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{ "authors": [ "Yuedong Chen", "Hui Yang", "Wei Wang", "Yinchen Chen", "Dong Jiang", "Yihui Li", "Liyi Li", "Wengbo Yang", "Aiping Wang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fendo.2023.1198818", "journal": "Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2023 Jun 16;14:1...
PMC10313132
Heel ulcer is one of the severe complications of patients with diabetes mellitus, which poses a high risk for foot infection and amputation, especially in patients with peripheral arterial disease and neuropathy. Researchers have searched for new treatments for treating diabetic foot ulcers in recent years. In this cas...
{ "authors": [ "Juliana de Oliveira Alves Calado", "Luan Moura Hortencio Bastos", "Hélio Amante Miot" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1590/abd1806-4841.20198681", "journal": "An Bras Dermatol", "journal_detail": "2019 Oct 17;94(4):479-481.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "lin...
PMC7007016
A 63-year-old black female patient with blisters and exulcerations on the face, neck, upper limbs, and subsequent evolution with hypochromic sclerotic areas and alopecia, is reported. Chronic hepatitis C and presence of high levels of porphyrins in urine were demonstrated. There was complete remission with the use of h...
{ "authors": [ "Masaya Iwamuro", "Takehiro Tanaka", "Daisuke Takei", "Yuusaku Sugihara", "Keita Harada", "Sakiko Hiraoka", "Yoshiro Kawahara", "Hiroyuki Okada" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2017/5975107", "journal": "Case Rep Gastrointest Med", "journal_detail": "2017;...
PMC5471581
Two cases of rectal xanthomas are described. One case is that of a 56-year-old Japanese man in whom multiple yellowish spots measuring approximately 3 to 5 mm were observed in the rectum during colonoscopy. The other case is that of a 78-year-old Japanese man in whom colonoscopy showed a whitish plaque of 4 mm in diame...
{ "authors": [ "Manoj Kumar Mohanty", "Pradeep Sahu", "Ashwin Ashok Jaiswal", "Rikki Singal", "Samita Gupta", "Gaurav Kohli", "Amrish Kumar Garg" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2249-4847.109249", "journal": "J Clin Neonatol", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan;2(1):42-5.", "keyw...
PMC3761953
Cervical teratomas are not reported quite frequently in medical literature, especially from Indian subcontinent. Prenatal diagnosis of this condition is even rarer, making the management protocols difficult. In absence of prompt intervention in the form of airway decompression, morbidity and mortality is very high. Pre...
{ "authors": [ "Rívea Inês Ferreira-Santos", "Kamilla Alves Santos", "Alexandre Prado Scherma", "Jorge Esquiche León", "Estela Kaminagakura" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4322/acr.2023.435", "journal": "Autops Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 May 24;13:e2023435.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC10321783
Hemangiolymphangioma is a very rare vascular malformation that develops as a combination of dilated venous and lymphatic vessels. We describe an unusual case of hemangiolymphangioma of the tongue affecting an adult man who complained of an uncomfortable, slowly progressing exophytic irregular dark red-violaceous nodula...
{ "authors": [ "Kunitaka Maruyama", "Daina Kashiwazaki", "Shusuke Yamamoto", "Naoki Akioka", "Emiko Hori", "Satoshi Kuroda" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_224_2023", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2023 Apr 28;14:157.", "keywords": [ "endovascular tr...
PMC10159324
Background: Middle meningeal artery (MMA) pseudoaneurysm following revascularization surgery for moyamoya disease (MMD) is rare. Case description: Here, a 29-year-old man presented with an MMA pseudoaneurysm after he underwent revascularization surgery (superficial temporal artery-to-middle cerebral artery bypass and e...
{ "authors": [ "Nobuko Kawakami", "Ayumi Morita", "Shigenori Kanno", "Nanayo Ogawa", "Kazuo Kakinuma", "Yumiko Saito", "Erena Kobayashi", "Wataru Narita", "Kyoko Suzuki" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2022.873735", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": ...
PMC9243420
Some patients with primary progressive aphasia (PPA) present with various types of hearing deficits. Research on the auditory function and speech sounds in PPA, including temporal, phonemic, and prosodic processing, revealed impairment in some of these auditory processes. Many patients with PPA who present with impaire...
{ "authors": [ "Hyun-Jun Kim", "Yun Kyung Chung", "Kyeong Min Kwak", "Se-Jin Ahn", "Yong-Hyun Kim", "Young-Su Ju", "Young-Jun Kwon", "Eun-A Kim" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1186/s40557-015-0063-2", "journal": "Ann Occup Environ Med", "journal_detail": "2015 Apr 28;27:13."...
PMC4438634
Objective: Acute carbon monoxide poisoning has important clinical value because it can cause severe adverse cardiovascular effects and sudden death. Acute carbon monoxide poisoning due to charcoal is well reported worldwide, and increased use of charcoal in the restaurant industry raises concern for an increase in occu...
{ "authors": [ "Umesh Jayarajah", "Pamathy Gnanaselvam", "Sivasuriya Sivaganesh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1002/ccr3.1313", "journal": "Clin Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2017 Dec 5;6(1):143-146.", "keywords": [ "case report", "chronic epididymo‐orchitis", "genitourinary tube...
PMC5771871
The clinical presentation of genitourinary tuberculosis (TB) may be variable and a high index of suspicion is required for a timely diagnosis, especially in endemic areas. Recurrent scrotal ulcers associated with epididymo-orchitis even without other constitutional symptoms should alert the clinician of a possible diag...
{ "authors": [ "Jason L Zaremski", "Daniel C Herman", "James R Clugston", "Robert W Hurley", "Andrew H Ahn" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1249/JSR.0000000000000121", "journal": "Curr Sports Med Rep", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan;14(1):16-9.", "keywords": null, "license": "author_man...
PMC4475344
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{ "authors": [ "Hua Zhang", "Li Li", "Xiao-Wei Sun", "Chun-Ling Zhang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.15171/ijoem.2017.822", "journal": "Int J Occup Environ Med", "journal_detail": "2017 Jan;8(1):50-55.", "keywords": [ "esophagus", "fistula", "lung diseases", "silicosis", ...
PMC6679641
A 69-year-old woman was admitted to hospital 4 times from November 2007 to June 2009. The patient had silicosis complicated by broncholithiasis, esophagobronchial fistula, and relapsed tuberculosis. She had worked as a stone crusher for 3 years and was exposed to a large amount of quartz dust. Barium esophagography, ga...
{ "authors": [ "Sepideh Mahdavi", "Amirhessam Kheirieh", "Salman Daliri", "Mohammad Hossein Kalantar", "Maryam Valikhani", "Ahmad Khosravi", "Mostafa Enayatrad", "Mohammad Hassan Emamian", "Reza Chaman", "Marzieh Rohani-Rasaf" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2...
PMC7336922
The present study investigated an 18-days-old neonate who was referred to the hospital with suspected respiratory symptoms of COVID-19. Results of CT-Scan and blood tests were highly suspicious, but result of the first RT-PCR test was negative on March 1. The second RT-PCR test reported positive on March 12. The neonat...
