scholarly journals Post-transplant pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis in a non-endemic area: Early diagnosis, the cornerstone for treatment of a life-threatening condition

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalia Leyva-Córdova ◽  
Omar Gabriel Torres-Valencia ◽  
Guillermo Cárdenas-Membrila ◽  
Paulino R. Leal Villalpando ◽  
Luis M. Argote-Green ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Diagnosis ◽  
Endemic Area ◽  
Post Transplant ◽  
Threatening Condition ◽  
Life Threatening

scholarly journals Acute corticosteroid-induced rhabdomyolysis in a golf player

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
D Janse van Rensburg
Keyword(s):  
Early Diagnosis ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Efficient Management ◽  
Secondary Damage ◽  
Threatening Condition ◽  
Life Threatening

Acute corticosteroid-induced rhabdomyolysis is a rare, but potentially life-threatening, condition that deserves the attention of medical professionals and sport scientists. Early diagnosis is vital in minimising the secondary damage caused by rhabdomyolysis. This case of rhabdomyolysis highlights the severity of symptoms and the importance of decisive treatment. Clinicians should be familiar with the most common symptoms of acute corticosteroid-induced rhabdomyolysis to enable early diagnosis and efficient management of this condition.

scholarly journals Tuberculosis in an infant with Hirschsprung-associated enterocolitis: a case report

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (9) ◽  
pp. 030006052110434
Author(s):  
Yue Song ◽  
Changqiang Yang ◽  
Hua Wang
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Early Diagnosis ◽  
Complete Resolution ◽  
Pulmonary Nodules ◽  
Hirschsprung Disease ◽  
Abdominal Radiograph ◽  
Threatening Condition ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Pull Through ◽  
Small Pulmonary Nodules

Hirschsprung-associated enterocolitis (HAEC) is a serious and life-threatening condition, and atypical tuberculosis (TB) associated with HAEC is even more serious. A male newborn aged 4 days was diagnosed with Hirschsprung disease and transanal Soave pull-through was performed at 4 months old. Six months later, he suffered from enterocolitis. Although he was treated with multiple broad-spectrum antibiotics for 2 weeks, he developed a fever without any other symptoms for TB infection. We found numerous, bilateral, uniformly distributed, small pulmonary nodules in the lower lobes in an abdominal radiograph by chance. He was then discharged with complete resolution of all symptoms after anti-TB therapy. Early diagnosis and treatment of TB can effectively improve the prognosis of children with HAEC.

scholarly journals Traumatic Atlantoaxial Rotatory Subluxation in Adult: Case Report

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafaela Campos Alcântara ◽  
Jacks Alan Tenório de Souza ◽  
Andrei Fernandes Joaquim
Keyword(s):  
Early Diagnosis ◽  
Physical Aggression ◽  
Pediatric Patients ◽  
Nonoperative Management ◽  
Neurological Deficits ◽  
Adult Case ◽  
Threatening Condition ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Rotatory Subluxation

AbstractTraumatic atlantoaxial rotatory subluxation (AARS) is generally found in pediatric patients, rarely found in adults, being a life-threatening condition especially when early diagnosis is not possible, which can lead to severe late neurological deficits. We describe a 38-year-old patient, victim of physical aggression caused by strangulation attempt who developed AARS, an uncommon traumatic cause. During the hospital care, the early diagnosis allowed us to institute a conservative treatment, which made the case uncommon, since most of the time surgical treatment is imperative. With the patient awake and under analgesia, a closed reduction was performed that promoted immediate pain relief, followed by a prescription of wearing a Philadelphia-type collar for 8 weeks. During the follow-up, cervical spine radiographies demonstrated no subluxation after removing the cervical collar. The patient was asymptomatic after 6 months of treatment. This case supports the importance of nonoperative management of AARS in selected cases.

scholarly journals Place of bronchoscopy in the diagnostics and follow-up of patients with idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis

Folia Medica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 582-585
Author(s):  
Ivanka P. Karavelikova
Keyword(s):  
Iron Deficiency ◽  
Pulmonary Fibrosis ◽  
Early Diagnosis ◽  
Iron Deficiency Anemia ◽  
Chest Radiography ◽  
Deficiency Anemia ◽  
Pulmonary Hemosiderosis ◽  
Threatening Condition ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemosiderosis

The idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis is a rare, life-threatening condition observed mainly in children and characterized by recurrent episodes of diffuse alveolar hemorrhages. The disease is characterized by the triad of hemoptysis, alveolar infiltrates in chest radiography, and iron-deficiency anemia. The recurrent episodes of alveolar hemorrhage can lead to chronic iron-deficiency anemia and irreversible pulmonary fibrosis; therefore, early diagnosis and treatment are crucial to the outcome of the disease.The idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis is a rare, life-threatening condition observed mainly in children and characterized by recurrent episodes of diffuse alveolar hemorrhages. The disease is characterized by the triad of hemoptysis, alveolar infiltrates in chest radiography, and iron-deficiency anemia. The recurrent episodes of alveolar hemorrhage can lead to chronic iron-deficiency anemia and irreversible pulmonary fibrosis; therefore, early diagnosis and treatment are crucial to the outcome of the disease.

scholarly journals Acute corticosteroid-induced rhabdomyolysis in a golf player

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
D Janse van Rensburg
Keyword(s):  
Early Diagnosis ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Efficient Management ◽  
Secondary Damage ◽  
Threatening Condition ◽  
Life Threatening

Acute corticosteroid-induced rhabdomyolysis is a rare, but potentially life-threatening, condition that deserves the attention of medical professionals and sport scientists. Early diagnosis is vital in minimising the secondary damage caused by rhabdomyolysis. This case of rhabdomyolysis highlights the severity of symptoms and the importance of decisive treatment. Clinicians should be familiar with the most common symptoms of acute corticosteroid-induced rhabdomyolysis to enable early diagnosis and efficient management of this condition.

scholarly journals Haemophagocytic syndrome triggered by acute lymphoblastic leukaemia with t(9;22)(p24; q11.2)

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 030006051987414
Author(s):  
Huiling Chen ◽  
Pengyun Zeng ◽  
Dekui Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Early Diagnosis ◽  
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia ◽  
Lymphoblastic Leukaemia ◽  
Combined Treatment ◽  
Final Diagnosis ◽  
Janus Kinase ◽  
Haemophagocytic Syndrome ◽  
Threatening Condition ◽  
Life Threatening

Haemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) is a rare and potentially life-threatening condition that requires early diagnosis and prompt combined treatment. This case report describes a male patient with HPS, presenting as acute liver failure, that underwent a thorough evaluation for the cause of his symptoms. A final diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia was established more than 2 months after the first presenting symptom appeared. Furthermore, the patient had an unusual chromosomal abnormality with a t(9; 22)(p24; q11.2) translocation, but the reciprocal janus kinase 2-breakpoint cluster region (JAK2-BCR) and BCR-JAK2 fusion transcripts were not be amplified.

scholarly journals Emerging Optical Techniques for the Diagnosis of Onychomycosis

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 2340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chrysoula Petrokilidou ◽  
Georgios Gaitanis ◽  
Ioannis D Bassukas ◽  
Aristea Velegraki ◽  
Edgar Guevara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Diagnosis ◽  
Infectious Agents ◽  
Optical Techniques ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Threatening Condition ◽  
Causative Agents ◽  
Rational Therapy ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Nail Infection

Onychomycosis is the most prevalent nail infection. Although it is not a life-threatening condition, it impacts the quality of life for many patients and often imposes a challenging diagnostic problem. The causative agents are dermatophytes, yeasts and non-dermatophytic moulds. Accurate and early diagnosis, including the identification of the causative species, is the key factor for rational therapy. Still, early diagnosis is not optimal as the current gold standard for the differentiation of the infectious agents is culture-based approaches. On the other hand, noninvasive optical technologies may enable differential diagnosis of nail pathologies including onychomycosis. When light penetrates and propagates along the nail tissue, it interacts in different ways with the components of either infected or healthy nail segments, providing a wealth of diagnostic information upon escaping the tissue. This review aims to assess alternative optical techniques for the rapid diagnosis of onychomycosis with a potential to monitor therapeutic response or even identify the fungal agent non-invasively and in real time in a clinical setting.

