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{ "authors": [ "Sqn Ldr Jimish Desai" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/njms.NJMS_16_16", "journal": "Natl J Maxillofac Surg", "journal_detail": "2017 Jan-Jun;8(1):85-86.", "keywords": [ "common peroneal palsy", "foot drop", "maxillofacial surgery", "orthotics", "supine position...
PMC5512417
Common peroneal nerve palsy in maxillofacial surgery setting is an uncommon and rarely reported complication. A patient who developed common peroneal nerve palsy following reduction and fixation of pan facial fractures under general anesthesia is presented. The patient developed common peroneal nerve palsy on the secon...
{ "authors": [ "Evan Boyle", "Dagan Coppock" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01520", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2022 May 20;28:e01520.", "keywords": [ "hyperinfection", "polymicrobial bacteremia", "strongyloides" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link"...
PMC9125627
Strongyloidiasis is a worldwide parasitic infection. Many who develop infection remain asymptomatic. Due to Stronygloides autoinfection cycle it can result in chronic infection over decades. Immunosuppression particularly with corticosteroids has been associated with a rapid acceleration of the autoinfection cycle know...
{ "authors": [ "Hiroharu Kobayashi", "Yoshifumi Arai", "Kentaro Iga", "Misa Kobayashi", "Takashi Suzuki", "Satoru Nakayama", "Hiroshi Adachi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2020/3738618", "journal": "Case Rep Obstet Gynecol", "journal_detail": "2020 Jun 5;2020:3738618.", ...
PMC7293738
The patient was a 41-year-old woman, gravida 0. She had no notable medical history. Laparoscopic right salpingo-oophorectomy and left cystectomy were performed for bilateral ovarian endometriomas, which were both pathologically diagnosed as benign. Six months later, she presented with left lower abdominal pain and expr...
{ "authors": [ "Dalila Šačić", "Olga Petrović", "Danijela Zamaklar-Trifunović", "Branislava Ivanović" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fcvm.2023.1191194", "journal": "Front Cardiovasc Med", "journal_detail": "2023 Jun 16;10:1191194.", "keywords": [ "staphylococcus", "embolism",...
PMC10313500
Cardiac device-related endocarditis as a device-therapy complication is a growing problem due to higher life expectancy and the increasing number of abandoned leads and subclinical symptoms. We reported a case of a 47-year-old woman with an implanted pacemaker who was admitted to the clinic for cardiology due to the ri...
{ "authors": [ "Leonard F Vernon" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.2147/ITT.S163924", "journal": "Immunotargets Ther", "journal_detail": "2018 Apr 23;7:29-34.", "keywords": [ "autoimmunity", "cancer", "cytokines", "fever", "immunotherapy", "infection", "tumor" ], "licens...
PMC5922243
The standard definition of spontaneous regression (SR) of cancer is as follows, "…when a malignant tumor partially or completely disappears without treatment or in the presence of therapy which is considered inadequate to exert a significant influence on neoplastic disease." SR is also known as Saint Peregrine tumor, t...
{ "authors": [ "José Luis Mejía-Cardona", "Maytté Marcano-Caldera", "Jorge Vera", "Asgeir Sigurdsson" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14744/eej.2017.170080", "journal": "Eur Endod J", "journal_detail": "2017 Nov 2;2(1):1-5.", "keywords": [ "dental trauma", "ridge preservation", ...
PMC7757955
In young patients, premature tooth loss in the anterior maxilla after trauma is challenging for the patient and the dental professional, with serious implications from aesthetic and functional points of view, as well as from a craniofacial growth aspect perspective. Premolars autotransplanted into the maxillary anterio...
{ "authors": [ "Muhammad Salick", "Raheel Anwar", "Saroj Pani", "Evan Adelstein", "Mohammad El-Hajjar", "Steven Fein", "Marc Judson" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2022.101784", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2022 Nov 18;40:101784.", "keywords...
PMC9694373
We describe a patient where a pacemaker lead induced tricuspid valve changes that caused a right to left shunt through a preexisting patent foramen ovale resulting in significant hypoxemia. This event occurred years after the pacemaker had been placed. Surgical closure of the patent foramen ovale resolved the patient's...
{ "authors": [ "Nektarios D Giadinis", "Rania Farmaki", "Nikolaos Papaioannou", "Elias Papadopoulos", "Harilaos Karatzias", "Alexander F Koutinas" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4061/2011/476348", "journal": "Vet Med Int", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:476348.", "keywords": null, ...
PMC3135081
A case of sarcoptic mange affecting almost all the animals of a dairy goat herd is described. This pruritic skin disease led progressively to high mortality and dramatic drop of milk yield. The lesions of the affected goats were typical of a chronic and generalized-diffuse sarcoptic mange. Diagnosis was confirmed by sk...
{ "authors": [ "D M Maphanga" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.7196/AJTCCM.2019.v25i2.230", "journal": "Afr J Thorac Crit Care Med", "journal_detail": "2019 Jul 31;25(2):10.7196/AJTCCM.2019.v25i2.230.", "keywords": [ "cancer", "lung" ], "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm...
PMC8278993
Lung malignancies have become increasingly prevalent. Occasionally, an unusual tumour is diagnosed, or a common tumour type presents unusually. This case report reviews 3 cases of thoracic neoplasm, including two cases of uncommon cancers (primary lung adenoid cystic carcinoma and thoracic desmoplastic small round cell...
{ "authors": [ "Shital Vachhani", "Andrea Rodriguez-Restrepo", "January Y Tsai", "Teresa L Moon", "Javier D Lasala" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.jmu.2017.02.002", "journal": "J Med Ultrasound", "journal_detail": "2017 Jan-Mar;25(1):52-54.", "keywords": [ "intracardiac tum...
PMC6029278
Testicular cancer is one of the most common cancers diagnosed in young men. Frequent sites of metastasis include the retroperitoneum, lungs, liver, brain, and bone. Intra-cardiac metastasis has also been described. An 18-year-old boy with a history of mixed testicular germ cell tumor presented to our institution for su...
{ "authors": [ "Arata Nakajima", "Shintaro Tsuge", "Yasuchika Aoki", "Masato Sonobe", "Yoshifumi Shibata", "Yu Sasaki", "Koichi Nakagawa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2013/472378", "journal": "Case Rep Orthop", "journal_detail": "2013;2013:472378.", "keywords": null, ...
PMC3789291
Although the Charcot arthropathy may be associated with serious complications, total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is the preferred choice of treatment by patients. This case report presents an 80-year-old man with intra-articular giant heterotopic ossification following loosening of femoral and tibial implants and femoral c...
{ "authors": [ "Yu Chen", "Zhaoqin Huang", "Ligang Xing", "Xiangjiao Meng", "Jinming Yu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2020.00561", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2020 Apr 28;10:561.", "keywords": [ "camrelizumab", "anti-pd-1 blockade", "immunother...
PMC7198764
Background: Radiation recall pneumonitis (RRP) is an unpredictable but relatively severe subclinical radiation damage which occurs in the previously irradiated fields of pulmonary tissue after administration of a systemic agent. Previous reports of RRP were mainly attributed to chemotherapy and molecular-target agents....
