Publications by authors named "Akhil Neela"
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- - Scrub typhus, common in tropical areas, can cause a variety of symptoms ranging from mild to severe, including respiratory and neurological issues, as seen in a rare case of a 34-year-old male experiencing high fever and muscle pain.
- - Despite initial treatment with antipyretics and oral antibiotics, the patient's condition worsened, leading to blurred vision, prompting further investigation that confirmed a diagnosis of scrub typhus with opsoclonus.
- - The patient improved significantly after receiving doxycycline, highlighting the importance of considering unusual infections in patients with neurological symptoms for timely and effective treatment.
Spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SPM) is an uncommon condition characterized by air in the interstices of the mediastinum. Management generally involves supportive care; however, if a patient inspires high concentrations of oxygen, the mediastinal air will be absorbed faster. A 23-year-old man who presented with acute-onset breathlessness with a history of more than a year of lower backache was diagnosed with SPM and accompanying ankylosing spondylitis (AS) by a chest CT and spinal MRI and was treated conservatively.
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