Metformin-associated lactic acidosis (MALA) is a rare and potentially life-threatening complication of metformin use. It typically occurs in patients who are diabetic and also have other risk factors ...

A 26-year-old woman was sent to the emergency room by her primary care physician for a new petechial rash and thrombocytopenia 2 weeks after receiving the Moderna mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. Her ...

A man in his early 60s presented with dysphagia and odynophagia. He was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus. During his hospital stay, he developed a productive cough and ...

Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome and haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) are rare but severe immune-mediated diseases with overlapping clinical ...

Diode lasers are one of the most widely used modalities in soft tissue dental surgery. Recent advancements have expanded the clinically useful emission spectrum of diode lasers to include the blue ...

Thymoma is a rare tumour originating from the thymic epithelial cells. Here, we present a rare case of thymoma in a female patient in her early 60s, who presented for a clinical emergency. The tumour ...

Bochdalek hernias (BHs), though rare, are the most common congenital diaphragmatic hernias. Their coexistence with an ectopic intrathoracic kidney (IK), found in 0.25% of cases, is even rarer. Most ...

Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor 10 (ARHGEF-10) is a RHO GTPase that has a role for neural morphogenesis, however its effect on the eyes remains unknown. Here, we report a 44-year-old man who ...

A man in his 50s presented with sudden onset expressive aphasia and right-sided facial droop after experiencing coryzal symptoms and malaise for 7 days prior to admission. A brain MRI showed a rapidly ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved TNF(Tumor necrosis factor) alpha inhibitors to manage a range of inflammatory conditions, including Crohn’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic ...

Rectal polyps are finger-like projections of the mucosal surface that generally present with complaints of bleeding or mass per rectum. Polyps are classified histopathologically as neoplastic and ...

A woman in her 40s with a history of depression, diabetes, zinc deficiency and gastric bypass surgery presented to the emergency department following the intentional ingestion of ninety 50 mg tablets ...