Post-COVID-19 pulmonary cavitation and tension pneumothorax in a non-ventilated patient.

Cavitation and pneumothorax are independently associated with high morbidity and mortality in coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). While spontaneous (non-traumatic) pneumothorax formation has commonly been observed among mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients, there are few rare reports of COVID-19 associated pneumothorax without any history of barotrauma and other conventional risk factors. Here, we report a unique case of post-COVID-19 cavitation and tension pneumothorax which was further complicated by hydropneumothorax formation in a young patient who suffered severe COVID-19 pneumonia 4 weeks back.

A unique case of uncorrected Fallot's tetralogy with nasal dermoid cyst and median cleft lip presenting during postpartum.

While tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is the most common cyanotic congenital heart disease among children, its first presentation in the third decade of life just after successful pregnancy outcome is extremely rare. In fact, survival of both child and mother having uncorrected TOF after noninstitutional delivery is unheard of. Herein, authors report a case of previously undiagnosed TOF associated with other midline congenital abnormalities, that is, nasal dermoid cyst and cleft palate, who presented for the first time with postpartum hemorrhage after an unsupervised home birth.

Recurrent Facial Focal Seizures With Chronic Striatopathy and Caudate Atrophy-A Double Whammy in an Elderly Woman With Diabetes Mellitus.

Seizures and involuntary movements are relatively rare, but well-known neurological complications of non-ketotic hyperglycemia. While hemichorea-hemiballism secondary to diabetic striatopathy is increasingly being reported, unilateral caudate atrophy resulting from chronic vascular insufficiency/insult in a backdrop of poorly controlled diabetes mellitus is sparsely described in literature. We herein report a 75-year-old woman with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus who presented with concurrent epilepsia partialis continua involving left side of her face and hemichorea on the right side in the context of non-ketotic hyperglycemia.

Faciobrachial Myoclonus as the Presenting Manifestation of Diabetic Keto-Acidosis.

Background: Chorea and ballism are well-recognized acute potentially reversible movement disorders as the presenting manifestation of non-ketotic hyperglycemic states among older type-2 diabetics. Myoclonus as the form of presentation of diabetic keto-acidosis (DKA) in previously undiagnosed type-1 diabetic has never been reported before.

Case Report: We herein report the case of a 36-year-old previously healthy patient who presented with acute onset incessant faciobrachial myoclonus for 10 days.