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{ "authors": [ "Hemant Digambar Waikar", "Nirosha Mendis", "Praveen Kumar Neema" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/aca.aca_144_21", "journal": "Ann Card Anaesth", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan-Mar;26(1):102-104.", "keywords": [ "anti-psychotic therapy", "bipolar disorder", "corona...
PMC9997467
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a safe and effective treatment for many psychiatric disorders. The passage of electrical current lead to hemodynamic alterations which may be detrimental to patients suffering from severe coronary artery disease. We describe perioperative anesthetic management of a patient having seve...
{ "authors": [ "Shuo Li", "Yiding Xiao", "He Wang", "Zhifei Liu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/CCID.S366432", "journal": "Clin Cosmet Investig Dermatol", "journal_detail": "2022 May 30;15:981-985.", "keywords": [ "early recognition", "ectopic adipocytes", "giant mass", ...
PMC9165702
Nevus lipomatosus cutaneous superficialis (NLCS) is a rare hamartoma of adipose tissue characterized by the ectopic build-up of adipose tissue among collagen bundles and proliferation of ectopic adipocytes in the dermis, which leads to an absence of connection to the subcutaneous tissue. Giant NLCS (over 15 × 15 cm) is...
{ "authors": [ "Dogan Erdogan", "Mehmet Gulmez", "V Melih Kara", "Mehmet Ali Uzun", "Osman Yucel" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14744/nci.2015.46855", "journal": "North Clin Istanb", "journal_detail": "2015 Apr 24;2(1):69-72.", "keywords": [ "intestinal obstruction", "obturat...
PMC5175055
Obturator hernia is a rarely-seen type of abdominopelvic hernia. It is generally seen in thinner, old, multipara patients. The most frequently seen clinical sign is intestinal obstruction associated with strangulation. Diagnosis is generally made during operation in patients brought into emergency room because of intes...
{ "authors": [ "S Anuragaa", "Dibyajyoti Sahoo", "B Abhishekh", "Revathy Nair" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/ajts.AJTS_99_20", "journal": "Asian J Transfus Sci", "journal_detail": "2021 Jan-Jun;15(1):100-103.", "keywords": [ "enhancement media", "low-ionic strength solution"...
PMC8294438
Detection of clinically significant alloantibodies during pretransfusion testing is essential before any blood transfusion. Sometimes, clinically insignificant antibodies unrelated to blood group antigen may interfere with routine testing. Their interpretation is often made only after tedious immunohematology workup re...
{ "authors": [ "Marcelo L Berthier", "Florencia Hoet", "Álvaro Beltrán-Corbellini", "Daniel Santana-Moreno", "Lisa Edelkraut", "Guadalupe Dávila" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fnagi.2021.635896", "journal": "Front Aging Neurosci", "journal_detail": "2021 May 4;13:635896.", "...
PMC8129544
The diagnostic criteria for progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) incorporate two speech-language disturbances (SLDs), non-fluent/agrammatic primary progressive aphasia and progressive apraxia of speech, but overlook the inclusion of other SLDs, including dynamic aphasia (DA). Thus, there is a need to reappraise the bro...
{ "authors": [ "Mike Sharman", "Cécile Gallea", "Katia Lehongre", "Damien Galanaud", "Nathalie Nicolas", "Thomas Similowski", "Laurent Cohen", "Christian Straus", "Lionel Naccache" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1371/journal.pone.0107850", "journal": "PLoS One", "journal...
PMC4182437
Certain motor activities--like walking or breathing--present the interesting property of proceeding either automatically or under voluntary control. In the case of breathing, brainstem structures located in the medulla are in charge of the automatic mode, whereas cortico-subcortical brain networks--including various fr...
{ "authors": [ "Evrard Niyonkuru", "Zineb Sami", "Fadwa Bouyalik", "Samira Benayad", "Mohamed El Karroumi", "Mehdi Karkouri" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2022.42.176.34823", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2022 Jul 5;42:176.", "keywords": [ "papilla...
PMC9482239
Parietal metastasis is a very rare secondary location of papillary thyroid carcinoma. It associated with poor prognosis. We report a case of a 61-year-old woman with parietal metastasis from papillary thyroid carcinoma. The patient presented a parietal nodule on the back. In her past history, she had been diagnosed pap...
{ "authors": [ "Gessica Ramos Barroso Diniz", "Flávia Vasques Bittencourt" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.abd.2021.01.012", "journal": "An Bras Dermatol", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan-Feb;98(1):112-114.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/363...
PMC9837652
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{ "authors": [ "Danilo E Trujillo González", "Dagoberto Duarte Misol", "Nicolás Ariza Ordoñez", "Fabian Andres Salgado Zamora", "Henry A Millan Prada", "Eduardo Zuñiga R", "Alejandra Molano Triviño" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01692", "journal": "IDCases", "...
PMC9867953
Thrombotic microangiopathy defines a group of pathologies characterized by microvascular dysfunction with the concurrence of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and organ damage. It represents the most frequent microvascular manifestation of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. We report the c...
{ "authors": [ "Shala Ghaderi Berntsson", "Evangelos Katsarogiannis", "Filipa Lourenço", "Maria Francisca Moraes-Fontes" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1159/000444874", "journal": "Case Rep Neurol", "journal_detail": "2016 Mar 16;8(1):59-65.", "keywords": [ "lymphopenia", "progres...
PMC4821142
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) caused by reactivation of the JC virus (JCV), a human polyomavirus, occurs in autoimmune disorders, most frequently in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We describe a HIV-negative 34-year-old female with SLE who had been treated with immunosuppressant therapy (IST; ste...
{ "authors": [ "Valery Istomin", "David S Blondheim", "Simcha R Meisel", "Aaron Frimerman", "Moshe Lapidot", "Ronit Rachmilevitch" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2016/4810901", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2016;2016:4810901.", "keywords": null, "license": "...
PMC5149636
This case report describes a 37-year-old female who was admitted to our Emergency Department because of shortness of breath. On physical examination, she had dyspnea and tachycardia and blood pressure was 80/50 mmHg with a pulsus paradoxus of 22 mmHg. Neck veins were distended, heart sounds were distant, and dullness w...
{ "authors": [ "Jason Knudtson", "Harsh Grewal" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "JSLS", "journal_detail": "2004 Apr-Jun;8(2):179-82.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15119666/", "major_mesh_terms": [ "Bronchogenic Cyst / ...
PMC3015520
Background: Bronchogenic cysts are not uncommon in either children or adults. In children, they comprise approximately 6% of all mediastinal masses. Their presentation can range from an asymptomatic incidental finding to sudden respiratory distress. Case report: Video-assisted thoracoscopy was utilized to remove a bron...
