Abstract: Emphysematous cystitis is a rare disease that occurs most often in elderly diabetic patients characterized by gas formation in the bladder wall due to infection. The infecting organism is usually an aerobic bacterium, most commonly E. coli although anaerobic...
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Severe hydrogen sulfide exposure in a working adolescent.
Abstract: We describe an occupational exposure to hydrogen sulfide gas in a 16-year-old boy. While cleaning the reoxygenation tank of a fish hatchery, he and an adult supervisor lost consciousness. The adult died, and the adolescent regained consciousness briefly when...
[Does a high inspired oxygen concentration consistently play a key role in developing combustion in the airway during fiberoptic bronchoscopy guided laser treatment?–A case of firing in the airway under total intravenous anesthesia].
Abstract: We experienced combustion of a fiberoptic bronchoscope and an endotracheal tube, as well as tracheo-bronchial burn during a diode laser treatment in a hypoxemic patient requiring continuous oxygen administration. Total intravenous anesthesia and a high...
A fatal case of pancreatic panniculitis presenting in a young patient with systemic lupus.
Abstract: Subcutaneous fat necrosis associated with pancreatic disease is a rare event. The clinical cutaneous findings are non-specific erythematous nodules with central softening located predominantly on the lower extremities. The histopathologic features of these...
[Diagnostic image (2). (Gas gangrene of diabetic foot)].
Abstract: A 63-year-old woman with diabetes mellitus type 2 and an ulcer on the foot developed gas gangrene and was treated with antibiotics and surgical excision. She died before she could be treated with hyperbaric oxygen. van der Meer, , , , , , , , (2000)....
Osteoradionecrosis of the cervical vertebrae and occipital bone: a case report and brief review of the literature.
Abstract: Osteoradionecrosis (ORN) is a common complication of radiation therapy. We present the first case reported in the literature of ORN involving the first and second cervical vertebrae and occipital bone in a patient who was treated with surgery and radiation...
Osteoradionecrosis of the cervical vertebrae and occipital bone: a case report and brief review of the literature.
Abstract: Osteoradionecrosis (ORN) is a common complication of radiation therapy. We present the first case reported in the literature of ORN involving the first and second cervical vertebrae and occipital bone in a patient who was treated with surgery and radiation...
Necrotising fasciitis.
Abstract: Neal, , , , , , , , (1999). Necrotising fasciitis. Journal of wound care, 1999 Jan;8(1):18-9. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10214194
[Generalized gas gangrene infection with rhabdomyloysis following cholecystectomy].
Abstract: We report a rare case of spontaneously developing generalised gas gangrene with massive rhabdomyolysis after a cholecystectomy and drainage of a hepatic abscess. On preoperative physical examination the patient appeared severely ill and was icteric and...
[Generalized gas gangrene infection with rhabdomyloysis following cholecystectomy].
Abstract: We report a rare case of spontaneously developing generalised gas gangrene with massive rhabdomyolysis after a cholecystectomy and drainage of a hepatic abscess. On preoperative physical examination the patient appeared severely ill and was icteric and...