ABSTRACT
Kimura's disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder involving the skin, subcutaneous tissues and lymph nodes, predominantly in the head and neck region. Though surgery, intralesional or systemic steroids or radiation therapy have been the mainstay of treatment recurrence is a common problem. On the basis of occasional case report of Kimura's disease responding to cyclosporine, we attempted oral cyclosporine in our patient with dramatic improvement.
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Adult , Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia/drug therapy , Cyclosporine/therapeutic use , Humans , Male , RecurrenceABSTRACT
A 36-year-old male patient, a known case of retroviral disease, presented with clinical features suggestive of pneumonia and was found to have bilateral lower zone lung consolidation which on resolution showed a cystic change on the chest radiograph. A subsequent CT scan revealed the true nature of these cysts to be ruptured pulmonary hydatid cysts showing a 'water lily sign'. The rare association of pulmonary hydatid cyst and HIV from India is described.
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Adult , Echinococcosis, Pulmonary/complications , HIV Infections/complications , HIV-1 , Humans , India , MaleABSTRACT
Plus minus lid syndrome is an ocular syndrome characterized by unilateral ptosis and contralateral lid retraction. Also when the ipsilateral lid is raised manually, the contralateral retracted lid does not revert. This patient presented with features of plus minus lid syndrome with ataxia due to a vascular mesencephalic lesion.
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Ataxia/etiology , Blepharoptosis/etiology , Cerebral Infarction/diagnosis , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , SyndromeABSTRACT
A 45-year-old heterosexual male patient with retroviral disease since 12 years presented with hyperpigmented lesions, misdiagnosed initially as purpura due to an associated thrombocytopenia, but was biopsy proven to be Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). Bone marrow examination revealed excess megakaryocytes. Low CD4 count and absence of platelet specific IgG reduced the likelihood of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). However after 6 weeks of antiretroviral therapy the patient's lesions have reduced and platelet counts are improving, possibly suggesting a sequestration thrombocytopenia in the abnormal tumor vessels of KS.