{ "authors": [ "Sheng Yan", "Yuhua Zou", "Xinzhi Liao", "Cunzhi Zhong", "Shengyin Liu", "Sigen Huang", "Junrong Zou", "Quanliang Liu" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.3389/fsurg.2022.1010050", "journal": "Front Surg", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 6;9:1010050.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC9852060
Superficial angiomyxoma (SA) is a rare benign tumor that occurs either in the superficial dermis or subcutaneously. It often occurs in the trunk, neck, or limbs, and grows slowly. The diameter of the tumor is usually less than 5 cm. A giant SA of the perineum in men is very rare. We detailed the diagnosis and treatment...
{ "authors": [ "Daniel Gheur Tocolini", "Priscila de Oliveira Silva", "Iduilton Grabowski Jr", "Julia Carelli", "Nathaly Dias Morais", "Gisele Maria Correr", "Francielle Topolski", "Alexandre Moro" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/8152793", "journal": "Case Rep Dent", ...
PMC6664510
Ankylosed teeth may have a significant esthetic and functional impact especially at the anterior segment of the upper arch. Treatment of ankylosed teeth is challenging. The objective of this case report is to describe a clinical case in which an ankylosed tooth was treated with the use of osteogenic distraction associa...
{ "authors": [ "Yu-Po Chen", "Swei Hsiung Tsung", "Tommy Yet-Min Lin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000338626", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2012 Jan;3(1):145-50.", "keywords": [ "conjunctival neoplasms, pathology", "conjunctival neoplasms, surgery", ...
PMC3362239
Background: Conjunctival myxoma is a type of rare, benign tumor of mesenchymal cells, with fewer than 30 reported cases in the English literature. It is mostly an isolated occurrence but can sometimes be associated with systemic diseases such as Carney complex or Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. It is necessary in clinical ...
{ "authors": [ "Yen-Po Fang", "Guan-Yu Lin", "Yih-Wen Tarng", "Kai-Cheng Lin" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.2484/rcr.v7i4.606", "journal": "Radiol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015 Dec 7;7(4):606.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...
PMC4899577
Distal clavicular fractures were classified by Neer in 1963. A type II fracture leads to a high rate of delayed union, or nonunion, with undesirable symptoms. Type II distal clavicular fractures usually exhibit superior displacement of the clavicle. We report two cases of distal clavicular fracture with inferior displa...
{ "authors": [ "Brenon L Abernathie", "Mark Granick" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Eplasty", "journal_detail": "2013;13:ic10.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23359847/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh_terms": [ "Case Repor...
PMC3554260
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{ "authors": [ "Jessica Parrott", "Alexander Shilling", "Heather J Male", "Marium Holland", "Cecily A Clark-Ganheart" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/9695367", "journal": "Case Rep Obstet Gynecol", "journal_detail": "2019 Feb 12;2019:9695367.", "keywords": null, "license": ...
PMC6390238
Background: Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare disease that can be fatal in pregnancy. We report two cases of severe HLH that highlight etoposide use in pregnancy. Case 1: 28-year-old G2P1 with lupus presented at 18 weeks with acute hypoxic respiratory failure, hepatic dysfunction, leukopenia, thrombocy...
{ "authors": [ "Neil D Goldberg", "Aravinda Vadlamudi", "Nicole Parrish" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000369965", "journal": "Case Rep Gastroenterol", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan 24;9(1):25-8.", "keywords": [ "combination therapy", "crohn's disease", "pyoderma gangrenosum" ...
PMC4342856
The etiology of Crohn's disease (CD) remains controversial. It is hypothesized that CD is the result of an abnormal immune response to the gut flora in genetically susceptible hosts. However, an infectious etiology has not been completely ruled out. Antibiotics have been utilized with some success to modify the course ...
{ "authors": [ "Anju Singh", "Neelam Agarwal", "Seema Chopra", "Pooja Sikka", "Vanita Suri", "Bhupesh Kumar", "Pinaki Dutta" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2012/629583", "journal": "Case Rep Obstet Gynecol", "journal_detail": "2012;2012:629583.", "keywords": null, "lice...
PMC3388577
Pseudohypoparathyroidism is rare during pregnancy and poses multiple challenges related to its diagnosis and management during pregnancy. We hereby report a case of a young woman who was diagnosed to have type 1a pseudohypoparathyroidism. She was managed by multidisciplinary team and had good maternal and perinatal out...
{ "authors": [ "Mahua Roy", "K Bose", "D K Paul", "Puja Anand" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2011/314696", "journal": "Case Rep Pathol", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:314696.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22937383/", "major_mes...
PMC3420661
Fanconi-Bickel Syndrome (FBS) is a rare variety of glycogen storage disease (GSD). Characterized by massive hepatomegaly due to glycogen accumulation, severe hypophosphatemic rickets, and marked growth retardation due to proximal renal tubular dysfunction. We report a young boy presented as hypophosphatemic rickets wit...
{ "authors": [ "Yasmin Jahan", "Sm Atiqur Rahman", "Abu Sayeed Chowdhury", "Md Moshiur Rahman" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.15171/hpp.2018.11", "journal": "Health Promot Perspect", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan 7;8(1):88-91.", "keywords": [ "day care approach", "developing countri...
PMC5797313
Background: Pneumonia is a major cause of child mortality among children under 5 years, worldwide. Pneumonia infection may be caused by bacteria, viruses, or fungi in single or in both lungs. According to recent criteria developed by the World Health Organization(WHO) in September (2013), pneumonia can be classified in...
{ "authors": [ "Angie Zhang", "Amra Kuc", "Paul Smith", "Amanda Zimmerman", "Alicia Billington", "Ricardo J Gonzalez", "Deniz Dayicioglu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Eplasty", "journal_detail": "2017 Sep 18;17:ic24.", "keywords": [ "anterolateral thigh fre...
PMC5609249
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{ "authors": [ "Mohsen Sokouti", "Behrooz Shokouhi", "Massoud Sokouti", "Babak Sokouti" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2174/1874306401509010067", "journal": "Open Respir Med J", "journal_detail": "2015 May 29;9:67-9.", "keywords": [ "children", "giant", "hydatid cyst", "lu...
PMC4468588
Herein, we report a case of giant lung hydatid cyst in a nine-year-old boy. For four years, he experienced mild chest pain and chronic nonproductive cough. He had a trauma resulted from a fall two days before admission. Chest X-ray showed misdiagnosed massive pleural effusion, and was aspirated in the other hospital. H...
{ "authors": [ "Hanane Oummad", "Amina Laghmari" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2018.29.201.12092", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2018 Apr 6;29:201.", "keywords": [ "wooden foreign body", "iris", "lens" ], "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.n...
PMC6080979
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{ "authors": [ "Edouard Gerbaud", "Anne Vital", "Matthew Erickson", "Michel Montaudon", "Emmanuel Harcaut", "Jean Luc Pellegrin", "François Laurent", "Pierre Coste" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2011/740928", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:7409...
PMC3085497
We report a fairly special case of lymphocytic myocarditis progressing to a fibrotic stage, described using multimodality imaging and confirmed on histopathology. This paper presents an uncommon diagnosis with a probable guarded prognosis.
