Publications by authors named "J Scieszka"
We report a case of a 17-year-old patient referred to our outpatient Doppler Department due to clinical suspicion of liver cirrhosis. The patient presented with non-specific symptoms, such as malaise, pain in the right subcostal region, peripheral oedema. Until then, diagnostic imaging, including echocardiography was inconclusive.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAbout 10% of patients with Lyme disease continue to experience musculoskeletal pain and cognitive dysfunction after recommended antibiotic treatment. This condition is called post-Lyme disease syndrome (PLDS) or post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome. These two terms are used interchangeably.
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- This paper evaluates the effectiveness of ultrasonography in diagnosing macroglossia, or enlarged tongue, particularly in relation to systemic diseases.
- The study highlights a case of a 59-year-old patient with an enlarged tongue, experiencing difficulties in speaking and eating, along with joint pain, leading to an ultrasound examination that revealed significant findings.
- Ultimately, the ultrasound helped rule out local tongue pathologies and pointed toward a rare deposition disease, lambda light chain disease with symptoms of amyloidosis, guiding further diagnosis and treatment.
We present a rare case of isolated axillary lymph node tuberculosis. A 66-year-old patient was admitted in order to perform the diagnostics of a painless tumor of the left armpit. Blood biochemistry tests and chest X-ray did not show any abnormalities.
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