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{ "authors": [ "Rebecca A Lee", "Theodore Dassios", "Ravindra Bhat", "Anne Greenough" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2020/8824556", "journal": "Case Rep Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2020 Oct 13;2020:8824556.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm...
PMC7578730
Background: Bilious vomiting in the newborn is common and requires urgent attention to exclude malrotation. The proportion of neonates with surgical abnormalities, however, is small, and there are other causes. Study Objectives. We reviewed our experience of infants with bilious vomiting to demonstrate the importance o...
{ "authors": [ "Penelope J Galbraith", "Michael L Richardson" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2484/rcr.v2i1.70", "journal": "Radiol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan 5;2(1):13-6.", "keywords": [ "ct, computed tomography", "mri, magnetic resonance imaging" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-N...
PMC4891614
We present a case of lunate fracture diagnosed which was diagnosed with cross sectional imaging. Lunate fractures are rare, and most cases in the literature were reported almost exclusively before the era of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We present the imaging findings in our patient wi...
{ "authors": [ "Carlos Castanha de Albuquerque Neto", "Natália da Silva Lira", "Marcelo A R C Albuquerque", "Fernando Santa-Cruz", "Laís de França M Vasconcelos", "Álvaro A B Ferraz", "Adriano C Costa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.07.019", "journal": "Int J Sur...
PMC6664231
Introduction: Insulinomas are neuroendocrine tumors characterized by an excessive secretion of insulin, and its most common primary site is the pancreas. Presentation of the case: Female, 31 years old, who underwent surgical resection of a pancreatic insulinoma measuring 0.5 × 0.5 cm during the third trimester of pregn...
{ "authors": [ "Shigetoshi Yano", "Takuichiro Hide", "Naoki Shinojima", "Yutaka Ueda", "Jun-Ichi Kuratsu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2152-7806.153653", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2015 Mar 19;6(Suppl 2):S113-6.", "keywords": [ "craniopharyngioma", ...
PMC4392546
Background: Intraventricular craniopharyngiomas are difficult to remove. We combined an interhemispheric transcallosal approach with a flexible endoscope (videoscope) for successful tumor removal. Case description: A 52-year-old male complained of general fatigue and memory disturbance. Magnetic resonance imaging revea...
{ "authors": [ "C Jones", "H Li", "N Ellahee" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2013.07.019", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2013;4(11):939-41.", "keywords": [ "bifid", "deformity", "fracture", "osteochondroma", "ulna" ], "license": "CC ...
PMC3825966
Introduction: We report a case of an osteochondroma in the form of an anomalous bifid distal ulna following mal-union of an epiphyseal injury. There has been no previous case of this reported in the medical literature. Presentation of case: A 19-year-old man presented with wrist stiffness and complete loss of pronation...
{ "authors": [ "Benjamin Joseph Lee", "Lance Villeneuve", "Michael Martin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_685_2022", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2022 Oct 21;13:476.", "keywords": [ "acrodysostosis", "laminectomy", "neurosurgery" ], "license": "CC...
PMC9610676
Background: Acrodysostosis (ACRO) is a rare disorder of peripheral bone development which can be either sporadic or inherited with mutations in the PRKAR1A or PDE4D genes. The resulting phenotypical characteristics are variable and overlap with other dysostosis conditions, making diagnosis difficult without genotyping....
{ "authors": [ "Kafil Akhtar", "Pragati Agnihotri", "Kiran Alam", "Kashif Raza" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.15586/jkcvhl.2016.51", "journal": "J Kidney Cancer VHL", "journal_detail": "2016 May 31;3(2):8-13.", "keywords": [ "immunohistochemistry", "kidney", "mucinous", "...
PMC5347374
Mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma (MTSCC) is a recent entity introduced in the World Health Organization 2004 Classification. It is a tumour of low malignant potential. MTSCC is a subtype of renal cell carcinoma (RCC), which is characterized by a polymorphous histology, wherein the spindled epithelial cell is...
{ "authors": [ "Bardia Bidarmaghz", "Ashvini Shekhar", "Rasika Hendahewa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.09.008", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016;28:65-67.", "keywords": [ "bowel obstruction", "ct colonogram", "hartmann’s procedure", ...
PMC5043402
Introduction: Endometriosis is usually a disease involving women of reproductive age. Colonic endometriosis is a rare sequelae. It usually presents vaguely with nonspecific abdominal pain, dyspareunia, fecal tenesmus, rectal bleeding or painful defecation. There are very few case reports of sigmoid endometriosis in the...
{ "authors": [ "Zanina Pereska", "Daniela Chaparoska", "Niko Bekarovski", "Irena Jurukov", "Natasha Simonovska", "Aleksandra Babulovska" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.toxrep.2019.06.002", "journal": "Toxicol Rep", "journal_detail": "2019 Jun 15;6:550-555.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC6587046
Objective: Acute organophosphate (OP) poisonings are presented with acetylcholine-receptor overstimulation. There have been a few case reports of thrombotic complications in acute OP poisonings, as well as prolonged thrombosis preconditions in patients who survived this type of intoxications. The paper presents a case ...
{ "authors": [ "Mehtap Balaban", "Sureyya Vudali Dogruyol", "Ilkay S Idilman", "Ozlem Unal", "Ali Ipek" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12659/PJR.895430", "journal": "Pol J Radiol", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan 17;81:17-20.", "keywords": [ "carcinoma, renal cell", "elasticity im...
PMC4721875
Background: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) - also known as hypernephroma or grawitz tumor - accounts for 3% of the adulthood malignancies. Approximately 30-40% of the patients have metastasis at the time of the diagnosis and most common sites for metastasis are lung, regional lymph nodes, bone and liver. A total of 8-14% o...
{ "authors": [ "Yu Wang", "Su-Yue Wang", "Kai Li", "Yu-Long Zhu", "Kun Xia", "Dan-Dan Sun", "Wen-Long Ai", "Xiao-Ming Fu", "Qun-Rong Ye", "Jun Li", "Huai-Zhen Chen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2022.1010150", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detai...
PMC9633861
Krabbe disease (KD), also known as globoid cell leukodystrophy, is a rare autosomal recessive condition caused by mutations in the galactocerebrosidase (GALC) gene. KD is more common in infants and young children than in adults. We reported the case of an adult-onset KD presenting with progressive myoclonic epilepsy (P...
{ "authors": [ "Hilmi Atay", "Engin Kelkitli", "Mehmet Turgut" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2014.17.157.3192", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2014 Mar 4;17:157.", "keywords": [ "tuberculosis", "abdominal mass", "lymphoma" ], "license": "CC BY", "...
PMC4119459
Tuberculosis remains a worldwide health problem causing morbidity and mortality. Abdominal tuberculosis is a rare form of the disease. Abdominal form of tuberculosis can mimic other non-infectious diseases. In this report, we presented an abdominal tuberculosis presenting with an intra-abdominal mass lesion and multipl...
{ "authors": [ "Faruk Pehlivanli", "Oktay Aydin", "Gökhan Karaca", "Gülçin Aydin", "Çağatay Erden Daphan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.29252/beat-0701011", "journal": "Bull Emerg Trauma", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan;7(1):72-75.", "keywords": [ "horseshoe abscess", "ileus", ...
