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Am J Emerg Med
December 2024
Cook County Health, Chicago, IL, USA.
Ketamine is an NMDA receptor antagonist commonly used as a dissociative anesthetic and analgesic. Though it is conventionally administered via the intravenous, intramuscular, or intranasal route, use as a compounded analgesic cream is becoming increasingly common. This is a case report of a 61-year-old man who was detained by the police for erratic driving.
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December 2024
Department of Radiology, Faculté de Médecine de Sousse, Université de Sousse, Hôpital Farhat Hached, Sousse, Tunisie.
We report a case of a very rare association of adrenal adenoma, unilateral adrenal hyperplasia, and bilateral renal artery stenosis. A 61-year-old man with a remarkable history of two severe strokes was admitted to the Nephrology department with hypertension associated with severe hypokalemia and metabolic alkalosis. Doppler of renal arteries was not conclusive, so contrast-enhanced scanning was done revealing a left adrenal adenoma, right adrenal hyperplasia, and bilateral moderate renal artery stenosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRinsho Shinkeigaku
December 2024
Department of Internal Medicine, Asospa Hospital.
A 61-year-old man with chronic renal failure had an embolic stroke of undetermined source that was treated with warfarin. Five weeks later, the patient contracted coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Six days after the onset of COVID-19, high blood pressure (>200 mmHg) and consciousness disturbance were reported.
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December 2024
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
Background: Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic fungal infection in immunocompromised patients. The major species include Cryptococcus grubii, Cryptococcus neoformans, and rarely, Cryptococcus gattii. Here we present a disseminated Cryptococcus gattii infection in a patient with elevated granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating-factor autoantibody which was successfully treated with antifungal therapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVirchows Arch
December 2024
Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Room 0E48, De Boelelaan 1117 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Lipoid pneumonia is a rare entity most often associated with inhalation of foreign material (i.e. "fire-eater's lung"), silicone injection, and severe trauma.
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