Publications by authors named "Arjun Kachhwaha"
Acute Myeloid Leukemia Presenting as Extensive Arterial and Venous Thrombosis: A Case Report.
Cardiovasc Hematol Disord Drug Targets
January 2025
Article Synopsis
- Thromboembolism is common in solid tumors but rare in hematological malignancies like acute myeloid leukemia (AML), which can complicate patient treatment, especially when anticoagulation is needed.
- A case study of a 54-year-old male revealed extensive thromboembolism, including pulmonary and renal thrombosis, and after treatment started, he was diagnosed with AML.
- Anticoagulation therapy was initiated due to the thrombotic events, emphasizing the need for careful monitoring of bleeding and platelet levels during treatment for hematological conditions like AML.
Snakebite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease disproportionately affecting the rural and marginalized population in low-middle-income countries. The saw-scaled viper (Echis carinatus) is a clinically important snake that causes serious morbidity and mortality in the Indian subcontinent. Even though it is within the so-called big-four snakes against which polyvalent antivenom is available throughout India, reports of antivenom ineffectiveness are emerging in saw-scaled viper envenoming, especially around Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCases with SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR negative pneumonia are an understudied group with uncertainty remaining regarding their treatment approach. We aimed to compare the clinical and radiological characteristics of RT-PCR positive and clinically diagnosed RT-PCR negative COVID-19. This was a single-centre retrospective study conducted at a tertiary care hospital in Western India.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcute Myocardial Infarction in Hemophilia A with HIV and Hyperhomocysteinemia- a rare case report.
Cardiovasc Hematol Disord Drug Targets
January 2022
Article Synopsis
- * A 42-year-old male with hemophilia A experienced severe chest pain and was diagnosed with an anteroseptal myocardial infarction following recent treatment with recombinant factor VIII.
- * This case highlights the rare occurrence of acute coronary syndromes in hemophilia A patients, especially after receiving factor VIII treatment.
Gastrointestinal involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) usually occurs in the form of mesenteric vasculitis, protein-losing enteropathy, intestinal pseudo-obstruction, and pancreatitis. We describe a 23-year-old female, a known case of SLE presented with significant ascites and pleural effusion. Further evaluation showed elevated CA-125 levels without evidence of malignancy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a double stranded DNA virus and ubiquitous in nature. Association of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) and CMV is well known but CMV acute myositis is a rare condition. Restriction of movements of limbs due to severe pain in myositis may obscure the diagnosis of GBS and this may easily miss.
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