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Case 23-2006: A 36-year old man with numbness in right hand and hypertension

Article Abstract:

A case study of a 32-year old man admitted to the hospital because of a mass in the right adrenal gland is presented. He had been well until seven months before admission, when numbness developed in his left arm, a week after he had been in a motor vehicle accident. The patient was diagnosed to have the Von Hippel-Lindau disease with R167Q mutation, associated with adrenal pheochromocytoma, brain-stem and spinal chord hemangioblastomas and liver hemangiomas.

Care and treatment, Hypertension, Numbness, Case study

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Case 38-2003: A 12-year-old girl with fever and coma

Article Abstract:

A 12-year-old girl admitted to a hospital with fever, vomiting, and loss of consciousness died from meningococcal encephalitis. This is a severe infection of the brain caused by a bacteria called Neisseria meningitidis. This devastating disease is one reason why the meningococcal vaccine was developed.

Meningitis, Cerebrospinal, Meningococcal meningitis

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Case 26-2003: a 50-year-old Colombian man with fever and seizures

Article Abstract:

A 50-year-old Colombian man who had a seizure was diagnosed with a brain infection called encephalitis caused by herpes simplex virus type 1. This virus is a common cause of viral encephalitis in the US. He was successfully treated with acyclovir and valacyclovir.

Herpes simplex virus, Encephalitis, Viral, Viral encephalitis

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