Compartment syndrome is a rare vascular disorder and an orthopedic emergency caused by high intramuscular pressure following bone fractures and some other etiologies. It mostly involves extremities, but can affect other parts of the body. The syndrome is diagnosed based on extensively varying signs and symptoms including feeling pain, pallor, pulselessness, and some other signs among patients. ...

conclusions these findings strongly suggest the diagnosis of delayed post-infarction pericarditis, or dressler syndrome, a rare disease in the age of reperfusion therapy. although rare, it is a syndrome that must be considered in the differential diagnosis of chest pain. case presentation a 46-year-old male was admitted to the emergency department due to pleuritic chest pain. two weeks before t...

the robert/sc (pseudothalidomide) syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder, associated with phocomelia and craniofacial abnormalities. an anomalous fetus with lower limb phocomelia and micromelia, lumbar myeloschisis, upper limb and ribs defects and craniofacial abnormalities is reported whose diabetic mother took mebendazole and glibenclamide in early pregnancy. ultrasonographic finding...

discussion early recognition of dress syndrome is of a particular importance. although rare, in newborn infants with the presence of skin rash, liver involvement, hyper-eosinophilia and lymphadenopathy, dress diagnosis should be highly suspected and prompt intervention including withdrawal of causative drug is required to prevent potentially fatal outcomes. introduction drug rash with eosinophi...

Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome is an uncommon disorder which is presented by a triad of lip swelling, facial nerve palsy, and a fissured tongue. A number of treatments have been reported for this syndrome with variable outcomes. We have reported a 38-year-old female patient with lower lip swelling and a fissured tongue on clinical examination. She was also suffering from facial nerve paralysis s...

fat embolism syndrome is a clinical diagnosis, and diagnostic procedures are not specific. in every trauma patient, fat embolism syndrome has to be considered as a possibility and supportive treatment should begin as soon as possible. the authors reported a rare case of fat embolism syndrome whose only neurological symptom was motor aphasia. a young man sustained comminuted femoral shaft fractu...

Ultrasound has revolutioned the care of women carring twins. First trimester evaluation is the best time to determine chorioniocity and amnioniocity in multiple gestations. First trimester diagnosis is based on the number of gestational sacs, amnions and yolk sacs. Growth rate in multiple multiple gestations during the fist and early second trimesters parallels the growth rate of singleton preg...

Rett syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder largely seen in girls. It occurs as result of the mutations methyl CpG binding protein 2 (MECP2) gene on X chromosome. The disease shows itself with psychomotor retardation and purposeless hand movements that are developed after normal development stages between months 6-18. frequently accompanied by microcephalia. diagnosis clinical diagnosis, mol...

Introduction: SAPHO syndrome is defined as the association of a group of rare sterile osteoarticular disorders and inflammatory skin diseases whose etiology, although not yet determined, probably involves genetic, immunological and infectious mechanisms. The recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis, an inflammatory disease, can be associated with this syndrome even as a single event.  Case Report:...