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{ "authors": [ "S Sriram", "S Srinivas", "P S R Naveen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0971-4065.179202", "journal": "Indian J Nephrol", "journal_detail": "2017 Jan-Feb;27(1):69-71.", "keywords": [ "false elevation", "jaffe assay", "nitromethane", "serum creatinine" ], ...
PMC5255995
Spurious elevation of serum creatinine by Jaffe assay is known to occur due to a variety of substances. This results in subjecting the patient to invasive and complicated procedures such as dialysis. We report a rare case of false elevation of this renal parameter following exposure to an organic solvent.
{ "authors": [ "Zachary M Thompson", "George Ajene", "Prathit A Kulkarni", "Nidhi Aggarwal", "Savitri Fedson", "Maulin K Shah" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/23247096231184770", "journal": "J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan-Dec;11:232470962311847...
PMC10328171
BK polyomavirus nephropathy (BKVN) is a common cause of nephropathy in kidney transplant patients and is typically seen within the first year after transplantation. BK polyomavirus nephropathy can occur in the native kidneys of patients with nonrenal solid-organ transplants (NRSOT). However, this is rare, especially ou...
{ "authors": [ "Domenico Murrone", "Bruno Romanelli", "Giuseppe Vella", "Aldo Ierardi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.05.016", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2017;36:126-129.", "keywords": [ "case report", "cauda equina", "filum terminal...
PMC5453863
Introduction: Paragangliomas of filum terminale are rare benign tumors, arising from the adrenal medulla or extra-adrenal paraganglia. These lesions usually present with chronic back pain and radiculopathy and only two cases of acute neurological deficit have been reported in literature. Presentation of case: A case wi...
{ "authors": [ "J Navaratnam", "R Faber", "N Eide", "M Lund-Iversen", "Ø Garred", "F L Munier" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023/8127245", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol Med", "journal_detail": "2023 Jul 24;2023:8127245.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": ...
PMC10390264
We report a 46-year-old male patient with retinocytoma who presented at the age of 31 asymptomatically. An intraocular retinal mass was incidentally found in his right eye, when he underwent ophthalmological assessment for refractive surgery. This tumor consisted of a calcified sessile basis partially covered by a pedu...
{ "authors": [ "Mohammad Kermansaravi", "Mohammad Reza Abdolhosseini", "Ali Kabir", "Abdolreza Pazouki" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.12.004", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2017;31:17-19.", "keywords": [ "case report", "death", "gastri...
PMC5233785
Background: Hypoalbuminemia is an important complication after Mini Gastric Bypass (MGB) and is more frequent in vegetarians, diabetic nephropathy, and alcoholic and liver disease patients. The patients must be followed in regular intervals and serum albumin must be checked in every visit after MGB. Hypoalbuminemia mus...
{ "authors": [ "Marohito Nakata", "Tami Mashidori", "Namio Higa", "Mamoru Manita", "Naomi Chibana", "Kazuhiko Tabata" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2169/internalmedicine.6083-15", "journal": "Intern Med", "journal_detail": "2020;59(16):2061-2065.", "keywords": [ "streptococcu...
PMC7492106
Bacterial endophthalmitis is a rare complication of infective endocarditis (IE). We herein report a case of IE with no underlying disease for which endophthalmitis could have been the first symptom. A 58-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a fever, vision disturbances, and pain in the left hand joint. His le...
{ "authors": [ "Yuhei Michiwaki", "Fumitaka Yamane", "Tatsuya Tanaka", "Ryohei Sashida", "Ren Fujiwara", "Tomihiro Wakamiya", "Kazuaki Shimoji", "Eiichi Suehiro", "Keisuke Onoda", "Masatou Kawashima", "Akira Matsuno" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_535_2022"...
PMC9282811
Background: Systemic anticoagulation has been the standard treatment for cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVT). Although endovascular treatments, including mechanical thrombectomy (MT), have been reported to be effective for CVT, no clear evidence has been established. Case description: A 51-year-old woman who had bee...
{ "authors": [ "David Y Liu", "Jessica R Hollenbach", "Jason A Gregorin", "Jonathan H Wynbrandt" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2020/4683507", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2020 Apr 20;2020:4683507.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.n...
PMC7189311
Acute Motor Sensory Axonal Neuropathy (AMSAN) is a rare and severe variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) that has a prolonged recovery course. GBS is often suspected due to ascending muscle weakness, sensation difficulties, respiratory compromise, and antecedent diarrhea. The diagnosis of GBS is supported by cerebro...
{ "authors": [ "Leandro Fonseca Noriega", "Nilton Gioia Di Chiacchio", "Nilton Di Chiacchio", "Andreza Ventura" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1590/abd1806-4841.20186828", "journal": "An Bras Dermatol", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan-Feb;93(1):126-128.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY...
PMC5871379
Acquired fibrokeratoma is a rare benign skin tumor that usually manifests as a slow-growing solitary nodular lesion of the digits. We report a case of plantar acquired fibrokeratoma evidencing its atypical size and topography, in addition to the treatment with simple surgical excision followed by healing by second inte...
{ "authors": [ "Bhavraj Khalsa", "Chandana Lall", "Roozbeh Houshyar", "John Fox" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2484/rcr.v10i1.1057", "journal": "Radiol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015 Dec 3;10(1):1057.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm....
PMC4921190
Choriocarcinoma is part of a rare spectrum of placental abnormalities known as gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD). It is the most invasive form of GTD, with a mortality rate approaching 100% if left untreated. It spreads predominantly hematogenously to multiple target sites, most commonly the lungs. Due to its hyp...
{ "authors": [ "Konstantinos Kasapas", "Anna Daskalaki", "George Kaimasidis", "George Chalkiadakis" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2013/816089", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2013;2013:816089.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.n...
PMC3703395
Introduction. Combined abdominal and thoracic impalement injuries are a rare form of penetrating trauma. Nowadays, they occur more frequently as an accident and not so often as a deliberate violent action. Case Report. A 35-year-old man was admitted to our emergency department with chest pain and respiratory distress a...
{ "authors": [ "Sang Ki Lee", "Dae Geon Song", "Won Sik Choy" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2014/619490", "journal": "Case Rep Orthop", "journal_detail": "2014;2014:619490.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24624306/", "major_mesh_ter...
PMC3929381
Introduction. A glomus tumor is a benign vascular tumor derived from glomus cells and occurs mainly in the subcutaneous layer of the subungual or digital pulp. Extradigital glomus tumors have been reported within the palm, wrist, forearm, foot, bone, stomach, colon, cervix, and mesentery. Glomus tumors can originate fr...
{ "authors": [ "Edgar Dehesa-López", "Sergio Saul Irizar-Santana", "Rolando Claure-Del Granado", "Rafael Valdez-Ortiz" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/7498373", "journal": "Case Rep Nephrol", "journal_detail": "2019 Sep 25;2019:7498373.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", ...
