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Hypothyroidism has various cardiovascular manifestations, impairment of LV diastolic function being the commonest. We hereby report a young female who presented to us with features of congestive heart failure and on subsequent work-up she was diagnosed as a case of dilated cardiomyopathy of reversible aetiology, i.e., hypothyroidism.
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Adult , Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/diagnosis , Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/etiology , Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/therapy , Female , Humans , Hypothyroidism/blood , Hypothyroidism/complicationsABSTRACT
Pancreatic involvement in tuberculosis is known but uncommon. The clinical manifestation may vary from painless obstructive jaundice due to pancreatic mass (cyst or abscess) to fever of unknown origin. Here we report a case who initially presented as acute pancreatitis relapsing into chronic pancreatitis as an initial manifestation of disseminated tuberculosis.
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Antitubercular Agents/therapeutic use , Ascites/diagnosis , Female , Humans , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/isolation & purification , Pancreatitis, Chronic/diagnosis , Pleural Effusion/diagnosis , Polymerase Chain Reaction , Tomography, Spiral Computed , Tuberculosis/complications , Ultrasonography , Young AdultABSTRACT
Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is characterised by recurrent venous or arterial thrombosis and/or fetal losses. In APS, the homeostatic regulation of blood coagulation is altered, however, the mechanism of thrombosis is not yet defined and it has varied manifestations. Deep vein thrombosis with or without pulmonary embolism is the most common manifestation followed by arterial occlusion of cerebral, coronary and other arteries including subclavian, retinal, renal and pedal arteries. We report a case of a 42 years old female, with severe primary APS, who presented with symmetrical peripheral gangrene, an uncommon presentation and was treated successfully.
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Adult , Anticoagulants/therapeutic use , Antiphospholipid Syndrome/diagnosis , Extremities/pathology , Female , Gangrene/pathology , Glucocorticoids/therapeutic use , Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight/therapeutic use , Humans , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
A 21 years old male presented with low grade fever, hemoptysis and progressively increasing dyspnoea of four month duration followed by acutely developing dizziness, hypotension, convulsion and altered sensorium. He had been operated (left inguinal orchidectomy) for left testicular swelling two years back with high alpha-fetoprotein and normal beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (beta-hCG). In view of this a possibility of metastasis secondary to a malignant testicular tumor was considered. Echocardiography demonstrated a large intracardiac mass, chest computed tomography (CT) revealed intracardiac mass, mediastinal masses and left sided pleural effusion. The histopathology revealed testicular mixed germ cell tumor (MGCT). This case is presented to demonstrate uncommon cardiac manifestations of secondary spread of testicular malignancy.