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{ "authors": [ "Ryo Shirahama", "Takamichi Ono", "Suguru Nagamatsu", "Daisuke Sueta", "Seiji Takashio", "Tadasuke Chitose", "Koichiro Fujisue", "Kenji Sakamoto", "Eiichiro Yamamoto", "Yasuhiro Izumiya", "Koichi Kaikita", "Seiji Hokimoto", "Mika Hori", "Mariko Ha...
PMC6355420
The low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) level of a 38-year-old man diagnosed with acute coronary syndrome was 257 mg/dL. The administration of a proprotein convertase subtilisin-kexin type 9 (PCSK9) antibody in addition to rosuvastatin plus ezetimibe was initiated, reducing his LDL-C level to 37 mg/dL. A geneti...
{ "authors": [ "Seif Mokadem", "Mohamed Ali Nouioui", "Salma Kalai", "Tarek Taktak", "Houssem Mediouni", "Ramzi Khiari", "Samir Ghozzi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/4198275", "journal": "Case Rep Urol", "journal_detail": "2019 Sep 22;2019:4198275.", "keywords": nul...
PMC6778897
A 50-year-old man with no past medical history presented with 5 months history of right flank discomfort. Physical examination was unremarkable. CT-scan showed a large right renal pelvic calculi and upper pole hydronephrosis. He underwent open surgical procedure and we peroperatively discovered upper pole pyonephrosis....
{ "authors": [ "Rasika Kabnurkar", "Archi Agrawal", "Sridhar Epari", "Nilendu Purandare", "Sneha Shah", "Venkatesh Rangarajan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0972-3919.172363", "journal": "Indian J Nucl Med", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan-Mar;31(1):52-4.", "keywords": [ "fl...
PMC4746844
Primary adrenal lymphoma (PAL) is a rare malignancy often involving bilateral adrenal glands. Diffuse large B-cell is the most common histological type. Unilateral presentation and T-cell/natural killer (T/NK) cell histological type is rarer. We report fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/compute...
{ "authors": [ "Albedy Moreira Bastos", "Anderson Raiol Rodrigues", "Maria Izabel Tentes Côrtes", "Eliza Maria da Costa Brito Lacerda", "Mônica Gomes Lima", "Cláudio Eduardo Corrêa Teixeira", "Luiz Carlos de Lima Silveira" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2017.00487", "jo...
PMC5613110
Deficits in visual acuity, visual field, and oculomotor function are commonly detected after repair of cerebral aneurysms. However, when these deficits are absent, it does not mean that other potential visual deficits also are absent. Here, we report three cases that after complete recover from surgical repair of cereb...
{ "authors": [ "Konstantin Huhn", "De-Hyung Lee", "Ralf A Linker", "Stephan Kloska", "Hagen B Huttner" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/2193-1801-3-415", "journal": "Springerplus", "journal_detail": "2014 Aug 8;3:415.", "keywords": [ "adem", "acute disseminated encephalomye...
PMC4137046
Introduction: Unvaccinated patients with history of splenectomy are prone to fulminant courses of Streptococcus pneumoniae-associated bacterial meningitis. Besides direct brain damage those patients may additionally suffer from parainfectious syndromes, notably vasculitis and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM)...
{ "authors": [ "Tetsuaki Shoji", "Yo Niida", "Takahiro Osawa", "Ryuji Matsumoto", "Kotaro Sakurai", "Masaru Suzuki", "Yoshihiro Matsuno", "Satoshi Konno" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2021.101526", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2021 Oct 6;...
PMC8524238
A woman with a diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) presented with TSC2 gene mutation and various manifestations, including epilepsy, renal angiomyolipomas (AML), and pathologically confirmed multifocal micronodular pneumocyte hyperplasia (MMPH). With oral administration of everolimus, a mammalian target of ra...
{ "authors": [ "Kaitlyn Vennard", "Matthew P Gilbert" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/8214169", "journal": "Case Rep Endocrinol", "journal_detail": "2018 Jun 11;2018:8214169.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29992062/", "major_mesh_te...
PMC6016161
Thyroid storm is a rare endocrine emergency characterized by dysfunction of multiple organ systems. Thyroid storm is more common in Graves' disease and can be precipitated by surgery, trauma, infection, metabolic abnormalities, iodine load, and parturition. We present a diagnostically challenging case of thyroid storm ...
{ "authors": [ "N K Erturk", "A Erturk", "D Basaran", "N Ozgul" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2015/825404", "journal": "Case Rep Obstet Gynecol", "journal_detail": "2015;2015:825404.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26576308/", "...
PMC4631876
Introduction. Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE) is a rare manifestation of hypercoagulability in patients with malignant neoplasms. Case Report. A fifty-six-year-old woman presented to the emergency service; the clinical workup revealed deep vein thrombosis in right leg and bilateral massive PTE. As the abdom...
{ "authors": [ "Jamal Hasoon", "Ivan Urits", "Omar Viswanath", "Vwaire Orhurhu", "Uma Munnur" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5114/ait.2020.97946", "journal": "Anaesthesiol Intensive Ther", "journal_detail": "2020;52(3):259-260.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-SA", "link":...
PMC10172945
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{ "authors": [ "Miguel Martins", "Joana Barbosa", "Sofia P Eusébio", "Rita Prayce", "Pedro Pires" ], "case_amount": 11, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.33456", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 6;15(1):e33456.", "keywords": [ "acute myeloid leukaemia", "autoimmunity", ...
PMC9897686
We report the case of a man in his 50s with refractory acute myelomonocytic leukaemia (AML) who presented with neck swelling, fever, and elevated levels of C-reactive protein (CPR) after venous punctures. An infected haematoma was presumed, but the patient showed no signs of improvement under broad-range antibiotics, a...
{ "authors": [ "Abderrahim Elktaibi", "Massine Elhammoumi", "Adil Boudhas", "Adil Arsalane", "Fayçal Eloueriachi", "Mohamed Oukabli", "Elhassane Kabiri", "Abderrahmanne A L Bouzidi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2015.20.240.3953", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "jou...
PMC4919678
Primary malignant tracheal tumors are not common and adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) of trachea is very rare. The diagnosis is often delayed due to the atypical symptoms. We report an extremely rare case of ACC of proximal trachea, in a 55-year-old female who presented with a 12 month history of progressive dyspnea. Lar...
{ "authors": [ "Ammar Al Hassani", "Yassir Abdul Rahman", "Ahad Kanbar", "Ayman El-Menyar", "Abubaker Al-Aieb", "Mohammad Asim", "Rifat Latifi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2012/459841", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2012;2012:459841.", "keywords": null...
PMC3541570
Background. Penetrating injuries to the chest and in particular to the heart that results in pericardial tamponade and cardiac arrest requires immediate resuscitative thoracotomy as the only lifesaving technique and should be performed without delay. Objective. To describe an external cardiac tamponade caused by massiv...
{ "authors": [ "Vito Leanza", "Giosuè Giordano Incognito", "Ferdinando Antonio Gulino", "Attilio Tuscano", "Monia Cimino", "Marco Palumbo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023/6026206", "journal": "Case Rep Obstet Gynecol", "journal_detail": "2023 Apr 21;2023:6026206.", "keywo...