PMC6778882
Sedation during medical procedures poses a risk to any patient, and the use of specific anesthetic agents should be carefully considered to avoid adverse outcomes. We report on a patient with propofol infusion syndrome diagnosed during the post-operative period of a renal transplant. A 58-year-old female on chronic hem...
{ "authors": [ "Xiwen Sun", "Chunyu Luo", "Ru Tang", "Song Mao", "Ying Zhu", "Chonghui Fei", "Mengyu Wang", "Shaolin Tan", "Shiyao Zhang", "Jiayao Zhou", "Hai Lin", "Zhipeng Li", "Weitian Zhang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fimmu.2022.1062261", "jour...
PMC9877327
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is a rare primary immunodeficiency disease with a predisposition towards autoimmunity and lymphoproliferative diseases. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is reported to be the predominant form of malignant tumor in WAS sufferers. Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is one of the most common ty...
{ "authors": [ "Marina Guinda Ribeiro", "Gabriella Lucato Zunta", "Jéssica Silva Santos", "Aparecida Machado Moraes", "Carmen Silvia Passos Lima", "Manoela Marques Ortega" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/TACG.S155083", "journal": "Appl Clin Genet", "journal_detail": "2018 Aug 10...
PMC6089094
Xeroderma pigmentosum is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disease characterized by extreme sensitivity due to solar radiation and deficiency in excision repair DNA. Those factors promote a set of skin abnormalities such as keratosis, hyperpigmentation, tumors in areas exposed to sunlight, and ocular and, eventually, ...
{ "authors": [ "Huijun Zhang", "Zenghui Lu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2016.24.101.9701", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2016 May 31;24:101.", "keywords": [ "spinal tuberculosis", "case report", "imaging" ], "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pub...
PMC5012831
This is a case report of spinal tuberculosis combined with sacroiliac joint tuberculosis, pulmonary tuberculosis, chest wall tuberculosis and tuberculous pleurisy and the image of the patient is rare, special and not typical and it looks like a halo sign. It has an important reference value for the diagnosis of spine t...
{ "authors": [ "Felix Reyes", "Vytas Vaitkus", "Mohammad Al-Ajam" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.12.012", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan 12;23:98-102.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/294...
PMC5805849
Cocaine is a commonly abused recreational drug in the United States. An adult man developed non-specific pleuritic chest pain, pharyngitis and odynophagia after inhaling cocaine. Initial laboratory results revealed eosinophilia. Bronchoalveolar lavage also showed eosinophilia in the lavage fluid. These findings suggest...
{ "authors": [ "Maria Carolina Ortube", "Samuel P Strom", "Stanley F Nelson", "Steven Nusinowitz", "Ariadna Martinez", "Michael B Gorin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1471-2350-15-11", "journal": "BMC Med Genet", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan 20;15:11.", "keywords": null, "l...
PMC3905103
Background: A pediatric patient presented with rapidly progressive vision loss, nyctalopia and retinal dystrophy. This is the first report of homozygosity for the p.Arg602Trp mutation in the ABCA4 gene. The child became legally blind within a period of 2 years. Case presentation: An eight year-old Hispanic female prese...
{ "authors": [ "Rita Magano", "Rita Jorge", "Margarida Prata", "Maria Conceição Ventura", "José Gabriel Saraiva da Cunha" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2016.08.002", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2016 Aug 10;6:5-8.", "keywords": [ "hiv", "hemiballismus"...
PMC4995393
Infections of central nervous system (CNS) include a broad group of conditions and pose a particular challenge to physicians, especially in immunocompromised individuals. This case refers to a 26-year-old male patient with a history of smoked hashish and drug abuse admitted to the infectious disease department with hem...
{ "authors": [ "Yu Tung Lo", "David Siu Kei Mak", "Colum Patrick Nolan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_485_2020", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2020 Oct 15;11:343.", "keywords": [ "gastrointestinal stromal tumor", "spine metastasis", "spine surgery", ...
PMC7656017
Background: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) very rarely metastasize to the vertebrae. Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) confer favorable long-term survival and durable disease control for metastatic disease. Here, we reviewed a case and the literature to determine the various management options, and neurologica...
{ "authors": [ "Jose Iglesias", "Kandria Jumil Ledesma", "Paul J Couto", "Jessie Liu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/6290987", "journal": "Case Rep Transplant", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:6290987.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih...
PMC5359457
Tuberculosis (TB) occurring in solid organ transplantation (SOT) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality usually due to delays in diagnosis, drug toxicity encountered with antimycobacterial therapy, and drug-drug interactions. TB in SOT patients may mimic other infectious and noninfectious posttransplant...
{ "authors": [ "Eri Nakano", "Tsubasa Fukuoka", "Nao Takeuchi", "Tomoyuki Seki", "Michihiro Tamai", "Makoto Araki" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/3574064", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan 21;2019:3574064.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", ...
PMC6360626
Cephalosporins are one of the most commonly used first-line antibiotics. In this report, we describe the case of a patient who developed alveolar bleeding due to clotting abnormality following the use of cefmetazole, one of cephalosporins containing an N-methylthiotetrazole (NMTT) side chain. Compared to other antibiot...
{ "authors": [ "Satoru Takahashi", "Masashi Endo", "Takafumi Nagatomo", "Ryutaro Onaga", "Hironori Yamaguchi", "Rie Yamamoto", "Yukiko Fukuda", "Kazunari Ogawa", "Michiko Nakamura", "Kohei Okada", "Keiko Akahane", "Masahiro Kawahara", "Hiroshi Nishino", "Takehar...
PMC10105323
QUAD SHOT is an ultra-hypofractionated radiotherapy (RT) technique that prescribes 14.0-14.8 Gy over 2 days. Although this technique has already gained some status as an effective palliative treatment for inoperable head and neck cancer (HNC), its application in other situations has not been given much consideration. H...
{ "authors": [ "Sinan Sari", "Figen Dogu", "Vivian Hwa", "Sule Haskologlu", "Andrew Dauber", "Ron Rosenfeld", "Meltem Polat", "Zarife Kuloglu", "Aydan Kansu", "Buket Dalgic", "Aydan Ikinciogullari" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1007/s10875-015-0220-y", "journal": ...
PMC7254980
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{ "authors": [ "Yan Wang", "Shuangshuang Jiang", "Jiasheng Yang", "Ruilin Sun" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2022.101711", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2022 Aug 13;39:101711.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncb...
PMC9437903
UPVA (Unilateral pulmonary vein atresia) is the failure of connection between the common pulmonary vein and the left atrium. UPVA is a rare malformation of common pulmonary vein caused by embryonic development defects. Isolated UPVA is uncommon, the diagnosis commonly occurs during early childhood because of asthma, re...
{ "authors": [ "Kendall R Corbin", "Caitlin S Byrt", "Stefan Bauer", "Seth DeBolt", "Don Chambers", "Joseph A M Holtum", "Ghazwan Karem", "Marilyn Henderson", "Jelle Lahnstein", "Cherie T Beahan", "Antony Bacic", "Geoffrey B Fincher", "Natalie S Betts", "Rachel ...
