Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510217
Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis: A Late Presentation
Hasna Kerrouch, Youssef Zemmez, Rachid Frikh and Naoufal Hjira
Article Type: Clinical Image | First Published: April 03, 2023
A 35-years-old female patient presented with multiple asymptomatic raised lesions of 4 years duration on the legs. Examination revealed multiple verrucous plaques over the two legs, size ranged from 0.5-1 cm, round to oval, with normal surrounding areas (Figure 1). Systemic examination was normal....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510216
Unique Ulcerating Lesion Revealing Adenocarcinoma of the Lung
Hasna Kerrouch, Youssef Zemmez, Rachid Frikh and Naoufal Hjira
Article Type: Clinical Image | First Published: April 03, 2023
A 57-year-old man was admitted to our department with a single ulcerated skin lesion on the right lumbar zone. The patient quit smoking 1 years ago, following a history of 35 years of smoking 13 cigarettes per day. There was no evidence of respiratory symptoms, or anorexia....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510210
Hepatic and Lung Histiocytosis
ADIOUI Tarik, AZAMMAM Salma, ROKHSI Soukaina, TAMZAOURTE Mouna and SMAALI Jihane
Article Type: Medical Image | First Published: March 06, 2023
A 52-year-old male was admitted for abdominal pain. He had a personal history of tobacco. The physical examination and laboratory tests were normal. A thoraco-abdominal computed tomography scan (CT) reveals a combination of a thin walled pulmonary cystic lesion, and an hepatic hypodense subcapsular lesion....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510209
Recurrent Florid Glandular Cystitis: Case Report (15 Years Follow Up)
Achraf Chatar, Jihad El Anzaoui, Ali Akjay and Abdelghani Ammani
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: February 24, 2023
Glandular cystitis is a differential diagnosis of malignant bladder tumors. Only the Pathological examination can be used to make a diagnosis. Glandular cystitis has no specific clinical manifestation. The clinical signs are not very specific and suggest bladder carcinoma. Principles of treatment for Glandular cystitis were used to treat these causative factors. Trans-urethral resection of the bladder pseudotumoral forms. The course of glandular cystitis is controversial and primarily focuses on...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510208
Vocal Cord Edema Leading to Complete Airway Obstruction in a Case of Traumatic Difficult Airway
Koninica Sanyal and Abhishek Singh2
Article Type: Clinical Image | First Published: December 05, 2022
A 31-year-old male had presented to the emergency department after road traffic accident. Primary investigation revealed presence of right clavicle fracture, bilateral LeFort 2 and 3 fractures along with displaced mandible. He was intubated in view of poor GCS and threatened airway. After 2 days of mechanical ventilation, he was extubated and posted for open reduction and internal fixation for LeFort 2 and 3 fractures....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510207
A Huge Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma
Omar Jendouzi, Melang Alexis Mvomo, Larbi Hamdoune, Mohamed Alami and Ahmed Ameur
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: December 05, 2022
We report the clinical case of a 32-year-old female with no underlying disease who underwent in our structure a nephrectomy for a huge renal tumor. The histopathological finding revealed a chromophobe cell carcinoma and the evolution was favorable with no recurrence or metastasis....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510206
A Lung Mass
J Smaali, R Lemouden, M Chiguer, N ElOmri, A ElKadiri, Y Sekkach and J Fatihi
Article Type: Image Article | First Published: October 21, 2022
A 29-year-old man with a history of bulbar ulcer treated 2 years previously and chronic smoking at 13 packs/year was hospitalized for respiratory symptoms made up of right basithoracic pain with cough and clear sputum without fever or progressive night sweats for six months in a context of deterioration in general condition. The clinical examination was unremarkable....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510205
Branch Pulmonary Artery Stenosis in Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia: A Rare Presentation
Sudeb Mukherjee, MBBS, MD, DM and Suhana Datta, MBBS, MS
Article Type: Clinical Image | First Published: October 17, 2022
26-year-old lady admitted with shortness of breath and chest discomfort for last one and half months. She had no history of chest pain. She was not suffering from any major illness neither she was taking any medications on regular basis. On initial examination there was pallor and bipedal oedema. SpO2 was 94% in room air. Cardiovascular examinations reveal short systolic murmur in the pulmonary area with no radiation and continuous murmurs in left axillary area of same intensity. Chest examinati...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510204
Unusual Presentation of Intramuscular Hemangioma in Anterior Abdominal Wall
Lobna Marsaoui, Lasaad Gharbi, Atef Mejri, Souhail Karwiya, Wael Ferjaoui, Dhouha Bacha
Article Type: Image in Medicine | First Published: July 07, 2022
The patient was a 15-year-old man with no known medical History. He had also no surgical history. Abdominal MRI with contrast showed a large intramuscular mass in the right anterior abdominal wall with presence of internal linear and nodular high T2 components....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510203
Man with Sudden Loss of Consciousness
Mohammad Eftekhari, MD
Article Type: Image Challenge | First Published: May 16, 2022
A 51-year-old man with hypertension presented to the emergency department with sudden loss of consciousness (LOC). Two hours before presentation, his wife witnessed his abrupt collapse and called the emergency medical service....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510202
Transcranial Color-Coded Duplex Ultrasonography in the Diagnosis of Brain Aneurysm
Issac Cheong, MD
Article Type: Clinical Image | First Published: April 28, 2022
