Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410321
Unilateral Blindness: Exceptional Complication of Anti-Vitamin K about a Case
Salmi A
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: September 30, 2020
We report the case of a patient hospitalized for management of orbital hematoma on overdose with oral anticoagulants. With the increase of the hematoma and protrusion of the eyeball, the patient came to ICU, including CT scan of the eye had objectified hemorrhagic infiltration of the orbit, head of exophthalmos. Laboratory tests, found a INR greater than 9. The treatment consisted of a vitamin K antagonist by the associated PFC in default of prothrombin complex concentrate. Ophthalmological, evo...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410320
A Case Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita with Renal Affection at Older Age
Abeer Awad Abdellatif, Mervat Essam Behiry and Asmaa Ezzat
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: September 30, 2020
Report on a known case of female patient, 58-years-old, deaf since birth with skeletal deformity presenting with acute kidney injury. These features are consistent with diagnosis of arthrogryposis multiplex congenita. A congenital disease presenting with multiple joint contractures and deformity with deafness and may be renal affection. The second point is that, up to our knowledge, we are the first authors to take into consideration that the arthrogryposis multiplex congenital may be presented ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410318
Duodenal Malt Lymphoma Developed in 1 Year
Ferdane Sapmaz, MD, Evrim Kahramanoğlu Aksoy, MD, Muhammed Yener Akpınar, MD, Ayşegül Erdem Metin Uzman, MD, and Yusuf Sedar Sakin
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: September 19, 2020
Intestinal MALT lymphoma is a very rare neoplasm and there is limited data about clinical and pathological characteristics. They can become visible in a very short time. A 47-year-old woman was referred to our department because of epigastric pain. Gastroduodenoscopy revealed an irregular mucosal nodular lesion with ulceration extending from the bulb to the second portion of the duodenum. Endoscopic findings were normal about one year ago. The pathology spesiemens show that; duodenal biopsy reve...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410317
Acute Upper Limb Ischemia in a Patient with COVID-19 Pneumonia
Roaa Alosaimi, MD, Ahood A Albajri, MD and Roaa M Albalwi, MD
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: August 31, 2020
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is an enveloped RNA beta coronavirus. It is a novel coronavirus responsible for the current global pandemic and poses a critical threat to global health worldwide. While SARS-CoV-2 is known to cause significant pulmonary disease, including pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), clinicians have observed many extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19 particularly thrombosis...