PMC4549257
Plant biomass from different species is heterogeneous, and this diversity in composition can be mined to identify materials of value to fuel and chemical industries. Agave produces high yields of energy-rich biomass, and the sugar-rich stem tissue has traditionally been used to make alcoholic beverages. Here, the compo...
{ "authors": [ "Sujata Mohanty", "Jitender Dabas", "Monica S Tandon", "Daljit Singh", "Ujjwal Gulati" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0975-5950.168220", "journal": "Natl J Maxillofac Surg", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan-Jun;6(1):93-5.", "keywords": [ "ca-125", "meigs’ syndro...
PMC4668743
We are presenting a case of a 13-year-old female patient diagnosed and operated for maxillary odontogenic myxoma extending to the anterior cranial base. The postoperative complication occurred in the form of acute circulatory collapse. The patient was bailed out with cardiopulmonary resuscitation and return of spontane...
{ "authors": [ "Kiyohiro Oshima", "Masato Murata", "Makoto Aoki", "Jun Nakajima", "Yusuke Sawada", "Yuta Isshiki", "Yumi Ichikawa", "Shuichi Hagiwara" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.1155/2018/8283179", "journal": "Case Rep Emerg Med", "journal_detail": "2018 Jun 27;2018:8283...
PMC6040287
Equestrianism is associated with a risk of severe trauma due to falls and/or direct injury from the horse, depending on the mechanism of injury. This article presents four cases of equestrian injury treated in Gunma University Hospital: Case 1: hepatic injury (fall and kick by the horse); Case 2: left hemopneumothorax ...
{ "authors": [ "Nidhi Shah", "Anuja Bhalerao" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.34341", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 29;15(1):e34341.", "keywords": [ "abdominal sacrocolpopexy", "mccall’s culdoplasty", "sacral colpopexy", "surgical approach", "vagi...
PMC9974015
Vaginal vault prolapse is a painful condition in which the vaginal cuff descends. This report presents a case of a 65-year-old obese and diabetic female who was suffering from a third-degree vault prolapse. Conventionally used non-surgical treatments, such as exercises for the pelvic floor, are not as effective as surg...
{ "authors": [ "E Vancamp", "F M Vanhoenacker", "G Vanderschueren" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1259/bjrcr.20150141", "journal": "BJR Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015 Jun 29;1(2):20150141.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30363164/", "...
PMC6159126
Osteoid osteoma (OO) is a painful, benign bone-forming lesion, which often poses a diagnostic challenge. The aetiology of OO is still poorly understood. Although not generally accepted, an association with previous trauma or infection has occasionally been suggested. We present a case of an OO 12 years following an uln...
{ "authors": [ "Enoch Akowuah", "Joseph Rahamim" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1186/1749-8090-3-3", "journal": "J Cardiothorac Surg", "journal_detail": "2008 Jan 25;3:3.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18221541/", "major_mesh_terms": [ "...
PMC2253537
Dyspahgia in patients with malignant mesothelioma is usually due to direct infiltration of the eosophagus by the tumour. It can be distressing for the patient and challenging for the physician to treat. We describe three cases in which this condition has been successfully palliated with self expanding esophageal stents...
{ "authors": [ "S Dindyal", "K Mistry", "N Angamuthu", "G Smith", "D Hilton", "P Arumugam", "J Mathew" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1308/003588414X13824511649733", "journal": "Ann R Coll Surg Engl", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan;96(1):101E-103E.", "keywords": null, "license"...
PMC5137644
MELAS (mitochondrial cytopathy, encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes) is a syndrome in which signs and symptoms of gastrointestinal disease are uncommon if not rare. We describe the case of a young woman who presented as an acute surgical emergency, diagnosed as toxic megacolon necessitating an e...
{ "authors": [ "Jennifer Behzadi", "Rohan M Modi", "Kashika Goyal", "Wei Chen", "Sheryl Pfeil" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14309/crj.2017.118", "journal": "ACG Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2017 Nov 8;4:e118.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubm...
PMC5679778
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{ "authors": [ "Qiang Zheng", "Mingjia Zheng", "Yan Jin", "Xuxia Shen", "Ling Shan", "Lei Shen", "Yihua Sun", "Haiquan Chen", "Yuan Li" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.2147/OTT.S172124", "journal": "Onco Targets Ther", "journal_detail": "2018 Aug 17;11:4991-4998.", "key...
PMC6103612
Driver mutations involving tyrosine kinase receptors play crucial roles in the oncogenesis of lung adenocarcinoma. However, receptor tyrosine kinase mutations are extremely rare events in primary pulmonary neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC), which is a molecular heterogeneous entity. In this study, we examined 4 cases of N...
{ "authors": [ "Nikhil Vasdev", "Philippa Holmes", "Katie Senior", "Philip Haslam", "Tahseen Hasan", "Trevor Dorkin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2009/721469", "journal": "Adv Urol", "journal_detail": "2009;2009:721469.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "h...
PMC2801015
We present a rare case of a benign fibroepithelial polyp of the renal pelvis in a patient with familial adenomatous polyposis. In our paper we describe a new minimally invasive technique developed in our unit using an amplatz goose neck snare via a percutaneous nephroscope sheath in the management of the benign fibroep...
{ "authors": [ "Mehmet Ali Astarcıoğlu", "Macit Kalçık", "Mahmut Yesin", "Mehmet Özkan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2015/325396", "journal": "Case Rep Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2015;2015:325396.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.go...
PMC4430634
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{ "authors": [ "Maher Slimane", "Nada Belhaj Yahia", "Hanene Bouaziz", "Hatem Bouzaine", "Jamel Benhassouna", "Tarek Ben Dhieb", "Monia Hechiche", "Amor Gammoudi", "Khaled Rahal" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2016.24.287.8912", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "jo...
PMC5267787
Leiomyosarcoma (LMS) of inferior vena cava is a rare and aggressive tumor, arising from the smooth muscle cells in the vessel wall. A large complete surgical resection is the essential treatment. The need of vascular reconstruction is not always mandatory. It's above all to understand the place of the reconstruction wi...
{ "authors": [ "Hiroki Yokoyama", "Mayumi Sakaguchi", "Yuko Yamada", "Koichi Kitamoto", "Shinichi Okada", "Susumu Kanzaki", "Noriyuki Namba" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2020.00216", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2020 Jun 2;8:216.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC7280440
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common genetic disease causing renal cysts. Reports on kidney cyst infection in children are rare despite cyst infections being important complications of ADPKD. Here, we report a case of a child without any medical history who had a urinary tract infecti...
{ "authors": [ "Koen M Santifort", "Marta Plonek", "Paul J J Mandigers" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fvets.2023.1223800", "journal": "Front Vet Sci", "journal_detail": "2023 Jul 27;10:1223800.", "keywords": [ "behavioral problem", "canine", "compulsive disorder", "neuro...