PMC6360016
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{ "authors": [ "Weicheng Qin", "Yue Fang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.52312/jdrs.2021.290", "journal": "Jt Dis Relat Surg", "journal_detail": "2021;32(3):767-770.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34842111/", "major_mesh_terms": [ "Fr...
PMC8650662
Traumatic bilateral hip dislocation is a rare phenomenon. Simultaneous traumatic asymmetrical bilateral hip dislocation is even more unusual. There is no report in the literature regarding the mechanism of injury in tramcar squeezing. A 49-year-old male who had a serious tramcar accident and developed asymmetric bilate...
{ "authors": [ "Lu Wang", "Jingwei Liu", "Liping Peng" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.2147/IDR.S393647", "journal": "Infect Drug Resist", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 5;16:115-124.", "keywords": [ "chlamydia psittaci", "high-dose tigecycline", "metagenomic next-generation sequencin...
PMC9831003
Purpose: To summarize the clinical characteristics of progressive pneumonia caused by Chlamydia psittaci (C. psittaci) and to explore the effect of high-dose tigecycline on severe C psittaci. Patients and methods: We retrospectively analyzed the clinical characteristics, treatment, and outcomes of three progressive pne...
{ "authors": [ "Myoung Soo Jo", "Young Bin Lim", "Hea Kyeong Shin", "Joon Choe", "Jung Hyun Seul", "Tae Jung Jang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5999/aps.2012.39.1.59", "journal": "Arch Plast Surg", "journal_detail": "2012 Jan;39(1):59-62.", "keywords": [ "dermatosis", "p...
PMC3385293
Sweet's syndrome is characterized by clinical symptoms, physical features, and pathologic findings which include fever, neutrophilia, tender erythematous skin lesions, and a diffuse infiltrate of mature neutrophils. This is a report of our experience of Sweet's syndrome with parotitis. A 57-year-old man initially prese...
{ "authors": [ "Daniela Martins", "Rita Marques", "Pedro Costa", "João Pinto de Sousa" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.4322/acr.2021.284", "journal": "Autops Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2021 May 6;11:e2021284.", "keywords": [ "acute esophageal necrosis", "black esophagus", "e...
PMC8214898
Acute esophageal necrosis (AEN), also known as "black esophagus," is an entity characterized by the circumferential black appearance of esophageal mucosa, usually associated with hypoperfusion and gastric outlet obstruction. This entity has a reported prevalence of up to 0.2%, affecting predominantly elderly men with m...
{ "authors": [ "Prabal Chourasia", "Norman D Bernstein", "Kunal M Ajmera", "Trupti Pandit", "Ramesh Pandit", "Lokesh Goyal" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01660", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2022 Dec 5;31:e01660.", "keywords": [ "acyclovir", ...
PMC9731873
Eczema herpeticum (EH), also known as Kaposi's varicelliform eruption, is a disseminated herpes simplex virus infection seen in patients with underlying skin conditions, most commonly atopic dermatitis. Monomorphic vesicles and "punched-out" erosions with hemorrhagic crusts over eczematous regions are the hallmarks of ...
{ "authors": [ "J Minjy Kang", "Yen Cheng Hsia", "Ying Han" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2020/6878025", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol Med", "journal_detail": "2020 Mar 2;2020:6878025.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32206361/", "...
PMC7081018
Purpose: Tube exposure can lead to vision-threatening consequences and requires prompt surgical attention. Posterior repositioning of the tube to the pars plana has previously been reported as a successful technique. However, this method requires a pars plana vitrectomy (PPV). Here, we describe a novel technique of rep...
{ "authors": [ "Rian A A Wijkmans", "Koen Talsma" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1093/jscr/rjv168", "journal": "J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan 10;2016(1):rjv168.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26755528/", "major_mesh_terms"...
PMC4707387
Scurvy is a disease that played an important role in ancient history and used to be a notorious cause of death in sailors. Nowadays, scurvy is not a common diagnosis in the civilized world, but this case report indicates that this old-fashioned disease is not extinct at all and still exists but in a different patient c...
{ "authors": [ "L Giambanco", "V Iannone", "M Borriello", "G Scibilia", "G Sozzi", "V Chiantera", "P Scollo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/9701874", "journal": "Case Rep Obstet Gynecol", "journal_detail": "2019 Dec 8;2019:9701874.", "keywords": null, "license": "C...
PMC6925918
Adnexal torsion is a surgical emergency requiring early diagnosis in order to avoid demolitive surgery. Adnexal torsion's diagnosis could be very difficult in pediatric patients because children cannot explain symptoms accurately. Furthermore reproductive organs lie high in abdomen, causing unclear examinations finding...
{ "authors": [ "Tomoko Miyakubo", "Ryo Mukai", "Kosuke Nakamura", "Hidetaka Matsumoto", "Hideo Akiyama" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S225173", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2019 Nov 19;12:355-361.", "keywords": [ "ipilimumab", "metastatic mal...
PMC6875519
Purpose: Ipilimumab is an immune checkpoint inhibitor that is now widely used for patients with metastatic malignant melanoma. However, this immune checkpoint inhibitor can induce related adverse events in various organs. Here, we report a case of bilateral drug (ipilimumab)-induced serous retinal detachment (SRD), and...
{ "authors": [ "Jacob Dickman", "Michael Howell", "Robert Hoopes", "Yipeng Wang", "Tobin J Dickerson", "Michael Bottomley", "H Nicholas Shamma", "Christine M Rapp", "Matthew J Turner", "Craig A Rohan", "Jeffrey B Travers" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.13188/2373-104...
PMC9397586
Lichen Planus Pigmentosus inversus (LPPi) is a rare interface and lichenoid dermatitis (ILD) and supposed variant of lichen planus (LP) that presents as well-demarcated brown to grey macules in flexural and intertriginous areas. LPPi is deemed 'inversus' because its anatomical distribution in skin folds is opposite tha...
{ "authors": [ "Rachana George", "Shawky Z A Badawy" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2012/757854", "journal": "Case Rep Obstet Gynecol", "journal_detail": "2012;2012:757854.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22924142/", "major_mesh_terms": ...
PMC3423662
Background. Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis is a rare cyclic premenstrual allergic reaction to progesterone produced during the luteal phase of a woman's menstrual cycle. Patients present with a variety of conditions including erythema multiforme, eczema, urticaria, angioedema, and progesterone-induced anaphylaxis. ...
{ "authors": [ "Kentaro Nogami", "Shogo Taniguchi", "Kyoko Togami" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s40981-016-0043-8", "journal": "JA Clin Rep", "journal_detail": "2016;2(1):18.", "keywords": [ "cardiac arrest", "down syndrome", "general anesthesia", "pediatric patient", ...
PMC5818772
Background: This report describes a case of transient cardiac arrest in a child with Down syndrome. The cardiac arrest occurred during induction of anesthesia with sevoflurane. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first such report. Case presentation: A 14-year-old boy was scheduled to undergo dental treatment und...