{ "authors": [ "Andrea Ceglédi", "János Dolgos", "Mónika Fekete", "László Gopcsa", "Andrea Várkonyi", "Beáta Vilimi", "Gábor Mikala", "Imre Bodó" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/pore.2023.1611250", "journal": "Pathol Oncol Res", "journal_detail": "2023 Jun 2;29:1611250."...
PMC10272408
Introduction: Acquired factor V inhibitor (AFVI) is a rare autoimmune bleeding disorder. The treatment of AFVI is challenging, and patients often require both bleeding control and inhibitor eradication. Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of the medical records of a 35-year-old Caucasian woman who presented ...
{ "authors": [ "Ki Wook Yun", "Soo Ahn Chae", "Jung Ju Lee", "Sin Weon Yun", "Byoung Hoon Yoo", "In Seok Lim", "Eung Sang Choi", "Mi-Kyung Lee" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3346/jkms.2011.26.1.146", "journal": "J Korean Med Sci", "journal_detail": "2011 Jan;26(1):146-9.", ...
PMC3012841
Mutation of the ATRX gene leads to X-linked alpha-thalassemia/mental retardation (ATR-X) syndrome and several other X-linked mental retardation syndromes. We report the first case of ATR-X syndrome documented here in Korea. A 32-month-old boy came in with irritability and fever. He showed dysmorphic features, mental re...
{ "authors": [ "Mohamed Elfil", "Laura Selby", "Trevor C Van Schooneveld", "Nada Fadul" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01140", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2021;24:e01140.", "keywords": [ "covid-19", "psychological affects of covid infection", "ps...
PMC8076759
The COVID-19 pandemic has created overwhelming circumstances not only in the medical field, but in other walks of life. SARS-CoV-2, the causative virus of COVID-19 [1], primarily affects the respiratory system leading to respiratory illnesses of varying severity ranging from mild flu-like symptoms to acute respiratory ...
{ "authors": [ "Daoqing Song", "Wei Jiao", "Ze Gao", "Ningning Liu", "Shimin Zhang", "Yuqian Zong", "Zhiqing Fang", "Yidong Fan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1097/MD.0000000000013987", "journal": "Medicine (Baltimore)", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan;98(1):e13987.", "keywor...
PMC6344176
Rationale: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a rare intermediate soft tissue tumor. Rarely occurring in the urinary bladder, MTs is composed of myofibroblast differentiated spindle cells and accompanied by numerous inflammatory cells, plasma cells and/or Lymphocytes. Patient concerns: A 28-year-old female, wi...
{ "authors": [ "Elisabeth Petit", "Karen Schoonheydt", "Philippe Meert", "Marie Van Laer" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/4107450", "journal": "Case Rep Emerg Med", "journal_detail": "2018 Dec 19;2018:4107450.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.nc...
PMC6313968
Ergotamine toxicity has become a rare condition which can be caused by, among others, drug-drug interaction. In this work we report a case with vasospastic ischemia induced by the wrongful combination of ergotamine with recently started Antiretroviral Therapy. Clinicians were not aware that patient was self-medicating ...
{ "authors": [ "Taiki Higaki", "Kohei Tsukahara", "Takafumi Obara", "Tsuyoshi Nojima", "Hirotsugu Yamamoto", "Takaaki Osako", "Hiromichi Naito", "Atsunori Nakao" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101182", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "202...
PMC7417938
Thyroid storm is a potentially fatal intensification of thyrotoxicosis normally marked by tachycardia, hyperthermia, impaired mental status, and severe agitation. It can be initiated by numerous causes. Failure to promptly diagnose the condition may lead to high mortality. Early diagnosis and treatment of thyroid storm...
{ "authors": [ "Daisuke Maeda", "Kyosuke Minami", "Yoko Osaki", "Hideaki Miwa", "Ko Hosokawa", "Tateki Kubo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Eplasty", "journal_detail": "2012;12:ic12.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...
PMC3406614
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{ "authors": [ "Gholamali Dorooshi", "Sahar Sadat Lalehzar", "Maryam Nasri", "Rokhsareh Meamar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/abr.abr_190_20", "journal": "Adv Biomed Res", "journal_detail": "2020 Nov 28;9:71.", "keywords": [ "conjunctivitis", "coronavirus disease 2019", ...
PMC8012864
An 81-year-old female presented with a loss of consciousness and a history of fever, dry cough, dyspnea, and conjunctivitis during 5 days ago. On initial physical examination, the laboratory examination revealed high levels of lactate dehydrogenase and creatinine concomitant severe thrombocytopenia. Moreover, the perip...
{ "authors": [ "Masaki Horiike", "Maya Sogabe", "Sinchul Jwa", "Sadao Tokimasa", "Shoji Kubo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.09.202", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020;76:431-434.", "keywords": [ "case report", "emergency surgery", ...
PMC7585050
Introduction: Although spontaneous tumor rupture is a serious complication of hepatoblastoma, there is no consensus regarding the treatment strategy in infants. We report a patient with lung metastases who had a ruptured hepatoblastoma prior to the start of the scheduled chemotherapy and was successfully treated with a...
{ "authors": [ "V Venugopal", "Pushpa Gnanaraj", "S D Fernandes", "Murali Narasimhan", "Subashini Karthikeyan", "Shwetha Rahul" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0253-7184.112938", "journal": "Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan;34(1):41-3.", "keywords": [...
PMC3730474
We report a case of a 60-year old unmarried male who presented with multiple ulcers and foul smelling discharge from the groin since 4 months and multiple tense bullae over the trunk of 1 month duration. Groove sign was present. Investigations for lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) and other sexually transmitted diseases w...
{ "authors": [ "Reham S Ebrhim", "Ryan J Bruellman", "Yui Watanabe", "Matthew K Creech", "Mohamed A Abdullah", "Alexandra M Dumitrescu", "Samuel Refetoff", "Roy E Weiss" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000504981", "journal": "Horm Res Paediatr", "journal_detail": "2019;9...
PMC7308213
Background: Isolated central congenital hypothyroidism (ICCH) is a rare form (1:50,000 newborns) of congenital hypothyroidism, which can present with growth and neuropsychological retardation. Unlike the more common primary CH (1:1,500-1:4,000), which presents on newborn screening with elevated serum thyroid-stimulatin...
{ "authors": [ "Tao Zhang", "Run-Lin Feng", "Si-Fan Yin", "Wen-Bo Feng", "Zhi-Yuan Yin", "Hao Wang", "Chang-Xing Ke" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2022.1058700", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2022 Nov 23;12:1058700.", "keywords": [ "adrenal glands...
PMC9726922
Background: Endometrial stromal sarcoma is a relatively rare malignant tumor that derives from the malignant transformation of primitive uterine mesenchymal cells. It can lead to distant metastases. High-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma is extremely rare. The adrenal glands are an unreported site of metastasis. Case s...
{ "authors": [ "Ingo Schmidt" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2174/1874325001711010794", "journal": "Open Orthop J", "journal_detail": "2017 Aug 21;11:794-803.", "keywords": [ "elbow joint", "functional recovery", "giant lipoma", "neurotmesis", "radial nerve", "radial nerve pal...
