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PMC9445275_01
Male
33
The patient, 33-year-old male, was admitted to Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center on November 22, 2019, with the complaint of "human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection for more than 5 months, cough and expectoration for 1 month, aggravation and shortness of breath for 2 days." He was found HIV positive 5 months...
hiv, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, interventional operation, trachea intubation, trachea obstruction
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PMC7128364_01
Female
61
The 2013 Muslim Hajj pilgrimage was completed in October. Thankfully there have been, as of yet, no confirmed cases of Hajj-associated Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Saudi Arabia or abroad. Screening PCR (E gene) for the virus was positive in three samples from a 61-year-old woman who return...
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PMC3215560_01
Female
37
A 37-year old housewife was commenced HAART-(Emtricitabine/Tenofovir/Nevirapine) after 1year progressive weight loss and recurrent diarrhoea, without fever or cough or radiological features of pulmonary tuberculosis. Four weeks after regular HAART, she presented with non-productive cough, breathlessness, fever and prog...
haart, herpes, hiv, iris tuberculosis, immune reconstitution inflammatory syndromes, nigeria, vzv
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PMC3215560_03
Female
19
A 19-years old HIV-1 infected female student was commenced HAART-(Tenofovir/Emtricitabine/Efavirenz) and empirical anti-TB drugs on account of eight months history of recurrent fever and weight loss, and one month history of cough with haemopytsis. After three months on regular HAART and three weeks on anti-TB drugs, s...
haart, herpes, hiv, iris tuberculosis, immune reconstitution inflammatory syndromes, nigeria, vzv
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PMC6812136_01
Female
79
A 79 year old woman with permanent atrial fibrillation and New York Heart Association class II symptoms presented to our clinic for evaluation. Clinical investigation revealed a largely benign physical exam apart from an irregularly irregular heartbeat, routine laboratory studies were all within reference ranges. Subse...
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PMC5348462_01
Male
42
A 42-year-old Chinese man with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS, RAEB-2) underwent cord blood transplantation (CBT) from a Japanese donor in October 2011. The conditioning regimen consisted of total-body irradiation (TBI) (12 Gy), cyclophosphamide (total dose, 120 mg/kg), and cytarabine (total dose, 12 g/m2). Prophylaxis ...
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PMC3371805_01
Female
42
The first case has recently been reported and is briefly reviewed here. Patient 1 was a 42-year-old woman with HIV infection since 1987 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] Classification C3). In June 2003, she was admitted to the National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Rome, from prison because of hig...
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PMC3371805_02
Male
54
Patient 2 was a 54-year-old man who was admitted to the same hospital in February 2004 because of sudden fever and confusion. He tested HIV-positive in 1993 (CDC Classification B3), and his CD4+ cell count nadir was 121 cells/mm3. His recent antiretroviral therapy was a combination of stavudine, lamivudine, and nelfina...
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PMC2892654_01
Female
34
The patient, a 34-year-old woman (height 156 cm, weight 46 kg), showed symptoms of chronic cough, recurrent pulmonary infections, and pronounced stress dyspnea. Further evaluations revealed tuberculosis, treated several years with an unknown monotherapy. In the respiratory function test, forced vital capacity was 1.6 L...
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PMC3323397_01
Male
62
Patient 6 is a 62-year-old man from the town of Mandal who was bitten by a tick; onset of symptoms began 2 weeks later. At the end of May, the patient was dizzy and weak, had a headache, chills, and fever. He was hospitalized on June 11, 2002. The antibody from serum sample profiles showed previous infection with herpe...
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PMC3323397_02
Male
53
Patient 7 is a 53-year-old man who was visiting a cabin in the coastal area near Mandal. Symptoms began at the end of June, with fever, increasing headache, nausea, and vomiting. He was hospitalized on July 20, 2002. His liver enzymes were slightly raised. Computed tomographic scan was normal. Borrelia burgdorferi anti...
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PMC3323397_03
Male
74
Patient 8 is a 74-year-old man, who lives in Kristiansand and has a camper in Sogne. Since August 2003, he had increasing headache and from October 3, 2003 the headache was intense and accompanied by nausea and vomiting. His personality was altered during these weeks, with reduced memory about recent events in particul...
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PMC7444146_01
Male
77
A 77-year-old man who had acute coronary syndrome with reported chest pain was transported to the emergency department on a weekend night. He had received hemodialysis for more than 10 years and, on admission, had acute heart failure. An electrocardiogram showed ST-segment elevation in the augmented Vector Right (aVR) ...
bifurcation stenting, end-stage renal disease, left main trunk
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PMC3294337_01
Male
71
A previously healthy, 71-year-old retired gynecologist from Taiwan, visited Los Angeles in August 2003 and traveled to the San Joaquin Valley in November 2003. He had smoked 1 package of cigarettes daily for 50 years. He noted fever 5 days before returning to Taiwan on December 1, 2003. He came to a local hospital on D...
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PMC8439190_01
Male
18
An 18-year-old male patient presented for orthodontic retreatment with the chief complaint of unaesthetic facial appearance (Figs 1- 4). Previous treatment lasted 24 months and afterwards a retention period of 19 months. During clinical evaluation, a strongly concave profile with accentuated mandibular prognathism and...
