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    Rare Clinical Vignettes
    Rare Clinical Vignettes
    Rare Clinical Vignettes
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    Rare Clinical Vignettes

    By Onyechela Ogbonna MD

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    About this ebook

    Rare Clinical Vignettesis a collection of Clinical Cases.
    The Book is based on True Life clinical Experiences,
    Rare Medical conditions and Diagnostic Dilemma, Including Ormonds Disease as a rare cause of renal failure.
    Mesenteric varices as a Rare cause of occult Gastrointestinal bleeding.
    Marple syrup urine disease(MSUD) is a rare metabolic cause of altered mental status in Adults,
    Acute Metabolic Encephalopathy due to high ammonia Level in A Patient without Liver Disease.
    Polymyositis as a very rare Initial Presentation of HIV
    Multiple System Atrophy(MSA) in a Patient with Parkinsons Syndrome.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateNov 1, 2013
    ISBN9781491829912
    Rare Clinical Vignettes
    Author

    Onyechela Ogbonna MD

    Onyechela Ogbonna, MD is a medical doctor with great clinical experience. He is the Author of the Book “ The Best Clinical Guide” He is board certified in internal medicine. He completed medical training at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in Queens, New York. His current clinical duty includes direct care to thousands of patients and supervising medical residents, students, nurses, physician assistants, and APRNs. He does medical consultations in the emergency department for management of complex conditions. He advises patients and their families on health-related issues. He is a hospital physician based in Hartford Hospital, a major referral hospital in Hartford, Connecticut.

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      Rare Clinical Vignettes - Onyechela Ogbonna MD

      Contents

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      Chapter 1   Ormond’s Disease as a rare cause of renal failure

      Chapter 2   Mesenteric varices as The cause of occult Gastrointestinal bleeding

      Chapter 3   Marple syrup urine disease is a rare metabolic cause of altered mental status

      Chapter 4   Acute Metabolic Encephalopathy due to high ammonia Level in A Patient without Liver Disease

      Chapter 5   Polymyositis as a very rare Initial Presentation of HIV

      Chapter 6   Multiple System Atrophy(MSA)

      About the Author

      About the Book

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      A 56 year old female with Past Medical History of end stage renal disease on dialysis, pancreatic transplant, chronic liver disease of unclear etiology, thrombocytopenia.

      She was referred from another hospital for evaluation for possible occult gastroentestinal bleeding to explain her persistent anemia requiring transfusion of packed red blood cell, al most weekly.

      She denies gross blood per rectum, black stool, nor coffee ground emesis. No hemotysis.

      Work up done, EGD, colonoscopy, bleeding scan and CT abdomen and pelvic, unremarkable.

      Consultations include gastroenterology, hematology, nephrology.

      video pill cam swallow study of the small intestine was done which made the

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