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{ "authors": [ "Behnaz Ansari", "Mohammad Saadatnia", "Ali Asghar Okhovat" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/2736402", "journal": "Case Rep Neurol Med", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:2736402.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28428899/"...
PMC5385913
Background. The mechanism of stroke in beta-thalassemia was reported previously as cardioembolic and hypercoagulable state. However, there is no report of watershed infarct in beta-thalassemia anemia. Method. We present an adult β-thalassemia major patient with manifest asymptomatic chronic left carotid occlusion who s...
{ "authors": [ "Igor Kranjec", "Andreja Cerne" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2009/816715", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2009;2009:816715.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19893641/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh_terms...
PMC2773428
We report a case of a young patient in whom a sirolimus-eluting stent was implanted on the culprit left anterior descending coronary artery at primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for acute myocardial infarction. Nine months later she suffered from a reinfarction due to the late stent thrombosis despite a c...
{ "authors": [ "Riccardo Corti", "Pietro Quaretti", "Franco Galli", "Lorenzo Paolo Moramarco", "Nicola Cionfoli", "Giovanni Leati", "Riccardo Corbetta", "Matteo Tozzi" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X17741827", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail...
PMC5692143
A tailored therapy to patient requirements by combining endovascular and surgical steps can be necessary to prolong the life of a vascular access. Stent grafts play a growing role for the therapy of dialytic access complications. Randomized multi-center trials, however, support the on-label use of stent grafts in the t...
{ "authors": [ "Danielle M Pastor", "Katherine Lee-Wisdom", "Andrew E Arai", "Arlene Sirajuddin", "Douglas R Rosing", "Borys Korchin", "James L Gulley", "Marijo Bilusic" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2020.603248", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2020 ...
PMC7717959
The emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been associated with perplexing clinical sequelae and phenomena that often have no clear link to the underlying infection. There is a wide spectrum of symptoms associated with infection, from minimal respiratory complaints to severe multi-organ failure, often resulting in death...
{ "authors": [ "Michael Eddleston", "Tissa Wijeratne", "Lakshman Karalliedde", "Mike Hurrell", "Andrew H Dawson" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1080/15563650500357651", "journal": "Clin Toxicol (Phila)", "journal_detail": "2005;43(7):887-8.", "keywords": null, "license": "author_man...
PMC1940042
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{ "authors": [ "Nobuhide Hayashi", "Takahiro Sasaki", "Nagatsuki Tomura", "Hideo Okada", "Toshikazu Kuwata" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2152-7806.200578", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2017 Feb 20;8:24.", "keywords": [ "cystic malignant brain tumor", ...
PMC5339916
Background: The leakage of cystic fluid during metastatic cystic brain tumor resection may cause tumor dissemination. When the cyst wall is thin, excision without removing the wall is often difficult. Methods: We were able to perform an en bloc resection of a cystic malignant brain tumor after aspirating the cystic flu...
{ "authors": [ "Sara Sinno", "Adel M Assaad", "Nina Salem Shabb" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/1179556519870520", "journal": "Clin Med Insights Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2019 Sep 9;13:1179556519870520.", "keywords": [ "oropharynx", "human papillomavirus", "pediatric", ...
PMC6734619
Oropharyngeal small cell carcinomas (OPSmCC) are rare with only few case reports and case series published in the literature. More recently, an association of these tumors with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection has been detected. However, unlike oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas which have a better outcome when...
{ "authors": [ "Isyaku Mohammed" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OPTH.S40472", "journal": "Clin Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2013;7:199-202.", "keywords": [ "mitomycin c", "pterygium", "recurrence", "symblepharon" ], "license": "NO-CC CODE", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.n...
PMC3558315
Background: Treatment of recurrent pterygium associated with symblepharon usually involves the use of tissue grafting and/or the intraoperative application of mitomycin C (MMC). For the graft, a conjunctival/limbal autograft and/or amniotic membrane may be used. This generally requires extra technical skills and assist...
{ "authors": [ "Qian Yu", "Driss Raissi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/jcis.JCIS_36_18", "journal": "J Clin Imaging Sci", "journal_detail": "2018 Aug 24;8:35.", "keywords": [ "computed tomography", "cryoablation", "ice-ball fracture", "renal cell carcinoma", "renal hemor...
PMC6118108
Ice-ball fracture is a rare and often overlooked entity that may lead to intraprocedural hemorrhage after percutaneous cryoablation of renal masses. There is scant literature on ice-ball fractures associated with percutaneous renal cryoablation. Immediate recognition of the lightning bolt sign during intraprocedural co...
{ "authors": [ "Mengchao Zhang", "Zheng Feng", "Weidong Yu", "Chao Fu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IJGM.S279226", "journal": "Int J Gen Med", "journal_detail": "2020 Oct 6;13:771-774.", "keywords": [ "anatomic variant", "arteriovenous malformation", "artery of perchero...
PMC7547762
Arteriovenous malformation (AVM) fed by the artery of Percheron (AOP) is extremely rare, with only one case described in the literature to date. We herein present a case of a 43-year-old female with hemorrhagic thalamic AVM mainly supplied by the AOP, who subsequently underwent conservative management and recovered wel...
{ "authors": [ "Mioara-Laura Macovei", "Adelina-Maria Neacșu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.22336/rjo.2023.15", "journal": "Rom J Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan-Mar;67(1):81-86.", "keywords": [ "exophthalmia", "exposure keratopathy", "hypopyon", "idiopathic orbital infl...
PMC10117193
Objective: The aim of this report is to present the diagnostic and therapeutic approach in a case of non-specific orbital inflammation complicated with sight-threatening exposure keratopathy. Case presentation: An 81-year-old female patient presented to our Ophthalmology Department for left, painful, unilateral exophth...
{ "authors": [ "Ng Guan-Fook", "Abd Aziz Hayati", "Mohd Noor Raja-Azmi", "Ahmad Tajudin Liza-Sharmini", "Wan Hitam Wan-Hazabbah", "Embong Zunaina" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OPTH.S29806", "journal": "Clin Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2012;6:487-90.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC3334223
We report a case of diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis in a young boy with no clinical visualization of nematode. The diagnosis was made based on clinical findings and detection of Toxocara immunoglobulin G by Western blot test. An 11-year-old Malay boy presented with progressive blurring of vision in the left ...
{ "authors": [ "Farrukh Mahmood", "Shahzadi Tasneem", "Malik Muhammad Nadeem" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "J Neonatal Surg", "journal_detail": "2012 Jan 1;1(1):8.", "keywords": [ "aplasia cutis congenita", "hemorrhage", "superior sagittal sinus" ], "license": "...
PMC4420308
Aplasia cutis congenita is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by the absence of a patch of skin since birth. It may lead to life threatening complications at times. A 5-day-old neonate with Aplasia cutis congenita was received in a state of shock due to tremendous blood loss from the superior sagittal sinus. The n...
