Baclofen overdose with unique cardiovascular effects
Case presentation A woman in her 70s was found unresponsive and brought to our hospital with respiratory distress, cardiomyopathy and volatile alternation between hypotension and hypertension. She was intubated and admitted to intensive care for supportive treatment of suspected baclofen overdose. She gradually recovered and was discharged 10 days after presentation. Laboratory testing ...
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Amlodipine induced gingival enlargement | BMJ Case Reports
There are both inflammatory and non-inflammatory mechanisms involved. The accumulation of the drug in the gingival crevicular fluid in the presence of bacteria can lead to upregulation of proinflammatory cytokines leading to gingival enlargement.3 Even decreased folic acid uptake leads to defective collagenase activity, increased adrenocorticotrophic hormone due to feedback from adrenal cortex ...
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Severe facial pain and removal of maxillary sinus mucous retention …
Maxillary sinus retention cysts (MRCs) are typically asymptomatic and require no treatment. An early 30s man presented with a decade-long history of severe left-sided chronic facial pain (CFP). Multiple prior treatments resulted in an edentulous patient with persistent pain. Imaging revealed a dome-shaped radiopaque change in the left maxillary sinus. …
Fatal methaemoglobinemia due to intentional sodium nitrite …
Although unintentional sodium nitrite poisoning has been previously reported from home-cured meats and contaminated well-water, intentional ingestion of sodium nitrite for suicide has been increasingly reported.6–10 One case series of five patients with methaemoglobinemia in New York identified improperly labelled sodium nitrite salt as the culprit, with measured levels of sodium nitrite in ...
Mesenteric panniculitis - BMJ Case Reports
Background Mesenteric panniculitis is a rare and benign acute and chronic inflammatory and fibrotic process that affects predominantly the small and less frequently (20%) the large intestine mesenteric fat.1 2 It may more rarely involve retroperitoneal, pelvic and peripancreatic fat. It is more common in men, with a male-to-female ratio of 2–3:1, and it …
The CARE guidelines: consensus-based clinical case reporting …
A case report is a narrative that describes, for medical, scientific or educational purposes, a medical problem experienced by one or more patients. Case reports written without guidance from reporting standards are insufficiently rigorous to guide clinical practice or to inform clinical study design. Develop, disseminate and implement systematic reporting guidelines for …
Achenbach’s syndrome - BMJ Case Reports
Achenbach’s syndrome, also known as ‘paroxysmal finger haematoma’ is a rare and benign clinical condition of unknown aetiology, which results in the sudden onset of pain and swelling along with bruising, mostly on the palmar aspects of fingers and hands.1–3 Although the most commonly affected anatomical site is the volar aspects of the fingers,4 there are occasional reports involving ...