Anticholinergic toxicity and neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) are common toxidromes in medical emergencies. However, their co-occurrence, resulting in a dual toxidrome, is rare and presents significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. We present the case of a 23-year-old young male with polysubstance dependence, admitted following combined trihexyphenidyl and risperidone toxicity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTransbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBLC) is a technique used to sample the lungs for diagnosing diffuse lung diseases. A sizeable tissue is sheared off the lung parenchyma during TBLC leading to a defect in the lung, which might result in a cystic lesion on imaging. Computed tomography (CT) performed for other reasons might incidentally reveal such a cyst.
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