{ "authors": [ "Mohamadreza Golbakhsh", "Arash Mottaghi", "Mohamreza Zarei" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14196/mjiri.31.87", "journal": "Med J Islam Repub Iran", "journal_detail": "2017 Dec 16;31:87.", "keywords": [ "leg radiculopathy", "lumbar disk herniation", "thoracic disc h...
PMC6014753
Thoracic disk herniation comprises 0.15% of all disk herniation and has various and confusing manifestations. Among them, radicular pain down the leg could be the rarest presentation, especially if it is the only complaint. On the other hand, finding the relationship between clinical and paraclinical needs require high...
{ "authors": [ "Emmanuel Wekesa Wamalwa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2017.27.219.12826", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2017 Jul 24;27:219.", "keywords": [ "recurrent", "impetigo herpetiformis", "postpartum" ], "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubme...
PMC5622809
Impetigo herpetiformis (pustular psoriasis of pregnancy) is a rare dermatosis of pregnancy that typically starts in the 2nd half of pregnancy and resolves postpartum. It may recur in subsequent pregnancies. I present a case of 23 year old female gravida 4 para 3 with recurrent impetigo herpetiformis at 26 weeks gestati...
{ "authors": [ "Suna Tokgöz-Yılmaz", "Sanem Sahlı", "Suat Fitoz", "Gonca Sennaroğlu", "Mustafa Tekin" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijporl.2010.12.004", "journal": "Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol", "journal_detail": "2011 Mar;75(3):433-7.", "keywords": null, "license": "auth...
PMC3040286
The aim of the study was to assess the audiological findings of a 4-year-old child with a homozygous COL11A2 mutation and to point out the role of continuous follow-ups in children with craniofacial syndromes after the newborn hearing screening. A 4-year-old boy with otospondylomegaepiphyseal dysplasia (OSMED) was foll...
{ "authors": [ "Alex Scripcariu", "Denis Gaty", "Philippe Maury" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023/6646715", "journal": "Case Rep Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2023 Mar 4;2023:6646715.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36915701/", "ma...
PMC10008109
Coronary artery compression/damage by cardiac pacing/defibrillation leads is very rare and often an unknown complication of pacemaker implantation. Here, we present the case of a 71-year-old woman with late discovery of an asymptomatic compression of the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery by a defibrillatio...
{ "authors": [ "Silke Hecht", "Jennifer R Michaels", "Heather Simon" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.3389/fvets.2022.966853", "journal": "Front Vet Sci", "journal_detail": "2022 Aug 16;9:966853.", "keywords": [ "blastomyces dermatitidis", "brain", "central nervous system", "enc...
PMC9426857
Blastomycosis is a systemic mycotic infection caused by dimorphic fungi. The disease is rare in cats, and reports on imaging findings with central nervous system (CNS) involvement are limited. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed antemortem in three feline patients. Imaging findings that may allow prioritizat...
{ "authors": [ "Neil De Souza", "Paul Chalakkal", "Sergio Martires", "Renita Soares" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/ccd.ccd_490_18", "journal": "Contemp Clin Dent", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan-Mar;10(1):174-177.", "keywords": [ "dental anomalies", "nance–horan syndrome", ...
PMC6975004
Nance-Horan syndrome (NHS) or X-linked cataract dental syndrome is an extremely rare condition affecting multiple systems. It is characterized by ophthalmological, dental, and facial anomalies. Individuals display facial dysmorphism, mandibular prognathism, congenital cataract, and strabismus. Common dental findings in...
{ "authors": [ "Donevan Westerveld", "Jonathan Hussain", "Almotasembellah Aljaafareh", "Ali Ataya" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.03.018", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2017 Mar 28;21:69-70.", "keywords": [ "bacterial pneumonia", "immunocomp...
PMC5382143
Raoultella planticola (R. planticola), considered an environmental organism, is a gram negative, motile, bacillus with phenotypic similarities to the genus Klebsiella. The organism remains a rare cause of human infection with a few cases reported in the literature. However, since its description in 1981 there have been...
{ "authors": [ "Spencer A Bezalel", "Bruce E Strober", "Katalin Ferenczi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.jdcr.2014.10.002", "journal": "JAAD Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2014 Oct 5;1(1):15-7.", "keywords": [ "ifn-β, interferon beta", "ifn-β1a, interferon beta-1a", "il-4, i...
PMC4802549
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{ "authors": [ "Sylvia Schucht", "Rebecca Minso", "Christiane Lex", "Jochen Reiss", "Frauke Stanke", "Stephanie Tamm", "Andrea van Barneveld", "Burkhard Tümmler" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1002/mgg3.526", "journal": "Mol Genet Genomic Med", "journal_detail": "2019 Feb;7(...
PMC6393651
Background: The impact of complex alleles on CFTR processing and function has yet not been investigated in native human tissue. Methods: Intestinal current measurements (ICM) followed by CFTR immunoblot were performed on rectal biopsies taken from two siblings who are compound heterozygous for the CFTR mutations p.Phe5...
{ "authors": [ "Ramírez Isabel" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00536", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2019 Apr 12;17:e00536.", "keywords": [ "capnocytophaga", "hematopoietic stem cell transplantation", "microbiota", "febrile neutropenia" ], "license": "...
PMC6667730
Capnocytophaga species belong to the oral microbiota but are not a common cause of infection in febrile neutropenia. Nevertheless, neutropenia can cause bacteremia associated with mucositis, with lower rates of mortality. While empirical therapy with beta-lactams is generally effective, there is concern about the emerg...
{ "authors": [ "Yuki Nakagaki", "Keitaro Kai", "Yoshihiro Komohara", "Tatsuya Takezaki", "Junichiro Kuroda", "Naoki Shinojima", "Mari Shimomura", "Fumi Kawakami", "Yoshiki Mikami", "Akitake Mukasa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2176/jns-nmc.2022-0075", "journal": "NMC...
PMC9484818
Gliosarcoma is a rare malignant neoplasm. It accounts for approximately 2% of all glioblastomas. To date, there is no established treatment method for gliosarcoma, and a variety of therapies, such as surgical resection, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy, are typically employed. Here, we describe a patient with gliosarcoma...
{ "authors": [ "Saoraya Lueangarun", "Chirayu U Auewarakul" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1752-1947-6-8", "journal": "J Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2012 Jan 11;6:8.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22236362/", "major_mesh_terms": [...
PMC3314538
Introduction: Horner's syndrome has a variety of etiologies ranging from benign to serious life-threatening conditions and has been infrequently reported as a presenting symptom of patients with lymphoid neoplasms. Only one case of Burkitt's lymphoma presenting with toothache, paresthesia, and Horner's syndrome has bee...
{ "authors": [ "Hiraku Kokubu", "Takeshi Nakanishi", "Takeshi Kato", "Noriki Fujimoto" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000530640", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol", "journal_detail": "2023 May 23;16(1):347-350.", "keywords": [ "chemotherapy", "necrosis", "pedunculated lipofibro...
