Publications by authors named "Hiba Salam"
Tubercular meningitis is a rare yet devastating type of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) posing great diagnostic challenges due to the nonspecific clinical presentation of the patients. Here, we present a rare diagnosis of hypertrophic pachymeningitis due to . A 36-year-old male presented with a history of headaches and giddiness for one month.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSystemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multi-organ autoimmune disease, with the skin being the second most affected organ after the joints. We present a unique case of a 44-year-old female who presented with an acute flare of SLE and the concurrent onset of keratoderma on both lower limbs. She presented with high-grade fever, arthralgia, and generalized edema of four months duration.
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- Stroke is a major cause of death and disability, and can occasionally be linked to cardiac myxoma, with the latter sometimes being the initial sign of a stroke.
- A case study was reported involving a 45-year-old woman who experienced dizziness and headaches, which led to the discovery of a posterior circulation stroke linked to a left atrial myxoma.
- Following the diagnosis, the patient underwent surgery to remove the myxoma, confirmed by histopathology, and was treated with anti-platelet medications to prevent further strokes.