Aortic floating thrombus is a rare, life-threatening disease. Most cases of aortic thrombus are diagnosed after embolic events; however, on rare occasion we may diagnose this condition incidentally during routine examinations as in our case.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThyroid carcinoma is a type of cancer that starts in the cells of the thyroid gland, which plays a crucial role in regulating the body's metabolism. Thyroid cancer can manifest in various forms. We report the case of an 89 year-old patient presenting an incidental intense Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) PET-computed tomography (PET-CT) uptake within a thyroid lesion and the role of 18F-FDG PET-CT guiding the anatomopathological examination.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSarcoidosis is a rare, chronic, granulomatous disease of unknown etiology and primarily effects the lymphatic and respiratory systems. The central nervous system (CNS) is unusually implicated in sarcoidosis patients. We describe a rare magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in a case of isolated neurosarcoidosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrimary lymphoma of the adrenal gland is an uncommon origin of adrenal tumors; it must be explicitly invoked anytime bilateral adrenal affections are revealed. We report a case of bilateral primary adrenal diffuse large B cell lymphoma and perform a review of the literature. Our patient was a 55-year-old man who presented night sweats and a feeling of cardiac palpitations all evolving in a context of deterioration of his general condition.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNitric acid (NA) is corrosive. On contact with the skin, liquid splashes with nitric acid and may produce severe burns. These burns usually take on a characteristic yellowish hue.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report the rare case of a 22-year-old female admitted for headaches, nausea, and an isolated lesion of the splenium of the corpus callosum (SCC) found on brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). A lumbar puncture test was performed, and meningitis was found. Twenty days before the symptoms, she had spinal anesthesia for a cesarean section.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn ischemic stroke is characterized by the brutal installation of a focal functional deficit. Myxomas are the most common primitive cardiac tumors. Neurological manifestations of myxomas are mostly related to cardioembolic events, either caused by a migrating fragment of the tumor or by an attached clot that got detached from the tumor This article describes the case of a 55-year-old male who presented with an ischemic stroke of the vertebrobasilar territory.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSARS-CoV-2 is an emerging virus causing the contemporary global pandemic. No cure has yet been discovered. Therefore, vaccination remains the only hope.
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