Cystic fibrosis is most often diagnosed in the first years of life due to pancreatic insufficiency and respiratory damage with chronic bronchial suppuration. However, moderate or monosymptomatic forms may only appear in adulthood. As for Graves' disease, it is an autoimmune patho...
Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is a rare autoimmunobullous disease which is seen more in the elderly. There are many factors that have been associated with BP including medications, vaccines, and different diseases including diabetes mellitus. Diabetes mellitus is known to enhance the p...
Aim: To review the clinical presentation and demonstrate imaging findings in complicated Hepatobiliary Ascariasis (HBA) and its management. Presentation: A 45 years old male diabetic patient presented with the symptoms of fever, hiccoughs, abdominal bloating, nausea, and bilious...
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) CIDP is a rare and heterogenous autoimmune disorder of the peripheral nervous system that attacks myelin sheath around the peripheral nerves. It is characterized by muscle weakness and sensory deficits, numbness tha...
Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease, due to the presence of antibodies against the proteins in the post-synaptic muscle membrane, which leads to localized or generalized muscle weakness. Presentation of myasthenia gravis could vary from patient to patient, while ocular mus...
Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is a rare autoimmune subepidermal blistering disorder and is defined by the existence of circulating G immunoglobulins (IgG) against basement membrane antigens BP180 and BP230, the immunobullous skin disorder characteristically presents with intense bullae...
Background: Rare diseases, with a prevalence of 4% globally, often manifest with diverse and challenging clinical presentations. Anesthetic management for these conditions demands a nuanced understanding of pathophysiology, potential complications, and interactions with anestheti...
Neuroendocrine carcinoma of the bladder is a very rare tumor, accounting for no more than 1% of all bladder tumors. Its main characteristic is its poor prognosis, which is explained by its high metastatic potential. Classical metastatic sites are lymph nodes, liver and lung, but...
Central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) is caused by the formation of a thrombus in the central retinal vein, and constitutes an extreme diagnostic and therapeutic emergency due to its visual prognosis. The most frequent cause of CRVO is related to cardiovascular risk factors, alth...
Introduction: Ureteric calculus in pediatric age group is rare. Most common cause of pediatric hydronephrosis is PUJ (pelvi-ureteric junction) obstruction, but hydronephrosis due to VUJ (vesico-ureteric junction) obstruction by ureteric calculus is rare in this population. Recent...