Selective immunoglobulin M (SIgM) deficiency is a rare form of dysgammaglobulinemia. Here we are reporting a 31 year old man with multiple cervical and testicular abscesses who was investigated and found to have miliary tuberculosis (MTB) with primary SIgM deficiency (Serum IgM: 17.4 mg/dL) and was treated aggressively with anti-tuberculous treatment. Read more

The association between thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is rare. Herein, we present a case with overlapping features between TTP and SLE. A 17-year old girl admitted to our hospital with an initial complaint of high grade fever, persistent headache, and microangiopathic hemolytic anaemia (negative Coombs test with schistocytes), thrombocytopenia with thrombotic event with central nervous ... Read more

Epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV) is a lifelong, rare autosomal recessive genetic hereditary skin disorder characterized by a unique susceptibility to human papilloma virus, associated with a high risk of malignant transformation. The disseminated verrucous lesions and pityriasis versicolor-like lesions persist from early childhood and can transform into a cutaneous malignancy in a fourth of patients. No definitive treatment against Epidermodysplasia verruciformis ... Read more