scholarly journals Evaluation of outcome in Mesenteric Ischemia

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Samad Shams Vahdati ◽  
Ozgur Tatli ◽  
Mohammad Taghizadieh ◽  
Roshan Fahimi ◽  
Neda Gholamzadeh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Early Diagnosis ◽  
Physical Examination ◽  
Mesenteric Ischemia ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Acute Mesenteric Ischemia ◽  
P Value ◽  
Threatening Condition ◽  
Life Threatening

Background: Acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) is an infrequent but a complicated life threatening condition. It is the leading causes of mortality with the rate of 60-100%. The purpose of our study is to investigate demographic outcomes of the patients referred to the emergency department of Imam Reza hospital with the diagnosis of AMI. Methods and materials: All patients with the diagnosis of AMI from March 2014 to March 2016 who were referred to emergency department of Imam Reza hospital, were studied. Demographic characteristics (age, sex, the period from symptom onset till laparotomy), risk factors and the last outcomes of patients were noted in the check lists for each patient. P value less than 0.05 was determined as significant. Results: from 111 patients, 76 cases (68.8%) were male, 35 cases (31.5%) were female. Chief complaint of all patients was stomachache. Period of arriving to the emergency room in 5 cases (4.5%) was 1-6 hours, in 3 cases (2.7%) was 6-12 hours, and in 103 cases (92.8%) has taken more than 12 hours. In 55 cases (49.5%), there was a significant relationship between clinical signs and physical examination findings, whereas in 56 cases (50.5%) there was no relation. In our study 42 cases (37.8%) were treated, whereas the morbidity and mortality rate were respectively 7 (6.3%) and 62 (55.9%). According to the results of our study the most important finding was pain which was disproportionate to physical examination findings (P value< 0.052). Conclusion: Acute mesenteric ischemia is a severe and progressive disease so early diagnosis and appropriate treatment are very important. One of the main reasons of higher mortality rate in AMI is difficulty in early diagnosis, before necrosis occurrence. Major factor that determines the survival rate is the accurate diagnosis before necrosis and peritonitis happens.  

scholarly journals A case of endocarditis mimicking Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-72
Author(s):  
Esra Tanyel ◽  
Mustafa Sunbul ◽  
Tom Fletcher ◽  
Hakan Leblebicioglu
Keyword(s):  
Endemic Area ◽  
Clinical Presentation ◽  
Delayed Diagnosis ◽  
Hemorrhagic Fever ◽  
Diagnostic Techniques ◽  
Viral Hemorrhagic Fever ◽  
Threatening Condition ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever ◽  
Variable Clinical Presentation

Infective endocarditis (IE) is life-threatening condition with a highly variable clinical presentation. We report a case of acute IE with delayed diagnosis which resulted due to an initial misdiagnosis of Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in an endemic area. A case was due to Staphylococcus aureus and requiring valve replacement. They serve to emphasize the importance of careful history taking, physical examination and a broad range of different diagnostic techniques in the context of suspected viral hemorrhagic fever.

scholarly journals Wegener’s Granulomatosis presenting as a small saft palate mass

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-76
Author(s):  
Partha Pratim Das ◽  
Pran Gopal Datta ◽  
Anindita Datta
Keyword(s):  
Early Diagnosis ◽  
Respiratory Tract ◽  
Soft Palate ◽  
Clinical Management ◽  
Lower Respiratory Tract ◽  
Tissue Growth ◽  
Course Of Disease ◽  
Pathologic Process ◽  
Threatening Condition ◽  
Life Threatening

Wegener’s granulomatosis (WG) is a form of vasculitis involves small and medium-sized blood vessels. It commonly involves the upper and lower respiratory tract. However, multisystemic involvement and involvement of kidneys are possible and may lead to a life threatening condition. Therefore early diagnosis is important. Timely beginning of clinical management may considerably influence the further course of disease. Although, it may present as oro-pharyngeal mass surgical procedure is not indicated method of treatment of Wegener’s granulomatosis, because it can increase the pathologic process. Here we report a case of Wegener’s granulomatosis (WG) presenting as a tissue growth over the soft palate.  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjo.v18i1.10423Bangladesh J Otorhinolaryngol 2012; 18(1): 74-76

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