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- Giant uric acid stone in the bladder
The patient said he had to urinate 30 to 40 times a day, but only in small amounts.
- Desquamating pustular rash
The symptoms had started 3 days after the patient began using ciprofl oxacin eye drops.
- Atraumatic splenic rupture in acute myeloid leukemia
Atraumatic splenic rupture is rare but potentially life-threatening, especially if the diagnosis is delayed.
- A complication of enoxaparin injection
Computed tomography revealed a hematoma measuring 15 by 15 cm compressing the bladder and causing hydronephrosis.
- Vulvar and gluteal manifestations of Crohn disease
Crohn disease is associated with extraintestinal manifestations in up to 45% of patients.
- Diabetic dyslipidemia with eruptive xanthoma
Off medications for 1 year, her triglyceride level was 10,250 mg/dL, hemoglobin A1c 12.4%.
- Mediastinal granuloma due to histoplasmosis in a patient on infliximab
Immunosuppressive drugs can predispose to invasive fungal infection.
- Pseudo-Ludwig angina
A woman on heparin developed a hematoma on the floor of her mouth that threatened to block her airway.
- Osteonecrosis of the femoral head with subchondral collapse
A 45-year-old woman had been taking corticosteroids long-term after organ transplant.