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{ "authors": [ "Hatem B Afana", "Thomas Nau" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2022/7956167", "journal": "Case Rep Orthop", "journal_detail": "2022 Oct 13;2022:7956167.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36277026/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "...
PMC9584726
Pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) is a benign proliferative disorder of synovium that surrounds the joints, tendon sheaths, and bursae. The elbow is rarely affected, making it difficult to establish treatment guidelines. This article relates on a case of a male patient who presented with elbow pain and decreased ...
{ "authors": [ "Roy Zhang", "Chang Woo Lee", "Shadi Basyuni", "Vijay Santhanam" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.04.061", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020;70:96-100.", "keywords": [ "case report", "mandibular swelling", "metastasis", ...
PMC7226668
Introduction: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most common malignant tumour of the kidney. It usually presents in an occult manner, rarely with the classical triad of haematuria, abdominal mass and abdominal pain. Up to a third of patients have metastasis on presentation and only a few case reports have involved the m...
{ "authors": [ "Handan Alay", "Fatma Kesmez Can", "Elif Gözgeç" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1590/0037-8682-0307-2020", "journal": "Rev Soc Bras Med Trop", "journal_detail": "2020 Jun 3;53:e20200307.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/325202...
PMC7269521
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{ "authors": [ "Li-Feng Qin", "Han Fang", "Li-Hua Qin", "Xiao-ning Guo", "Dan Peng" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3402/ljm.v8i0.20359", "journal": "Libyan J Med", "journal_detail": "2013;8.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23463848/...
PMC3585775
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{ "authors": [ "Tatsuhiko Wada", "Kosuke Shimode", "Takayuki Hoshiyama", "Yoko Takayama", "Kunihiro Yamaoka" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2020.00241", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2020 May 19;7:241.", "keywords": [ "covid-19", "lopinavir", ...
PMC7248319
Following the first case of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-Cov-2), in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, it has spread worldwide. An outbreak in Japan occurred on a cruise ship, and this was followed by community-acquired COVID-19. Herein, we report thr...
{ "authors": [ "Alexander G Weil", "Shu Li", "Ji-Zong Zhao" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2152-7806.90692", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2011;2:175.", "keywords": [ "arteriovenous malformation", "cerebral hemorrhage", "postoperative angiography", "rec...
PMC3262997
Background: Angiography-confirmed complete resection of an arteriovenous malformation (AVM) has traditionally been considered curative. However, recurrence of AVM following angiographically proven complete resection does exist, especially in children. This rare occurrence has been reported 29 times in the English langu...
{ "authors": [ "Melanie P J Schellekens", "Tom I Bootsma", "Rosalie A M van Woezik", "Marije L van der Lee" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.17505/jpor.2021.23447", "journal": "J Pers Oriented Res", "journal_detail": "2021 Aug 26;7(1):1-13.", "keywords": [ "acceptance", "case study"...
PMC8411882
Approximately 25% of cancer patients suffer from chronic cancer-related fatigue (CCRF), which is a complex, multifactorial condition. While there are evidence-based interventions, it remains unclear what treatment works best for the individual patient. Psychological network models can offer a schematic representation o...
{ "authors": [ "Cheng-Shu Chung", "Lee-Shuan Lin", "Yi-Min Teo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fvets.2021.756167", "journal": "Front Vet Sci", "journal_detail": "2021 Nov 25;8:756167.", "keywords": [ "cat", "iliac crest autograft", "non-union", "rhbmp-2", "rib autogra...
PMC8655870
A 5-year-old, intact male Bengal cat weighing 5.2 kg was referred for the fixation failure of a right femoral fracture. Multiple surgical revisions failed, and atrophic non-union was diagnosed. The cat was then admitted for a final revision surgery using locking plate fixation in conjunction with rib and iliac crest au...
{ "authors": [ "Khalid M Alshomar", "Hind M Alkatan", "Adel H Alsuhaibani" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.sjopt.2018.02.002", "journal": "Saudi J Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan-Mar;32(1):83-85.", "keywords": [ "nerve", "neurofibroma", "neurofibromatosis", "orb...
PMC5944016
Isolated neurofibroma is a slowly progressive tumor rarely found in the orbit accounting for less than 1% of the space occupying lesions of the orbit. It usually presents in the 2nd to 5th decades of life with proptosis, swelling, visual changes, ptosis, diplopia or pain. Almost all cases reported are unilateral. We re...
{ "authors": [ "Roopam Jariwal", "Fouad S Jaber", "Harendra Ipalawatte", "Greti Petersen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/23247096211021696", "journal": "J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2021 Jan-Dec;9:23247096211021696.", "keywords": [ "hiv", "case rep...
PMC8182299
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) in acute human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients has been scarcely reported in the English literature. To the best of our knowledge, only 12 cases have been described. We present a case of a 27-year-old male with no past medical history who was admitted with a new-onset head...
{ "authors": [ "Atheer Alkhunein", "Ahmed Albraikan", "Maria Alayed", "Wesam Althaqafi", "Musaed Alharbi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2023.1139622", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2023 Jun 15;11:1139622.", "keywords": [ "adamts-13 (a disentegrin-like a...
PMC10311060
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a diffused microvascular occlusive disorder characterized by microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (MAHA), thrombocytopenia, and ischemic organ dysfunction. In addition, this condition has been linked to an absence or dysfunction of ADAMTS13. Although TTP can occur due to variou...
{ "authors": [ "Andy Y Wang", "Urrooj H Rehman" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/1860757", "journal": "Case Rep Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2021 Nov 29;2021:1860757.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34881069/", "major_mesh_terms": ...
PMC8648468
Malingering involves the intentional production of physical or psychological behaviors due to motivation from external incentives, posing unique challenges to healthcare. Although malingering as an entity has been well studied, the current literature does not explore the intentional production of catatonia-like behavio...
{ "authors": [ "Chiara Lazzari", "Lorenza Pecciarini", "Claudio Doglioni", "Federica Pedica", "Ana Maria Samanes Gajate", "Alessandra Bulotta", "Vanesa Gregorc", "Maria Giulia Cangi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2022.1038774", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_d...
PMC9676932
Rearrangements involving the neurotrophin kinase (NTRK) genes NTRK1, NTRK2 and NTRK3 with different fusion partners have been observed in both adult and pediatric solid tumors. Larotrectinib and entrectinib have been the first tumor-agnostic compounds approved for the treatment of NTRK fusion-positive tumors. Here, we ...
{ "authors": [ "Hong Lyeol Lee", "Lucia Kim", "Cheol Woo Kim", "Jung Soo Kim", "Hae Sung Nam", "Jeong Seon Ryu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2019.01.017", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan 25;26:219-222.", "keywords": [ "dabigatran", ...
PMC6356047
Leukocytoclastic vasculitis is a disorder characterized by neutrophilic inflammation that is predominantly limited to the superficial cutaneous postcapillary venules. This condition may be idiopathic or may have a defined cause. Rivaroxaban and dabigatran have been widely used as warfarin alternatives, because of their...
