Publications by authors named "Omar Alsamarrai"

Article Synopsis
  • * A case of a 16-year-old male presented with symptoms like a severe headache, fever, and blurred vision, leading to a diagnosis of neurobrucellosis and CVST after tests showed elevated lymphocytes in cerebrospinal fluid and a positive Brucella PCR.
  • * While CVST linked to neurobrucellosis is uncommon, management strategies including antibiotics and possible anticoagulation therapy may help, and more research is needed to clarify the effectiveness of anticoagulation in these cases.
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Rationale: Rhabdomyolysis is a serious complication of status epilepticus (SE) caused by muscle cell damage and can lead to a life-threatening acute kidney injury (AKI).

Patient Concerns: A 35-year-old man with a history of seizures treated with 3 different antiepileptic drugs (carbamazepine, lamotrigine, and levetiracetam) presented with SE. The patient received 5 doses of diazepam to control the SE in another hospital and was transferred to our emergency due to AKI.

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A novel radiologic sign in patients with renal failure and uremic encephalopathy (UE) with metabolic acidosis has recently been identified as the lentiform fork sign. On magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the "lentiform fork sign" has been described as bilateral symmetrical hyperintensities in the basal ganglia encircled by a hyperintese rim delineating the lentiform nucleus. Changes in uremic solute retention, aberrant blood-brain barrier transport, disordered vascular reactivity, altered electrolyte and acid-base balance, and altered hormone metabolism are the most likely causes of the condition.

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Introduction And Importance: Calciphylaxis manifests clinically by skin ischemia and necrosis and histologically by calcification of dermal arterioles. Usually, it occurs in patients with end-stage renal disease on dialysis or in patients who had a kidney transplant. Here, the authors present a case of calciphylaxis occurring in a patient with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.

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Pilomatrixoma, also known as calcifying epithelioma of Malherbe, is a cutaneous tumor originating from the hair matrix that commonly affects children. Pilomatrixoma is usually solitary and most commonly found on the face, neck, and upper torso, while the scrotum is considered a very rare site. We report a rare location and manifestation of pilomatrixoma as multiple, large, firm, calcified scrotal masses in a 32-years old man.

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Introduction: Down syndrome (DS) is a genetic disorder that affects multiple organs but glomerular lesions were reported only in case reports such as focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), and Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN).

Case Presentation: A 14-year-old male child with DS was presented with generalized edema over three months. Laboratory tests revealed nephrotic syndrome (NS) and urinary tract infection (UTI).

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COVID-19 was reported in China in 2019 and has spread worldwide. Transmission occurs through respiratory secretions and, less commonly, through contaminated surfaces. The severity of the disease can range from asymptomatic to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

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