Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection of Abdominal Wall after Lipoabdominoplasty: Complication following Medical Tourism.

Necrotizing soft tissue infection (NSTI) is an acute life-threatening complication of cosmetic surgery. We present a case study of a 48-year-old woman diagnosed with NSTI of the abdominal wall following liposuction, abdominoplasty, and ventral hernia repair performed in Latin America. In the operating room, bowel perforation at the hepatic flexure was observed requiring emergent fascial debridement, bowel resection, and broad-spectrum antibiotics.

Murine Typhus Presenting as Septic Acute Cholangitis in a Young Woman From South Texas.

Murine (endemic) typhus is a zoonotic disease spread by fleas carrying bacteria. Typically, murine typhus presents with mild and nonspecific flu-like symptoms. However, it can manifest with severe systemic complications potentially leading to delayed treatment or unnecessary interventions.

Refractory Elevated Intracranial Pressure (ICP) in the Setting of a Traumatic Cerebral Sinus Venous Thrombosis (CSVT).

The management of patients with elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) requires a systematic approach. After the failure of tier zero, tier one, and tier two therapies, all potential secondary causes of elevated ICP must be reviewed. Up to 28% of patients with blunt traumatic brain injury (TBI) develop cerebral sinus venous thrombosis (CSVT), among these, patients up to 55% have occlusive thrombi.