploration were included in this study. standard chest roentgenogram and computed tomography ct) were evaluated before surgery for lung cysts or unknown lesions. r...