{ "authors": [ "Phillip P Santoiemma", "Haripriya Maddur", "Christopher M Moore" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2020/7976585", "journal": "Case Reports Hepatol", "journal_detail": "2020 Jun 16;2020:7976585.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih....
PMC7315275
A 33-year-old Caucasian female with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis presented with abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting and was found to have acute liver injury. After thorough investigation, she was diagnosed with drug-induced liver injury (DILI) thought secondary to redosing of Natalizumab therapy.
{ "authors": [ "Dean Ehrlich", "Nimah Jamaluddin", "Joseph Pisegna", "David Padua" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/9679287", "journal": "Case Rep Gastrointest Med", "journal_detail": "2018 Feb 15;2018:9679287.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.nc...
PMC5832071
Secukinumab is an interleukin-17 inhibitor used for the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis (AS), psoriasis, and psoriatic arthritis. The risk of exacerbating underlying inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in patients being treated with secukinumab for other conditions is controversial. We document a patient with AS and p...
{ "authors": [ "Ayham Al Afif", "Uthman Alamoudi", "Ahmed A Al-Sayed", "Manohar Bance" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2020/8867963", "journal": "Case Rep Otolaryngol", "journal_detail": "2020 Aug 4;2020:8867963.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi...
PMC7424389
Introduction: Pulsatile tinnitus is a relatively common presentation in otolaryngology clinics, most cases of which have a treatable cause. This presentation warrants a thorough workup to identify treatable, and rule out life-threatening, etiologies. We present a case of a patient with pulsatile tinnitus arising from m...
{ "authors": [ "Samir Jabaiti", "Luma Fayyad", "Ula Isleem" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.04.042", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019;59:140-143.", "keywords": [ "case report", "mammaplasty", "prednisolone", "virginal mammary hypertrop...
PMC6541761
Introduction: Virginal mammary hypertrophy (VMH) is a rare benign disorder of the breast characterized by excessive enlargement of one or both breasts. It usually presents during adolescence. Drug-induced VMH has been scarcely reported in case reports. Review of the literature showed that prednisolone-induced gigantoma...
{ "authors": [ "In Jeong Lyu", "Ho-Seok Sa", "Kyung In Woo", "Yoon-Duck Kim" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3341/kjo.2013.27.1.55", "journal": "Korean J Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2013 Feb;27(1):55-7.", "keywords": [ "cicatrix", "cryotherapy", "hypertrophic", "retinop...
PMC3550314
A 6-year-old boy was referred to our hospital with symblepharon and lateral canthal deformity in both eyes, which developed 6 years ago. The patient was born at 27 weeks gestation. He had received cryotherapy for retinopathy of prematurity. One month after cryotherapy, he developed a conjunctival scar with symblepharon...
{ "authors": [ "Satoshi Nishi", "Kanan Kurahashi", "Takaharu Shimizu", "Daisuke Arima", "Akihiro Yoshimoto", "Yoshihiro Suematsu" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1016/j.ejvsvf.2020.02.006", "journal": "EJVES Vasc Forum", "journal_detail": "2020 Feb 27;47:9-11.", "keywords": [ "...
PMC7287398
Introduction: With wider use of stent grafts, treating nonagenarians with abdominal aortic aneurysm has become more common in Japan. This is the report of a 103 year old patient with a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm who successfully underwent emergency endovascular aortic repair. To the present authors' knowledge, ...
{ "authors": [ "Laraqui Hicham", "Mouna Khmou", "Mohammed Najih", "Fouad Zouaidia", "Khalid Sair", "Basma El Khannoussi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2015.22.78.7884", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2015 Oct 1;22:78.", "keywords": [ "intranodal pal...
PMC4732641
Intranodal palisaded myofibroblastoma is a rare lymph node benign tumor, of unknown pathogenesis. Although benign, this lesion is frequently confused with metastatic lesions, especially in atypical sites. We report a 39-year-old man with a history of testicular malignant mixed germ cell tumor, presented with abdominal ...
{ "authors": [ "Lama Arfaj", "Fatinah Aloqpi", "Waleed Elsayad", "Sarah Tayeb", "Nada Rabie", "Mohammed Samannodi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01182", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2021 Jun 10;25:e01182.", "keywords": [ "immunocompetent", "i...
PMC8209080
Mucormycosis, is an invasive infection caused by fungi. Mainly it affects patients with immunosuppressive conditions but can occur in immuncompetent host in specific situation such us direct skin inoculation by traumatic injury. We present a 56-year-old patient who hospitalized due to left orbital cellulitis and necrot...
{ "authors": [ "Norichika Iga", "Hideyuki Nishi", "Shinichiro Miyoshi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.10.060", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2018;53:333-336.", "keywords": [ "intralobar pulmonary sequestration", "limited resection", "thorac...
PMC6260361
Introduction: Intralobar pulmonary sequestration (ILS) is a rare congenital malformation, and is supplied by an aberrant systemic artery. The conventional surgical resection for ILS is lobectomy through an open thoracotomy. However, lobectomy might lead to a significantly compromised pulmonary function. There have been...
{ "authors": [ "John Whitaker", "William Rickaby", "Alistair Robson", "Farrah Bakr", "Jonathan White", "C Aldo Rinaldi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.hrcr.2015.10.012", "journal": "HeartRhythm Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan 25;2(2):132-134.", "keywords": [ "car...
PMC4785634
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{ "authors": [ "Kui-Yueh Lin", "I-Hua Wang", "Jieh-Ren Jou", "Hai-Jui Chu", "William Wei", "Shwu-Huey Lee", "Szu-Yuan Lin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.tjo.2014.04.002", "journal": "Taiwan J Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan-Mar;5(1):40-43.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC5602723
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is a condition that mainly affects the peripheral nervous system; however, the central nervous system has also been involved in rare cases. Herein, we describe the case of a 33-year-old man with CIDP who presented with progressively blurred vision and pain with e...
{ "authors": [ "Aishwarya Ashok Gupta", "Anendd A Jadhav", "Nitin D Bhola", "Apoorva S Mishra", "Saurabh Sunil Simre" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/ams.ams_301_21", "journal": "Ann Maxillofac Surg", "journal_detail": "2022 Jan-Jun;12(1):106-109.", "keywords": [ "condylectomy...
PMC9527840
Rationale: Primary orofacial tuberculosis (TB) accounts for <3% of all cases of TB. TB of the mandibular condyle is often misdiagnosed owing to its rarity. Patient concerns: This report presents a 19-year-old female who presented with a painful swelling over the right preauricular region. The radiographic evaluation su...
{ "authors": [ "Ryota Yasukawa", "Fumihiro Akiyama", "Takashi Tsukishiro", "Ichiei Narita" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000350908", "journal": "Case Rep Nephrol Urol", "journal_detail": "2013 Apr 6;3(1):28-33.", "keywords": [ "balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteratio...
PMC3636958
We report a case of chronic portal-systemic shunt encephalopathy in a 79-year-old female hemodialysis patient with end-stage renal disease. Approximately 1 month before admission, she occasionally had a discrepant conversation. It was considered that hepatic encephalopathy was caused by an increase in the ammonia level...
