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Drug-induced acute pancreatitis is a potentially ignored diagnosis that must be precisely valued. Drug-induced acute pancreatitis can be considered the third common cause of acute pancreatitis after ruling out alcohol and gallstones. Levofloxacin belongs to a class of fluoroquinolone antibiotics used for treating various infections. Besides photosensitivity and liver toxicity, levofloxacin can induce acute pancreatitis, although rarely described. We highlight a case of acute pancreatitis in a female induced by levofloxacin. She presented with typical signs and symptoms of acute pancreatitis and had been taking levofloxacin for urinary tract infections for the last 3 days. After ruling out all other possible causes, her clinical picture, laboratory results, and imaging findings confirmed acute pancreatitis induced by levofloxacin.
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Kawasaki illness is an inflammatory condition of small- to medium-sized vessels that primarily affects children. It affects the lymph nodes, skin, mucous membranes, and heart, especially the coronary arteries. Patients who lack the comprehensive clinical manifestations of classic Kawasaki disease (KD) are typically evaluated for incomplete KD. Such patients have persistent fever and lack one or more characteristic clinical signs. Here, we present a case of a 16-month-old baby presented with fever for nine days, excessive crying and irritability for four days, and refusal to feed for one day with pallor and developed lip cracking, mucositis, bilateral edema, and redness in the palms and soles followed by periungual desquamation. Lab evaluations revealed anemia, elevated white cell count, and c-reactive protein along sterile pyuria. Since the child became afebrile after ten days of illness, inflammatory marker levels decreased, and no coronary artery abnormalities were detected on 2D echocardiography, and the child was diagnosed with incomplete KD based on the clinical, laboratory, and radiological evaluations after ruling out all other possible causes. He was managed conservatively with low-dose aspirin, and the child was doing well on a two-month follow-up.
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The consequences of lung cancer over the past century have been quite deadly and cost millions of lives. Besides the statistics that show its brutal mortality rate, the comorbidities secondary to lung cancer have had their toll and burden on patients too. Lung cancer is broadly and histologically divided into small and non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC), with the latter associated with a heavy smoking history. Initial presentation of NSCLC varies, and many patients present with an advanced disease that has spread to different parts of the body. Metastasis to the bone can lead to severe pain requiring extreme analgesia regimens. Here, we present a case of a 68-year-old male with advanced NSCLC who initially presented with bony pain due to metastasis.