{ "authors": [ "Radha Sarawagi", "Aravind Murugesan" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.4103/2156-7514.150454", "journal": "J Clin Imaging Sci", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan 30;5:8.", "keywords": [ "anterolateral medulla", "guillain–mollaret triangle", "t2-hyperintensity", "hypertrophi...
PMC4322379
Hypertrophic olivary degeneration (HOD) is seen following lesions in the Guillain-Mollaret triangle. This is unique because the inferior olivary nucleus hypertrophies following degeneration unlike the typical atrophy seen in other structures. We report two cases of HOD in two different clinical scenarios.
{ "authors": [ "Tahir Nazir", "Mahmud Nuffati" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.37616/2212-5043.1016", "journal": "J Saudi Heart Assoc", "journal_detail": "2020 Apr 17;32(1):98-102.", "keywords": [ "diastolic dysfunction", "elderly", "heart failure", "infiltrative cardiomyopathy", ...
PMC7640612
Amyloidosis is a rare, generally multisystem disease that can also involve the heart. Infiltration of the myocardium with amyloid proteins is an important and underappreciated cause of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in the elderly. We present the case of an 84-year-old man with chest tightness, dyspnoea...
{ "authors": [ "Jade Boyd", "Thomas Kerr" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1080/09581596.2015.1007923", "journal": "Crit Public Health", "journal_detail": "2016;26(4):418-433.", "keywords": [ "critical discourse analysis", "dangerousness", "institutionalization", "mental health", ...
PMC5423726
In Canada and other western nations there has been an unprecedented expansion of criminal justice systems and a well documented increase of contact between people with mental illness and the police. Canadian police, especially in Vancouver, British Columbia, have been increasingly at the forefront of discourse and regu...
{ "authors": [ "Rimesh Pal", "Uday Yanamandra", "Prasanna Kumar", "Nirmalya Banerjee" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/2387832", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2019 Nov 18;2019:2387832.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih...
PMC6885811
A 40-year-old gentleman presented with a history of multiple swellings involving his face, scalp, left axilla, back, and right thigh for the past 8 years. For the last 6 months, he developed intermittent low-grade fever, anorexia, weight loss, and gradually worsening breathlessness. On evaluation, the patient was found...
{ "authors": [ "Ana Luiza Fontes de Azevedo Costa", "Thiago Gonçalves Dos Santos Martins", "Francisco Javier Solano Moncada", "Mário Martins dos Santos Motta" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1590/s1679-45082014rc2708", "journal": "Einstein (Sao Paulo)", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan-Mar;12(1):...
PMC4898248
We report the case of a patient with congenital toxoplasmosis and submacular hemorrhage caused by a neovascular membrane who underwent an intravitreal injection of C3F8 and bevacizumab, and had a good visual recovery.
{ "authors": [ "Philippos Dimoulios", "Ioannis E Koutroubakis", "Maria Tzardi", "Pavlos Antoniou", "Ioannis M Matalliotakis", "Elias A Kouroumalis" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1471-230X-3-18", "journal": "BMC Gastroenterol", "journal_detail": "2003 Aug 7;3:18.", "keywords"...
PMC184504
Background: Although endometriosis with sigmoid serosal involvement is not uncommon in women of childbearing age, the mucosal involvement is rare and differential diagnosis from colon cancer may be difficult due to the lack of pathognomonic symptoms and the poor diagnostic yield of colonoscopy and colonic biopsies. Cas...
{ "authors": [ "Markus Chwajol", "Ziad A Hage", "Sepideh Amin-Hanjani", "Fady T Charbel" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.4103/2152-7806.122005", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2013 Nov 22;4:150.", "keywords": [ "anastomosis", "pica", "aneurysm", "resection...
PMC3872649
Background: Extracranial aneurysms of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) are rare, with only 22 reported cases in the English literature. For saccular extracranial distal PICA aneurysms not amenable to coiling, a surgically placed clip is not protected by the cranium postoperatively, and can be subject to ...
{ "authors": [ "Mohammad Mozaffar", "Mohammad Hasani", "Mahtab Fallah", "Mohammad Reza Sobhiyeh", "Farideh Adhami" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Gastroenterol Hepatol Bed Bench", "journal_detail": "2013 Winter;6(1):48-51.", "keywords": [ "paraduodenal hernia", "...
PMC4017495
A 41-year old mentally retarded patient presented acutely with a 3 day history of vomiting and absolute constipation. Intestinal obstruction was diagnosed following an abdominal x ray. At laparotomy, a left paraduodenal hernia was present, without incarceration of small bowel. The herniated loops were reduced and the h...
{ "authors": [ "Austin M Badeau", "Frederic W-B Deleyiannis" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Eplasty", "journal_detail": "2013 Apr 26;13:e21.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23653822/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh_terms": [],...
PMC3641802
Objective: Fibular free flaps are the preferred method for reconstruction of composite lateral mandibular defects. This reconstructive technique is limited by the skin paddle's inability to freely rotate when attempting to fill 2 poorly aligned defects. Reconstructive surgeons have been exploring multiple methods of cr...
{ "authors": [ "Amarpreet Bhalla", "Qiang Liu", "Yanan Fang", "Jay H Lefkowitch" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.lrr.2023.100379", "journal": "Leuk Res Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Jul 8;20:100379.", "keywords": [ "igg4-type multiple myeloma in liver", "plasma cell neoplasm...
PMC10371806
IgG4 plasma cell neoplasm and myeloma are rare disease entities, not associated with systemic fibroinflammatory IgG4 related disease. We herein present a case of IgG4 plasma cell neoplasm in a liver transplant biopsy. A 55 year old female was treated with living donor transplant and had a complicated post-operative cou...
{ "authors": [ "Elrika Anastasia Wijaya", "Sally Mahdiani", "Lina Lasminingrum", "Heda Melinda Nataprawira" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01815", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2023 Jun 7;33:e01815.", "keywords": [ "children", "diagnosis", "mastoid...
PMC10461118
We report a case of a 5-year-old girl who came to Otolaryngology Outpatient Clinic of our hospital with the chief complaint of recurrent ear discharge which had started to appear since 3 years ago and had recurred every month despite repeated antibiotics and antifungals ear drops treatments, given by general practition...
{ "authors": [ "Tariq Almnaizel", "Tawfiq Alnawafleh", "Ra'ed Al-Jarrah", "Abdulhamid M Al-Abadi", "Malek A Al-Omari", "Eman A Al-Oudat" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.05.022", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020;72:175-177.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC7298520
Introduction: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is one of the most frequent operations performed around the world. Some pathological findings are particularly rare and difficult to diagnose preoperatively. Here, we report a case of a patient who presented to our hospital with calculus cholecystitis with a unique Intraoperat...
{ "authors": [ "Takeo Nomura", "Ryuta Satoh", "Kenji Kashima", "Mutsushi Yamasaki", "Kenichi Hirai", "Fuminori Satoh", "Hiromitsu Mimata" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4137/ccrep.s2356", "journal": "Clin Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2009 Mar 23;2:21-5.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC3785379
Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) is a rare spindle cell neoplasm mainly originated in the pleural cavity. We report here an unusual case of a large SFT in the retroperitoneum. A 27-year-old female complaining of a palpable mass in the right flank with dull pain was admitted to our hospital with the diagnosis of right retro...