PMC10147527
A correct management of cesarean scar pregnancy (CSP) is mandatory to avoid further complications. There is no consensus for the standard therapy and the most frequent methods used are not free from failures and sequelae. A 38-year-old woman was admitted referring amenorrhea lasting 9 weeks, pelvic pain, and vaginal bl...
{ "authors": [ "Luca Francetti", "Silvio Taschieri", "Nicolò Cavalli", "Stefano Corbella" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/3735162", "journal": "Case Rep Dent", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan 27;2018:3735162.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nl...
PMC5896420
Purpose: The aim of the present case report was to describe the retreatment of the single gingival recession in aesthetic area, in the presence of scar formation and consequent impairment of aesthetic appearance. Methods: A young patient with one single recession of 4 mm of 2.1 was treated with coronally advanced flap ...
{ "authors": [ "Jessica Blanchard", "Julia Palmer", "Enamul Ali", "Leo Cheng" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/2041839", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2019 May 22;2019:2041839.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31...
PMC6556252
There has been a rise in nonsurgical cosmetic procedures seen within the UK population in the past decade. A change in legislation has placed restrictions on the distribution and provision of such treatments. Therefore, patients may seek alternative methods to bring about a change to their appearance, such as self-inje...
{ "authors": [ "Shunya Hanakita", "Masamichi Endo", "Akira Saito", "Soichi Oya" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_555_2022", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2022 Sep 16;13:419.", "keywords": [ "central venous disease", "hemodialysis", "intracranial veno...
PMC9610681
Background: A wide variety of conditions can cause trigeminal neuralgia (TN). Case description: We describe a rare case of a 77-year-old female patient on hemodialysis presenting with severe TN on the right side of the face for several weeks. She underwent multiple revisions using catheter for brachiocephalic venous st...
{ "authors": [ "Jeffrey H Kordower", "Christopher G Goetz", "Yaping Chu", "Glenda M Halliday", "Daniel A Nicholson", "Timothy F Musial", "David J Marmion", "A Jon Stoessl", "Vesna Sossi", "Thomas B Freeman", "C Warren Olanow" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1002/ana.2...
PMC5890810
Objective: The main goal of dopamine cell replacement therapy in Parkinson disease (PD) is to provide clinical benefit mediated by graft survival with nigrostriatal reinnervation. We report a dichotomy between graft structure and clinical function in a patient dying 16 years following fetal nigral grafting. Methods: A ...
{ "authors": [ "Xiaoyu Cui", "Na Li", "Hong Xue", "Fang Zhang", "Jianbo Shu", "Yang Liu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2022.926793", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2022 Jul 25;10:926793.", "keywords": [ "exchange transfusion", "hyperammonemia", ...
PMC9357993
Hyperammonemia is a serious complication of methylmalonic acidemia, with high mortality and permanent neurological sequelae in survivors. Primary hospitals are often the first admission hospitals for these children but are limited by their experience and facilities to provide rapid and effective treatment, increasing t...
{ "authors": [ "Joel L Ramirez", "Anatoly Urisman", "Jasleen Kukreja", "Johannes R Kratz" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1055/s-0038-1660806", "journal": "Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Rep", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan;7(1):e27-e29.", "keywords": [ "mucormycosis", "pregnancy", "pulmo...
PMC6023714
Background Pulmonary mucormycosis is a rare fungal infection that carries a high mortality. Given the rarity of this disease, its management has not been well established. Case Description We report a 36-year-old female presenting with right middle and lower lobe pulmonary mucormycosis during the third trimester of pre...
{ "authors": [ "Arvind Kumar", "Raghvendra M Shetty", "Uma Dixit", "K Mallikarjun", "Anil Kohli" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.5005/jp-journals-10005-1083", "journal": "Int J Clin Pediatr Dent", "journal_detail": "2011 Jan-Apr;4(1):59-63.", "keywords": [ "mesiodens", "midline...
PMC4999640
Midline diastema is a space between the central incisors. Although physiologic transitory maxillary midline diastema is observed in children during eruption of maxillary anterior teeth in most cases, it is self-corrected after eruption of maxillary canines. However, midline diastema unrelated to the eruption of teeth h...
{ "authors": [ "Giovanni Spano", "Silvana Sale", "Guglielmo Campus", "Pierfranca Lugliè" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2174/1874210601105010136", "journal": "Open Dent J", "journal_detail": "2011;5:136-8.", "keywords": [ "chromosomal syndromes", "disabled patients", "oral hea...
PMC3162190
Several reports described various mosaic chromosomal syndromes characterized by alterations originated by either an excess or deficit in the number of chromosomes. A case of mosaic trisomy 8 and monosomy 18 with significant involvement of the oral cavity is described, both in terms of general medicine and from a dental...
{ "authors": [ "Ebru Ozpelit", "Bahri Akdeniz", "Mehmet Emre Ozpelit", "Ozhan Göldeli" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12659/AJCR.890092", "journal": "Am J Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2014 Jun 24;15:271-4.", "keywords": [ "cardiac catheterization", "pericarditis, constrictive", ...
PMC4079647
Patient: Female, 62 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Tricuspid regurgitation Symptoms: Dyspnea exertional • fatigue • leg edema Medication: - Clinical Procedure: - Specialty: Cardiology. Objective: Challenging differential diagnosis. Background: Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) can mimic some hemodynamic findings of constrictive pericardi...
{ "authors": [ "Olukemi Adekanmbi", "Sulaiman Lakoh" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2021.38.412.21501", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2021 Apr 30;38:412.", "keywords": [ "non-tuberculous mycobacteria", "case report", "immunocompetent", "pneumonia", ...
PMC8325462
Non-tuberculous mycobacteria are uncommon pathogens in immunocompetent individuals. We report an unusual case of pneumonia with pleural effusion caused by co-infection with two species of non-tuberculous mycobacteria in an immunocompetent man in Nigeria. The case highlights the possibility of the occurrence of a diseas...
{ "authors": [ "Alpa Bharati", "Swati Garekar", "Vijay Agarwal", "Suleman A Merchant", "Narayan Solanki" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1259/bjrcr.20150436", "journal": "BJR Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016 Jul 28;2(3):20150436.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "h...
PMC6243342
A three-dimensional (3D) printed heart model based on contrast-enhanced MR angiography data was obtained in an 8-month-old male child with double-outlet right ventricle. The model could successfully show the spatial relationship between the aortic annulus, the pulmonary valve and the ventricular septal defect. The pati...
{ "authors": [ "Jing Ma", "Chen Meng", "Zhiyu Feng", "Xiaorong Han", "Shuaishuai Liu", "Na Liu", "Weiwei Zhu" ], "case_amount": 5, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2020.548089", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2020 Oct 20;8:548089.", "keywords": [ "airway obstruction", ...
PMC7606407
Congenital deficiency of tracheal rings is a rare tracheal malformation that can cause central airway obstruction. Herein we reported the clinical data of six patients with symptomatic congenital deficient tracheal rings. There were five cases, with isolated short-segment absent cartilage ring located on the distal tra...
