Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is characterized by severe haemorrhagic diathesis as the major cause of treatment failure and fatal outcome. Less frequently the patient may either present with thrombosis or it may complicate remission induction therapy. We present a 49-year-ol...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/13812
Intramuscular injection is a common procedure performed in healthcare settings. Improper technique of injection could expose patient to severe complications. I would like to present a case of secondary gluteal abscess as differential diagnosis of back pain resulting from administ...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/12909
Aim: We describe the clinical, histopathological and immunophenotypic characteristics of an HIV-infected adult man on antiretroviral therapy who presented with an EBV-positive grey zone lymphoma. Case Presentation: A 56-year-old HIV infected man from Uganda presented with a four...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/13625
Background: Abdominal pregnancy is a rare condition and potentially life-threatening if not diagnosed early and treated adequately. It has a high maternal and foetal mortality. Two cases of abdominal pregnancy are discussed. Both occurred in mothers aged 35 yrs and were managed a...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/13995
Background: While recent data showed that illicit drug use rates at six months of treatment with either methadone or buprenorphine were comparable among patients [1] and that slow-release oral morphine was not inferior to methadone as detoxification treatment [2], methadone conti...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/13517
Background/Objective: The potential impact of vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy has attracted much interest in recent years. This study was an exploratory one aimed to assess vitamin D status among a small random sample of Egyptian pregnant women and their newborns, and to ev...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/12291
Claudia Scaringi, Vitaliana De Sanctis, Giuseppe Minniti, Raffaele Porrini, Alessia Carnevale, Maurizio Valeriani, Maria Christina Cox, Maria Antonietta Aloe Spiriti, Giovanna Gentile, Maurizio Simmaco, Luigi Ruco, Agostino Tafuri & Riccardo Maurizi Enrici·International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports·2014
Aims: We describe the case of a patient with glioblastoma (GBM) who developed severe and prolonged myelosuppression during concomitant daily temozolomide (TMZ) and radiotherapy (RT) treatment. Analysis of polymorphisms in genes correlated with TMZ-induced myelotoxicity was also p...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/13957
Introduction: This case report addresses the possible and controversial influence of a concomitant oral steroid intake on the efficacy of a dexamethasone intravitreal implant (Ozurdex) in treating macular edema (ME), mostly when related to inflammatory ocular diseases. Case Prese...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/14202
Aim: To withdraw the attention to the possible complication of tendons rupture in cases of intramedullary flexible nail fixating cases of pediatric both bone forearm fractures. Presentation of Case: A 16 years old boy with a history of right forearm both bones mid shaft fracture...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/13583
The manuscript describes the case of a 23 year-old woman, with acute myopericarditis associated with food poisoning without other cardiovascular disease. The patient had a history of hypothyroidism, treated with levothyroxine 75 μg/d, however she was clinically and biochemically...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/12942