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{ "authors": [ "Fotini Ampatzidou", "Charilaos-Panagiotis Koutsogiannidis", "Aggelos Megalopoulos", "George Trelopoulos", "George Drossos" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/aca.ACA_60_18", "journal": "Ann Card Anaesth", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan-Mar;22(1):96-97.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC6350421
Internal thoracic artery (ITA) is an excellent conduit for coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG). We present a patient with known preoperative aortoiliac disease with anterior collateral pathway who had an indication for elective coronary bypass. The use of ITA in these patients may cause lower limb ischemia. Detecting...
{ "authors": [ "Xingyue Gao", "Wenzhong Xiang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1111/srt.13261", "journal": "Skin Res Technol", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan;29(1):e13261.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36704878/", "major_mesh_terms": [ ...
PMC9838742
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{ "authors": [ "Chetan Kumar", "Deepak Sharma", "Aakash Pandita", "Sanjay Bhalerao" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S81770", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2015 Mar 27;8:81-5.", "keywords": [ "rbm8a", "tetralogy of fallot", "microdeletion 1q211",...
PMC4381885
Thrombocytopenia absent radius (TAR) syndrome is a very rare and infrequently seen congenital disorder with an approximate frequency of 0.42/100,000 live births. It is associated with bilateral absence of radii, hypo-megakaryocytic thrombocytopenia, and presence of both thumbs. The other systems which are affected by T...
{ "authors": [ "Rodrigo Lima Bastos da Rocha", "André Del Negro", "Alfio José Tincani", "Maíra Soliani Del Negro", "Antonio Santos Martins" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2015/168474", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2015;2015:168474.", "keywords": null, "license"...
PMC4302362
Context. The possibility of cephalic venous hypertension with the resultant facial edema and elevated cerebrospinal fluid pressure continues to challenge head and neck surgeons who perform bilateral radical neck dissections during simultaneous or staged procedures. Case Report. The staged procedure in patients who requ...
{ "authors": [ "Kuo-Hsuan Hung", "Yu-Hsiang Lan", "Jui-Yen Lin", "Eugene Yu-Chuan Kang", "Hsin-Yuan Tan", "Hung-Chi Chen", "Ching-Hsi Hsiao", "Lung-Kun Yeh" ], "case_amount": 12, "doi": "10.2147/OPTH.S282059", "journal": "Clin Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2020 Dec 23;14:44...
PMC7767725
Purpose: To evaluate the role of Demodex infestation of the eyelids in patients with recurrent herpetic keratitis. Patients and methods: This is a retrospective and noncomparative case series. Twenty-seven patients with ocular demodicosis and recurrent herpetic keratitis under conventional treatments were enrolled. Dem...
{ "authors": [ "Peng Ding", "Yuan Zhou", "Kun-Lan Long", "Li Zhang", "Pei-Yang Gao" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fcvm.2022.1061586", "journal": "Front Cardiovasc Med", "journal_detail": "2022 Nov 16;9:1061586.", "keywords": [ "kounis syndrome", "allergy", "cardiogen...
PMC9709338
Background: Kounis syndrome is a hypersensitive coronary artery disease caused by the body's exposure to allergens, which is induced by various drugs and environmental factors. This entity has been described primarily in isolated case reports and case series. We report a case of type III Kounis syndrome caused by cefop...
{ "authors": [ "Chalapathi A S Rao", "Surinder S Rana", "Deepak K Bhasin", "Ritambhra Nada", "Santosh Sampath", "Bhagwant R Mittal", "Vishal Sharma", "Harpal S Dhaliwal", "Kartar Singh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Ann Gastroenterol", "journal_detail": "2...
PMC3959392
Malignancies can metastasize through hematogenous or lymphatic routes. Enlarged lymph nodes in a known case of malignancy do not always imply metastasis. A middle-aged female patient presented to us with abdominal pain and jaundice. Investigation revealed ampullary growth due to adenocarcinoma. Positron emission tomogr...
{ "authors": [ "Renata C Alencar", "Roberta A Cobas", "Marília B Gomes" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1758-5996-2-4", "journal": "Diabetol Metab Syndr", "journal_detail": "2010 Jan 20;2:4.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20180980/", ...
PMC2832622
Background: Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are widely prescribed for patients with diabetes as a nephroprotector drug or to treat hypertension. Generally they are safe for clinical practice, but the relationship between these drugs and angioedema is known. The exact mechanism for ACE inhibitors-induced ...
{ "authors": [ "Koji Nozaka", "Naohisa Miyakoshi", "Yusuke Yuasa", "Motoki Mita", "Yoichi Shimada" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/6136409", "journal": "Case Rep Orthop", "journal_detail": "2019 Dec 7;2019:6136409.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://...
PMC6925794
Introduction: Charcot neuroarthropathy is a progressive, deforming pathology of the bone and joints, especially affecting the knees and ankles. Although it is rare, it leads to considerable morbidity. The treatment of Charcot arthropathy of the knee and ankle remains controversial. Many authors suggest that knee involv...
{ "authors": [ "N K Wenger", "S J Lewis" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.1155/2010/915296", "journal": "Curr Gerontol Geriatr Res", "journal_detail": "2010;2010:915296.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20631897/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mes...
PMC2902014
Background. Cardiovascular disease is the principal cause of mortality in older individuals, and more than 80% of deaths due to coronary heart disease or stroke occur in patients over 65 years of age. Hyperlipidemia is one of the main modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Current guidelines recommend the ...
{ "authors": [ "Ramesh Murthy" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.4103/ijo.IJO_537_15", "journal": "Indian J Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2017 Jan;65(1):62-64.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-SA", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28300745/", "major_mesh_terms": [ "Exotropia ...
PMC5369298
We report two patients, one with congenital dystrophic medial rectus muscles and one with absence of the medial rectus muscles; in addition, one of them had absence of the lateral rectus muscles. While absence of the superior oblique and superior rectus has been more commonly reported in literature, especially with cra...
{ "authors": [ "Francesco Dandekar", "Macario Camacho", "Jason Valerio", "Chad. M. Ruoff" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2015/126501", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol Med", "journal_detail": "2015;2015:126501.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.n...
PMC4342174
Two patients developed bilateral, periorbital edema after initiating positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy with a full face mask. The periorbital edema was more pronounced in the morning and would dissipate throughout the day. This phenomenon seemed to be correlated with the direct pressure of the full face mask, whic...
{ "authors": [ "Songfeng Xu", "Xiuchun Yu", "Ming Xu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3892/etm.2014.2055", "journal": "Exp Ther Med", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan;9(1):117-119.", "keywords": [ "epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor", "lung cancer", "radiation", "spine metas...
PMC4247313
The prognosis of patients with lung cancer metastasis to the spine is poor, and the choice of surgery is questionable based on the aggressiveness of the disease. The present study describes a case of a 56-year-old male with metastatic spinal cord compression. The patient underwent surgery for posterior decompression an...
{ "authors": [ "Aayush Adhikari", "Sushil Kumar Yadav", "Yashaswi Kafle", "Kundan Yadav", "Gaurav Nepal", "Rajeeb Ojha" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X231183579", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Jun 30;11:2050313X231183579.", "keywords": [...
