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Proximal renal tubular acidosis in pregnancy: A case report and literature review
(2007)
Renal tubular acidosis is usually associated with chronic renal conditions and is rarely encountered in pregnancy. It may be inherited causing osteomalacia and rickets in children or acquired following autoimmune diseases ...
Fatal hepatitis B infection despite immunization in an HIV-infected infant: A possible case of vaccine failure and immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome
(2010)
We report a case of hepatitis B immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in an 8-month-old girl with Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infection. In resource-constrained ...
Parachute mitral valve and a large ventricular septal defect in an asymptomatic adult
(2001)
I report here on an asymptomatic 28-year-old man with a parachute mitral valve associated with a significant ventricular septal defect and a stenosing supravalvular mitral ring. This condition has not been reported previously ...
Brain abscess and granuloma formation as late complications of retained ventricular catheter
(2009)
This report presents a rare complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt, delayed development of brain abscess and foreign body granuloma formation adjacent to the intraventricular catheter. Both the complications occurring ...
Pushed, pulled or twisted?
(2001)
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A young healthy woman presenting with acute meningitis and a large pleural-based mass
(2003)
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Non-responding 'tension pneumothorax' following stab wounds
(2003)
[No abstract available]
Laryngeal cyst and sudden death
(1995)
Laryngeal cysts are relatively uncommon and account for about five per cent of benign laryngeal lesions. The commonest location is the epiglottis. Pathologically these lesions may be divided into epithelial, tonsillar or ...
Sudden death caused by testicular germ cell tumour
(1995)
Most cases of sudden unexpected 'natural' death are due to primary disorders of the cardiovascular, respiratory and central nervous system. Sudden death due to a previously undiagnosed malignancy is rare in young, apparently ...
Hypoxaemia in patients with hyperleukocytosis: True or spurious, and clinical implications
(1993)
It has been suggested that in asymptomatic patients with leukaemias and very high white blood cell counts, the apparent hypoxaemia found using routine blood gas analysis is spurious, the result of excessive O2 metabolism ...