PMC5620405
Background: Non-traumatic radial nerve palsy (RNP) caused by local tumors is a rare and uncommon entity. Methods: A 62-year-old female presented with a left non-traumatic RNP, initially starting with weakness only. It was caused by a benign giant lipoma at the proximal forearm that was misdiagnosed over a period of 2 y...
{ "authors": [ "Nicola Gladden", "Hayley Haining", "Livia Henderson", "Francesco Marchesi", "Libby Graham", "Michael McDonald", "Fraser R Murdoch", "Anna Bruguera Sala", "Jayne Orr", "Kathryn Ellis" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s13620-016-0061-x", "journal": "Ir...
PMC4724101
Background and case presentation: A three year old, second lactation Holstein dairy cow presented to the Scottish Centre for Production Animal Health and Food Safety, Glasgow University Veterinary School in November 2014 with a history of post-calving vulval/vaginal bleeding nine days prior to presentation, followed by...
{ "authors": [ "Yan Zhou", "Ernesto Martinez Duarte", "David J Eleff", "Laura J Tafe", "Jason M Leibowitz", "Darcy A Kerr" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/2713234", "journal": "Case Rep Pathol", "journal_detail": "2019 Mar 28;2019:2713234.", "keywords": null, "license":...
PMC6458882
Background: The presence of two or more tumor entities growing in adjacent locations within the salivary gland is very rare, and pathologic studies on such lesions are limited, particularly those with molecular information. Since the clinical history and imaging studies are usually nonspecific, accurate diagnosis and c...
{ "authors": [ "Divyanshoo R Kohli", "Munazza Anis", "Tilak Shah" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14309/crj.2017.125", "journal": "ACG Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2017 Dec 20;4:e125.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29299485/", "m...
PMC5741137
An 82-year-old man was referred for endoscopic ultrasound of an ulcerated subepithelial mass in the duodenal sweep. The mass was initially identified during upper endoscopy for coffee-ground emesis. During endoscopic ultrasound, a 21-mm hypoechoic ulcerated subepithelial mass with a duct-like structure was identified. ...
{ "authors": [ "Nozomu Oikawa", "Kouichi Misaki", "Daisuke Aono", "Iku Nambu", "Yasuhiko Hayashi", "Naoyuki Uchiyama", "Mitsutoshi Nakada" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_548_2022", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2022 Aug 26;13:378.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC9479505
Background: Internal carotid artery (ICA) aneurysms extending into the intrasellar region that mimics pituitary tumors and leads to pituitary dysfunction are relatively rare. The treatment for aneurysms includes surgery and endovascular procedures. However, functional recovery of the pituitary gland is difficult. Case ...
{ "authors": [ "Rody G Bou Chaaya", "Joel W Simon", "Mark Turrentine", "Jeremy L Herrmann", "William Aaron Kay", "Maya Guglin", "Kashif Saleem", "Roopa A Rao" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fcvm.2021.651496", "journal": "Front Cardiovasc Med", "journal_detail": "2021 Ap...
PMC8093374
Thirty four-year-old male with history of D-transposition of the great arteries (D-TGA) who underwent Mustard operation at 14 months of age presented in cardiogenic shock secondary to severe systemic right ventricular failure. Catheterization revealed significantly increased pulmonary pressures. Due to the patient's in...
{ "authors": [ "Hassan Haider", "Justin R Montgomery", "Paul J Spicer" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.radcr.2022.09.083", "journal": "Radiol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2022 Oct 27;18(1):37-39.", "keywords": [ "musculoskeletal", "rectus abdominus", "tear", "ultrasound...
PMC9619325
Acute muscle injuries can occur at all skill levels across multiple different sports. Imaging is often used for diagnosis and is necessary for recognizing the extent of injury, complications, and overall prognosis. Ultrasound can be used in diagnosing muscle tears. However, there are less than a dozen documented cases ...
{ "authors": [ "Thomas J C Ruffles", "Ryan Black", "Wayne Nicholls", "Barbara Laing", "Alan Isles" ], "case_amount": 5, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2018.00245", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2018 Sep 21;6:245.", "keywords": [ "chemotherapy", "cystic fibrosis", "no...
PMC6161692
Introduction: We describe the case of a 16-year old male with cystic fiborosis (CF) who presented with an osteosarcoma of his right distal tibia. Case Report: Treatment consisted of neoadjuvant chemotherapy of cisplatin, doxorubicin and high dose methotrexate followed by distal tibial resection and free fibula flap rec...
{ "authors": [ "Ieva Bajoriuniene", "Greta Musteikiene", "Agne Ramonaite", "Brigita Sitkauskiene" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5114/ceji.2021.109670", "journal": "Cent Eur J Immunol", "journal_detail": "2021;46(3):401-404.", "keywords": [ "drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemi...
PMC8574110
Drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DiHS) or drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome is a severe adverse drug-induced reaction characterized by various symptoms: skin rash, fever, lymph node enlargement and internal organ involvement, which starts within 2 weeks to 3 months after drug...
{ "authors": [ "Guohao Wu", "Haomin Li", "Junqiang Li", "Mubiao Chen", "Lishan Xie", "Huilan Luo", "Zhihui Chen", "Dongming Ye", "Caiyong Lai" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2023.1142819", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2023 Apr 24;13:1142819.", ...
PMC10164996
A 47-year-old man presented to the emergency department with right abdominal pain and a new onset of painless haematuria two weeks earlier. Urine cytology test results suggested urothelial carcinoma. Computed tomography urography (CTU) showed a filling defect in the lower right ureter with right hydronephrosis. Lymphad...
{ "authors": [ "Sana D Karam", "Abdul Rashid", "James W Snider", "Margaux Wooster", "Shilpa Bhatia", "Ann K Jay", "Kenneth Newkirk", "Bruce Davidson", "William K Harter" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2014.00268", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "20...
PMC4204450
Patients with high risk salivary gland malignancies are at increased risk of local failure. We present our institutional experience with dose escalation using hypofractionated stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) in a subset of this rare disease. Over the course of 9 years, 10 patients presenting with skull base invas...
{ "authors": [ "Satnam Singh Rehal", "Faisal Aijaz" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101155", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020 Jul 10;31:101155.", "keywords": [ "cough", "dvla", "syncope", "vagal response" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", ...
PMC7363694
Cough is a common symptom of cardiorespiratory pathology, yet its vasomotor effects are underappreciated. We report a case of a 45-year-old male who had a Cough Syncopal event resulting in a road traffic collision. Although he was unhurt and fully recovered, we believe there is need for greater understanding of this un...
{ "authors": [ "Rebecca Wolf Gilbert" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7916/D81G0KZR", "journal": "Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y)", "journal_detail": "2013;3:tre-03-115-3129-1.", "keywords": [ "sensory tricks", "tourette’s syndrome", "tics" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "htt...
PMC3607913
Background: A sensory trick, or geste antagoniste, is defined as a physical gesture (such as a touch on a particular body part) that mitigates the production of an involuntary movement. This phenomenon is most commonly described as a feature of dystonia. Here we present a case of successful modulation of tics using sen...