PMC10333554
There have been a growing number of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis cases following coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) infection. Given the rare occurrence, studies eliciting the clinical features, treatment response, and outcomes are still limited. In patients recovering from COVID-19, multifocal neurologic sympto...
{ "authors": [ "José Cárdenas-García", "Alfredo Lee-Chang", "Virginia Chung", "Chang Shim", "Stephen Factor", "Amit Tibb" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2014.04.004", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2014 May 10;12:59-62.", "keywords": [ "endobr...
PMC4061443
A 44 year old male former smoker from Ecuador presented with productive cough for 3 weeks, positive tuberculin skin test, 40 lbs weight loss and right lower lobe collapse. He denied wheezing or hemoptysis. He was treated with antibiotics and ruled out for tuberculosis with negative sputum smear. Bronchoscopy showed an ...
{ "authors": [ "Geocel-Grace Castanares", "Carlos D'Assumpcao", "Michelle Fang", "Rick McPheeters", "Arash Heidari" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/23247096231165739", "journal": "J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan-Dec;11:23247096231165739.", "keywor...
PMC10102933
Mpox was an emerging outbreak in California in 2022, primarily in major metropolitan areas, as part of the global mpox outbreak declared by World Health Organization in July 2022. Community hospitals outside of major metropolitan areas have seen fewer cases to date, so they may be less equipped to diagnose and treat pa...
{ "authors": [ "Sanjum P Samagh", "Fernando A Huyke", "Lucas Buchler", "Michael A Terry", "Vehniah K Tjong" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/2037638", "journal": "Case Rep Orthop", "journal_detail": "2018 Jul 8;2018:2037638.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": ...
PMC6057304
Patellar tendon ruptures are rare, but debilitating injuries are typically seen in young active males in the third and fourth decades of life. They can occur as a single acute injury or from repetitive microtrauma weakening the tendon. Patients typically present complaining of knee pain, swelling, and an inability to p...
{ "authors": [ "Seyed Abdollah Mousavi", "Hassan Karami" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2012/802743", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2012;2012:802743.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22844298/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "...
PMC3401564
Introduction. Intestinal obstruction in the setting of Meckel's diverticulum in young age and with orange and meat bezoar is a rare, previously unreported condition. Since the obstruction point is located immediately after Meckel's diverticulum in our patients, we attempt to introduce "localized peristalsis insufficien...
{ "authors": [ "Mohammad Abolfotoh", "Daryoush Tavanaiepour", "Changki Hong", "Ian F Dunn", "Hart Lidov", "Ossama Al-Mefty" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0974-8237.110127", "journal": "J Craniovertebr Junction Spine", "journal_detail": "2012 Jan;3(1):32-7.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC3669473
Rhabdoid meningioma (RM) is a relatively new, rare, and aggressive subtype of meningioma, classified as Grade III malignancy in 2000, 2007 versions of WHO classification of the central nervous system. We reviewed the data available from all published cases of RMs. To the best of our knowledge, there are more than 100 p...
{ "authors": [ "Sarah Wali", "Charlotte Porter-Hope", "Tejal N Amin", "Tariq Miskry" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IJWH.S257136", "journal": "Int J Womens Health", "journal_detail": "2020 Sep 17;12:739-744.", "keywords": [ "adenomyoma", "communication", "converting to la...
PMC7505714
Background: Although the most common uterine tumour is leiomyoma, the differential diagnoses also include the rarer adenomyoma and leiomyosarcoma. A lack of clear reliable clinical and radiological features makes the triage of uterine masses to the appropriate surgical procedure difficult. In the case of suspicious app...
{ "authors": [ "Tommy Ivanics", "Semeret Munie", "Hassan Nasser", "Shravan Leonard-Murali", "Atsushi Yoshida", "Shunji Nagai", "Kelly Collins", "Marwan Abouljoud", "Michael Rizzari" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/9089317", "journal": "Case Rep Transplant", "jou...
PMC6679892
Chyle leaks may occur as a result of surgical intervention. Chyloperitoneum, or chylous ascites after liver transplantation, is rare and the development of chylothorax after abdominal surgery is even more rare. With increasingly aggressive surgical resections, particularly in the retroperitoneum, the incidence of chyle...
{ "authors": [ "R K Mopeli", "M Lebea", "C Verwey" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7196/AJTCCM.2020.v26i3.023", "journal": "Afr J Thorac Crit Care Med", "journal_detail": "2020 Oct 13;26(3):10.7196/AJTCCM.2020.v26i3.023.", "keywords": [ "noonan syndrome", "bronchial artery", "haemo...
PMC8203073
Noonan syndrome (NS) is an autosomal dominant condition affecting 1 in 2 000 live births. It is characterised by distinctive physical features, congenital heart disease and multiple other comorbidities including haematological abnormalities. Haemoptysis is the expectoration of blood originating from the lower respirato...
{ "authors": [ "Igor Kozak", "Erin G Reid" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OPTH.S47448", "journal": "Clin Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2013;7:1647-9.", "keywords": [ "castleman’s disease", "intravitreal bevacizumab", "retinal vein occlusion" ], "license": "CC BY-NC", "lin...
PMC3747847
We report a case of successive bilateral retinal vein occlusion in a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive male with multicentric Castleman's disease treated successfully with a single injection of intravitreal bevacizumab. Castleman's disease should be a differential diagnosis of occlusive retinovascular disease...
{ "authors": [ "Eric J Eckbo", "Hana Mijovic", "Jennifer Tam", "David M Goldfarb", "Tobias R Kollmann" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X21991059", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2021 Feb 1;9:2050313X21991059.", "keywords": [ "fusobacterium", ...
PMC7970672
Fusobacterium species are members of the oral microbiota and have been found to cause a wide spectrum of opportunistic infections. We describe the case of a previously healthy teenager with a large splenic abscess secondary to Fusobacterium nucleatum, successfully managed with percutaneous drainage and intravenous anti...
{ "authors": [ "Carolina Sc Albuquerque", "Petra Černá", "Danièlle A Gunn-Moore" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2055116921990292", "journal": "JFMS Open Rep", "journal_detail": "2021 Apr 11;7(1):2055116921990292.", "keywords": [ "m microti", "mycobacteria", "mycobacteriumtube...
PMC8044568
Case summary: A 7-year-old neutered male Siamese cat was referred for investigation of weight loss and hypercalcaemia (3.3 mmol/l; reference interval 2-3 mmol/l). Haematology, serum biochemistry, thoracic imaging, bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), Ziehl-Neelsen staining of the BAL fluid and interferon gamma release assay (...
{ "authors": [ "Chrysostomos Katsenos", "Despoina Androulaki", "Stavroula Lyra", "Theodoros Tsoutsouras", "Costas Mandragos" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1756-0500-6-22", "journal": "BMC Res Notes", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan 18;6:22.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", ...
PMC3579686
Background: Demyelinating diseases cause destruction of the myelin sheath, while axons are relatively spared. Pathologically, demyelination can be the result of an inflammatory process, viral infection, acquired metabolic derangement and ischemic insult. Three diseases that can cause inflammatory demyelination of the C...
