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Natl Med J India
August 2024
Department of General Medicine Believers Church Medical College Hospital, Tiruvalla, Kerala, India.
Hyperviscosity syndrome can present with haematological, neurological or cardiovascular manifestations. The common differential diagnoses for severe headache and altered sensorium in a patient with Eisenmenger syndrome include brain abscess, meningitis, cortical venous thrombosis and subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). We report a patient with Eisenmenger syndrome with hyperviscosity, presenting as pseudo-SAH, which was successfully treated with phlebotomy.
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March 2024
Department of Neurology, Dharwad Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (DIMHANS), Dharwad, Karnataka, India.
Background: Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is associated with a high mortality rate, especially if cerebral edema develops during the disease course. It is rarer and more severe in adults than in children. We present cases of two patients with cerebral edema-related DKA.
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September 2022
Department of Radiology, Hiroshima City Hiroshima Citizens Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
J Neurosurg Case Lessons
October 2021
Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona.
Background: Coccidioidomycosis is a primarily self-limiting fungal disease endemic to the western United States and South America. However, severe disseminated infection can occur. The authors report a severe case of coccidioidal meningitis that appeared to be a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) on initial inspection.
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