Pregnancy in end-stage renal disease patients on hemodialysis: two case reports.

Introduction: Pregnancy in patients with end-stage renal disease is rare due to numerous factors that impair fertility. Even if pregnancy does occur pregnancy outcome with a live birth has a low success rate.

Case Presentation: We report two cases of successful pregnancy in patients with end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis.

Plasmapheresis in a patient with rhabdomyolysis: a case report.

Introduction: Cardiovascular benefits and improved survival have resulted in statins becoming the most prescribed drugs in USA. There is a small but significant risk of developing statin induced rhabdomyolysis especially in combination with other lipid lowering medications for example fibrates like Gemfibrozil.

Case Presentation: We describe a case of an 82 year old male patient who developed rhabdomyolysis while taking a combination of Simvastatin and Gemfibrozil and was successfully managed with plasmapheresis.

Conjunctival geographic ulcer and blepharitis in primary ocular herpes: a case report.

Introduction: Conjunctival geographic ulcer is a rare manifestation of ocular herpes simplex. Geographic ulcers are formed when sloughing of the epithelium occurs in the areas between the dendrite and a broad area of epithelial involvement with irregular angulated borders is formed.

Case Presentation: We report a case of primary ocular herpes with blepharitis and geographic ulceration of the conjunctiva in an 8-year-old male with no corneal lesion.