scholarly journals A Case of Bilateral Nocardia francinia Adrenal Abscesses in an Intravenous Drug–Using Splenectomized Patient With Tricuspid Endocarditis

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lesley E Jackson ◽  
Mahmoud Shorman
Keyword(s):  
Immune Deficiency ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Adrenal Gland ◽  
Chest Radiograph ◽  
Rare Case ◽  
Intravenous Drug ◽  
Splenectomized Patient ◽  
Direct Inoculation ◽  
Disseminated Nocardiosis

Abstract Adrenal abscesses due to disseminated nocardiosis are exceedingly rare in clinical practice, and to date only 8 cases have been reported in the literature, most of which were confined to a single adrenal gland. These infections often occur in patients with underlying immune deficiency. We report a rare case of bilateral nocardial adrenal abscesses in an intravenous drug–using splenectomized patient that presumably originated from direct inoculation using intravenous opana, as his admission chest radiograph was normal.

scholarly journals Recognizing Primary Immune Deficiency in Clinical Practice

2006 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hale Yarmohammadi ◽  
Lissette Estrella ◽  
John Doucette ◽  
Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles
Keyword(s):  
Immune Deficiency ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Organ Dysfunction ◽  
Primary Immunodeficiency ◽  
Scoring System ◽  
Clinical Information ◽  
Chronic Illnesses ◽  
Primary Immune Deficiency ◽  
Recurrent Infections

ABSTRACT Primary immunodeficiency results in recurrent infections, organ dysfunction, and autoimmunity. We studied 237 patients referred for suspicion of immunodeficiency, using a scoring system based on clinical information. The 113 patients with immunodeficiency had higher scores and more episodes of chronic illnesses and were more likely to have neutropenia, lymphopenia, or splenomegaly.

scholarly journals Isolated hydatid cyst of adrenal gland with hypertension mimicking Conn's syndrome: a very rare case

2016 ◽  
pp. 3071-3073 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tarun Chaudhary ◽  
Shikhar Agrawal ◽  
Manoj Biswas ◽  
Rajeev Sarpal ◽  
Nadia Shirazi
Keyword(s):  
Adrenal Gland ◽  
Hydatid Cyst ◽  
Rare Case ◽  
Conn’S Syndrome

scholarly journals A Rare Case of Adenomatoid Tumor of the Adrenal Gland

2013 ◽  
Vol 74 (11) ◽  
pp. 3201-3205
Author(s):  
Masahiro SHIBATA ◽  
Yatsuka HIBI ◽  
Kimio OGAWA ◽  
Yoshimi SHIMIZU ◽  
Chikara KAGAWA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adrenal Gland ◽  
Rare Case ◽  
Adenomatoid Tumor

scholarly journals Triglyceride Levels Greater Than 10,000 mg/dL in a 49-Year-Old Female without Evidence of Pancreatitis

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Anika Toor ◽  
Amit Toor ◽  
Koroush Khalighi ◽  
Mahesh Krishnamurthy
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Rare Case ◽  
Common Occurrence ◽  
Severe Pancreatitis ◽  
Severe Hypertriglyceridemia ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Underlying Diseases ◽  
Total Triglyceride

We present a rare case of a 49-year-old female with very severe hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) having a total triglyceride (TG) count of > 10,000 mg/dL in the absence of pancreatitis. Based on literature review, this is one of the highest recorded TG counts in an adult without evidence of pancreatitis. HTG is a common occurrence in clinical practice, but rarely do numbers exceed 2000 mg/dl. It is crucial to evaluate and rapidly lower TG levels to prevent potentially life-threatening complications such as severe pancreatitis. Removal of potential predisposing medications, control of underlying diseases known to cause HTG, and maintenance therapies are essential to prevent reoccurrence.