{ "authors": [ "Teppei Takeda", "Kazuhiro Omura", "Haw Torng", "Teru Ebihara", "Satoshi Aoki", "Kosuke Tochigi", "Hiromi Kojima", "Nobuyoshi Otori" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/3402496", "journal": "Case Rep Otolaryngol", "journal_detail": "2021 Jul 22;2021:34024...
PMC8321740
Skull base injuries caused by the outside-in frontal drill-out technique have not been reported. In this report, we chose an outside-in approach to open the frontal sinus for olfactory neuroblastoma resection. Although we identified the first olfactory fibre, the anterior skull base was damaged while drilling into the ...
{ "authors": [ "Clarisse Mpinganzima", "Alf Haaland", "Anne Guro Vreim Holm", "Swee Lay Thein", "Geir Erland Tjønnfjord", "Per Ole Iversen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2020/2765012", "journal": "Case Rep Hematol", "journal_detail": "2020 Apr 14;2020:2765012.", "keywords": ...
PMC7180413
Patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) suffer from anemia and painful vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC) and sometimes need blood transfusions. Delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction (DHTR) is a rare life-threatening complication observed in SCD and mimics VOC. We describe a female SCD patient undergoing three surgical proce...
{ "authors": [ "Hirokazu Touge", "Katsuyuki Tomita", "Akira Yamasaki", "Eiji Shimizu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.01.001", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2017 Jan 6;20:92-94.", "keywords": [ "igg4", "lung", "pr3-anca" ], "license":...
PMC5239823
IgG4-related lung disease (IgG4-RLD) is a rare and chronic progressive autoimmune disease. We report a case of IgG4-related inflammatory pseudo-tumor of the lung that was seropositive for proteinase 3 anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (PR3-ANCA). A 61-year-old male had a mass lesion in the right lower lung field in ...
{ "authors": [ "Ali Akhaddar", "El Mehdi Atmane" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2014.17.266.4120", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2014 Apr 12;17:266.", "keywords": [ "pedicle screw", "malposition", "spinal lumbar injury" ], "license": "CC BY", "link": ...
PMC4191702
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{ "authors": [ "C Goatman", "P J Goldsmith", "V Antonopoulos", "B Ali" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2012/179407", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2012;2012:179407.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23243548/", "maj...
PMC3518097
Purpose. We present a rare case of colorectal metastasis to the thyroid five years following primary colonic resection. This case highlights the need to be cognisant of unusual sites of metastasis from colorectal neoplasms. Case Report. An 82-year-old male patient had a panproctocolectomy for synchronous colorectal tum...
{ "authors": [ "Roderick Cn van den Bergh", "Tineke Wolters", "Manon Cw Spaander", "Fritz H Schröder", "Geert Jlh van Leenders" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1757-1626-2-75", "journal": "Cases J", "journal_detail": "2009 Jan 21;2(1):75.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", ...
PMC2633324
Introduction: Prostate needle-biopsies are among the most common specimens in routine histopathological practice; in 15% colorectal tissue is also present. Rectal pathology is described to be found in 17% of this coincidentally obtained material. Case presentation: We present a case in which colorectal carcinoid was fo...
{ "authors": [ "Charles C Vining", "Phillip J Hsu", "Darryl Schuitevoerder", "Nora E Joseph", "Melissa E Hogg" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1089/pancan.2020.0009", "journal": "J Pancreat Cancer", "journal_detail": "2020 Oct 27;6(1):96-101.", "keywords": [ "hepatocellular carcino...
PMC8175251
Background: Liver parenchyma that resides outside of the normal hepatic confines is defined as accessory liver if in communication with the native biliary tree, or ectopic liver (EL) if it is not. EL can develop in a variety of tissues, including but not limited to the gallbladder, the hepatic ligaments, the pancreas, ...
{ "authors": [ "Magdalena Chmielińska", "Marzena Olesińska", "Anna Felis-Giemza" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5114/reum.2015.57640", "journal": "Reumatologia", "journal_detail": "2015;53(6):337-40.", "keywords": [ "hepatitis b", "neutropenia", "tocilizumab" ], "license": "CC...
PMC4847281
The authors present a case report of a 59-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis after documented recovery from hepatitis C (HCV) infection and with resolved HBV infection who has been undergoing successful tocilizumab treatment. The patient experienced moderate to severe neutropenia after consecutive tocilizumab adm...
{ "authors": [ "Ghassan Sa Salama", "Mahmoud Af Kaabneh", "Mohamed K Al-Raqad", "Ibrahim Mh Al-Abdallah", "Ayoub Ga Shakkoury", "Ruba Aa Halaseh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4137/CMPed.S21107", "journal": "Clin Med Insights Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2015 Feb 9;9:19-23.", "ke...
PMC4324465
Introduction: Cyclopia (alobar holoprosencephaly) (OMIM% 236100) is a rare and lethal complex human malformation, resulting from incomplete cleavage of prosencephalon into right and left hemispheres occurring between the 18th and the 28th day of gestation. Holoprosencephaly occurs in 1/16,000 live births, and 1/250 dur...
{ "authors": [ "Mashaal Dhir", "David G Crockett", "Todd M Stevens", "Peter T Silberstein", "William J Hunter", "Jason M Foster" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/2045-3329-4-8", "journal": "Clin Sarcoma Res", "journal_detail": "2014 Aug 6;4:8.", "keywords": [ "dfsp", "i...
PMC4179866
Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans (DFSP) is a rare skin tumor, characterized by frequent local recurrence but is seldom metastatic. It is histologically characterized by storiform arrangement of spindle cells. Cytogenetically, most tumors are characterized by translocation 17:22 leading to overexpression of tyrosine kina...
{ "authors": [ "Yuichiro Yasuda", "Kazunori Tobino", "Mina Asaji", "Yoshikazu Yamaji", "Kosuke Tsuruno" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s40248-015-0009-0", "journal": "Multidiscip Respir Med", "journal_detail": "2015 Mar 20;10(1):11.", "keywords": [ "canididemia", "compute...
PMC4374287
We herein report a case of invasive candidiasis presenting rare findings on chest computed tomography (CT). The chest CT scan showed multiple small cavitary lesions and nodules with surrounding ground-glass opacity, and also bilateral pleural effusion. Although this CT finding is thought as specific for pulmonary asper...
{ "authors": [ "Toshirou Fukushima", "Kazunari Tateishi", "Masayuki Hanaoka", "Keiichirou Koiwai", "Shigeru Sasaki", "Tomonobu Koizumi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000358380", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan 24;7(1):65-9.", "keywords": [ "chemo...
PMC3934680
Little information is available about the usefulness of concurrent chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced thymic carcinoma due to a rare anterior mediastinal tumor. We experienced a case of locally advanced thymic carcinoma that responded well to concurrent thoracic radiotherapy combined with cisplatin plus vinorelbine...
