Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) affects multiple body systems, including the nervous system. Cerebrovascular accidents can also occur. Patients with comorbid illnesses have severe manifestations and poor outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Covid-19 has serious sequelae that may be poorly understood, underreported, and, as a result, not diagnosed promptly, such as variations in clinical manifestations of hyperinflammation among people infected with SARS-CoV-2. ophthalmoplegia can be one of these manifestations.
Methods: We are reporting a 55-year-old male patient with unilateral diplopia considering it as a case of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults.
Medicine (Baltimore)
November 2022
Introduction: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM) mimics acute coronary syndrome and is characterized by reversible left ventricular (LV) apical ballooning in the absence of angiographically substantial coronary artery stenosis.
Patient Concerns: A 31-year-old man with acute dejection, physical stress, and psychological strain from the dread of losing his work arrived at the emergency department with chest pain, and discomfort that had lasted 3 hours.
Diagnosis: Once the coronary angiography revealed normal epicardial coronaries, the case was retroactively diagnosed, and the levels of cardiac enzymes were increased.
Introduction And Importance: Hemorrhagic transformation of ischemic stroke is one of the most traumatic consequences of ischemic stroke. Therefore, deciding the optimal time for anticoagulant application and its effect on clinical outcome, recurrence and risk for hemorrhagic transformation are still in quarry. The European Heart Rhythm Association recommends the usage of anticoagulants after 3-4 days after a mild stroke, 6 days after moderate stroke and 12 days after a severe stroke.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFParasitic infections like amoebiasis are often asymptomatic in the tropics, but the invasive disease can cause an amoebic liver abscess. During pericardiocentesis, amoebiasis is more noticeable in left lobe abscesses with chocolate-like pus drainage. Here, we present an unusual amoebic liver abscess that erupted into the pericardial cavity via a diaphragmatic fistula.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFScand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med
September 2021
Background: Patients with electrical injury are considered to be at risk of cardiac arrhythmia. Assessing the risk of developing a major adverse cardiac event (MACE) is the cornerstone of patient management. The aim of this study was to assess the performance of initial troponin and troponin rise to predict Major Adverse Cardiac Events (MACEs) in all patients with electrical injuries admitted to the Emergency Department.
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September 2020
Background: Brucellosis is a highly infectious multi-systemic zoonosis, and it is caused by Gram-negative bacteria, Brucella. Despite the low incidence of neurobrucellosis, it is the most dangerous consequence of brucellosis.
Case Report: A 30-year-old Sudanese male patient presented to our hospital with a complaint of fever associated with confusion for three days.