{ "authors": [ "Fumio Yamamoto", "Satoshi Yamashita", "Hiroyuki Kawano", "Tomio Tanigawa", "Yosuke Mihara", "Toru Gonoi", "Yukio Ando" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2169/internalmedicine.56.7332", "journal": "Intern Med", "journal_detail": "2017;56(7):853-859.", "keywords": n...
PMC5457932
A 73-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with disturbance of consciousness, fever and headache. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis revealed pleocytosis with neutrophil predominance, increased protein and low glucose. CSF and blood cultures yielded negative results. Antibiotics and antituberculous drugs were start...
{ "authors": [ "Mauricio Francisco La Rosa", "Shirley McCarthy", "Christine Richter", "Masoud Azodi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4293/108680812X13517013317996", "journal": "JSLS", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan-Mar;17(1):156-60.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "h...
PMC3662738
Background and objectives: During the past few decades, there has been a significant increase in the number of cesarean deliveries, and thus an increase in the number of complications. A common complication of multiple cesarean deliveries is symptomatic uterine scar dehiscence, for which there are no treatment guidelin...
{ "authors": [ "Claudius Steffen", "Christian Doll", "Nadine Thieme", "Richard Waluga", "Benedicta Beck-Broichsitter" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.04.044", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020;70:53-55.", "keywords": [ "case report", "c...
PMC7229232
Introduction: Oral metastatic tumors due to malignancies at distant locations are very rare. There are only few cases in the literature reporting about mandible/cervical metastases. Sometimes the oral finding is the manifestation of the disease. Presentation of case: We report on a 50-year-old patient who was diagnosed...
{ "authors": [ "Ayano Imai", "Hiroshi Takase", "Ken-Ichi Imadome", "Go Matsuda", "Iichiro Ohnishi", "Kouhei Yamamoto", "Takumi Kudo", "Yoji Tanaka", "Taketoshi Maehara", "Osamu Miura", "Ayako Arai" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2169/internalmedicine.56.7573", "jou...
PMC5498208
A 74-year-old woman developed bilateral uveitis with high Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA load in the vitreous fluid without lymphoma cells. Four years after the onset, T2-weighted contrast-enhanced MRI revealed hyperintense lesions in the right occipital and parietal lobe. A biopsy resulted in the diagnosis of extranodal...
{ "authors": [ "Ali Alqahtani", "Roaa Amer", "Eman Bakhsh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/1521407", "journal": "Case Rep Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:1521407.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28690908/", "major_mesh_ter...
PMC5485299
Ewing's sarcoma is a primary bone cancer that mainly affects the long bones. This malignancy is particularly common in pediatric patients. Primary cranial involvement accounts for 1% of cases, with occipital involvement considered extremely rare. In this case study, primary occipital Ewing's sarcoma with a posterior fo...
{ "authors": [ "Bryan P Fitzgerald", "Amy L Wojciechowski", "Rajinder P S Bajwa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/8630609", "journal": "Case Rep Crit Care", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:8630609.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28856...
PMC5569634
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a life-threatening, rapidly progressive hematologic disorder involving uncontrolled immune system activation. HLH has been associated with viral infections, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections. We report a case of a critically ill 30-year-old female who wa...
{ "authors": [ "Ahmed Abdalhadi", "Mohammed Alkhatib", "Ahmad Y Mismar", "Waleed Awouda", "Loai Albarqouni" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00860", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2020 Jun 2;21:e00860.", "keywords": [ "ace2", "ace2, angiotensin-conver...
PMC7265835
Coronavirus disease -19 is a novel pandemic contagious respiratory infection that frequently presents with fever and dry cough. However, it can present with other rare symptoms. As this disease is a new disease, the full picture of the disease presentation is not yet clear, and it might present with symptoms and signs ...
{ "authors": [ "Sijan Basnet", "Niranjan Tachamo", "Biswaraj Tharu", "Rashmi Dhital", "Sushil Ghimire", "Dilli Ram Poudel" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/4691325", "journal": "Case Rep Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:4691325.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC B...
PMC5396431
Rivaroxaban is a novel oral anticoagulant used in the treatment of venous thromboembolism. The use of this medication has expanded over the recent years with resultant expansion of side effect profile. We present a case of a 56-year-old female who presented with shortness of breath and chest pain 12 weeks after startin...
{ "authors": [ "Maha Saleh", "Samantha Colaiacovo", "Melanie P Napier", "Asuri N Prasad", "C Anthony Rupar", "Chitra Prasad" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2022/9393042", "journal": "Case Rep Genet", "journal_detail": "2022 May 25;2022:9393042.", "keywords": null, "license"...
PMC9159873
We describe the diagnostic odyssey of an eight-year-old female born to consanguineous parents. Our patient presented with global developmental delay, regression, microcephaly, spastic diplegia, and leukodystrophy confirmed on brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). She was found on whole exome sequencing (WES) to have ...
{ "authors": [ "Mingkun Zhao", "Xiaohan Lin", "Yuan Fang", "Aobo Zhuang", "Hanxing Tong", "Weiqi Lu", "Yuhong Zhou", "Yong Zhang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fsurg.2022.935048", "journal": "Front Surg", "journal_detail": "2022 Jul 12;9:935048.", "keywords": [ "...
PMC9320325
Introduction: Cowden syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant genetic disease associated with PTEN mutation and is mainly shown as systemic multisystem lesions. The incidence of adenocarcinoma of the duodenum with Cowden syndrome in Asian males is rare. We hereby describe the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of a patie...
{ "authors": [ "Emanuele Lo Menzo", "Robert Schnall", "David Von Rueden" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "JSLS", "journal_detail": "2005 Jul-Sep;9(3):358-61.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16121889/", "major_mesh_terms"...
PMC3015617
Objectives: The overall prevalence of gallstones in the United States is between 10% and 15%. Eighty-five percent of common bile duct (CBD) stones can be removed by endoscopic sphincterotomy with basket or balloon extraction, or both. The introduction of mechanical lithotripsy improved the results up to 90%. We present...
{ "authors": [ "Tamer Hudali", "Ali Zayed", "Bernard Karnath" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2015.06.002", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015 Jun 12;16:3-6.", "keywords": [ "ct, computed tomography", "dvt, deep vein thrombosis", "filter complicat...
PMC4681885
Inferior vena cava filters are increasingly used in patients with recurrent venous thromboembolism who are contraindicated to anticoagulation. Migration of a broken strut to the pulmonary artery is a very rare complication of these filters. We report the case of an 83-year-old female who experienced this complication w...
{ "authors": [ "Zoltán Berger", "Hernán De La Fuente", "Manuel Meneses", "Fernanda Matamala", "Makarena Sepúlveda", "Claudia Rojas" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/8705195", "journal": "Case Rep Gastrointest Med", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:8705195.", "keywords": null, ...
PMC5340951
We report the case of a 70-year-old woman who consulted for recurrent short episodes of mild-to-moderate abdominal pain. Dilated main pancreatic duct was seen on CAT scan and magnetic resonance, with multiple calcifications and intraductal stones, typical in CP. However, for a more pronounced cystic dilatation in the p...