{ "authors": [ "Paolo Gentileschi", "Piero Rossi", "Antonio Manzelli", "Francesca Lirosi", "Francesca Susanna", "Vito Maria Stolfi", "Claudio Spina", "Achille L Gaspari" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "JSLS", "journal_detail": "2003 Oct-Dec;7(4):377-82.", "key...
PMC3021346
Background: Open digestive surgery in cirrhotic patients is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Laparoscopy in this setting has the potential to reduce postoperative complications. Laparoscopic treatment of a perforated gastric ulcer in a severely cirrhotic patient with portal hypertension is herein described...
{ "authors": [ "Ifeyinwa E Obiorah", "Alexandra Kyrillos", "Metin Ozdemirli" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/8747131", "journal": "Case Rep Urol", "journal_detail": "2018 Feb 19;2018:8747131.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2967080...
PMC5836420
Leydig cell tumor is a rare sex cord tumor that accounts for 1-3% of all testicular neoplasms. Seminomas are more common and occur in 30-40% of testicular tumors. Leydig cell tumors are derived from undifferentiated gonadal mesenchyme and the concurrent development of the tumor and a seminoma which are derived from ger...
{ "authors": [ "Nicholas G Norwitz", "Russell Winwood", "Brianna J Stubbs", "Dominic P D'Agostino", "Peter J Barnes" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2021.699427", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2021 Jul 29;8:699427.", "keywords": [ "case report", ...
PMC8358145
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a debilitating inflammatory respiratory condition that presents with worsening breathing difficulties and it is assumed to be progressive and incurable. As an inflammatory disease, COPD is associated with recruitment of immune cells to lung tissue and increased levels of ...
{ "authors": [ "Micah L MacAskill", "Rachel J Thomas", "Leslie A Barnes" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2471549220949147", "journal": "J Shoulder Elb Arthroplast", "journal_detail": "2020 Aug 27;4:2471549220949147.", "keywords": [ "morse taper", "complications of total shoulder a...
PMC8282145
Introduction: Reverse shoulder arthroplasty is a useful procedure with broadening applications, but it has the best outcomes when used for rotator cuff tear arthropathy. However, this procedure is not without complications. While scapular notching and aseptic loosening are more common complications that have been exten...
{ "authors": [ "Toyoaki Sawano", "Hayato Tanaka", "Daiki Watanabe", "Akihiko Ozaki", "Manabu Tsukada", "Yoshitaka Nishikawa", "Hiroaki Saito", "Yuki Shimada", "Tomohiro Morita", "Hiromichi Ohira", "Masaharu Tsubokura" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1002/1348-9585.121...
PMC7199476
Objectives: Limited information exists concerning occupational risks in decontamination work after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident. Workers involved tend to be migrant workers, face various health risks, and are usually from a low socioeconomic background and generally have difficulty in find...
{ "authors": [ "Parul Gautam", "Meenakshi Rao", "Meenakshi Gothwal", "Pawan K Garg", "Shilajit Bhattacharya" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/ijabmr.IJABMR_84_18", "journal": "Int J Appl Basic Med Res", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan-Mar;9(1):62-64.", "keywords": [ "anaplasia", ...
PMC6385544
Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor (SLCT) of the ovary is an extremely uncommon neoplasm accounting for <0.5% of all primary ovarian neoplasms. These tumors belong to the category of sex cord-stromal tumors. The tumor has variable clinical and histopathological presentations complicating the diagnosis and therefore the treatmen...
{ "authors": [ "Emilio Balestrazzi", "Luigi Mosca", "Maria Antonietta Blasi", "Maria Ilaria Giannico", "Angelo Balestrazzi" ], "case_amount": 5, "doi": "10.1155/2019/4153064", "journal": "J Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2019 May 2;2019:4153064.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY...
PMC6525849
Purpose: To report the surgical treatment and follow-up of tumors of the anterior uvea and epithelial cysts of the anterior chamber in 4 patients submitted to block excision and tectonic corneal graft between 2008 and 2012. Methods: This is a retrospective, nonrandomized case series. Two patients were affected by anter...
{ "authors": [ "Akihito Nagano", "Takatoshi Ohno", "Yutaka Nishimoto", "Kazunari Yamada", "Katsuji Shimizu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2009/186565", "journal": "Sarcoma", "journal_detail": "2009;2009:186565.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed....
PMC2694310
We report a case of extraskeletal osteosarcoma (ESOS) and autopsy findings. A 35-year-old man presented with an ossified tumor in the right thigh and lung metastasis. The lung tumors continued to develop despite multiagent chemotherapy and caused death within 8 months. Autopsy revealed many secondary lesions in the lun...
{ "authors": [ "Shinichiro Masuda", "Takashi Shibui", "Takaaki Tsuchiyama", "Takashi Ashikaga" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5603/CJ.2019.0058", "journal": "Cardiol J", "journal_detail": "2019;26(3):294-295.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.n...
PMC8086666
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{ "authors": [ "Xin-Liang He", "Fan Yu", "Tao Guo", "Fei Xiang", "Xiao-Nan Tao", "Jian-Chu Zhang", "Qiong Zhou" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2014.04.003", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2014 May 4;12:55-8.", "keywords": [ "medical thorac...
PMC4061434
Adult lymphoblastic lymphoma (LBL) is an aggressive form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma occurring in predominantly adolescent and young adult men, accounting for 1% to 2% of all non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. In contrast to B-LBL, T-cell LBL is much more common, accounting for up to 90% of disease in adults. Mediastinal mass, pleur...
{ "authors": [ "Issei Ogasawara", "Noriaki Hattori", "Gajanan S Revankar", "Shoji Konda", "Yuki Uno", "Tomohito Nakano", "Yuta Kajiyama", "Hideki Mochizuki", "Ken Nakata" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fnhum.2021.809544", "journal": "Front Hum Neurosci", "journal_de...
PMC8716826
Objectives: Runner's dystonia is a task-specific dystonia that occurs in the lower limbs and trunk, with diverse symptomatology. We aimed to identify the origin of a dystonic movement abnormality using combined three-dimensional kinematic analysis and electromyographic (EMG) assessment during treadmill running. Partici...
{ "authors": [ "Harsha Moole", "Zohair Ahmed", "Nibha Saxena", "Srinivas R Puli", "Sonu Dhillon" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3402/jchimp.v5.28746", "journal": "J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect", "journal_detail": "2015 Oct 19;5(5):28746.", "keywords": [ "acute cholestatic h...
PMC4612703
Clindamycin is a lincosamide antibiotic active against most of the anaerobes, protozoans, and Gram-positive bacteria, including community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Its use has increased greatly in the recent past due to wide spectrum of activity and good bioavailability in oral form. Close t...
{ "authors": [ "Chris Xu", "Josephine Alexa Potter", "Christopher David Carter", "Clayton Miles Cooper Lang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Eplasty", "journal_detail": "2014 Jul 24;14:e28.", "keywords": [ "calciphylaxis", "hand", "idiopathic", "surgery", ...
