scholarly journals Recurrent pheochromocytoma with catecholamine cardiomyopathy and left ventricular thrombus: a case report

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 030006052110077
Author(s):  
Renzheng Chen ◽  
Yong Wang ◽  
Jie Yang ◽  
Xiaofeng Cheng ◽  
Jiang Wang ◽  
...  

Pheochromocytoma is a rare and usually benign tumor of the adrenal glands. We report a case of a 40-year-old woman with recurrent pheochromocytoma and catecholamine cardiomyopathy. She had no history of other types of tumors or connective tissue disease. She had already undergone surgery twice to remove the pheochromocytoma, which had now recurred for the second time. A thrombus in the left ventricle was also noted upon imaging examination, which dissipated after anticoagulation therapy using dabigatran, allowing the patient to opt for an elective third surgery. This paper describes the clinical outcome of using the anticoagulant dabigatran to treat left ventricular thrombosis in this rare case of recurrent pheochromocytoma, and thus further contributing to the knowledge of the clinical management of this rare and complicated disease.

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahbaz A. Malik ◽  
Sarah Malik ◽  
Taylor F. Dowsley ◽  
Balwinder Singh

A 48-year-old male with history of schizoaffective disorder on clozapine presented with chest pain, dyspnea, and new left bundle branch block. He underwent coronary angiography, which revealed no atherosclerosis. The patient’s workup was unrevealing for a cause for the cardiomyopathy and thus it was thought that clozapine was the offending agent. The patient was taken off clozapine and started on guideline directed heart failure therapy. During the course of hospitalization, he was also discovered to have a left ventricular (LV) thrombus for which he received anticoagulation. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of clozapine-induced cardiomyopathy complicated by a LV thrombus.


Ultrasound ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 191-195
Author(s):  
Maryam Nabati ◽  
Homa Parsaee ◽  
Alireza Fattahian

Isolated congenital mitral ring is a very rare subtype of congenital mitral valve malformation, which accounts for about one-third of congenital cardiac anomalies associated with left ventricular inflow obstruction. A mitral ring may be easily missed unless the disease is suspected. The mitral valve repair should be considered in symptomatic patients with mitral stenosis. We report a rare case of a 43-year-old woman with an intramitral ring who experienced previous embolic stroke with left hemiplegia. However, stroke happened several years ago and it does not completely prove causality.


2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-34
Author(s):  
Kartikesh Mishra

Duodenal adenocarcinoma constitutes 0.4% of gastrointestinal malignancies. Achalasia incidence rate is 0.5-1.2 per 100000. The combination is rare. This is a report of a 68-year-old male from Nepal with history of five years abdominal pain, dysphasia and weight loss. Duodenoscopy could confirm ulcero-proliferative growth at D1-D2. Barium meal depicted features of achalasia cardia. No similar case report suggests that occurrence of duodenal carcinoma and achalasia cardia is merely co- incidental. Discussion: No similar case report suggests that occurrence of duodenal carcinoma and achalasia cardia is merely co- incidental. Consent: Informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this case report .


2021 ◽  
Vol 81 ◽  
pp. 105842 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdulkarim Abukhodair ◽  
Mohammed S. Alqarni ◽  
Abdulmalek Alzahrani ◽  
Ziad M. Bukhari ◽  
Khalid Zuber ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Manal Ahmed Halwani

Eruptive lingual papillitis is a common benign disorder manifested by inflammation of fungiform papillae on the dorsolateral surface of the tongue. Several variants of lingual papillitis have been reported since 1997, most or all of them with painful erythematous papules. Here we report a case of 6 years old girl child with non-painful severe variant form of eruptive lingual papillitis presented to the emergency department. The entire dorsal surface of the tongue was surfaced by 2-3mm by multiple erythematous papules and some with a white or yellowish colour. The papules were excessively inflamed, pigmented, aggregated, and crusted. The cause was idiopathic which resolved within ten days. The parent and patient were reassured with advice to practice oral hygiene. This is a rare case report describing non-painful lingual papillitis without a history of any prior episodes.


Author(s):  
Mahmoud Abdelnaby ◽  
Abdallah Almaghraby ◽  
Yehia Saleh ◽  
Muhammad Abdul Haleem ◽  
Ashraf ElAmin ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marah Mansour ◽  
Amr Hamza ◽  
AlHomam AlMarzook ◽  
Ilda moafak kanbour ◽  
Tamim Alsuliman ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-48
Author(s):  
Sonam Gyamtsho

Introduction: Infants and children are very prone to air way obstruction due to smaller and immature air ways. There are multiple causes of upper airway obstruction in infants like infections, congenital lesions and rarely tumours of the upper airway. However, angiofibrolipoma, a rare variant of lipoma causing intermittent respiratory distress in an infant has not been reported until now. Objective: To report a very rare case of angiofibrolipoma arising from the soft palate in an infant. Case report: Two and half months old female child reported to the department of otolaryngology with a history of intermittent airway obstruction since one month of age. After evaluation she was found to have a fleshy polypoidal mass above the laryngeal inlet arising from soft palate causing airway compromise. She underwent surgical excison with bipolar cautery under general anaesthesia. Conclusion: Few cases of angiofibrolipoma has been reported in adults but none has been reported in children. This is to report a case of angiofibrolipoma in child causing airway obstruction.


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