Abdominal Epilepsy in an Adult: A Diagnosis Often Missed.

Abdominal Epilepsy (AE) is a variant of temporal lobe epilepsy and is commonly seen in pediatric age group. There are however, multiple reports of abdominal epilepsy in adolescents and even in adults. Chronic and recurrent gastrointestinal symptoms with one or more neuropsychiatric manifestations are often the presenting picture for a patient with AE.

Infective Endocarditis Complicated with Anterior Mitral Leaflet Abscess: A Case Report.

Infective endocarditis (IE) is defined as infection of endocardial surface of the heart. It may include one or more heart valves, the mural endocardium or a septal defect. Its intracardiac effect includes severe valvular insufficiency which may lead to intractable congestive heart failure and myocardial abscess.

Prolonged Respiratory Failure Following Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Case Report.

We have recently treated a case of acute anterior wall myocardial infarction who developed prolonged respiratory failure. The clinical details and possible mechanism are discussed.