INTRODUCTION We describe a rare case of small bowel infarction due to fibro muscular dysplasia in superior mesenteric artery in a young patient. CASE PRESENTATION A 28 year old Asian female presented with acute onset left sided abdominal pain and watery diarrhea. She had a laparotomy due to further deterioration. It showed infracted small intestine, gall bladder and parts of liver. Abdomen ha...

A 75-year-old man with a large pituitary adenoma presented with general muscular weakness, including difficulty in rising in the morning and forceless defecation and urination, and muscular pain, numbness and atrophy in the shoulder, neck and thigh. Testosterone replacement and subsequent resection of the pituitary tumor resulted in resolution of the symptoms. The value of pituitary imaging tes...

Four patients with muscular pain, fasciculations, contractures or cramps are presented. Evidence of peripheral nerve involvement was revealed by electromyography and nerve conduction studies. Muscle biopsy showed mild signs of denervation and reinnervation and, at electron microscopy, dilatations of terminal cisternae were found. All patients showed a remarkable improvement after therapy with d...

Nicolau Syndrome (also known as Embolia cutis medicamentosa and livedo-like dermatitis) is a rare but severe localized adverse drug reaction to a range of intra-muscular preparations. It manifests as acute pain, cutaneous, subcutaneous and intra-muscular inflammation and necrosis immediately following an injection, with potentially devastating sequelae. We describe the syndrome in a 21-year-old...

Regarding sedentary lifestyle people who watch television, computer, play games on mobile and spent less than two to three days in week performing physical activity are physically inactive. Muscle “tightness” is a result of from an increase the muscle tension. PNF energy techniques most effective increasing range motion, increases circulation overall muscular performance athletes, decreases pai...

OBJECTIVE To compare clinical characteristics of patients admitted with chest pain with those who had Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) and Non Cardiac Chest Pain (NCCP) presenting at a tertiary care center. METHODS An analytical crossectional study was done. All patients presenting to the emergency with acute chest pain of age more than 18 years who had electrocardiography done and had an initia...

To compare training programs for women with trapezius myalgia regarding physical performance and pain, 102 women were randomized to strength, endurance, co-ordination and non-training groups. Before and after the intervention, static strength and dynamic muscular endurance in shoulder muscles were measured on a Cybex II dynamometer. Muscle activity in shoulder muscles was monitored via surface ...