PMC10293937
We present a rare phenomenon of a soft tumor hanging on the woman's left upper arm that underwent necrosis from the distal aspect during chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer. The benign tumor, pedunculated lipofibroma, originally had normal color for 10 years and then became necrotic when she was treated with gemcitabine...
{ "authors": [ "Wei Zhang", "Jian Ye", "Chenhui Qiu", "Limin Wang", "Weizhong Jin", "Chunming Jiang", "Lihui Xu", "Jianping Xu", "Yue Li", "Liusheng Wang", "Hualiang Jin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/1753466620929225", "journal": "Ther Adv Respir Dis", "jo...
PMC7268139
Background: Talaromyces marneffei, also named Penicillium marneffei, is an opportunistic pathogen that can cause systemic or limited infection in human beings. This infection is especially common in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected hosts; however, it has also been recently reported in HIV-negative hosts. He...
{ "authors": [ "Gloria J Morris", "Henry C Yaeger", "Francis Hamm", "Sibyl Irwin", "Salvatore J Scialla" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4084/MJHID.2012.030", "journal": "Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2012;4(1):e2012030.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", ...
PMC3375672
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{ "authors": [ "Christopher Martin Allen", "Christiana Avye Hall", "Naomi Elizabeth Cox", "Hayley Ryan", "Thearina De Beer", "Michael Francis O'Donoghue" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ebr.2021.100456", "journal": "Epilepsy Behav Rep", "journal_detail": "2021 May 7;16:100456....
PMC8164013
The ketogenic diet (KD) may have a role in treating super-refractory status epilepticus (SRSE). Predominantly used in paediatric epilepsy, there are few reports of its use in adults. We describe a 19-year-old man with UBE2A deficiency syndrome, drug resistant generalized epilepsy, and severe intellectual disability, wh...
{ "authors": [ "Ahmad M Mansour" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000458518", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2017 Feb 20;8(1):108-115.", "keywords": [ "auto-ophthalmoscopy", "macula", "optical coherence tomography", "optical coherence tomography angiography", ...
PMC5346928
Purpose: To present a new concept of self-optical coherence tomography (OCT) and self-OCT angiography. Methods: The operator sits in the patient seat and manipulates the instrument body via the joystick with the dominant hand, while the dominant index is ready to press the capture button and while focusing on the fixat...
{ "authors": [ "Anderson Batista Rodrigues", "Daniella Brito Rodrigues", "Joao Welberthon Matos Queiroz", "Kaito Alves Carvalho Laube", "Murillo Cunegatto Macullo Braga", "William Seiti Kita", "Allexsandro Aparecido Alvarenga Nascimento Faria De Luna", "Rafael Wilson De Souza", "Ri...
PMC8326061
Background: Arachnoid webs (AWs) can cause cord compression and syringomyelia in the thoracic spine. Here, we describe two patients who underwent operative treatment for AW and reviewed the literature. Case description: Two patients underwent surgical treatment for thoracic AW. Both presented with spastic gait and numb...
{ "authors": [ "BiaoHuan Zhou", "WeiHua Li" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.08.023", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015;15:46-9.", "keywords": [ "colon adenocarcinoma", "en-bloc resection", "gastrocolic fistula" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", ...
PMC4601962
Introduction: Gastrocolic fistula secondary to colon carcinoma is a rare entity. The common cause of gastrocolic fistula is different between eastern and western countries. Gastrocolic fistula may present many manifestations. Presentation of case: We present a case report of gastrocolic fistula in a 59-year-old male pa...
{ "authors": [ "Tkemaladze Tinatin", "Bregvadze Kakha", "Gogoberishvili Mikheil", "Sopromadze-Diebold Tamari", "Abzianidze Elene" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X231186496", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Jul 10;11:2050313X231186496.", "keywor...
PMC10338725
Chopra-Amiel-Gordon syndrome (OMIM: 619504) is an autosomal dominant neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by developmental delay, intellectual disability, speech delay, epilepsy, dysmorphic craniofacial features, ophthalmological abnormalities, and recurrent infections. It is caused by heterozygous loss-of-functio...
{ "authors": [ "Frank Liaw", "Odhrán Murray", "Yan Yu Tan", "Timothy Hems" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2174/1874325001812010203", "journal": "Open Orthop J", "journal_detail": "2018 Jun 14;12:203-207.", "keywords": [ "case report", "diabetes mellitus", "diabetic neuropathy"...
PMC6009131
Background: Diabetic peripheral neuropathy puts patients at increased risk of acute injury by foreign bodies and also contributes to delayed presentation and diagnosis. Case report: We describe a 57-year-old patient with poorly controlled type 1 diabetes who presented with a three-week history of worsening swelling and...
{ "authors": [ "Nodoka Hinokuma", "Shunsuke Sakurai", "Atsutoshi Shiratori", "Keiko Nagahara", "Yoshifusa Abe", "Takeshi Shimizu", "Takanari Fujii", "Katsumi Mizuno", "Hideshi Tomita" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X20969559", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep...
PMC7705808
Hyponatremic hypertensive syndrome is characterized by hypertension, hyponatremia, and hypokalemia due to unilateral renal artery stenosis. We herein report a 1-year-old hyponatremic hypertensive syndrome infant without persistent hypertension in the acute phase. On the ninth hospital day, his systolic and diastolic bl...
{ "authors": [ "Dhruv Chaudhary", "Shifat Ahmed", "Nanlong Liu", "Luis Marsano-Obando" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14309/crj.2017.23", "journal": "ACG Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2017 Feb 15;4:e23.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.n...
PMC5340723
Herpes simplex virus (HSV) hepatitis is a rare cause of acute liver failure (ALF). It carries a mortality rate of 80% if untreated, thus early identification and treatment are critical. Without high clinical suspicion, HSV hepatitis is difficult to diagnose. A 48-year-old Hispanic female presented with a 4-day history ...
{ "authors": [ "Andrea N Sitek", "James T Li", "Thanai Pongdee" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1016/j.waojou.2022.100737", "journal": "World Allergy Organ J", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 16;16(1):100737.", "keywords": [ "adverse events", "allergy", "biologics", "risks", "s...
PMC9853370
Biologic agents are a rapidly expanding class of medications, and several options are now available for the management of allergic and immunologic disorders. The risks of biologic therapy need to be understood in order to adequately counsel patients and appropriately monitor for potential adverse events. We sought to p...
{ "authors": [ "Sven Bamps", "Frank Van Calenbergh", "Johan Van Loon", "Raf Van Paesschen", "Paul Vanderschot" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0976-3147.143208", "journal": "J Neurosci Rural Pract", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan;6(1):84-6.", "keywords": [ "dystrophic kyphoscolio...
PMC4244797
Neurofibromatosis type-I (NF-I) is an autosomal-dominant hereditary disorder, in which spinal skeletal deformities are one of the manifestations and manifest as acquired abnormalities and present as short, sharp, and angular (usually thoracic) curves. The scoliosis can be severe requiring surgical intervention. The sur...
