Following spontaneous vaginal delivery of a term baby our 34 year old patients, had a 1st degree tear sutured with an estimated blood loss of just 50mls. She later went on to develop a post‐partum haemorrhage of 1400mls requiring transfusion of 4 units of packed red cells....
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the commonest and the most devastating of the muscular dystrophies affecting all ethnicities, nationalities and socioeconomic groups. It is inherited as an X –linked disease and is characterized by progressive muscular weakness and wasting caused by lack...
Behçet's disease (BD) is a chronic & systemic vasculitis of multifactorial etiology. It is characterized mainly by recurrent orogenital ulcers and several systemic manifestations including ocular disease, skin lesions, and gastrointestinal involvement...
Myiasis is infection that may be caused from flies at the larval stage (maggots), [1]. Myiasis typically occurs in livestock such as cows and goats and is predominantly found in tropical, unindustrialized countries...
Movement disorders are a recognised complication of stroke. Reported frequency of involuntary movements following a stroke ranges between 1-4% [1-3]. Although rare, many different varieties of abnormal movement can be found after a stroke either acutely or as a delayed sequel...
Long-term hydroxyurea therapy may cause a wide spectrum of dermatological side effects, also known as hydroxyurea dermopathies. The most frequent manifestations are represented by xerosis, photosensitivity, squamous dysplasia on sun-exposed areas, melanonychia, and painful leg ulcers...
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare disorder characterized by proliferation and infiltration of histiocytes at various organs, causing local or systemic effects. The most common sites of involvement include the bone, lung, central nervous system, liver, thymus, skin, and lymph node...
Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare disease with an estimated incidence of 0.7 new cases per million per year. Approximately 30-70% of the patients present with advanced disease and the estimated 5-year survival rate is less than 15%...
Since 1814 when Rance first reported nephroblastoma, a great deal of literature about this malignancy has accumulated [1,2]. The surgeon Max Wilms’ after whom this tumor was eponymously christened discovered the triphasic histologic attributes of the tumour...
Methanol is converted to formaldehyde and then to formic acid by alcohol dehydrogenase and acetaldehyde dehydrogenase, with peak levels attained 30 to 90 minutes after ingestion. It is these two metabolites that are highly toxic and produce severe high anion-gap acidosis, ocular, and neurological symptoms...
Peer review is an essential process in any publications refereeing a mutual process that allows evaluating manuscripts submitted to a journal and commented upon by independent research experts within the similar field of research...
Open Access is the free of charge, instant, online availability of research articles, together with the rights to use these articles fully in the digital milieu. It provides unrestricted use and reuse...
Plagiarism is a part of Journalistic ethic where it is considered to be a crime. The act of taking content, writing, statement or an idea that is already published is known as plagiarism. Whenever you consider using any paraphrase, sum up, or take terms, phrases, sentences or statements...