PMC4114239
Objective: Tumoral calcinosis is an uncommon lesion, composed of ectopic calcified tissue, most commonly seen in the large joints of the hips, knees, shoulders, and elbows. The involvement of the hand in a healthy patient is extremely rare, and therefore this condition can cause diagnostic confusion. The purpose of thi...
{ "authors": [ "Enzhong Jin", "Hong Yin", "Kailin Liu", "Zhiqiao Liang", "Mingwei Zhao" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2021.800821", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2022 Jan 24;8:800821.", "keywords": [ "anti-vegf (vascular endothelial growth factor...
PMC8818670
Purpose: To demonstrate that the demographic and treatment characteristics of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) eyes showed different types of hyperfluorescence in fluorescein angiography (FA) initially treated with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) agents. Methods: A consecutive case series of ROP treated ...
{ "authors": [ "Hamed M Anwar", "Am El Danasoury", "An Hashem" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OPTH.S28405", "journal": "Clin Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2012;6:159-63.", "keywords": [ "ched", "dsaek", "descemet’s stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty", "congeni...
PMC3267538
Congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy (CHED), presents in infancy or early childhood with bilateral clouding of corneas. This condition has previously been managed surgically with penetrating keratoplasty (PKP). Performing PKP in pediatric patients has its own set of difficulties. More recently, there has been gr...
{ "authors": [ "Amanda Partap", "Ian James Persad" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X211016980", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2021 May 16;9:2050313X211016980.", "keywords": [ "perilunate dislocation", "transscaphoid fracture dislocation" ], "licens...
PMC8132080
Perilunate dislocations and perilunate fracture dislocations are rare injuries that occur as a result of high energy trauma. We describe a case of a volar fracture dislocation of the proximal pole of the scaphoid with an associated scapholunate and lunotriquetral ligament disruption as well as a lunate fossa fracture o...
{ "authors": [ "Jorge Vagarinho", "Sara Sardinha", "Ricardo Alves" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2020/8824246", "journal": "Case Rep Dent", "journal_detail": "2020 Nov 28;2020:8824246.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33312741/", "ma...
PMC7719491
Introduction: Oroantral communications may arise as a result of pathological processes or iatrogenic situations, particularly in oral surgery and implantology, but are uncommon in periodontal plastic surgery. Case Presentation. A healthy 37-year-old female patient with 5 mm Miller Class II recession on the maxillary le...
{ "authors": [ "Sandy C Liu", "Malavika Suresh", "Mutaz Jaber", "Yesica Mercado Munoz", "Kyriakie Sarafoglou" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fendo.2023.1101843", "journal": "Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2023 Mar 2;14:1101843.", "keywords": [ "anastrozole",...
PMC10018749
Most children with non-classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia (NC-CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency are asymptomatic and do not require cortisol replacement therapy unless they develop symptoms of hyperandrogenemia. The current practice is to treat symptomatic children with hydrocortisone aimed at suppressing exces...
{ "authors": [ "Szymon Jędrzejczyk", "Piotr Scisło", "Kajetan Grodecki", "Bartosz Rymuza", "Janusz Kochman", "Zenon Huczek" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.5603/CJ.2019.0104", "journal": "Cardiol J", "journal_detail": "2019;26(5):614-615.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-...
PMC8084397
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{ "authors": [ "Ahmad Elkouzi", "Takashi Tsuboi", "Matthew R Burns", "Robert S Eisinger", "Amar Patel", "Wissam Deeb" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7916/tohm.v0.685", "journal": "Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y)", "journal_detail": "2019 Sep 6;9.", "keywords": [ "deep brain ...
PMC6744811
Clinical vignette: A 68-year-old man with Parkinson's disease (PD) had bilateral GPi DBS placed for management of his motor fluctuations. He developed stimulation-induced dyskinesia (SID) with left dorsal GPi stimulation. Clinical dilemma: What do we know about SID in PD patients with GPi DBS? What are the potential st...
{ "authors": [ "Hafiz Khan", "Moiz Ahmed", "Magda Daoud", "Jobin Philipose", "Saba Ahmed", "Liliane Deeb" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1159/000496385", "journal": "Case Rep Gastroenterol", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan 16;13(1):25-31.", "keywords": [ "esophageal necrosis", ...
PMC6547274
Acute esophageal necrosis (AEN), also known as Gurvits syndrome, black esophagus, or acute necrotizing esophagitis, is a rare clinical entity and an unusual reason for upper gastrointestinal bleeding. It is typically described in critically ill patients with multiple medical conditions, arising from a combination of is...
{ "authors": [ "Obada Hasan", "Wajiha Khan", "Muneeba Jessar", "Aly Zaheer Pathan", "Riaz Hussain Lakdawala" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.08.037", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2018;51:154-157.", "keywords": [ "aeromonas hydrophila", ...
PMC6122150
Introduction: Aeromonas are Gram-negative bacilli often causing necrotizing fasciitis or sepsis in immunocompromised patients. Aeromonas Hydrophila is most often found in immunocompromised patients or those with burns or aquatic trauma. When patients present with a discharge and infection on bone graft donor site and p...
{ "authors": [ "Khairy Elmorsy", "Lubna K Elsayed", "Sara M El Khateeb" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12688/f1000research.22466.2", "journal": "F1000Res", "journal_detail": "2020 Mar 25;9:209.", "keywords": [ "cone beam ct", "ectopic", "maxillary sinus", "molar", "tooth e...
PMC7135686
Ectopic development of teeth in nondental areas is uncommon, especially in the maxillary sinus. A panoramic radiograph is the routine diagnostic radiographic examination performed for this type of eruption, although cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) is highly recommended for further localization of the ectopic tooth...
{ "authors": [ "Mirna B Ayache", "Myttle A Mayuga", "Chantal ElAmm", "Guilherme Attizzani", "Jordan Kazakov" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2017/4854736", "journal": "Case Rep Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:4854736.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "htt...
PMC5494550
Mitral valve repair with the MitraClip device has emerged as an effective treatment option for patients with severe mitral regurgitation and contraindications for surgical interventions. While the procedure is not known to cause pulmonary complications, we describe two cases of pulmonary hemorrhage following percutaneo...
{ "authors": [ "Benzhen Wang", "Zhanhui Du", "Guangsong Shan", "Chuanzhu Yan", "Victor Wei Zhang", "Zipu Li" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2021.639687", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2021 Jun 7;9:639687.", "keywords": [ "sengers syndrome", "acyl...
PMC8215120
Sengers syndrome (OMIM #212350) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder due to mutations in acylglycerol kinase (AGK) gene. We report two cases that were diagnosed clinically and confirmed genetically. Both infants had typical clinical features characterized by hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, bilateral cataracts, myopathy,...