{ "authors": [ "Woong Yoon", "Jeong Jin Seo", "Heoung Keun Kang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3348/kjr.2005.6.1.41", "journal": "Korean J Radiol", "journal_detail": "2005 Jan-Mar;6(1):41-3.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15782019/", ...
PMC2684996
A 58-year-old woman presented with an acute embolic occlusion of the distal basilar artery. She underwent angioplasty and intra-arterial thrombolysis. Angiography performed after recanalization revealed a single perforating thalamic artery. A nonenhanced CT scan carried out immediately after the procedure revealed hype...
{ "authors": [ "Łukasz Lis", "Andrzej Konieczny", "Patryk Jerzak", "Paweł Podgórski", "Krzysztof Benc", "Zbigniew Hruby" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.22551/2019.23.0602.10151", "journal": "Arch Clin Cases", "journal_detail": "2021 Oct 27;6(2):31-36.", "keywords": [ "autoimmu...
PMC8565699
Celiac disease (CD) is an immune-mediated disease, caused by gluten, occurring in people with genetic predisposition. The course of the disease can vary and includes both intestinal and extra-intestinal manifestations. Many patients are undiagnosed for many years and some of them, in particular with nonspecific symptom...
{ "authors": [ "Thomas Jose Eluvathingal Muttikkal", "Chunli Deng" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2156-7514.105133", "journal": "J Clin Imaging Sci", "journal_detail": "2012;2:79.", "keywords": [ "accessory fissures", "bronchopulmonary segments", "congenital variations", "fis...
PMC3551529
Accessory fissures in the lungs are common congenital variations, usually detected as incidental findings in radiographs or CT scan. Accessory fissures can act as an anatomic barrier to the spread of inflammatory or neoplastic disease, as well as due to the variant anatomy, mimic lesions. It is important to recognize t...
{ "authors": [ "Sei Shibuya", "Satoshi Komatsubara", "Tetsuji Yamamoto", "Nobuo Arima", "Yoshiaki Kanda", "Shiro Oka" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2009/632981", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2009;2009:632981.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link...
PMC2774484
Percutaneous curettage and continuous irrigation were performed for definitive diagnosis and treatment of tuberculous (TB) lumbar spondylitis. Under local anaesthesia, affected lumbar discs were curetted using a procedure of percutaneous nucleotomy, and in-tube and the out-tube were placed for continuous irrigation. Th...
{ "authors": [ "Erin Willis", "Steven A Moore", "Mary O Cox", "Vikki Stefans", "Akilandeswari Aravindhan", "Murat Gokden", "Aravindhan Veerapandiyan" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1177/2329048X221097518", "journal": "Child Neurol Open", "journal_detail": "2022 Apr 28;9:2329048X...
PMC9087226
Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy R9 (LGMD2I, LGMDR9) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by pathogenic variants in the fukutin-related protein (FKRP) gene. We describe a 17 year old boy with LGMDR9 whose symptoms began at age 5 years. Muscle histopathology, immunostaining, and western blotting were consistent with ...
{ "authors": [ "Krishnan Swaminathan", "Meenakshi Sundaram", "Padma Prakash", "Senthilnayagam Subbiah" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.2337/dc12-1251", "journal": "Diabetes Care", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan;36(1):e4.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubme...
PMC3526222
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{ "authors": [ "Abdullah Kaplan", "Hacı Murat Gunes" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2018/9543098", "journal": "Case Rep Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2018 Dec 9;2018:9543098.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30627451/", "major_mesh_terms":...
PMC6304888
Left ventricular false tendons (LVFTs) are linear fibrous or fibromuscular bands stretching across left ventricular cavity. Although LVFTs have been associated with various heart pathologies and investigated embryologically and histologically, there is only one report in the literature connoting possible hereditary tra...
{ "authors": [ "Won Jin Jeon", "Jin Hyun Moon", "Bryan Pham", "Bowon Joung", "Laura Denham", "Joel Brothers" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2023.1198292", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2023 Jun 23;13:1198292.", "keywords": [ "immune-checkpoint inhibito...
PMC10327587
Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS), a subtype of soft tissue sarcoma (STS), is an uncommon malignancy associated with a poor prognosis. As with other forms of sarcoma, surgical resection remains the only form of treatment with curative potential. The role of perioperative systemic therapy has not been definitiv...
{ "authors": [ "Carlos D'Assumpcao", "Arash Heidari", "Royce H Johnson" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2324709618820047", "journal": "J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2018 Dec 20;6:2324709618820047.", "keywords": [ "coccidioidal meningitis", "disseminated ...
PMC6302271
This is a case of a 56-year-old man diagnosed with coccidioidal meningitis 42 years ago at the age of 14. He was treated with intrathecal amphotericin B deoxycholate by cisternal puncture for 15 years before switching to fluconazole once it became available in 1991. Over 42 years of treatment, he developed hearing loss...
{ "authors": [ "Katjana S Schwab", "Glen Kristiansen", "Alexander Isaak", "Stefanie E A Held", "Annekristin Heine", "Peter Brossart" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2019.00403", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2019 May 15;9:403.", "keywords": [ "takotsubo...
PMC6530425
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{ "authors": [ "Umberto Pensato", "Lorenzo Muccioli", "Elena Pasini", "Maria Tappatà", "Lorenzo Ferri", "Lilia Volpi", "Laura Licchetta", "Stella Battaglia", "Giada Rossini", "Isabella Bon", "Maria Carla Re", "Luigi Cirillo", "Luigi Simonetti", "Laura Ludovica G...
PMC7604480
Introduction: Neurological manifestations are emerging as relatively frequent complications of corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19), including stroke and encephalopathy. Clinical characteristics of the latter are heterogeneous and not yet fully elucidated, while the pathogenesis appears related to neuroinflammation in ...
{ "authors": [ "Bernardo Carpiniello", "Federica Pinna", "Raffaella Tuveri" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2011/103652", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:103652.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22174718/", "maj...
PMC3226352
Delusional infestation is an aspecific psychiatric condition manifested either as a primary psychotic disorder or a secondary disorder induced by a wide range of very different medical conditions. Both primary and secondary delusional infestations seem to respond to typical and atypical antipsychotics. The latter are c...
{ "authors": [ "Bogdan Augustin Chis", "Daniela Fodor" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.15386/cjmed-804", "journal": "Clujul Med", "journal_detail": "2018;91(1):117-119.", "keywords": [ "glp-1 agonist", "acute pancreatitis", "diabetes mellitus", "lixisenatide" ], "license": "CC ...
PMC5808258
Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA) are the newest treatment for diabetes mellitus (DM). These drugs can down-regulate fasting glucose more than oral drugs and lead to more constant glucose levels compared to regular insulin. Acute pancreatitis is a serious condition that may have a fatal outcome. It ha...
