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This case report encompasses three patients who had worked in the construction industry. All three patients had significant silica dust exposure and were subsequently diagnosed with systemic sclerosis ...
A farmer in his mid-60s with diabetes mellitus and heart failure on medications presented with non-resolving pneumonia for the past 1 month. The patient was initially treated for community-acquired ...
A man in his 50s with chronic pancreatitis presented with epigastric pain and haematemesis. Imaging revealed pancreatic calcifications, multiple pseudocysts and a large pseudoaneurysm arising from the ...
We report a case of a man in his early 70s referred for Grade 2 immune checkpoint inhibitor induced liver injury (ChILI) post nivolumab and ipilimumab for metastatic melanoma. Despite treatment with ...
We discuss a case of a female in her 60s diagnosed with primary squamous cell carcinoma of the breast. It is an aggressive and rapidly growing breast cancer with limited cases discussed in the ...
Cholecysto-duodenal fistula (CDF) is a rare complication of chronic calculous cholecystitis. Due to advancements in minimally invasive techniques, a paradigm shift has occurred from the traditional ...
A 27-year-old man with no significant medical history, presented with right foot weakness and difficulty with balance. MRI of his brain, cervical and thoracic spinal cord showed multiple white matter ...
Tinotenda Sekeramayi, Touba Naim, Joel Tjarks, Jana Johnson, Joseph Fanciullo ...
Congenital nasal pyriform aperture stenosis (CNPAS) is quite rare estimated at 1 in 25 000 newborns and is frequently missed or even unknown to some neonatal intensivists. 1 2 Being obligate nasal ...
Open elbow dislocation is a rare injury often associated with neurovascular damage. Common fractures associated with elbow dislocation are of the medial epicondyle, lateral epicondyle, radial head and ...
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) is considered the most common malignant salivary gland tumour. MEC constitutes 3–10% of all tumours of major salivary glands and 10–15% of tumours of minor salivary ...
Learning points Buttock claudication is caused by occlusion of the internal iliac artery or its branches. Buttock claudication can be a diagnostic challenge because of the lack of ischaemic symptoms ...