Gastrointestinal (GI) aspergillosis is a rare and fatal complication in immunocompromised patients. We present the case of a 72-year-old patient with unexplained recurrent pancytopenia who presented with fever, constipation, abdominal distention, and jaundice. Imaging revealed a mass in the ileocecal junction, and biopsy revealed Aspergillus hyphae infiltrating the bowel wall.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLittle is known about extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)-related spinal cord infarction (SCI), and reports regarding this rare and catastrophic complication are rare. Here, we report two cases of ECMO-related SCI that occurred between April and December 2023. Data were collected from patients' medical records, with SCI as the endpoint.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 57-year-old male admitted as an emergency for mushroom poisoning with hypovolemic shock, acute renal injury (Cr 213 μmol/L) and metabolic acidosis (pH 7.1). Twenty-six hours ago, he consumed 4 caps of wild mushrooms and presented with acute gastroenteritis, generalized malaise and lower limbs jerk.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The mushroom is reported to cause acute liver injury. It is found in Southern China, and has been previously associated with a high incidence of mortality.
Methods: We described a series of 10 patients with poisoning admitted to The Second Affiliated Hospital of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) in April 2022.
We report a 30-year-old man involving gastrointestinal symptoms, vitreous opacity, and multiple cranial neuropathies. Transthyretin-related hereditary amyloidosis genetic testing revealed a rare c.251T > C variant p.
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