{ "authors": [ "Leandro C Zacharias", "Remo Susanna Jr", "Olof Sundin", "Simone Finzi", "Bianca N Susanna", "Walter Y Takahashi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1097/ICB.0000000000000088", "journal": "Retin Cases Brief Rep", "journal_detail": "2015 Winter;9(1):61-3.", "keywords": n...
PMC4272654
Purpose: Mutations in the MFRP (membrane-type frizzled-related protein) gene leads to an entity characterized by retinitis pigmentosa, nanophthalmos, optic disk drusen, and macular changes, originally described as foveoschisis. Despite the association of MFRP gene mutation and increase in macular thickness, no treatmen...
{ "authors": [ "Vikas Acharya", "Suresh Chandrasekaran", "Sujit Nair" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.09.055", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016;28:196-199.", "keywords": [ "arterial dissection", "case report", "cerebrovascular disease", ...
PMC5061310
Introduction: The authors present an interesting case of a 19-year-old male who presented as a polytrauma patient following a fall from a height. Presentation of case: He was initially managed on the intensive care unit with intracranial pressure bolt monitoring after being intubated and sedated and having his other tr...
{ "authors": [ "Amanda E Smith", "Amy McKenney", "Laura Rabinowitz", "Anirudha Das" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2020/8898612", "journal": "Case Rep Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2020 Nov 20;2020:8898612.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.n...
PMC7817230
Due to a high rate of fetal demise and premature birth in intrauterine HSV infection, the outcome in neonates is usually adverse. A female preterm infant with a gestational age of 25 1/7 weeks with expected early clinical course tested positive for neonatal herpes simplex virus (HSV) 2 after the neonatologist was infor...
{ "authors": [ "D Santhosh Kumar", "Vanita Noronha", "Amit Joshi", "Hasmukh Jain", "Kumar Prabhash" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.4103/0971-5851.133726", "journal": "Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan;35(1):75-8.", "keywords": [ "carcinomatous meningitis", ...
PMC4080668
Carcinomatous meningitis or meningeal carcinomatosis is seen in up to 5% of patients of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer. However, isolated carcinomatous meningitis without brain parenchymal metastasis is less common. Patients with carcinomatous meningitis have limited treatment options. However, intrathecal thera...
{ "authors": [ "Chinmay Jani", "Alexander Walker", "Omar Al Omari", "Dipesh Patel", "Alejandro Heffess", "Edward Wolpow", "Stephanie Page", "Daniel Bourque" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01104", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2021 Mar 31;24:e0110...
PMC8047179
Introduction: West Nile Virus varies in presentation from asymptomatic to a febrile illness often associated with malaise, weakness and maculopapular rash. West Nile neuro-invasive disease often manifests as meningitis, encephalitis, and less commonly acute flaccid paralysis in a "polio-like" presentation. Acute transv...
{ "authors": [ "Takakuni Kitagaki", "Seita Morishita", "Ryohsuke Kohmoto", "Masanori Fukumoto", "Hiroyuki Suzuki", "Takaki Sato", "Takatoshi Kobayashi", "Teruyo Kida", "Masayuki Nakajima", "Tsunehiko Ikeda" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000445317", "journal": "Ca...
PMC4836125
Purpose: To report a case of intraocular erosion and intrusion by an Arruga suture. Case report: This study involved a 62-year-old male who had undergone scleral buckling surgery 40 or more years ago at another hospital for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, as well as trabeculectomy 20 years ago for primary open-angle...
{ "authors": [ "Sripathi Santhosh Goud" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2022/2661824", "journal": "Case Rep Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2022 Oct 22;2022:2661824.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36316997/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh_...
PMC9617715
Meditation is gaining a lot of popularity nowadays because of the associated benefits on both mental and physical health. There is ample literature available on the benefits of meditation. However, there are cases of psychosis reported sporadically in individuals who indulge in excessive unguided meditation. Herein, we...
{ "authors": [ "Huan-Huan Zhang", "Chun-Min Zhang", "Qing-Qing Xu", "Chun-Hong Zhang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IDR.S327089", "journal": "Infect Drug Resist", "journal_detail": "2021 Oct 5;14:4085-4090.", "keywords": [ "fire needle", "traditional chinese medicine", "...
PMC8502108
Background: Uncomplicated skin abscesses are collections of pus within the skin structure and are usually caused by bacterial infections. Clinically, they are quite common and inevitably affect people of any age. The current management strategies comprise prompt initiation of antibiotics and incision and drainage. Howe...
{ "authors": [ "Emma Jane Hamilton", "Samuel Ngugi", "Rasika Kotakadeniya" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023/5738806", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2023 Mar 6;2023:5738806.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36923596/"...
PMC10010872
A 41-year-old male presented to the emergency department of a regional Australian hospital with chest and abdominal pain. He became rapidly haemodynamically unstable and was diagnosed with a ruptured splenic artery aneurysm and large volume hemoperitoneum. Due to the regional location of our small hospital, endovascula...
{ "authors": [ "Pradeepthi Badugu", "Modupe Idowu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/7425320", "journal": "Case Rep Hematol", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan 14;2019:7425320.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30766737/", "major_mesh_terms": ...
PMC6350572
Here we report a case of atypical thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura that presented as an ischemic cerebrovascular accident. A 56-year-old man with multiple cardiovascular risk factors presented with sudden left-sided weakness, slurred speech, and left facial droop. He showed mild improvement when he was treated with ...
{ "authors": [ "Mari Nakanishi", "Makoto Kondo", "Koji Habe", "Akinobu Hayashi", "Keiichi Yamanaka" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1159/000529728", "journal": "Case Rep Dermatol", "journal_detail": "2023 Mar 16;15(1):62-66.", "keywords": [ "degenerative keratoacanthoma", "immu...
PMC10020938
Tumors developed in 2 old women presented with pathological findings similar to seborrheic keratosis, although the clinical feature of tumor showed typical keratoacanthoma. In addition to these two cases, we compared the pathological findings of a total of four cases, one case each of keratoacanthoma and seborrheic ker...
{ "authors": [ "Saeed Saeedinia", "Mohsen Nouri", "Meysam Alimohammadi", "Hedieh Moradi", "Abbas Amirjamshidi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2152-7806.96154", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2012;3:55.", "keywords": [ "ewing's sarcoma", "primitive neuroe...
PMC3356992
Background: Primary spinal primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNET) and/or spinal extraskeletal Ewing's sarcoma family tumors (ESET) are rare lesions appearing in the spinal extradural space. One hundred forty-one primary spinal PNETs, including 29 intramedullary lesions, have been reported in the literature. Encounteri...
{ "authors": [ "Ondrej Viklicky", "Ivan Netuka", "Mariana Urbanova", "Milos Adamec", "Jiri Maly", "Ludek Voska", "Eva Pokorna" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1093/ndtplus/sfm009", "journal": "NDT Plus", "journal_detail": "2008 Feb;1(1):34-35.", "keywords": [ "extended crit...