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PMC9895116_01
Male
15
A 15-year-old boy with a history of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) secondary to posterior urethral valves and renal dysplasia requiring a kidney transplant presented for hospital admission after an acute kidney injury (AKI). He was at the 8th percentile for both height and weight. Failure to thrive workup revealed no ...
acute kidney injury (aki), histoplasmosis, hypercalcemia, kidney transplant, pediatric, pulmonary nodules
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PMC6600853_01
Female
50
A 50 years old Aryan female from Lalitpur district, Nepal, presented to Patan Hospital Emergency Department in December 2018 with complaints of abdominal pain that had persisted for two days. She had multiple episodes of vomiting. In terms of the patient's history, she had been treated with amlodipine and atenolol for ...
cryptococcal meningitis, immunocompetent patient, liposomal amphotericin b
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PMC8497823_01
Male
50
A 50-year-old man was admitted to our emergency department with sudden-onset right-sided weakness and aphasia that occurred 3 h ago. In the past month, the patient had headaches, manifested by paroxysmal pain in both temples and the base of the neck. He had a history of fever and chills and vomited 3 days ago. His init...
neurological deficits, stroke, thrombolysis (tpa), tuberculous meningitis, vasculitis
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PMC9326351_01
Female
11
An 11-year-old girl was admitted to our hospital in July 2019, when the recurrent chest pain, cough, and fever she had been experiencing for 13 months worsened. At first, the patient was admitted to a local hospital with chest pain, a cough and fever for 8 days in June 2018. Routine blood tests indicated leukocytosis o...
chest pain, children, misdiagnose, paragonimiasis, pericardial effusion
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PMC8164872_01
Male
56
A 56-year-old Chinese male smoker was diagnosed with stage IV NSCLC in December 2019. His chest CT scan (Figure 1A and B) revealed a mass in the right lower lobe and right-side pleural effusion. PET-CT indicated a mass in the right lower hilar region with an elevated standardized uptake value (SUV) (Figure 1C), multipl...
alk, nsclc, alectinib, ensartinib, hyperbilirubinemia
Diagnoses of right lower lung adenocarcinoma, stage IV. CT scan lung on Dec 17, 2019.
PMC8164872_01
Male
56
A 56-year-old Chinese male smoker was diagnosed with stage IV NSCLC in December 2019. His chest CT scan (Figure 1A and B) revealed a mass in the right lower lobe and right-side pleural effusion. PET-CT indicated a mass in the right lower hilar region with an elevated standardized uptake value (SUV) (Figure 1C), multipl...
alk, nsclc, alectinib, ensartinib, hyperbilirubinemia
Diagnoses of right lower lung adenocarcinoma, stage IV. CT mediastinum on Dec 17, 2019.
PMC8164872_01
Male
56
A 56-year-old Chinese male smoker was diagnosed with stage IV NSCLC in December 2019. His chest CT scan (Figure 1A and B) revealed a mass in the right lower lobe and right-side pleural effusion. PET-CT indicated a mass in the right lower hilar region with an elevated standardized uptake value (SUV) (Figure 1C), multipl...
alk, nsclc, alectinib, ensartinib, hyperbilirubinemia
Diagnoses of right lower lung adenocarcinoma, stage IV. PET-CT scan on Dec 31, 2019.
PMC8164872_01
Male
56
A 56-year-old Chinese male smoker was diagnosed with stage IV NSCLC in December 2019. His chest CT scan (Figure 1A and B) revealed a mass in the right lower lobe and right-side pleural effusion. PET-CT indicated a mass in the right lower hilar region with an elevated standardized uptake value (SUV) (Figure 1C), multipl...
alk, nsclc, alectinib, ensartinib, hyperbilirubinemia
Diagnoses of right lower lung adenocarcinoma, stage IV. PET-CT scan on Dec 31, 2019.
PMC8164872_01
Male
56
A 56-year-old Chinese male smoker was diagnosed with stage IV NSCLC in December 2019. His chest CT scan (Figure 1A and B) revealed a mass in the right lower lobe and right-side pleural effusion. PET-CT indicated a mass in the right lower hilar region with an elevated standardized uptake value (SUV) (Figure 1C), multipl...
alk, nsclc, alectinib, ensartinib, hyperbilirubinemia
CT scans before and after ensartinib. CT lung captured on May 6, 2020.
PMC8164872_01
Male
56
A 56-year-old Chinese male smoker was diagnosed with stage IV NSCLC in December 2019. His chest CT scan (Figure 1A and B) revealed a mass in the right lower lobe and right-side pleural effusion. PET-CT indicated a mass in the right lower hilar region with an elevated standardized uptake value (SUV) (Figure 1C), multipl...
alk, nsclc, alectinib, ensartinib, hyperbilirubinemia
CT scans before and after ensartinib. CT lung on Aug 5, 2020 (before ensartinib).