{ "authors": [ "Takahiro Oike", "Tatsuya Ohno", "Shin-Ei Noda", "Tomomi Murata", "Takashi Hirakawa", "Junko Hirato", "Mio Furuya", "Hiro Sato", "Yuka Hirota", "Takashi Minegishi", "Takashi Nakano" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1002/ccr3.445", "journal": "Clin Case...
PMC4706399
Leptomeningeal metastasis (LM) of uterine cervical cancer is extremely rare. A 54-year-old woman with uterine cervical cancer treated with surgery and radiotherapy developed LM manifesting as ptosis 17 years later. Although rare, LM should be considered in patients with a history of uterine cervical cancer presenting w...
{ "authors": [ "Zehra Akkaya", "Elif Peker", "Basak Gulpinar", "Hale Karadag", "Ayse Erden" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12659/PJR.897289", "journal": "Pol J Radiol", "journal_detail": "2016 Aug 27;81:401-6.", "keywords": [ "diffusion magnetic resonance imaging", "multidetec...
PMC5006721
Background: Primary renal primitive neuroectodermal tumor/extraskeletal Ewing's sarcoma (PNET/EES) is a very rare renal tumor. Case report: We report a case of primary renal PNET/EES of the kidney in an adult patient and describe its computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings, including diffusion weigh...
{ "authors": [ "Robert Fekete", "Jin Li" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.4137/CCRep.S11903", "journal": "Clin Med Insights Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2013 Apr 29;6:CCRep.S11903.", "keywords": [ "parkinson's disease", "swedd", "alternating tremor", "asynchronous tremor", "ess...
PMC8848065
We present clinical features and tremor characterization in a patient with Parkinson's disease (PD) as well as in two cases of essential tremor (ET) with some parkinsonian features but no evidence of dopaminergic terminal loss on 123I-FP-CIT Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT). Relatively slow frequency ...
{ "authors": [ "Carmine Iadarola", "Laura Croce", "Erica Quaquarini", "Cristina Teragni", "Sara Pinto", "Antonio Bernardo", "Rodolfo Fonte", "Michele Marinò", "Mario Rotondi", "Luca Chiovato" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fendo.2018.00813", "journal": "Front Endo...
PMC6345097
In recent years, immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) had a great impact in cancer therapy. ICIs display a peculiar toxicity profile, which is characterized by autoimmune-like manifestations against multiple organs, including endocrine glands. We hereby report the case history of two patients who experienced nivolumab-i...
{ "authors": [ "Federico Tamborini", "Mario Cherubino", "Stefano Scamoni", "Luigi A Valdatta" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2010/184125", "journal": "Dermatol Res Pract", "journal_detail": "2010;2010:184125.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nl...
PMC2938433
Granular cell tumor is a rare tumor of unknown etiology that more commonly affects the oral cavity but can also occur at other sites. The majorities of granular cell tumors are benign and present as a singular dermal nodule. We discuss a case of granular cell tumor of the fourth toe in a 54-year-old patient that was tr...
{ "authors": [ "Yanling Ouyang", "Fuqiang Li", "Qing Shao", "Florian M Heussen", "Pearse A Keane", "Nicole Stübiger", "Srinivas R Sadda", "Uwe Pleyer" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1371/journal.pone.0127683", "journal": "PLoS One", "journal_detail": "2015 May 26;10(5):e0127...
PMC4444256
Purpose: To describe the clinical finding of subretinal fluid (SRF) in the posterior pole by spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) in eyes with active ocular toxoplasmosis (OT). Design: Retrospective case series. Participants: Thirty-nine eyes from 38 patients with active OT [corrected].. Methods: Eyes ...
{ "authors": [ "Domenico Roberti", "Renata Conforti", "Teresa Giugliano", "Barbara Brogna", "Immacolata Tartaglione", "Maddalena Casale", "Giulio Piluso", "Silverio Perrotta" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fgene.2018.00549", "journal": "Front Genet", "journal_detail": "...
PMC6262175
Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) is a rare congenital erythroid aplasia with a highly heterogeneous genetic background; it usually occurs in infancy. Approximately 30-40% of patients have other associated congenital anomalies; in particular, facial anomalies, such as cleft palate, are part of about 10% of the DBA clinical...
{ "authors": [ "Ashok Y Kshirsagar", "J V Wader", "Basavaraj Nagur", "Sangeeta Biradar", "Jigneshkumar Savsaviya", "Trishant Chotai", "Aman Agarwal" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.08.038", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015;15:149-51.", ...
PMC4601981
Introductions: Sweat gland carcinoma is very rare with a reported incidence of less than 0.005% of all tumour specimens resected surgically (Tulenko and Conway, 1965) [1]. Case report: A sixty year old male patient presented to us with a solitary swelling over the left chest wall since two months. Discussion: Cutaneous...
{ "authors": [ "Trilby Coolidge", "Lisa J Heaton", "Peter Milgrom" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": null, "journal": "SAAD Dig", "journal_detail": "2009 Jan;25:29-36.", "keywords": null, "license": "author_manuscript", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19267138/", "major_mesh_terms": [...
PMC2907100
Adolescent dental patients pose a unique challenge to providers, particularly when intravenous sedation is introduced to the treatment plan. Surveys show many adolescents are afraid of the dentist. Five to six per cent overall are fearful of dental injections and may avoid care or have irregular attendance. At the same...
{ "authors": [ "Navin Balasubramanian", "Ganesh Babu", "Sindhuja Prakasam" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.13107/jocr.2250-0685.381", "journal": "J Orthop Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan-Mar;6(1):65-8.", "keywords": [ "dynamic condylar screw(dcs)", "harris hip score", "proxi...
PMC5404167
Introduction: Subtrochanteric fractures have a bimodal age distribution. They are mostly due to high violence trauma in the younger age group. They almost always require open reduction and internal fixation. Due to the increase in the emergence of native bone setters, these fractures are increasingly been managed by th...
{ "authors": [ "Xiaowei Zhang", "Bifei Huang", "Junqiang Du" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2023.1160273", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2023 Apr 4;10:1160273.", "keywords": [ "benign", "cervix", "endometrioid carcinoma", "neoplasm", "surg...
PMC10112509
Introduction: A superficial cervical vaginal myofibroblastoma is a rare mesenchymal tumor, originating from the superficial stroma of the vagina and cervix. This study reports a patient, who was diagnosed with endometrioid carcinoma and a concomitant benign superficial cervicovaginal myofibroblastoma. Case presentation...
{ "authors": [ "Matthew J Butler", "Ming Yin", "Fahd Quddus" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4081/hr.2014.5159", "journal": "Hematol Rep", "journal_detail": "2014 Feb 5;6(1):5159.", "keywords": [ "cancer", "hemolysis", "hemolytic anemia", "malignancy" ], "license": "CC BY-N...
PMC3977155
Hemolysis is an uncommon and usually late complication of malignancy, and very rarely the presenting feature. Cancer-associated hemolysis may be immune-mediated, or may result from thrombotic microangiopathy accompanied by thrombocytopenia. We describe an unusual case of isolated hemolysis in the setting of occult meta...