{ "authors": [ "María Soledad Caldirola", "Analía Gisela Seminario", "Paula Carolina Luna", "Renata Curciarello", "Guillermo Horacio Docena", "Nicolás Fernandez Escobar", "Guillermo Drelichman", "Marco Gattorno", "Adriana A de Jesus", "Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky", "María Isab...
PMC10036571
During recent years, the identification of monogenic mutations that cause sterile inflammation has expanded the spectrum of autoinflammatory diseases, clinical disorders characterized by uncontrolled systemic and organ-specific inflammation that, in some cases, can mirror infectious conditions. Early studies support th...
{ "authors": [ "Boyodi Tchangai", "Fousseni Alassani", "Mazamesso Tchaou" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/3962506", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:3962506.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28246568/", "ma...
PMC5299178
Surgical sponges are the most common retained foreign bodies following surgery. The morbidity of this condition is illustrated herein with the case of a 36-year-old female patient with a history of myomectomy 5 months before her admission into our unit for enterocutaneous fistula. Although imaging and etiological inves...
{ "authors": [ "Daniel Tranel", "Kathleen A Welsh-Bohmer" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1080/13803395.2011.633897", "journal": "J Clin Exp Neuropsychol", "journal_detail": "2012;34(2):117-25.", "keywords": null, "license": "author_manuscript", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2222056...
PMC3269190
What pattern of brain damage could completely obliterate the sense of olfaction in humans? We had an opportunity to address this intriguing question in Patient B., who has extensive bilateral damage to most of the limbic system, including the medial and lateral temporal lobes, orbital frontal cortex, insular cortex, an...
{ "authors": [ "Ofer Sadan", "Estelle Seyman", "Elissa L Ash", "Svetlana Kipervasser", "Miri Y Neufeld" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1016/j.ebcr.2013.07.004", "journal": "Epilepsy Behav Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2013 Aug 31;1:132-5.", "keywords": [ "aed", "hashimoto's en...
PMC4150645
Hashimoto's encephalopathy is defined by the coexistence of encephalopathy and antithyroid antibodies. We report two cases of adult-onset temporal lobe epilepsy with subacute cognitive decline, high titers of antithyroid antibodies, multi-antiepileptic drug hypersensitivity, and good response to immunomodulatory treatm...
{ "authors": [ "Marissa Haberlach", "Cy Cedar", "Andrew McCague" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/JETS.JETS_85_18", "journal": "J Emerg Trauma Shock", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan-Mar;12(1):61-63.", "keywords": [ "steroids", "hypopituitarism", "trauma" ], "license": "CC BY-N...
PMC6496991
Trauma patients experience relative adrenal insufficiency or critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency (CIRCI) in majority of 60% of patients. It has been shown that both septic shock and trauma cause dysfunction of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis and, in some cases, structural damage to the adrenal glands ...
{ "authors": [ "Amin Da'meh", "Alexandre Al-Awa", "Sadeq Da'meh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5334/jbsr.2537", "journal": "J Belg Soc Radiol", "journal_detail": "2021 Jul 8;105(1):40.", "keywords": [ "ketamine", "abuse", "computed tomography", "cystitis", "hydronephrosis...
PMC8269760
Teaching point: Awareness of the radiological manifestations helps recognition of ketamine abuse.
{ "authors": [ "Colin Raymond Young", "Mallini Harigopal", "Darko Pucar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/wjnm.WJNM_37_19", "journal": "World J Nucl Med", "journal_detail": "2019 Nov 7;19(1):65-68.", "keywords": [ "18f-fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography–computed tomography", ...
PMC7067122
Cancer in the dermis of the breast has a poor prognosis. The breast dermis can become malignantly involved primarily in inflammatory breast cancer, through the direct extension of locally advanced breast cancer, or metastatically from an underlying breast mass or a distant primary malignancy (e.g., gastric adenocarcino...
{ "authors": [ "Nan Zhou", "Lihong Yang", "Xiaolin Xu", "Yueming Liu", "Wenbin Wei" ], "case_amount": 6, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2022.835965", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2022 Aug 2;12:835965.", "keywords": [ "clinical features", "genetic analysis", "onset in ...
PMC9379252
Purpose: To report six Asian adult patients with retinoblastoma (RB). Design: Retrospective and observational small case series. Participants: Six patients with a white dome-shaped tumor of the retina were evaluated from May 10, 1995, to September 10, 2021. Main outcome measures: Initial tumor and associated fundus fea...
{ "authors": [ "Heather Katz", "Rahoma E Saad", "Krista Denning", "Toni O Pacioles" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/9343896", "journal": "Case Rep Gastrointest Med", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:9343896.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm...
PMC5469985
Metastatic esophageal adenocarcinoma to the urinary bladder is extremely rare. We describe a previously healthy 49-year-old female with recent diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction with metastatic disease to the liver. Biopsy was positive for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) by Flu...
{ "authors": [ "Alexandre Pinto", "Tiago Lemos", "Inês Silveira", "Irene Aragão" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5935/0103-507X.20210019", "journal": "Rev Bras Ter Intensiva", "journal_detail": "2021 Jan-Mar;33(1):172-175.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed...
PMC8075346
European yew (Taxus baccata) is a tree with alternate branchlets, green needles and reddish-brown bark. A high-dose ingestion of Taxus baccata for suicidal purposes usually results in death. The systemic toxicity is mainly cardiac. The authors describe the case of a young patient who ingested a high dose of yew needles...
{ "authors": [ "Thorsten H Ecke", "Holger Gerullis", "Christoph J Heuck", "Steffen Hallmann", "Carsten Lange", "Jürgen Ruttloff" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1752-1947-5-21", "journal": "J Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2011 Jan 19;5:21.", "keywords": null, "license": ...
PMC3033842
Introduction: Giant lymph cysts are a relatively frequent complication after surgical procedures in the abdomen, often after kidney transplantation, but there are also cases after pelvic surgery such as lymphadenectomy and others. In the recent literature, there have been no reported cases of idiopathic giant lymphocys...
{ "authors": [ "Shimin Wu", "Shusen Guo", "Lina Fu", "Caiqi Du", "Xiaoping Luo" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2022.921323", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2022 Jun 17;10:921323.", "keywords": [ "g6pc gene", "gsd ia", "compound heterozygous varian...
PMC9249018
Background: Glycogen storage disease type Ia is a rare metabolic disorder that leads to excessive glycogen and fat accumulation in organs, characterized by hepatomegaly, hypoglycemia, lactic acidemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperuricemia, puberty delay, and growth retardation. Here, we report on a patient with glycogen storag...
{ "authors": [ "Huy Q Dang", "Huong T Le" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.12.002", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019;55:4-6.", "keywords": [ "femoral arterial cannulation", "robotic surgery", "totally endoscopic surgery", "ventricular septa...
PMC6330555
Introduction: There are few reports on applying totally endoscopic surgery (TES) for repairing ventricular septal defect (VSD), especially in children. Case presentation: We described an 8-year-old girl, weighing 17 kg, who was diagnosed with peri-membranous VSD and patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). The patient had under...