PMC8164872_01
Male
56
A 56-year-old Chinese male smoker was diagnosed with stage IV NSCLC in December 2019. His chest CT scan (Figure 1A and B) revealed a mass in the right lower lobe and right-side pleural effusion. PET-CT indicated a mass in the right lower hilar region with an elevated standardized uptake value (SUV) (Figure 1C), multipl...
alk, nsclc, alectinib, ensartinib, hyperbilirubinemia
CT scans before and after ensartinib. CT on Nov 30h, 2020 (after ensartinib). Significant abnormal findings of right lung were noted (arrow).
PMC8032891_01
Male
0
A 2-day-old male Belgian blue calf (45 kg) was presented in December 2018 in a critically ill state. The calf had experienced breathing difficulties since the first day after birth. The calf had been treated by the local practitioner with furosemide, amoxicillin, dexamethasone, alpha tocopherol acetate and anhydrous so...
enterobacteriaceae, antimicrobial resistance, case report, cattle, sepsis, whole genome sequencing
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PMC6488773_01
Male
27
A 27-year-old patient from the Republic of Congo presented to our emergency department with severe cramp abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea that lasted for 3 days, followed by respite of bowel movements. The patient's history included only coughing for the past month. Clinical examination revealed abnormal respirato...
tuberculosis, abdominal, ileus, small intestine, volvulus
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PMC8769486_01
Male
22
A 22-year-old man was referred to the nearby hospital due to headache, dizziness, and disorientation. At the hospital, he had generalized seizures. His past medical history was significant for recurrent oral ulcer and nodular erythema since childhood. He also had a family history of epilepsy. The patient grew up in an ...
acute and chronic progressive types, anterior temporal lobectomy, hippocampal sclerosis, interleukin-6, parenchymal syndromes
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PMC8709545_01
Male
28
In this report, we describe a 28-year-old Saudi man who was previously healthy. His medical history dates back to January 2020, when he had a 40-day dry cough, fever, fatigue, and red eyes, as well as abnormal chest x-rays. He smoked 10 packs a year. In August 2019, he underwent a lumbar laminectomy for left sciatica. ...
granulomatous with polyangiitis, lung abscess, pulmonary aspergillosis, vasculitis
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PMC9923167_02
Male
64
A 64-years-old male patient was hospitalized in the Fourth Medical College of Hebei Medical University on October 6, 2016, due to eating problems that lasted for 1 month. The patient has a 10-year history of controlled hypertension and a 5-year history of coronary heart disease but no history of drug and food allergies...
case reports, double primary carcinoma of esophagus and heart, esophagectomy, surgical anastomosis, transverse colon
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PMC9536966_01
Male
59
A 59-year-old man presented with a 2 week history of sudden onset dyspnea and a week history of cough. Dyspnea was initially noticed during daily routine activities but progressively to dyspnea at rest. Cough was productive of about 2.5 ml of yellowish sputum per bout. There was no associated chest pain, fever, orthopn...
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PMC6404650_01
Female
51
A 51-year-old female non-smoker presented with a 6-week history of a non-productive dry cough and progressive dyspnoea. The cough was associated with pleuritic chest pain and decreased energy. She denied haemoptysis or night sweats. She reported chronic gastric reflux, ongoing for 3 years following a distal oesophagect...
atypical pneumonia, mycobacterium goodii, nontuberculous mycobacteria, quality of life, symptom control
CT thorax showing extensive nodular changes in the right upper and lower lobes with confluent areas of consolidation with air bronchograms and several foci of consolidation.
PMC6222078_01
Female
25
We present the case of a 25 year old lady from Papua New Guinea who was admitted to the Cairns base hospital (CBH) with a 3 day history of abdominal pain and distension on a background of being 20 weeks pregnant. She had a slightly elevated white cell count upon admission, was haemodynamically stable and tolerating ora...
case report, colonic volvulus, pregnancy, splenic flexure volvulus
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PMC4280653_02
Male
40
A 40-year-old ethnic Kashmiri man presented in January 2009 with symptoms of burning paresthesias and motor weakness of the distal parts of his limbs, associated with feverish feel, over the past ten days. Symptoms first started with the left foot and progressively involved the hands, making it difficult to hold even a...
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PMC5738639_01
Female
62
A 62-year-old female presented to our Emergency Department in July 2016 with chief complaints of cough, fever, dyspnea of one-week duration and significant unintentional weight loss of 10lbs over a period of 4 months. Medical history was significant for former smoking, sarcoidosis of unknown duration and diet controlle...
mycobacterium xenopi, nontuberculous mycobacterium, sarcoidosis
Coronal section chest CT scan. . Chest CT scan: revealed progressive airspace opacities and traction bronchiectasis in the right base with small right pleural effusion on the background of severe thick-walled cystic changes in the apices.
PMC5738639_01
Female
62
A 62-year-old female presented to our Emergency Department in July 2016 with chief complaints of cough, fever, dyspnea of one-week duration and significant unintentional weight loss of 10lbs over a period of 4 months. Medical history was significant for former smoking, sarcoidosis of unknown duration and diet controlle...
mycobacterium xenopi, nontuberculous mycobacterium, sarcoidosis
Coronal section chest CT scan. . Chest CT scan: revealed enlarged thick -walled cavities in the bilateral apices, worsening the cavitary lung disease.