{ "authors": [ "Albi Fagu", "Clarence Pingpoh", "Tim Berger", "Matthias Siepe" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1055/s-0043-1768982", "journal": "Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 May 29;12(1):e33-e35.", "keywords": [ "cabg", "coronary artery bypass grafting", ...
PMC10226810
Background Combined mitral valve and coronary artery surgery is usually accomplished via a median sternotomy and is associated with increased mortality and morbidity. Case Description We report on a 67-year-old patient with mitral valve regurgitation and concomitant coronary artery disease (CAD). The mitral valve was r...
{ "authors": [ "Ming Yeh Lee", "Anna L Gloyn", "David M Maahs", "Priya Prahalad" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023/8825724", "journal": "Case Rep Endocrinol", "journal_detail": "2023 Aug 23;2023:8825724.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.n...
PMC10468271
Neonatal diabetes mellitus (NDM) is a monogenic form of diabetes. Management of hyperglycemia in neonates with subcutaneous insulin is challenging because of frequent feeding, variable quantity of milk intake with each feed, low insulin dose requirements, and high risk for hypoglycemia and associated complications in t...
{ "authors": [ "Mustafa Cakan", "Serife Gul Karadag", "Nuray Aktay Ayaz" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14744/nci.2019.38243", "journal": "North Clin Istanb", "journal_detail": "2019 Nov 21;7(1):78-80.", "keywords": [ "anakinra", "familial mediterranean fever", "protracted febrile...
PMC7103750
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the most common type of monogenic periodic fever syndromes and characterized by recurrent self-limited attacks of fever and polyserositis. Musculoskeletal signs and symptoms are not uncommon and manifested as arthritis and myalgia. Myalgia may be spontaneous or exercise-induced tha...
{ "authors": [ "Shaini Basheer", "Jerly Abraham", "Pm Shameena", "Anita Balan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0973-029X.110705", "journal": "J Oral Maxillofac Pathol", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan;17(1):126-8.", "keywords": [ "intracortical lipoma", "intraosseous lipoma", ...
PMC3687168
Lipomas are the most common form of benign mesenchymal tumors and are composed of mature adipocytes. They can occur anywhere in the body where fat is found and thus, called as the 'universal tumor' or the 'ubiquitous tumor'. Intraosseous lipomas (IOL) are among the rarest (0.1%) of primary bone tumors and are very rare...
{ "authors": [ "Madison Grinnell", "Andrew Logeman", "Timothy Knudsen", "Zafar Sayed" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/2931015", "journal": "Case Rep Otolaryngol", "journal_detail": "2019 Feb 24;2019:2931015.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi...
PMC6409038
An abscess of the deep parotid lobe is an uncommon complication of acute parotitis. Characterized by warm erythematous facial skin and ipsilateral cheek swelling, parotid abscesses have often been associated with decreased saliva production and immunodeficiency. We offer a case of a large deep parotid lobe abscess pres...
{ "authors": [ "Dawid Ilnicki", "Rafał Wyderka", "Przemysław Nowicki", "Alicja Sołtowska", "Jakub Adamowicz", "Adam Ciapka", "Joanna Jaroch" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X19840520", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019 Apr 4;7:2050313X198405...
PMC6452426
The objective of this case report is to present how the chronic condition significantly complicates life-saving procedures and influences further treatment decisions. A 64-year-old man suffering from arterial hypertension and immune thrombocytopenic purpura presented to the Emergency Department with anterior ST-elevati...
{ "authors": [ "Takanori Numata", "Jun Araya", "Jiro Mikami", "Hiromichi Hara", "Tohru Harada", "Hiroyuki Takahashi", "Katsutoshi Nakayama", "Kazuyoshi Kuwano" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2015.02.001", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015 ...
PMC4501452
A 39-year-old female experienced dyspnea on exertion for eight months. Chest CT demonstrated findings of Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), including diffuse thin-walled cystic lesions. A surgical lung biopsy revealed human melanoma black-45-positive cell infiltration and aggregation, resulting in a diagnosis of sporadic ...
{ "authors": [ "Atakan Tanacan", "Gokcen Orgul", "Ahmet Bülent Dogrul", "Fatih Aktoz", "Osman Abbasoglu", "M Sinan Beksac" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/5832341", "journal": "Case Rep Obstet Gynecol", "journal_detail": "2018 Apr 16;2018:5832341.", "keywords": null, "l...
PMC5926515
A 26-year-old primigravid patient, at 35 weeks and 2 days of gestation, was referred to Hacettepe University Hospital for pancreatic mass, giant cervical myoma, maternal systemic lupus erythematosus, thrombocytopenia, and onset of preterm labor. At 36 weeks and 1 day of gestation (6 days after admission to the hospital...
{ "authors": [ "Aditya Safaya", "Francis X Carroll", "Igor A Laskowski" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1016/j.ejvsvf.2021.08.001", "journal": "EJVES Vasc Forum", "journal_detail": "2021 Aug 18;53:9-13.", "keywords": [ "blunt mesenteric artery injury", "coeliac artery injury", "end...
PMC8459367
Introduction: Visceral artery injuries are rare but lethal entities that pose significant management challenges in a patient who presents with blunt trauma. There is a paucity of specific guidelines both in the trauma and vascular literature regarding the management of blunt intra-abdominal vascular injuries. The midte...
{ "authors": [ "Amina Barkat", "Ilham Benbouchta", "Lamia Karboubi", "Zineb Ghanimi", "Meryem Kabiri" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.2147/IJGM.S26205", "journal": "Int J Gen Med", "journal_detail": "2012;5:759-62.", "keywords": [ "children", "chylothorax", "octreotide", ...
PMC3459666
Chylothorax refers to the accumulation of chyle in the pleural cavity. Although rare, it is the most frequent cause of pleural effusion in the neonatal period. Its incidence is estimated at one in 15,000 neonates. The causes of chylothorax are multiple, and there are several major types of chylothorax defined by origin...
{ "authors": [ "Ken Fujioka", "Toshiki Nishimura", "Masayuki Seki", "Masanori Kinoshita", "Nobuyuki Mishima", "Shigeo Irimajiri", "Masaya Yamato" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s41182-016-0016-7", "journal": "Trop Med Health", "journal_detail": "2016 Jun 15;44:18.", "keyw...
PMC4940980
Background: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) causes an acute viral hepatitis that is transmitted enterically. It is epidemic in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Central America. It is known that HEV can cause extrahepatic manifestations. Here, we report the first case of acalculous cholecystitis as an extrahepatic symptom of ...
{ "authors": [ "Sumit Kapoor", "Jyotsana Thakkar", "Vikas Aggarwal" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X15583208", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015 Apr 22;3:2050313X15583208.", "keywords": [ "toxicology", "cardiovascular", "critical care", "...
PMC4857325
Suicidal behavior is a common psychiatric emergency and is associated with psychiatric illness and history of prior suicide attempts. Neuropsychiatric manifestations related to theophylline toxicity are well described in literature. We report a case of theophylline toxicity manifesting as suicidal ideation in a patient...
