Unusual cause of light chain cast nephropathy.

Acute kidney injury due to light chain cast nephropathy is increasingly recognised in patients with haematological malignancies; however, the management and prognosis of this disease remain poorly understood. We describe a case of a 78-year-old woman with known chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) who presented with fatigue and weight loss. She was found to have acute kidney injury, which rapidly worsened during admission.

A relapse of POEMS syndrome presenting as acute kidney injury.

Peripheral neuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal protein and skin changes (POEMS) syndrome is a rare disease, and only in a minority of cases, causes an impairment of kidney function. Here, we describe a case of a 55-year-old man with a history of POEMS syndrome who presented with acute kidney injury following a routine blood test. On further investigation, a relapse in POEMS syndrome was diagnosed, uniquely isolated to renal involvement.

Granulomatosis with polyangiitis: an unusual cause of acute liver injury.

Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) causing liver injury is rare. Where liver biopsies have been taken findings are not always typical and diagnosis can be challenging. Here, we present a case of a 58-year-old male who on admission to hospital was found to have acute liver injury.

Follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma: an unusual cause of thyrotoxicosis.

Thyroid carcinoma presenting as a hyperfunctioning thyroid nodule is rare. A further complexity is added when interpretation of the histopathology itself is not straightforward. We describe a case of a 16-year-old girl presenting with clinical and biochemical evidence of thyrotoxicosis, and a 4 cm thyroid mass.

Isolated B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the parotid gland presenting as an ulcerating facial mass and sepsis during an acute medical take.

Lymphoma presenting as a parotid gland tumour without systemic involvement is rare, especially with respect to a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Furthermore, when such cases present there is often a low degree of clinical suspicion as there may be few clinical features to suggest the diagnosis. We describe an unexpected case that presented during an acute medical intake.