Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) and lithium toxicity are life-threatening complications of psychotropic medication exposure with substantially overlapping clinical manifestations, potentially delaying recognition when they occur together. We report a fatal case of a 40-year-...
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Research Article10.9734/ijmpcr/2026/v19i4528
B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (B-ALL) is a haematological malignancy characterised by the clonal proliferation of B-lymphoid precursors. Cytogenetic and molecular alterations are central to B-ALL classification and diagnosis according to the 2024 World Health Organization...
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Research Article10.9734/ijmpcr/2026/v19i4527
Angina bullosa haemorrhagica (ABH) is an uncommon, benign oral mucosal disorder characterised by the acute and spontaneous development of blood-filled bullae involving the oral or oropharyngeal mucosa, in the absence of an identifiable systemic, haematological, or mucocutaneous c...
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Research Article10.9734/ijmpcr/2026/v19i3526
Scrotal pyocele is an uncommon urological condition characterised by a purulent collection within the scrotal sac and may be associated with inflammatory conditions of the epididymis or testis. This case report describes a 69-year-old male who presented with progressive scrotal s...
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Research Article10.9734/ijmpcr/2026/v19i3525
Aims: This case report aims to describe the cardiac and metabolic complications arising from concurrent use of phenytoin and dual beta-blocker therapy in a patient with hypertension and a history of seizures, and to highlight the importance of medication reconciliation, electroly...
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Research Article10.9734/ijmpcr/2026/v19i3524
Introduction: Leukaemia is the most common childhood malignancy worldwide, and acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is the second most common type and carries a poorer prognosis than acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Patients with AML may develop extramedullary lesions in the meninges, tes...
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Research Article10.9734/ijmpcr/2026/v19i3523
Background: Postpartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) presents in late pregnancy or the postpartum period and is a rare, sometimes fatal cause of idiopathic heart failure. Septic cardiomyopathy is a reversible impairment of myocardial function occurring with severe sepsis. The coexistence...
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Research Article10.9734/ijmpcr/2026/v19i3521
Background: Acute retropharyngeal inflammation is an uncommon but potentially life-threatening condition because rapid progression can compromise the upper airway. Rhabdomyolysis associated with bacterial infection is also uncommon and may be complicated by acute kidney injury. T...
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Research Article10.9734/ijmpcr/2026/v19i3522
Background: Hypokalemic periodic paralysis (HPP) is a skeletal muscle channelopathy characterised by acute episodes of muscle weakness or paralysis associated with severe hypokalaemia. Primary HPP results from inherited ion-channel mutations, whereas secondary HPP is caused by tr...
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Research Article10.9734/ijmpcr/2026/v19i3520
Diabetes-related foot ulceration remains one of the most consequential complications of diabetes mellitus, and it accounts for a disproportionate share of hospital bed occupancy, lower-limb amputation and premature death among people living with the disease. Despite four decades...
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Research Article10.9734/ijmpcr/2026/v19i3519