PMC10414986
A 5.5 years-old male Dachshund was presented for evaluation because of undesirable behavior including barking, biting, sucking and licking the right-side flank, ventrally and slightly caudally to the level of the surgical incision 7 days after hemilaminectomy for a right-sided L1-2 intervertebral disc extrusion. The do...
{ "authors": [ "Selvam Ramachandran", "Preeti Thakur" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/1817-1745.84403", "journal": "J Pediatr Neurosci", "journal_detail": "2011 Jan;6(1):29-31.", "keywords": [ "constraint-induced movement therapy", "infantile hemiplegia", "shaping" ], "license...
PMC3173910
Infantile hemiplegia is one of the clinical forms of cerebral palsy that refers to impaired motor function of one half of the body owing to contralateral brain damage due to prenatal, perinatal and postnatal causes amongst which vascular lesion is the most common causative factor. We report here the effects of constrai...
{ "authors": [ "Meir Mizrahi", "Tomer Adar", "Efrat Orenbuch-Harroch", "Yair Elitzur" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2009/861370", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2009;2009:861370.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2018...
PMC2825772
Intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIgs) are used for several indications, including autoimmune conditions. IVIg treatment is associated with several possible adverse reactions including induction of a hypercoagulable state. We report a 76-year-old woman treated with IVIg for myasthenia gravis, which developed chest pain an...
{ "authors": [ "Ippei Kitade", "Hideaki Nakajima", "Hiroki Nakagawa", "Ai Takahashi", "Akihiko Matsumine" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.33420", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 5;15(1):e33420.", "keywords": [ "cervical decompressive surgery", "cerv...
PMC9899152
Treatment strategies for patients with cervical spinal cord injury (CSCI) without major bone injury in the acute phase are under debate. For CSCI without major bone injury, conservative treatment is often the first choice owing to the absence of fractures and spinal column instability. However, treatment of CSCI withou...
{ "authors": [ "Rashaad Bhyat", "Simon Hagens", "Katie Bryski", "Jocelyn Fausto Kohlmaier" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fpubh.2021.741424", "journal": "Front Public Health", "journal_detail": "2021 Oct 12;9:741424.", "keywords": [ "benefits - case study", "change efforts", ...
PMC8547540
Digital health has massive potential in health care but has been slow to evolve in comparison to other information-intensive industries, which have more readily taken advantage of new technology. One of the key barriers has been the complex relationship between the perceived return on investment for the investor and th...
{ "authors": [ "Malvika Sabharwal" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0974-1216.51911", "journal": "J Gynecol Endosc Surg", "journal_detail": "2009 Jan;1(1):57-8.", "keywords": [ "adhesiolysis", "bowel injury", "rectal probe", "rectosigmoid" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-SA", "link":...
PMC3304267
Large bowel injuries are unfortunate complications of laparoscopic surgery, with an incidence of 0.62 to 1.6 per 1000 laparoscopies. One-third of these injuries can be diagnosed intraoperatively, with the rest going unnoticed and revealed later. Rectal injury, a very rare complication, may be caused during pelvic disse...
{ "authors": [ "Craig Ferguson", "Mark Rockley", "Anukul Panu", "Robert Turnbull" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X14565423", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan 8;3:2050313X14565423.", "keywords": [ "celiac artery", "complications", "di...
PMC4857305
Cases of isolated spontaneous celiac trunk dissections have been appearing in the literature more recently with the increased availability of high-resolution computerized tomography angiograms. We report a unique case of this entity. A 48-year-old woman presented with acute abdominal pain that radiated to the back and ...
{ "authors": [ "Joaquín Valle Alonso", "Juan Jose de la Fuente Carillo", "Manuel Angel Gutierrez Solis", "Francisco Javier Vara Morate", "Daniel José López Ruiz" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Ann Gastroenterol", "journal_detail": "2013;26(4):360-362.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC3959472
Acute phlegmonous gastritis, a suppurative infection of the gastric wall, has a high mortality rate. This disease remains a mystery to most clinicians. The rarity of this disease and its nonspecific presentation make early diagnosis difficult, especially in the emergency department. We describe a case of acute phlegmon...
{ "authors": [ "Madiha Iqbal", "Prachi Jani", "Salman Ahmed", "Taimur Sher" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1155/2019/5092496", "journal": "Case Rep Hematol", "journal_detail": "2019 Feb 10;2019:5092496.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3...
PMC6387725
Lysozyme amyloidosis (ALys) is an exceedingly rare autosomal dominant hereditary type of systemic amyloidosis that can be misdiagnosed as other common types of systemic amyloidosis. The gastrointestinal tract and the kidney are the most common sites of organ involvement. No specific treatment exists for ALys, and the m...
{ "authors": [ "Taro Yanagawa", "Yoichi Harada", "Toru Hatayama", "Takuji Kono" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_262_2019", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2019 Aug 23;10:164.", "keywords": [ "impending ruptured aneurysm", "magnetic resonance imaging", ...
PMC6763665
Background: The annual rupture rate of small unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIAs) <5 mm is generally low; further, small UIAs are often treated conservatively. While the growth of aneurysms during follow-up is associated with a high risk of rupture, the urgency for surgical treatment of asymptomatic enlarged UIAs r...
{ "authors": [ "Obinna Nwaeze", "Stephen Obidike", "Dorinda Mullen", "Fuad Aftab" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.01.019", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015;8C:107-10.", "keywords": [ "cutaneous metastases", "follicular variant thyroid carc...
PMC4353927
Background: We report an adnexal lesion, which turned out to be a metastasis to the scalp from a left sided follicular variant papillary thyroid cancer. The patient has had history of right multi-nodular goiter 10 years prior to presentation. Case presentation: A 75-year old lady presented with a cutaneous lesion about...
{ "authors": [ "Konidena Aravinda", "Pamula Ratnakar", "Kandakurti Srinivas" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2230-8210.107878", "journal": "Indian J Endocrinol Metab", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan;17(1):170-3.", "keywords": [ "albright's syndrome", "fibroosseous lesion", "fibro...
PMC3659890
McCune- Albright Syndrome (MAS) is a rare fibrosseous lesion, characterized by a classic triad of polyostotic fibrous dysplasia (PFD), café -au-lait macules (CALM) and underlying endocrinopathies. We present the oral findings of an interesting case of MAS with relevant review of literature. A 30-year-old male presented...
{ "authors": [ "Onofrio Iacoviello", "Giuseppe Verriello", "Stefania Castellaneta", "Stefano Palladino", "Michela Wong", "Girolamo Mattioli", "Paola Giordano", "Ruggiero Francavilla", "Fernanda Cristofori" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2022.949144", "journal": "...
PMC9424671
Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis (HPS) represents a relatively rare occurrence beyond infancy. Here, we present the case of a barely 3-year-old boy diagnosed with late-onset HPS and successfully treated with extra-mucosal pyloromyotomy. We review the literature, challenging the principle that more aggressive surgical appr...
{ "authors": [ "Bhavuk Garg", "Soumya Chakraborty", "Vijay Kumar", "Rajesh Malhotra" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2012;12:29.", "keywords": [ "tuberculosis", "pseudo-tumor", "thigh" ], "license": "CC BY", "link": "https:...