{ "authors": [ "Daniel Diaz-Aguilar", "Sergei Terterov", "Rudi Scharnweber", "Harsimran Brara", "Alex Tucker", "Catherine Merna", "Stephanie Wang", "Shayan Rahman" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/sni.sni_225_17", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2017 Oct ...
PMC5680665
Background: Chordomas are uncommon malignant bone tumors that are often minimally symptomatic for several years. By the time they are diagnosed, these lesions are typically large, involve major neural, bony, and vascular structures, and are no longer readily resectable. This leads to a high recurrence rate. Case descri...
{ "authors": [ "Jonathan Kushi", "M E Csuka" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2011/951948", "journal": "Case Rep Rheumatol", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:951948.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22937449/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh_t...
PMC3420376
We present a case of a 69-year-old woman who received external beam radiation for the treatment of breast cancer. Seven months later, she developed generalized morphea involving the area of irradiated skin of the breast as well as distant sites of the groin and distal lower extremity. Postirradiation morphea is an unco...
{ "authors": [ "Gita Rezvani", "Mandana Donoghue", "Peter A Reichart", "Neda Pazuhi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2174/1874210601509010340", "journal": "Open Dent J", "journal_detail": "2015 Jul 31;9:340-5.", "keywords": [ "adenomatoid odontogenic tumor", "cemento-osseous dyspla...
PMC4598389
A 24 year-old male was presented for the diagnosis of an asymptomatic bony expansion in relation to the right maxillary canine and first premolar. The unilocular radiolucent lesion with central foci of calcification had caused divergence of canine and first premolar roots without any resorption. This case report detail...
{ "authors": [ "Jie Dong", "Yi Zhao", "Weifeng Xu" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2020.552228", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2020 Oct 14;10:552228.", "keywords": [ "laparoscopic partial nephrectomy", "multidisciplinary team", "pregnancy", "renal cell ...
PMC7591673
Introduction: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) found during pregnancy is rare. Treatment strategies and timing of surgeries are controversial. Retroperitoneal laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for T2 RCC during pregnancy has not been reported before. Patient Concerns and Diagnosis: Herein, we report a case of T2 RCC found in ...
{ "authors": [ "Carinna M Torgerson", "John D Van Horn" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fninf.2014.00083", "journal": "Front Neuroinform", "journal_detail": "2014 Nov 11;8:83.", "keywords": [ "wilson's disease", "claustrum", "connectomics", "consciousness", "macro-scale", ...
PMC4227511
The claustrum seems to have been waiting for the science of connectomics. Due to its tiny size, the structure has remained remarkably difficult to study until modern technological and mathematical advancements like graph theory, connectomics, diffusion tensor imaging, HARDI, and excitotoxic lesioning. That does not mea...
{ "authors": [ "Dustin Osborne", "Ronald Lattanze", "Josh Knowland", "Tonia E Bryant", "Iryna Barvi", "Yitong Fu", "Jackson W Kiser" ], "case_amount": 5, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2021.684157", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2021 Jun 28;8:684157.", "keywords":...
PMC8273265
Background: The patient benefit from a diagnostic nuclear medicine procedure far outweighs the associated radiation risk. This benefit/risk ratio assumes a properly administered radiopharmaceutical. However, a significant diagnostic radiopharmaceutical extravasation can confound the procedure in many ways. We identifie...
{ "authors": [ "A Moramarco", "M Marenco", "M La Cava", "A Lambiase" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/4746050", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol Med", "journal_detail": "2018 Oct 21;2018:4746050.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3...
PMC6215577
Plasmablastic lymphoma (PBL) is a malignant, rare, and aggressive form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with poor response to treatment that most commonly involves the oral mucosa of immunodeficient patients. The orbit might be primarily or secondarily involved; on the other hand other pathological conditions, i.e., fungal in...
{ "authors": [ "Kazuhiro Kitajima", "Hideyuki Shiomi", "Takako Kihara", "Seiko Hirono", "Ryota Nakano", "Tomohiro Okamoto", "Chisako Yagi", "Hirotsugu Eda", "Kosuke Matsuda", "Michiko Hatano", "Makoto Yoshida", "Hiroshi Kono", "Seiichi Hirota", "Tetsuya Minami",...
PMC10359673
We report a 58-year-old male with a histopathologically proven grade 2 (G2) pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasm and multiple abdominal node metastases by use of a laparoscopic pancreatic body and tail resection procedure, plus abdominal lymph node dissection. A primary pancreatic tail neuroendocrine tumor sized 20 × 25 ...
{ "authors": [ "Chenyu Zhao", "DongFang Tang", "Hui Huang", "Haiyan Tang", "Yuan Yang", "Min Yang", "Yingying Luo", "Huai Tao", "Jianguang Tang", "Xi Zhou", "Xiaoliu Shi" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1371/journal.pone.0233017", "journal": "PLoS One", "journal_d...
PMC7224471
Myotonia congenita and hypokalemic periodic paralysis type 2 are both rare genetic channelopathies caused by mutations in the CLCN1 gene encoding voltage-gated chloride channel CLC-1 and the SCN4A gene encoding voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.4. The patients with concomitant mutations in both genes manifested differe...
{ "authors": [ "Zhen Wang", "Jun Hu", "Liang Xu", "Jay Malaguit", "Sheng Chen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1097/MD.0000000000000497", "journal": "Medicine (Baltimore)", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan;94(4):e497.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed...
PMC4602942
Spontaneous hemorrhage is rarely associated with hemangioblastomas. Intratumoral hemorrhage occurring in cerebellar hemangioblastomas is more rare. A 25-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with headache. We found a round cystic lesion with solid part in the right cerebellum. The lesion was resected. The final pat...
{ "authors": [ "Hidenori Komatsu", "Hiromi Kubota", "Nobuyuki Tanaka", "Mariah Griffin", "Jennifer Link", "Glenn Geher", "Maryanne L Fisher" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1371/journal.pone.0277183", "journal": "PLoS One", "journal_detail": "2022 Nov 3;17(11):e0277183.", "keyw...
PMC9632847
Disposable plastics are drawing considerable attention as a source of environmental risk despite their benefits in daily life. Banning the use of disposable plastics could increase other types of risks, which may damage the public good in the long run. Considering the trade-off of the risks and benefits, one way to imp...
{ "authors": [ "Shing Ching", "Chiu Sun Yue" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_64_22", "journal": "J Cardiovasc Echogr", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan-Mar;33(1):33-35.", "keywords": [ "endocarditis", "sinus of valsalva aneurysm", "tricuspid valve" ], "license": "CC B...
PMC10328123
Sinus of Valsalva pseudoaneurysm (SVpA) is a rare cause of right ventricular inflow obstruction. We report such a case presented with atrial flutter and cardiogenic shock caused by tricuspid valve obstruction by a narrow-necked right SVpA complicating aortic valve infective endocarditis demonstrated on transesophageal ...
