A Challenging Diagnosis of Steroid-Responsive Encephalopathy Associated With Autoimmune Thyroiditis (SREAT) in a Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Patient With Hashimoto Encephalopathy (HE): A Case Report.

Steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis (SREAT) is a rare condition that can present with multiple neurological and psychiatric manifestations. SREAT diagnosis poses a challenge due to the nature of its nonspecific symptomatology and its overlap with numerous autoimmune, metabolic, infectious, and neuropsychiatric disorders. It is associated with elevated anti-thyroid antibodies, occurs in correspondence with autoimmune thyroiditis, and shows great response to corticosteroid treatment.

Use of intravenous tocilizumab in pregnancy for severe coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia: two case reports.

Background: Tocilizumab, an interleukin-6 inhibitor is part of many international guidelines for the management of cytokine storm associated with severe coronavirus disease 2019 with observed improvements. However, this drug is not recommended during pregnancy owing to the lack of safety data. Restriction of such medication use makes the management of coronavirus disease 2019 in pregnant women more challenging.

Optimizing Supportive Care in COVID-19 Patients: A Multidisciplinary Approach.

Within just a few months, SARS-CoV-2 has evolved from a virtually unknown pathogen to a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. As COVID-19 infection can affect multiple organ systems, treating many manifestations and complications requires clinical expertise across the healthcare professional spectrum. Therefore, interprofessional and multidisciplinary collaboration should form the cornerstone of every hospital's COVID-19 management approach.

Giant iliac vein aneurysm secondary to long standing traumatic popliteal arteriovenous fistula.

A 48-year-old man presented with a traumatic arteriovenous fistula (AVF) in the left popliteal space, due to a bullet injury 20 years back. A computed tomographic (CT) angiography revealed an AVF in the left popliteal space with an associated large iliac vein aneurysm (9.2 x 9.

Complications of spilled gallstones during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: case series with review of literature.

The spillage of gallstones during laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a fairly common event, though, not documented and reported. These lost stones may have clinically important implications inclusive of added surgical procedures for their retrieval. We hereby address this issue and report 3 cases, with delayed consequences of these spilled gallstones.