{ "authors": [ "Hirotaka Inoue", "Akihito Hashiguchi", "Koichi Moroki", "Hajime Tokuda" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_612_2020", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2020 Oct 21;11:353.", "keywords": [ "clipping", "internal carotid-posterior communicating ar...
PMC7656031
Background: Although it is well known that internal carotid-posterior communicating artery (ICA-PcomA) aneurysms compress the oculomotor nerve and cause nerve palsy, cases of ICA-PcomA aneurysms splitting the oculomotor nerve are extremely rare. Case description: We present the rare case of an asymptomatic, growing, le...
{ "authors": [ "Omar Felipe Dueñas-García", "Maricela Diaz-Sotomayor", "Charu Chanana" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5402/2011/620380", "journal": "ISRN Obstet Gynecol", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:620380.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/...
PMC3100118
Objective. Krukenberg tumors in pregnancy are very rare and their management can present a dilemma for the obstetrician gynecologist. Case Report. We present the case of a G3P2002 who presented to us and the 38 weeks gestation with bilateral massive Krukenberg tumors. Despite at surgery and chemotherapy she died 3 mont...
{ "authors": [ "Dylan Morrissey", "Yuheng Sun", "Sarina Koilpillai", "Jacqueline Kropf", "Steve J Carlan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2022/7306070", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2022 Sep 3;2022:7306070.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "http...
PMC9464104
Background: Clinical B12 deficiency with hematological or neurological manifestations is rare. An unusual manifestation of B12 deficiency is pseudo-thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA), which is characterized by hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and schistocytosis and only occurs in 2.5% of those with B12 deficiency. Pse...
{ "authors": [ "Paul T Akins", "Yekaterina K Axelrod", "Cheng Ji", "Jeremy N Ciporen", "Syed T Arshad", "Mark W Hawk", "Kern H Guppy" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.4103/2152-7806.113651", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2013 Jun 19;4:85.", "keywords": [ "...
PMC3709281
Background: Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) can cause elevated intracranial pressure, hemorrhagic venous infarct, and cortical subarachnoid hemorrhage. We present a case series and literature review to illustrate that CVST can also present with subdural hematoma (SDH). Case description: Chart review was complet...
{ "authors": [ "Konstantinos Vasiliadis", "Guido Engelmann", "Peter Sauer", "Jürgen Weitz", "Jan Schmidt" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2009/152195", "journal": "HPB Surg", "journal_detail": "2009;2009:152195.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.n...
PMC2703746
Portal hypertension, especially when it is caused by extrahepatic portal vein thrombosis, is commonly followed by the development of an abnormal periportal and pericholedochal variceal network, which form a portal cavernoma. This may exert extrinsic pressure on the adjacent biliary ducts and gallblader, causing morphol...
{ "authors": [ "E D Chan", "T Kalayanamit", "D A Lynch", "R Tuder", "P Arndt", "R Winn", "M I Schwarz" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1378/chest.115.4.1188", "journal": "Chest", "journal_detail": "1999 Apr;115(4):1188-94.", "keywords": null, "license": "NO-CC CODE", "link"...
PMC7094532
Study objectives: To characterize adult Mycoplasma pneumoniae-induced bronchiolitis requiring hospitalization. Design: We encountered an adult patient with severe bronchiolitis in the absence of pneumonia due to M. pneumoniae. To determine the relative frequency of such a condition, we retrospectively reviewed the medi...
{ "authors": [ "Christophoros Kosmidis", "Christopher Efthimiadis", "Georgios Anthimidis", "Marios Grigoriou", "Kalliopi Vasiliadou", "Petros Sfikakis", "Nikolaos Tziris", "Epaminondas Fahantidis" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1757-1626-2-10", "journal": "Cases J", "jo...
PMC2631531
Although unusual, hemangioma is the most common primary splenic neoplasm. Splenectomy is indicated when the tumor is large, with increased risk of hemorrhage. The laparoscopic approach is preferred for most elective splenectomies. Although technically feasible, laparoscopic splenectomy can be a challenge in the patient...
{ "authors": [ "Barojas-Alvarez Manuel Ricardo", "Longoria-Ibarrola Erika Mariana", "Sosa-Ortiz Al", "Calleja-Castillo Juan Manuel", "Ramirez-Bermudez Jesus" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.cccb.2021.100023", "journal": "Cereb Circ Cogn Behav", "journal_detail": "2021 Jun 30;2:100...
PMC9616440
We report the case of a patient with ruptured middle cerebral artery aneurysm, subarachnoid hemorrhage and frontal intracerebral hemorrhage, who secondarily presented with delayed cerebral ischemia and bilateral occipital infarcts, with complete vision loss, visual anosognosia, and confabulations as the main symptoms. ...
{ "authors": [ "Andrei E Medvedev", "Arnd Lentschat", "Douglas B Kuhns", "Jorge C G Blanco", "Cindy Salkowski", "Shuling Zhang", "Moshe Arditi", "John I Gallin", "Stefanie N Vogel" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1084/jem.20030701", "journal": "J Exp Med", "journal_detail...
PMC2194174
We identified previously a patient with recurrent bacterial infections who failed to respond to gram-negative LPS in vivo, and whose leukocytes were profoundly hyporesponsive to LPS and IL-1 in vitro. We now demonstrate that this patient also exhibits deficient responses in a skin blister model of aseptic inflammation....
{ "authors": [ "Oluwatobi Onafowokan", "Dabanjan Bandyopadhyay", "Dale Johnson", "Hugo J R Bonatti" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/1072821", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2019 Apr 28;2019:1072821.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubm...
PMC6512066
Background: Lumbar hernias are rare abdominal hernias. Surgery is the only treatment option but remains challenging. Posterior incisional hernias are even rarer especially with incarceration of intra-abdominal contents. Case presentation: A 68-year old female presented with a 3-day history of worsening acute abdominal ...
{ "authors": [ "Mohammed Qaisi", "Justin Kierce", "James Murphy" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/5430786", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2019 Dec 29;2019:5430786.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31976116/", "majo...
PMC6954477
Hemophilia is a blood disorder characterized by impairment of the coagulation cascade leading to an increased bleeding risk (Kauffman, 2014). As such, surgical management of these patients can become difficult and well-defined surgical guidelines are not yet in place (Assoumane et al., 2017). Close monitoring of periop...
{ "authors": [ "Koushik Sarkar", "Jayati Bardhan", "Sujata Sarangi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1259/bjrcr.20150426", "journal": "BJR Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016 Oct 14;3(1):20150426.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30363316/", ...
PMC6159280
Congenital malformations of the liver are rare occurrences. We are reporting a case of in situ malrotation of the liver. The patient was asymptomatic and had undergone a non-contrast CT scan of the upper abdomen, which showed malrotation of the liver. The purpose of submitting this case report is to make radiologists a...
{ "authors": [ "Hector R Martínez", "Jose A Figueroa-Sanchez", "Carlos A Arreola-Aldape", "Jose Alberto Moran Guerrero", "Ana Luisa Trujillo-Bracho", "Alejandro Cantú López" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2023.1177660", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2023 M...
