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Cureus ; 15(6): e40452, 2023 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37456427

ABSTRACT

Spontaneous non-traumatic spinal hematomyelia, characterized by intramedullary spinal hematoma, is a rare neurological emergency. Bleeding arteriovenous malformation, coagulopathies, and neoplasms are reported causes of this rare diagnosis. The authors present a case of a previously healthy man who presented with acute paraplegia and was found to have a spontaneous hematomyelia in association with covid infection. He underwent laminectomy and hematoma evacuation but did not recover any neurological function.

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Cureus ; 11(9): e5767, 2019 Sep 26.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31723526

ABSTRACT

A 74-year-old man presented to the ER with an eight-month history of shortness of breath, cough, anorexia, and weight loss. He had emigrated from sub-Saharan African to the USA, where he was diagnosed and treated for coronary artery disease, heart failure, and stroke; was hospitalized several times; and underwent hernia surgery. Despite the complex care that he received in the USA for many years, the diagnosis of AIDS was continually missed for years, and the patient was eventually diagnosed at the age of 74.

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Cureus ; 11(7): e5229, 2019 Jul 24.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31565630

ABSTRACT

Pyroglutamic acidemia (oxoprolinemia) is an underrecognized cause of high anion gap acidosis resulting from derangement in the gamma-glutamyl cycle. Pyroglutamic acidemia is most commonly diagnosed in the pediatric population in patients with inherited autosomal recessive enzyme deficiencies. However, acquired pyroglutamic acidemia can present in the adult population. Patients often present with confusion, nausea, and vomiting as well as an elevated anion gap metabolic acidosis. This article describes a case of acquired pyroglutamic acidemia and emphasizes the need to consider this entity.

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Am J Emerg Med ; 35(6): 943.e1-943.e2, 2017 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28162871

ABSTRACT

Hashimoto's Encephalopathy (HE) is a rare form of autoimmune encephalopathy associated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis in which patients experience cognitive impairment and various neurologic symptoms. We present a case of a young female that presented to the emergency department with urinary retention, and was ultimately diagnosed with HE. Examination was significant for direction-changing and vertical nystagmus (direction-changing nystagmus describes a phenomenon where the fast beat changes with the direction of gaze), hyperreflexia, clonus, and Babinski and Hoffman's reflexes (all upper motor neuron (UMN) signs). Her symptoms improved with high dose intravenous steroid administration. To our knowledge, urinary retention in the presence of other UMN signs has not been reported in association with HE; nor has this patient's type of nystagmus. Emergency physicians should be aware of this condition and can play an important role by considering it when neurologic findings are not explained by infectious, toxic, metabolic, or structural etiologies. Although relatively rare, if detected and treated early HE can have a good prognosis.


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Encephalitis/complications , Hashimoto Disease/complications , Urinary Retention/etiology , Adult , Cognitive Dysfunction , Encephalitis/diagnosis , Female , Hashimoto Disease/diagnosis , Humans , Methylprednisolone/administration & dosage , Urinary Retention/drug therapy
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Cases J ; 2: 9338, 2009 Dec 16.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20072676

ABSTRACT

A 38-year-old multiparous woman with post thyroidectomy hypoparathyroidism developed pruritic erythematous patches with multiple pustules on its margins on her thighs and groin accompanied by fever few days after delivery by caesarean section. Impetigo herpetiformis was diagnosed based on the typical clinicopathological findings. The patient was treated with intravenous fluids, calcium, Calcitrol and corticosteroids. The correction of hypocalcaemia was accompanied with rapid improvement of her skin disease and general condition. Our case is the fourth case of impetigo herpetiformis initially presented during puerperium and the first case of puerperal impetigo herpetiformis that is precipitated by secondary hypoparathyroidism. The awareness of the possible occurrence of impetigo herpetiformis during the puerperium allows early diagnosis, treatment and prevention of maternal complications.

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