{ "authors": [ "Simone Pratesi", "Iuri Corsini", "Caterina Coviello", "Silvia Perugi", "Carlo Dani" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1055/s-0037-1598200", "journal": "AJP Rep", "journal_detail": "2017 Jan;7(1):e28-e30.", "keywords": [ "bedside resuscitation", "delayed cord clamp...
PMC5374276
A preterm infant with prenatal diagnosis of hydrops fetalis was spontaneously delivered at 30 weeks of gestational age in a tertiary level hospital. Prenatal echography pointed out severe bilateral pleural effusions and diffused subcutaneous edema. A neonatologist team, alerted at the expulsion stage of labor, assisted...
{ "authors": [ "Tsuneari Takahashi", "Masashi Kimura", "Takashi Ohsawa", "Naoki Yamaguchi", "Katsushi Takeshita" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2174/1874325001711011142", "journal": "Open Orthop J", "journal_detail": "2017 Oct 31;11:1142-1146.", "keywords": [ "arthroscopy", "g...
PMC5721332
Introduction: A ganglion cyst can induce symptoms around the knee and should be considered as an intra-articular mass in differential diagnosis. Case presentation: A 22-year-old female presented with a persistent medial knee joint pain in her left knee for 2 years. There was soft tissue swelling on the anteromedial asp...
{ "authors": [ "Patrick O Emanuel", "Sharad P Paul" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/1536434", "journal": "Case Rep Dermatol Med", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:1536434.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29119028/", "major_mesh_terms": [...
PMC5651126
Follicular urate-like crystals were first described in Necrotizing Infundibular Crystalline Folliculitis (NICF), a rare cutaneous disorder with multiple waxy folliculocentric papules. Similar crystal accumulation may be seen within follicular infundibulae as an incidental finding. We describe a case showing identical c...
{ "authors": [ "Hideo Okonogi", "Tetsuya Kawamura", "Nanae Matsuo", "Yasuto Takahashi", "Izumi Yamamoto", "Hiraku Yoshida", "Kentaro Koike", "Takashi Yokoo", "Kensuke Joh", "Yasunori Utsunomiya", "Kazushige Hanaoka", "Tatsuo Hosoya" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10...
PMC3482084
A 41-year-old male patient was admitted to our hospital due to massive proteinuria and hematuria. His 24-hour urinary protein excretion and the number of urinary erythrocytes were 3.91 g/day and 50-99/high-power field, respectively. A renal biopsy showed a severe pathological pattern of immunoglobulin A nephropathy (Ig...
{ "authors": [ "Els Beijer", "Bob Meek", "Hans Kromhout", "H Wouter van Es", "Kees Seldenrijk", "Marjolein Drent", "Jos M Rooijackers", "Marcel Veltkamp" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2019.100906", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019 Jul 10...
PMC6630015
A diagnosis of silicosis is made on the basis of exposure and typical radiological findings, according to the ILO's International Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconiosis. Radiological patterns of silicosis can, however, resemble sarcoidosis. Sarcoidosis is a multi-systemic disorder of unknown etiology, although...
{ "authors": [ "Fernando Mendoza-Moreno", "Ángel Rodriguez-Pascual", "María Rocío Díez-Gago", "Marina Pérez-González", "Laura Jiménez-Alvárez", "Isabel Furtado-Lobo", "Manuel Díez-Alonso", "Fernando Noguerales-Fraguas" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/6482546", "journa...
PMC6151368
Introduction: The variability of the location of the parathyroid glands is directly related to the events that occur during embryonic development. The impact that an individual submits more than four parathyroid glands is close to 13%. However the presentation of a parathyroid adenoma in a supernumerary gland is an unc...
{ "authors": [ "Yichen Meng", "Tao Lin", "Wei Shao", "Rui Gao", "Xuhui Zhou" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1097/MD.0000000000013855", "journal": "Medicine (Baltimore)", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan;98(1):e13855.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC", "link": "https://pubmed.nc...
PMC6344195
Rationale: Nuss procedure is a safe and popular minimally invasive surgical technique for the correction of pectus excavatum in adolescents. Acquired scoliosis over 50 degrees after Nuss procedure has never been reported. Patient concerns: A 14-year-old boy was referred to pediatric surgery for pectus excavatum deformi...
{ "authors": [ "Sung Woo Kim", "Ju Sun Song", "Mi Seon Kang", "Jong Beom Sin", "Chang-Seok Ki", "Ga Won Jeon" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3343/alm.2015.35.1.178", "journal": "Ann Lab Med", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan;35(1):178-80.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC", ...
PMC4272958
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{ "authors": [ "Parate Leena Harshad", "Vinayak Pujari", "Nagaraj Mungasuvalli Channappa", "Tejesh Channasandra Anandaswamy" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/1658-354X.146322", "journal": "Saudi J Anaesth", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan;9(1):86-8.", "keywords": [ "anesthesia", "l...
PMC4279356
Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) is a rare, chronic disease of viral etiology affecting most commonly larynx. A 5-year-old child with stridor was posted for microlaryngoscopic excision of laryngeal papilloma. We discuss the perioperative management of case with the various ventilation strategies. In child wit...
{ "authors": [ "Roman Deniskin", "Ghadir S Sasa", "Sarada L Nandiwada", "Nicholas L Rider" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2018.00390", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan 18;6:390.", "keywords": [ "fa-d2", "fancd2", "fanconi anemia", "immune d...
PMC6346677
Fanconi anemia (FA) is an inherited bone marrow failure and cancer predisposition disorder due to mutations in DNA repair pathways proteins (FANC). The dysfunctional proteins are unable to repair DNA breaks and cause genomic instability. Mutations in many of the 19 FANC genes are well characterized biochemically and cl...
{ "authors": [ "Kefeng Shen", "Jiachen Wang", "Kuangguo Zhou", "Wei Mu", "Meilan Zhang", "Xinyue Deng", "Haodong Cai", "Wei Zhang", "Wei Huang", "Min Xiao" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1002/cti2.1448", "journal": "Clin Transl Immunology", "journal_detail": "2023 Ma...
PMC10153300
Objectives: Increasing evidence indicates that some germline genetic mutations that impair pathways required for robust host immune surveillance against EBV infection may result in an extremely high susceptibility to EBV-associated lymphoproliferative disease (EBV+ LPD). TNFRSF9 encodes a vital costimulatory molecule t...
{ "authors": [ "Ana Ponte", "Rolando Pinho", "Iolanda Ribeiro", "Joana Silva", "Jaime Rodrigues", "João Carvalho" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.jpge.2015.07.002", "journal": "GE Port J Gastroenterol", "journal_detail": "2015 Sep 11;23(1):42-45.", "keywords": [ "colonic...
PMC5580148
Malignant colorectal obstruction is a serious complication of advanced cancers. The obstruction can be caused by colorectal cancer, adjacent organ cancer or distant metastases. Rectal metastases from gastric cancer are rare. Foreign body ingestion is not a rare event and the majority of them causes no symptoms or compl...
