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{ "authors": [ "Rupak Datta", "Dayna McManus", "Jeffrey Topal", "Manisha Juthani-Mehta" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1093/ofid/ofx277", "journal": "Open Forum Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan 27;5(1):ofx277.", "keywords": [ "antimicrobials", "end-of-life", "palliativ...
PMC5788065
Administering and monitoring intravenous antimicrobials may cause discomfort in patients at the end of life and delay transition to hospice. We describe 3 patients with terminal cancer with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus gallolyticus, and Granulicatella adiacens bacteremia who were managed w...
{ "authors": [ "Rachel Yehuda", "Linda M Bierer", "Laura Pratchett", "Monica Malowney" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3402/ejpt.v1i0.5643", "journal": "Eur J Psychotraumatol", "journal_detail": "2010;1.", "keywords": [ "glucocorticoids", "ptsd", "cortisol", "learning", ...
PMC3402017
Rationale: Prolonged exposure (PE) therapy has been found to reduce symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); however, it is difficult for many patients to engage fully in the obligatory retelling of their traumatic experiences. This problem is compounded by the fact that habituation and cognitive restructuring...
{ "authors": [ "Matthew D Epstein", "Felix S Chew" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2484/rcr.v3i4.248", "journal": "Radiol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015 Dec 7;3(4):248.", "keywords": [ "ct, computed tomography", "mri, magnetic resonance imaging" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link...
PMC4897601
A young adult male equestrian sustained an avulsion of his levator ani muscle and its bony origin secondary to a horse landing on his groin. Avulsion of the levator ani muscle has, to our knowledge, only been described in obstetric related injuries. We describe the findings on CT imaging of this traumatic blunt injury.
{ "authors": [ "Lee L Q Pu", "Ping Song" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1093/asjof/ojab004", "journal": "Aesthet Surg J Open Forum", "journal_detail": "2021 Feb 23;3(1):ojab004.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34212139/", "major_mesh_te...
PMC8240736
Nipple-areola complex (NAC) reconstruction is an important part of breast reconstruction. Although several techniques for NAC reconstruction have been described in the literature, the long-term outcomes after NAC reconstruction remain less satisfactory, especially following implant-based breast reconstruction. The auth...
{ "authors": [ "Min Chen", "Yuhang Li", "Bo Cheng", "Qi Zhang", "Xin Liu", "Kaijun Wang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2022.902716", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2022 May 19;9:902716.", "keywords": [ "co2 laser-assisted sclerectomy surgery",...
PMC9160387
Introduction: Bilateral congenital ectropion uveae (CEU) is rare syndrome, usually accompanied by refractory glaucoma. Proper and timely treatment was very important for the prognosis. The report aims to compare the long-term outcomes and complications between the two eyes after different approaches of surgery in a cas...
{ "authors": [ "Erdem Mengi", "Erhan Demirhan", "Ilker Burak Arslan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14744/nci.2014.96967", "journal": "North Clin Istanb", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan 24;1(3):175-177.", "keywords": [ "alzheimer’s disease", "aural myiasis", "otorrhagia" ], "lice...
PMC5175039
Myiasis is the infestation of live vertebrates with dipterous larvae. Aural myiasis involves infestation of the external ear and/or middle ear. It is a rare clinical state that usually occurs in patients who have mental or physical disabilities. Although myiasis is a self-limiting disease, it can be associated with fat...
{ "authors": [ "He Biwei", "Su Min", "Wang Yanlin", "Zhao Xinrong", "Gao Li", "Hua Renyi", "Sun Jinling", "Wang Shan", "Wu Yi", "Cheng Weiwei" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fgene.2022.1002089", "journal": "Front Genet", "journal_detail": "2022 Oct 31;13:1002089...
PMC9662688
Ectrodactyly-ectodermal dysplasia-cleft (EEC) syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by ectrodactyly, ectodermal dysplasia, and orofacial clefting. Reduced penetrance is manifested in these core features and additional under-recognized features, especially in prenatal cases. Here, we present a fetus w...
{ "authors": [ "Waseem Mehmood Nizamani", "Mubbashira Siddiqui", "Sehrish Nizar Ali Momin", "Muhammad Waqas", "Rashid Jooma" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/sni.sni_267_17", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2018 Apr 5;9:72.", "keywords": [ "empty sella turcica"...
PMC5909097
Background: Post-surgical empty sella is related to the removal of pituitary tumors either from the transcranial or transphenoidal route, rendering diaphragma sellae incompetent at the end of the procedure. This subsequently leads to herniation of the third ventricle and optic apparatus into the empty sella. Studies ha...
{ "authors": [ "Espen Nordheim", "Melinda Raki", "Karsten Midtvedt" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2022.906925", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2022 May 24;9:906925.", "keywords": [ "biopsy", "history", "immunosuppressants", "kidney", "tran...
PMC9170981
Background: There has been a considerable improvement in post-transplant care since the early 1960s. Some patients we meet in the clinic have personally experienced this progress and have histories to tell that one must not forget. This is the brief history of a long-time "transplant survivor." Case presentation: In 19...
