gangrene/headache

Twelve patients with systemic sclerosis were treated with intravenous infusions of the prostacyclin-stable analogue iloprost 0.5-2.0 ng/kg/min for 6 h from 8 to 13 days. Imminent gangrene was stopped in 2 patients and followed by healing. In 4 of 6 patients iloprost led to complete healing of

BACKGROUND The authors report a case of symmetrical peripheral gangrene (SPG) following emergency neurosurgery. METHODS A 35-year-old female presented to hospital in Thailand with nausea, headache, and subsequent seizures. She was found to have a large intracranial space-occupying lesion with mass

BACKGROUND Leptospirosis is a zoonosis caused by the spirochete, Leptospira interrogans. While most cases of leptospirosis are mild to moderate, the course may be complicated by multiorgan dysfunction. We present a rare case of leptospirosis with acute myocarditis, pancreatitis, polyarthritis,

An 80-year-old woman presented with chronic lumbosacral pain since her laminectomy and instrumentation 10 years ago. Examination was consistent with left sacroiliitis, and the patient underwent an elective left sacroiliac joint injection. Two days following her procedure she fell and landed on her

OBJECTIVE We analysed our experience with the use of iloprost for the treatment of critical ischaemic digits (ID) in children with connective tissue diseases (CTD) in order to assess its safety and efficacy. METHODS This was a retrospective analysis of paediatric patients with CTD who were treated

BACKGROUND Ocular involvement in panarteritis nodosa (PAN) has been reported to occur in 10 to 20% of patients. In 3 patients with acute visual disturbance we point out unusual findings. METHODS Case 1. A 40-year-old man initially presented with papilledema together with partial optic atrophy in

A case of a patient with headache, visual deficiency in his left eye quickly worsening up to blindness and ischemic necrosis in the scalp regions supplied by the superficial temporal arteries, is reported. This acute gangrene began as a bandlike ischemic lesion in the temporo-parietal regions of

A rare case of morbid vasospasm, together with striking angiographic findings, is described secondary to the ingestion of methysergide by a 48-year-old woman. A brief review of the literature on similar cases is presented. A discussion of the history of ergot includes its original discovery, the

METHODS We describe eight patients with a diagnosis of a chronic myeloproliferative disorder, characterised in most patients by severe thrombotic complications at the debut of the disease. RESULTS The symptoms were life-threatening in seven patients: acute upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage from

Acute infectious purpura fulminans is a serious, potentially fatal condition. We present a case series of 11 patients from March 2005 to March 2017, whose clinical symptoms were fever (100%), confusion (63.6%) and headache (55%), and whose common laboratory abnormalities were thrombocytopenia

Ergotamine-containing drugs are widely used in the treatment of acute migraine attacks. Spastic vasoconstriction is one of the possible side effects usually affecting the lower extremities and sometimes leading to gangrene. A 28-year-old woman was hospitalized for severe acute arterial insufficiency

Rickesttsial diseases are a group of diseases caused by obligate intracellular gram negative bacilli and transmitted to man by arthropod vectors (except Q fever). It is increasingly realised that rickesttsial diseases are underdiagnosed. It is now well documented that rickettsial disease is

Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) was a French philosopher, who wrote the Pensées, a collection of "thoughts" about the apparent insignificance of human existence. In the last three centuries, it was claimed that his disease was mental. Hysteria, melancholia, and post-traumatic neurosis were taken

An analysis of 4 cases of the thrombotic thrombocytopenia in children of 4 to 10 years of age is performed. The disease was characterized by fever, purpura, headache and abdominal pains, arterial hypertension, microangiopathic haemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, increase of blood urea and serum

At the present time ergotism is due primarily to excessive use or abuse of ergot preparations for migraine headaches. The diagnosis may be made with the evidence of vascular ischemia in the presence of a history of migraines and its treatment with this drug. The therapy for the vasospasm is directed