{ "authors": [ "Maria Pia Gargante", "Marco Vacante", "Cristina Russo", "Mariano Malaguarnera" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2009/378287", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2009;2009:378287.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih...
PMC2728614
A 48-year-old man, using statin, was admitted to hospital with progressive myalgia after consumption of tadalafil and simvastatin. Muscle pain and penile erection disappeared seven days after interruption of therapy. This case demonstrates the interaction of tadalafil with simvastatin resulting in myopathy. Muscle dama...
{ "authors": [ "Rani Somani", "Ripin Garewal", "Poonam Preet Bhandari", "Dilip Kumar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5005/jp-journals-10005-1135", "journal": "Int J Clin Pediatr Dent", "journal_detail": "2012 Jan;5(1):61-3.", "keywords": [ "marsupialization", "mixed dentition", ...
PMC4093641
Of the most common odontogenic cysts, radicular cysts represent cystic lesions of inflammatory origin and are managed either by surgical enucleation or by marsupialization. This article aims to report a clinical case of radicular cyst of a huge proportion treated with a conservative management. An illustration of possi...
{ "authors": [ "Wael Zaher", "Sammy Place", "Yannick Gombeir" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12890/2020_001621", "journal": "Eur J Case Rep Intern Med", "journal_detail": "2020 May 11;7(8):001621.", "keywords": [ "sarcoidosis", "radioiodine therapy", "thyroid cancer" ], "licen...
PMC7417045
Background: Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic disease producing non-caseating granulomas. The aetiology and pathogenesis are unknown. We herewith report an atypical case of cutaneous sarcoidosis. Case presentation: A 50-year-old female presented with an onset of multiple subcutaneous nodules on her 4 limbs. These nodules...
{ "authors": [ "Sumit Fogla", "Vaishali M Pansare", "Luis G Camero", "Uzma Syeda", "Naveen Patil", "Arun Chaudhury" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.12.011", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan 3;23:83-85.", "keywords": null, "license": "...
PMC5760466
We report the case of a 68-year-old gentleman who presented with musculoskeletal chest pain which appeared suddenly when he bent over with his dog. The chest pain was localized to the left lower chest and increased with movement and deep breathing. The patient did not complain weight loss, night sweat, fever or chill. ...
{ "authors": [ "Joana Regala", "João Lourenço", "Francisco Moniz-Pereira", "António Bento" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023/7960227", "journal": "Case Rep Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2023 Mar 16;2023:7960227.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed....
PMC10036178
Postictal psychosis (PIP) is one of the most common types of psychosis in epileptic patients. By virtue of the paucity of research on PIP, its pathophysiology remains not completely understood. Our case report describes a clinical picture of PIP, characterized by pleomorphic features, with neither Schneider's first-ran...
{ "authors": [ "Miaomiao He", "Jie Qiu", "Yang Bai", "Yan Wang", "Guangzhi Chen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fcvm.2022.996481", "journal": "Front Cardiovasc Med", "journal_detail": "2022 Oct 14;9:996481.", "keywords": [ "atrial fibrillation", "diagnosis", "pleural ...
PMC9620720
Postpericardial injury syndrome (PPIS) is defined as pericarditis or pericardial effusion that results from recent myocardial infarction or intracardiac interventions. These symptoms typically include fever, leukocytosis, a high erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and elevated C-reactive protein levels. Additionally, peric...
{ "authors": [ "Ivan DeQuesada 2nd", "Amit Saindane" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2484/rcr.v7i3.705", "journal": "Radiol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015 Dec 7;7(3):705.", "keywords": [ "ct, computed tomography", "mri, magnetic resonance imaging", "wnv, west nile virus" ], "li...
PMC4899671
We present a serologically proven case of WNV encephalitis in a young, pregnant woman with cranial and spinal MRI findings who was seen for asymmetric, flaccid paralysis of her extremities. Cranial MRI findings were nonspecific, as reported in reviews of West Nile virus encephalitis. Her spinal MRI displayed enhancemen...
{ "authors": [ "Maria Cristina Campopiano", "Antonella Fogli", "Angela Michelucci", "Laura Mazoni", "Antonella Longo", "Simona Borsari", "Elena Pardi", "Elena Benelli", "Chiara Sardella", "Laura Pierotti", "Elisa Dinoi", "Claudio Marcocci", "Filomena Cetani" ], ...
PMC9393300
The WNT1 gene is crucial for bone development and homeostasis. Homozygous mutations in WNT1 cause severe bone fragility known as osteogenesis imperfecta type XV. Moreover, heterozygous WNT1 mutations have been found in adults with early-onset osteoporosis. We identified a 35 year-old Caucasian woman who experienced mul...
{ "authors": [ "Naohiro Aida", "Taihei Ito", "Michihiro Maruyama", "Kenichi Saigo", "Naotake Akutsu", "Hiromichi Aoyama", "Hiroshi Kitamura", "Takashi Kenmochi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/1179547619867330", "journal": "Clin Med Insights Case Rep", "journal_detail": ...
PMC6669837
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection might induce not only posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) but also leiomyosarcoma. We report a case of EBV-associated leiomyosarcoma concurrently with PTLD after renal transplantation. The patient was a 30-year-old woman who underwent living donor kidney transplant...
{ "authors": [ "Luiz Fernando Norcia", "Erika Mayumi Watanabe", "Claudia Nishida Hasimoto", "Leonardo Pelafsky", "Walmar Kerche de Oliveira", "Ligia Yukie Sassaki" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000523662", "journal": "Case Rep Gastroenterol", "journal_detail": "2022 Mar 31;16(...
PMC9035950
Autosomal dominant polycystic liver disease (ADPLD) is a rare disease with variable clinical presentations, characterized by cystic enlargement of the liver. The diagnosis is made based on family history, patient's age, and liver phenotype and is confirmed by imaging tests. The treatment aims to reduce symptoms caused ...
{ "authors": [ "Ekjyot Gill", "Matthew Shulman", "Sid Schechet", "Lawson Grumbine" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3205/oc000068", "journal": "GMS Ophthalmol Cases", "journal_detail": "2017 Jul 7;7:Doc17.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/...
PMC5506694
Introduction: Cases of penetrating ocular trauma due to osseous material are limited, so reported incidents are valuable in determining outcomes and proper treatment courses. Case description: We report a case of an open globe injury of the left eye with an intraocular foreign body occurring after a firework exploded i...
{ "authors": [ "Ramesh M Bhat", "Celia S Saldanha", "Srinath M Kambil", "S Dandakeri" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0253-7184.93817", "journal": "Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS", "journal_detail": "2012 Jan;33(1):35-7.", "keywords": [ "acquired lymphangioma", "lymphangiectasia...
PMC3326847
Cutaneous lymphangiectasia, also called as acquired lymphangioma, is a benign cutaneous disorder involving the dermal and subcutaneous lymphatic channels. It can rarely occur on the vulva. We describe a 35-year-old woman who came with multiple raised lesions over the vulva and left upper thigh of 1 year duration. She g...