AIDS in Film and Television

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kylo-Patrick R. Hart
Keyword(s):  
Immune Deficiency ◽  
Gay Men ◽  
Kaposi's Sarcoma ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Kaposi’S Sarcoma ◽  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
Intravenous Drug ◽  
Intravenous Drug Users ◽  
Film And Television ◽  
Large Numbers

Representations of AIDS in film and television have differed throughout the world. Accordingly, this article focuses primarily on such representations in North America, with a particular emphasis on US media offerings and occasional references to related examples from other English-speaking countries. In the early 1980s, what eventually became known as AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) was initially labeled GRID (gay-related immune deficiency). As a result, the earliest representations of AIDS in television news programs focused almost exclusively on gay men, and shortly thereafter intravenous drug users, as “guilty villains” in the emergent AIDS crisis, with a visual emphasis on emaciated individuals covered with Kaposi’s sarcoma lesions. By 1985, independent films and documentaries pertaining to AIDS started to emerge, along with the NBC network’s first made-for-television movie about AIDS, An Early Frost. In 1987, AIDS began entering the plots of various prime-time television series. Most of these offerings continued to perpetuate understandings of AIDS as a gay disease, even into the early 1990s. As the decade of the 1980s gave way to the 1990s, the phenomenon of AIDS was increasingly being regarded as two distinct yet interrelated epidemics: HIV and AIDS. Some film and television offerings began shifting their focus away from gay men and intravenous drug users with AIDS toward children with AIDS and healthy individuals with “at-risk bodies” that required ongoing protection. In 1993, Hollywood’s first all-star movie about AIDS, Philadelphia, flipped the script by foregrounding Kaposi’s sarcoma lesions to generate substantial compassion, rather than cultural contempt, for a gay man with AIDS. The film’s contents, viewed by a wider general public than preceding works, effectively challenged AIDS discrimination. During the first half of the 1990s, a small number of noteworthy AIDS metaphor movies were made and released, and self-representation in AIDS documentaries became more common. In large part due to the availability of lifesaving antiretrovirals, which resulted in a cultural shift from large numbers of individuals dying from AIDS to large numbers living with HIV, representations of HIV/AIDS in film and television decreased substantially during the second half of the 1990s and throughout the first decade of the new millennium. Since then, there has been a growing representational interest in exploring the early history of AIDS, in offerings such as How to Survive a Plague (2012), Dallas Buyers Club (2013), and The Normal Heart (2014).

scholarly journals Sarcomatoid carcinoma of adrenal gland: a rare case report

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-75
Author(s):  
Israt Rezwana ◽  
Sourav Sarkar ◽  
Rushda Sharmin Binte Rouf ◽  
Sultana Marufa Shefin ◽  
SM Ashrafuzzaman
Keyword(s):  
Adrenal Gland ◽  
Rare Case ◽  
Adrenal Glands ◽  
Malignant Tumors ◽  
Sarcomatoid Carcinoma ◽  
Endocrine Dysfunction ◽  
Diagnostic Challenge ◽  
Atypical Symptoms ◽  
Rare Case Report ◽  
New Onset

Adrenal sarcomatoid carcinoma (ASC) are very rare and aggressive malignant tumors of adrenal glands containing both epithelial (carcinomatous) and mesenchymal (sarcomatous) components. ASC presents a diagnostic challenge due to its atypical symptoms and histological patterns which influence treatment.At the time of diagnosis, a large percentage of patients are already at the metastatic stage and succumb within a few months. Here, we report a case of functional sarcomatoid carcinoma in right adrenal gland in a 37-year-old female, who presented with new onset hypertension. The patient underwent right sided adrenalectomy and she was alive at the time of writing the current report.To the best of our knowledge, ASC reported in literature to date showed only few patient presented with endocrine hypersecretion and only one patient presented with both hypertension and endocrine dysfunction. So, our case is the rarest among the rare. Birdem Med J 2020; 10(1): 73-75

A rare case in rheumatology clinical practice: Pachydermodactyly

2019 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Author(s):  
Ayşe Ünal Enginar ◽  
Ali Nail Demir ◽  
İlhan Sezer ◽  
Can Çevikol
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Rare Case
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