Cranial nerve palsy: an unusual presentation of a fulminant fungal disease.

Mucormycosis is a rare and dramatic fungal disease with a high mortality rate. We report a case of rhino- orbital mucormycosis, which commenced as cranial nerve palsy, in a woman with ignored diabetes mellitus. Mucormycosis should therefore be taken into consideration during the differential diagnosis of cranial nerve palsy, especially in diabetic or immunocompromised patients.

Sorafenib, risk of bleeding and spontaneous rupture of hepatocellular carcinoma. A clinical case.

Spontaneous rupture is a rare and dramatic complication ofhepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), burdened by a high mortality. Here we describe a case of a 73-year-old man, who arrived at the ER because of syncope, and acute epigastric and right upper quadrant abdominal pain. He had a history of hepatitis C-related liver cirrhosis and HCC in treatment with sorafenib.

Mediterranean spotted fever presenting as an acute pancreatitis.

Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) is an infectious disease, caused by Rickettsia conorii. It can have a serious course, even deadly, with many types of complications. Described is a case of a 70-year-old man, hospitalized for fever, abdominal pain, amylase and lipase elevation, and ultrasound hypoechoic pancreas.