PMC5477857
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{ "authors": [ "Jevgenija Kondratjeva", "Charline Pressanti", "Brice S Reynolds", "Catherine Trumel", "Maxence Delverdier", "Anne-Cécile Normand", "Nicolas Soetart", "Jacques Guillot", "Marie Christine Cadiergues" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/20551169231164610", "jo...
PMC10141254
Case summary: A 3-year-old neutered domestic shorthair cat with a long history of idiopathic immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia and thrombocytopenia treated with ciclosporin and prednisolone was referred 2 months after the appearance of nodular dermatitis. A single pigmented nodule was present in the lateral carpal reg...
{ "authors": [ "Kyung-Jae Lee", "Byung-Woo Min", "Hyuk-Jun Seo", "Chul-Hyun Cho" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4021/jocmr678w", "journal": "J Clin Med Res", "journal_detail": "2012 Feb;4(1):61-3.", "keywords": [ "myxopapillary ependymoma", "subcutaneous", "sacrococcygeal" ]...
PMC3279504
Subcutaneous sacrococcygeal myxopapillary ependymoma is extremely rare tumor that has a tendency to develop in children and adolescents. There have been several case reports and sporadic reports in the literature. However, no case has been reported in an Asian patient, to the best of our knowledge. We describe a 25-yea...
{ "authors": [ "Shahnawaz Bashir", "Kartik Mittal", "Rohit Khisti", "Ankusha Yadav", "Amar Mukund", "Viniyendra Pamecha" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/ijri.IJRI_26_17", "journal": "Indian J Radiol Imaging", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan-Mar;28(1):61-64.", "keywords": [ "li...
PMC5894322
Percutaneous plugged liver biopsy is a safe procedure with a low complication rate. Portal vein thrombosis has not been reported after percutaneous liver biopsy in the literature. We present a case of portal vein thrombosis after percutaneous plugged liver biopsy in a voluntary liver donor, which was subsequently treat...
{ "authors": [ "Elena Simonetti", "Serena Cutarella", "Monica Valente", "Tommaso Sani", "Matteo Ravara", "Michele Maio", "Anna Maria Di Giacomo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OTT.S368408", "journal": "Onco Targets Ther", "journal_detail": "2023 Apr 5;16:227-232.", "keywo...
PMC10083011
Harnessing the immune system with immune-checkpoint(s) blockade (ICB) has dramatically changed the treatment landscape of advanced melanoma patients in the last decade. Indeed, durable clinical responses and long-term survival can be achieved with anti-Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Antigen-4 (CTLA-4) and anti-Programmed cell ...
{ "authors": [ "Xiaohui Zhu", "Shijie Yu", "Qiankuan Kang", "Yansen Qiu", "Mi Tian", "Ehong Cao" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IDR.S316818", "journal": "Infect Drug Resist", "journal_detail": "2021 Jul 28;14:2957-2963.", "keywords": [ "campylobacter rectus", "wolinel...
PMC8326275
Background: Campylobacter rectus is one of the anaerobic bacteria in the mouth. Case presentation: We report the case of a 73-year-old man admitted for lung abscess caused by Campylobacter rectus with unique manifestations under electronic bronchoscopy, and the pathogen is first reported to be confirmed by metagenomic...
{ "authors": [ "Sinziana Stanescu", "Amaya Belanger-Quintana", "Carlos Alcalde Martin", "Celia Pérez-Cerdá Silvestre", "Begoña Merinero Cortés", "Belen Gonzalez Pérez", "Carmen Fernández García-Abril", "Francisco Arrieta Blanco", "Esperanza Palacios Valverde", "Mercedes Martíne...
PMC7378605
Background. Multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency is an autosomal recessive disorder of the amino acid metabolism and fatty acid oxidation due to the deficiency of the electron transfer protein or electron transfer protein ubiquinone oxidoreductase. The clinical picture ranges from a severe neonatal lethal present...
{ "authors": [ "Changrong Wang", "Wei Wang", "Rujun Xu", "Jingjing Xiang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/pore.2023.1610785", "journal": "Pathol Oncol Res", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 20;29:1610785.", "keywords": [ "usp6", "gene rearrangement", "intramuscular", "large...
PMC9894875
The intramuscular subtype of nodular fasciitis (NF) is rare with lesions normally not more than 2 cm in size and characterized by pseudosarcomatous morphology. We report a case of a 27-year-old man with a large-size intramuscular NF. The patient came for treatment complaining of an increasingly enlarged mass in the lef...
{ "authors": [ "Danielle N Atwood", "Pallavi A Kumbla", "Brian Yuen", "James C Yuen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "World J Plast Surg", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan;7(1):109-112.", "keywords": [ "breast reconstruction", "expander site infection", "mucor", "mu...
PMC5890374
Mucormycosis has a mortality rate reaching 90%, and is imperative that therapy be initiated rapidly once a diagnosis is made. Successful treatment consists of management of underlying risk factors, surgical debridement, and antifungal therapies. The dilemma whether or not to pursue extensive debridement presents when t...
{ "authors": [ "Anubhav Gupta", "Kiran Chaudhary", "Rajnish Kaushik" ], "case_amount": 5, "doi": "10.1177/1179547620970200", "journal": "Clin Med Insights Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020 Nov 3;13:1179547620970200.", "keywords": [ "automated red cell exchange", "apheresis", "sick...
PMC7649943
For many years main stay of treatment for sickle cell anaemia was transfusion therapy. But repeated transfusions put the patient at risk of iron overload. Automated red cell exchange is an evolving and newer technique which rapidly removes the sickle cells and has benefit in decreasing sickle cell load and related comp...
{ "authors": [ "Sakina Sekkate", "Mouna Kairouani", "Nawfal Mellas", "Hanane El Kabbaj", "Hind M'rabti", "Hassan Errihani" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2012;13:77.", "keywords": [ "lymphoma", "chest tumor", "diagnosis"...
PMC3567412
Tumors of chest wall represent a variant entity. Most of them arise from metastasis of malignant tumors or from local invasion by contiguity. However, non-Hodgkin's lymphomas of the chest wall are extremely rare; only a few cases have been reported in the literature. We report a case about a Moroccan woman, with non-Ho...
{ "authors": [ "Yojiro Koda", "Hirohisa Murakami", "Masato Yoshida", "Hitoshi Matsuda", "Nobuhiko Mukohara" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ejvssr.2019.04.003", "journal": "EJVES Short Rep", "journal_detail": "2019 May 16;43:12-17.", "keywords": [ "endovascular abdominal aor...
PMC6536776
Introduction: Secondary aorto-enteric fistula (AEF) after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) is a rare but potentially fatal disease. The aetiology and mechanisms are unclear. This study presents a patient who developed secondary AEF and type II endoleak five years after EVAR. Case: A 73 year old man ...
{ "authors": [ "Jin Zhang", "Kefeng Shen", "Min Xiao", "Jinjin Huang", "Jin Wang", "Yaqin Wang", "Zhenya Hong" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.3389/fgene.2023.1198834", "journal": "Front Genet", "journal_detail": "2023 Jun 16;14:1198834.", "keywords": [ "calr", "jak2", ...
