Acute Intermittent Porphyria Labeled Initially As Guillain-Barre Syndrome: Challenging Diagnosis.

Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is an autosomal, dominant, rare metabolic disturbance that results from a defect in the activity of the heme biosynthesis. It has a heterogeneous presentation, making a prompt diagnosis challenging. We report a case of acute intermittent porphyria in a young female who underwent in vitro fertilization (IVF) and presented with recurrent abdominal pain and posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES), progressing to acute progressive quadriparesis post-delivery.

Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: What Saudi people with epilepsy want to know-A cross-sectional study.

Objective: Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is a significant cause of mortality in people with epilepsy (PWE), with an incidence of 1 per 1000 members of the population. In Saudi Arabia, no data are available that inform local clinical practitioners about the attitudes of PWE regarding SUDEP. The aim of this study was to investigate the perspectives of Saudi PWE toward SUDEP and to assess their knowledge of SUDEP.

Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Schistosoma mansoni co-infection in a young patient with extensive longitudinal acute transverse myelitis.

Introduction: Acute transverse myelitis is an uncommon inflammatory, intramedullary, disorder of the spinal cord. Spastic paraplegia, impaired sphincter functions, and sensory loss, with sensory level, are the clinical manifestations of this devastating disorder. The utilization of magnetic resonant imaging (MRI) contributes to the surge in the diagnosis of more ATM cases.

Low Frequency of ETV6-RUNX1 (t 12; 21) in Saudi Arabian Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Patients: Association with Clinical Parameters and Early Remission.

Background: Pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (pALL) patients at King Abdulaziz Medical City represent a pure Saudi Arabian population. ETV6-RUNX1 positive pALL patients have good prognosis as compared to ETV6-RUNX1 negative counterparts. Therefore, frequencies of these two patient groups have a huge consideration in treatment strategies of pALL in a given population.