{ "authors": [ "Lucheng Zhu", "Shenglin Ma", "Bing Xia" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2022.1009076", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2022 Nov 9;12:1009076.", "keywords": [ "alk inhibitor", "strn-alk fusion", "alectinib", "case report", "thyroid canc...
PMC9682147
Little is known about the efficacy of alectinib for papillary thyroid cancer with STRN-ALK fusion. A 64-year-old female presented with metastatic papillary thyroid cancer, widespread to lungs, mediastinal lymph nodes and brain 20 years after surgery. Disease progression still occurred after radioactive iodine therapy, ...
{ "authors": [ "Priyanka Minocha", "Anita Choudhary", "Shambhavi", "Sadasivan Sitaraman" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/jpn.JPN_122_16", "journal": "J Pediatr Neurosci", "journal_detail": "2017 Jan-Mar;12(1):80-82.", "keywords": [ "ambiguous genitalia", "x-linked lissencephal...
PMC5437799
X-linked lissencephaly with ambiguous genitalia is a rare and recently described syndrome. We report a neonate presenting with the classical features of the syndrome which includes lissencephaly, agenesis of the corpus callosum, intractable epilepsy of neonatal onset, acquired microcephaly, and male genotype with ambig...
{ "authors": [ "Arash Azin", "Jennifer M Racz", "M Carolina Jimenez", "Supreet Sunil", "Anna Porwit", "Timothy Jackson", "Allan Okrainec", "Fayez Quereshy" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2014.02.003", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2014;5(6...
PMC4066574
Introduction: AML is the most common form of leukemia in adults. In rare circumstances AML may present in the form of extra-medullary disease. Gallbladder infiltration with myeloblasts is rare and only a few cases exist in the literature describing this entity. Presentation of case: We present a rare case of AML relaps...
{ "authors": [ "Clélia Fouques", "Imène Fatfouta", "Sylvie Hieronimus", "Jean-Louis Sadoul", "André Bongain" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1186/s12610-019-0084-8", "journal": "Basic Clin Androl", "journal_detail": "2019 Mar 12;29:10.", "keywords": [ "21-hydroxylase deficiency- az...
PMC6532123
Background: Congenital hyperplasia of the adrenal glands is a rare pathology, which can have an impact on male fertility. We report 2 cases of azoospermia in patients followed for a classical form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia. Cases presentation: 1st case: After 18 months of infertility of the couple, explorations...
{ "authors": [ "Zhulan Yang", "Zhen Zhang", "Ming Chen", "Zhiyong Liu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IDR.S368903", "journal": "Infect Drug Resist", "journal_detail": "2022 Jun 7;15:2915-2920.", "keywords": [ "gordonia crocea", "case report", "pacemaker implantation", ...
PMC9188390
Gordonia is a recognized pathogen in patients with immunodeficiency and a normal immune response, which can cause bacteremia, endocarditis, peritonitis and pulmonary infection. We report a case of wound infection after pacemaker implantation caused by Gordonia crocea. Matrix-assisted laser desorption time-of-flight mas...
{ "authors": [ "Theofilos G Machinis", "Kostas N Fountas", "E Z Kapsalaki", "I Kapsalakis", "A A Grigorian" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1007/s00586-005-0019-2", "journal": "Eur Spine J", "journal_detail": "2006 Oct;15 Suppl 5(Suppl 5):585-9.", "keywords": null, "license": "NO-CC ...
PMC1602182
The authors report a rare case of complete C2-C3 dislocation with unexpectedly mild neurological symptoms in a 57 year old man involved in a motor vehicle accident, who had previously undergone posterior laminectomy from C3 through C7. A retrospective chart analysis and a thorough radiographic review were performed. X-...
{ "authors": [ "Jack Daoud", "Dany Aouad", "Youssef Hassan", "Georges El Rassi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/7532358", "journal": "Case Rep Orthop", "journal_detail": "2018 Jun 21;2018:7532358.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.go...
PMC6033245
Background: Pigmented villonodular synovitis is a rare pathology causing hyperplasia of the synovium. It mostly affects young populations and most commonly the knee joint. It rarely affects the posterior compartment of the knee as the case presented in this study. Open surgery is usually used to treat this condition; h...
{ "authors": [ "Praveena Raman" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1502_20", "journal": "J Family Med Prim Care", "journal_detail": "2021 Jan;10(1):572-577.", "keywords": [ "care", "communication", "compassionate", "counseling", "empathy", "holistic care", "or...
PMC8132835
Background: Globally, the sixth most common malignancy is oral cancer, which is predominantly due to consumption of potent, proven carcinogens which includes smoking and smokeless form of tobacco and areca nut. Habits associated oral malignancies are mostly preceded by clinically asymptomatic oral lesions collectively ...
{ "authors": [ "Amar S Patel", "Lucian Sulica", "Steven J Frucht" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.7916/D8611961", "journal": "Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y)", "journal_detail": "2017 Jul 11;7:365.", "keywords": [ "velopharyngeal dystonia", "functional voice disorder", "spasmodic...
PMC5626921
Background: Velopharyngeal dysfunction produces a nasal speech pattern because of the inability to close the nasal airway during speech, most often associated with anatomical abnormalities of the palate. Case report: We describe two cases of possible velopharyngeal dystonia, a task-specific movement disorder causing a ...
{ "authors": [ "Johann Christopher", "Chary Duraikannu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0971-3026.76057", "journal": "Indian J Radiol Imaging", "journal_detail": "2011 Jan;21(1):57-9.", "keywords": [ "dual-source ct", "intra-atrial", "right coronary artery" ], "license": "CC B...
PMC3056372
We report a case of an anomalous course of the right coronary artery (RCA) through the right atrium, which was evaluated using dual-source CT angiography. There have been a few cases described previously in literature, but most of them were found either during surgery or at autopsy. Although this variant is clinically ...
{ "authors": [ "Rongjuan Pei", "Sebastian Grund", "Jens Verheyen", "Stefan Esser", "Xinwen Chen", "Mengji Lu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1743-422X-11-9", "journal": "Virol J", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan 21;11:9.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https:...
PMC3902409
Co-infections with HBV (hepatitis B virus) occur in HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) patients frequently. It has been reported that an effective treatment of HIV can also lead to a suppression of HBV and to anti-HBs seroconversion in HBV-infected patients. Here, we report a spontaneous reactivation of HBV replication...
{ "authors": [ "Guoyang Zheng", "Hanzhong Li", "Ji Li", "Xuebin Zhang", "Yushi Zhang", "Xingcheng Wu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1097/MD.0000000000005720", "journal": "Medicine (Baltimore)", "journal_detail": "2017 Jan;96(1):e5720.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "...
PMC5228670
Background: Renal cell carcinoma metastasizing to rectum is very rare, and the unusual metastatic sites should be paid attention to during the follow-up of renal cell carcinoma. Case summary: We describe a case of a 65-year-old male who was diagnosed with metastatic renal cell carcinoma to rectum 10 years after the rig...
