We report a case of abdominal pain with rigidity, mimicking an acute abdomen, caused by metoclopramide, a common anti-emetic drug. Extrapyramidal symptoms are commonly reported side-effects of this medication. They generally include involuntary movements of limbs, torticollis, oculogyric crisis, rhythmic protrusion of tongue, trismus, or dystonic reactions resembling tetanus, etc. Abdominal rig...

It is appropriate to classify the lesions according to the apparent etiology, as this correlates with distinctive histological and clinical features. In addition to anabolic, estrogenic, or adrenocortical steroids, macroscopic peliosis hepatis has been reported in malnutrition,[2] leukemia, tuberculosis, leprosy, vasculitis, lymphoma,[3] and AIDS. Bacillary peliosis in human immunodeÞ ciency vi...