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Anemia, which is a common problem in cancer patients, has a negative effect on survival by decreasing the efficacy of chemotherapy and particularly of radiotherapy, as well as impairing the quality of life (QoL) of patients. Recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) decreases a patient's need for
OBJECTIVE
To report a potential association of thrombosis, thrombocytopenia with iron deficiency anaemia.
METHODS
A 43-year-old female experienced an episode of a headache, with bilateral papilledema by neurological examination, magnetic resonance venography (MRV) brain showed cerebrovenous
BACKGROUND
This retrospective observational study describes what appears to be a not-uncommon yet not previously typified headache disorder, "end-menstrual migraine" (EMM) named for its proximate occurrence with the terminal days of menstrual bleeding each month.
METHODS
Our menstrual migraine (MM)
The incidence of headache following childbirth in 226 Nigerian women is 24.3% (n=55) or one in four births. Headache was more prevalent among women aged between 21 and 30 years (n=44); those of social class 3-5 (n=50); and also increased incidence with increasing parity, although these relationships
Thrombotic thrombocytopenia purpura (TTP) and atypical hemolytic uremic syndromes (aHUS) are distinct clinical disorders characterized by hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, microthrombi, and end organ damage. TTP is characterized by a low ADAMTS13 activity level at diagnosis of <10 % ADAMTS13
Neurological manifestations are reported only occasionally in patients with thalassaemia and are given much less prominence than the complications related to anaemia and iron overload. White matter changes (WMCs) on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with thalassaemia were first reported
Thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) is a recognized complication of malignant hypertension (HTN). Such patients have blood pressures > or = 200/140 mmHg but the condition is defined by the presence of papilledema and is frequently complicated by acute renal failure. Here we report two patients with
In a six year period, 38 patients who had an average packed cell volume of 17.9% (range 14-25%) were treated surgically and their anaemia was corrected with oral haematinics post-operatively. Twenty one of the patients had emergency while 17 had elective surgical procedures under spinal (N = 30),