PMC10227623
Introduction: Capsular warning syndrome (CWS) is characterized by recurrent stereotyped episodes of unilateral transient motor and/or sensory symptoms affecting the face and upper and lower limbs, without cortical signs in 24 h and with a high risk of developing stroke. Among the possible underlying mechanisms, small p...
{ "authors": [ "Olivia A Charlton", "Philippa Dickison", "Saxon D Smith", "Simon D Roger" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s40337-019-0236-4", "journal": "J Eat Disord", "journal_detail": "2019 Mar 5;7:6.", "keywords": [ "clubbing", "eating disorder", "laxative abuse", ...
PMC6399833
Background: The link between clubbing and laxative abuse has been reported several times in the literature, in all cases in young females. The nature of this relationship is not understood. Case: A young female, with no history of hepatic, pulmonary or malignant disease was found to have nail clubbing in the context of...
{ "authors": [ "Amit Nandan Dhar Dwivedi", "Ananthakrishnan Srinivasan", "Shivi Jain" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2156-7514.163993", "journal": "J Clin Imaging Sci", "journal_detail": "2015 Aug 31;5:49.", "keywords": [ "abdominal aorta", "multidetector computerized tomography"...
PMC4584436
Infective mycotic aneurysm of the aorta is a rare and life-threatening disease. A patient presenting with constitutional symptoms and pulsatile abdominal mass should raise a suspicion of mycotic aneurysm. Early detection of aortic mycotic lesions in such patients should play a key role in the treatment of aortic aneury...
{ "authors": [ "Anne Schendel", "Jillian Mai", "Rachel Espinosa", "Carlye T Tomcyzk", "Theresa A Laguna" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2333794X18773662", "journal": "Glob Pediatr Health", "journal_detail": "2018 May 7;5:2333794X18773662.", "keywords": [ "cystic fibrosis–rela...
PMC5946352
This case report describes an adolescent with pancreatic insufficient cystic fibrosis, malnutrition, and cystic fibrosis-related diabetes found to have a loss in height at a routine outpatient clinic visit. He was subsequently admitted to the hospital for treatment of a pulmonary exacerbation and was found to have mult...
{ "authors": [ "Roger A Vertrees", "Joseph B Zwischenberger", "Jan A Winetz" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.34100", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 23;15(1):e34100.", "keywords": [ "extracorporeal technology", "extracorporeal whole-body hyperthermia", ...
PMC9870298
An elderly female with failed third-line peritoneal serous papillary carcinoma with metastasis (ovarian cancer) was treated by our proprietary method of whole-body hyperthermia-a recirculating extracorporeal circuit at 42°C for 120 minutes. She received six cycles, 28 days apart. Five index lesions were measured prior ...
{ "authors": [ "Valencia Hui Xian Foo", "Tiffany Sin Hui Bong", "Andrew Tsai", "Laurence Shen Lim", "Shamira Asith Perera" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OPTH.S333302", "journal": "Clin Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2021 Oct 7;15:4049-4057.", "keywords": [ "iris-fixation", ...
PMC8504711
Importance/background: To describe the characteristics and 1-year postoperative surgical outcomes of primary combined trans pars plana vitrectomy (TPPV) with iris-fixated posterior-chamber intraocular lens (IF-PCIOL) implantation for subluxated cataracts and intraocular lenses (IOLs). Methods: Consecutive cases of sign...
{ "authors": [ "Jonathan Frankel", "Richard Sukov" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1259/bjrcr.20150506", "journal": "BJR Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016 Dec 19;3(2):20150506.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30363304/", "major_mesh_terms": [...
PMC6159257
Until this 24 -year -old male was sexually active, the small dimple on his penile glans had never required any consideration. However, persistent focal irritation during sexual intercourse compelled him to pursue medical attention. Following urological consultation he was referred for imaging evaluation that demonstrat...
{ "authors": [ "Kun Zhang", "Jin-Chao Xia", "Hui-Li Gao", "Bu-Lang Gao", "Yong-Feng Wang", "Zhao-Shuo Li", "Tian-Xiao Li", "Zi-Liang Wang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2021.671158", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2021 Sep 3;12:671158.", "keyword...
PMC8446545
Cerebral arteries are usually tortuous, and in the treatment of cerebrovascular diseases with stenting, a stent deployed may be collapsed at one end, leading to reduced blood flow and subsequent stent occlusion. Immediate rescuing measures should be implemented to prevent severe ischemic events. In this case report, we...
{ "authors": [ "Akihito Sannomiya", "Ichiro Nakajima", "Yuichi Ogawa", "Kotaro Kai", "Ichiro Koyama", "Shohei Fuchinoue" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2017/5681251", "journal": "Case Rep Transplant", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:5681251.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC ...
PMC5396421
A 45-year-old woman with type 1 diabetes and chronic renal failure on dialysis underwent simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation from a brain dead donor. On postoperative day 15, acute generalized peritonitis was diagnosed and emergency laparotomy was performed. Perforation of the donor duodenum was found, which h...
{ "authors": [ "Haleem Abdul", "Joseph Burns", "Andrea Estevez", "Carlos Nasr El-Nimer", "Brinsley Ekinde", "Sherard Lacaille" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/1450703", "journal": "Case Rep Neurol Med", "journal_detail": "2019 Sep 17;2019:1450703.", "keywords": null, "l...
PMC6766112
The Dandy-Walker Malformation was first described in 1914 by Dandy and Blackfan and is characterized by hypoplasia of the vermis, pseudocystic fourth ventricle, upward displacement of the tentorium, torcular and lateral sinuses, and anteroposterior enlargement of the posterior fossa. This syndrome commonly manifests as...
{ "authors": [ "Jin Yao", "Linhua Liu", "Gang Chen", "Leng Lin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1471-2334-14-44", "journal": "BMC Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan 28;14:44.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24472299/", "majo...
PMC3933506
Background: The immunoneuroendocrine axis plays a major role in the regulation of the host's response to infection, but its role in severe H7N9 pneumonia is still unknown. Therefore, this study is carried out to explore the relationship between the immunoneuroendocrine axis and severe H7N9 pneumonia. Case presentantion...
{ "authors": [ "Christina Mousele", "Paul Bentley", "Yen F Tai" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7916/D8W10PTG", "journal": "Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y)", "journal_detail": "2018 Dec 4;8:603.", "keywords": [ "orthostatic", "abdomen", "frequency", "idiopathic", "tremor"...
PMC6315046
Background: Orthostatic tremor (OT) is a weight-bearing hyperkinetic disorder characterized by unsteadiness while standing that is relieved when sitting or walking. Case report: A 66-year-old male presented with a 5 year-history of tremor in his abdomen, but only when he stood in a stationary position. The tremor disap...
{ "authors": [ "Guilherme Brockington", "Joana Bisol Balardin", "Guilherme Augusto Zimeo Morais", "Amanda Malheiros", "Roberto Lent", "Luciana Monteiro Moura", "Joao R Sato" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01840", "journal": "Front Psychol", "journal_detail": "201...