{ "authors": [ "Emmanuel João Nogueira Leal da Silva", "Gustavo Romão Dos Santos", "Renato Liess Krebs", "Tauby de Souza Coutinho-Filho" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Iran Endod J", "journal_detail": "2012 Winter;7(1):40-4.", "keywords": [ "diagnosis", "surgical end...
PMC3467119
Vertical root fracture (VRF) has been a great challenge in dentistry; most fractures often result in tooth extraction. Inflammation of tissues around the fractured root is the main reason for tooth extraction. Based on the strategic importance of some fractured teeth, treatment may be necessary and often complicated. H...
{ "authors": [ "Zeina C Hannoush", "Juan D Palacios", "Russ A Kuker", "Sabina Casula" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.1155/2017/8568347", "journal": "Case Rep Endocrinol", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:8568347.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih...
PMC5299196
Introduction. Although whole body scan (WBS) with I-131 is a highly sensitive tool for detecting normal thyroid tissue and metastasis of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), it is not specific. Additional information, provided by single photon emission computed tomography combined with X-ray computed tomography (SPECT/...
{ "authors": [ "Lama Alotaibi", "Mohammed Alsaif", "Ahmed Alhumidi", "Mohammed Turkmani", "Fahad Alsaif" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000498882", "journal": "Case Rep Dermatol", "journal_detail": "2019 Mar 19;11(1):71-76.", "keywords": [ "adnexa", "hidradenitis suppurat...
PMC6465725
Steatocystoma multiplex (SM) is a rare hamartomatous malformation of the pilosebaceous duct junction. Most cases of SM are sporadic, although less common autosomal dominant inherited forms have been reported. Steatocystoma multiplex suppurativa (SMS) is a much rarer inflammatory variant of SM, associated with severe in...
{ "authors": [ "Mohmmad Salman Kazi", "Kumar Saurabh", "Pukhraj Rishi", "Ekta Rishi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0974-9233.106404", "journal": "Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan-Mar;20(1):89-91.", "keywords": [ "chloroquine retinopathy", "delayed o...
PMC3617538
Chloroquine retinopathy is a known complication of long-term use of chloroquine. This retinopathy can appear even after usage of chloroquine has stopped. The present case report describes the history and clinical features of chloroquine retinopathy developing a decade after discontinuing the drug.
{ "authors": [ "César Sebastián Arcos-López", "Juan Marcos Parise-Vasco", "Ana Armas-Vega", "Yecenia Carrillo-Azuero" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2022/7473642", "journal": "Case Rep Dent", "journal_detail": "2022 Jun 24;2022:7473642.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "li...
PMC9249510
Prosthetic rehabilitation in cases of premature loss of temporary teeth always is a procedure that must be carried out in a planned and integral manner. The avoidance of opposing tooth extrusion, loss of horizontal space, and acquisition of bad oral habits are fundamental to not trigger alterations in the child's occlu...
{ "authors": [ "Charles B L M Majoie", "Leonard J van Boven", "Diederik van de Beek", "Henk W Venema", "Willem J van Rooij" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1385/ncc:6:1:40", "journal": "Neurocrit Care", "journal_detail": "2007;6(1):40-4.", "keywords": null, "license": "NO-CC CODE", ...
PMC2782106
Introduction: Delayed ischemic neurologic deficits secondary to vasospasm are a major cause of morbidity and mortality after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Treatment of vasospasm after SAH is associated with complications, and reliable techniques for evaluating effects of treatment of vasospasm in such patients are war...
{ "authors": [ "Nicholas Lazar", "Kamil Sardarli", "Zaid Imam", "Majd Khasawneh", "Ismail Hader" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/6699867", "journal": "Case Rep Gastrointest Med", "journal_detail": "2021 May 27;2021:6699867.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": ...
PMC8177980
Abdominal variants of Lemierre's syndrome presenting with pylephlebitis are rare, and the role of anticoagulation in treatment is controversial. We hereby report a case of pylephlebitis secondary to F. necrophorum bacteremia in a 57-year-old female originating from bacterial translocation secondary to colitis, who deve...
{ "authors": [ "Maryam Mehdipour Dalivand", "Parastou Tizro", "Julie Partain", "Anita Aggarwal", "Jack Lichy", "Francisco Mot Ara", "Victor E Nava" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2022/1132544", "journal": "Case Rep Hematol", "journal_detail": "2022 Apr 21;2022:1132544.", ...
PMC9050327
Although acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and monoclonal B cell lymphocytosis (MBL) are common neoplasia, a simultaneous presentation is very unusual. Here, we present two different B cell clones, MBL and B-ALL, cocirculating in a 78-year-old African American male. Detailed molecular characterization revealed an unus...
{ "authors": [ "Luciana Yamamoto Almeida", "Paulo Alceu Kiemle Trindade", "Alexander Tadeu Sverzut", "Cassio Edvard Sverzut", "Alexandre Elias Trivellato", "Christiano Oliveira-Santos", "Jorge Esquiche León" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000443376", "journal": "Med Princ Pra...
PMC5588404
Objective: To report an unusual case of oral hyaline ring granuloma (HRG) that caused an extensive osteolytic lesion. Clinical presentation and intervention: A 22-year-old female was referred to our hospital with a large expansile cystic lesion in the left mandibular ramus associated with a clinically visible, partiall...
{ "authors": [ "Xiangjuan Guo", "Tongtong Ji", "Shengliang Xin", "Jinghang Xu", "Yanyan Yu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fimmu.2022.1083862", "journal": "Front Immunol", "journal_detail": "2022 Dec 2;13:1083862.", "keywords": [ "cd20 monoclonal antibody", "hepatitis b v...
PMC9755885
A 72-year-old woman presented to our hospital with elevation of serum transaminases. Her blood tests showed the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) negative. Rituximab plus cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone (R-CHOP) were given for the diffuse large B-cell lymph...
{ "authors": [ "K Leyssens", "T Mortelmans", "T Menovsky", "D Abramowicz", "Marcel Th B Twickler", "L Van Gaal" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/2582509", "journal": "Case Rep Nephrol", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:2582509.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link...
PMC5447257
Oliguria is one of the clinical hallmarks of renal failure. The broad differential diagnosis is well known, but a rare cause of oliguria is intracranial hypertension (ICH). The actual knowledge to explain this relationship is scarce. Almost all literature is about animals where authors describe the Cushing reflex in re...
{ "authors": [ "Wanwan Zhu", "Tianhao Zhao", "Jun Wei", "Damin Chai", "Cancan Zhao", "Yu Zhu", "Min Deng" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2022.942237", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2022 Aug 5;9:942237.", "keywords": [ "adverse drug reactio...
PMC9389358
Extraintestinal manifestations are common in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, while respiratory involvement is less common. Vedolizumab is a new class of anti-integrin biological agents approved for treating inflammatory bowel disease. In this report, we present the case of a 38-year-old patient with ulcerativ...
