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COVID-19 pneumonia in a congenital adrenal hyperplasia; a case report

Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) is managed with long term corticosteroid and is suggested to higher dose, based on the general sick day principles. I presented a 5-year-old CAH case by pneumonia managed in our pediatrics department. Consider ing stress doses of cortisone in management of CAH patients with COVID19 should be considered.

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INTRA-ABDOMINAL LYMPHANGIOMA

Lymphangiomas are rare slowly growing benign tumors derived from lymphatic vessels. They occur in various anatomical loca tions of body like head, neck and abdomen. Abdominal cystic Lymphangiomas are rare intra-abdominal masses affecting the in fants and young children, these may be detected incidentally on radiological investigations or present with abdominal distension, vague abdominal pain

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Bone metastasis as initial presentation of an agressive adenoid cystic carcinoma of mandible: Case report

Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is a slowly growing malignant neoplasm with possible widespread distant metastasis. The diag nosis requires thorough clinical, radiological and histopathologic examination. Here, we report a case of a 40-year-old male who presented back pain, paresthesia, dysphagia and swelling around the left mandibular region.

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Rare bullous pemphigoid during PD-1 inhibitor therapy: A case report

Immunotherapy is an important treatment modality in cancer, but it can also cause adverse reactions, with skin toxicity being the most common. The increasing number of immune checkpoint in hibitors being used in the clinic will inevitably cause an increase in the rate of adverse skin reactions that markedly affect the patient’s quality of life.

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Emergencies In Parkinsonism

Patients with Parkinsonism may present acutely to the ED with serious and even life-threatening conditions. Although falls are a common presentation in advanced Parkinsonism, early presen tations with falls should alert the clinician that the patient might have a Parkinson syndrome other than Parkinson’s disease itself, including autonomic neuropathy causing orthostatic hypotension. Patients may present

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Management of shunt complication in a paediatric COVID 19 case in Bangladesh Medical College Hospital

V-P shunt is the most common surgery done in paediatric hydro cephalus. Though the surgery remains as ‘minor’ in the arena of Neurosurgery, its complication surpass any boundary. Here we discuss a case of shunt complication which had malfunctioning shunt with both end malposition, cranial end occluded by septum and cortex and peritoneal end invading

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NF1 mutated metastatic melanoma and response to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy: A retrospective analysis

1.1. Background: Based on molecular profiling, malignant mel anoma is classified in four different groups. NF1-mutated tumors are a small subgroup occurring with a frequency of 13% of all malignant melanomas, usually harboring a high tumor mutational burden (TMB). Considering TMB as being a prerequisite for the effectiveness of immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy, we were

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Uncommon site for Deep Vein Thrombosis in a Kidney Transplant Recipient after Switching Tacrolimus to Sirolimus: a Case Report

1.1. Background: Thromboembolic events can lead to significant morbidity and mortality. A thrombotic event can occur in Kidney transplant recipients due to several reasons, one of them is the use of sirolimus which has been shown to have thrombogenic poten tial.

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