{ "authors": [ "Bruno Bisognin Garlet", "Luciano Zogbi", "Juliana Piveta de Lima", "Paulo Pereira de Souza Favalli", "Frederico Diefenthaeler Krahe" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.05.032", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019;60:25-29.", "keyword...
PMC6562175
Introduction: Phyllodes tumors are biphasic fibroepithelial tumors that account for fewer than 1% of mammary tumors. They usually appear in middle-aged women, with an average size of 4-7 cm and rapid growth. Presentation of case: A 25-year-old woman sought care after excision of recurrent nodules in the right breast, w...
{ "authors": [ "Olivier Mulisya", "Franck K Sikakulya", "Mbusa Mastaki", "Tambavira Gertrude", "Mathe Jeff" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2020/8379628", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol Med", "journal_detail": "2020 Mar 11;2020:8379628.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "lin...
PMC7086431
Ovarian cancer has high morbidity and mortality rates among cancers of the reproductive system. The disease typically presents at late stage when the 5-year relative survival rate is only 29%. Similarly, access to prevention, early diagnosis, treatment, and palliative care for cancer-related disease is insufficient. Th...
{ "authors": [ "Christopher F Estes", "Da Zhang", "Ruben Reyes", "Richard Korentager", "Marilee McGinness", "Christopher Lominska" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2015.00026", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2015 Feb 18;5:26.", "keywords": [ "breast", ...
PMC4331673
The development of breast implant-associated anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (ALCL) is a rare phenomenon. A typical presentation is an effusion associated with a breast implant. Less commonly, disease can be more advanced locoregionally or distantly. The optimal treatment schema is a topic of debate: localized ALCL can ...
{ "authors": [ "Ivo F Panhuizen", "Marc M J Snoeck", "Soledad Levano", "Thierry Girard" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2010/472389", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2010;2010:472389.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20...
PMC2892671
This case is about a 48-year-old woman known with a reduced butyrylcholinesterase activity, who developed prolonged neuromuscular blockade following the unintentional administration of succinylcholine. We took the opportunity to monitor the development of neuromuscular function during this period and blood samples were...
{ "authors": [ "Tomoyuki Kashima", "Hideo Akiyama", "Shoji Kishi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OPTH.S27490", "journal": "Clin Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2011;5:1717-20.", "keywords": [ "waardenburg syndrome", "albinism", "asymmetry", "diabetic retinopathy", "hy...
PMC3245192
A 30-year-old female patient was referred to our institution due to vitreous hemorrhage. Best corrected visual acuity of her right and left eyes at her initial visit was 10/20 and 20/20, respectively. Although hypochromic iris was observed in the superior iris between the 10 and 2 o'clock positions in her right eye, he...
{ "authors": [ "Juliana Mançano Melhado Brod", "Fabrício Passador-Santos", "Andresa Borges Soares", "Marcelo Sperandio" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/4346130", "journal": "Case Rep Dent", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:4346130.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": ...
PMC5362702
Gingival cyst of the adult is a rare slow growing and asymptomatic lesion that arises from the rests of the dental lamina. The present report describes the case of a miniscule adult gingival cyst in the lower anterior gingiva in a 51-year-old male with agenesis of lower premolars and lateral incisors. This paper contra...
{ "authors": [ "Davide Campobasso", "Andrea Lanzi", "Gian Luigi Pozzoli", "Antonio Frattini" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/UA.UA_117_17", "journal": "Urol Ann", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan-Mar;10(1):100-102.", "keywords": [ "endoscopic resection", "prolapse", "ureterocel...
PMC5791444
A 44-year-old woman underwent endoscopic incision of a right simple ureterocele with hydronephrosis discovered during gynecological assessment for stress urinary incontinence with Stage I cystocele. At the postoperative visits, she has reported a persistent flap of mucosa coming out from her urethra protruding in the v...
{ "authors": [ "Talal W Khan", "Abdulraheem Yacoub" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/6467090", "journal": "Case Rep Anesthesiol", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:6467090.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28392945/", "major_mesh_terms": []...
PMC5368395
Desmopressin (DDAVP), a synthetic analog of vasopressin, has been used in patients with von Willebrand disease (VWD), mild hemophilia A, and platelet dysfunction to reduce the risk of bleeding associated with surgical and interventional procedures. We report the case of a patient with VWD presenting with a bulging disc...
{ "authors": [ "Cinnia Huang", "Brett Slater", "Robert Rudd", "Nandakishore Parchuri", "Rene Hull", "Michelle Dupuis", "Alexander Hindenburg" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3201/eid0812.020532", "journal": "Emerg Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2002 Dec;8(12):1367-71.", "keywo...
PMC2738499
West Nile virus (WNV) was isolated from a patient who developed encephalitis while undergoing treatment with CHOP (cyclophosphamide, hydroxydoxorubicin, vincristine [Oncovin], predisone) and rituximab for a non-Hodgkin B-cell lymphoma. Both standard reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Taqman RT...
{ "authors": [ "I Colombo", "M E Fruguglietti", "L Napoli", "M Sciacco", "E Tagliaferri", "A Della Volpe", "V Crugnola", "N Bresolin", "M Moggio", "A Prelle" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2010/808474", "journal": "Neurol Res Int", "journal_detail": "2010;2010:8...
PMC3003993
A 48-years old man was diagnosed an IgD-k multiple myeloma (MM) at age 38 years for which he successfully underwent chemotherapy and bone marrow transplant. He then developed a graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) whose manifestations included, three years later, a polymyositis, diagnosed at muscle biopsy and successfully ...
{ "authors": [ "James J Cimino" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Stud Health Technol Inform", "journal_detail": "2015;216:559-63.", "keywords": null, "license": "author_manuscript", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26262113/", "major_mesh_terms": [ "ABO Blood-Group Syste...
PMC5502805
Clinical data warehouses often contain analogous data from disparate sources, resulting in heterogeneous formats and semantics. We have developed an approach that attempts to represent such phenotypic data in its most atomic form to facilitate aggregation. We illustrate this approach with human blood antigen typing (AB...
{ "authors": [ "Chi-Wei Tao", "Mei-Yin Chen", "Ching-Min Tseng", "Nina Lapke", "Shu-Jen Chen", "Kien Thiam Tan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2020/9072173", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol Med", "journal_detail": "2020 Mar 1;2020:9072173.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY",...
PMC7071810
For non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients without established actionable alterations in genes such as EGFR or ALK, options for targeted therapy remain limited in clinical practice. About 5% of lung adenocarcinoma patients have tumors with ERBB2 genetic alterations, with even fewer patients harboring ERBB2 amplifi...
{ "authors": [ "Redoy Ranjan", "Riyaz Kaba", "Venkatachalam Chandrasekaran", "Aziz Momin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/11795476221120778", "journal": "Clin Med Insights Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2022 Aug 22;15:11795476221120778.", "keywords": [ "atriclip device", "persi...