{ "authors": [ "Mohammadali M Shoja", "R Shane Tubbs", "Aaron A Cohen-Gadol" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2152-7806.80121", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2011;2:56.", "keywords": [ "false aneurysm", "clip ligation", "intracranial aneurysm", "subarachn...
PMC3114371
Background: Cerebral pseudoaneurysms, especially of the anterior communicating artery (ACoA), are rare. Case description: Herein, the authors report a 66-year-old patient who underwent successful clip ligation of a small ruptured ACoA aneurysm. Eighteen days after surgery, he suffered from another episode of subarachno...
{ "authors": [ "Neema Izadi", "Donald Y M Leung" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.anai.2017.09.061", "journal": "Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan;120(1):23-33.e1.", "keywords": null, "license": "author_manuscript", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29273125...
PMC8564861
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{ "authors": [ "Georgios-Marios Makris", "Petros Karakitsos", "Eugenia Kotsifa", "Niki Margari", "Nikiforita Poulakaki", "Theodoros N Sergentanis", "Marco-Johannes Battista", "Charalampos Chrelias", "Nicolaos Papantoniou" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/4976741", ...
PMC5237723
As a result of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program, the prevalence of precancerous dysplasia and invasive cervical cancer has substantially decreased. In this brief report, we present a case of a young patient who was diagnosed with in situ adenocarcinoma of the cervix. This 30-year-old female had comple...
{ "authors": [ "Ryo Shigemoto", "Takatoshi Anno", "Fumiko Kawasaki", "Kohei Kaku", "Hideaki Kaneto" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fimmu.2021.752423", "journal": "Front Immunol", "journal_detail": "2021 Nov 25;12:752423.", "keywords": [ "anti-gad antibody", "anti-ia-2 ant...
PMC8660592
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is mainly triggered by autoimmune β-cell destruction, usually leading to absolute insulin deficiency. Regarding the speed of β-cell destruction, there are large variations depending on age. In some adult cases, sufficient β-cell function is sometimes retained for a relatively long period...
{ "authors": [ "Hrushikesh P Saraf", "Pradnya P Nikhade", "Manoj G Chandak" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2012/278134", "journal": "Case Rep Dent", "journal_detail": "2012;2012:278134.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22577586/", "ma...
PMC3337583
Ingestion of the endodontic instrument during root canal treatment is rare but can result in serious complications. The present paper reports a case in which endodontic file was accidentally swallowed by the patient undergoing root canal therapy, which entered digestive tract and passed uneventfully.
{ "authors": [ "A Chaouki", "A Mkhatri", "A Ballage", "N Zouhair", "M Mahtar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.04.013", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019;58:70-73.", "keywords": [ "chemotherapy", "epitheloid haemangioendothelioma", "...
PMC6479100
Background: Epitheliod hemandioendothelioma (EHE) is a rare vascular tumor which was first reported by Weiss and Enzinger in 1982. It can be seen in many locations whose paranasal sinus is extremly rare. Its main treatment is surgery. To our best knowledge, no report of EHE treated by radiation therapy and chemotherapy...
{ "authors": [ "Santosh C Uppu", "Sruti Chandrasekaran", "Kiran K Mallula" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0974-2069.52820", "journal": "Ann Pediatr Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2009 Jan;2(1):87-8.", "keywords": [ "constrictive pericarditis", "partial anomalous pulmonary venous re...
PMC2840771
This is a report of a 49-year-old male, who presented with typical signs and symptoms of constrictive pericarditis. He was diagnosed with sinus venosus atrial septal defect (ASD) and anomalous right upper pulmonary venous return during his adolescence, which was elected not to be repaired. During the attempted repair o...
{ "authors": [ "Yahya H Khormi", "Ryan Chrenek", "Sankar Tejas" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_355_2020", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2020 Jul 11;11:190.", "keywords": [ "atlantoaxial joint", "cervical cord compression", "intradural cystic lesion", ...
PMC7395520
Background: Synovial cysts are commonly observed soft-tissue masses of the spine, typically extradural and located in the lumbar region. We describe a very rare symptomatic case of a C1-C2 intradural synovial cyst. Case description: A 78-year-old female presented with progressive left side weakness, paresthesia, and hy...
{ "authors": [ "Masanori Hayashi", "Atsushi Ikeda", "Mitsuo Yokota", "Hiroyuki Sako", "Hiroshi Uchida", "Ken Ikeda", "Seijiro Okusawa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.06.023", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2017;37:52-56.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC5479956
Introduction: Anastomotic strictures occurring after colectomy are a most challenging postoperative complication for gastroenterological surgeons. Reports documenting anastomotic strictures developing in the early postoperative phase are scant, and no established treatment is available. Presentation of case: A 78-year-...
{ "authors": [ "Abhishant Pandey", "Nm Nandini", "Ak Jha", "Gv Manjunath" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0970-9371.76950", "journal": "J Cytol", "journal_detail": "2011 Jan;28(1):39-41.", "keywords": [ "fine needle aspiration", "cell block", "seminoma" ], "license": "...
PMC3083535
Testicular neoplasms which show a wide variety of morphologic types, comprise a small proportion of malignancies. Early identification and treatment is essential for achieving long term survival. The cytologic findings in fine needle aspiration smears from left testicular swelling of a 49 year old male suggestive of a ...
{ "authors": [ "Theodoros Papadas", "Panagiotis Goumas", "Maria Miranda Alexopoulou", "Ioannis Papakyriakos", "Dimitrios Papavasiliou", "Dimitrios Antonopoulos" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/s1808-8694(15)31290-8", "journal": "Braz J Otorhinolaryngol", "journal_detail": "2005 ...
PMC9443576
We report a case of a seventy-five years old male patient with a squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) originated from the right external ear four years ago. He was undergone surgical removal of the lesion with a combination of modified neck dissection and reconstruction with the use of pectoralis major flap. Furthermore, he h...
{ "authors": [ "Julio J Geminiani", "Stephen D Marshall", "Tammy S Ho", "Steven B Brandes" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2015/748495", "journal": "Case Rep Urol", "journal_detail": "2015;2015:748495.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.go...
PMC4615212
Leydig cell tumors represent 3% of testicular masses and usually occur in prepubertal boys and men between 30 and 60 years of age. Leydig cell tumors are benign in children but can be malignant in 10% of adults. This case report describes a 41-year-old patient who was diagnosed with a Leydig cell tumor that originated ...
{ "authors": [ "Chloe Weidenbaum", "Akanksha Kushwah", "Ariana Geromes", "Jonathan A Abbas" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.55729/2000-9666.1105", "journal": "J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect", "journal_detail": "2022 Sep 9;12(5):54-56.", "keywords": [ "chest pain", "diffuse la...
PMC9529639
Primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma (PMBCL) is a rare type of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, constituting 2-4% of non-Hodgkin lymphomas. Here we present a case of PMBCL initially presenting as pleuritic chest pain in an otherwise healthy 33-year-old woman. PMBCL typically presents as a large, fast-growing tumor limited...
