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A case of black esophagus with histopathologic description and characterization.

Black esophagus, or acute necrotizing esophagitis, is a blackening of the esophagus that is usually distal with a sharp demarcation at the gastroesophageal border. Black esophagus is known to the gastroenterology community; however, to our knowledge…

Tags: 2011, Acute Disease, Altenburger Dana L, Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine, Esophagitis/complications/*diagnosis, Esophagus/blood supply/*pathology, Fatal Outcome, Female, Garavaglia Jan, Humans, Ischemia/complications/*pathology, Li Shuan, Middle Aged, Necrosis, Substance-Related Disorders, Wagner Aaron S

Malignant mesothelioma: a case presentation and review.

Diffuse malignant mesothelioma is the most common primary tumor involving the pleura. Unfortunately, it also poses the most difficulty for physicians to diagnose and treat. Latency from the time of initial asbestos exposure, clinical features of…

Humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy in squamous cell carcinoma of the skin: parathyroid hormone–related protein as a cause.

The second most common cause of hypercalcemia is humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy (HHM), a condition associated with increased mortality. Although hypercalcemia is usually seen in squamous cell cancers, only 13 cases have been described in…

Clostridium innocuum endocarditis.

Clostridial endocarditis is rare. We describe, to our knowledge, the first case of Clostridium innocuum endocarditis. The fatal case involved the tricuspid and pulmonary valves and was associated with multiple pulmonary emboli. We review the…

Tags: 1995, Adolescent, Bacterial/*etiology, Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Clostridium Infections/*etiology, Cutrona A F, Department of Internal Medicine, Endocarditis, Fatal Outcome, Female, Heart Valve Diseases/etiology, Humans, Jagetia A, NEOMED College of Medicine, Pulmonary Embolism/etiology, Pulmonary Valve, Schaub C R, Tricuspid Valve, Watanakunakorn C

Case studies of lower respiratory tract infections: community-acquired pneumonia.

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common and potentially serious illness with significant human and economic costs to society. The recent collaborative statement from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the American Thoracic…

Tags: 2010, Acute – Microbiology, Adult, Adult/microbiology, Aged, Anti-Bacterial Agents/*therapeutic use, Antibiotics – Therapeutic Use, Antitubercular Agents – Therapeutic Use, Antitubercular Agents/therapeutic use, Community-Acquired Infections – Diagnosis, Community-Acquired Infections – Drug Therapy, Community-Acquired Infections/diagnosis/drug therapy, Cough, Cough – Microbiology, Cough/microbiology/virology, Department of Internal Medicine, Diagnosis, Differential, Dyspnea, Fatal Outcome, Female, Fever – Microbiology, Fever/microbiology, File Thomas M Jr, Hemoptysis – Microbiology, Hemoptysis/microbiology, Human, Human – Complications, Human – Diagnosis, Human/complications/*diagnosis, Humans, Hypotension – Microbiology, Hypotension/microbiology, Influenza, Leukopenia – Microbiology, Leukopenia/microbiology, Male, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/*isolation & purification, Miliary/diagnosis/drug therapy, Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome – Microbiology, Multiple Organ Failure/microbiology, Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis/isolation & purification, NEOMED College of Medicine, Pneumonia – Diagnosis, Pneumonia – Drug Therapy, Pneumonia – Microbiology, Pneumonia – Therapy, Pneumonia/*diagnosis/*drug therapy/microbiology/therapy, Practice Guidelines, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Risk Factors, Severity of Illness Index, Severity of Illness Indices, Smoking, Smoking/adverse effects, Staphylococcal Infections – Diagnosis, Staphylococcal Infections – Drug Therapy, Staphylococcal Infections – Microbiology, Staphylococcal Infections – Therapy, Staphylococcal Infections/*diagnosis/*drug therapy/microbiology/therapy, The American journal of medicine, Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis – Diagnosis, Tuberculosis – Drug Therapy

Portal pyelophlebitis identified by CT scan in a patient with ischemic bowel.

A 65-year-old male was found to have hepatic portal venous gas (HPVG) by computed tomogram secondary to ischemic bowel. Despite aggressive surgical and antibiotic treatment, the patient died within 12 hours. Portal pyelophlebitis, when identified by…

Tags: *Portal System, *Tomography, 1995, Aged, Air/diagnostic imaging/*etiology, Embolism, Fatal Outcome, Ghani A, Humans, Intestine, Ischemia/*complications/pathology, Kasirajan K, Male, Necrosis, Phlebitis/diagnostic imaging/*etiology, Small/*blood supply, Smith J, The American surgeon, X-Ray Computed

An elderly woman with severe anemia.

Tags: 2007, Aged, Anemia, Biopsy, Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine, Diagnosis, Differential, Fatal Outcome, Female, Fine-Needle, Hayek Emil, Humans, Iron-Deficiency/diagnosis/*etiology, Liver Neoplasms/complications/diagnostic imaging/secondary, Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome/*complications/diagnosis, Severity of Illness Index, Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Acute aortic occlusion with complications from delayed presentation.

Tags: 2017, Acidosis – Etiology, Acidosis/*etiology, Acute Disease, Arterial Occlusive Diseases – Complications, Arterial Occlusive Diseases – Diet Therapy, Arterial Occlusive Diseases/*complications/diet therapy, Beeson Michelle, Computed Tomography Angiography, Delayed – Adverse Effects, Delayed Diagnosis/adverse effects, Department of Emergency Medicine, Diagnosis, Doppler, Dyspnea – Etiology, Dyspnea – Therapy, Dyspnea/*etiology/therapy, Fatal Outcome, Humans, Intratracheal, Intubation, Kovacs Mitch, Leg, Leg – Pathology, Leg/diagnostic imaging/*pathology, Male, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome – Etiology, Multiple Organ Failure/*etiology, NEOMED College of Medicine, Pain, Pain – Etiology, Pain/diagnostic imaging/etiology, Simon Erin L, Tachycardia – Etiology, Tachycardia/*etiology, Tachypnea – Etiology, Tachypnea/*etiology, The American journal of emergency medicine, Ultrasonography, Vibhakar Arjun

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