PMC3415050
Psoas abscess in cases of tuberculosis originates from the primary lesion in the lower dorsal or the lumbar spine. From the spinal origin of the Psoas muscle, this abscess tracks down its sheath and may be palpable in the iliac fossa, in the lumbar triangle, in the upper part of thigh below the inguinal ligament. We pr...
{ "authors": [ "Paola Cianci", "Silvia Salvatore", "Alex Moretti", "Angela Berardinelli", "Alessandro Salvatoni", "Maddalena Marinoni", "Massimo Agosti" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/jpn.JPN_132_18", "journal": "J Pediatr Neurosci", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan-Mar;14(1):38...
PMC6601112
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is a chronically progressive or relapsing sensorimotor disorder presumably due to antibody-mediated reactions. It is a rare condition in children, with estimated prevalence as 0.48 per 100,000 among patients younger than 20 years of age. Recommended treatments in...
{ "authors": [ "Jesús Rocha-Maguey", "José-Angel Felix-Torrontegui", "Myriam Cabrera-López", "Macrina Gutiérrez-Castro", "Daniel Montante-Montes de Oca" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2152-7806.175070", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan 28;7:9.", "keywords...
PMC4743271
Background: Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD) is an uncommon, benign histiocytic proliferative disorder of unknown origin. It predominantly affects the lymph nodes, but can also be found extranodal in different organs. Nervous system involvement is rare, and the most cases are intracranial. Surgical treatment is indicated wh...
{ "authors": [ "Michael J Schatz", "Carl S Wilkins", "Oscar Otero-Marquez", "Toco Y P Chui", "Richard B Rosen", "Meenakashi Gupta" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/6816195", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol Med", "journal_detail": "2021 Dec 15;2021:6816195.", "keywords": nu...
PMC8695004
While plasmapheresis is well known to significantly improve both retinal findings and systemic manifestations associated with Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia, few reports exist documenting changes in optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A). The authors present a case of a patient with Waldenstrom macroglobulinem...
{ "authors": [ "Namhoon Lee", "Kiook Baek", "Soohyun Park", "Inho Hwang", "Insung Chung", "Wonil Choi", "Hyera Jung", "Miyoung Lee", "Seonhee Yang" ], "case_amount": 9, "doi": "10.1186/s40557-018-0248-6", "journal": "Ann Occup Environ Med", "journal_detail": "2018 Jun 4;3...
PMC5987387
Background: Using analysis of air samples from the workplace, we report on one case of pneumoconiosis in an individual who has been working in a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) spraying process for 28 years. Case presentation: The patient was diagnosed with granulomatous lung disease caused by PTFE using computed tomogr...
{ "authors": [ "Kiyoharu Shimizu", "Takafumi Mitsuhara", "Masaaki Takeda", "Satoshi Yamaguchi" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_80_2021", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2021 Mar 17;12:103.", "keywords": [ "fatty filum terminale", "filum terminale arteriov...
PMC8053458
Background: Filum terminale arteriovenous fistulas (FTAVFs) are rare and their pathogenesis remains unknown. The authors report two cases of FTAVF that arose in the lipoma of the filum terminale. Case description: The two patients were 72 and 76 years of age, and both presented with a progressive paraparesis. The first...
{ "authors": [ "Amine Ghalem", "Mohammed Bachrif", "Anass Hbali", "Mostapha Beghi", "Nabila Ismaili", "Noha El Ouafi" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2017/2865305", "journal": "Case Rep Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:2865305.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", ...
PMC5451782
Aortocardiac fistulae (ACF) are exceptionally due to infective endocarditis; they are usually congenital, posttraumatic, or complicate aortic dissection. In infective endocarditis setting, their presence should prompt urgent surgery as patients can deteriorate rapidly. We report the case of a 78-year-old female patient...
{ "authors": [ "David Goldenberg", "Laura A Payne", "Loran P Hayes", "Lonnie K Zeltzer", "Jennie Ci Tsao" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": null, "journal": "J Pain Manag", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan;6(1):61-68.", "keywords": [ "children", "chronic pain", "peer mentorship", ...
PMC4220682
Pain in children can become chronic and disabling, associated with high degrees of social isolation from schooling absences, physical limitations that prevent participation in social settings, and difficulties forming self-identity. This lack of social support network impairs social coping skills and can lead to worsen...
{ "authors": [ "Charlène Couturier", "Guillaume Dupont", "François Vassal", "Claire Boutet", "Jérôme Morel" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/2708734", "journal": "Case Rep Crit Care", "journal_detail": "2019 Feb 28;2019:2708734.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "lin...
PMC6421046
Background and importance: Cerebral fat embolism (CFE) occurs mainly after long-bone fractures. Often reducing to minor neurological disorders as confusion, it can sometimes cause more severe consequences such as coma or even death. While CFE has been described for several years, there is no consensual treatment. Clini...
{ "authors": [ "Ayuk Adaeze Chikaodinaka", "Anikene Chukwuemeka Jude" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2015/638962", "journal": "Case Rep Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2015;2015:638962.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26635987/", "major_mes...
PMC4617878
Background. Subcutaneous fat necrosis (SFN) is a rare, temporary, self-limited pathology affecting adipose tissue of full-term or postmature neonates. It is a rare entity especially in Nigeria and usually occurs in the first weeks following a complicated delivery. Because it is not very common, diagnosis is easily miss...
{ "authors": [ "Thushan Gooneratne", "Kankam Arrachchige Nuwan Chanaka", "Serosha Mandika Wijeyaratne" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1590/1677-5449.202101992", "journal": "J Vasc Bras", "journal_detail": "2022 May 2;21:e20210199.", "keywords": [ "arteriovenous fistula", "dialysis", ...
PMC9083547
Co-occurrence of acute limb ischemia (ALI) and arteriovenous fistula (AVF) as a manifestation of inadvertent arterial injury during percutaneous femoral vein dialysis catheter insertion is a rare and dangerous, but preventable complication. Iatrogenic femoral AVF commonly presents late, with leg swelling or high output...
{ "authors": [ "Tsuneari Takahashi", "Katsushi Takeshita" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2174/1874325001711011028", "journal": "Open Orthop J", "journal_detail": "2017 Aug 29;11:1028-1034.", "keywords": [ "hamstring tendon graft", "hip oa", "mpfl reconstruction", "medial patellofe...
PMC5612026
Introduction: Chronic patellofemoral instability occurs mainly in adolescent females and can also be induced by medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) injury. There are no case reports of MPFL reconstruction for chronic patellofemoral instability due to MPFL injury in aged populations. Case presentation: 81-year-old fem...
{ "authors": [ "Hong-Su Zhou", "Ting-Ting Li", "Yu Pi", "Song Wen", "Ting-Hua Wang", "Liu-Lin Xiong" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/JPR.S312805", "journal": "J Pain Res", "journal_detail": "2021 Oct 19;14:3301-3307.", "keywords": [ "great auricular nerve", "post-herpe...