PMC10313112
Background: JAK2, CALR, and MPL gene mutations are recognized as driver mutations of myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs). MPNs without these mutations are called triple-negative (TN) MPNs. Recently, novel mutation loci were continuously discovered using next-generation sequencing (NGS), along with continued discussion ...
{ "authors": [ "Assamoi Brou Fulgence Kassi", "Jéremie Thereaux", "Bertrand Dousset" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.02.027", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016;21:133-5.", "keywords": [ "abdominal ct angiography", "arterial bleeding", "gast...
PMC4802324
Introduction: Post-pancreaticoduodenectomy hemorrhage is mostly due to the gastroduodenal artery stump erosion. The diagnosis of arterial bleeding is done by digestive endoscopy, selective angiography or video capsule endoscopy. On failure of etiological research, surgery is the last resort despite its technical diffic...
{ "authors": [ "Johannes Nadler", "Maren Hermanns-Clausen", "Karin Dilger" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1002/jmd2.12341", "journal": "JIMD Rep", "journal_detail": "2022 Oct 4;64(1):23-26.", "keywords": [ "gaucher disease", "eliglustat", "overdose", "poisoning", "safety",...
PMC9830020
Eliglustat is an orphan medicine used for long-term treatment of Gaucher disease type 1 (GD1) in adults. GD1 is a genetic condition, in which glucosylceramide builds up in the body, typically in liver, spleen, and bone. Clinical signs and symptoms of the disease are anemia, tiredness, easy bruising, hepatosplenomegaly,...
{ "authors": [ "Wenwen Zhang", "Min Zhou", "Cheng Liu", "Chen Liu", "Tong Qiao", "Dian Huang", "Feng Ran", "Wei Wang", "Changjian Liu", "Zhao Liu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2015/968135", "journal": "Biomed Res Int", "journal_detail": "2015;2015:968135.", ...
PMC4499615
Aneurysms-osteoarthritis syndrome (AOS) is a recently delineated autosomal dominant disorder characterized by aneurysms, dissections, and tortuosity throughout the arterial tree in association with early onset osteoarthritis, mild craniofacial features, and skeletal and cutaneous anomalies. Previous studies have demons...
{ "authors": [ "Jessica R Dowling", "Thomas J Dowling Jr" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/2384969", "journal": "Case Rep Orthop", "journal_detail": "2018 Aug 7;2018:2384969.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30159189/", "major_mesh_ter...
PMC6109579
Acute motor and sensory axonal neuropathy (AMSAN) is a rare axonal variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome. AMSAN is considered the most severe form of GBS, known for its rapid onset of severe symptoms, and often leading to quadriparesis within 7 days of initial symptom onset. We present a case of a middle-aged Caucasian fe...
{ "authors": [ "Christoph Käcker", "Franca Wagner", "Marco Caversaccio", "Lukas Anschuetz" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000497742", "journal": "Case Rep Neurol", "journal_detail": "2019 Apr 4;11(1):112-116.", "keywords": [ "cavernous thrombosis", "horner syndrome", "sph...
PMC6739703
Horner syndrome is described in this case report as a rare complication of bacterial sphenoid sinusitis. A patient presented with miosis, ptosis, and ophthalmic nerve palsy with acute sphenoid sinusistis and cavernous sinus thrombosis on MRI. The impairment of sympathetic fiberscan can be explained through the direct s...
{ "authors": [ "Kyle R Rampetsreiter", "Iryna Salapenka", "Jaya Sri Konakanchi", "Jordan Anders", "Roopa Sethi" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.17161/kjm.vol16.18433", "journal": "Kans J Med", "journal_detail": "2023 Mar 15;16:74-78.", "keywords": [ "buprenorphine", "case studi...
PMC10035645
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{ "authors": [ "Timothy N Le", "David A Roberts", "Ali Kimyaghalam", "Kuldeep Singh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X221144511", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2022 Dec 19;10:2050313X221144511.", "keywords": [ "subacute aortic occlusion", "abdo...
PMC9772969
Total occlusion of the abdominal aorta is a rare and life-threatening event. Risk factors most commonly include coagulopathy, vasculitis, trauma, abdominal aortic aneurysms, aortic thromboembolism, and aortic dissection. The most common complications include severe ischemic manifestations in the lower extremities, spin...
{ "authors": [ "Olivia Grubman", "Farrah Naz Hussain", "Zoe Nelson", "Lois Brustman" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/3259760", "journal": "Case Rep Obstet Gynecol", "journal_detail": "2019 Jul 7;2019:3259760.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncb...
PMC6642751
This is a case report of a 31-year-old primigravida who was diagnosed with an asymptomatic acute parvovirus B19 infection in the second trimester of pregnancy and its suspected association with an increased nuchal translucency (NT) measurement. Parvovirus B19 is a single-stranded DNA virus that is cytotoxic to erythroi...
{ "authors": [ "Ala Hassan A Qamheya", "Sinem Yeniyol", "Volkan Arısan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2015/841745", "journal": "Case Rep Dent", "journal_detail": "2015;2015:841745.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26557392/", "major_...
PMC4628715
Many people have life-long problems with their dentures, such as difficulties with speaking and eating, loose denture, and sore mouth syndrome. The evolution of dental implant supported prosthesis gives these patients normal healthy life for their functional and esthetic advantages. This case report presents the fabric...
{ "authors": [ "Harith Al-Ataby", "Amna Al-Tkrit", "Samah Ali", "Chandula Seneviratne", "Mohamed Omballi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2022.101777", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2022 Nov 13;40:101777.", "keywords": [ "extramedullary plasmacyto...
PMC9674928
Extramedullary plasmacytoma with pleural involvement in the setting of relapsed multiple myeloma (MM) is a rare yet serious condition, which is associated with an adverse prognosis. This report describes a patient with MM who was in complete remission but relapsed with multiple pleural plasmacytomas. The diagnosis was ...
{ "authors": [ "Sara Cherri", "Tiziana Prochilo", "Luigina Rota", "Stefano Mutti", "Marco Garatti", "Barbara Liserre", "Alberto Zaniboni" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000506896", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol", "journal_detail": "2020 Apr 22;13(1):442-448.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC7204860
Neutropenic enterocolitis is a clinical condition characterized by inflammation of the colic mucosa, usually the caecum, associated with bowel wall thickening in patients with compromised immune system due to chemotherapy treatments. It can occur as well in other clinical conditions that lead to immunosuppression. Clin...
{ "authors": [ "Yukiko Hatta", "Hideaki Yokogawa", "Akira Kobayashi", "Makoto Torisaki", "Kazuhisa Sugiyama" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000350315", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2013 Mar 16;4(1):46-52.", "keywords": [ "confocal microscopy", "des...
PMC3617894
Purpose: To report the in vivo laser confocal microscopy findings from a patient with Descemet's membrane and subepithelial opacity OU. Case report: A healthy 41-year-old male with Descemet's membrane and subepithelial opacity OU was studied. Routine ophthalmic examination, standard slit-lamp biomicroscopy, and in vivo...
