BACKGROUND Papillary muscle rupture is one of the catastrophic mechanical complications following myocardial infarction. Rupture leads to acute mitral valve regurgitation, pulmonary edema, and cardiogenic shock. Survival is dependent on prompt recognition and surgical intervention. CASES REPORT We present two cases where acute myocardial infarction was complicated by papillary muscle rupture ...

Purpose To determine the full range of ophthalmological clinical manifestations in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to compare features associated with them. Methods Files 13 patients ocular SLE ( n = 20 eyes) diagnosed as per American College Rheumatology (ACR) 2012 revised criteria were retrospectively reviewed. Results The following found: keratoconjunctivitis sicca three patients), an...

acute  pancreatitis (ap) is a common clinical  disease  caused mainly by gallstone impacting  the distal common bile-pancreatic duct and alcohol abuse, but other potential causes as  endoscopic  retrograde cholangiopancreatography  (ercp),  intra duct papillary mucinous tumor and hypercalcemia are claimed .  the incidence of ap has been increasing in recent years . accordingly, ap is a multifac...

Objective: Hypothyroidism has many causes and manifestations in children. One of the is autoimmunity, which known as autoimmune thyroiditis or Hashimoto thyroiditis. Pseudotumor cerebri a rare manifestation Here we report 10-year-old girl with asymptomatic papillary edema who was treated levothyroxine acetazolamide. Case Presentation: A suffered from left eye trauma while playing volleyball wen...

Highlights:1. Ginger (Zingiber officinale) has antimicrobial activity against UPEC which commonly causes UTI in women.2. The MIC and MBC of ginger this study was 1000 mg/ml. AbstractIntroduction: Conjunctivitis is a self-limiting disease. It can be diagnosed through clinical signs found the eye examination. purpose to define characteristics conjunctivitis patients ophthalmology outpatient clini...

INTRODUCTION Purtscher's retinopathy is a rare condition that is noted in cases related to various types of trauma. The characteristic finding in the fundus is the presence of multiple Purtscher flecken. Purtscher-like retinopathy has a similar presentation in the fundus, but without an association with trauma. CASE PRESENTATION A 43-year old Malay man presented with a sudden onset of central...

OBJECTIVE Evaluate the etiology and the most frequent funduscopic alterations of the neuroretinitis. METHODS We present the case of a woman 24 years old with a bilateral decrease of visual sharpness (AV), painless and progressive, the funduscopic examination of which reveals a bilateral optical disc edema, with no hemorrhages or exudates, retina edema of the posterior pole and phlebitic areas...

Sweet's syndrome is a reactive dermatosis characterized clinically by fever, leukocytosis, and multiple, erythematous, painful plaques. Histopathologic examination reveals a band-like dense dermal inflammatory infiltrate composed mainly of neutrophils with papillary dermal edema, and no features of vasculitis. We report a case of a 56-year-old female diagnosed with cervical cancer, who underwen...

CHEST, 79: 1, JANUARY, 1981 IMAGING OF SUPRACARDIAC TOTAL ANOMALOUS PULMONARY VENOUS DRAINAGE 113 patient was one of acute ventricular failure with severe right upper abdominal quadrant pain due to liver distention, ascites, and edema. We suspect that the primary event was acute detachment of the semicircular suture, producing tricuspid regurgitation, acute right ventricular distention, increas...

Metastasis represents the most common brain malignancy. Solitary or multiple ring enhancing intra-axial lesions bordered on the graywhite matter junction with disproportionate edema is the usual pattern on imaging. No reports of high protein content parenchymal metastatic lesion can be found in literature till now. Authors here describe a case of 42 year old female presenting with features of i...