{ "authors": [ "Sigrid C Disse", "Tatiana Manuylova", "Klaus Adam", "Annette Lechler", "Robert Zant", "Karin Klingel", "Christian Aepinus", "Thomas Finkenzeller", "Sven Wellmann", "Fritz Schneble" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2021.812057", "journal": "Front...
PMC8740284
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, in-utero transmission of SARS-CoV-2 remains a rarity and only very few cases have been proven across the world. Here we depict the clinical, laboratory and radiologic findings of preterm triplets born at 28 6/7 weeks to a mother who contracted COVID-19 just 1 week before de...
{ "authors": [ "Kairav Shah", "Kartikeya Cherabuddi", "Stacy G Beal", "Gautam Kalyatanda" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2017.08.011", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2017 Aug 24;10:42-45.", "keywords": [ "ab, garterial blood gas", "afb, acid fast bacilli", ...
PMC5581851
Background: Opportunistic infections with Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP) are common in patients with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and are encountered once the CD4 count decreases below 200 cells/mm3. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) tends to cause disease once the CD4 count drops below 50 cells/mm3. CMV pneumonitis i...
{ "authors": [ "Douglas Lacomblez", "Dana Dumitriu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5334/jbsr.2661", "journal": "J Belg Soc Radiol", "journal_detail": "2021 Dec 29;105(1):87.", "keywords": [ "cervical rib", "lump", "neck", "pseudarthrosis", "ultrasound" ], "license": "CC BY...
PMC8740637
Teaching Point: Ultrasound is the first-line examination for neck mass and may offer a reliable method to identify cervical ribs.
{ "authors": [ "Kaveh Haddadi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.12.034", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016;19:100-2.", "keywords": [ "ependymal", "hyperhidrosis", "spinal cord" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih....
PMC4756188
Introduction: Ependymomas are the most common neuroepithelial tumors of the spinal cord, accounting for 50-60% of spinal cord gliomas. The nonspecific clinical presentation of a spinal cord tumor frequently results in delay of diagnosis with opposing outcomes. Presentation of case: We report a 34-year-old man presented...
{ "authors": [ "Abdulhameed Alhazmi", "Abdulrahman Almalki", "Safieeldin Ghazala" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/7140908", "journal": "Case Rep Neurol Med", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:7140908.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/293...
PMC5735604
Vitamin B12 deficiency results in hematological, neurological, and rarely dermatological complications. Subacute combined degeneration of the cord is one of the neurological complications, and usually the presenting symptom is paresthesia. Herein, we report a case of a 46-year-old man with subacute combined degeneratio...
{ "authors": [ "Young-Mok Lee", "Yang-Ki Kim", "Shin-Ok Kim", "Sang-Jae Kim", "Hae-Sim Park" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3346/jkms.2005.20.6.1073", "journal": "J Korean Med Sci", "journal_detail": "2005 Dec;20(6):1073-5.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC", "link": "https...
PMC2779313
We report a case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis in a 30-yr-old female housewife caused by Penicillium species found in her home environment. The patient was diagnosed according to history, chest radiograph, spirometry, high-resolution chest CT, and transbronchial lung biopsy. To identify the causative agent, cultured ...
{ "authors": [ "Joachim Mikkelsen", "Steen Henrik Matzen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.10.020", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016;28:310-313.", "keywords": [ "case report", "melanoma", "occult cancer", "thromboembolic risk factors", ...
PMC5079352
Introduction: Cancer is a recognized risk factor of venous thromboembolism (VTE) as it induces a prothrombotic state through various mechanisms of activation of coagulation. Recognizing occult cancer as a risk factor is equally important. In patients with no known thromboembolic risk factors, utilizing PET/CT as a scre...
{ "authors": [ "Feridoun Sabzi", "Reza Faraji" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2277-9175.161561", "journal": "Adv Biomed Res", "journal_detail": "2015 Jul 27;4:146.", "keywords": [ "aorto-pulmonary fistula", "brucellosis endocarditis", "cardiovascular" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-...
PMC4549920
Brucellosis endocarditis is a zoonosis infection of cardiovascular system with world-wide distribution, which is endemic in many provinces of the Iran. The present report describes an exceptional case of fistulization between the aorta and pulmonary artery by Brucella melitensis in a 34-year-old patient. He presented w...
{ "authors": [ "Misai Hukuimwe", "Asaph Ziruma", "Muchabayiwa Francis Gidiri", "Marshall Manase" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2019.33.290.19459", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2019 Aug 7;33:290.", "keywords": [ "hiv", "non-hodgkins lymphoma", "ova...
PMC6815480
We present a 34-year-old HIV positive woman who presented with a 2-month history of abdominal pain, abdominal distension, night sweats and fever. She had a firm, immobile and irregular abdominopelvic mass of about 30 weeks uterine size. Investigations showed a haemoglobin of 6.5g/dl, (NR 12-14) cancer antigen 125 of 44...
{ "authors": [ "Ryoji Kagoya", "Tomoko Iwanami", "Makoto Mochizuki", "Kenji Kondo", "Ken Ito" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fsurg.2022.978915", "journal": "Front Surg", "journal_detail": "2022 Aug 12;9:978915.", "keywords": [ "endoscopic marsupialization", "nasopalatine ...
PMC9417109
Nasopalatine duct cyst (NPDC) is the most common type of non-odontogenic cysts of the jaw. It has been treated with complete surgical resection using a sublabial or palatine approach. However, complete removal of the cyst can be accompanied by postoperative complications including oronasal fistula. Recently, endoscopic...
{ "authors": [ "Francesca Leonardis", "Viviana De Angelis", "Francesca Frisardi", "Chiara Pietrafitta", "Ivano Riva", "Tino Martino Valetti", "Valentina Broletti", "Gianmariano Marchesi", "Lorenza Menato", "Roberto Nani", "Franco Marson", "Mirca Fabbris", "Luca Cabr...
PMC6029461
Bacterial meningitis and septicemia are invasive bacterial diseases, representing a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Both conditions are characterized by an impressive inflammatory response, resulting rapidly in cerebral edema, infarction, hydrocephalus, and septic shock with multiple organ failu...
{ "authors": [ "Sudheer Kondaka", "Vankudoth Dal Singh", "Chakradhar Vadlamudi", "Lakshmana Rao Bathala" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Dent Res J (Isfahan)", "journal_detail": "2022 Oct 20;19:83.", "keywords": [ "implants and prostheses", "mucorales infection", ...
PMC9680695
The restoration of speech, deglutition, mastication, and respiration in patients with bimaxillary resection involving the maxillae, hard and soft palates, and paranasal sinuses poses a significant challenge. This clinical report describes the prosthodontic management of a patient with bilateral maxillectomy caused due ...
{ "authors": [ "Riccardo La Macchia", "Salvatore Stefanelli", "Vincent Lenoir", "Nicolas Dulguerov", "Jean-Claude Pache", "Minerva Becker" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/5767396", "journal": "Case Rep Otolaryngol", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:5767396.", "keywords": null...
PMC5705891
Pleomorphic adenoma directly arising in the neck is thought to originate from heterotopic salivary gland tissue. In this article, we present the case of a 55-year-old female patient with a histologically proven pleomorphic adenoma located at the left mandibular angle, anteriorly to the sternocleidomastoid muscle and po...