{ "authors": [ "Syeda Alisha Ali Zaidi", "Amanullah", "Syeda Kubra Kishwar Jafri", "Salman Sharif" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_815_2022", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 6;14:2.", "keywords": [ "cerebellopontine angle", "glioblastoma", "i...
PMC9899477
Background: Glioblastomas are the most common adult primary brain tumor present supratentorially. The presence of true extra-axial GBM infratentorially, especially in the internal auditory canal, is extremely rare with only three cases reported previously in the literature. We report the fourth case of primary internal...
{ "authors": [ "Mohammed N Bani Hani", "Abdel Rahman Al Manasra", "Hamzeh Daradkah", "Farah Bani Hani", "Zeina Bani Hani" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/1179547619869009", "journal": "Clin Med Insights Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019 Sep 22;12:1179547619869009.", "keywords": [...
PMC6757503
Background: Myiasis refers to the infestation of live human with 2-winged larvae (maggots). Cutaneous myiasis is the most commonly encountered clinical form. It is divided into 3 main forms: furuncular, creeping (migratory), and wound (traumatic) myiasis. Case report: In this article, we report an extremely rare case o...
{ "authors": [ "Selcuk Ozdogan", "Yusuf Emrah Gergin", "Sinem Gergin", "Necati Tatarli", "Tufan Hicdonmez" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2015.20.97.5748", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2015 Feb 4;20:97.", "keywords": [ "rhinorrhea", "sinusitis", ...
PMC4506802
Spotaneous or non-traumatic cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea is an uncommon condition and may present a diagnostic challenge to clinicians. This condition is often being misdiagnosed for allergic rhintis or chronic sinusitis since the precipitating cause is not readily apperent in most patients. The mechanism of rhinorrh...
{ "authors": [ "Waleed Al-Khyatt", "James D Thomas", "David J Humes", "Dileep N Lobo" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1186/1752-1947-7-25", "journal": "J Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan 21;7:25.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...
PMC3552963
Introduction: Intestinal ischemia is a rare complication of laparoscopic surgery. Its prognosis depends on a high index of suspicion and effective early treatment. Case presentation: In the present report, we describe three cases where intestinal ischemia developed following laparoscopic surgery. Case 1 concerns a 52-y...
{ "authors": [ "Nicole L Mendelson", "Kayla R Elliott", "Krista E Evans", "Nora K Frisch", "Amer K Abu Alfa" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.21037/acr-22-59", "journal": "AME Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 6;7:6.", "keywords": [ "lifting", "agent", "case report", ...
PMC9929658
Background: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved submucosal injection of lifting agents such as ORISE® has become a widespread, routine and standard practice in endoscopic mucosal resection and endoscopic submucosal dissection of gastrointestinal lesions. Lifting agent granulomas result from transformation o...
{ "authors": [ "Satoshi Nakayama", "Naoya Murashima" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2020/8268016", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2020 Apr 13;2020:8268016.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32328109/", "major_mesh_terms": []...
PMC7174955
Portal vein thrombosis is a major complication associated with liver cirrhosis. In cirrhotic patients, a decrease in procoagulant and anticoagulant factors and an unstable balance between them is observed, and a relative decrease in the activation of anticoagulant drivers is one of the main causes of portal vein thromb...
{ "authors": [ "Kentaro Ishiahara", "Noriyasu Hashida", "Kazunobu Asao", "Shinichi Usui", "Kazuichi Maruyama", "Kohji Nishida" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000497033", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2019 Feb 20;10(1):75-80.", "keywords": [ "adenoma...
PMC6489088
We report the rare case of an adenoma of the nonpigmented ciliary epithelium (NPCE). A 67-year-old healthy man presented with a regularly shaped and nonpigmented mass at the iris root of his right eye. His best-corrected visual acuity was 1.5 with normal intraocular pressure. During observation, the size of the tumor r...
{ "authors": [ "Antonio Colamaria", "Maria Blagia", "Francesco Carbone", "Nicola Pio Fochi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_1134_2021", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2022 Apr 15;13:151.", "keywords": [ "blast", "civil population", "neurotrauma", ...
PMC9062926
Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a well-known brain dysfunction commonly encountered in activities such as military combat or collision sports. The etiopathology can vary depending on the context and bomb explosions are becoming increasingly common in war zones, urban terrorist attacks, and civilian criminal...
{ "authors": [ "Naoya Oka", "Yusuke Yoshida", "Tomohiro Sugimoto", "Ai Yorishima", "Sho Masuda", "Shintaro Hirata" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2169/internalmedicine.9485-22", "journal": "Intern Med", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 1;62(1):123-127.", "keywords": [ "eosinophilic...
PMC9876703
We herein report a 20-year-old woman who developed eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) and portal vein thrombosis (PVT). EGPA was diagnosed based on the patient's history of asthma, hypereosinophilia, and mononeuritis complex. Thrombocytopenia and liver dysfunction were observed, necessitating contrast...
{ "authors": [ "Ai Miyoshi", "Takashi Miyatake", "Takeya Hara", "Asuka Tanaka", "Naoko Komura", "Shinnosuke Komiya", "Serika Kanao", "Masumi Takeda", "Mayuko Mimura", "Masaaki Nagamatsu", "Takeshi Yokoi" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1155/2015/414019", "journal": ...
PMC4697079
Borderline ovarian tumors are benign but relatively large tumors that are often initially mistaken as ovarian cancers. We report three cases of stage I borderline ovarian tumors having massive ascites that we (preoperatively) suspected of being advanced ovarian cancer. The three patients (35, 47, and 73 years old) repo...
{ "authors": [ "Iselin Marie Wedding", "Jeanette Koht", "Gia Tuong Tran", "Doriana Misceo", "Kaja Kristine Selmer", "Asbjørn Holmgren", "Eirik Frengen", "Laurence Bindoff", "Chantal M E Tallaksen", "Charalampos Tzoulis" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1371/journal.pone.00...
PMC3899233
Spastic paraplegia 7 is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the gene encoding paraplegin, a protein located at the inner mitochondrial membrane and involved in the processing of other mitochondrial proteins. The mechanism whereby paraplegin mutations cause disease is unknown. We studied two female an...
{ "authors": [ "Cristina Singer", "Simona Coşoveanu", "Ileana Petrescu", "Radu Spătaru", "Ovidiu Ciobanu", "Gindrovel Dumitra", "Maria Singer", "Daniela Neagoe", "Mihaela Popescu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12865/CHSJ.48.01.20", "journal": "Curr Health Sci J", "journ...
PMC9289584
A male infant, one month old, weight 4000 g, breastfed only, no pathological history, was admitted to the 2nd Pediatric Clinic, Clinical Emergency County Hospital in Craiova with fever and cough. Clinical findings when he was admitted: fever 38.7°C, perioral cyanosis, spastic cough, expiratory dyspnea, intercostal retr...
{ "authors": [ "Joseph T Alaimo", "Sureni V Mullegama", "Mary Ann Thomas", "Sarah H Elsea" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s13039-015-0179-7", "journal": "Mol Cytogenet", "journal_detail": "2015 Oct 5;8:75.", "keywords": [ "copy number variation", "encode", "ptls", "ra...