PMC6193429
Paralleling two decades of growth in the emergent field known as educational neuroscience is an increasing concern that educational practices and programs should be evidence-based, however, the idea that neuroscience could potentially influence education is controversial. One of the criticisms, regarding applications o...
{ "authors": [ "Ergin Sagtas", "Kemal Gokkus", "Ahmet Turan Aydin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/5846368", "journal": "Case Rep Orthop", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:5846368.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28540096/", "major_m...
PMC5433411
A 32-year-old male patient presented to our clinic with chronic left knee pain that was ongoing for about 1.5 years. The patient visited several times our clinic and the other clinics; conservative treatment (including rest, knee brace, and ice application with NSAIDs) was recommended by various different doctors. The ...
{ "authors": [ "V D Villgran", "E Rabold", "A Nasrullah", "B Disilvio", "O Bajwa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2021.101468", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2021 Jul 7;33:101468.", "keywords": [ "adverse event", "interstitial lung disease", ...
PMC8349012
Pneumonitis from leflunomide is uncommon due to leflunomide's relatively favorable drug profile. Leflunomide-induced pneumonitis (LEIP) is a rare condition reported mainly in Asia. We present a case of LEIP from an accidental leflunomide overdose in the setting of concomitant methotrexate use and no underlying lung dis...
{ "authors": [ "Tomohiro Shoji", "Takeshi Umegaki", "Kota Nishimoto", "Natsuki Anada", "Akiko Ando", "Takeo Uba", "Munenori Kusunoki", "Kanako Oku", "Takahiko Kamibayashi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/4527597", "journal": "Case Rep Crit Care", "journal_detail...
PMC5804115
A 33-year-old pregnant woman was referred to our hospital with respiratory distress at 30 weeks of gestation. Chest computed tomography (CT) scans revealed pulmonary infiltrates along the bronchovascular bundles and ground-glass opacities in both lungs. Despite immediate treatment with steroid pulse therapy for suspect...
{ "authors": [ "Andrew J Lloyd", "Robin Thompson", "Katy Gallop", "Megan Teynor" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/CEOR.S214084", "journal": "Clinicoecon Outcomes Res", "journal_detail": "2019 Oct 25;11:615-622.", "keywords": [ "eq-5d", "cost-effectiveness analysis", "health...
PMC6818531
Background: Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare, genetic, progressive neuromuscular disorder characterized by severe muscle atrophy and weakness and is a leading genetic cause of death in infants and children. Nusinersen was the first treatment targeting the underlying cause of disease approved by the FDA, EMA and ...
{ "authors": [ "Yanyuan Dai", "Yue Lang", "Mingxuan Ding", "Baizhuo Zhang", "Xiaoou Han", "Guangyu Duan", "Li Cui" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1080/19336896.2019.1631679", "journal": "Prion", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan;13(1):132-136.", "keywords": [ "e196a", "genet...
PMC6629187
Genetic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (gCJD) accounts for approximately 10-15% of human prion diseases. It is an autosomal dominant disease caused by missense or insertion mutations of the gene that encodes prion protein (PRNP). In general, the manifestations and neuropathological changes of gCJD are similar to those of sp...
{ "authors": [ "Ahood Almuslamani", "Fatima Mahmood" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5339/qmj.2015.2", "journal": "Qatar Med J", "journal_detail": "2015 May 14;2015(1):2.", "keywords": [ "acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (adem)", "anti-n-methyl-d-aspartate receptor antibody (anti-nmdar...
PMC4614336
Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate-receptor (NMDA-R) encephalitis is a new autoimmune, often paraneoplastic disorder that presents with complex neuropsychiatric symptoms. It was first described in 2007 by Dalmau et al. Our patient presented with headache, behavioral changes and then seizures with hallucinations. She was initial...
{ "authors": [ "Gopiga Thanabalasundaram", "Silvia Hernández-Durán", "Thabele Leslie-Mazwi", "Christopher S Ogilvy" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/2193-1801-2-571", "journal": "Springerplus", "journal_detail": "2013 Oct 29;2:571.", "keywords": [ "carotid endarterectomy", "car...
PMC3824702
Cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome is a well-recognized and potentially fatal complication of carotid revascularization. However, the occurrence of non-aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage as a manifestation of cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome post-carotid endarterectomy is uncommon. We report a case of a patient who prese...
{ "authors": [ "Jacob Zeitlin", "Nabil Kotbi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1116922", "journal": "Front Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2023 Apr 12;14:1116922.", "keywords": [ "case report", "coping strategies", "delirium", "polypharmacy", "substance use disor...
PMC10130503
Patients with comorbid neurological and psychiatric diseases often face considerable impairment, causing challenges that pervade many aspects of their lives. Symptoms can be especially taxing when one or more of these conditions is severely disabling, as the resulting disability can make it more challenging to address ...
{ "authors": [ "Hyun Soo Kim", "Won Kyung Kang", "Dong Jin Chung" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3348/kjr.2016.17.1.56", "journal": "Korean J Radiol", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan-Feb;17(1):56-8.", "keywords": [ "appendix", "ct", "igg4-related disease" ], "license": "CC BY-NC",...
PMC4720812
Immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-related disease is an autoimmune disease that forms tumorous lesions. Several cases involving various organs are reported, however, IgG4-related disease involving appendix has not been reported yet. In this report, we presented a case of IgG4-related disease of appendix, which raised a suspicio...
{ "authors": [ "Osamede Edokpolo", "Madiha Fyyaz" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2012/271858", "journal": "Case Rep Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2012;2012:271858.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22953147/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "...
PMC3420417
Introduction. We present the case of a patient who developed lithium toxicity with normal therapeutic levels, as a result of pharmacokinetic interaction with Valsartan, and probable Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome from the ensuing lithium toxicity. Case Presentation. A 59-year old black male with bipolar disorder mainta...
{ "authors": [ "Sadananda Rao Manjunath", "Ganapathi Ramanan", "Vidyasagar Devaprasad Dedeepiya", "Hiroshi Terunuma", "Xuewen Deng", "Subramani Baskar", "Rajappa Senthilkumar", "Paramasivam Thamaraikannan", "Thangavelu Srinivasan", "Senthilkumar Preethy", "Samuel J K Abraha...
PMC3364094
Current therapeutic modalities for ovarian cancer such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery have been reported to yield only marginal success in improving survival rates of patients and have associated adverse effects. We report here a case of recurrent stage IV ovarian cancer, treated with cell-based autologous i...
{ "authors": [ "Vivek Pant", "Bijay Bhandari", "Suman Baral", "Sangha Ratna Bajracharya" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S190908", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2019 Feb 7;12:29-32.", "keywords": [ "hirata disease", "carbimazole", "hypoglycemia"...
PMC6369838
Insulin autoimmune syndrome (IAS) is a rare cause of nondiabetic hypoglycemia characterized by hyperinsulinemia and autoantibodies to endogenous insulin without prior exposure to exogenous insulin. We report a drug-induced case of IAS in a 59-year-old Nepalese female. She had been taking carbimazole for Graves' disease...
{ "authors": [ "Valerie F Civelli", "Vishal K Narang", "Rupam Sharma", "Ritika Sharma", "Jessica Kim", "Janpreet Bhandohal", "Leila Moosavi", "Everardo Cobos" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2324709620966855", "journal": "J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep", "journal_de...
