Publications by authors named "Syed H Alam"

Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) associated vasculitis is a disease process with a wide range of presentations, from asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic disease with positive laboratory testing, to florid acute end-organ damage. Consensus has not been established as to the frequency and/or protocol by which ANCA testing should be repeated. We present the case of a 53-year-old woman who initially came to medical attention with persistent dyspnea and pulmonary infiltrates presumed to be due to acute exacerbation of chronic diastolic congestive heart failure.

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Crohn's disease is an inflammatory bowel disease associated with many extraintestinal manifestations involving multiple organs, including the skin, eyes, liver, and joints. Classic Sweet's syndrome is a cutaneous manifestation of Crohn's disease, characterized by sudden onset of painful plaques or nodules of the skin associated with fever and neutrophilia. We present a case of classic Sweet's syndrome in a patient with well-controlled Crohn's disease.

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A 24-year-old man complained of a right temporal headache for four weeks. The patient denied any trauma or previous anticoagulation use. He also reported tender right facial swelling.

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A 60-year-old African-American male presented to the emergency department with abdominal pain and distention associated with decreased appetite and weight loss for several weeks. A computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen and pelvis showed an 8 cm mesenteric mass with surrounding stranding and poorly defined borders. The patient underwent exploratory laparotomy and complete resection of the mass since the frozen section could not give a definite diagnosis.

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