A 50-year-old male with no relevant clinical history presented sudden headache accompanied by nausea, which evolved with facial paresis and drowsiness with a computed tomography (CT) showing bilateral subarachnoid bleeding, being admitted to the intensive care unit. We performed a transcranial color-coded duplex ultrasonography (TCCS) that showed the presence of a rounded image at M2 portion of the right middle cerebral artery (rMCA) that measured 20 mm × 21 mm with a positive color Doppler sig...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510201
Simultaneous Complex Fracture of the Corpora Cavernosa Bilaterally with Total Disjunction of the Urethra: Case Report and Literature Review
Adil Mellouki, Ahsaini Mustapha, Mellas Soufiane, El-Ammari Jalal Eddine, Tazi Mohammed Fadl, Elfassi Mohammed Jamal and Farih Moulay Hassan
Article Type: Image Article | First Published: March 24, 2022
Penile fracture is a rare urological emergency described as the traumatic rupture of the tunica albuginea of an erect penis, it usually occurs during sexual intercourse. Patients typically report a sound at the time of the injury, described as a snapping sound, immediate detumescence, and subcutaneous hematoma. Prompt surgical exploration and corporal repair is the most effective therapy. Urethral injury associated with a penile fracture is reported to be between 2 and 27% of cases; this latter ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510200
When Hemophilia Comes Late: A Spontaneous psoas Hematoma Revealing Acquired Hemophilia a in a 50-Year-Old Woman
Adil Mellouki, Anas EL Allali, Rhyan Alami Ouadane, Ahsaini Mustapha, Mellas Soufiane, EL-Ammari Jalal Eddine, Tazi Mohammed Fadl, Elfassi Mohammed Jamal and Farih Moulay Hassan
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: March 19, 2022
Spontaneous hematoma of the psoas muscle is a rare entity whose incidence varies between 0.6% and 6.6% and is potentially fatal. Although hematomas of traumatic origin are reported, spontaneous hemorrhages are relatively more frequent. Spontaneous iliopsoas hematomas usually occur in patients with coagulopathy due to hemophilia or anticoagulants/antithrombotics. Clinically, patients present with pain in the right iliac fossa, groin or back, with a flexed hip and tenderness in passive extension, ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510199
CT Guided Biopsy Revealing Pseudotumoral Autoimmune Pancreatitis
Hajar EL AGOURI and Mustapha AZZAKHMAM
Article Type: Medical Image | First Published: March 19, 2022
Immunoglobulin G4-autoimmune pancreatitis (IgG4- AIP) is a relatively rare chronic inflammatory disease of the pancreas. The physiopathology of this disease is poorly understood and still unclear. Due to the lack of specific clinical symptoms and imaging findings, it is often misdiagnosed as pancreatic cancer which may lead to abusive surgery. Herein we are report a rare case of IgG4-AIP in a 70-year-old woman, admitted in hospital for chronic epigastric pain. Clinical investigations and CT-scan...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510198
Tuberculous Pericardial Effusion in an Immunocompromised Patient- A Lethal Combination
Nishant Patel, Abhishek Singh, Rakesh kumar and Richa Aggarwal
Article Type: Clinical Image | First Published: March 09, 2022
A 23-year-old male was diagnosed with acute myelocytic leukemia was started on induction chemotherapy but despite treatment, he did not go into remission and developed fever, cough, and respiratory distress. He tested positive for COVID-19. Further investigation revealed the presence of pulmonary tuberculosis and antitubercular treatment was started. Two days later, he developed respiratory distress and 2D echocardiography along with High-resolution computed tomography was done which showed the ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510197
Tuberculosis Verrucosa Cutis Complicating Scrofuloderma in an Immunocompetent Child
Ihsane Hallab, Younes El Khachine, Abdessamad Sakkah, Abderrazak Jakar, Naoufel Hjira and Jalal El Benaye
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: January 26, 2022
Tuberculosis continues to be endemic in our country. Skin involvement would be underdiagnosed rather than rare. The combination of two clinical forms of skin tuberculosis is even rarer, especially in an immunocompetent boy. Young 11-years-old boy, with no tuberculosis contagion, has been presenting an asymptomatic plaque papulo-crouteuse on his right knee for 4 months (Figure 1 and Figure 2). Clinical examination reveals homolateral crural adenopathy; non-inflammatory, fistulized to the skin. Th...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510196
A Rare Case of Primary Cutaneous Aspergillosis of the Scalp in an Immunocompetent Patient
I Hallab, A Kinany, H Kerrouch, H Titou, O Boudi, R Friekh, N Hjira and M Boui
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: January 26, 2022
Aspergillosis is a rare invasive fungal infection caused by numerous species of aspergillus. Few species of Aspergillus are pathogenic in human existence. The most frequent are aspergillus fumigatus and flavus. Cutaneous aspergillosis remain an uncommon form, it may be primary, affecting the site of skin trauma or secondary due to hematogenous spread from a contiguous anatomic location. Here we describe a rare case of primary cutaneous aspergillosis located on the scalp in an immunocompetent hos...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510195
Atypical Seborrheic Keratosis of the Umbilicus
HAMICH Soumaya, BENAHMED Jihane, ZNATI Kaoutar and SENOUCI Karima
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: January 21, 2022
Seborrheic keratosis is one of the most common skin tumors. It most often presents as a light brown to brown nodule with a papillomatous or squamous surface. However, it may vary in color and shape and can thus resemble the pattern of other skin tumors. We report the case of an atypical seborrheic keratosis located at the umbilicus with misleading dermoscopy. We report the case of a 34-year-old female patient with a medical history of schizophrenia on antipsychotic medication. She presented to o...
