Publications by authors named "Amir Waheed"

We present a case of a 74-year-old woman with headaches, pyrexia, and intermittent right-sided otorrhoea and rhinorrhoea. Her nasal discharge tested positive for Beta-2-Transferrin, confirming a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak. High-resolution CT (HRCT) mastoids showed a defect in the right tegmen, and CSF within the middle ear and mastoid air cells.

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We present a case of an 82-year-old woman presenting with left-sided Horner's syndrome and stroke. She also had a 6-week history of intermittent dizziness, reduced appetite, lethargy, muscle stiffness and weight loss. Examination revealed left temporal artery and left posterior auricular artery tenderness.

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Severe acute respiratory coronavirus-2 syndrome (SARS-CoV-2), the novel coronavirus causing the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), spread across the world, resulting in a global crisis. This pandemic has caused consequences that are beyond the boundaries of a single discipline of life, but it is healthcare that is under the most stress. As we received COVID-19 cases in our hospital (a private tertiary care facility in Sialkot, Pakistan), we geared up to accommodate these cases, since the government sector was already overburdened.

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