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- Abdominal pain under immunosuppressive conditions
A cancer patient receiving corticosteroids for a brain metastasis developed emphysematous cystitis and psoas muscle abscess.
- Taurine, energy drinks, and neuroendocrine effects
Taurine is a major ingredient in popular energy drinks, but little is known about its neuroendocrine effects.
- Hiding in clear sight: Complications of immunosuppressive therapies
Immunosuppressive drugs can mask the signs of deep infection and thus delay its diagnosis.
- Minocycline-induced hyperpigmentation
The patient presented with extensive bluish skin discoloration that had started 1 year earlier as a small area and then spread.
- Phlegmasia cerulea dolens from radiation-induced venous stenosis
The patient had received pelvic radiation 10 years earlier for prostate cancer.
- Seeking medical care abroad: A challenge to empathy
Empathy for international patients is not merely a matter of kindness, it is central to healing.