{ "authors": [ "Kenichiro Ishida", "Mitsuhiro Noborio", "Nobutaka Iwasa", "Taku Sogabe", "Yohei Ieki", "Yuki Saoyama", "Kyosuke Takahashi", "Yumiko Shimahara", "Daikai Sadamitsu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2015/908157", "journal": "Case Rep Crit Care", "journal_...
PMC4667051
The patient in this case report was an 88-year-old male. Acute upper airway obstruction by food led to transient cardiac arrest, and negative pressure pulmonary hemorrhage (NPPH) occurred 1 hour after the foreign body obstruction. Using venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for severe acute respiratory ...
{ "authors": [ "Michael Y Torchinsky", "Robert Wineman", "George W Moll" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2011/784867", "journal": "Int J Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:784867.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21760815/", "major...
PMC3133471
Isolated ACTH deficiency causes life-threatening severe hypoglycemia. A 7-year-old girl with hypoglycemia due to this rare disorder is described. Our patient had undetectable plasma ACTH repeatedly and cortisol 0 mcg/dl before and after ACTH 1-24 stimulation. There was no evidence of other pituitary hormone deficiency....
{ "authors": [ "Xingwen Sun", "Gloria C Chiang" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.25259/JCIS-26-2019", "journal": "J Clin Imaging Sci", "journal_detail": "2019 Jun 14;9:26.", "keywords": [ "imaging", "meningitis", "pneumocephalus", "sinusitis" ], "license": "CC BY", "link": "ht...
PMC6702868
Pneumocephalus is a rare presentation of sinusitis. The purpose of this case series and literature review is to highlight the critical importance of recognizing pneumocephalus on initial brain imaging, since it may serve as the first sign of acute sinusitis with intracranial complication. Although sinusitis is a treata...
{ "authors": [ "Jung-Ick Byun", "Hye-Jin Moon", "Yoon-Ho Hong" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3988/jcn.2014.10.1.69", "journal": "J Clin Neurol", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan;10(1):69-71.", "keywords": [ "myasthenia", "neuromuscular junction", "neuromyotonia" ], "license": "CC ...
PMC3896653
Background: Acquired neuromyotonia (NMT) forms part of the spectrum of acquired peripheral nerve hyperexcitability syndrome, and is thought to be caused by antibodies to voltage-gated potassium channels (VGKC). Exertional weakness is unusual unless autoimmune myasthenia gravis (MG) is superimposed. Case report: A case ...
{ "authors": [ "Céline K Stäuble", "Rebecca Meier", "Markus L Lampert", "Thorsten Mikoteit", "Martin Hatzinger", "Samuel S Allemann", "Kurt E Hersberger", "Henriette E Meyer Zu Schwabedissen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fpsyt.2022.942268", "journal": "Front Psychiatry"...
PMC9334565
We report the case of a 50-year-old male with major depressive disorder (MDD) to illustrate the challenge of finding effective antidepressant pharmacotherapy and the role that the patient's genetic makeup may play. Recent treatment attempts before clinic admission included venlafaxine and fluoxetine. Venlafaxine was di...
{ "authors": [ "Yu Long", "Shiqiang Xiong", "Lin Tong", "Jin Li", "Yan Luo", "Wenchao Huang", "Zhen Zhang", "Hanxiong Liu", "Lin Cai" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.3389/fcvm.2022.1010409", "journal": "Front Cardiovasc Med", "journal_detail": "2022 Oct 13;9:1010409.", ...
PMC9606460
Minimizing the number of personnel in the cardiac catheterization laboratory (CCL) and the times of CCL door openings contribute to reduce the infection risk of medical staff and patients, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. The usage of 5G-CTP system enables device specialists to conduct remote parameter testin...
{ "authors": [ "Mingxia Shi", "Firas Al-Delfi", "Majd Al Shaarani", "Kurt Knowles", "James Cotelingam" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/3702682", "journal": "Case Rep Obstet Gynecol", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:3702682.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "ht...
PMC5611868
Adenomatoid tumor of the ovary is rare, and so are collision tumors in this location. The most common histological combination of ovarian collision tumors is the coexistence of mature cystic teratoma with ovarian cystadenoma or cystadenocarcinoma. Presented herein is a rare case of ovarian adenomatoid tumor found incid...
{ "authors": [ "Siddhartha Sinha", "Lokesh Raghav", "Amit Sharma", "Lalit Maini" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.13107/jocr.2023.v13.i01.3492", "journal": "J Orthop Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan;13(1):1-4.", "keywords": [ "chondrosarcoma", "paraplegia", "thoracic neopl...
PMC10152958
Introduction: Chondrosarcoma of rib encroaching spine and subsequently leading to paraplegia has never been reported in the literature. Association of paraplegia can often lead to misdiagnosis with a common disease like breast cancer or Potts spine causing a significant delay in treatment. Case report: We describe a ca...
{ "authors": [ "Dany Aouad", "Rabih Kortbawi", "Mohammad Daher", "Alexandre Nehme", "Ramzi Moucharafieh", "Mohammad Badra" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2022/3571724", "journal": "Case Rep Orthop", "journal_detail": "2022 May 18;2022:3571724.", "keywords": null, "license":...
PMC9132703
Traumatic injuries of the upper limb can result in variant fracture combination. This article discusses a rare injury combination including ipsilateral proximal and distal humerus fractures alongside a distal radius fracture. The mechanism of the fall is unknown, but the patient being old with such a complex injury, on...
{ "authors": [ "Muhamad Alhaj Moustafa", "Liuyan Jiang", "Justin J Kuhlman", "Jeremy Jones", "Yanyan Lou", "Olayemi Sokumbi", "Han W Tun" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.1177/20363613211012929", "journal": "Rare Tumors", "journal_detail": "2021 Apr 27;13:20363613211012929.", "k...
PMC8107665
We report a male patient who developed eight different cancers between ages 57 and 64. BRAF p.V600E mutation was detected in Langerhans cell histiocytosis, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, histiocytic sarcoma, melanoma, and adenocarcinoma of the lung. It was not detected in multiple myeloma, basal cell carcinoma, and papi...
{ "authors": [ "Matthew Protas", "Disep I Ojukwu", "Dan Y Draytsel", "Michael A Galgano" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_402_2023", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2023 Jun 30;14:226.", "keywords": [ "intradural capillary hemangioma", "mixed intramedullar...
PMC10316201
Background: Capillary hemangiomas are typically superficial benign tumors of the cutaneous and mucosal tissues of the face and neck in pediatric patients. In adults, they typically occur in middle-aged males who present with pain, myelopathy, radiculopathy, paresthesias, and bowel/bladder dysfunction. The optimal treat...
{ "authors": [ "Debasweta Purkayastha", "Praveen Arathil", "Dinesh Narayanan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/IJPSYM.IJPSYM_66_17", "journal": "Indian J Psychol Med", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan-Feb;40(1):89-90.", "keywords": [ "dementia", "frontotemporal dementia", "rapid dec...