{ "authors": [ "Lu Han", "Naiqing Ding", "Li Li", "Xiao Wei", "Jing Hu", "Baorui Liu", "Xiaoping Qian" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2022.948892", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2022 Aug 8;12:948892.", "keywords": [ "alpha- fetoprotein (afp)", ...
PMC9393733
Hepatoid adenocarcinoma of the duodenum is a rare special type of adenocarcinoma, featured by hepatocyte components in primary adenocarcinoma of the duodenum. It has the characteristics of high malignancy, invasiveness, rapid progress, and poor prognosis. An abnormal elevation of serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) may occur...
{ "authors": [ "Priscila Ferreira", "Ricardo Sant'Anna", "Nathalia Varejão", "Cinthia Lima", "Shenia Novis", "Renata V Barbosa", "Concy M Caldeira", "Franklin D Rumjanek", "Salvador Ventura", "Marcia W Cruz", "Debora Foguel" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1371/journa...
PMC3866121
Transthyretin (TTR) is a tetrameric beta-sheet-rich protein. Its deposits have been implicated in four different amyloid diseases. Although aggregation of the wild-type sequence is responsible for the senile form of the disease, more than one hundred variants have been described thus far, most of which confer a more am...
{ "authors": [ "Nitin Aherrao", "Nilesh Kumar", "Indarajeet Singh Gambhir", "Dhiraj Kishore", "Suryakumar Singh", "Abhinandan Mishra", "Aravind Anand" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2012/824030", "journal": "Case Rep Endocrinol", "journal_detail": "2012;2012:824030.", "ke...
PMC3420443
Pheochromocytoma is a rare catecholamine-producing tumor arising from chromaffin tissue in the adrenal medulla, occurring in less than 0.2 percent of patients with hypertension. The mean age at diagnosis is about 40 years. Pheochromocytomas are commonly inherited as features of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 or se...
{ "authors": [ "Foad Elahi", "Kwo Wei David Ho" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2014/923516", "journal": "Case Rep Neurol Med", "journal_detail": "2014;2014:923516.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25343051/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "me...
PMC4197886
Headaches and facial pain can be extremely difficult to manage for the patient and the clinician. In the medical literature, it has been suggested that the autonomic reflex plays an important role in the pathophysiology of facial neuralgia. The sphenopalatine ganglion is the largest parasympathetic ganglion outside the...
{ "authors": [ "Hujuan Yang", "Zhiquan Qin", "Xianglei He", "Qian Xue", "Hongying Zhou", "Jie Sun", "Xiaoyi Li", "Tongwei Zhao" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2023.1110997", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2023 Apr 5;13:1110997.", "keywords": [ "...
PMC10113508
Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS) is a rare and aggressive soft tissue tumor with a high degree of malignancy and rapid progression, usually occurring in the extremities, retroperitoneum, and abdomen, whereas it rarely arises in the mediastinum, and is treated mainly by surgical resection. The prognosis of pat...
{ "authors": [ "Marcelo R Masruha", "Libânia M N Fialho", "Marcel V da Nóbrega", "Jaime Lin", "Ricardo S Pinho", "Sérgio Cavalheiro", "Luiz Celso P Vilanova" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/1817-1745.84415", "journal": "J Pediatr Neurosci", "journal_detail": "2011 Jan;6(1):7...
PMC3173923
Hemifacial spasm is a disorder of the seventh cranial nerve, which is characterized by irregular, involuntary and recurrent tonic and clonic contractions of the ipsilateral facial expression muscles. This disorder affects mainly adults, and there are few cases reported in childhood. The main etiologies are vascular pro...
{ "authors": [ "Yasmine Hussein Agha", "Nathaniel A Parker", "Joel Alderson" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12688/f1000research.24302.1", "journal": "F1000Res", "journal_detail": "2020 Jun 2;9:490.", "keywords": [ "esophageal melanoma", "esophageal neoplasms", "gastroesophageal ju...
PMC7338914
Primary malignant melanoma represents the fifth most common cancer in the United States. It is subdivided into two forms: cutaneous (90%), visceral (8%, including ocular and mucosal) and of unknown primary (2%). The vast majority of gastrointestinal melanomas are secondary lesions until proven otherwise. Primary esopha...
{ "authors": [ "Hui Liu", "Chenxi Xiang", "Mei Wu", "Shimin Hu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2020.00876", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2020 May 29;10:876.", "keywords": [ "cd30", "cd4", "follicular dendritic cell sarcoma", "anaplastic large cell...
PMC7273153
Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma (FDCS) is a low-grade malignant neoplasm that tends to be under-recognized owing to its rarity and wide pathologic spectrum. Knowledge of the atypical morphology and immunophenotype of FDCS is critical to avoid misdiagnosis. Here we presented a case of extranodal FDCS with an unusual m...
{ "authors": [ "Selladurai Pirasath", "Ayshanie Gayanthika Samasundara Mudiyanselage", "Manosha Harshani Seneviratne" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X211000454", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2021 Mar 30;9:2050313X211000454.", "keywords": [ "liver tox...
PMC8013628
Oxyfluorfen is a phenoxyphenyl-type herbicide which is used for broad-spectrum control of broadleaf and grassy weeds. Ingestion of toxic dose of oxyfluorfen can be fatal among animals. However, toxicity to humans are rare in literature. The alterations in haem biosynthesis (anaemia) and in liver are the primary toxic e...
{ "authors": [ "Nam Yeol Yim", "Nam Kyu Chang", "Jae Hoon Lim", "Jae Kyu Kim" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3348/kjr.2011.12.1.140", "journal": "Korean J Radiol", "journal_detail": "2011 Jan-Feb;12(1):140-3.", "keywords": [ "embolism, pulmonary", "veins, extremities", "veins,...
PMC3017879
The Tempofilter II is a widely used temporary vena cava filter. Its unique design, which includes a long tethering catheter with a subcutaneous anchor, facilitates the deployment and retrieval of the device. Despite this, the Tempofilter II has been used only in the inferior vena cava of patients with lower extremity d...
{ "authors": [ "Ewa Zapalska", "Dominika Wrzesień", "Adam Stępień" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2023.1138668", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2023 Mar 22;14:1138668.", "keywords": [ "l144s", "sod1 mutation", "amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (als)", "f...
PMC10073428
We observed a Polish family with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with heterozygous L144S SOD1 mutation, which manifested clinically as flail leg syndrome. Flail leg syndrome is a rare phenotype of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, with slow progression, long survival, and predominance of lower motor neuron signs at...
{ "authors": [ "Eva D Papadimitraki", "Mubarak Ahamed", "Nicholas H Bunce" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2011/876896", "journal": "Case Rep Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:876896.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24826231/", "...
PMC4008355
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory disease that predominantly affects the gastrointestinal (GI) tract but can involve extraintestinal organs including musculoskeletal system and skin. The most frequent cardiac manifestations of UC are pericarditis and myocarditis. Patients display an increased risk for v...
{ "authors": [ "Anjana Sathyamurthy", "Harleen Chela", "Zainab Arif", "Jason Holly", "Murtaza Arif" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14309/crj.2015.6", "journal": "ACG Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan 16;2(2):72-3.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https...