PMC8541760
Objective: The current study aimed to further verify the feasibility of ultrasound-guided selective pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) therapy of greater auricular nerve (GAN) in the treatment of head and neck post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN) by observing the efficacy and safety. Methods: Under the guidance of high-frequency ult...
{ "authors": [ "Penelope Reimers", "Natalie Shenker", "Gillian Weaver", "Anna Coutsoudis" ], "case_amount": 6, "doi": "10.1186/s13006-018-0185-6", "journal": "Int Breastfeed J", "journal_detail": "2018 Sep 10;13:43.", "keywords": [ "breastfeeding", "case series", "donor human m...
PMC6131835
Background: Donor human milk is the World Health Organization's recommendation for infant feeding when the mother's own breast milk is unavailable. Breast milk has been shown to reduce morbidity and mortality and in low birthweight infants, donor milk reduces the incidence of necrotising enterocolitis, late onset sepsi...
{ "authors": [ "Yuka Ohmachi", "Shin Urai", "Hironori Bando", "Jun Yokoi", "Masaaki Yamamoto", "Keitaro Kanie", "Yuma Motomura", "Yasutaka Tsujimoto", "Yuriko Sasaki", "Yuka Oi", "Naoki Yamamoto", "Masaki Suzuki", "Hiroki Shichi", "Genzo Iguchi", "Natsumi Ue...
PMC9846794
Kenny-Caffey syndrome type 2 (KCS2) is an extremely rare skeletal disorder involving hypoparathyroidism and short stature. It has an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance and is caused by variants in the FAM111 trypsin-like peptidase A (FAM111A) gene. This disease is often difficult to diagnose due to a wide range ...
{ "authors": [ "Eun Ae Cho", "Jee Hee Yoon", "Hee Kyung Kim", "Ho-Cheol Kang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1472-6823-14-1", "journal": "BMC Endocr Disord", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan 2;14:1.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24383...
PMC3883471
Background: Non-thyroidal illness (NTI) refers to changes in thyroid hormone levels in critically ill patients in the absence of primary hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid dysfunction, and these abnormalities usually resolve after clinical recovery. However, NTI can be accompanied by primary thyroid dysfunction. We report ...
{ "authors": [ "José Dario Portillo Miño", "Efrén Esteban Cerón Muñoz" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101110", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020 May 30;30:101110.", "keywords": [ "cystic fibrosis", "hepatobiliary", "infant" ], "license": "C...
PMC7289766
This case report attempts an approach to the clinical findings of hepatobiliary manifestations in Cystic Fibrosis. Infant less than 1-month-old with an insidious clinical picture that debut with hepatobiliary manifestations and jaundice, upper respiratory infection and gastrointestinal sepsis non-specific. Cystic Fibro...
{ "authors": [ "Ahmet Bilici", "Mustafa Dikilitas", "Ozlem Ton Eryilmaz", "Bekir Selim Bagli", "Fatih Selcukbiricik" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2012/292140", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol Med", "journal_detail": "2012;2012:292140.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "lin...
PMC3517835
Prostate cancer commonly metastasizes bones and lymph nodes, but it very rarely spreads to the gastrointestinal tract. However, only five cases of prostate cancer metastatic to the stomach have been previously reported in the literature. We report a case of a 69-year-old man with metastatic prostate cancer who presente...
{ "authors": [ "Mustafa T Gurbaz", "Ahmet Kazez", "Unal Bakal", "Tugay Tartar", "Fikret Ersoz", "Yunus Colakoglu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0971-9261.91083", "journal": "J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg", "journal_detail": "2012 Jan;17(1):26-7.", "keywords": [ "bochdalek"...
PMC3263035
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH, Bochdalek type) is rarely seen in both members of identical twins. Herein, we report a 37 weeks' twins with CDH along with a brief review of the literature. Both the neonates survived.
{ "authors": [ "Kevin H Toomer", "Daniela de Lima Corvino", "Katie A McCrink", "Jose Armando Gonzales Zamora" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00816", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2020 May 12;21:e00816.", "keywords": [ "carbapenemases", "catheter-relate...
PMC7242868
The New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM) is a mediator of broad antimicrobial resistance among the Enterobacteriaceae and other gram-negative pathogens that cause opportunistic and nosocomial infections. In the decade since its discovery, NDM has spread worldwide and represents an increasing threat to public health. NDM...
{ "authors": [ "Mariana Rei", "Sofia Raposo", "Paulo Figueiredo", "Rita Sousa", "Luís Sá" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12688/f1000research.20420.2", "journal": "F1000Res", "journal_detail": "2019 Sep 12;8:1630.", "keywords": [ "borderline tumor", "high grade serous carcinoma...
PMC6871352
Ovarian borderline serous tumors present with peritoneal involvement in 20% of cases, either as non-invasive or invasive implants, the latter also known as extraovarian low-grade serous carcinoma. The coexistence of high-grade serous carcinoma is rare, suggesting a synchronous neoplasia with a distinct and independent ...
{ "authors": [ "Gayatri Ravikumar", "Shalini Mullick", "Anuradha Ananthamurthy", "Marjorie Correa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2011/602853", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:602853.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nl...
PMC3350037
Synovial sarcomas commonly occur in the extremities of young adults. A primary occurrence in the mediastinum is very rare with only a few reported cases in the world literature. This paper is about a 42-year-old male who presented with chest pain and dyspnoea on exertion. Imaging showed an anterior mediastinal mass wit...
{ "authors": [ "Mohamed Sharafeldeen", "Vahid Mehrnoush", "Asmaa Ismail", "Ahmed Zakaria", "Hazem Elmansy", "Walid Shahrour", "Owen Prowse", "Ahmed Kotb" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.15586/jkcvhl.v9i3.231", "journal": "J Kidney Cancer VHL", "journal_detail": "2022 Aug 12;9...
PMC9396959
Over the last two decades, the treatment of metastatic RCC has changed significantly, and the role of surgery is being debated. A 50-year-old man presented with pain in his left loin. An ultrasound, followed by a CT scan, revealed a 17.5 cm left renal mass invading the left suprarenal gland, spleen, and pancreatic tail...
{ "authors": [ "Tanyi John Tanyi", "Julius Atashili" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2015.21.38.6595", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2015 May 19;21:38.", "keywords": [ "history taking", "diagnosis", "lymph node", "physical examination", "resource-lim...
PMC4564422
History taking and physical examination is the cornerstone of medical diagnosis as will lead to correct diagnosis 90% of the time. We report a case of a 30-year-old black African man with lymph node tuberculosis diagnosed one year and six months later after onset of symptoms and signs. Clinicians especially those in re...
{ "authors": [ "Shuhei Nishiyama", "Tatsuro Misu", "Yukiko Shishido-Hara", "Kazuo Nakamichi", "Masayuki Saijo", "Yoshiki Takai", "Kentarou Takei", "Naoki Yamamoto", "Hiroshi Kuroda", "Ryuta Saito", "Mika Watanabe", "Teiji Tominaga", "Ichiro Nakashima", "Kazuo Fu...