{ "authors": [ "Tommaso Pippucci", "Antonia Parmeggiani", "Flavia Palombo", "Alessandra Maresca", "Andrea Angius", "Laura Crisponi", "Francesco Cucca", "Rocco Liguori", "Maria Lucia Valentino", "Marco Seri", "Valerio Carelli" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1371/journ...
PMC3864908
Contribution to epileptic encephalopathy (EE) of mutations in CACNA2D2, encoding α2δ-2 subunit of Voltage Dependent Calcium Channels, is unclear. To date only one CACNA2D2 mutation altering channel functionality has been identified in a single family. In the same family, a rare CELSR3 polymorphism also segregated with ...
{ "authors": [ "Lalit Kumar Likhyani", "Vinay Shivagange", "Geetika Sobti", "Mahima Gandhi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/jcd.jcd_652_20", "journal": "J Conserv Dent", "journal_detail": "2021 Jan-Feb;24(1):105-109.", "keywords": [ "cone beam computed tomography", "magnificat...
PMC8378491
The present case highlights the endodontic management of a maxillary second molar with three roots and seven canals. Root canal treatment was performed for the maxillary second molar diagnosed with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis. During the procedure under magnification, extra canals were detected in the mesiobuccal...
{ "authors": [ "Raja Bhaskara Rajasekaran", "Dheenadhayalan Jayaramaraju", "Dhanasekara Raja Palanisami", "Ramesh Perumal", "Rajasekaran Shanmuganathan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/4937472", "journal": "Case Rep Orthop", "journal_detail": "2018 Jul 3;2018:4937472.", "keyw...
PMC6051121
Floating hip injuries involving the acetabulum, femoral head, and the femoral shaft are a very rare presentation. A complex floating hip injury comprising of an ipsilateral acetabular fracture associated with a displaced femoral head fracture and a femoral shaft fracture following a high-velocity road traffic accident ...
{ "authors": [ "Eugenio Fraccalanza", "Alessandra Fin", "Nicola Zingaretti", "Filippo Contessi Negrini", "Enzo Mazzaro", "Ugolino Livi", "Pier Camillo Parodi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1080/23320885.2022.2070490", "journal": "Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg", "journal_det...
PMC9116235
We report the case of a patient who underwent transcatheter aortic valve implantation via left anterior mini-thoracotomy in whom a periapical subcutaneous collection appeared in the anterior thoracic wall 18 months after the procedure. The tissue defect was efficaciously repaired via intercostal artery perforator flap,...
{ "authors": [ "Hiroshi Nakayama", "Shigeo Fukunishi", "Tomokazu Fukui", "Shinichi Yoshiya" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1007/s00167-013-2362-x", "journal": "Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc", "journal_detail": "2014 Apr;22(4):938-41.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link...
PMC3956971
A 23-year-old female presented with pain in the left hip. Radiological examination showed developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) combined with acetabular retroversion and posterior wall deficiency. Findings in the physical examination were coincident with femoroacetabular impingement. At surgery, we performed curved ...
{ "authors": [ "Sakura Minami", "Naoya Suzuki", "Hiromu Okano", "Sena Mishima", "Kosuke Shimada", "Sayo Umeda", "Takahiro Michishita", "Sho Hayakawa", "Tsuyoshi Otsuka", "Hiroshi Miyazaki", "Ryosuke Furuya" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1002/ams2.691", "journal": ...
PMC8448584
Background: Inferior vena cava thrombosis is a rare blunt abdominal trauma complication often associated with severe liver injury. We present two cases of inferior vena cava thrombosis due to mild liver injuries. Case presentation: Case 1 was a 25-year-old woman taking oral contraceptives for dysmenorrhea who was injur...
{ "authors": [ "Muner M B Mohamed", "Terrance J Wickman", "Agnes B Fogo", "Juan Carlos Q Velez" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.31486/toj.21.0083", "journal": "Ochsner J", "journal_detail": "2021 Winter;21(4):395-401.", "keywords": [ "bnt162b2 vaccine", "covid-19", "glomerulone...
PMC8675622
Background: Immunizations have been previously described as potential triggering events for the development of certain glomerular diseases. However, glomerular disease occurrences are being reported after exposure to a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccine. Case Report: A 50-year-old male...
{ "authors": [ "Raman Krishnan", "Krishnan Vengadaragava Chary" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0976-500X.149149", "journal": "J Pharmacol Pharmacother", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan-Mar;6(1):49-50.", "keywords": [ "drug dependence", "modafinil", "psychostimulant" ], "license":...
PMC4319252
Modafinil, a non-amphetamine psychostimulant, is indicated for narcolepsy, shift work sleep disorder and severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Modafinil is prescribed at the dose of 100 mg once in a day or as two doses, 12 h apart in a day. It has also been found that it reduces cocaine dependence and withdrawal phe...
{ "authors": [ "Tarjani V Dave", "Rajeev R Pappuru", "Vivek P Dave" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/ijo.IJO_889_18", "journal": "Indian J Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan;67(1):135.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-SA", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30574917...
PMC6324112
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{ "authors": [ "Vicken Sarkis Zeitjian", "Waqas Arslan", "Andres Borja-Alvarez", "Surabhi Amar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/4092941", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol Med", "journal_detail": "2019 Feb 24;2019:4092941.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pub...
PMC6409012
Choriocarcinoma syndrome is a rare clinical entity with advanced, high volume choriocarcinomatous tumors and markedly elevated B-hCG (>50,000 IU/L). Recognition is important because the diagnosis of this syndrome identifies poor prognosis without mortality-proven management options. We present a case of a male in his t...
{ "authors": [ "Luis A Mendez", "Sergio A Flores", "Ricardo Martinez", "Oslei Paes de Almeida" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/1489501", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:1489501.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.n...
PMC5366790
Systemic mycoses and their oral manifestations are very rare. We present a case of a 60-year-old man with an ulcerated lesion on the lateral border of the tongue. Histologic studies revealed a granulomatous fungal infection by Coccidioides immitis. After pharmacological treatment, the lesion resolved. Recently, norther...
{ "authors": [ "Nassib F Abou Heidar", "Gerges Bustros", "Jose M El-Asmar", "Bassel Zein Sabatto", "Jad A Degheili" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/4956954", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol Med", "journal_detail": "2019 Nov 26;2019:4956954.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY"...
PMC6899263
Prostate cancer is the most common visceral malignancy among men. It rarely metastasizes to the testicles. We herein present the case of a male patient who underwent a radical prostatectomy for a grade group 3 Gleason score 7 (4 + 3) prostate adenocarcinoma followed by adjuvant radiation therapy and continuous androgen...
{ "authors": [ "Domenico Intiso", "Antonello Marco Centra", "Luigi Amoruso", "Michele Gravina", "Filomena Di Rienzo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2022.906402", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2022 Jun 21;13:906402.", "keywords": [ "covid-19", "icuaw"...
PMC9253533
Background: The COVID-19 disease can affect subjects suffering from myasthenia gravis (MG) and worsen its clinical course, leading to intensive care unit (ICU) admission. Critically ill subjects can develop a neuromuscular complication called ICU-acquired weakness (ICUAW). This disorder has also been detected in ICU su...