PMC5067788_01
Female
17
A 17-year-old girl presented with gradual onset breathlessness, initially on exertion, NYHA class II since 2 weeks which progressed to NYHA class IV. She had an episode of febrile illness and chest X-ray showed right plural effusion, 6 months ago. Pleural fluid analysis was suggestive of tuberculous etiology; hence, an...
acute decompensated heart failure, constrictive pericarditis, pericardial effusion, primary cardiac lymphoma
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PMC7210425_01
Male
68
The patient was a 68 year old African American male with history of deceased donor kidney transplant in 2008 for end stage renal disease secondary to hypertension. He had a history of bilateral native kidney nephrectomies for renal cell carcinoma and was on maintenance immunosuppression therapy with mycophenolate mofet...
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PMC7245167_01
Male
38
At 19:00 on February 16, 2020, a 38-year-old man suffered a sudden disturbance of consciousness during dinner and fell to the ground. He could not be awakened, could not speak, accompanied by vomiting, no abnormal limb movements and convulsions, and no incontinence. After onset, the family sent him to the local town he...
ace2, covid-19, cerebral hemorrhage, immunoglobulin, sars-cov-2
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PMC6925765_01
Male
24
A 24-year-old male admitted to the hospital with severe headache followed by altered sensorium and involuntary movements of the face and right upper limb for 2 days. He was drowsy with Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) of 12/15 and generalized tonicity. His optic fundus showed papilledema with left hemiplegia. Further clinical ...
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PMC3320359_01
Male
0
In April 2003, a case of acute flaccid paralysis was reported from Phakhao district, Loei province. The patient was an 18-month-old boy with normal physical development and nutritional status. He had a history of mild asthma and had received bronchodilator drugs occasionally during upper respiratory tract infections in...
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PMC4602630_04
Male
63
This 63-year-old male patient had a history of B-CLL (CD5+, CD23+, FMC7+, F79+, and CD38+, with Kappa light chains) diagnosed 4 years earlier and in therapeutic abstention (grade A). The medical history comprised tuberculosis (total recovery) and a restless legs syndrome. He was admitted to the neurology department for...
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PMC7724095_01
Female
10
Ten years old female presented with a complaint of intermittent wet cough of 5 weeks' duration associated with low grade intermittent fever, shortness of breath, easy fatigability and loss of appetite. She had frequent similar complaints for the last 4 years for which she visited different hospitals and was given antib...
bronchiectasis, case report, pediatric bronchiectasis, pediatrics
Chest CT scan showing collapsed left lung with thickened, dilated prominent bronchi. There is also significant herniation of right upper and middle lobe into the left thoracic cavity.
PMC5627462_01
Unknown
80
The original isolate of 10.1601/nm.5156 , classified as 10.1601/nm.4999 , was obtained from the feces of a Japanese patient suffering from thiamin deficiency and chronic constipation. Additional strains of 10.1601/nm.5156 have been isolated from fecal samples of healthy human subjects from Kyoto and Ube City, as well a...
hydroxymethyl pyrimidine, paenibacillus apiarius, paenibacillus dendritiformis, paenibacillus thiaminolyticus, thiamin, thiaminase i
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PMC3162252_01
Male
14
A 14 year-old boy fell on the ground while landing from a high jump during a basketball game. He felt immediate bilateral knee pain and was unable to stand. The physical examination, performed in the Emergency Room of our Hospital, showed bilateral anterior knee swelling, with a marked restriction of the range of motio...
bilateral physeal fractures, flexion-type, proximal tibia
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PMC9934923_01
Male
66
The patient was a 66-year-old man who was admitted to Beijing Friendship Hospital mainly because of retrosternal pain during swallowing for more than six months. The main symptom was a stabbing pain in the chest behind the breastbone when swallowing solid food, which was relieved after swallowing. He did not report dys...
collision cancer, early esophageal cancer, endoscopic submucosal dissection, esophageal adenoid cystic carcinoma, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
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PMC7970700_01
Female
3
A 3-year-old female of European descent presented for evaluation of complex focal seizures and global developmental delay, with a prominent delay in expressive speech. She displayed poor impulse control, behavioral outbursts, and general difficulty with regulating emotions. The patient is the second child of non-consan...
camk2b, familial mutation, neurodevelopmental disease, seizures, variable expression
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PMC9218261_01
Female
29
An otherwise healthy 29-year-old female presented to the emergency room with diplopia from isolated cranial nerve VI palsy on the left and a history of left-sided headaches of several-month duration. Associated symptoms included pressure in the left ear and a "blocked" sensation. The patient did not complain of any ves...
gradenigo syndrome, igg4-related disease, case report, diplopia, middle cranial fossa, temporal bone
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PMC6145115_01
Female
56
A 56 year old Sri Lankan female presented with fever, chills and rigors for 2 weeks. She was diabetic and her glycaemic control was fairly good with oral hypoglycaemic drugs: fasting blood sugar was 112 mg/dl and HbA1C was 5.7%. At presentation, fever was associated with constitutional symptoms like malaise and loss of...
