background: hyperprolactinemia is the most common endocrine disorder in hypothalamic-pituitary axis and has been reported in variable levels in patients with overt primary hypothyroidism. we decided to determine the prevalence of hyperprolactinemia and clinical related symptoms in subclinical hypothyroidism patients. methods: in this cross sectional study, prolactin levels of 481 subclinical hy...

This case study describes the support given to a British elite athlete in the build up to the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. The athlete had complained of breathing symptoms during high intensity training that led to a reduction in performance and premature cessation of training. Following a negative eucapnic voluntary hyperpnoea challenge and observation during high intensity exercise, the athlete...

The clinical presentation of genitourinary tuberculosis (TB) may be variable and a high index of suspicion is required for a timely diagnosis, especially in endemic areas. Recurrent scrotal ulcers associated with epididymo-orchitis even without other constitutional symptoms should alert the clinician of a possible diagnosis of TB.

Secondary oral cavity neoplasms are rare. We describe a case of an indurated, nonulcerating gingival lesion in a 59-year-old nonsmoking man with no family history of lung cancer. The lesion was the presenting symptom of metastatic lung adenocarcinoma. Reviewing the literature, we find that primary lung cancer among men is one of the most common cancers to metastasize to the oral cavity. Renal a...

In 1937, Behget, a Turkish dermatologist, described a clinical entity characterized by ulceration affecting the mouth and genitals together with severe iritis. This classical triad also goes under the name of the 'triple symptom complex'. The manifestations are episodic, the history extending over several years, and at any one time during an exacerbation of the illness there may be only one sym...

BACKGROUND Pityriasis rosea is an acute, self-limiting disease, probably infective in origin, affecting mainly children and young adults, characterized by distinctive skin eruptions and minimal constitutional symptoms. Both oral Erythromycin and oral Acyclovir have been used in its management. OBJECTIVES To compare the effectiveness of oral Erythromycin and oral Acyclovir in the treatment of ...

Methods Subjects 5 years and older with ARC with/without asthma received once-daily 2800 BAU sublingual grass AIT (oral lyophilisate, Phleum pratense, 75,000 SQ-T, ~15μg Phl p5) or placebo starting approximately 16 weeks before and continuing throughout the 2009 grass pollen season (GPS). Subjects used daily e-diaries to record ARC symptoms and use of symptomatic medications from randomization ...