Atypical epigastric pain: Case Report

Hepatic angiomyolipoma presenting with chronic epigastric pain: A case report

Introduction: Angiomyolipomas primarily arising from the liver are rare. Hepatic angiomyolipoma (HAML) is a rare tumor characterized by the presence of blood vessels, muscle tissue and adipose tissue with only about 300 reported cases to date. This is the first case reported in literature of a Filipino patient. Case Report: A 49-year-old Filipino female presented with a two-year history of recu...

Diagnostic challenges in an atypical chest pain, Tietze’s syndrome: a case report in Northeast of Iran

Tietze’s syndrome is an inflammatory disorder, which frequently misdiagnosed as the severe life-threating problem. Herein, we reported a case of a 23-year-old male, who complained about the acute chest pain after pneumonia complication. After full examination, he diagnosed as Tietze’s syndrome. Since the precise diagnosis of Tietze’s syndrome has a great importance, our report may raise conscio...

Pontine Infarct Presenting with Atypical Dental Pain: A Case Report

Orofacial pain' most commonly occurs due to dental causes like caries, gingivitis or periodontitis. Other common causes of 'orofacial pain' are sinusitis, temporomandibular joint(TMJ) dysfunction, otitis externa, tension headache and migraine. In some patients, the etiology of 'orofacial pain' remains undetected despite optimal evaluation. A few patients in the practice of clinical dentistry pr...

A strange epigastric pain

A 53-year-old woman with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) and Stage 2 chronic kidney disease was hospitalized for early satiety, nausea, vomiting and epigastric pain. An abdominal computed tomography scan confirmed the presence of multiple bilateral renal cysts, and a markedly enlarged liver due to the presence of multiple enormous cysts (the biggest one 20 × 16 cm) occupyin...

Epigastric pain in duodenal ulcer.