PMC9421220
We here present a case of a 54-year-old man with longstanding persistent atrial fibrillation refractory to direct current electrical cardioversion who underwent a concurrent convergent ablation and Atriclip exclusion of left atrial appendage. His preoperative echocardiography revealed dilated 5.8 cm left atrium with a ...
{ "authors": [ "Priyanka Priyanka", "William Hsueh", "John Nasr" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1155/2019/7656950", "journal": "Case Rep Gastrointest Med", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan 23;2019:7656950.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3080940...
PMC6364124
Lumen-apposing metal stents (LAMS) use in gastrointestinal endoscopy has been on the rise for various indications for the last few years. Currently, LAMS is a well-established treatment for post-pancreatitis peri-pancreatic fluid collections and walled-off necrosis (WON), but it is still not a standard of care in the t...
{ "authors": [ "Nobuhiko Seki", "Ryosuke Ochiai", "Terunobu Haruyama", "Masashi Ishihara", "Maika Natsume", "Yoko Fukasawa", "Takahiko Sakamoto", "Shigeru Tanzawa", "Ryo Usui", "Takeshi Honda", "Shuji Ota", "Yasuko Ichikawa", "Kiyotaka Watanabe" ], "case_amount"...
PMC6381921
Common dermatological side-effects associated with erlotinib, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), include pruritus and skin rash, which are mediated by substance P, leading to the occasional discontinuation of cancer treatment. Aprepitant is an antagonist of neurokinin-1 receptor, t...
{ "authors": [ "Dana Antonescu Ghelmez", "Adriana Moraru", "Florian Antonescu", "Altay Sercan Chelmambet", "Amanda Ioana Bucur", "Sorin Tuţǎ" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2022.1004132", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2022 Oct 19;13:1004132.", "keywords"...
PMC9629861
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders are characterized by severe demyelination and axonal damage with autoimmune mechanisms, predominantly targeting the optic nerves and the spinal cord. Patients often test positive for anti-AQP4 antibodies, while some have anti-MOG antibodies. Double seropositivity has been describ...
{ "authors": [ "Claudio Piersimoni", "Pier Giorgio Zitti", "Domenico Nista", "Stefano Bornigia" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3201/eid0903.020342", "journal": "Emerg Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2003 Mar;9(3):399-402.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed...
PMC2958542
Mycobacterium celatum has been shown to cause disease in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of serious pulmonary infection caused by M. celatum in an apparently immunocompetent patient and review the characteristics of two other reported cases. Clinical and radiologic symptoms and signs included cough, malais...
{ "authors": [ "Mehmet M Tatari", "David Abia-Trujillo", "Mathew Thomas", "Neal M Patel", "Sebastian Fernandez-Bussy", "Britney N Hazelett", "Margaret M Johnson" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/5565754", "journal": "Case Rep Pulmonol", "journal_detail": "2021 Nov 19;202...
PMC8626178
The coexistence of expiratory central airway collapse and diaphragmatic paralysis presents a diagnostic and treatment challenge. Both entities are underrecognized causes of dyspnea, cough, sputum production, and orthopnea. Optimal treatment must be individualized and is best achieved by a multidisciplinary team. We pre...
{ "authors": [ "Kazuhiro Nishida", "Alan Kawarai Lefor", "Tomohiro Funabiki" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/4576276", "journal": "Case Reports Hepatol", "journal_detail": "2018 Jun 4;2018:4576276.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2...
PMC6008880
Introduction: Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) is the first-line therapy for patient with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Although TACE is a generally safe procedure, major complications can be occurred. We describe a patient with rupture of HCC after TACE followed by gastric bleeding. Case presentat...
{ "authors": [ "Emna Farhat", "Mourad Zouari", "Ines Ben Abdelaziz", "Cyrine Drissi", "Rahma Beyrouti", "Mohamed Ben Hammouda", "Fayçal Hentati" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s40673-016-0056-0", "journal": "Cerebellum Ataxias", "journal_detail": "2016 Oct 19;3:18.", "key...
PMC5070353
Background: Cerebellar ataxia represents a rare and severe complication of Sjӧgren syndrome (SS), especially with a progressive onset and cerebellar atrophy on imaging. Case presentation: We report the case of a 30-year-old woman, with a past history of dry eyes and mouth, who presented a severe cerebellar ataxia worse...
{ "authors": [ "Eyal Reinstein", "Ericka B Okenfuss", "Isha Wadhawan", "Yael Wilnai", "Melanie Manning", "David L Rimoin", "Ralph S Lachman" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1007/s13353-013-0136-2", "journal": "J Appl Genet", "journal_detail": "2013 May;54(2):231-4.", "keywords"...
PMC4068338
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{ "authors": [ "Sanja Petrovic Pajic", "Martina Jarc-Vidmar", "Ana Fakin", "Maja Sustar Habjan", "Jelka Brecelj", "Marija Volk", "Ales Maver", "Borut Peterlin", "Marko Hawlina" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2022.1003046", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_d...
PMC9649972
Background: We present the disease course and long-term follow-up of two patients who were phenotypically diagnosed with atypical Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) 14 and 12 years ago, respectively, whereby whole exome sequencing revealed recently described recessive DNAJC30:c.152G>A 152 A>G (p.Tyr51Cys) homozyg...
{ "authors": [ "Gökmen Sukgen", "Esra Saygılı Yılmaz", "Eralp Başer" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2016/2906596", "journal": "Case Rep Obstet Gynecol", "journal_detail": "2016;2016:2906596.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27651964/", ...
PMC5019914
Purpose. We present a case report of a woman with total POP and SUI who was treated with a technique utilizing vaginal hysterectomy followed by the placement of a four-arm synthetic polypropylene mesh implant system. Methods. An 81-year-old grand-multiparous woman presented to our clinic complaining of a vaginally prot...
{ "authors": [ "Maria Luca", "Andrea Bordone", "Antonina Luca", "Andrea Patti", "Giuseppe Sortino", "Carmela Calandra" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/NDT.S47293", "journal": "Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat", "journal_detail": "2013;9:1095-9.", "keywords": [ "capgras syndrome", ...
PMC3742348
Capgras syndrome consists of the delusional belief that a person or persons have been replaced by doubles or impostors. It can occur in the context of both psychiatric and organic illness, and seems to be related to lesions of the bifrontal and right limbic and temporal regions. Indeed, magnetic resonance imaging has r...
{ "authors": [ "Balaji Saibaba", "Umesh Kumar Meena", "Prateek Behera", "Ramesh Chand Meena" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2014/685406", "journal": "Case Rep Pulmonol", "journal_detail": "2014;2014:685406.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm....
PMC4217363
Background. Tuberculosis is a chronic disease which may have varied presentations. Though pulmonary tuberculosis is the commonest, extrapulmonary tuberculosis involving skeletal system is often seen. Individuals with poor nourishment and immunological status are especially susceptible for disseminated and multicentric ...
