A 70-year-old lady with a past medical history of light chain myeloma, chronic renal failure and a left breast plasmacytoma treated with radiotherapy was admitted for drainage of a subsequent left pleural effusion. She was given high dose steroids for her myeloma, following which she developed abdominal pain suspicious of pancreatitis. Results revealed a raised serum amylase of 5117, a modified Glasgow score of 3 and normal calcium levels.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn unusual case of an orbital teratoma presenting as recurrent orbital cellulitis in a 2-year-old child. Imaging studies demonstrated an extraconal mass with a bony defect and a malformation of the sphenoid. An ectopic tooth was also present.
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