Publications by authors named "Veerendra Arya"
A Curious Case of Black Limb in Tuberculosis.
J Glob Infect Dis
August 2023
With a global burden of 10 million new cases per year, tuberculosis (TB) is a major health problem in developing countries like India, with an incidence of 2.69 million. With its varied presentations and huge infected numbers, TB continues to remain a dilemma to physicians.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA rare case of hydatid cyst of the neck with concurrent pulmonary hydatid disease.
J Parasit Dis
December 2022
Echinococcosis, commonly known as hydatid disease, is a zoonotic infection caused by dog tapeworm . Hydatid disease of the head and neck region is scarcely reported even in endemic areas. We herein report a case with with neck swelling and respiratory symptoms subsequently diagnosed to have disseminated echinococcosis of the neck and left lung.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSarcoidosis presenting as bilateral optic neuritis after ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccination.
Monaldi Arch Chest Dis
June 2022
Article Synopsis
- Sarcoidosis is a rare inflammatory disease that can affect multiple organs and is linked to various factors, including infections and environmental exposures.
- There have been rare instances of sarcoid-like reactions and conditions such as erythema nodosum reported following COVID-19 vaccinations, although detailed investigations were limited.
- This case study describes a patient who developed sudden vision loss linked to sarcoidosis after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, leading to a diagnosis confirmed by lung biopsy and treated with corticosteroids, though vision improvement was only partial after three months.
Tuberculosis septic shock (TBSS) is a rare diagnosis due to inherent diagnostic difficulty or attribution to alternate causes. We report six cases of TBSS, along with comorbidities, clinical characteristics, hospital course, and in-hospital outcomes. All patients were middle-aged, with a median age of 54.
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