PMC5795686
Frontotemporal dementia commonly presents as a gradual change in personality, social conduct, and language ability, often sparing memory loss in early stages. We report a case of a 55-year-old female with rapid progression of memory impairment and other cognitive functions in a span of 2 years.
{ "authors": [ "Camilla A F Yamada", "Matheus D Soldatelli", "Lázaro Luís Faria do Amaral", "Christiane Monteiro de Siqueira Campos", "Paulo Lazaro de Moraes", "Feres Eduardo Aparecido Chaddad-Neto", "Carmen Lucia Penteado Lancellotti" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000530181",...
PMC10134051
Diffuse hemispheric glioma (DHG), H3 G34 mutant was included in the 5th edition of the World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System recently published. Given the recent inclusion in the current classification and its rarity in adult patients, there are scarce data on clinical-radiolo...
{ "authors": [ "Irushna Perera", "Sanjeewa Rajapakse", "Shamila T De Silva" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2020/2961856", "journal": "Case Rep Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2020 Mar 31;2020:2961856.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32292...
PMC7150708
Takotsubo or stress cardiomyopathy is a non ischemic disease affecting the myocardium, which presents with typical features of myocardial ischemia. Although the presentation with acute central chest pain and shortness of breath mimics acute myocardial ischemia, there is an absence of actual disruption of cardiac blood ...
{ "authors": [ "David Z Cai", "Geoffrey Liu", "Christopher F Wolf", "Zachary M Mansell", "Jonathan P Eskander", "Mark Eskander" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/1793-5482.224833", "journal": "Asian J Neurosurg", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan-Mar;13(1):130-132.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC5820868
Brown-Séquard syndrome, while uncommon, is a neurological condition that classically results from the hemisection of the spinal cord as a result of a penetrating injury to the spinal cord. We present a reported case of blunt trauma causing a high-energy cervical burst fracture/dislocation with a significant cord signal...
{ "authors": [ "Puneet K Goyal", "Sujit K Meher", "Daljit Singh", "Hukum Singh", "Monica Tandon" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/1817-1745.84419", "journal": "J Pediatr Neurosci", "journal_detail": "2011 Jan;6(1):82-3.", "keywords": [ "etv", "hydrocephalus", "shunt blo...
PMC3173926
The role of endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) is getting more popular for all types of hydrocephalus. It has several advantages and is also being considered for malfunctioning of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt. A 16-year-old child had fourteen shunt revisions in his life. He was eventually treated with ETV with succe...
{ "authors": [ "Leonardo Rodrigues de Oliveira", "Jordana Rafaella Fonseca" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.htct.2017.11.004", "journal": "Hematol Transfus Cell Ther", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan-Mar;40(1):79-81.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi...
PMC6000936
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{ "authors": [ "Surjit Lidder", "Nima Heidari", "Florian Amerstorfer", "Stephan Grechenig", "Annelie M Weinberg" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2011/682454", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:682454.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https...
PMC3090656
Monteggia fractures are rare in children, and subtle radial head dislocations, with minor plastic deformation of the ulna, may be missed in up to a third of cases. Complications of Monteggia fractures-dislocations include persistent radial head dislocation, forearm deformity, elbow stiffness, and nerve palsies at the t...
{ "authors": [ "Tsung Mou", "Tirsit Asfaw" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.10.035", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2017 Nov 21;41:431-433.", "keywords": [ "case report", "hysterectomy", "laparoscopy", "pneumomediastinum", "post-coital", ...
PMC5702862
Introduction: Vaginal cuff dehiscence (VCD) is a rare post-operative complication after hysterectomy in which the approximated edges of the vaginal cuff separate. Associated presentations range from simple separation with minimal bothersome symptoms to pain, infection, and surgical emergencies such as bowel evisceratio...
{ "authors": [ "Damien Denimal", "Louise Ménégaut", "Cédric Rossi", "Laurence Duvillard", "David Masson" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11613/BM.2016.029", "journal": "Biochem Med (Zagreb)", "journal_detail": "2016;26(2):255-9.", "keywords": [ "hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis",...
PMC4910283
Introduction: Major hyperferritinemia is a rare feature in clinical laboratories associated with a wide variety of disorders, including hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH). The diagnosis of HLH is based on clinical and biological criteria, such as those proposed by the Histiocyte Society. However, several of these...
{ "authors": [ "Shadi Rezai", "Jenna T Nakagawa", "John Tedesco", "Annika Chadee", "Sri Gottimukkala", "Ray Mercado", "Cassandra E Henderson" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2015/892369", "journal": "Case Rep Obstet Gynecol", "journal_detail": "2015;2015:892369.", "keyword...
PMC4680110
Background. Gestational gigantomastia is a rare disorder without clear etiology or well-established risk factors. Several pathogenic mechanisms contributing to the disease process have been proposed, all of which can lead to a similar phenotype of breast hypertrophy. Case. A 28-year-old Guinean woman presented at 37 we...
{ "authors": [ "Kai-Lan Hsu", "Ta-Wei Tai", "Wei-Ren Su", "Chii-Jeng Lin", "Pei-Yuan Lee" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/tcmj.tcmj_6_17", "journal": "Ci Ji Yi Xue Za Zhi", "journal_detail": "2017 Jan-Mar;29(1):37-40.", "keywords": [ "cloverleaf plate", "proximal humerus",...
PMC5509189
Fixation of comminuted or osteoporotic fractures in the proximal humerus is a challenge for orthopedic surgeons. In the past two decades, locking plates have been used for proximal humeral fracture fixation. However, complications such as loss of reduction have been reported, and the implants are not always available i...
{ "authors": [ "Yan-Chun Xie", "Xu-Bin Jing", "Xiang Chen", "Ling-Zi Chen", "Shao-Hui Zhang", "Xian-Bin Cai" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1177/20406223221117449", "journal": "Ther Adv Chronic Dis", "journal_detail": "2022 Aug 17;13:20406223221117449.", "keywords": [ "metacyc...
PMC9393929
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a chronic autoimmune disease. Not only genetics, but the intestinal environment affected by gut microbiota is also the key to pathogenesis. Besides the occurrence of diabetes, gut microbiota dysbiosis may also contribute to the development of diabetes-related complications. Fecal micr...
{ "authors": [ "Zahid Khan", "Tom Rayner", "Dinesh Sethumadhavan", "Sahar Hamid" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.33731", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 13;15(1):e33731.", "keywords": [ "arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy", "arrhythmogenic right ventricular ...
PMC9927030
Arrhythmogenic ventricular cardiomyopathy is an inherited condition mainly affecting adults. A 35-year-old Asian male patient presented with syncope while walking home. He experienced a number of episodes of light-headedness and dizziness over the past few weeks. A clinical examination found visible injuries to his fac...
{ "authors": [ "Carmen Losasso", "Veronica Cappa", "Marian L Neuhouser", "Valerio Giaccone", "Igino Andrighetto", "Antonia Ricci" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fnut.2015.00030", "journal": "Front Nutr", "journal_detail": "2015 Oct 7;2:30.", "keywords": [ "bsq", "beve...