{ "authors": [ "Aryati Yashadhana", "Nina Serova", "Ling Lee", "Luisa Casas Luque", "Leonardo Ramirez", "Juan Carlos Silva", "Anthea M Burnett" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.26633/RPSP.2021.154", "journal": "Rev Panam Salud Publica", "journal_detail": "2021 Dec 16;45:e154.", ...
PMC8678101
Objectives: To identify barriers and enablers to accessing school-based eye health programs in Bogotá, Colombia. Methods: We undertook a qualitative case study that explored how structural factors, and social and cultural norms influence access to school-based eye health programs. We conducted focus groups discussions ...
{ "authors": [ "Jillian R Scambia", "Sarah P Psutka" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.eucr.2017.10.004", "journal": "Urol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2017 Oct 14;16:32-34.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29062715/", "major_mesh_t...
PMC5645480
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{ "authors": [ "Indranil Chakrabarti", "Anuradha De", "Shyamapada Pati" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0976-7800.83274", "journal": "J Midlife Health", "journal_detail": "2011 Jan;2(1):42-3.", "keywords": [ "leiomyoma", "benign uterine tumour", "vaginal tumour" ], "licens...
PMC3156502
Leiomyomas are common benign tumors in the uterus. However, vaginal leiomyomas remain an uncommon entity with only about 300 reported cases. Here, we report a case of a 38-year-old multigravida who presented with lower abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding. A physical examination and ultrasonography were performed, and a...
{ "authors": [ "Paulina Pałasz", "Łukasz Adamski", "Michał Studniarek" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.12659/PJR.894702", "journal": "Pol J Radiol", "journal_detail": "2015 Aug 1;80:411-6.", "keywords": [ "angiography", "carotid body", "embolization, therapeutic", "magnetic res...
PMC4562611
Background: Paraganglioma develops from cells of the parasympathetic and sympathetic system. It usually manifests as a slow-growing and painless mass. Peragangliomas may be hereditary, benign or malignant, unilateral or bilateral tumors. They are well vascularized. In most cases, paraganglioma is located around the com...
{ "authors": [ "Marius Stanimir", "Francis Lorge", "Lionel D'Hondt", "Marie Cécile Nollevaux", "Marcelo Di Gregorio" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.47162/RJME.64.1.11", "journal": "Rom J Morphol Embryol", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan-Mar;64(1):89-94.", "keywords": null, "license": "C...
PMC10257781
Introduction: Data shows that bladder cancer (BC) takes the seventh place as the most commonly diagnosed when it comes to the male population. Whereas when both genders considered, it moves down the tenth place. Although 75% of patients with BC present with the disease confined to the mucosa or submucosa, rarely second...
{ "authors": [ "Zeyu Li", "Wenjing Peng", "Hongliang Yao" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fsurg.2022.1049666", "journal": "Front Surg", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 6;9:1049666.", "keywords": [ "barium meal", "diarrhea", "duodenal ulcer", "duodenocolic fistula", "weight...
PMC9852707
Duodenocolic fistula is a rare upper gastrointestinal fistula that can be benign or malignant. However, benign duodenocolic fistulas are particularly rare. Duodenocolic fistulas are often a complication of advanced colon cancer. The most common cause of benign fistulas is perforation of the duodenal ulcer. We report a ...
{ "authors": [ "Yoshihiko Shitara", "Satsuki Kakiuchi", "Takeo Mukai", "Kohei Kashima", "Motohiro Kato", "Naoto Takahashi" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2021.758683", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2021 Dec 6;9:758683.", "keywords": [ "birthweight be...
PMC8685408
Reports on the birth of infants weighing <300 g are quite rare and little is known about the best practices in treating such micropreemies. Therefore, we report here on three cases of low birthweight infants weighing <300 g, of whom two infants survived. The birthweights and gestational ages were ranging 279-293 g and ...
{ "authors": [ "Bikash Shrestha", "Bhupendra Nath Kapur", "Kavita Karmacharya", "Sunita Kakkar", "Ranjit Ghuliani" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2011/252196", "journal": "Int J Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:252196.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "ht...
PMC3139879
Askin's tumor is a rare tumor arising from the chest wall. It is a subset of Ewing sarcoma characterized histologically by the presence of small round blue cells. It is a highly malignant tumor with guarded prognosis, which is dependent upon the extension of tumor at the time of diagnosis. A dual paper of Askin's tumor...
{ "authors": [ "Mohsen Qutbi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/wjnm.WJNM_1_18", "journal": "World J Nucl Med", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan-Mar;18(1):61-62.", "keywords": [ "bone scintigraphy", "sprengel's deformity", "congenital skeletal anomaly" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-SA", "lin...
PMC6357712
Bone scintigraphy is a valuable imaging modality for a diverse range of skeletal abnormalities. Incidental findings and congenital skeletal anomalies are not uncommonly encountered. Therefore, having a substantial knowledge of these findings, even rare ones, is essential for interpreting physicians. Here, we present a ...
{ "authors": [ "Tamaki Kakuwa", "Shinyu Izumi", "Keita Sakamoto", "Tomoyuki Suzuki", "Motoyasu Iikura", "Haruhito Sugiyama" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2018.10.026", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2018 Nov 1;26:50-52.", "keywords": null, "lic...
PMC6260442
Rheumatoid arthritis-related interstitial pneumonia with a usual interstitial pneumonia (RA-UIP) has a poor prognosis and a new treatment strategy is required. The antifibrotic agent nintedanib reduces the annual rate of decline in forced vital capacity (FVC) in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) patients. Recently, t...
{ "authors": [ "Keun-Bae Lee", "Eun-Sun Moon", "Sung-Taek Jung", "Hyoung-Yeon Seo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3346/jkms.2004.19.5.756", "journal": "J Korean Med Sci", "journal_detail": "2004 Oct;19(5):756-8.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.n...
PMC2816345
We report a case of extensive subcutaneous emphysema of the lower extremity mimicking gas gangrene following perforation of the rectum in a 38-yr-old man. Subcutaneous emphysema of the leg may rarely occur secondary to perforation of the gastrointestinal tract and has often created serious diagnostic problems and high ...
{ "authors": [ "Zaher Fanari", "Sumaya Hammami", "Muhammad Baraa Hammami", "William S Weintraub", "Wasif A Qureshi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Open J Clin Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015;1(2):1009.", "keywords": [ "acute coronary syndrome", "antiretrov...
PMC4459740
Coronary artery disease (CAD) has become the leading cause of mortality in patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The typical HIV-infected patient presenting with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a man in his mid to late 40s. The most common presentation is an acute myocardial infarction (MI), most often wit...
{ "authors": [ "Jeong-Hee Yoon", "Se Hyung Kim", "Min A Kim", "Joon Koo Han", "Byung Ihn Choi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3348/kjr.2010.11.1.126", "journal": "Korean J Radiol", "journal_detail": "2010 Jan-Feb;11(1):126-30.", "keywords": [ "adrenal adenoma", "ectopic adrena...