PMC4435374
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{ "authors": [ "Michael Teixido", "Brian Kung", "John J Rosowski", "Saumil N Merchant" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/000348941212100102", "journal": "Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol", "journal_detail": "2012 Jan;121(1):7-12.", "keywords": null, "license": "author_manuscript", "link": "...
PMC3690372
Objectives: We describe the histopathologic findings in the temporal bones of a patient who had, during life, received a diagnosis of superior canal dehiscence (SCD) syndrome. Methods: The patient was found to have SCD syndrome at 59 years of age. She became a temporal bone donor, and died of unrelated causes at 62 yea...
{ "authors": [ "Jaya Joshi", "Sonalee Shah", "Deepak Agarwal", "Ankit Khasgiwal" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/jomfp.JOMFP_252_17", "journal": "J Oral Maxillofac Pathol", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan;22(Suppl 1):S91-S97.", "keywords": [ "benign lymphoepithelial cyst", "branch...
PMC5824528
Benign lymphoepithelial cyst (BLC), also known as branchial cyst, is an infrequent lesion usually occurs in the parotid gland or the lateral cervical area including lymph nodes. It occurs due to the process of lymphocyte-induced cystic ductular dilatation and is always diagnosed postoperatively by histopathological exa...
{ "authors": [ "Kazuya Kashiyama", "Jinyoung Lee", "Kazufumi Koga", "Yumi Matsuo", "Katsumi Tanaka" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1080/23320885.2021.2002155", "journal": "Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg", "journal_detail": "2021 Nov 11;8(1):186-190.", "keywords": [ "polyacrylam...
PMC8592594
We report a patient in whom polyacrylamide hydrogel injected into the nasal region caused palmoplantar pustulosis. We report this case because few cases of autoimmune syndrome induced by adjuvants caused by polyacrylamide have been reported.
{ "authors": [ "Jisoon Huh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3340/jkns.2013.53.1.59", "journal": "J Korean Neurosurg Soc", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan;53(1):59-61.", "keywords": [ "cerebrospinal fluid", "intracranial hemorrhage", "intracranial hypotension", "spine surgery" ], "licen...
PMC3579086
Authors report a rare case of acute intracranial subdural and intraventricular hemorrhage that were caused by intracranial hypotension resulted from cerebrospinal fluid leakage through an unidentified dural tear site during spinal surgery. The initial brain computed tomography image showed acute hemorrhages combined wi...
{ "authors": [ "Brian Cervenka", "Brenda Villegas", "Uttam Sinha" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2013/908327", "journal": "Case Rep Otolaryngol", "journal_detail": "2013;2013:908327.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24027649/", "major...
PMC3762137
Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) is a rare mesenchymal neoplasm that can present essentially anywhere in the body. Presentations in the hypopharynx are extremely rare with only two previous cases reported. We report the first case of postcricoid SFT occurring in a 58-year-old male requiring a microsuspension laryngoscopy e...
{ "authors": [ "Rizwan Ahmad Khan", "Rajendra Singh Chana" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0971-9261.107015", "journal": "J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan;18(1):31-2.", "keywords": [ "anorectal malformation", "rectal atresia", "rectovestibular fistula" ]...
PMC3628243
We report a rare variety of anorectal malformation, rectal atresia associated with rectovestibular fistula. The case was successfully treated by posterior sagittal repair. The fistula was mobilized and the continuity of the rectum was established by circumferential anastomosis.
{ "authors": [ "Gayoung Jeon", "Seo Young Park" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3348/jksr.2022.0010", "journal": "J Korean Soc Radiol", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan;84(1):280-285.", "keywords": [ "leiomyoma, uterine", "morcellation", "postoperative complications" ], "license": "CC B...
PMC9935948
Uterine leiomyoma is the most common benign pelvic tumor in female and being symptomatic is an indication for surgical removal. As laparoscopic surgery has been developed, some cases related to parasitic leiomyomas in the port site have been reported. A 40-year-old female who a history of previous laparoscopic surgery ...
{ "authors": [ "Alberto Jaramillo-Jimenez", "Yinbing Ying", "Ping Ren", "Zhan Xiao", "Qian Zhang", "Jian Wang", "Han Rong", "Miguel Germán Borda", "Laura Bonanni", "Dag Aarsland", "Donghui Wu" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2022.839539", "journal": "Fron...
PMC9043811
Psychiatric-onset dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) might include symptoms of depression, hallucinations, anxiety, and apathy. Here, we report a patient with DLB with recurrent panic attacks as her first symptom 5 years before a biological-based diagnosis of probable DLB. We provide an extended description of the clinica...
{ "authors": [ "Rajat G Panigrahi", "Antarmayee Panigrahi", "Poornima Vijayakumar", "Priyadarshini Choudhury", "Sanat K Bhuyan", "Ruchi Bhuyan", "G Maragathavalli", "Abhishek Ranjan Pati" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2013/631378", "journal": "Case Rep Dent", "journal_...
PMC3830809
Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) is a rare pediatric genetic syndrome with incidence of one per eight million live births. The disorder is characterised by premature aging, generally leading to death at approximately 13.4 years of age. This is a follow-up study of a 9-year-old male with clinical and radiogra...
{ "authors": [ "Frenny J Sheth", "Chaitanya Datar", "Joris Andrieux", "Anand Pandit", "Darshana Nayak", "Mizanur Rahman", "Jayesh J Sheth" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4137/CMPed.S18121", "journal": "Clin Med Insights Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2014 Sep 17;8:45-9.", "keywo...
PMC4179602
Terminal 11q deletion, known as Jacobsen syndrome (JBS), is a rare genetic disorder associated with numerous dysmorphic features. We studied two cases with multiple congenital anomalies that were cytogenetically detected with deletions on 11q encompassing JBS region: 46,XX,der(11) del(11)(q24). Array comparative genomi...
{ "authors": [ "Mohankumar Kurukumbi", "Rahul H Dave", "Jose Castillo", "Tulsi Shah", "Joanne Lau" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1155/2020/5843089", "journal": "Case Rep Neurol Med", "journal_detail": "2020 Jun 23;2020:5843089.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "htt...
PMC7330651
Intractable epilepsy remains a significant medical challenge, resulting in recurrent and prolonged intensive care unit (ICU) admissions. Autoimmune encephalitis is emerging as a treatable cause of intractable epilepsy. It is characterized by antibodies against cerebral antigens, such as potassium channels such as leuci...
{ "authors": [ "John Christoforidis", "Robert Ricketts", "Theodore Loizos", "Susie Chang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OPTH.S16026", "journal": "Clin Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2011;5:75-80.", "keywords": [ "optical coherence tomography", "quinine toxicity", "retin...
PMC3033007
Purpose: To report a case of acute quinine poisoning, document acute and chronic macular changes with optical coherence tomography imaging and fluorescein angiography (FA), and to review the literature on ocular toxicity of quinine. Methods: A 32-year-old white female presented to our Emergency Department after ingesti...