PMC4595772
In North-East Italy (the Veneto region), several public school nutrition policies have been developed to reduce the consumption of high-caloric snacks and beverages. However, little is known about whether the policies actually influence students' dietary behaviors. In order to address this point, a multi-center cross-s...
{ "authors": [ "Alessandro Cattoni", "Assunta Albanese" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2022.940656", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2022 Aug 23;10:940656.", "keywords": [ "anastrozole", "aromatase inhibitors", "bicalutamide", "chorionic gonadotropin", ...
PMC9445167
GnRH-independent precocious puberty (GIPP) can be the presenting clinical picture experienced by patients with secreting germ cell tumor (GCT). Indeed, as luteinizing hormone (LH) and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) share identical α-subunits and similar β-subunits, an increased secretion of β-hCG may result in a pr...
{ "authors": [ "C Ravindran", "Pearlcid Siroraj", "C Deepak", "Malathi Narasimhan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0973-029X.203770", "journal": "J Oral Maxillofac Pathol", "journal_detail": "2017 Jan-Apr;21(1):124-128.", "keywords": [ "neurilemmoma", "neurinoma", "schwann...
PMC5406792
Neurilemmoma, neurinoma or schwannoma is a benign tumor of neurogenic origin, arising from the myelin sheath of a neuron. Head and neck region accounts for 25%-48% of these tumors reported till date. On the contrary, intraoral sites form only 1% of the cases accounted. Although a few cases of intraoral neurilemoma of m...
{ "authors": [ "Phyllis Sin", "Muhammad Siddiqui", "Rashell Wozniak", "Idris Bare", "Jessica Minion", "Stephen Sanche", "Jacob Udell", "Andrea Lavoie", "Payam Dehghani" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5334/gh.1125", "journal": "Glob Heart", "journal_detail": "2022 Jun 23;...
PMC9231574
Background: Influenza has been shown to exacerbate heart failure (HF). Importantly, no study to date has examined the relationship between HF hospitalizations (HFH) with laboratory confirmed influenza infections. This study evaluated the association between laboratory confirmed influenza infection and HFH in the two la...
{ "authors": [ "Luciano Marcondes Machado Nardozza", "Edward Araujo Júnior", "Ana Carolina Rabachini Caetano", "Antonio Fernandes Moron" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2156-7514.95436", "journal": "J Clin Imaging Sci", "journal_detail": "2012;2:22.", "keywords": [ "amniotic band ...
PMC3352605
Amniotic band syndrome is characterized by a build-up of bands and strings of fibrous tissue that adhere to the fetus and can compress parts of the fetus, thus causing malformations and even limb amputation while the fetus is still in the uterus. The clinical manifestations are extremely variable and their extent may r...
{ "authors": [ "Volker Kaechele", "Jürgen Hess", "Wolfgang Schneider-Kappus" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000486195", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan 17;11(1):43-48.", "keywords": [ "chemotherapy", "colorectal cancer", "dose reduction", "granulo...
PMC5836196
Trifluridine/tipiracil (FTD/TPI) significantly improves overall survival in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). The most common treatment-related event (grade ≥3) was hematological toxicity. We here report long-term disease-stabilizing FTD/TPI treatment of an mCRC patient (KRAS wild-type, ECOG performanc...
{ "authors": [ "Ali Alamer", "Asim Aldhilan", "Dorothy Makanjuola", "Abdulmohsen Alkushi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2013.14.99.2396", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2013 Mar 12;14:99.", "keywords": [ "ct", "hydatid cyst", "hydatid disease", ...
PMC3664866
Hydatid cyst of the breast is endemic in some areas like sheep-raising countries. The location of the disease is mostly in the liver and lungs. We presents a case of 66-year-old female with hydatid cyst of the breast diagnosed pre-operatively by core needle biopsy. Complete radiology workup are also provided which incl...
{ "authors": [ "Raiz A Misgar", "Vivek Mathew", "Kaushik Pandit", "Subhankar Chowdhury" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2230-8210.77588", "journal": "Indian J Endocrinol Metab", "journal_detail": "2011 Jan;15(1):54-6.", "keywords": [ "pancreatitis", "parathyroid surgery", ...
PMC3079873
The association between pancreatitis and primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is controversial. We report a 32-year-old man who presented with recurrent episodes of acute pancreatitis. Primary hyperparathyroidism was diagnosed after the fourth episode of pancreatitis. He had no additional risk factors for pancreatitis. E...
{ "authors": [ "Michael Wilschanski", "Montaser Abbasi", "Elias Blanco", "Iris Lindberg", "Michael Yourshaw", "David Zangen", "Itai Berger", "Eyal Shteyer", "Orit Pappo", "Benjamin Bar-Oz", "Martin G Martín", "Orly Elpeleg" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1371/jou...
PMC4182778
Four siblings presented with congenital diarrhea and various endocrinopathies. Exome sequencing and homozygosity mapping identified five regions, comprising 337 protein-coding genes that were shared by three affected siblings. Exome sequencing identified a novel homozygous N309K mutation in the proprotein convertase su...
{ "authors": [ "Hrishikesh S Kulkarni", "Pashtoon Murtaza Kasi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000337577", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol", "journal_detail": "2012 Jan;5(1):134-41.", "keywords": [ "cytokine release syndrome", "fatality", "lactic acidosis", "mortality", "post-...
PMC3364040
Rituximab is a biologic agent that is usually well tolerated. With its increasing use for a myriad of rheumatologic and immunologic conditions, post-marketing surveillance has revealed more side effects. Systemic inflammatory response syndrome associated with cytokine release syndrome (CRS) is a very rare entity associ...
{ "authors": [ "Xiao-Ping Zou", "Yao-Ying Jiang", "Yan Liao", "Yi-Wu Dang", "Gang Chen", "Zhen-Bo Feng", "Yun Ma" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.2147/OTT.S186102", "journal": "Onco Targets Ther", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan 30;12:953-958.", "keywords": [ "coexistence", ...
PMC6361228
A combination of a Wilms' tumor (WT) and renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is an extremely rare pediatric renal neoplasm. Its prognosis and clinicopathological features remain unclarified. Herein, we describe a case of the coexistence of a WT and an RCC in a male child aged 5 years and 10 months. The child had symptoms of hem...
{ "authors": [ "Parag Suresh Mahajan", "Mohammed Fahmy Abdalla", "Nishan K Purayil" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2156-7514.133263", "journal": "J Clin Imaging Sci", "journal_detail": "2014 May 27;4:28.", "keywords": [ "acute appendicitis", "valentino's syndrome", "duodenal ...
PMC4078456
Perforation of a duodenal ulcer (DU) into the retroperitoneal space presenting with clinical features of acute appendicitis is known as Valentino's syndrome. Post duodenal perforation, the gastric and duodenal fluids tend to settle in the right paracolic gutter causing peritonitis and clinically mimicking acute appendi...
