A 67-year-old renal-transplant recipient with anemia, leukopenia, and pulmonary lesions

Article Abstract:

A 67-year-old man with a history of type 1 diabetes was admitted to a hospital with fever and shortness of breath. He had received a kidney transplant for diabetic end-stage kidney failure five months before admission. X-rays of his chest revealed lung abnormalities and his liver and spleen were enlarged. Lymphoma was suspected after other diagnoses were ruled out. An open-lung biopsy revealed a malignant lymphoma. Despite aggressive treatment, he died two weeks after admission. Transplant recipients have a higher risk of cancer because they must take drugs that suppress the immune system.

Health aspects, Complications and side effects, Lymphomas, Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc., Organ transplantation, Tissue transplantation, Transplantation, Immunosuppression

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Case 22-2004: a 30-year-old woman with a pericardial effusion

Article Abstract:

A 30 year old woman studying to be a physician, who had traveled to Nairobi for a month long medical rotation was found to have pericardial effusion. She believes that the skin test for tuberculosis, taken after her return from Nairobi, which was declared negative, may have been misdiagnosed.

Women, Women's health, Pericardial effusion

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A 19-month-old boy with fever and soft-tissue masses

Article Abstract:

A 19-month-old boy with fever and a mass on his shoulder blade was diagnosed with a group A streptococcal soft tissue infection. Two months before, he had traveled to Brazil, where he was treated for a strep throat.

Streptococcal infections

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