PMC2799643
We report a case of an adenoma arising from an ectopic adrenal gland mimicking a hepatocellular carcinoma in a heavy alcohol abuser. A MDCT showed a 2.7 low-attenuating nodule in segment VII of the liver through all CT phases. Compared to a precontrast image, however, a subtle enhancement was noted on the arterial phas...
{ "authors": [ "Andrea Sonaglioni", "Elisabetta Rigamonti", "Graziana Trotta", "Michele Lombardo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2211-4122.132284", "journal": "J Cardiovasc Echogr", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan-Mar;24(1):29-32.", "keywords": [ "cardioembolism", "tissue doppler...
PMC5353404
An 87-year-old woman was admitted to our Cardiology Department with symptoms and signs of acute congestive heart failure and fever. She had a long history of hypertension and chronic atrial fibrillation. Transthoracic echocardiography showed a large (>10 mm) and mobile mitral valve vegetation, prolapsing into the left ...
{ "authors": [ "Zhuo Wang", "Jinsui Wang", "Wenwen Zhang", "Daoying Wang", "Xiaojun Wang", "Xiaoqin Liang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/pore.2023.1610856", "journal": "Pathol Oncol Res", "journal_detail": "2023 Feb 10;29:1610856.", "keywords": [ "beta-human chorionic go...
PMC9950125
We report a rare case of urothelial carcinoma (UC) of the renal pelvis with trophoblastic differentiation that occurred in a 55-year-old male patient. The patient presented with gross hematuria and paroxysmal lumbago pain 5 months ago. The enhanced computed tomography (CT) scan demonstrated a large space occupying lesi...
{ "authors": [ "Lukas Delasos", "Aakash Desai", "Nerea Lopetegui Lia", "Nikhila Kethireddy", "Carolyn Ray" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/9069354", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol Med", "journal_detail": "2019 Jul 22;2019:9069354.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link...
PMC6679838
The advent of checkpoint inhibitor therapy in medical oncology has led to an increase in hospitalizations for immune-related adverse effects. Severe colitis has been reported in approximately 5% of patients treated with cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4) inhibitors, such as ipilimumab. Standard manage...
{ "authors": [ "Marinos C Makris", "Konstantinos C Koumarelas", "Apostolos S Mitrousias", "Giannos G Psathas", "Athanasios Mantzioros", "Stratigoula P Sakellariou", "Panagiota Ntailiani", "Evripides Yettimis" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1530/EDM-14-0055", "journal": "Endocr...
PMC4210848
Until now, less than ten cases of extra-adrenal chromaffin cell tumors have been reported to be localized to the spermatic cord area. All published studies report benign tumors with a diameter <2-3 cm and no invasion of the testis. In this article, we present one case of a giant malignant paraganglioma in the testis of...
{ "authors": [ "Chi-Ting Chung", "Ni-Chung Lee", "Sung-Pin Fan", "Miao-Zi Hung", "Yen-Heng Lin", "Chih-Hao Chen", "Tun Jao" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ebr.2022.100580", "journal": "Epilepsy Behav Rep", "journal_detail": "2022 Dec 28;21:100580.", "keywords": [ "c...
PMC9829698
DYNC1H1 variants are associated with peripheral neuronal dysfunction and brain morphology abnormalities resulting in neurodevelopmental delay. However, few studies have focused on the association between DYNC1H1 variants and epilepsy. Herein, we report a case of drug-resistant focal epilepsy associated with a pathogeni...
{ "authors": [ "Augustine Chavez", "Charlotte Pougnier" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/21501327211051933", "journal": "J Prim Care Community Health", "journal_detail": "2021 Jan-Dec;12:21501327211051933.", "keywords": [ "covid-19", "immune mediated disease", "immunization", "...
PMC8559213
An 82-year-old man presented with intermittent episodes of slurred speech during his evening meals after receiving the BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine. Thorough evaluation was conducted including lab work and EMG confirming a new diagnosis of late-onset myasthenia gravis. Despite treatment, the patient progressed rapidly to ...
{ "authors": [ "Chung-Hsu Lai", "Chun-Kai Huang", "Chuen Chin", "Ya-Ting Yang", "Hsiu-Fang Lin", "Hsi-Hsun Lin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3201/eid1301.060857", "journal": "Emerg Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2007 Jan;13(1):127-9.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", ...
PMC2725836
We report the first indigenous case of disseminated histoplasmosis in Taiwan diagnosed by histopathology of bone marrow, microbiologic morphology, and PCR assay of the isolated fungus. This case suggests that histoplasmosis should be 1 of the differential diagnoses of opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patie...
{ "authors": [ "Ping-Yin Chou", "Yin-Chun Chen", "Poyin Huang" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.2147/NDT.S79349", "journal": "Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat", "journal_detail": "2015 Mar 20;11:793-5.", "keywords": [ "carbuncle", "headache", "subgaleal abscess" ], "license": "CC BY-NC"...
PMC4376302
Although carbuncles are commonly seen and may heal on their own or respond well to treatment, in rare conditions, bacteria from carbuncles can spread into the bloodstream and migrate to other areas of the body. Herein, we report on an elderly female who suffered from forehead carbuncle with intractable headache, later ...
{ "authors": [ "Mouad El Mouhtadi", "Karima El Fakiri", "Noureddine Rada", "Ghizlane Draiss", "Youssef Mouaffak", "Said Younous", "Mohammed Bouskraoui" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2020.36.63.23237", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2020 Jun 3;36:63.",...
PMC7380866
Pyomyositis is a pyogenic infection of skeletal muscle with abscess formation. It is a rare disease with nonspecific symptoms which requires a rapid diagnosis and treatment. Magnetic resonance imaging is considered the gold standard for early diagnosis and to rule out other etiologies. This article reports an atypical ...
{ "authors": [ "Taku Fujimura", "Yumi Kambayashi", "Kentaro Ohuchi", "Ryo Amagai", "Yota Sato", "Kayo Tanita", "Akira Hashimoto", "Setsuya Aiba" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000506327", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol", "journal_detail": "2020 Mar 24;13(1):271-275.", "ke...
PMC7154272
Since the incidence of mucosal melanoma is higher in the Japanese population compared to Caucasians, and since mucosal melanoma possesses a lower mutation burden compared to cutaneous melanoma, the efficacy of anti-PD1 antibody (Ab) monotherapy for mucosal melanoma is limited. Therefore, other targeting molecules that ...
{ "authors": [ "Reiko M Rodriguez-Nakamura", "Mariel Gonzalez-Calatayud", "Antonio Ramiro Martinez Martinez" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.10.040", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020;76:409-414.", "keywords": [ "ace2, angiotensin-converting enzyme...
PMC7560267
Introduction: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) affects mainly the respiratory system, other organs may be involved, usually due to coagulation disturbances that lead to a high rate of thrombotic complications. Case presentation: The first patient is 45 years-old who has been exposed to SARS CoV-2. Upon admission...
{ "authors": [ "Jun Xiong", "Quan Zhou", "Yu Li", "Yanyan Sun", "Yajun Zhang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fsurg.2022.961186", "journal": "Front Surg", "journal_detail": "2022 Aug 23;9:961186.", "keywords": [ "mounier-kuhn syndrome", "difficult airway", "endotrachea...
