A 45-year-old HIV-positive female patient experienced a generalized burning sensation after the administration of one dose duloxetine 20 mg. The patient’s concurrent medications include fixed drug combination nevirapine 200 mg, Lamivudine 150 and Zidovudine 300 twice daily for 5 years. recovered from next day withdrawal duloxetine. From causal relationship assessment, we observed that neither d...

A 46-year-old Japanese man with type 2 diabetes mellitus, whose only diabetic complication was simple retinopathy, developed acute painful neuropathy. This presented as paresthesia and hyperesthesia restricted to the abdomen. The patient's haemoglobin A(1c) had dropped from 12% to 7.5% within 5 months, following a rapid improvement in glycaemic control. On investigation, there were no indicatio...

Nasopalatine duct cysts are the most common non-odontogenic cysts in the maxilla, and are conventionally treated through a sublabial or palatine approach. Recently, the endoscopic approach has been used, but experience is extremely limited. We treated a 29-year-old male with nasopalatine duct cyst by endoscopic marsupialization, but paresthesia of the incisor region occurred after surgery. This...

background: tramadol overdose is relatively common in iran. a series of tramadol poisoned patients with paresthesia and decreased muscle strength are described. methods: in this prospective cross-sectional study, all referred cases to mashhad medical toxicology center with suspected tramadol poisoning between 1st july 2010 and 1st september 2012 were included. patients with mixed overdose, hist...

Corresponding author: Ji Hee Hong, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine, 56, Dalseong-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu 700-712, Korea. Tel: 82-53-250-7288, Fax: 82-53-250-7240, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/...

lip pits are among the rarest congenital deformities recorded. initially reported in 1845, it’s familial occurrence has been reported just once. these developmental anomalies occur either as an isolated defect or in association with other developmental deformities including cleft lip, cleft palate or both. it may be located at the commisures of the lips or in the midline of the lower lip. it is...

Background: Because nerve stimulators are not always available for brachial plexus block, fmding the right injection spot for nerve blocks is important. In this study we used physical examination to determine the appropriate spot for injection. Methods: All patients who were candidates for upper extremity surgery and were either in class ASA I or ASA II, were selected. Paresthesia was elicited ...

OBJECTIVE To clarify the extent, timing, and patient perspectives of great auricular nerve (GAN) morbidity and recovery after nerve sacrifice during parotidectomy during the first postoperative year. DESIGN Prospective series. SETTING Tertiary care academic medical center. Patients Twenty-seven consecutive patients who underwent parotidectomy with GAN sacrifice. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Preo...

BACKGROUND Vermilion irregularities are common secondary deformities after cleft lip repair, regressed or resected hemangiomas, trauma and tumor surgeries. Vermilion deficiency attracts considerable attention and detracts from an otherwise excellent lip repair. Minor and moderate vermilion defects can be corrected with upper lip advancement, rotation flaps, tongue flaps or grafts. Major defect...