PMC7570297
Vasculitis is an inflammatory process involving blood vessels of various sizes, including the small vessels in the kidneys to the large vessels, such as the aorta. This inflammatory condition is usually autoimmune in nature and is associated with involvement of many locations, such as the sinuses, lungs, kidneys, and e...
{ "authors": [ "L Sornakumar", "C Shanmugasekar", "Reena Rai", "S Priya" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0974-7753.114712", "journal": "Int J Trichology", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan;5(1):43-4.", "keywords": [ "patch test", "superglue", "wig" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-SA...
PMC3746229
Wigs are commonly used to cover baldness. A 28 year old male presented with itchy oozy eythematous lesions on the forehead where the wig was afixed to the scalp. Patch testing with indian standard seies and dental series revealed positivity to 2-hydroxy ethyl meta acrylate present in superglue. We report this case for ...
{ "authors": [ "Siegfredo R Paloyo", "Arjel D Ramirez", "Ferri P David-Paloyo", "Rodney B Dofitas" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/9725169", "journal": "Case Rep Transplant", "journal_detail": "2019 Dec 11;2019:9725169.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https:/...
PMC6927075
Liposarcoma is a malignant mesenchymal neoplasm composed of adipose tissue with varying degrees of atypia. These tumors grow slowly and may reach an enormous size particularly if located in the retroperitoneum. We report a 40-year-old male with a 6-month history of gradual abdominal enlargement. Computed tomography (CT...
{ "authors": [ "Seema Naik", "Kristy Tayapongsak", "Katherine Robbins", "Cyrus Koresh Manavi", "Mark J Pettenati", "David D Grier" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000346346", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan;6(1):6-14.", "keywords": [ "b-cell lympho...
PMC3573821
Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLD) are a rare, but serious complication following transplantation. Late-onset PTLD are often associated with more monoclonal lesions and consequently have a worse prognosis. There are only isolated case reports of Burkitt's lymphoma presenting as PTLD. We present an extr...
{ "authors": [ "Silonie Sachdeva", "Shabina Sachdeva", "Pranav Kapoor" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0974-2077.79199", "journal": "J Cutan Aesthet Surg", "journal_detail": "2011 Jan;4(1):58-60.", "keywords": [ "benign", "longitudinal melanonychia", "oral pigmentation" ], ...
PMC3081490
Laugier-Hunziker syndrome (LHS) is an acquired, benign pigmentary skin condition involving oral cavity including lower lip in the form of brown black macules 1-5 mm in size, frequently associated with longitudinal melanonychia. There is no underlying systemic abnormality or malignant predisposition associated with LHS,...
{ "authors": [ "Anders Mark Christensen", "Mads Mark Christensen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1093/jscr/rjs038", "journal": "J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan 4;2013(1):rjs038.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24963934/", "ma...
PMC3578667
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is the preferred surgical treatment for symptomatic gallstones. The laparoscopic procedure is superior to the open approach in many aspects. Intraperitoneal spillage of bile and gallstones is one of the most common accidental occurrences of LC. We present a case of a 53-year-old woman ...
{ "authors": [ "Senjuti Dasgupta", "Moutushi Saha", "Sudipta Chakrabarti", "Jayati Chakraborty" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0970-2113.125913", "journal": "Lung India", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan;31(1):56-8.", "keywords": [ "immunocompetent patient", "pleural effusion", ...
PMC3960813
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is usually characterized by splenomegaly, pallor and fever. Pleural effusion is an uncommon feature of this disease, which is encountered in immunocompromised patients. Here, we report a case of VL with pleural effusion in an immunocompetent patient. Pulmonary symptoms in VL are usually rela...
{ "authors": [ "Jonathan Blossom", "Catherine Lowe", "Kellan E Ashley", "Brian E Kogon", "Steele B Lee", "R Craig Long", "Charles K Moore", "Brandon W Lennep", "Lampros Papadimitriou", "Gabriel A Hernandez" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.11.039", "jo...
PMC8305671
A patient with severe mitral regurgitation and chronic systolic heart failure taking inotropic support at home presents for transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair, complicated by torrential mitral regurgitation from damaged mitral leaflets requiring escalating mechanical circulatory support and ultimately exped...
{ "authors": [ "Ryo Yasuhara", "Shunichi Shibazaki", "Takayoshi Yamanouchi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/4380429", "journal": "Case Rep Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2019 Sep 22;2019:4380429.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31...
PMC6778927
Jaundice, conjunctival hyperemia, and acute kidney injury (AKI) are the characteristics of leptospirosis. However, it is not well known that Fusobacterium necrophorum infection can have a clinical picture similar to that of leptospirosis. A 38-year-old man was admitted with jaundice, conjunctival hyperemia, and AKI for...
{ "authors": [ "Ahmed Mourad", "Habib A Kurwa", "Richard M Haber" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X231195467", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Aug 25;11:2050313X231195467.", "keywords": [ "darier’s disease", "vesiculobullous disease" ], "lic...
PMC10467227
Darier's disease is an autosomal dominant inherited skin disorder resulting from mutations in the ATP2A2 gene, which encodes SERCA2, an endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase. Darier's disease classically manifests as confluent hyperkeratotic brown-to-red papules that manifest and follow a seborrheic distribution, which ...
{ "authors": [ "Akshay Surendra Naik", "A P Roshini", "Vishal Sardesai", "C G Radhika Raj" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.06.093", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020;74:277-280.", "keywords": [ "carcinoma sigmoid", "mass per rectum", "r...
PMC7503787
Introduction - In adults, protrusion of intussuscepted sigmoid growth through the anal canal is exceedingly rare, with only 9 cases being reported till date. Case Report - A 52-year old man presented to emergency department with what appeared to be an episode of rectal prolapse following straining while defaecating. On...
{ "authors": [ "Daiichiro Ishigami", "Takahiro Ota" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2176/nmccrj.cr.2017-0083", "journal": "NMC Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2017 Nov 24;5(1):21-26.", "keywords": [ "anterior cerebral artery", "bypass", "crossbow", "penetrating brain injury", "...
PMC5767482
Traumatic intracranial aneurysms are one possible complication after penetrating brain injury. A 25-year-old man with a history of major depression presented with a crossbow bolt penetrating the head. On arrival, Glasgow Coma Scale score was E4V5M6, with no apparent neurological deficit. Computed tomography (CT) of the...
{ "authors": [ "Visar Berisha", "Shuai Wang", "Amy LaCross", "Julie Liss" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3233/JAD-142763", "journal": "J Alzheimers Dis", "journal_detail": "2015;45(3):959-63.", "keywords": [ "early diagnosis", "language", "medical informatics", "natural la...
PMC6922000
Changes in some lexical features of language have been associated with the onset and progression of Alzheimer's disease. Here we describe a method to extract key features from discourse transcripts, which we evaluated on non-scripted news conferences from President Ronald Reagan, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's dise...
