Pyomyositis can be a difficult diagnosis to make, as it can mimic many other disease processes. Various laboratory studies can be abnormal with pyomyositis, but none are specific to the disease. Early disease can generally be treated with antibiotics alone, whereas advanced disease frequently requires emergent surgical intervention with significant resuscitation. We describe a case of pyomyosit...

Fallopian tube torsion secondary to an adnexal tumor presents with nonspecific symptoms, and preoperative diagnosis is challenging. We report two cases of hydrosalpinx paraovarian cyst accompanying fallopian that clinically presented recurrent mild lower abdominal pain.

Acute coronary syndrome usually presents with retrosternal chest pain, nausea, vomiting, sweating, and jaw and arm pain. Some patients only present with neck, epigastric, or ear discomfort. A 47-year-old male with a history of hypertension and coronary artery disease presented to the emergency department complaining of bilateral otalgia. He never felt chest pain, jaw pain, nausea, diaphoresis, ...

OBJECTIVES To examine a possible association of parental chronic pain with chronic pain in the adolescent and young adult and to explore whether a relationship could be explained by socioeconomic and psychosocial factors or may be affected by differences in family structure. DESIGN Unselected, population-based, cross-sectional study. SETTING Nord-Trøndelag County, Norway. PARTICIPANTS All...