PMC4594966
The identification of structural variants of uncertain clinical significance is increasing; however, studies delineating the functional consequence of these variants in the pathogenicity of phenotypic features are lacking. Understanding the consequence of structural variants such as copy number alterations and their ro...
{ "authors": [ "Vicki Lewis", "Bari Hoffman Ruddy", "Jeffrey Lehman", "Erin Silverman", "Brian Spector" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2015/305736", "journal": "Case Rep Otolaryngol", "journal_detail": "2015;2015:305736.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https:...
PMC4380092
Eagle's syndrome (ES) is rare condition, most frequently described within the context of case study presentation. ES results from elongation of the styloid process, contributing to symptoms such as globus sensation in the throat, as well as pain localized to the ear, neck, face, or tongue. Additional symptoms can inclu...
{ "authors": [ "Marie R Roger", "Gregory M Anstead" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/1589356", "journal": "Case Rep Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:1589356.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28373917/", "major_mesh_terms": [],...
PMC5360951
The patient is a 52-year-old African American man with a past medical history of HIV infection (on antiretroviral therapy, CD4 count 399 cells/µL, and undetectable HIV viral load) and recurrent genital herpes. While on valacyclovir, the patient presented with four tumorous lesions on the perineum and scrotum. A biopsy ...
{ "authors": [ "Diana Donovan", "Laura Urquhart", "Una Hopkins", "Sandra Knight", "Laura Moore" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4137/CMO.S14038", "journal": "Clin Med Insights Oncol", "journal_detail": "2014 May 7;8:65-70.", "keywords": [ "distant breast cancer metastases", "er...
PMC4022698
Nurse practitioners play important roles in breast cancer prevention, early detection, therapeutic efficacy, and surveillance. Assessment of a patient's health status is part of the nine nurse practitioner core competencies updated in 2012 by the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties. Although adverse e...
{ "authors": [ "Estella Musacchio", "Andrea Piotto", "Pierluigi Binotto", "Antonio Toniato", "Leonardo Sartori" ], "case_amount": 5, "doi": "10.1155/2020/8281468", "journal": "Case Rep Dent", "journal_detail": "2020 May 10;2020:8281468.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link...
PMC7330640
Introduction: We report the resolution of tooth discoloration following parathyroidectomy in an otherwise asymptomatic woman with primary hyperparathyroidism-associated hypercalcemia. Case Report. A 59-year-old Caucasian woman, diagnosed with primary hyperparathyroidism in 2011, nonsmoker with excellent overall oral he...
{ "authors": [ "Juntaro Fujita", "Yusuke Tomita", "Koichi Ichimura", "Rie Yamasaki", "Shohei Nishigaki", "Yuki Nitta", "Yusuke Inoue", "Yuta Sotome", "Naoya Kidani", "Kenichiro Muraoka", "Nobuyuki Hirotsune", "Shigeki Nishino" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.2176/...
PMC10101700
Melanoma carries a high risk of brain metastasis. A small subset of metastatic melanomas, known as amelanotic melanomas, does not present black coloration, reflecting a lack of melanin pigmentation. Here, we report a case of B-Raf proto-oncogene (BRAF) V600E mutation associated with a metastatic brain tumor caused by t...
{ "authors": [ "Takeshi Araki", "Shinya Ohata", "Kohei Okamoto", "Kazuhide Morimoto", "Mana Hiraishi", "Shinichiro Yamada", "Ishikazu Mizuno", "Takeshi Sugimoto" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/8612031", "journal": "Case Rep Hematol", "journal_detail": "2019 Feb 27;...
PMC6415290
A 67-year-old male, with a known diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndromes with multilineage dysplasia (MDS-MLD) was admitted to our hospital with a primary complaint of subcutaneous bleeding in his left thigh. Laboratory data showed anaemia and prolongation of activated partial thromboplastin time (85.8 s, normal range 2...
{ "authors": [ "Peter Caspar Bünemann", "Stefan Luck", "Malte Ohlmeier", "Thorsten Gehrke", "Tobias Malte Ballhause" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/6151679", "journal": "Case Rep Orthop", "journal_detail": "2021 Nov 10;2021:6151679.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", ...
PMC8598352
Osteoarthritis of the hip joint (coxarthrosis) is the most common hip disease in adults. Since the 1960s, total hip arthroplasty (THA) has made great progress and is nowadays one of the most frequently used procedures in orthopedic surgery. Different bearing concepts exist in various implant designs. A metal-on-metal b...
{ "authors": [ "Lauren P Wadsworth", "Nathaniel Van Kirk", "Madeline August", "J MacLaren Kelly", "Felicia Jackson", "Jennifer Nelson", "Rose Luehrs" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1007/s12144-021-02118-3", "journal": "Curr Psychol", "journal_detail": "2023;42(9):6937-6947.", ...
PMC8301733
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{ "authors": [ "Benjamin Burt", "Johanan Levine", "Kim Le" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OPTH.S24440", "journal": "Clin Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2012;6:151-3.", "keywords": [ "joubert syndrome", "diplopia", "molar tooth formation", "ptosis", "silicone sling im...
PMC3267536
In this case report, we describe a case of adult-onset bulbar ptosis in a patient with Joubert syndrome. Joubert syndrome is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder with malformations in cerebellum and brainstem. Many ocular abnormalities have been noted in Joubert syndrome, but the association of this syndrome with adult-o...
{ "authors": [ "Venkatraman Bhat", "Praveen Raju", "Sanjay Rao", "Srinivas Ramaiah" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2156-7514.159452", "journal": "J Clin Imaging Sci", "journal_detail": "2015 Jun 29;5:34.", "keywords": [ "imaging", "mdct", "infantile fibromatosis", "me...
PMC4490575
Fibromatosis also known as desmoid tumor is an uncommon cause of a mediastinal mass in patients of all ages. Imaging appearance of fibromatosis is generally nonspecific and demands special attention to subtle details to be correctly identified as a possibility. Management of the patient is often complicated by failure ...
{ "authors": [ "Gang Zhou", "Ydamis Estrella Perez", "Bing Leng" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/23247096231181959", "journal": "J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan-Dec;11:23247096231181959.", "keywords": [ "cd34", "alveolar adenoma", "lung neopla...
PMC10399263
Alveolar adenoma (AA) is a rare type of pulmonary neoplasm showing proliferation of alveolar epithelium and septal mesenchyme. Clinically, AA is asymptomatic, benign, and usually diagnosed incidentally. Surgical excision is curative. The etiology of AA is controversial and the pathogenesis is unknown, but it is thought...
{ "authors": [ "Lingjuan Liu", "Liqun Liu", "Lu Zhang", "Peng Huang", "Xiqiang Dang", "Lanjun Shuai", "Xingfang Li", "Yongzhen Li", "Dingan Mao", "Xiaochuan Wu", "Yan Cao" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2022.1004053", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journa...
PMC9932912
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with multi-system involvement as the main manifestation, and has complex and diverse clinical features. Studies on large samples have revealed that SLE patients have a significantly increased risk of thrombotic events, which are also one of the important cause...