Wisit Cheungpasitporn, MD

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Wikrom Warunyuwong, MD;Wisit Cheungpasitporn, MD;Daych Chongnarungsin, MD;Yasemin S. Tashman, MD;Sirisak Chanprasert, MD

August 10th 2012

Lhermitte-Duclos disease is a rare, slow-growing, benign lesion of the cerebellum and is considered a hamartomatous tumor of the cerebellar cortex.

Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease in a 38-Year-Old Woman

Wisit Cheungpasitporn, MD;Nitipong Permpalung, MD;Wonngarm Kittanamongkolchai, MD;Narat Srivali, MD;Supawat Ratanapo, MD;Patompong Ungprasert, MD;Nischala Ammannagari, MBBS;Saira Rashid, MBBS;Saeed Ahmed, MBBS;Teeranun Jirajariyavej, MD;Sirisak Chanprasert, MD

July 10th 2012

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is common. Presenting symtpoms include hypertension, hematuria, proteinuria, and renal insufficiency.

Phrenic Nerve Paralysis

Saeed Ahmed, MBBS;Saira Rashid, MBBS;Daych Chongnarungsin, MD;Wisit Cheungpasitporn, MD;Edward Bischof, MD;Michael Bauer, MD.

May 22nd 2012

Phrenic nerve paralysis can present with chest wall pain, cough, and exertional dyspnea mimicking cardiac dyspnea. Fluoroscopy is the most reliable way to document diaphragmatic paralysis, and the sniff test confirms that abnormal hemidiaphragm excursion is due to paralysis rather than unilateral weakness.

An Elderly Woman With IgA Lambda Multiple Myeloma and Kidney Disease

Patompong Ungprasert, MD;Narat Srivali, MD;Pongsathorn Kue-a-pai, MD;Napat Leeaphorn, MD;Supawat Ratanapo, MD;Wonngarm Kittanamongkolchai, MD;Wisit Cheungpasitporn, MD

April 5th 2012

A 92-year-old woman presented with a 6-month history of progressively worsening fatigue, weight loss, generalized bone pain, and dyspnea on exertion. A skeletal survey found lytic lesions in the pelvis, sacrum, and calvarium (shown here).

Renal Abscess Caused by Klebsiella Pneumoniae

Quanhathai Kaewpoowat, MD;Kunatum Prasidthrathsint, MD;Wisit Cheungpasitporn, MD;Promporn Suksaranjit, MD;Narat Srivali, MD;Charles B. Howarth, MD

February 28th 2012

A Middle-Aged Alcoholic Woman With Hyponatremia

Promporn Suksaranjit, MD;Kunatum Prasidthrathsint, MD;Wisit Cheungpasitporn, MD

January 14th 2012

Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation in a Woman With Severe Mitral Valve Stenosis

Wisit Cheungpasitporn, MD;Quanhathai Kaewpoowat, MD;Promporn Suksaranjit, MD;Venkatrao Medarametla, MB;Shailaja Chikoti, MB;Edward F Bischof Jr, MD

November 1st 2011

An 86-year-old woman presented with a 1-week history of worsening dyspnea, wheezing, and orthopnea. She denied chest pain, cough, or fever. She did not smoke cigarettes. Her oxygen saturation was 86% on 2 L/min via nasal cannula.