burkholderia pseudomallei, eradication phase, intensive phase, melioidosis, multiple intramuscular abscesses, musculoskeletal manifestations of melioidosis, siadh, sacroiliitis
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PMC9381012_01
Male
75
A 75-year-old man was admitted to the intensive care unit for an acute abdominal pain associated with massive hematochezia. He had a history of type II diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, weaned smoking, unstable angina with triple coronary artery bypass grafting, macular retinal degeneration, and be...
gastric ulcer, gastrointestinal bleeding, gastrointestinal mucormycosis, gastrointestinal perforation
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PMC8437648_01
Female
60
A 60-year-old woman (body weight: 45 kg, body mass index: 20.4 kg/m2) with severe PD presented with left knee pain. She was diagnosed with PD 12 years prior, and she had been medicated with several anti-PD medications. The symptoms of PD waxed and waned frequently. She often experienced the wearing-off phenomenon. Usin...
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PMC1112595_03
Female
36
In July of 2002, a 36-year old obese woman [weight 200 pounds, height 5 feet 1 inch] with history of type 2 diabetes for 5 years, presented to the emergency department with 5 days history of fever, chills and cough with yellowish phlegm and sharp pain in her right lower chest that aggravated with deep breathing. Physic...
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A section of CT scan of chest performed 8 days after hospitalization showing bilateral consolidation of lungs, mainly of lower lung fields.
PMC6329246_01
Male
41
A 41-year-old male, weighing 76 kg, diagnosed with ethanol-related chronic liver disease with treated pulmonary tuberculosis was posted for living donor liver transplantation. He had history of pulmonary tuberculosis 6 months ago. The patient also had a history of ascites for which he was on tablet furosemide 80 mg/day...
cocoon abdomen, liver transplantation, living donor
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PMC10064460_01
Male
11
A previously fit 11-year-old boy presented with a 1-week history of abdominal and chest pain, and symptoms worsened for 1 day. He developed a fever of 38.5 C after he was transferred to our institution. His parents denied any other associated diseases. Physical examinations revealed tenderness in his left flank and che...
children, pulmonary sequestration, torsion
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PMC9022463_01
Female
61
A 61-year-old woman with a history of total abdominal hysterectomy and salpingectomy for cervical carcinoma initially visited the surgical clinic with complaints of abdominal bloating and loss of weight for a month, associated with a recent dry cough for one week. She denied shortness of breath, fever, haemoptysis, sor...
covid-19, case series, coinfection, endobronchial tuberculosis, pulmonary tuberculosis
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PMC9022463_02
Female
63
A 63-year-old woman with underlying type 2 diabetes mellitus presented to a district clinic with loss of weight and loss of appetite for the last two months, two weeks of lethargy and poor oral intake, one week of fever and productive cough with whitish sputum, and rapidly worsening shortness of breath for the past two...
covid-19, case series, coinfection, endobronchial tuberculosis, pulmonary tuberculosis
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PMC9022463_03
Male
78
A 78-year-old man with underlying hypertension presented to the emergency department with dry cough, loss of weight and intermittent fever for two months with recent progressive shortness of breath for the past two weeks. He was normotensive and apyrexial, and not tachycardic. He had a normal oxygen saturation of 98% u...
covid-19, case series, coinfection, endobronchial tuberculosis, pulmonary tuberculosis
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PMC5476462_01
Female
51
A 51 year old woman presented with a one month history of progressive right sided neck swelling, throat and ear pain, and dysphagia. This was accompanied by worsening of a chronic cough, intermittent fevers and weight loss. Over these weeks, the patient received empiric courses of clindamycin, amoxicillin, penicillin V...
histoplasmosis, tonsil
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PMC6643167_01
Female
63
A 63-year-old Chinese female presented to rheumatology clinic with positive antinuclear antibody 1:80 homogeneous pattern, severe fatigue, hair loss, joint pains for approximately last 3 years, unintentional weight loss of 24 pounds (20% of her ideal body weight) in last 8 months, and lymphadenopathy. Her joint pains a...
igg4-related disease, sle, lupus, systemic lupus erythematosus
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PMC9534171_01
Male
24
A 24-year-old Taiwanese man, an MSM with HIV infection, presented on June 22, 2022, to the telemedicine clinic in Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, with scattered vesicular and pustular skin lesions over his face, limbs, trunk, genital, perianal areas; tender, swollen, inguinal lymph nodes bilater...
monkeypox, taiwan, west african clade
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PMC3932290_01
Female
35
The proband, a female infant was the first of dichorionic-diamniotic (DCDA) twin girls born prematurely at 35 + 3 weeks gestation by elective caesarean section for discordant growth on ultrasound. She had a birth weight of 1650 g; her sister weighed 2510 g. This patient was a result of the sixth pregnancy of a nonconsa...
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PMC3407438_01
Male
23
We report the case of a 23-year-old male involved in a motor vehicle collision as a restrained passenger. He had been drinking alcohol prior to the collision. Upon presentation to the trauma service, he was complaining of right hip pain; otherwise he was hemodynamically stable. He did not have any markings on his abdom...
