Palpitations, headache and night sweats caused by a retroperitoneal mass: case report and short review

A case of lymphadenopathy and night sweats

Pellagra and Pellagroid reaction caused by drugs: A case report and review of the literature

This is a report of a 40- year- old woman presented to our outpatient dermatology clinic. She had a 40- day history of sudden development of skin lesions on the exposed. Dermatologic examination revealed relatively limited brown – reddish plaques on the hands, feet, face, one elbow and groin regions. She has been taking carbamazepine (200 mg/ day) for 13 years. Otherwise, no serious problems we...

Prolonged Hemoptysis Caused by Primary Pulmonary Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma; A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is a vascular tumor with an intermediate malignant potential. This tumor is very rare in the lung parenchyma, and most of the previously reported cases have been asymptomatic. There is no standard therapy for this tumor and prognosis in the previous reports has been variable.Herein we report our experience with a 60-year-old woman presenting with hemoptysis and ...

Fatal Retroperitoneal Bleeding Caused by Neurofibromatosis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

A young female was brought into the emergency department with pulseless electrical activity (PEA) after local resection of neurofibromateous lesions. Chest ultrasonography was normal. Abdominal ultrasonography was not performed. After successful resuscitation a total body CT-scan was performed to rule out potential bleeding sources. However, haemodynamic instability reoccurred and the scan had ...

Night sweats

Although night sweating is a common outpatient complaint medical, literature on this subject is scarce. Tuberculosis, brucellosis and lymphoma are diseases in which night sweating is a dominant symptom, but these are infrequently found to be the cause of night sweats in modern practice. While these diseases remain important diagnostic considerations in patients with night sweats, other diagnosi...