{ "authors": [ "Barbara Fellerhoff", "Barbara Laumbacher", "Rudolf Wank" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1752-1947-6-6", "journal": "J Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2012 Jan 10;6:6.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22234176/", "maj...
PMC3284865
Introduction: An 82-year-old Caucasian woman had remained in a persistent vegetative state after a coma of seven months duration, which occurred after a stroke with hemiplegia, nine years previously. The persistent vegetative state could be reversed in part by weekly injections with activated immune cells. After therap...
{ "authors": [ "Sepehr Navid", "Bahar Sadegh-Ehdaei", "Mehdi Shabani", "Melika Hasani", "Arezoo Mirzaei", "Kiarash Ghazvini", "Masoud Youssefi", "Masoud Keikha" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1099/acmi.0.000106", "journal": "Access Microbiol", "journal_detail": "2020 Feb 17;...
PMC7523626
Mycobacterium arupense is among the opportunist pathogens of atypical mycobacteria emergence (atypical mycobacteria) that is one of the isolated and reported environmental and clinical specimens. Numerous cases of osteo-articular infections of this bacterium are reported nowadays, while the pulmonary infection is rare....
{ "authors": [ "Giselle Sarganas", "Robert Scherpbier", "Christian A Gericke" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12688/f1000research.1-60.v1", "journal": "F1000Res", "journal_detail": "2012 Dec 5;1:60.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24358831/"...
PMC3790604
Objective: The purpose of this qualitative case study was to assess the feasibility of scaling up exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months, antibiotics for pneumonia and integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) child interventions in three districts of the Cusco region, Peru. Methods: During field visits, constrai...
{ "authors": [ "Joshua Braganza", "Ahmed Aljwaid", "Mohammed Alazzawi", "Abbas Alshami", "Nitin S Patel" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00909", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2020 Jul 8;21:e00909.", "keywords": [ "angiolipoma", "angiomyolipoma", ...
PMC7355718
Angiomyolipomas (AMLs) are benign tumors consisting of smooth muscle-like cells, adipocyte-like cells, and epithelioid cells. They are usually renal in origin, and extrarenal AMLs are rare. Cutaneous AMLs are even more rare. We present a case of 65 year old female, with no underlying genetic condition, who developed bi...
{ "authors": [ "J L Barton", "L Pincus", "J Yazdany", "N Richman", "T H McCalmont", "L Gensler", "M Dall'era", "K H Fye" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1155/2011/242681", "journal": "Case Rep Rheumatol", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:242681.", "keywords": null, "license":...
PMC3420725
Sweet's syndrome is an acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis which usually presents as an idiopathic disorder but can also be drug induced, associated with hematopoetic malignancies and myelodysplastic disorders, and more, infrequently, observed in autoimmune disorders. Sweet's syndrome has been reported in three cases...
{ "authors": [ "Cristina Bicchieri", "Jan W Lindemans", "Ting Jiang" ], "case_amount": 7, "doi": "10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01418", "journal": "Front Psychol", "journal_detail": "2014 Dec 5;5:1418.", "keywords": [ "child marriage", "experiments", "monitoring and evaluation", "social n...
PMC4257103
"How social norms change" is not only a theoretical question but also an empirical one. Many organizations have implemented programs to abandon harmful social norms. These programs are standardly monitored and evaluated with a set of empirical tools. While monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of changes in objective outcome...
{ "authors": [ "Abdur Rehman Mohamad", "Junais Koleri", "Hussain Mohamed Sultan Hussain", "Hussam Al Soub", "Muna Al Maslamani" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01215", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2021 Jul 3;25:e01215.", "keywords": [ "actinomycosis", ...
PMC8267539
Actinomycosis is an uncommon cause of central nervous system infection. A case of skull bone osteomyelitis with epidural empyema is presented. A 44-year-old man presented with chronic osteomyelitis of skull vault with epidural and subgaleal collection diagnosed by histopathology as actinomycosis. He had similar lesion ...
{ "authors": [ "Plamen Yovchevski", "Kosta Kostov" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1757-1626-2-36", "journal": "Cases J", "journal_detail": "2009 Jan 9;2(1):36.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19134209/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh_t...
PMC2630993
Introduction: Urinary bladder diverticula are frequently resulting from obstructions. Our literature review did not reveal any cases of acquired urinary bladder diverticulum caused by long-term transurethral catheterization. Case presentation: We report a rare case of a nonobstructive big urinary bladder diverticulum d...
{ "authors": [ "Zina-Mary Manjaly", "Andreas R Luft", "Hakan Sarikaya" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2011/474271", "journal": "Case Rep Neurol Med", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:474271.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22937340/", "m...
PMC3420447
We describe a patient who presented with an acute paresis of her distal right hand suggesting a peripheral median nerve lesion. However, on clinical examination a peripheral origin could not be verified, prompting further investigation. Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging revealed an acute ischaemic lesion in...
{ "authors": [ "Hamel Patel", "Bijal Patel", "Sonal Jadeja", "Carmen Isache" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00652", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2019 Oct 1;18:e00652.", "keywords": [ "abscess", "central nervous system (cns)", "immunocompromised", ...
PMC6838532
Nocardiosis is an uncommon infection, however it needs to be included in the differential diagnosis, especially in immunocompromised hosts. Central nervous system (CNS) nocardiosis, in particular, is an even rarer entity with a higher mortality. This is a case of CNS Nocardia infection with an atypical presentation tha...
{ "authors": [ "Hanoof Ali Alqahtani" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X19873794", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019 Aug 28;7:2050313X19873794.", "keywords": [ "case report", "clomiphene", "heterotopic pregnancy", "ovulation" ], "license": "CC ...
PMC6713962
Heterotopic pregnancy is a rare condition in which both intrauterine and extrauterine pregnancies occur simultaneously. It was reported to be very rare in normal conceived pregnancy. However, with the considerable progress of the assisted reproductive techniques, the incidence of heterotopic pregnancy increased. Furthe...
{ "authors": [ "Qian Yu", "Wei Li", "Xiaohui Mo", "Fei Tan", "Lianjuan Yang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2020.615434", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2021 Jan 13;11:615434.", "keywords": [ "m2 microglia", "treponema pallidum", "humoral immunity...
PMC7838610
The pathogenesis of intracranial syphilitic gummas remains poorly understood. Microglia are generally considered to be the main cell type of the innate immune system in the brain. Determination of the composition of infiltrating microglia of patients with typical intracranial syphilitic gummas may contribute to the und...
{ "authors": [ "Alexander Thorvaldsson", "Pir Abdul Ahad Aziz Qureshi", "Vikram Rao Bollineni" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5334/jbsr.2902", "journal": "J Belg Soc Radiol", "journal_detail": "2022 Dec 14;106(1):131.", "keywords": [ "stub1", "cerebellar ataxia", "magnetic resonan...