PMC5930970
Objective: To clarify the clinical, neuropathologic, and virologic characteristics of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) and its immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) in a patient with fingolimod-treated MS. Methods: A case study. Results: A 34-year-old patient with MS using fingolimod for 4 ...
{ "authors": [ "Raid Kofahi", "Belal Aldabbour", "Ma'en Aljezawi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S280255", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2020 Oct 20;13:543-549.", "keywords": [ "guillain-barre syndrome", "acute inflammatory polyradiculoneuropathy", ...
PMC7585809
The pure sensory variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome "GBS" is controversial. Scarce case reports in the literature have described pure sensory presentations secondary to acute demyelination of peripheral sensory nerves. Pure sensory GBS secondary to axonal damage is rarer and even more controversial owing to a significa...
{ "authors": [ "Kei Yanagisawa", "Akiko Kameyama", "Hiroshi Miyama", "Koutarou Mori", "Masao Hattori", "Hiroshi Imamura", "Kenichi Nitta" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023/9192396", "journal": "Case Rep Crit Care", "journal_detail": "2023 Aug 12;2023:9192396.", "keyword...
PMC10439831
Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma, an extranodal large B-cell lymphoma, is a rare hematological malignancy with only a few reports of lung involvement. We report a case of intravascular large B-cell lymphoma with acute hypoxic respiratory failure and interstitial lung disease diagnosed via random skin biopsies. A 54-...
{ "authors": [ "Ignazio Cali", "Laura Cracco", "Dario Saracino", "Rossana Occhipinti", "Cinzia Coppola", "Brian Stephen Appleby", "Gianfranco Puoti" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fncel.2020.00150", "journal": "Front Cell Neurosci", "journal_detail": "2020 Jul 8;14:150.", ...
PMC7362343
The insertion of additional 168 base pair containing seven octapeptide repeats in the prion protein (PrP) gene region spanning residues 51-91 is associated with inherited prion disease. In 2008, we reported the clinical features of a novel de novo seven-octapeptide repeat insertion (7-OPRI) mutation coupled with codon ...
{ "authors": [ "Kazuhiro Shimizu", "Tsuyoshi Tabata", "Masahiro Iwakawa", "Shuji Sato", "Toshio Kinoshita" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S422196", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2023 Aug 22;16:461-465.", "keywords": [ "angiotensin receptor-neprilys...
PMC10460203
A 72-year-old man presented to our clinic with hypertension. Arterial stiffness evaluated by cardio ankle vascular index (CAVI) was markedly increased at 13.5. We treated him using 80 mg/day of valsartan for three months. CAVI was decreased from 13.5 to 13.0. However, his BP fluctuations were still high. We changed the...
{ "authors": [ "Manas Ranjan Puhan", "Bharati Sahu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0974-7753.153453", "journal": "Int J Trichology", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan-Mar;7(1):30-2.", "keywords": [ "dermoscopy", "ingrowing hair", "pseudofolliculitis corporis" ], "license": "CC BY-N...
PMC4387696
Pseudofolliculitis mainly affects the beard area, but it can occur in any area of hair-bearing skin when traumatic methods like shaving or plucking are used to remove the hair. It can be a simple cosmetic problem or a disturbing medical condition for which the dermatologist must be prepared. It can develop in areas of ...
{ "authors": [ "Fj Mpogoro", "B Gumodoka", "A Kihunrwa", "An Massinde" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2141-9248.109472", "journal": "Ann Med Health Sci Res", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan;3(1):113-5.", "keywords": [ "abdominal pregnancy", "advanced", "live", "placenta",...
PMC3634207
Advanced abdominal pregnancies with live twin fetuses are extremely rare and are misdiagnosed in up to 60% of the cases. Such a case is presented here, highlighting the diagnostic and management challenges encountered. A high index of suspicion in making the diagnosis of this rare variety of ectopic pregnancy, emphasiz...
{ "authors": [ "Esma Altınel Açoğlu", "Meltem Akçaboy", "Yasemin Taşçı Yıldız", "Nedim C M Gülaldı", "Eyüp Sarı", "Pelin Zorlu", "Saliha Şenel" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14744/TurkPediatriArs.2018.69379", "journal": "Turk Pediatri Ars", "journal_detail": "2019 Dec 25;54(4):...
PMC6952463
Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis is a rare autoinflammatory, immunologic disorder. It may involve recurrent inflammatory bone pain associated with aseptic osteomyelitis. If the diagnosis is delayed, it negatively influences quality of life by leading to persistent symptoms or joint damage. Herein, we report a...
{ "authors": [ "Moinullah Syed", "Divya Bhattacharya", "Bikash Parida", "Ashok Sharma" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12659/PJR.903021", "journal": "Pol J Radiol", "journal_detail": "2017 Oct 20;82:607-611.", "keywords": [ "angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia", "diffusion ...
PMC5894045
Background: Kimura disease is an uncommon, benign, chronic, idiopathic disease that is seen mainly in the Asian population, particularly in females. It mainly affects the salivary glands and in particular parotid and cervical lymph nodes. So far, the diagnosis of Kimura disease has been based on histopathology. We here...
{ "authors": [ "Kaihang Zhong", "Yuyan Xu", "Yuan Cheng", "Yaohong Wen", "Lei Cai", "Guolin He", "Huakun Huang", "Shunjun Fu", "Xuefeng Zhong", "Yating Zheng", "Tingting Chen", "Mengli Huang", "Mingxin Pan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fimmu.2022.99976...
PMC9471014
Portal vein tumor thrombus (PVTT) is a frequent complication in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). HCC patients with PVTT have the characteristics of less treatment tolerance and poor prognosis. Immunotherapy, especially combined immunotherapy, has been successfully used in advanced HCC. However, there are no recognized u...
{ "authors": [ "Usman T Siddiqui", "Hira Shahzad", "Asad Jamil Raja" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.09.038", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015;17:12-5.", "keywords": [ "inflammatory bowel disease", "pneumoperitoneum", "pneumoretroperitoneu...
PMC4701756
Introduction: Pneumo-mediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema are rare presentations of lower gastrointestinal tract perforation. Presentation of case: We are presenting the case of a middle aged man diagnosed with UC who presented with dyspnea and subcutaneous emphysema, attributed to multiple perforations including the...
{ "authors": [ "Anastácio Queiroz Sousa", "Margarida M Lima Pompeu", "Richard D Pearson" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4269/ajtmh.15-0211", "journal": "Am J Trop Med Hyg", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan;94(1):1-2.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih....
PMC4710411
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{ "authors": [ "Hong Jiang", "Zhenchang Wang", "Junfang Xian", "Likun Ai" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1258/arsr.2011.110002", "journal": "Acta Radiol Short Rep", "journal_detail": "2012 Jan 12;1(1):arsr.2011.110002.", "keywords": [ "metastasis", "extra ocular muscle", "hepa...