{ "authors": [ "Trang T Vu", "Laura Soong", "Tawny Hung", "Loretta Fiorillo", "Kurian Joseph" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X20935260", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020 Jun 24;8:2050313X20935260.", "keywords": [ "basaloid squamous cell carc...
PMC7318809
Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma is an infiltrative and aggressive variant of squamous cell carcinoma with basaloid features. Primary skin-derived basaloid squamous cell carcinoma is rare. Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma is commonly observed in the oropharyngeal and anogenital regions and is associated with high-risk ...
{ "authors": [ "Patricia Winckler", "Anna Vanazzi", "Maddalena Bozzo", "Giovanna Scarfone", "Fedro A Peccatori" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3332/ecancer.2015.592", "journal": "Ecancermedicalscience", "journal_detail": "2015 Nov 12;9:592.", "keywords": [ "chronic lymphocytic leu...
PMC4659706
Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) is the most common leukaemia in the Western world. Despite this fact, its coexistence with pregnancy is extremely rare, with few cases reported in the literature. Given the rarity of this event, it is difficult to conduct large prospective trials to evaluate diagnostic, management, a...
{ "authors": [ "L Carmans", "A Van Craenenbroeck", "K Lagrou", "C M Deroose", "X Sagaert", "A Wolthuis", "E Van Wijngaerden", "D R Kuypers" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00971", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2020 Sep 28;22:e00971.", "keywords"...
PMC7566087
Disseminated histoplasmosis is a rare opportunistic infection in non-endemic areas, where the disease is often diagnosed late. The spectrum of clinical manifestations is broad and life-threatening complications occur. We present a detailed case of a kidney liver transplant patient with disseminated histoplasmosis in a ...
{ "authors": [ "Toshihiko Matsuo", "Takehiro Tanaka", "Aya Nakamura", "Koichiro Wada" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/23247096211026471", "journal": "J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2021 Jan-Dec;9:23247096211026471.", "keywords": [ "pet", "psa", "c...
PMC8226359
Metastatic choroidal tumors derived from prostate cancer are rare. In this study, we report a patient who manifested a choroidal tumor as the initial presenting sign of prostate cancer and review 23 patients with choroidal metastasis of prostate cancer in the literature to answer a clinical question how the choroidal m...
{ "authors": [ "Surbhi Kashyap" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0973-1075.173955", "journal": "Indian J Palliat Care", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan-Mar;22(1):97-100.", "keywords": [ "health literacy", "neuropathic pain", "pain management", "palliative care", "retroperitoneal en...
PMC4768458
This article is a case reflection of a personal encounter on the palliative care treatment required after the removal of a complicated case of a primary extra-gonadal retro-peritoneal endodermal sinus tumor (yolk sac tumor). This reflection is from the perspective of a recently graduated MD student who spent one month ...
{ "authors": [ "Orion Luiz Haas Junior", "Lucas da Silva Meirelles", "Neimar Scolari", "Otávio Emmel Becker", "Marcelo Fernandes Santos Melo", "Rogério Belle de Oliveira" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.06.034", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2...
PMC4942733
Introduction: Segmental maxillary osteotomy enables correction of anterior open bites. However, the outcome can be somewhat unstable, particularly if pseudarthrosis occurs. Bone grafts can be used to prevent this complication. Among the many biomaterials available for grafting, Bio-oss(®) has been used successfully in ...
{ "authors": [ "Gang Du", "Jun Qiao", "Xunwen Lei", "Ruiqin Han" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fsurg.2022.1004554", "journal": "Front Surg", "journal_detail": "2022 Oct 14;9:1004554.", "keywords": [ "scc", "apoptosis", "case—based content filtering algorithm", "conju...
PMC9614080
This case reports a rare case of conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma in China. The elderly (86-year-old) female patient was diagnosed and treated effectively after three times of diagnosis. During this period, she was misdiagnosed and ineffective treatment for many times. Therefore, we propose to make an integrated di...
{ "authors": [ "Timothy Sakellaridis", "Stavros Mathioulakis", "Christos Antiochos" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1477-7800-2-19", "journal": "Int Semin Surg Oncol", "journal_detail": "2005 Sep 14;2:19.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...
PMC1236954
Background: Synchronous early primary cancers are rare and in addition synchronous adenocarcinoma of both rectum and gallbladder is extremely rare. Case report: We report an unusual case of synchronous early primary adenocarcinoma of rectum and gallbladder. The patient was a 72-year-old woman with complaints of bloody ...
{ "authors": [ "Roberta Brusa", "Irene Faravelli", "Delia Gagliardi", "Francesca Magri", "Filippo Cogiamanian", "Domenica Saccomanno", "Claudia Cinnante", "Eleonora Mauri", "Elena Abati", "Nereo Bresolin", "Stefania Corti", "Giacomo Pietro Comi" ], "case_amount": 1,...
PMC6700242
Here, we describe a 79-year-old man, admitted to our unit for worsening diplopia and fatigue, started a few weeks after an episode of bronchitis and flu vaccination. Past medical history includes myasthenia gravis (MG), well-controlled by Pyridostigmine, Azathioprine, and Prednisone. During the first days, the patient ...
{ "authors": [ "Franck Katembo Sikakulya", "Sonye Magugu Kiyaka", "Robert Masereka", "Robinson Ssebuufu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/7282283", "journal": "Case Rep Otolaryngol", "journal_detail": "2021 Oct 25;2021:7282283.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "...
PMC8560288
Background: Holoprosencephaly (HPE) is a rare cerebrofacial abnormality resulting from the complete or partial failure of the diverticulation and cleavage of the primitive forebrain. It has an incidence at birth of 1:16000. Case Presentation. We report a case of a 2600 g newborn female delivered by an HIV-infected moth...
{ "authors": [ "Abdulkadir Ayo Salako", "Tajudeen Adeniran Badmus", "Innocent Ikem", "Kayode Adelusola", "Ayodele Elkanah Orimolade", "Martin Chukwudum Igbokwe", "Kelechi Mc'Clement Onuoha", "Foluke Olanike Irabor" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2017.27.245.12352", ...
PMC5622815
Bellini Duct Carcinoma (BDC) of the Kidney is a rare type of Renal Cell Carcinoma. It usually presents with features of local advancement or metastasis and rarely diagnosed incidentally. We present a case report of a young man who was found to have BDC of the Right Kidney following presentation with an iliac bone tumou...
{ "authors": [ "Stephanie Ming Young", "Gopal Lingam", "Paul Anantharajah Tambyah" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/2047-2994-3-35", "journal": "Antimicrob Resist Infect Control", "journal_detail": "2014 Nov 26;3(1):35.", "keywords": [ "elizabethkingia meningoseptica", "endogenous ...
PMC4322812
Elizabethkingia meningoseptica is a nosocomial non-fermenting gram-negative bacillus that has an increasing prevalence in health care settings, especially in intensive care environments. While it has long been recognized as a rare but serious cause of neonatal meningitis and sepsis, its role as a cause of ocular pathol...