PMC9445417
Purpose: Tracheobronchomegaly (TBM) is a rare disease with enlarged trachea and mainstem bronchi, which might not be diagnosed preoperatively because of patient's nonsymptoms or clinicians' overlook. These patients would be at fatal risk after general anesthesia endotracheal intubation due to severe peritubal leakage. ...
{ "authors": [ "Shagufta Shaheen", "Hamid Mirshahidi", "Gayathri Nagaraj", "Chung-Tsen Hsueh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s40164-018-0104-y", "journal": "Exp Hematol Oncol", "journal_detail": "2018 May 8;7:11.", "keywords": [ "corticosteroids", "immune checkpoint inhibitor...
PMC5941729
Background: Nivolumab is an immune checkpoint inhibitor targeting programmed death-1 protein and has been approved for the treatment of multiple advanced malignancies. Adverse effects of immune checkpoint inhibitors are distinct from conventional cytotoxic chemotherapy and can be life-threatening if left unrecognized. ...
{ "authors": [ "Thomas Lung", "Benjamin Sakem", "Andreas Hemmerle", "Michèle Nydegger", "Martin Risch", "Lorenz Risch", "Urs Nydegger" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1016/j.jtauto.2021.100108", "journal": "J Transl Autoimmun", "journal_detail": "2021 Jun 1;4:100108.", "keyword...
PMC8188057
Recent updates in the diagnosis and management of chronic inflammatory conditions can be brought together to better understand autoimmune diseases (ADs). With organ-specific or organ-limited and systemic ADs, physicians often are faced with a dilemma when making a diagnosis and may feel a kind of embarrassment when a m...
{ "authors": [ "Taaran Cariappa Ballachanda Subbaiah", "Jeremy P Feldman" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.05.001", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2017 May 9;21:164-166.", "keywords": [ "dapsone", "hypoxemia", "methemoglobinemia", "solid organ ...
PMC5458056
Introduction: We present a 51 year old, African American, female who presented with persistent hypoxemia. She had been taking dapsone for many years for prophylaxis against Pneumocystic Jiroveci with no symptoms but eventually developed methemoglobinemia only after a splenectomy. From our literature review there are no...
{ "authors": [ "Daniel Hurtado-Sierra", "Judy Ximena Ramos Garzón", "Lyda Z Rojas", "Oscar Fernández-Gómez", "Francisco Manrique-Rincón" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2023.1109646", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2023 Feb 15;11:1109646.", "keywords": [ "...
PMC9975344
Cardiac rhabdomyoma (CRHM) is the principal cardiac tumor in children and is most often associated with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). Mutations in the TSC1 and TSC2 genes cause the overactivation of the mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR). This protein family is responsible for abnormal cell proliferation leading ...
{ "authors": [ "Jila Agah", "Sedighe Karimzadeh", "Fateme Moharrer Ahmadi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/3568328", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol Med", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:3568328.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28804663/",...
PMC5540456
A 41-year-old woman (G3P2L2Ab1) was referred to gynecology clinic with chief complaints of abdominal distension and localized abdominal wall pruritus for three months. She was misdiagnosed with gastrointestinal disorder and ultimately had undergone imaging. Ultrasonography and computed tomography (CT) scan disclosed a ...
{ "authors": [ "Liliana Fernández-Trujillo", "Jhon E Bolaños", "Carolina Álvarez", "Julián Giraldo", "Mauricio Velásquez", "Valeria Zúñiga-Restrepo", "Bladimir Pérez", "Luz F Sua" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1177/1179548420964759", "journal": "Clin Med Insights Circ Respir ...
PMC7566176
Solitary fibrous tumors of the pleura (SFTP) are rare mesenchymal neoplasms that originate from mesenchymal growth in the pleura, tend to be single tumors, usually have an indolent course and show nonspecific symptoms. SFTP can be often diagnosed from an incidental finding of a single mass in the thorax and should be c...
{ "authors": [ "Yangyang Li", "Teng Ye", "Qianru Gu", "Lei Dong", "Guorong Chen", "Shanshan Lu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1097/MD.0000000000009543", "journal": "Medicine (Baltimore)", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan;97(1):e9543.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link":...
PMC5943118
Rationale: Primary cardiac osteosarcoma is a rare tumor. To our knowledge, only 15 cases have been reported in the literature in the past 10 years. We describe a case of primary, cardiac, fibroblastic osteosarcoma in a 42-year-old woman. Patient concerns: A 42-year-old woman with a 10-day history of chest pain. Intraop...
{ "authors": [ "Mohammed Ali", "Abdalaziz Awadelkarim", "Patrick Bishop", "Rashid Alhusain", "Omeralfaroug Adam", "Ahmed Subahi", "Adel Elmoghrabi", "Luis Afonso" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/23247096211013185", "journal": "J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep", "journ...
PMC8114319
There has been an accumulating evidence of association between COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) infection and cardiovascular complications. We describe a case of a 58-year-old lady with a history of systolic heart failure and COVID-19 infection, who developed persistent symptomatic bradycardia, requiring pacemaker p...
{ "authors": [ "Min Wei Chen", "Nicolas K K King", "Sathiyamoorthy Selvarajan", "David C Y Low" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2152-7806.134912", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2014 Jun 20;5:99.", "keywords": [ "intracranial", "rosai–dorfman", "spinal", ...
PMC4093735
Background: Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD) is a rare benign histioproliferative disease. It is typically characterized by benign histiocyte proliferation with lymphadenopathy, fever, and leukocytosis and was first described in 1969 by Rosai and Dorfman. Extranodal involvement has been reported in approximately up to 43% o...
{ "authors": [ "Shalini Gupta", "Shehzad S Merchant" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2012/624065", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2012;2012:624065.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23197986/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh...
PMC3502875
Lemierre's syndrome (LS) is a rare, but a life-threatening complication of an oropharyngeal infection. Combinations of fever, pharyngitis, dysphagia, odynophagia, or oropharyngeal swelling are common presenting symptoms. Infection of the lateral pharyngeal space may result in thrombosis of the internal jugular vein, su...
{ "authors": [ "Akiko Marutani", "Ichiro Nakagawa", "Hun Soo Park", "Kentaro Tamura", "Yasushi Motoyama", "Hiroyuki Nakase" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2152-7806.196377", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2016 Dec 21;7(Suppl 41):S1065-S1068.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC5234302
Background: A distal posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) de novo aneurysm at the cortical segment after atherosclerotic basilar artery occlusion is extremely rare. Here, we report the case of a ruptured distal PICA de novo aneurysm 8 years after basilar artery occlusion. Case description: A 75-year-old man expe...
{ "authors": [ "Mohamed A Hamid", "Mitul C Mehta", "Baruch D Kuppermann" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s40942-018-0147-6", "journal": "Int J Retina Vitreous", "journal_detail": "2018 Nov 30;4:45.", "keywords": [ "fovea plana", "macular-foveal capillaries", "prader–willi synd...
