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A 35-year-old woman attended the emergency department after sustaining a reverse oblique proximal femur fracture, which was amenable to intramedullary nailing. Her presentation was complicated by a background of severe generalised recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, with extensive blistering of most of her skin, including the area over the standard surgical incision sites. selleck chemicals For the successful management of this case, extensive input from the multidisciplinary team was required, with the team facing several challenges. The whole approach to nursing and surgical management (anaesthesia, positioning, fracture reduction and wound care) had to be modified, taking great care to protect the skin at any cost, therefore reducing the risk of a surgical site infection which would be catastrophic. The management of this patient can set a framework that can be followed in similar cases, aiming for a favourable outcome of such challenging, rare conditions.Sclerosing pneumocytomas are rare, benign pulmonary neoplasms that predominantly affect Asian female patients in the age category of 40-70 years, mostly non-smokers. We report on a 72-year-old Caucasian woman with chondrosarcoma of the hand who developed multiple bilateral progressive lung nodules suspicious of lung metastases. Staged lung resections were performed, and pathological diagnosis was confirmed by immunohistochemical analysis of the resected specimens. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) was used to detect gene mutations. Immunohistochemistry demonstrated sclerosing pneumocytomas, and NGS showed an IDH1 mutation. Eventually, the patient developed lung metastases for which rethoracotomy was performed. The differentiation of sclerosing pneumocytoma from lung cancer is a diagnostic challenge, and sclerosing pneumocytoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of pulmonary nodules. Gene mutation analysis does not always show classical and common mutations, which should be kept in mind when interpreting its results.A 53-year-old man presented to his optician with blurring of vision in the right eye and was diagnosed to have branch retinal vein occlusion. Over the following 3 months, he had further progressive visual impairment due to right central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) and then left CRVO. Soon thereafter, during a hospital admission for infected submandibular gland, he was noted to have secondary hypothyroidism and persistent hypokalaemia which led to the diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome. This case was unusual as the patient did not manifest any classical features of Cushing's syndrome at the time of presentation with bilateral CRVO, and only 3 months later had dramatic weight loss, muscle weakness and acute psychosis. He received intravenous etomidate and underwent emergency transsphenoidal hypophysectomy with dramatic clinical and biochemical improvement and complete visual recovery in the left eye but unfortunately vision in the right eye remained limited to hand movements.This case report describes successful maintenance treatment with oral S-ketamine in a patient with severe depression, who previously was resistant to electroconvulsive therapy and deep brain stimulation, and who also had comorbid psychotic and obsessive compulsive symptoms.We present an unusual case of an acutely unwell patient with an upper gastrointestinal bleed whose resuscitation efforts were delayed by the discovery of his, similarly, acutely unwell pet on the medical high dependency unit. We highlight the challenges this provided the clinical team and focus on the issues relating to patient safety, consent and multidisciplinary action which may be more relevant to daily clinical practice.Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) may present in the form of parenchymal disease or extraparenchymal disease. Patients with TB as a primary cause of respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation have been reported to have mortality rates ranging between 47% and 80%. However, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) as a presentation of TB is rarely reported. We describe two cases of immunocompetent women presenting with ARDS. They were initially worked up for viral aetiologies in view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic but were later diagnosed to have microbiologically proven parenchymal pulmonary TB. One of our patients succumbed to nosocomial pneumonia, while the other was discharged to follow-up.Pheochromocytoma occasionally engenders catecholamine-induced hypertension crisis. Pheochromocytoma is clinically identified in 0.1%-5.7% of patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), which is 10 times more frequently than in healthy individuals. This report describes a case of newly diagnosed NF1 presenting with pheochromocytoma crisis, with severe electrolyte depletion and deteriorating recurrent ventricular tachycardia storm. Characteristic skin lesions such as café-au-lait macules and neurofibromas contributed to the diagnosis of NF1 and pheochromocytoma. No recurrence of electrolyte depletion was found after the adrenalectomy. Primary care physicians must distinguish the characteristic skin lesions of NF1, such as café-au-lait macules and neurofibromas and recognise the risk for pheochromocytoma.Cutaneous larva migrans is an acquired, self-limited infestation caused by cat hookworm, Ancylostoma braziliense, and dog hookworm, A. caninum The disease is acquired by direct contact with contaminated soil. Circumrotation is a religious ritual practised by devotees of Hinduism as a fulfilment of vows taken at the shrine and involves rolling over with uncovered upper body on the sand over a distance of up to 600 m. It is a reported mode of acquisition of cutaneous larva migrans infestation. The authors report a 10-year-old boy who acquired cutaneous larva migrans on his right forearm after circumrotation. The forearm is an unusual site for this infestation, and most reported cases had lesions on the feet, thighs and buttocks following either sitting or playing on contaminated soil. The child made complete recovery following treatment with albendazole for 1 week.Horseshoe kidney, representing abnormal fusion of the inferior renal poles, is a rare anatomic anomaly posing challenges in the setting of surgical abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Historically, open repair has been the favoured surgical approach. However, due to the location of the renal isthmus and wide-ranging variation in anomalous renal vasculature, endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) has emerged as a popular, less invasive alternative. We describe one of the first published cases of two-fenestration EVAR in a patient with concomitant horseshoe kidney, followed by a discussion of current trends in surgical management. With the increasing availability to customise fenestrated grafts to patients' unique anatomy, this advanced EVAR technique may emerge as the preferred approach in certain cases.