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PMC10351580_01
Female
63
A 63-year-old woman was admitted with a history of recurrent episodes of right upper extremity pain for more than 8 years. Eight years prior, the patient had developed abdominal pain for no apparent reason. The pain spontaneously resolved after 20 min without any treatment. She experienced abdominal pain one to two tim...
bile duct, biliary tract surgery, diagnosis, intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm, pathology, treatment
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PMC4906178_01
Female
15
Case 1. A 15-year-old female was diagnosed with thyrotoxicosis based on elevated free T4 (FT4) of 2.4 ng/dL (0.9-1.4) and suppressed TSH of 0.02 mIU/L (0.5-4.3) identified in work-up for irregular menses. Additional testing demonstrated elevated anti-TPO Ab at 180 IU/mL (0-35) and anti-TG Ab at 136 IU/mL (0-20); TBII w...
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PMC4906178_02
Male
14
Case 2. A 14-year-old male presented with a 2-month history of palpations, jitteriness, insomnia, heat intolerance, and 10 lb weight loss. Initial examination revealed a nontender, firm goiter, tongue fasciculations, peripheral tremor, increased deep tendon reflexes, tachycardia, and hypertension. He was diagnosed with...
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PMC3485901_02
Male
34
This was the case of a 34-year-old detainee with back pain which had not been alleviated by pharmacological treatment. The patient was extremely debilitated. During the neurological exam the patient presented no motor or sensory deficits. He underwent a lumbar MRI with and without contrasts that showed an extended accu...
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PMC9937055_01
Female
13
A 13-year-old previously healthy girl ingested 40 ml of diquat solution in a suicide attempt. The patient developed paroxysmal pain in the upper abdomen and a sore throat, accompanied by vomiting yellow-green stomach contents several times. After 10 h, she was transferred to the intensive care unit of our hospital for ...
diquat, multi-organ dysfunction, pulse indicator continuous cardiac output, rhabdomyolysis, shock
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PMC9860102_02
Male
33
A 33 year old, recently diagnosed diabetic male was admitted to our center with chief complaints of abdominal wall abscess located in left hypochondriac region since 1 month, high grade fever for 15 days and bilateral knee pain for 15 days along with loss of appetite and weight loss. He was chronic alcoholic for 18 yea...
burkholderia pseudomallei, case series, melioidosis, mimicry, underdiagnosis
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PMC9860102_03
Male
22
A 22 year old male, known case of hypothyroidism and bipolar disorder, alcoholic and smoker, known case of attention deficit hyperactive disorder, was admitted in our center with chief complaint of right sided weakness for 4 days, 2 episodes of seizure, vomiting and fever for 3 days. Initial labs are mentioned in table...
burkholderia pseudomallei, case series, melioidosis, mimicry, underdiagnosis
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PMC5326763_01
Male
3
A boy born at term of Caucasian non-consanguineous parents presented with respiratory insufficiency immediately after birth due to tracheomalacia and a diaphragmatic paresis. A diaphragmatic plication was performed at the second month after birth. The patient suffered from severe pulmonary infections necessitating resp...
foxp3, ipex syndrome, treg, wes, autoimmunity, immunodeficiency
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PMC8415166_01
Male
26
A 26-year-old Chinese male with a firm palpable swelling mass (maximum size of 9.6 cm x 7.8 cm) around the right hip came to my hospital for medical help. Six months ago, he started a gradual onset of pain in the upper right femur without obvious cause. Plain radiography of pelvis (Figure 1) showed flake bone destructi...
case report, imaging feature, peripheral t cell lymphoma, primary bone lymphoma, treatment strategy
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PMC9789506_01
Female
26
A 26-year-old Indian woman presented with complaints of pain in the abdomen for 4 days, abdominal distension, and vomiting for 3 days. The pain was severe, more localized to the epigastric region, and radiated toward her back. It subsided on taking analgesics. Initially, the pain was associated with 3-4 episodes of vom...
acute pancreatitis, extra-splanchnic thrombosis, internal jugular vein thrombosis, thrombosis, venous thrombosis
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PMC8486033_01
Male
63
A 63-year-old malewas incidentally diagnosed with liver cirrhosis and splenomegaly in another hospital 1 week before he was admitted to our center in Riyadh for further investigation and management. In addition, the patient complained of a painful red right eye and vision loss for 10 days before admission. On clinical ...
autoimmune hepatitis, blindness, ocular immunology, panuveitis, uveitis
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PMC6699471_01
Male
19
A 19 years old male, previously healthy, presented to the emergency department with 1 month history of progressively increasing exertional dyspnea that was associated with orthopnea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, and palpitations. These symptoms were associated with influenza-like symptoms without a fever. He also had ...
cardiac, granuloma, mycobacterium smegmatis, saudi arabia
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PMC7310355_01
Male
42
A 42-year-old, otherwise healthy, male was admitted to the emergency room with a four-day history of malaise, myalgia, and high-grade fever. Laboratory tests showed increased liver enzymes (aspartate aminotransferase [AST] 2216 U/L and alanine aminotransferase [ALT] 1611 U/L), but normal bilirubin. Dengue Fever (DF) ra...