PMC6267888
Background: Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a genetic disease caused by loss of expression of the paternally inherited copy of several genes on the long arm of chromosome 15. Ophthalmic manifestations of PWS include strabismus, amblyopia, nystagmus, hypopigmentation of the iris and choroid, diabetic retinopathy, catarac...
{ "authors": [ "Mazin Barry" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2018/4821939", "journal": "Case Rep Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2018 Feb 8;2018:4821939.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29593919/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh_terms": [ ...
PMC5822827
Capnocytophaga canimorsus is a Gram-negative bacilli that is part of the normal oral flora of dogs and some cats; it is well known to cause septicemia and endocarditis after their bite. This is the first reported case of infective endocarditis affecting both native mitral and aortic valves after a lion bite in a patien...
{ "authors": [ "Xiang Liu", "Xueling Zhu", "Xiaotang Zhou", "Yirui Xie", "Dairong Xiang", "Zhikai Wan", "Ying Huang", "Biao Zhu" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fimmu.2022.1012643", "journal": "Front Immunol", "journal_detail": "2022 Oct 3;13:1012643.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC9573961
Background: Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a fatal immunological syndrome resulting from excessive production of inflammatory cytokines. The conventional therapies for HLH, which are based on cytotoxic agents, are not always efficacious and safe, especially in patients with severe immunodeficiency. Ruxolit...
{ "authors": [ "Minami Suzuki", "Yuta Sekiguchi", "Masato Sasaki", "Shunsuke Inaba", "Sakino Oyama", "Yuichi Inoue", "Masahiro Warabi", "Kenichi Ohashi", "Seiji Inoshita" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2169/internalmedicine.9807-22", "journal": "Intern Med", "journal_det...
PMC9593166
The extent of rare side effects of mRNA vaccines for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remains unclear. Several cases of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) following COVID-19 vaccination have been reported. We herein report a 72-year-old man who presented with a fever after receivi...
{ "authors": [ "Ata Firouzi", "Mohsen Neshati Pir Borj", "Alireza Alizadeh Ghavidel" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.15171/jcvtr.2019.13", "journal": "J Cardiovasc Thorac Res", "journal_detail": "2019;11(1):75-77.", "keywords": [ "cardiac echinococcosis", "echinococcal infection", ...
PMC6477106
A 57-year-old man presented with atypical chest pain. Transthoracic echocardiography was performed and revealed a very large and well defined intra-myocardial multicystic mass in the posterolateral and basal inferoseptal segments of left ventricle suggestive of hydatid cyst. Although the echocardiographic diagnosis was...
{ "authors": [ "Rana Saleh", "Hamid Rahimi", "Amin Dehghan", "Atefeh Sadeghizadeh", "Alaleh Gheisari", "Shima Saeidi", "Zahra Pourmoghaddas" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/jrms.JRMS_756_20", "journal": "J Res Med Sci", "journal_detail": "2021 May 27;26:30.", "keywords": [...
PMC8305773
COVID-19 outbreak has become a global health concern due to challenges in treatment and high mortality rate; therefore, its therapeutic approaches play an important role in reducing the mortality rate and resolving this concern. Different therapies have been introduced, including interferon beta-1a and purification met...
{ "authors": [ "Inês Silva", "Isabel Ferreira", "Teresa Brandão", "Paulo Telles de Freitas" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12890/2020_001491", "journal": "Eur J Case Rep Intern Med", "journal_detail": "2020 Apr 29;7(7):001491.", "keywords": [ "listeria monocytogenes", "immunosuppr...
PMC7350961
Listeria monocytogenes is a gram positive bacillus responsible for listeriosis. This infection manifests mainly as bacteremia and / or central nervous system (CNS) infection. Involvement of other sites is rare. Pleural listeriosis is an uncommon presentation of L. monocytogenes infection and there is little data to gui...
{ "authors": [ "Qian Chen", "Min Yang", "Guang-Quan Liao", "Yu-Er Zhao", "Dao-Yuan Yue", "Yue Yuan", "Bin Cheng", "Hua Qin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2020.00564", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2020 Sep 4;7:564.", "keywords": [ "co...
PMC7500472
On April 8, 2020, after nearly 3 months of battling against the outbreak of COVID-19, Wuhan, where the pandemic began, began easing lockdown restrictions. However, given that asymptomatic carriers could continue to lead to transmission of COVID-19 during the very early stages, the endoscopists have taken precautions an...
{ "authors": [ "Alaa Al Juaid", "Waheed Al Zahrani" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/1658-631X.194244", "journal": "Saudi J Med Med Sci", "journal_detail": "2017 Jan-Apr;5(1):77-79.", "keywords": [ "children", "saudi arabia", "myiasis" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-SA", "link": "ht...
PMC6298275
Myiasis is an ectoparasitic infestation of tissue. Most cases of furuncular myiasis in Saudi Arabia are acquired from the Southern region of Saudi Arabia, including the Al Baha and Asir regions. Some authors consider these areas to be part of the Afro-tropical zoogeographical belt where infection is most likely to occu...
{ "authors": [ "Felipe Perez-Vazquez", "Magnus Bäck", "Efrain Chavarria-Avila", "Eduardo Gomez-Bañuelos", "Carlos G Ramos-Becerra", "Óscar Pizano-Martínez", "Mario Salazar-Páramo", "Fernando Grover-Páez", "Arnulfo H Nava-Zavala", "Ernesto G Cardona-Muñoz", "David Cardona-Mü...
PMC7025600
Introduction: Cardiovascular parameters disruption can be found in patients at early stages of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The primary endpoint of this study was the reduction of arterial stiffness in RA patients without traditional cardiovascular risk factors or previous comorbidities, measured by cardio-ankle vascular...
{ "authors": [ "Justin Brilliant", "Diep Edwards", "Ritu Yadav", "Jana Lovell", "Lena Mathews" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2022/7041740", "journal": "Case Rep Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2022 Oct 29;2022:7041740.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pu...
PMC9637036
Purulent pericarditis is an extremely rare entity with only a few reported cases so far. This condition deserves prompt diagnosis because of its significant mortality rate if left untreated. A 76-year-old man with a past medical history of coronary artery disease (CAD) with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to t...
{ "authors": [ "Alejandra Rincon", "Paola Paez-Rojas", "Fernando Suárez-Obando" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/7608348", "journal": "Case Rep Genet", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan 10;2019:7608348.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/307...
PMC6348808
8q22.2q22.3 microdeletion syndrome has been described in only seven patients. We present a new case from Colombia. The characteristics of this condition are developmental delay, microcephaly, seizures, and typical facial dysmorphism. We discuss the clinical phenotype of the patient presenting relevant findings like hea...
{ "authors": [ "S Biuden", "K Maatallah", "H Riahi", "H Ferjani", "M D Kaffel", "W Hamdi" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1155/2021/5577257", "journal": "Case Rep Rheumatol", "journal_detail": "2021 Sep 4;2021:5577257.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pu...
PMC8437625
The acronym SAPHO (synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, and osteitis) includes diseases with similar osteoarticular manifestations and skin conditions. Making this diagnosis is not always obvious, especially when the clinical presentation does not fit the typical pattern of the disease or it occurs in a particula...