PMC3738330
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) rarely metastasizes to the extra ocular muscles (EOMs). We present a case of bilateral metastasis of HCC to the EOMs and focus on the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features. Orbital MRI revealed nodular enlargement of bilateral multiple EOMs, with isointensity on T1-weighted images and...
{ "authors": [ "Danilo Coco", "Silvana Leanza" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2021.39.171.29742", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2021 Jul 6;39:171.", "keywords": [ "urinary bladder diverticulum", "male", "patient" ], "license": "CC BY", "link": "https:...
PMC8449565
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{ "authors": [ "Alexandros L Georgiadis", "Ammar Al-Kawi", "Nazli Janjua", "Jawad F Kirmani", "Mustapha A Ezzeddine", "Adnan I Qureshi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2484/rcr.2007.v2i4.37", "journal": "Radiol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015 Dec 7;2(4):37.", "keywords": [ "...
PMC4895774
A 52-year-old woman with a large left-hemispheric stroke was transferred to our hospital for possible endovascular treatment. The patient underwent a cerebral angiogram at 7 hours after symptom onset with intent to treat and was found to have occlusion of the proximal M1-segment of the left middle cerebral artery (MCA)...
{ "authors": [ "Roberto Rocha-e-Silva", "Ricardo De Mola", "Elizeu de Souza Santos", "Dennys Marcel Sanches Martins", "Vanessa Rejane Pesciotto", "Dalton Marcelo Hatori", "João Paulo Martins Greco" ], "case_amount": 5, "doi": "10.6061/clinics/2012(05)24", "journal": "Clinics (Sao P...
PMC3351261
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{ "authors": [ "Muneera A Alabdulqader", "Sumayah Al Hajjaj" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1177/2329048X18773218", "journal": "Child Neurol Open", "journal_detail": "2018 Apr 26;5:2329048X18773218.", "keywords": [ "biotin", "biotin-responsive basal ganglia disease", "biotin-thiamine-...
PMC5946631
Background: Biotin-thiamine-responsive basal ganglia disease (BTBGD) is a rare treatable autosomal recessive neurometabolic disorder characterized by progressive encephalopathy that eventually leads to severe disability and death if not treated with biotin and thiamine supplements. Objectives: We aimed to determine the...
{ "authors": [ "Eisa A Lari", "Ali A Lari", "Talal Alsaeed" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.05.061", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020;72:56-58.", "keywords": [ "adenomyoepithilioma", "breast", "malignant", "mastectomy", "wide local...
PMC7283092
Introduction: Malignant breast adenomyoepithelioma (AME) is a rare subtype of breast cancer. AME is mostly a benign disease that uncommonly undergoes malignant transformation. Presentation of case: Here we present a case of a young, previously healthy female who initially presented with a painless breast lump. The pati...
{ "authors": [ "Suna Avcı", "Fatih Selcukbiricik", "Ahmet Bilici", "Gülkan Ozkan", "Ayse Ayşim Ozağarı", "Fatih Borlu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2012/314535", "journal": "Case Rep Obstet Gynecol", "journal_detail": "2012;2012:314535.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC ...
PMC3540696
Introduction. Malignant transformation in a mature cystic teratoma of the ovary is a rare complication. Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common transformation. We describe a new case of squamous cell carcinoma arising in a mature cystic teratoma. Case Report. A premenopausal 52-year-old female patient is diagnosed w...
{ "authors": [ "Nan Dong", "Ashly E Jordan", "Xiaozhu Shen", "Xuan Wu", "Xianghong Guo", "Hongru Zhao", "Yajuan Wang", "Dapeng Wang", "Qi Fang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2022.815902", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2022 May 4;13:815902.", ...
PMC9114505
Background: Rhino-orbital cerebral mucormycosis (ROCM) is a rare, invasive, and fatal fungal disease. Due to the lack of specific clinical manifestations and adequate auxiliary examinations, patients are easily misdiagnosed in the early stage. Early diagnosis and timely therapy are essential for successful treatment. C...
{ "authors": [ "A Khan", "A Freeman", "H Patapanian" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ejvssr.2017.06.001", "journal": "EJVES Short Rep", "journal_detail": "2017 Jul 18;36:1-4.", "keywords": [ "segmental arterial mediolysis", "splanchnic vessels", "splenic artery aneurysm" ]...
PMC5626913
Introduction: Segmental arterial mediolysis is a rare disorder characterised by disintegration of the medial layer of an arterial wall usually affecting the intra-abdominal splanchnic vessels. Report: A case of 50 year old man who presented with sudden-onset left sided flank pain is reported. A computed tomography mese...
{ "authors": [ "Debbie Lee", "Kitt Shaffer" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2484/rcr.v1i3.41", "journal": "Radiol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015 Nov 6;1(3):103-7.", "keywords": [ "ct, computed tomography", "iv, intravenous", "la, left atrial", "pa, pulmonary artery", "pv, p...
PMC4891564
Embolization of central catheter fragments is a rare but well-documented complication of indwelling vascular devices. We describe a unique case of a catheter fragment migrating through the pulmonary vasculature after indwelling reservoir catheter removal in a 42 year-old female with metastatic breast cancer. The cathet...
{ "authors": [ "Komei Nishimura", "Kana Miyazaki", "Kazutaka Suzuki", "Kensuke Hachiya", "Yasutaka Tono", "Satoshi Tamaru", "Hiroshi Imai", "Hiroaki Miyoshi", "Koichi Ohshima", "Yoshinaga Okugawa", "Isao Tawara", "Motoko Yamaguchi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10....
PMC9898712
Histiocytic sarcoma (HS) is a rare malignancy showing morphologic and immunophenotypic features of histiocytes. HS has morphologic overlap with many other diseases, including various kinds of lymphomas. Gray zone lymphoma (GZL) is a rare B-cell lymphoma subtype characterized by overlapping features between diffuse larg...
{ "authors": [ "Daisuke Takei", "Tomoyuki Abe", "Hironobu Amano", "Naomichi Hirano", "Tsuyoshi Kobayashi", "Hideki Ohdan", "Toshinori Kondo", "Masahiro Nakahara", "Toshio Noriyuki" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.12.012", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", ...
PMC5222945
Introduction: Recently, immunosuppressant-associated malignant lymphoma (ML) cases have been increasing along with the development of several effective immunosuppressant drugs for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Among methotrexate (MTX)-associated lymphoproliferative disorders, primary hepatic lymphoma (PHL) in patients wit...
{ "authors": [ "Ahmed Mussa Jusabani", "Mubashir Alavi Jusabani", "Dhanji Karsan Patel", "Dilipkumar Anant Pradhan", "Kaushik Laxmidas Ramaiya", "Salim Ramzan Surani" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2020.37.298.25252", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2020 De...
PMC7881921
Since it was first documented in 1948 by Sir William Heneage Ogilvie, numerous cases of Ogilvie syndrome have been described in literature due to various medical and surgical causes. Nonetheless, only a handful of cases only have been documented due to underlying Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). A 41-year-old...