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PMC8202362_01
Male
42
A 42-year-old previously asymptomatic healthy male presented to our outpatient department with complaints of diffuse Lower back pain which started 15 days earlier and suddenly increased for the past 2 days. The pain was constant dull aching without diurnal variations, radiating to bilateral lower limbs affecting his da...
epithelioid sarcoma, infection, lumbar spine
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PMC6332997_01
Male
20
A 20-year-old male collegiate track athlete presented with 8 months of right posterolateral leg pain and paresthesia. The symptoms had begun shortly after starting to use a new pair of orthotics during his season. The symptoms were initially described as a sharp pain, present usually only with activity, rarely symptoma...
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PMC9307142_01
Male
47
A 47-year-old male worker with a history of tongue cancer after radical operation with neck dissection and concurrent chemotherapy in 2014 came to our hospital presenting with right anterior chest pain and hemoptysis that had lasted for 1 month. No immunosuppressive medical history was shown for nearly 5 years before h...
aspergillosis, cystic pulmonary metastasis, squamous cell carcinoma
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PMC9810834_01
Female
25
A 25-year-old woman with a 34-week and 5-day pregnancy, with a medical history of astigmatism, consulted the emergency department, stating that in the three previous weeks, she had presented with cough with hemoptysis, fatigue, headache, odynophagia, and 6 kg weight loss. On physical exam, vital signs were within the n...
sars‐cov‐2, infectious diseases, lung abscess, pneumonia, bacterial, respiratory system
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PMC7315076_01
Male
35
A 35-year-old male patient presented at the outpatient clinic with the complaints of a loss of strength on the left side and difficulty walking. The patient had previously gone to a medical center with complaints of fever and a headache, and he had been sent home with medical treatment. However, 1 week later, the sympt...
encephalitis, hemiplegia, meningoencephalitis
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PMC7687509_01
Female
32
We report a rare case of a poly-infection (with COVID-19) with a very good course of the COVID-19 infection under chloroquine and rifampicin. The patient was a 32-year-old female, with no peculiar medical history, who presented to the ER with respiratory discomfort which had progressed for a month with influenza-like s...
covid-19, coronavirus, hiv, sars-ncov-2, anti-tubercular agents, rifampin, tuberculosis
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PMC8606675_01
Female
12
A 12-year-old female patient with a history of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia presented to our ICU on Day +38 after her second haploidentical HCT due to a failed extubation in the OR post bronchoscopy. Our patient had previously undergone a haploidentical HCT with prep regimen consisting of fludarabine, thiotepa, ...
broncho alveolar lavage (bal), diagnostic approach, diagnostic imaging, hematopoietic (stem) cell transplantation (hct), lung biopsy, pulmonary complications
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PMC5113927_02
Male
46
Case 2 is a 46-year-old male with a 11/2-year history of PsA and hypertension. He had a family history of psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis. He failed adalimumab and certolizumab in the past, due to lack of efficacy. He had psoriatic plaques over the waistline and gluteal fold, as well as tender proximal interphalange...
adrenocorticotropic hormone, melanocortin, psoriatic arthritis biologic failures, refractory, treatment
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PMC3806670_01
Male
12
A 12-year-old boy who had stage 3a Coats' disease and a history of a severe visual decline in OD was referred to us for treatment. On examination, visual acuity was counting fingers at 2 m in OD and 10/10 in OS. The anterior segment was unremarkable, with normal intraocular pressure in both eyes. While the left fundus ...
coats’ disease, dexamethasone implant, laser photocoagulation, ranibizumab
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PMC3806670_02
Male
7
A 7-year-old boy was sent to our clinic because of left exotropia and decreased visual acuity in OS. On examination, visual acuity was 10/10 in OD and 2/10 in OS. Slit-lamp examination and intraocular pressure were normal in both eyes. While the right fundus was normal, there was a hard exudate plaque at the left macul...
coats’ disease, dexamethasone implant, laser photocoagulation, ranibizumab
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PMC4681960_01
Female
47
A 47-year-old female, a resident of Mexico City, presented with fever, cough, and dyspnea. Her illness had started with a productive cough approximately 10 days prior during a family trip to the state of Chiapas, Mexico. At that time she was prescribed levofloxacin with no relief, followed by azithromycin and prednison...
aids, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, anca, anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody, aza, azathioprine, bal, bronchoalveolar lavage, ct, computed tomography, dh, disseminated histoplasmosis, ed, emergency department, fungal, hiv, human immunodeficiency virus, immunocompromised, l-amb, liposomal amphotericin b, lung in...
C, CT scan of the chest showing numerous ill-defined nodules in a centrilobular distribution (arrows).
PMC4681960_02
Female
77
A 77-year-old female, an immigrant from Peru 20 years earlier, with interferon-gamma release assay positivity for M. tuberculosis, presented with fevers and decreased oral intake due to poor appetite for the previous 3 weeks. Her review of systems on admission was otherwise negative, and she reported no recent travel. ...
aids, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, anca, anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody, aza, azathioprine, bal, bronchoalveolar lavage, ct, computed tomography, dh, disseminated histoplasmosis, ed, emergency department, fungal, hiv, human immunodeficiency virus, immunocompromised, l-amb, liposomal amphotericin b, lung in...