{ "authors": [ "Muhammad N Khan", "Abul H Naqvi", "Richard E Lee" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1477-7819-2-20", "journal": "World J Surg Oncol", "journal_detail": "2004 Jun 8;2:20.", "keywords": null, "license": "NO-CC CODE", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15186498/", "...
PMC425598
Background: The association of ureterosigmoidostomy with colonic cancer is well established. A 100-fold increased risk of malignancy has been proposed in association with ureterosigmoidostomy. Characteristically there is a latent period of around 20-30 years before the occurrence of cancer. Case presentation: An unusua...
{ "authors": [ "Mehdi Salehipour", "Amir Ahmad Mostaghni", "Bita Geramizadeh", "Alireza Makarem", "Alireza Rezvani" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2036361319878915", "journal": "Rare Tumors", "journal_detail": "2019 Oct 23;11:2036361319878915.", "keywords": [ "carcinoid tumor...
PMC6811761
Primary renal carcinoid tumors are quite rare. The pathogenesis of these tumors is unknown due to lack of enterochromaffin cells in the kidney. Because of nonspecific clinical manifestations and radiologic features, they are commonly misdiagnosed. Hence, Primary renal carcinoid tumors should be considered in differenti...
{ "authors": [ "Yongchun Su", "Xiaofeng Lei", "Jin Yu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2022.783796", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2022 May 11;9:783796.", "keywords": [ "anesthesia", "autonomic hyperreflexia", "cesarean section", "paraplegia", ...
PMC9130626
Background: With the advancement of medical science and rehabilitative care, more women with spinal cord injury (SCI) can conceive. However, autonomic hyperreflexia due to SCI complicates anesthesia management during cesarean sections. Case presentation: This study reports the anesthesia management in a woman with para...
{ "authors": [ "Sarath Menon Ramachandra Menon", "Namith Ranjith Mokkath" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2020.37.305.27032", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2020 Dec 2;37:305.", "keywords": [ "myasthenia gravis", "acetyl choline receptor antibody", "acute str...
PMC7896516
Among non-iatrogenic neuromuscular disorders, myasthenia gravis remains the most prevalent. Diagnosing this disorder may become challenging in certain cases such as in patients with coexisting comorbid illnesses and non-specific clinical symptoms. This is a case of atypical myasthenia gravis in a middle-aged hypertensi...
{ "authors": [ "Martijn Verdam", "Gert-Jan Allemeersch", "Frans Van den Bergh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5334/jbsr.2759", "journal": "J Belg Soc Radiol", "journal_detail": "2022 May 9;106(1):45.", "keywords": [ "angiomatous meningioma", "hemangiopericytoma", "solitary fibrous...
PMC9104422
Teaching point: The presence of intralesional calcifications, a dural tail sign, adjacent hyperostosis, and early draining veins can help distinguish angiomatous meningiomas (AM) from solitary fibrous tumors (SFT).
{ "authors": [ "John J Como", "Oliver L Gunter", "Jose J Diaz", "Vanessa P Ho", "Preston R Miller" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1136/tsaco-2018-000268", "journal": "Trauma Surg Acute Care Open", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan 24;4(1):e000268.", "keywords": [ "abdominal wall reconst...
PMC6350719
Posterior component separation with transversus abdominis release and implantation of synthetic mesh in the retromuscular space is a durable type of repair for many large incisional hernias with recurrence rates consistently less than 10%. The purported advantage of biologic prostheses in contaminated fields has recent...
{ "authors": [ "Philip H Li", "Chi Hung Chau", "Poon Chuen Wong" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2014.12.005", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2014 Dec 29;14:43-6.", "keywords": [ "burkholderia pseudomallei", "melioidosis", "mycotic aneurysms" ], ...
PMC4356043
Melioidosis is often considered an exotic and uncommon disease in most parts of the world. However it is an endemic disease in Southeast Asia and Northern Australia with an expanding distribution. Melioidosis can involve almost any organ and can deteriorate rapidly. In this report, we describe a rapidly fatal case of a...
{ "authors": [ "Charlotte Dalen Meurs-van der Schoor", "Mirjam van Weissenbruch", "Marjan van Kempen", "Marianna Bugiani", "Eleonora Aronica", "Hanneke Ronner", "R Jeroen Vermeulen" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2014.00136", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail...
PMC4271583
Background: Neonatal convulsions are clinical manifestations in a heterogeneous group of disorders with different etiology and outcome. They are attributed to several genetic causes. Methods: We describe a patient with intractable neonatal seizures who died from respiratory compromise during a status epilepticus. Resul...
{ "authors": [ "Marcio Luiz Figueredo Balthazar", "Benito Pereira Damasceno" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1590/S1980-57642009DN20100015", "journal": "Dement Neuropsychol", "journal_detail": "2008 Jan-Mar;2(1):76-79.", "keywords": [ "alzheimer’s disease", "executive function", "front...
PMC5619159
Non-amnestic mild cognitive impairment (MCI) evolving to neurodegenerative diseases other than Alzheimer's disease (AD) is rarely well documented. We report a case of a 49 year-old woman who presented a slowly progressive attentional/dysexecutive syndrome sparing other cognitive domains and without significant impairme...
{ "authors": [ "Tara M Collins" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00293", "journal": "Front Psychol", "journal_detail": "2012 Aug 20;3:293.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22934088/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh_terms": [], "pm...
PMC3422857
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{ "authors": [ "Ayushi Shashikant Gurharikar", "Gagandeep Lamba" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2022.43.151.34814", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2022 Nov 22;43:151.", "keywords": [ "ofd1 gene mutation", "orofacial digital syndrome", "pediatric dentistry" ...
PMC9922074
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{ "authors": [ "Megan R Lyle", "Jaydevsinh N Dolia", "Jonathan Fratkin", "Todd A Nichols", "Betty L Herrington" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2329048X14567531", "journal": "Child Neurol Open", "journal_detail": "2015 Feb 16;2(1):2329048X14567531.", "keywords": [ "diffuse lep...
PMC5417027
Diffuse leptomeningeal glioneuronal tumor is unique for communicating hydrocephalus, diffuse leptomeningeal enhancement, cystic changes, absence of tumor cells in cerebral spinal fluid, and a cell population of both glial and neuronal copositivity. It has likely been misdiagnosed as mixed glioneuronal tumors, oligodend...
{ "authors": [ "Michael T Flannery", "Deborah Humphrey" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2012/430657", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2012;2012:430657.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22969809/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "m...
PMC3437292
A middle age male with type 2 diabetes mellitus presented with urinary symptoms. Blood and urine cultures were consistent with Methicillin Resistant Staphylcoccal Aureus (MRSA). A computed tomography demonstrated mutiple prostatic microabscessess. No other hematogenous source was identified. Transurethral prostatic dra...