{ "authors": [ "Momoyo Nishioka", "Shinji Kamei", "Tomoe Kinoshita", "Junpei Sanada", "Yoshiro Fushimi", "Shintaro Irie", "Yurie Hirata", "Akihito Tanabe", "Hidenori Hirukawa", "Tomohiko Kimura", "Atsushi Obata", "Fuminori Tatsumi", "Kenji Kohara", "Masashi Shim...
PMC5577075
Werner syndrome is a rare genetic disease characterized by progeria, diabetes mellitus, cataracts and various types of malignancy. However, there are few reports showing adrenal cortex cancer in subjects with Werner syndrome. We herein report an extremely rare case of Werner syndrome accompanied by adrenal cortex cance...
{ "authors": [ "Koichi Nishikawa", "Yoshihisa Fujita" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2020/3658092", "journal": "Case Rep Anesthesiol", "journal_detail": "2020 Mar 10;2020:3658092.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32231803/", "major_mesh_t...
PMC7085831
We report on a case of mechanical damage to the spiral-filled polyvinyl chloride endotracheal tube that occurred shortly after tracheal intubation using a channeled videolaryngoscope (Pentax airway scope). We also found this problem in two other cases among 350 neurosurgery patients over the past 5 years. Prior to intu...
{ "authors": [ "Eliana Piombino", "Costanza D'Agata", "Maria Carolina Picardo", "Claudia Caltavuturo", "Gaetano Magro", "Cristina Colarossi", "Lorenzo Memeo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fsurg.2021.722312", "journal": "Front Surg", "journal_detail": "2021 Aug 20;8:722312....
PMC8417936
Sclerosing mesenteritis (SM) is a rare fibroinflammatory disorder that involves mesenteric adipose tissue, more frequently localized in the small intestine, with an insidious clinical presentation having symptoms related to mass effect, usually resulting in bowel obstruction, mesenteric ischemia, as well as rapid weigh...
{ "authors": [ "Charles Volk", "Gregory Matwiyoff" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/4173704", "journal": "Case Rep Genet", "journal_detail": "2018 Nov 7;2018:4173704.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30533232/", "major_mesh_terms": [],...
PMC6247678
Background: Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome is a genetic disorder characterized by skin fibrofolliculomas, cystic lung disease, and bilateral renal tumors. It has also been implicated in the formation of tumors in other organs, particularly thyroid and colon. This case presents a young female presenting with only cystic lung d...
{ "authors": [ "Fang Li", "Wenfei Zheng", "Jian Yu", "Linyan Zhao" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fsurg.2022.894929", "journal": "Front Surg", "journal_detail": "2022 Aug 24;9:894929.", "keywords": [ "klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess", "diabetes mellitus", "endophthalm...
PMC9448882
This is a rare but typical case of a Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess with migratory infections including purulent meningitis and endogenous endophthalmitis. The patient had a chief complaint of 7 days of fever, 4 days of blurry vision, and 4 h of glossolalia. Ultrasound scan and computed tomography (CT) suggested a...
{ "authors": [ "Huijuan Wu", "Huiqing Huang", "Liaoyang Xu", "Niu Ji", "Xinyu Zhou", "Kang Xie" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2023.1099077", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 26;14:1099077.", "keywords": [ "cognitive decline", "methylpredni...
PMC9909337
Background: Nitrous oxide (N2O) is an increasingly popular recreational drug. N2O irreversibly disturbs the metabolism of vitamin B12, resulting in a functional deficiency. Vitamin B12 is vital for myelin synthesis and its deficiency primarily produces neurological complications. Inhaling N2O is more common and neurolo...
{ "authors": [ "Nicoletta Cinone", "Sara Letizia", "Luigi Santoro", "Michele Gravina", "Loredana Amoruso", "Franco Molteni", "Maurizio Ranieri", "Andrea Santamato" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/JPR.S159700", "journal": "J Pain Res", "journal_detail": "2018 Jun 25;11:12...
PMC6025770
Introduction: Shoulder pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal diseases, and can be due to glenohumeral osteoarthritis, rotator cuff tear, impingement, tendinitis, adhesive capsulitis, and subacromial bursitis. Several therapies have been proposed, including steroids, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, intra-...
{ "authors": [ "Akira Hirata", "Tadashi Mine" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1159/000356126", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2013 Nov 6;4(3):238-42.", "keywords": [ "iridocorneal adhesion", "peters’ anomaly", "topical endoscopic imaging" ], "license": "CC BY-...
PMC3843929
Peters' anomaly is characterized by a central corneal opacity with corresponding defects in the posterior stroma, Descemet's membrane, and endothelium. We present 2 cases that showed corneal opacity when examined by topical endoscopic imaging (TEI). Case 1 was a 20-day-old neonatal female who had a central corneal opac...
{ "authors": [ "Vincent J Guen", "Simon Edvardson", "Nitay D Fraenkel", "Aviva Fattal-Valevski", "Chaim Jalas", "Irene Anteby", "Avraham Shaag", "Talia Dor", "David Gillis", "Eitan Kerem", "Jacqueline A Lees", "Pierre Colas", "Orly Elpeleg" ], "case_amount": 1, ...
PMC6190576
The primary cilium is a key organelle in numerous physiological and developmental processes. Genetic defects in the formation of this non-motile structure, in its maintenance and function, underlie a wide array of ciliopathies in human, including craniofacial, brain and heart malformations, and retinal and hearing defe...
{ "authors": [ "Lingling Wang", "Heng Miao", "Xiaoxin Li" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s40064-015-1258-2", "journal": "Springerplus", "journal_detail": "2015 Sep 17;4:501.", "keywords": [ "electro-oculogram", "retinopathy", "spectral-domain optical coherence tomography", ...
PMC4573752
Purpose: To present a case of tamoxifen retinopathy on a 57-year-old woman. Design: An observational case. Methods: A review of history, clinical examination, and findings on Spectral-domain Optical Coherence Tomography (SD-OCT), fluorescein angiogram (FA) and electro-oculogram (EOG) was conducted. Results: A 57-year o...
{ "authors": [ "Azhar Farooqui", "Susan Gamal Eldin", "Muna Dawood Ali", "Ali AlTalhi", "Ahmad AlDigheari" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2015/379018", "journal": "Case Rep Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2015;2015:379018.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https:/...
PMC4677024
Cystic fibrosis (CF) remains the most common hereditary disease in the western population. Its concomitant presence with other congenital abnormalities is a rare phenomenon with very little documentation. In this case report we describe a case of cystic fibrosis in a female infant with cardiac, ocular, and musculoskele...
{ "authors": [ "Zhanxin Sun", "Fuzhen Sun", "Chunhong Yu", "Helong Xiao", "Qingle Xu", "Bo Gao", "Liuxiong Guo", "Junjiang Liu", "Shoubin Li" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2023.1121307", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2023 Mar 30;13:1121307.", ...
PMC10098200
We reported an 85-year-old patient with malignant glomus tumor (GT) of the prostate. He presented with urinary frequency for more than 2 years and gross hematuria for 7 days. Computed tomography scan showed that the prostate was markedly irregularly enlarged, and the boundary between the prostate and the posterior wall...