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PMC5831736_02
Male
69
A 69-year-old retired Chinese male was admitted into our hospital in September 2015, presenting with upper abdominal pain for the previous month and dark urine for the previous 2 days (Fig. 6). The patient had hypertension for more than 10 years and diabetes for more than 20 years, and he had smoked for more than 30 ye...
immunohistochemical staining, liver biopsy, primary hepatic neuroendocrine carcinoma, somatostatin analogue, transcatheter arterial chemoembolization
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PMC9875030_01
Male
21
In this report we described a case of IPEX syndrome successfully controlled with dupilumab, an anti-IL4 receptor alpha subunit inhibitor, which blocks both IL-4 and IL-13 signals. A 21-year-old caucasian man presented with immune dysregulation (hypereosinophilia and elevated IgE), protein-losing enteropathy, polyendocr...
ipex (immune dysregulation, x-linked), atopic dermatis, biomarker, cytokines, dupilumab, polyendocrinopathy, type2
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PMC9263522_01
Female
3
A three-year-old previously healthy, fully vaccinated female presented to the emergency department for the third time after a two-week history of recurrent fevers of unknown origin with associated back and abdominal pain (Table 1). Her exposure history was notable for attending daycare and living with her family on a r...
actinomyces meyeri, colchicine, coxsackie b, pericarditis, pneumonia, steroids
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PMC9283573_01
Female
32
A 32-year-old primiparous pregnant woman's routine prenatal ultrasound at 30-weeks' gestation revealed a 1.8 cm x 1.8 cm x 1.5 cm medium-to-high echoic mass with a clear boundary surrounded by a low echoic dark halo in the fetus' parenchyma of the right lobe of the liver. Inside the mass, a few strips of blood flow sig...
alpha-fetoprotein (afp), chemotherapy, congenital hepatoblastoma, recurrence, surgery
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PMC5007420_01
Male
55
A 55-year-old man presented to the emergency room with a three week history of throbbing and persistent right occipital headaches radiating to his frontal region. The headaches were not associated with any aura, photophobia, nausea or vomiting. The patient also had recurrent complaints of fevers and nocturnal diaphores...
disseminated brain abscess, immunocompetent, nocardia farcinica
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PMC3389959_01
Female
39
A 39-year-old black woman was admitted to the 1st Chair and Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Medical University of Warsaw (Head: Prof. Leszek Bablok) due to diffuse abdominal pain, cahexia and fever. Findings on admission included severe anemia (RBC 2.19x106/mul, HGB 4.9 g/dl, HCT 17.2%), leukocytosis of 12.6...
computed tomography, sickle-cell disease, tuberculous spondylodiscitis
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PMC6091421_01
Male
54
Patient was a 54-year-old right-handed male, former professional football player. He first developed memory problems at the age of 46. Initially, he seemed more forgetful. The onset and the progression of the short-term memory problem were gradual over about eight years. He always did his own finances in the past. Howe...
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PMC5836930_02
Male
13
In Chapter 3, 'Realising and Chasing My Dreams', Wade recollected the time he scaled the junior ranks playing Australian Rules football. By the time he was 13 years old, he said he knew that he wanted to play the game professionally, even remembering the specific moment when this goal became clear to him (see below). I...
case study, characteristic adaptations, dispositional traits, mental toughness, narrative identity
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PMC5836930_03
Male
18
Up to the point of his current injury, Wade identified the final chapter of his life story as the time he has spent playing in the AFL (Chapter 5; 'AFL Years'). He told how he got drafted the next year, as an 18-year-old rookie, and was then faced with the reality of life as a professional footballer. On the field, Wad...
case study, characteristic adaptations, dispositional traits, mental toughness, narrative identity
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PMC5836930_04
Male
13
This example translates into Wade's self-proclaimed leadership style as club captain, which emphasises a genuine interest in supporting others, 'not just using them to get where I want ... but ensuring that they leave this place as better people'. This narrative backdrop (ideological setting) reinforces spiritual theme...
case study, characteristic adaptations, dispositional traits, mental toughness, narrative identity
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PMC5836930_05
Male
13
Furthermore, McAdams (2015) states that varying kinds of narrative identities make sense in different cultural contexts (also Hammack, 2008). In a context that exhibits 'the underdog' mentality, Wade's story of a hardy leader, who commits himself to redeem his club's identity, probably makes good sense to the many peop...
case study, characteristic adaptations, dispositional traits, mental toughness, narrative identity
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PMC7568690_01
Female
32
A 32-year-old woman, with history of BCG vaccination at the age of one, was hospitalized on 29 March 2020 with a 3-week-long high fever and muscle pain. The patient had a positive epidemiological link with travel to Milan, an area in Italy severely hit by COVID-19, and was treated with amoxicillin/clavulanic acid 1000 ...
bcg, covid-19, immunity, pneumonia, sars-cov-2, tuberculosis
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