{ "authors": [ "Aadithya B Urs", "Priya Kumar", "Jeyaseelan Augustine", "Pankaj Sharma", "Bhaskar Narayan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/1179556519842827", "journal": "Clin Med Insights Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2019 Apr 12;13:1179556519842827.", "keywords": [ "osteosarco...
PMC6463331
Osteosarcoma (OS) of jaws is a rare entity characterized by malignant osteoid formation and is most commonly seen in third to fourth decade of life. Here, we present a rare and intriguing case of a 14-year-old pediatric patient, who reported with a chief complaint of swelling in the left maxilla, which was rapidly incr...
{ "authors": [ "C Koh", "J D Hipp", "D E Kleiner", "T Heller" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.dld.2009.05.004", "journal": "Dig Liver Dis", "journal_detail": "2010 Jan;42(1):72-3.", "keywords": null, "license": "author_manuscript", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/195156...
PMC3472508
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{ "authors": [ "Nidal Alsit", "Clara Fernandez", "Jean Luc Michel", "Linda Sakhri", "Audrey Derouet", "Augustin Pirvu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3332/ecancer.2013.312", "journal": "Ecancermedicalscience", "journal_detail": "2013 Apr 30;7:312.", "keywords": [ "extraosseous...
PMC3634713
We report a case of primary extraosseous Ewing sarcoma (EES) of the lung in a four-year-old child. In the literature, there are only a few case reports of EES located in the thorax.
{ "authors": [ "Bruno Porras-Garcia", "Eduardo Serrano-Troncoso", "Marta Carulla-Roig", "Pau Soto-Usera", "Marta Ferrer-Garcia", "Natàlia Figueras-Puigderrajols", "Lena Yilmaz", "Yigit Onur Sen", "Nazila Shojaeian", "José Gutiérrez-Maldonado" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "...
PMC7242758
Objective: Exposure-based therapies such as mirror exposure may help to improve the results of classic cognitive behavioral therapy in anorexia nervosa (AN). Virtual reality (VR)-based procedures provide interesting novelties for targeting body-related concerns. This study aimed to provide preliminary evidence of the u...
{ "authors": [ "Sandro Manuel Mueller", "Beat Knechtle", "Patrizia Knechtle", "Marco Toigo" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1186/2193-1801-3-608", "journal": "Springerplus", "journal_detail": "2014 Oct 17;3:608.", "keywords": [ "countermovement jump", "dual-energy x-ray absorptiome...
PMC4210455
Introduction: Endurance performance decreases during ageing due to alterations in physiological characteristics, energy stores, and psychological factors. To investigate alterations in physiological characteristics and body composition of elderly master athletes in response to an extreme endurance event, we present the...
{ "authors": [ "Chang Min Lee", "Sang Yeob Lee", "Seung Hoon Ryu", "Sung Won Lee", "Kyung Won Park", "Won Tae Chung" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3904/kjim.2003.18.4.244", "journal": "Korean J Intern Med", "journal_detail": "2003 Dec;18(4):244-7.", "keywords": null, "license":...
PMC4531634
We report on a 13-year-old female with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who exhibited symptoms of severe migraine and familial moyamoya disease. Cerebral magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) showed stenosis and occlusion of the bilateral internal carotid arteries associated with the development of collateral circulat...
{ "authors": [ "Aviva Ellenstein", "Nadia Yusuf", "Mark Hallett" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.7916/D8RX9BS1", "journal": "Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y)", "journal_detail": "2013 Apr 15;3:tre-03-103-3713-1.", "keywords": [ "eustachian tube", "middle ear myoclonus", "objective...
PMC3629860
Background: The term middle ear myoclonus (mem) has been invoked to explain symptoms of tinnitus presumably caused by the dysfunctional movement of either of the two muscles that insert in the middle ear: tensor tympani and stapedius. MEM has been characterized through heterogeneous case reports in the otolaryngology l...
{ "authors": [ "Jordan R Pollock", "Kade S McQuivey", "Collin L Braithwaite", "Jennifer Swanson", "Joshua S Bingham" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2022/6254542", "journal": "Case Rep Orthop", "journal_detail": "2022 Dec 26;2022:6254542.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", ...
PMC9807314
In the setting of total hip arthroplasty (THA), pseudoaneurysms are extremely rare and can be difficult to diagnose, as clinical symptoms can mimic symptoms of other more common complications, such as periprosthetic joint infection, hematoma, and nerve damage. We present a case of a 69-year-old male with a history of s...
{ "authors": [ "Pierpaolo Di Micco", "Luana Orlando", "Donato Cataldo", "Egidio Imbalzano" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2022.1011206", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2022 Nov 22;9:1011206.", "keywords": [ "enoxaparin", "internal jugular agenesis"...
PMC9722950
Internal jugular agenesis is a vascular malformation that is often associated with a history of recurrent headache. Due to the resulting abnormalities in intracranial venous drainage, it may be complicated by neurological dysfunction, such as intracranial hypertension, intracranial micro-thromboses, and neurodegenerati...
{ "authors": [ "Ying Jun Chen", "Wan Yee Lau", "Zuo Jun Zhen", "Yin Tao He" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.12.009", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2017;30:190-193.", "keywords": [ "laparoscopy", "mucinous cystadenoma", "pancreaticoduoden...
PMC5198790
Introduction: Advances in technology and instruments have made laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy (LPD) feasible. Unfortunately, this operation is technically very challenging and it is not widely accepted by laparoscopic surgeons. Presentation of case: A 59-year-old woman underwent LPD using a newly invented long-sl...
{ "authors": [ "Byung-Chul Yu", "Woon-Kee Lee" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.4174/jkss.2013.84.2.118", "journal": "J Korean Surg Soc", "journal_detail": "2013 Feb;84(2):118-22.", "keywords": [ "adenocarcinoma", "gastric neoplasms", "mucinous", "submucosal tumor" ], "license":...
PMC3566470
A gastric carcinoma with the endoscopic features resembling submucosal tumor (SMT) is rare, and reportedly account for only 0.1% to 0.63% of all resected gastric carcinomas. The preoperative diagnosis of SMT-like gastric carcinoma is challenging, and thus, diagnosis is usually made intraoperatively or postoperatively. ...
{ "authors": [ "Zakaria Hindi", "Nirmal Onteddu", "Christopher A Ching", "Abdallah A Khaled" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/3184346", "journal": "Case Rep Hematol", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:3184346.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm...
PMC5485305
Introduction: Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is an autoimmune hematological disorder that causes decreased production and destruction of platelets leading to thrombocytopenia. Although thrombocytopenia usually causes hemorrhagic problems, thrombotic events like strokes, although rare, can still occur. Management...
{ "authors": [ "Larry Good", "Bruce P Burnett" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4137/CGast.S21307", "journal": "Clin Med Insights Gastroenterol", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan 26;8:7-11.", "keywords": [ "enteragam™", "fecal incontinence", "serum-derived immunoglobulins" ], "license": ...
PMC4309677
Aim: Chronic diarrhea with fecal incontinence (FI) is a severe, underreported, and intractable problem in many patients for which limited pharmaceutical options exist. Methods: A retrospective case history was collected after the administration of a prescription medical food composed of serum-derived bovine immunoglobu...