{ "authors": [ "Yitong Xiao", "Dale A Calixte", "Elizabeth Fry", "Frederick Tiesenga" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.33704", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 12;15(1):e33704.", "keywords": [ "ehlers-danlos syndrome", "foreign body removal", "hyperse...
PMC9922053
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a group of hereditary disorders characterized by fragility of connective tissue. Clinical manifestations of the disorder involve the skin, joints, blood vessels, and other internal organs. We report the case of a 29-year-old female suffering from EDS and mast cell activation syndrome (MC...
{ "authors": [ "João Vitor Fernandes Lima", "Marcos Devanir Silva da Costa", "Bruno Loof de Amorim", "Jose Ernesto Chang Mulato", "Hugo Leonardo Doria Netto", "Jose Maria Campos Filho", "Feres Eduardo Aparecido Chaddad Neto" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_736_2021", "jou...
PMC8645473
Background: Infectious complications of the central nervous system secondary to endovascular procedures have rarely been reported. However, the number of complications has grown exponentially owing to the popularization of these procedures. The success rate of these procedures varies with the pathology, the patient, an...
{ "authors": [ "Roopak Bose Carlos", "Mohan Thomas Nainan", "Shamina Pradhan", "Roshni Sharma", "Shiny Benjamin", "Rajani Rose" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2013/210763", "journal": "Case Rep Dent", "journal_detail": "2013;2013:210763.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC B...
PMC3881385
Clinical success of endodontically treated posterior teeth is determined by the postendodontic restoration. Several options have been proposed to restore endodontically treated teeth. Endocrowns represent a conservative and esthetic restorative alternative to full coverage crowns. The preparation consists of a circular...
{ "authors": [ "Elisabete Campos", "Roberto Silva", "Sara Rodrigues", "Marinho de Almeida", "Joanne Lopes", "Marisa Aral", "Humberto Cristino", "Luís Graça", "Elisabete Barbosa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023/2831510", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detai...
PMC10328728
Background: Hepatocellular adenoma (HCA) is an uncommon solid, solitary, benign liver lesion that develops in an otherwise normal-appearing liver. Hemorrhage and malignant transformation are the most important complications. Risk factors for malignant transformation include advanced age, male gender, use of anabolic st...
{ "authors": [ "Peter Y M Woo", "Wilson H Y Lo", "Hoi-Tung Wong", "Kwong-Yau Chan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/ajns.AJNS_285_17", "journal": "Asian J Neurosurg", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan-Mar;14(1):256-261.", "keywords": [ "ascending transtentorial herniation", "craniopl...
PMC6417323
One commonly practiced procedural step to reduce the risk of postoperative hematoma accumulation when performing cranioplasties is to place a closed negative-pressure subgaleal drain. We present a patient with sinking skin flap syndrome that underwent such a procedure and subsequently experienced immediate postoperativ...
{ "authors": [ "Reena A Majithia", "Leni George", "Meera Thomas", "N A Fouzia" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_403_16", "journal": "Indian Dermatol Online J", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan-Feb;9(1):44-46.", "keywords": [ "acquired cutis laxa", "light and heavy chain de...
PMC5803942
Acquired cutis laxa (ACL) is a rare connective tissue disorder characterized by pendulous and coarsely wrinkled skin. There have been few cases of its association to monoclonal immunoglobulin deposition disease (MIDD), which constitutes the light chain (LCDD), heavy chain (HCDD), and light and heavy chain (LHCDD) depos...
{ "authors": [ "Louise Tækker", "Bodil Just Christensen", "Susanne Lunn" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1186/s40337-018-0213-3", "journal": "J Eat Disord", "journal_detail": "2018 Oct 1;6:24.", "keywords": [ "bariatric surgery", "binge eating", "coping", "eating disorder", ...
PMC6166281
Background: An increase in self-harm emergencies after bariatric surgery have been documented, but understanding of the phenomenon is missing. Case presentation: The following case report describes a 26-year-old woman with obesity, who initiated self-harm behaviour after bariatric surgery. The patient reported that the...
{ "authors": [ "Rita Patrocínio de Jesus", "Raquel Silva", "Elzara Aliyeva", "Luís Lopes", "Mihran Portugalyan", "Liliana Antunes", "Priscila Diaz", "Carolina Costa", "Ana Carolina Araújo", "Sílvia Coelho", "João João Mendes", "Sara Gomes", "Isabel Serra", "Paul...
PMC7531809
As SARS-CoV-2 and its related clinical syndrome (COVID-19) became a pandemic worldwide, questions regarding its clinical presentation, infectivity, and immune response have been the subject of investigation. We present a case of a patient previously considered recovered from nosocomially transmitted asymptomatic COVID-...
{ "authors": [ "Job N Doornberg", "René K Marti" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2009/647126", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2009;2009:647126.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20029671/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh_ter...
PMC2796233
An osteotomy with interposition of iliac crest bone graft and lengthening of the proximal ulna can be used to restore ulnohumeral congruency after a malunited comminuted olecranon fracture treated with figure-of-eight tension band wiring.
{ "authors": [ "John J Lee", "Denis Weinberg", "Rishi Anand" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2016/4979182", "journal": "Case Rep Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2016;2016:4979182.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28105376/", "major_mesh_t...
PMC5220406
Pulmonary vein stenosis is a well-established possible complication following an atrial fibrillation ablation of pulmonary veins. Symptoms of pulmonary vein stenosis range from asymptomatic to severe exertional dyspnea. The number of asymptomatic patients with pulmonary vein stenosis is greater than originally estimate...
{ "authors": [ "Simon R Bababeygy", "Michael X Repka", "Prem S Subramanian" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2009/203583", "journal": "J Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2009;2009:203583.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20339567/", "maj...
PMC2836895
Background. Pseudotumor cerebri is an acknowledged but unusual complication of oral minocycline use. Vision loss and papilledema have been described as mild and transient, and some authors suggest that treatment is not needed. Methods. Case series of 2 patients with severe papilledema and visual field loss. Results. Se...
{ "authors": [ "Mohammad Abbasi Teshnizi", "Atefeh Ghorbanzadeh", "Nahid Zirak", "Babak Manafi", "Aliasghar Moeinipour" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/2376096", "journal": "Case Rep Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:2376096.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "...
PMC5282427
Cardiac calcified amorphous tumors (CATs) are an extremely rare nonneoplastic intracardiac masses. They have been reported in the literature in only a few cases. Thus, the incidence, pathogenesis, and best approach to the treatment are not certain. We report a case of CATs on the atrial surface of the anterior mitral v...
{ "authors": [ "Narges Gholizadeh", "Ali Taghavi Zenouz", "Hossein Eslami" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5681/joddd.2012.008", "journal": "J Dent Res Dent Clin Dent Prospects", "journal_detail": "2012 Winter;6(1):33-5.", "keywords": [ "d-penicillamine", "pemphigus vulgaris", "rhe...
