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Scott C Sherman

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PubMed2006

Pneumobilia: benign or life-threatening.

Pneumobilia, or air within the biliary tree of the liver, suggests an abnormal communication between the biliary tract and the intestines, or infection by gas-forming bacteria. Pneumobilia usually can be distinguished from air in the portal venous system by its appearance on computed tomography (CT) scan. The most common conditions associated with pneumobilia include: 1) a biliary-enteric surgical anastamosis, 2) an incompetent sphincter of Oddi, or 3) a spontaneous biliary-enteric fistula. Three cases of pneumobilia associated with its most common causes are presented and further differential diagnostic possibilities as well as the implications of this finding on patient management are discussed.

Abdominal Pain↗
PubMed2006

Blue digits.

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Cyanosis↗
PubMed2005

Pontine hemorrhage presenting as an isolated facial nerve palsy.

We report a case of an isolated facial nerve palsy in a young, otherwise healthy man who was found to have a pontine hemorrhage on computed tomography. Pontine hemorrhage is a rare cause of facial nerve palsy and has been reported in the literature as an isolated neurologic finding in only 1 other instance. This case reminds the emergency physician to remain vigilant for alternative causes of facial nerve palsy other than "idiopathic" Bell's palsy.

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PubMed2005

Escalator injuries.

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Accidental Falls↗
PubMed2005

Aortic dissection in a young man with immune thrombocytopenic purpura.

A 36-year-old man who presented with epigastric and back pain was subsequently diagnosed with aortic dissection. Our patient lacked classic risk factors that would have predisposed him to develop this condition at a young age. He did, however, suffer from untreated, chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and had a platelet count less than 20,000/mm(3) on admission. We postulate that the thrombocytopenia led to spontaneous hemorrhage within the vasa vasorum of the aorta and the subsequent development of aortic dissection. Chronic ITP has been associated with an increased risk of intracranial hemorrhage but, to our knowledge, has not been reported to be associated with aortic dissection. We encourage clinicians to be aware of this potential risk factor for aortic dissection.

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PubMed2005

Cement burns.

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Burns, Chemical↗
PubMed2004

Acute myocardial infarction in a young man with sickle cell disease.

Sickle cell disease is considered protective against large vessel coronary artery disease. Although sickle cell patients do develop myocardial degeneration and fibrosis at a higher rate than age-matched controls, they rarely suffer from an acute myocardial infarction. We present a case of a 29-year-old man with sickle cell disease who presented with an acute non-ST segment myocardial infarction. In sickle cell patients who present with chest pain as an element of their sickle cell crisis, the clinician must consider acute myocardial infarction in the differential along with more common entities like acute chest syndrome.

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