PMC9756905
Our case report describes a 34-year-old patient sent for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) after four years of slow onset neurological symptoms. An MRI of her brain showed moderate to severe atrophy of the cerebellum and brainstem. She has a family history of spinocerebellar ataxia and has known STUB1 mutation. Imaging ...
{ "authors": [ "Patricelli Giulia", "Galeone Carla", "Rapicetta Cristian", "Valli Riccardo", "Cecilia Mengoli Maria", "Carbonelli Cristiano", "Paci Massimiliano", "Lococo Filippo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.36141/svdld.v34i3.5942", "journal": "Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung...
PMC7170100
Primary pulmonary extra-nodal MALT-lymphomas are very uncommon. Clinical-radiological pattern is variable and usually non-specific and a correct diagnosis usually requires the histopathological examination. Herein we report a case of a 59-year-old man presented with dyspnea at the slightest effort and dry cough. At ima...
{ "authors": [ "Sharif Darwish", "Daniel J Bell" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1259/bjrcr.20150310", "journal": "BJR Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016 Jul 8;3(1):20150310.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30363295/", "major_mesh_terms": [], ...
PMC6159293
A 92-year-old, 41 kg female presented with a 4-day history of abdominal distension, intermittent lower abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and lack of bowel opening. Contrast-enhanced CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis showed multiple dilated small bowel loops, secondary to incarceration of the ileum in an obturator hernia...
{ "authors": [ "G Hyun", "K J Robbins", "N Wilgus", "L Grosso", "S D Goyal" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2016/2103612", "journal": "Case Rep Hematol", "journal_detail": "2016;2016:2103612.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2780...
PMC5075614
Introduction. Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare hyperinflammatory syndrome that can be associated with inherited genetic mutations, malignancy, autoimmune disorders, and viral infections. Though the pathogenesis is not fully known, HLH is understood to be a reactive process in the setting of uncontroll...
{ "authors": [ "Meriem Elbaz", "Rabiy El Qadiry", "Karima Fouraiji", "Hicham Jalal", "Jamila Elhoudzi" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2020.37.169.20949", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2020 Oct 16;37:169.", "keywords": [ "vaginal bleeding", "child", ...
PMC7757295
Yolk sac tumor (YST) is one of the malignant germ-cell tumors (MGCT) that usually occurs in the ovaries and testes of young patients. Its occurrence in the vagina is extremely rare. We present a rare case of extragonadal YST occurring in the vaginal region. A 12-year-old girl, presented with vaginal bleeding and pain i...
{ "authors": [ "Kentaro Yazawa", "Yuki Azuma", "Tomohiro Kurokawa", "Yuichiro Yoshioka", "Giichiro Tsurita", "Masaru Shinozaki" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.12.035", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2018;42:258-260.", "keywords": [ "acut...
PMC5766743
Introduction: A mobile cecum is a frequently encountered congenital anomaly. It is important to recognize this atypical position of the cecum as it may interfere with an accurate diagnosis of acute appendicitis. Presentation of case: A 48-year-old man presented with abdominal pain, anorexia, and fever. He had mild lowe...
{ "authors": [ "Michele Costa de Oliveira Ribeiro", "Juliana Viana Baião Lemos", "Marcelo Padovani de Toledo Moraes", "Felipe Aguera Oliver", "Matheus Alvarez", "Giovanni Faria Silva", "Xingshun Qi", "Fernando Gomes Romeiro" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.21037/tgh-22-48", "jo...
PMC9813661
Background: Hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (HEHE) is a rare neoplastic disease of varied presentation and unspecific radiological signs in the early stages. The diagnostic delay can lead to metastatic disease, thus increasing the tumor burden and reducing the treatment options. HEHE is usually deemed a slow-g...
{ "authors": [ "Raed Al-Taher", "Abdallah Alabadla", "Salameh Al-Halaseh", "Ghasaq Saleh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023/3535164", "journal": "Case Rep Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2023 Mar 27;2023:3535164.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi...
PMC10070031
Intussusception is the invagination of a proximal bowel segment into a distal segment causing bowel obstruction, especially in children. In some cases, it can be caused by a pathological lead point, such as Burkitt lymphoma. Burkitt lymphoma has several patterns of clinical presentations, such as jaw or facial bone tum...
{ "authors": [ "Geng Ju Tuang", "Jennifer Peak Hui Lee", "Priatharisiny Velayutham", "Kim Ann Git", "Nor Aizan Abllah Ariffin", "Zainal Azmi Zainal Abidin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5222/MMJ.2019.88886", "journal": "Medeni Med J", "journal_detail": "2019;34(3):324-328.", "key...
PMC7433732
Glial heterotopia of oropharynx is a congenital anomaly, whereby ectopic mature glial tissue is found around oropharynx isolated from the brain and spinal cord. Herein we report a rare presentation of a mass at the base of tongue in a neonate. In addition, to underscore the rarity of oropharygeal glial heterotopia, we ...
{ "authors": [ "Cathleen Kenya", "Nur Chandra Bunawan", "Hardijatmo Muljo Nugroho", "Annisa Dian Harlivasari", "Edgar David Sigarlaki", "Ikhwan Rinaldi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.22088/cjim.13.0.289", "journal": "Caspian J Intern Med", "journal_detail": "2022;13(Suppl 3):289-29...
PMC9272965
Background: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread globally becoming a pandemic. The clinical manifestations of COVID-19 vary from asymptomatic to symptomatic disease. Hematologic manifestation which is commonly found in COVID-19 patients is...
{ "authors": [ "Feriyl Bhaijee", "Diana Bell" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2011/357301", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:357301.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21785604/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh_terms"...
PMC3139901
An 86-year-old woman presented with osteonecrosis of the mandible following bisphosphonate therapy for multiple myeloma, and underwent surgical debridement and multiple dental extractions. Histopathologic examination of the necrotic bone fragments revealed acute osteomyelitis with mixed flora and organisms morphologica...
{ "authors": [ "Joshua Hartman", "Marion-Anna Protano", "Barry Jaffin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14309/crj.2015.17", "journal": "ACG Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan 16;2(2):98-100.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2615792...
PMC4435363
A 67-year-old woman with a 15-year history of intestinal scleroderma presented with recurrent melena. Upper endoscopies revealed a healing, non-bleeding, large gastric ulcer. After the third bleed, angiography demonstrated bleeding from a splenic artery pseudoaneurysm adjacent to the gastric ulcer. Scleroderma patients...
{ "authors": [ "Takaaki Miyagishima", "Tetsuo Hara", "Masato Inoue", "Naruhiko Terano", "Hiroyasu Ohno", "Kouichiro Okamoto", "Kanehiro Hasuo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2152-7806.96076", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2012;3:53.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC3356981
Background: We report herein a case of cavernous sinus (CS)-dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF) with brainstem venous congestion that was successfully treated by transarterial embolization, followed by radiotherapy. Case description: An 80-year-old woman presented with right eye chemosis and left hemiparesis. T2-weighte...