PMC3442446
D-penicillamine is one of the disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs). Drug-induced pemphigus is not fre-quently associated with D-penicillamine, and to date, the number of reported cases is about a hundred. Most reports of D-penicillamine-induced pemphigus vulgaris are in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. It...
{ "authors": [ "H S Natraj Setty", "T R Raghu", "B C Srinivas", "C M Nagesh", "Babu Reddy", "Jayashree Kharge", "B K Geetha", "B N Krishnamurthy", "Shivanand Patil", "C N Manjunath" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0976-9668.198347", "journal": "J Nat Sci Biol Med",...
PMC5320816
Complex iliac artery obstructions, particularly bilateral stenosis or total iliac artery occlusions, are usually treated with aortofemoral or aortobifemoral graft surgery. However, surgical treatment is associated with 3% mortality rate and significant morbidity such as intestinal ischemia, spinal cord injury, and uret...
{ "authors": [ "Toshiki Yamada", "Yasuhito Nannya", "Atsushi Suetsugu", "Shogo Shimizu", "Junichi Sugihara", "Masahito Shimizu", "Mitsuru Seishima", "Hisashi Tsurumi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2169/internalmedicine.56.7468", "journal": "Intern Med", "journal_detail": "2...
PMC5313436
Reactivation of hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a serious complication of immunosuppressive therapy and cytotoxic chemotherapy. The optimal duration of HBV-DNA monitoring for at-risk patients depends on the clinical features of reactivation, especially the range of potency from therapies to reactivation. We present a case o...
{ "authors": [ "Amy Louise Brown", "Paulo Camargo de Moraes", "Marcelo Sperandio", "Andresa Borges Soares", "Vera Cavalcanti Araújo", "Fabrício Passador-Santos" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2015/697673", "journal": "Case Rep Dent", "journal_detail": "2015;2015:697673.", "ke...
PMC4378320
The peripheral giant cell granuloma (PGCG) is a nonneoplastic lesion commonly caused by local irritation. This report describes a 46-year-old Caucasian male who presented with a PGCG associated with a dental implant. The dental implant was originally placed in August 2012. Ten months later, the patient presented with a...
{ "authors": [ "Shady A Moussa", "Mohamed ElSayed", "Soad Mansour", "Fahmy A Mobarak" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.11.004", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2018;53:337-344.", "keywords": [ "benign lesions", "maxillofacial pathology", "m...
PMC6260389
Introduction: Melanotic neuroectodermal tumour of infancy (MNTI) is a benign tumour of infancy, most commonly affecting the head and neck region. First described in 1918, less than 500 cases have been reported in the literature. MNTI is aggressive in nature & has a high rate of recurrence. Presentation of cases: In thi...
{ "authors": [ "M Ashok Kumar", "Krishnagopal Srikanth", "Ramraj Vathsalya" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0301-4738.105060", "journal": "Indian J Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan-Feb;61(1):43-4.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-SA", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.n...
PMC3555002
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{ "authors": [ "Katelyn M Adkins", "James T Lee", "Aaron L Bress", "Susan E Spires", "Cortney Y Lee", "Andres R Ayoob" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2484/rcr.v8i3.826", "journal": "Radiol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015 Nov 6;8(3):826.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-N...
PMC4900127
Adrenocortical carcinoma is an aggressive but rare neoplasm of the adrenal cortex, with an estimated incidence of approximately 2.5 per one million patients. The prognosis for patients with adrenocortical carcinoma is often very poor. Patients often present with symptoms of hormone hypersecretion but may also present w...
{ "authors": [ "Hariram", "Shadab Mohammad", "Laxman R Malkunje", "Nimisha Singh", "Sugata Das", "Gagan Mehta" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0975-5950.140173", "journal": "Natl J Maxillofac Surg", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan;5(1):47-50.", "keywords": [ "ameloblastoma", ...
PMC4178356
Ameloblastoma or adamantinoma is the rarest of the three forms of tumor of the odontogenic type. They are benign, locally aggressive neoplasms arising from ameloblasts, which typically occur at the angle of the mandible, and are often associated with an un-erupted tooth and must, therefore, be differentiated from a den...
{ "authors": [ "Meghna Yadav", "Rohit Tewari", "Tathagata Chatterjee" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4322/acr.2021.381", "journal": "Autops Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2022 May 5;12:e2021381.", "keywords": [ "acinetobacter baumannii", "aneurysm", "aspergillus", "endocarditis...
PMC9135378
Infective endocarditis (IE) is the heart valve or endocardium infection. We report a rare case of polymicrobial endocarditis, namely invasive Aspergillus spp and Acinetobacter baumannii, in a 36-year-old male with a medical history of degenerative disease of the aorta with abdominal aortic and ascending aortic aneurysm...
{ "authors": [ "Sonia Hammami", "Silvia Mahjoub", "Khaldoun Ben-Hamda", "Radhia Brahem", "Habib Gamra", "Mohamed Ben Farhat" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1186/1477-9560-3-9", "journal": "Thromb J", "journal_detail": "2005 Jul 25;3:9.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "...
PMC1192821
Intracardiac thrombus in Behçet's disease is an extremely rare manifestation. We report two such cases. A 20-year-old man presented with dyspnoea, cough and haemoptysis. Right heart thrombus associated with pulmonary artery aneurysm and thromboembolism was identified by helical CT and transoesophageal echocardiography....
{ "authors": [ "Igor Rafael Sincos", "Erasmo Simão da Silva", "Luciana Ragazzo", "Sergio Belczak", "Luciano Dias Nascimento", "Pedro Puech-Leão" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1590/S1807-59322009001200015", "journal": "Clinics (Sao Paulo)", "journal_detail": "2009;64(12):1227-30.", ...
PMC2797594
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{ "authors": [ "Aravind Sekar", "Surinder Singh Rana", "Anand Bardia" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4322/acr.2021.289", "journal": "Autops Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2021 May 25;11:e2021289.", "keywords": [ "adenocarcinoma", "anal canal", "carcinoma in situ", "polyp" ], ...
PMC8214893
Stratified mucin-producing intraepithelial lesion (SMILE) is an intraepithelial lesion with overlapping features of the high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL) and adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS). Currently, it is well described in the cervix. We present a case showing similar SMILE-like lesions in the polypecto...
{ "authors": [ "Neha Thakur", "Ravitanaya Sodani", "J Chandra", "Deonath Mahto" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2011/614054", "journal": "Case Rep Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:614054.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/226065...
PMC3350299
Malaria remains an overwhelming problem in the tropical developing countries, with 300 to 500 million new cases and about a million deaths per year (Mishra et al., 2003). Malaria is a potentially life-threatening disease in the tropics. Jaundice is one of the severe manifestations of falciparum malaria. Its incidence (...
{ "authors": [ "Geoffrey Shouse", "Miemie Thinn" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/5471368", "journal": "Case Rep Hematol", "journal_detail": "2018 Mar 13;2018:5471368.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29725548/", "major_mesh_terms": []...
