Background: Rheumatic heart disease is a major cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in developing nations and is a leading cause of hospital admission due to cardiac problems in our country. This study will evaluate the association between left atrial size and the occurrence of atrial fibrillation and describe the clinical characteristics along with complications related to Rheumatic Mitral valve disease.
Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted at a tertiary care center from January 2018 to December 2019.
Introduction And Importance: A subgaleal abscess is a collection of pus in a potential space between the galea aponeurotica and pericranium. De novo subgaleal abscesses are a subset of subgaleal abscesses that develop in the absence of identifiable risk factors such as head trauma or procedures. However, these have rarely been reported in the literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction And Importance: Most dengue infections are asymptomatic, and some of them develop haemorrhagic manifestations with or without shock. However, dengue can sometimes present with very rare complications like pyomyositis.
Case Presentation: A healthy 27-year-old male, presented with a 2-day fever, confirmed to be dengue through a positive non-structural protein 1 test.
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September 2023
Objective: To describe the state of literature regarding prevalence, clinical types of tremor in Multiple Sclerosis and associated disability.
Background: Tremor has long been recognized as an important symptom of multiple sclerosis. This can be intention and postural tremor that affects the upper limbs.
Key Clinical Message: This case underlined the importance of having high suspicion for lobar hemorrhage as a rare but deadly complication of herpes simplex virus encephalitis and shone light upon the added complexity it poses on management on an already deadly disease.
Abstract: Herpes simplex virus (HSV) encephalitis is the most common type of sporadic encephalitis that inflicts high rates of morbidity and mortality. Differentiating a progressing encephalitis syndrome from a lobar hemorrhage as a complication presents a challenge and requires great vigilance and insight on part of the treating physician.
Infestation of maggots in humans is uncommon because humans are an accidental host for many dipterous larval species. We present a case of wound myiasis in a homeless person that resulted from a neglected minor insect bite wound.
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