Publications by authors named "F Mghaieth"
Article Synopsis
- Endocarditis related to medical care can be particularly dangerous for hemodialysis patients due to their weakened immune systems and various types of vascular access.
- A 38-year-old hemodialysis patient presented with fever and neurological symptoms, ultimately diagnosed with infective mitro-aortic endocarditis and associated complications like subarachnoid hemorrhage.
- Despite initial treatment showing promise, the patient's condition deteriorated, leading to fatal septic shock and multiple organ failure, highlighting the risks faced by this vulnerable population.
Significance: Lipemia retinalis is a very rare ocular manifestation of severe hypertriglyceridemia. It is usually symptomatic and regresses after normalization of triglycerides levels. Early recognition is important to prevent ocular and life-threatening complications.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: Our aim is to report a case with bilateral Waldenström's macroglobulinemia (WM) associated maculopathy, assessed with multimodal imaging including swept source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) and OCT-Angiography (OCT-A).
Methods: Observational case report.
Case Presentation: A 61-year-old diabetic woman with history of treated WM currently in remission, presented with progressive bilateral visual loss.
Aim: To report an uncommon case of optic disc and multiple choroidal metastases secondary to breast cancer, assessed with swept source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT), fluorescein (FA), and infracyanine (ICGA) angiographies.
Methods: Observational case report.
Case Presentation: A 40-year-old woman with history of left breast carcinoma presented with blurred vision in her right eye (RE).