PMC5872664
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is a molecularly heterogeneous disease consisting of different subtypes with varying clinical behaviors. For example, the activated B-cell-like (ABC) type of DLBCL has lower cure rates with traditional chemotherapy regimens. The molecular pathway promoting tumorigenic growth of the...
{ "authors": [ "Anirban Das", "Abhishek Pratap" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2016/5462380", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol Med", "journal_detail": "2016;2016:5462380.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27034865/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "m...
PMC4789394
Metastatic tumours of pleura are the most common malignant tumours causing malignant pleural effusion. Lungs are the most common primary sites. Primary pleural tumours are rarely seen and diffuse malignant mesothelioma is the most common malignant tumour of pleura. Primary malignant neuroendocrine tumour of pleura is n...
{ "authors": [ "Lara Walkoff", "Andrew J Degnan", "Mark Ghassibi", "Robert V Jones", "Jonathan H Sherman", "Lucien M Levy" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2484/rcr.v8i2.753", "journal": "Radiol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015 Dec 7;8(2):753.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC ...
PMC4900105
We report the MRI findings of an adult patient with a (rare in adults) biopsy-proven pilocytic astrocytoma with anaplastic features. Diffusion tensor imaging may potentially provide information on cell proliferation, vascularity, and fiber destruction, which can have implications for treatment and prognosis. In this ca...
{ "authors": [ "Claus Z Simonsen", "Edith Nielsen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000348400", "journal": "Case Rep Neurol", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan;5(1):31-3.", "keywords": [ "hypertension", "microbleed", "stroke", "transient ischemic attack mimic" ], "license": "CC B...
PMC3604869
Cerebral microbleeds have acquired increased attention as a silent marker of small vessel disease that carries an increased risk of hemorrhage. The etiology is believed to be either hypertension or amyloid deposition. Here, we present a case with a patient whose transient focal symptom most likely was due to the occurr...
{ "authors": [ "Aline Gomes Bittencourt", "Ricardo Dourado Alves", "Liliane Satomi Ikari", "Patrick Rademaker Burke", "Eloisa Maria Santiago Gebrim", "Ricardo Ferreira Bento" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1055/s-0033-1364170", "journal": "Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol", "journal_detail...
PMC4296998
Introduction Schwannomas of the eighth cranial nerve are benign tumors that usually occur in the internal auditory canal or the cerebellopontine angle cistern. Rarely, these tumors may originate from the neural elements within the vestibule, cochlea, or semicircular canals and are called intralabyrinthine schwannomas. ...
{ "authors": [ "Peninnah Oberdorfer", "Charles H Washington", "Kamornwan Katanyuwong", "Podjanee Jittamala" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2009/348507", "journal": "Int J Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2009;2009:348507.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubme...
PMC2778135
We report a case of a perinatally HIV-infected patient aged 9 years, who presented with right-sided hemiplegia. His initial CD4 T-cell was of 0.21% (4 cells/muL) and plasma HIV RNA virus of 185 976 copies/mL (log 5.27). Plasma and CSF samples were subsequently positive for JCV. Twelve days after the initiation of highl...
{ "authors": [ "Eduardo Perrone", "Thiago R Cavole", "Manuella G Oliveira", "Luiza do A Virmond", "Marina de França B Silva", "Maria de Fatima F Soares", "Simone Brasil de O Iglesias", "Ariane Falconi", "Juliana S Silva", "Viviane Nakano", "Maria Fernanda Milanezi", "Ca...
PMC7263430
Leigh syndrome is an early onset progressive disorder caused by defects in mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation. Pathogenic variants in nuclear and mitochondrial genes are associated with the syndrome. Homozygous pathogenic variants in the C12orf65 gene impair the mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation system. We d...
{ "authors": [ "Piotr Mazur", "Robert Sobczyński", "Michał Ząbczyk", "Paulina Babiarczyk", "Jerzy Sadowski", "Anetta Undas" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1007/s11239-012-0806-7", "journal": "J Thromb Thrombolysis", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan;35(1):127-9.", "keywords": null, "l...
PMC3529871
Pulmonary embolectomy is a treatment option in selected patients with high-risk pulmonary embolism (PE). Efficiency of thrombus degradation in PE largely depends on the architecture of its fibrin network, however little is known about its determinants. We present the case of a 56-year-old woman with high-risk PE and pr...
{ "authors": [ "Norma L Alvarado-Franco", "Catalina Gonzalez-Marques", "Leticia A Olguín-Ramírez", "Alejandro Garza-Alpirez", "Giovana Femat-Roldan", "Daniel Martinez-Ramirez" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7916/D8HQ5GHB", "journal": "Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y)", "journal_det...
PMC6123837
Background: Primary Sjögren syndrome (pSS) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by exocrine gland and extraglandular symptoms. We present a case report of pSS with an initial presentation of athetoid movements. Case report: A 74-year-old female presented with a 2-month history of slow undulating movements in her tru...
{ "authors": [ "Koichi Kyono", "Tomoko Hashimoto", "Suguru Kikuchi", "Yoko Nagai", "Yoshiyuki Sakuraba" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1002/rmb2.12250", "journal": "Reprod Med Biol", "journal_detail": "2018 Oct 25;18(1):72-82.", "keywords": [ "dysbiosis", "endometrium", "i...
PMC6332758
Purpose: The present study aimed to analyze the pregnancy outcomes of IVF patients presenting Lactobacillus-dominated microbiota (LDM) or non-Lactobacillus-dominated microbiota (NLDM) of their endometrium and to report cases who were treated for NLDM concurrently with antibiotics and prebiotic/probiotic supplements in ...
{ "authors": [ "Christopher T Eberlin", "Michael P Kucharik", "Paul F Abraham", "Mark R Nazal", "William K Conaway", "Nathan H Varady", "Scott D Martin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/23259671221144056", "journal": "Orthop J Sports Med", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 26;11(1)...
PMC9893367
Background: The most common surgical approaches in hip arthroscopy are interportal and T-capsulotomy. However, these methods may introduce capsular instability. Puncture capsulotomy preserves capsuloligamentous integrity by avoiding iatrogenic transection of the iliofemoral capsular ligament. Purpose: To present minimu...
{ "authors": [ "Nguyen Van Sang", "Tran Phan Ninh", "Dang Trung Thanh", "Nguyen Cuong Thinh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/JCIS_49_2022", "journal": "J Clin Imaging Sci", "journal_detail": "2022 Jul 29;12:43.", "keywords": [ "imagings", "mesentery", "neurofibroma", ...
PMC9479501
Mutations in the Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF-1) gene, which is located on chromosome 17q11.2, are the cause of NF-1, an autosomal dominant hereditary condition in which tumors of the nerve system develop. Neurological, skeletal, and cutaneous abnormalities are symptoms of the condition. Of all gastrointestinal tract l...