{ "authors": [ "Hussam Abou Al-Shaar", "Kristian I Macdonald", "Mohamed A Labib" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2152-7806.177888", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2016 Mar 2;7(Suppl 5):S142-7.", "keywords": [ "cavernous sinus", "endoscopic approach", "glomang...
PMC4802986
Background: Glomangiopericytoma is an uncommonly encountered tumor of the nose and paranasal sinuses, accounting for <0.5% of all sinonasal tumors. Extension of these lesions to the anterior or middle cranial fossa is rare. When this occurs, diagnosing glomangiopericytoma is extremely challenging, as it is often confus...
{ "authors": [ "Marialuisa Corbeddu", "Caterina Ferreli", "Luca Pilloni", "Gavino Faa", "Lorenzo Cerroni", "Franco Rongioletti" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.jdcr.2018.10.023", "journal": "JAAD Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2018 Dec 15;5(1):104-107.", "keywords": [ "cd...
PMC6297267
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{ "authors": [ "Panagiotis Papamichalis", "Katerina Argyraki", "Michail Papamichalis", "Argyris Loukopoulos", "Georgios N Dalekos", "Eirini I Rigopoulou" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4061/2011/574230", "journal": "Cardiol Res Pract", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:574230.", "keywo...
PMC3103881
Salmonella spp. is the cause of commonly encountered infections, with seasonal pattern of occurrence and worldwide distribution. Some of the clinical manifestations such as gastroenteritis and bacteremia are common, whereas others like mycotic aneurysms and osteomyelitis are infrequent especially in immunocompetent pat...
{ "authors": [ "Hankyu Jang", "Shreyas Pai", "Bijaya Adhikari", "Sriram V Pemmaraju" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1007/s10115-022-01748-8", "journal": "Knowl Inf Syst", "journal_detail": "2022;64(12):3373-3399.", "keywords": [ "asymptomatic cases", "c diff infections", "priz...
PMC9476452
This paper studies the problem of detecting asymptomatic cases in a temporal contact network in which multiple outbreaks have occurred. We show that the key to detecting asymptomatic cases well is taking into account both individual risk and the likelihood of disease-flow along edges. We consider both aspects by formul...
{ "authors": [ "Elizabeth Sarah Mayne", "Malcolm Tait", "Barry Frank Jacobson", "Evashin Pillay", "Susan J Louw" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s12959-018-0184-2", "journal": "Thromb J", "journal_detail": "2018 Nov 26;16:30.", "keywords": [ "acquired glanzmann’s thrombastheni...
PMC6260759
Background: Autoimmune paraphenomena, are associated with B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders, including monoclonal gammopathy of uncertain significance. These paraphenomena can rarely include acquired bleeding disorders. Case presentation: This case study reports an unusual clinical presentation of 2 acquired bleedin...
{ "authors": [ "Adamu Ishaku Akyala", "Liman Muhammad", "Emmanuel Akabe", "Akinyinka Akinyoade", "Emmanuel Agogo" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2020.37.99.23609", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2020 Sep 28;37:99.", "keywords": [ "covid-19", "pneumon...
PMC7757278
The continued absence of viable vaccines, limited diagnostic tools, insufficient protocol for isolation period, and weak health care system in developing countries with Nigeria inclusive heightens the tension trailing the arrival of Novel SARS-CoV-2 that was officially declared a global health emergency by World Health...
{ "authors": [ "Jonathan T Nguyen", "Ronald M Brooks", "Siraj M El Jamal", "Bradon J Wilhelmi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Eplasty", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan 22;15:ic6.", "keywords": [ "clear cell", "hidradenoma", "nodular", "poroid", "toe" ], "...
PMC4311577
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{ "authors": [ "Hayato Maruguchi", "Tadashi Nomura", "Satoru Sasaki", "Kazunobu Hashikawa", "Hiroto Terashi" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.1080/23320885.2019.1619458", "journal": "Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg", "journal_detail": "2019 May 30;6(1):63-68.", "keywords": [ "ok-4...
PMC6566496
Teratomas and lymphatic malformations are included in the differential diagnosis of congenital neck masses. They can exhibit similar clinical findings. The authors present a case of mature teratoma that had been managed as a lymphatic malformation for years. Clinicians should be careful not to dismiss clues for the cor...
{ "authors": [ "Diego Gómez-Arbeláez", "Ania García-Gutiérrez", "José Antonio González-Fajardo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14797/mdcvj.699", "journal": "Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J", "journal_detail": "2021 Oct 20;17(3):24-27.", "keywords": [ "arteriovenous fistula", "exophthal...
PMC8588745
Arterialization of orbital veins is most often due to dural arteriovenous malformations of the cavernous sinus area. We report an unusual case of unilateral proptosis (exophthalmos) caused by arterialized retrograde venous flow in the external jugular vein and cavernous sinus in a patient with an upper extremity hemodi...
{ "authors": [ "Elin Rebecka Carlsson", "Mai-Britt Toft Nielsen", "Anne Mette Høgh", "Rikke Veggerby Grønlund", "Mogens Fenger", "Louise Ambye" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2019/9468252", "journal": "Case Rep Endocrinol", "journal_detail": "2019 Feb 13;2019:9468252.", "keyw...
PMC6393866
Heterozygous inactivating mutations in the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) gene are known to cause familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia (FHH), usually a benign form of hypercalcemia without symptoms of a disrupted calcium homeostasis. FHH can be mistaken for the more common primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), for which...
{ "authors": [ "Niki Jackson", "Brandon T Nokes", "Kenneth Sakata", "Kristopher Cummings", "Laszlo Vaszar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2019.01.010", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan 23;26:240-243.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-N...
PMC6366150
Scimitar syndrome is a rare constellation of congenital conditions pertaining to partial anomalous pulmonary venous return. Radiographically, these anomalous pulmonary veins can resemble a scimitar, and have heterogeneous clinical presentations. We present an unusual case of scimitar syndrome with associated recurrent ...
{ "authors": [ "Yoshikazu Ogawa", "Miki Fujimura", "Teiji Tominaga" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1055/s-0033-1363504", "journal": "J Neurol Surg Rep", "journal_detail": "2014 Aug;75(1):e77-80.", "keywords": [ "cerebral ischemia", "extended transsphenoidal approach", "meningioma"...
PMC4110121
Objective Moyamoya vasculopathy associated with skull base tumors has been rarely reported except for partially removed pituitary adenoma and craniopharyngioma. Only a single case of meningioma resulted in vast cerebral infarction. Surgical treatment carries a high risk of damage to the compensatory collateral circulat...
{ "authors": [ "Mattheos Papamanthos", "Apostolos Matiakis", "Paraskevi Tsirevelou", "Alexandros Kolokotronis", "Haralambos Skoulakis" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5037/jomr.2010.1109", "journal": "J Oral Maxillofac Res", "journal_detail": "2010 Apr 1;1(1):e9.", "keywords": [ "h...
PMC3886039
Background: This current clinical case report highlights three cases of Hereditary angioedema (HAE) patients who are all members of the same family (father and his two daughters). The father has C1-INH deficiency, while his daughters have low C1-INH levels: the first possesses only 10% function and the second has low C...