dermatomyositis (dm) is a rare idiopathic inflammatory myopathy with characteristic skin lesions. case series have shown an association between dermatomyositis and malignancy. malignancy has been found in 15-25% of the adult patients with dermatomyositis. a 50-year-old new case of breast cancer, was admitted with muscle weakness and inability to walk. physical examination revealed fever, perior...

BACKGROUND Neurologic complications can occur with varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection, usually after vesicular exanthem. A review of the literature revealed 3 cases of viral meningitis associated with 6th nerve palsy but without significantly increased intracranial pressure. CASE REPORT We report a case of a previously healthy 15-year-old girl with aseptic meningitis as a result of reacti...

Results We studied 78 patients, 55 (70%) female, the mean age was 50 years. Urticaria (26%) and maculo-papular exanthema (20%) were the most frequent manifestations; anaphylaxis was reported in 27% of cases. Ciprofloxacin (36%), Ofloxacin (20%) and Levofloxacin (18%) were the most frequent suspected drugs. Forty-one (52%) patients presented the manifestations in the first hour after the intake ...

Kawasaki disease (KD) is a systemic acute vasculitis, characterized by fever, bilateral non-exudative conjunctivitis, redness of the tongue, lips and oral mucosa, changes in the extremities, cervical lymph node, and polymorphic exanthema. The diagnostic criteria for Kawasaki disease are fever and at least four of the above five symptoms. Aneurysms and stenosis of coronary arteries are the most ...