A case report of transverse myelitis in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus.

Acute or subacute transverse myelitis is a rare disease caused by inflammation of the spinal cord. The extensive differential diagnosis of this disease require physician to timely decide the necessary investigations and plan for effective treatment. We report a case of anomalous multifactorial transverse myelitis in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who responded well with multimodal therapy. The patient was given immunosuppressive agent and plasma exchange for the demyelinating disease as well as antibiotics for neurosyphilis, antiviral for cytomegalovirus (CMV) neurologic disease, and highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Three months after his first presentation, patient showed full neurology recovery and suppressed HIV viral load.

Spontaneous Haemothorax in a Patient with COVID-19.

The global pandemic of COVID-19 is caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus. We continue to discover the wide spectrum of complications associated with COVID-19. Some well-known complications include pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, pneumothorax, disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), chronic fatigue, multiorgan dysfunction, and long COVID-19 syndrome. We report a rare case of a 51-year-old man with severe COVID-19 pneumonia who developed haemorrhagic shock secondary to spontaneous haemothorax after 17 days of hospitalisation. Clinicians should be aware of such occurrence, and hence, high clinical suspicion, prompt recognition of signs and symptoms of shock, and adequate resuscitation will improve the outcomes of patients.