Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410360
A Case Report on Primary Neuroendocrine Cancer of Vagina
Kumari Puja, Ashok Kumar Arya, Arun Yadav and Durgesh
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: July 31, 2021
Neuroendocrine tumors of the gynaecologic tract are rare, and pose a significant clinical challenge because of the tumor heterogeneity and lack of standardized guidelines for treatment. Primary neuroendocrine tumor of vagina is extremely rare and only 26 cases have been reported so far in literature. Most, but not all, neuroendocrine tumors of the gynaecologic tract have an aggressive clinical course and clinically share similarities with small cell lung cancer. Cumulative data supports a multi-...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410359
The Heart Shape-Sign in Bilateral Medial Medullary Infarction; Complicated with Quadriparesis and Respiratory Failure
Liaquat Ali, Numan Amir, Naveed Akhtar, Osama Elalamy, Mohammed Alhatou, Gholam Adeli and Ambreen Iqrar
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: July 31, 2021
20% of ischemic strokes involve posterior circulation. The most common causes of posterior circulation large artery ischemia are atherosclerosis, embolism, and dissection. The most common location of atherosclerotic occlusive disease within the posterior circulation is the proximal portion of the vertebral artery in the neck within the first inches. Basilar artery occlusive disease most often presents as ischemia in the pons. Occlusion of the rostral portion of the basilar artery can cause ische...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410358
A Case of COVID-19 Infection Associated with Severe Cold Agglutinin Autoimmune Haemolytic Anaemia
Prabhashini Kumarihamy, Sujeewa Gunaratne, Ashani Ratnayake, Hiranya Abeysinghe, Sahan Perera, Vishaka Rajapaksha and Navoda Wickramasinghe
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: July 31, 2021
COVID-19 is known to cause systemic disease with multiple organ dysfunctions. COVID-19 associated immune-mediated phenomena such as autoimmune haemolytic anaemia has been identified previously with rare incidence. However, the association between COVID-19 infection and autoimmune haemolytic anaemia is not fully evaluated. Here, we present a case of a previously well patient who developed severe cold agglutinin hemolytic anemia during the course of COVID-19 infection. Although there were no throm...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410357
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Mimicking Bilateral Wilms Tumour: A Radiologic Review
Adebola-Yusuf AO, Adefalujo AP, Oyelese AT, Ilori OJ, Ajiboye OF, Oyegunle AO and Emmanuel EE
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: July 31, 2021
Acute leukemia, the commonest cancer in children, accounts for approximately 30% of all childhood malignancies approximately 75% of which are Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) affects children of any age, commoner in ages 1-4 years, boys more than girls. The kidneys are sites of extra medullary leukemic involvement usually seen late in the course of the disease. ALL with renal involvement may mimic Wilms’s tumor due to overlap of their clinical and radiological findings. These include malaise...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410356
Case Report: A Rare Case of Biatrial Thrombus in the Absence of Interatrial Shunt
Paul Elias, MD, Jonatan D Nunez Berton, MD, Marian T Calfa, MD and Azar Radfar, MD, PhD
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: July 31, 2021
In this rare case we describe a 56-year-old woman who presented with an acute pulmonary embolism (PE) complicated by right heart strain indicating the need for catheter-directed mechanical thrombectomy. Pre-operative two dimensional (2D) transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) showed no evidence of intracardiac thrombi. Subsequently, post-operative 2D TTE indicated large biatrial thrombi with no evidence of PFO, or other intracardiac shunt. Here, we describe this rare and unique presentation and disc...