BACKGROUND Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is commonly seen during the winter season in Turkey due to use of charcoal stoves and water heaters, but narghile smoking is a rare cause of CO poisoning. CASE REPORT In this paper, we report a CO poisoning case caused by narghile smoking. The patient was admitted to the ED with nausea, dizziness, vertigo, and syncope. CONCLUSIONS The diagnosis of CO po...

A 41⁄2 months old female Boxer pup, 6 years old Dachshund bitch and 10 years old Labrador dog were presented with extragenital transmissible venereal tumors. Based on the anamnesis, clinical symptoms and cytological examinations the cases were diagnosed as primary extragenital transmissible venereal tumors and histopathological examination of the specimens confirmed the diagnosis. The animals w...

The authors emphasize the need for the investigation of the central venous system prior to the insertion of an avfistula, this they consider to be of utmost importance in patients with anamnesis of central vessel access. After the av-fistula is inserted, an unrecognized obstacle (stenosis or thrombosis) may result in the occurrence of venous hypertension and hypofunction, this may lead to av-fi...

1. Department of Radiology, Alysis Zorggroep, location Rijnstate, TA Arnhem, The Netherlands Background: A 42-year-old female presented with chronic knee pain. Anamnesis and physical examination revealed no history of traumatic events. Furthermore, there was no local tenderness, swelling or warm aspect of the knees or tibiae. On conventional imaging, gonarthrosis was seen, as well as a well-def...

We present a patient with a corneal ulcer of the right eye, with eye protrusion and without anamnesis of cancer. On CT examination there was a bulky soft tissue mass in the cranial aspect of the right orbit, without increasing in signal intensity after injection of contrast. Open biopsy revealed undifferentiated tissue that stained strongly positive for breast carcinoma, confirming the diagnosi...

With expressive illustrations, the book presents us with the importance of the connection of technique with the human, of science with the relationship of physicians and patients. “It’s not the anamnesis yet. It’s just the first approach to know the person.” This seemingly trivial sentence contains deep wisdom and experience of the professional and professor of medicine practicing one of the ma...

Left main coronary artery occlusion is a very rare entity that often results in death. It usually manifests as acute myocardial infarction (MI) with cardiogenic shock and fatal arrhythmias. Here, we report the case of a 19 year-old patient who presented with acute anterior MI secondary to left main coronary artery thrombosis. There were no classical risk factors for coronary heart disease in th...

Methods Cross-sectional study that evaluated 193 elderly patients with asthma followed at an outpatient tertiary service. Patients were considered when asthma met the criteria of GINA 2012 anamnesis and pulmonary function demonstrating reversibility. These patients were evaluated for gender, current age, age at onset of asthma, lung function and asthma classification. The assessment of atopy wa...