{ "authors": [ "Ali Tardu", "Mehmet Ali Yagci", "Servet Karagul", "Ismail Ertugrul", "Cuneyt Kayaalp" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.01.005", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016;20:46-8.", "keywords": [ "hernia", "inguinal", "mass", ...
PMC4818296
Introduction: Retroperitoneal masses presenting as an inguinal hernia are rare conditions. Presentation of case: A 53 year old male admitted with the symptoms of weight loss, abdominal discomfort and left sided recurrent inguinal hernia. Physical examination demonstrated an abdominal mass in the left flank and an irred...
{ "authors": [ "Ross Pinson", "Induruwa Pathirana", "John Magulick", "Jeremy Domanski", "Emuejevoke Okoh", "Craig Womeldorph" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.14309/crj.2017.20", "journal": "ACG Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2017 Feb 1;4:e20.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC B...
PMC5291716
Current guidelines recommend management of benign gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) with serial dilations. Self-expanding metal stents are effective, but their use is complicated by high rates of migration. We present two cases from our institution where a uniquely designed, lumen-apposing metal stent (LAMS) was success...
{ "authors": [ "Mohd-Tahir Fadzillah", "Siti-Raihan Ishak", "Mohtar Ibrahim" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2013/413953", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol Med", "journal_detail": "2013;2013:413953.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/235096...
PMC3590499
Aim. To report a case of refractory fungal keratitis caused by Scedosporium apiospermum. Methods. Interventional case report. Results. A 47-year-old Malay housewife presented with left eye cornea ulcer as her first presentation of diabetes mellitus. There was no history of ocular trauma, contact lens used, or cornea fo...
{ "authors": [ "Samer Mereani", "Amjad Alotaibi", "Ahmed Bokhari" ], "case_amount": 6, "doi": "10.1155/2022/9973333", "journal": "Case Rep Dent", "journal_detail": "2022 Apr 29;2022:9973333.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35527724/", "maj...
PMC9076339
Objective: A change in the location of two permanent teeth within the same quadrant of the dental arch is known as tooth transposition. This article illustrates the nonextraction treatment of a bilaterally complete transposition between maxillary canines and first premolars, using fixed mechanics. Material and Method. ...
{ "authors": [ "Jasna Pavičić-Astaloš", "Emmanuel Ankamah", "John M Nolan", "Eugene Ng", "Julian García-Feijoo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000523906", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2022 Apr 4;13(1):253-258.", "keywords": [ "fixation suture", "in...
PMC9082189
We report a case of an inferonasal hypertrophic bleb complication which formed 5 months after Xen Gel Stent implantation for intraocular pressure (IOP) control in a primary open-angle glaucoma patient and its management using a fixation suture. The patient underwent an uneventful right-eye phacoemulsification and intra...
{ "authors": [ "Hemalatha Hiremath", "Rolly S Agarwal", "Pallav Patni", "Sapna Chauhan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0972-0707.173213", "journal": "J Conserv Dent", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan-Feb;19(1):106-8.", "keywords": [ "2% chlorhexidine (chx) gluconate", "accidental ...
PMC4760004
We report a case where 2% chlorhexidine (CHX) gluconate was mistaken for an anesthetic solution and infiltrated into the buccal vestibule during routine root canal treatment. Accidentally, 2% CHX gluconate solution was injected in the right upper buccal vestibule (16) of a 23-year-old male during routine root canal tre...
{ "authors": [ "Ni Komang Sri Dewi Untari", "Kurnia Kusumastuti", "Guritno Suryokusumo", "I Ketut Sudiana" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/JNRP_9_2022", "journal": "J Neurosci Rural Pract", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan-Mar;14(1):145-148.", "keywords": [ "acute motor axonal neuropa...
PMC9944315
Acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN) is a rare immune-mediated disorder characterized by acute flaccid paralysis with elevated levels of GM1 antibodies. It is also known as a subtype of the Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) and develops since antigen s serve as antibodies in the spinal cord. We report a case diagnosed as A...
{ "authors": [ "Mevludin Mekic", "Edin Begic", "Selma Mutevelic", "Adela Sinancevic" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/ijabmr.IJABMR_200_20", "journal": "Int J Appl Basic Med Res", "journal_detail": "2021 Jan-Mar;11(1):50-52.", "keywords": [ "churg-strauss syndrome", "eosinophil...
PMC8025947
Churg-Strauss syndrome (CCS) or eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis is a rare condition, which is a challenge for both diagnosis and treatment in clinical work. Occurrences of cardiac complications represent a negative predictor of treatment outcome for these patients. The aim of this article is to present th...
{ "authors": [ "Saurabh Kapoor", "Akshay D Gadiya", "Fahid T Rasul", "David Bell" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.13107/jocr.2020.v10.i02.1704", "journal": "J Orthop Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020;10(2):73-75.", "keywords": [ "procalcitonin", "drug hypersensitivity", "sepsi...
PMC7476689
Introduction: Drug hypersensitivity is an important differential diagnosis in patients of infective spondylodiscitis, who develop systemic symptoms such as fever, rash, and arthralgia while on treatment with antibiotics. As these symptoms may also be present in sepsis progression, differentiation between two is very di...
{ "authors": [ "Vincenzo Nasca", "Anna Maria Frezza", "Carlo Morosi", "Ciriaco Buonomenna", "Antonina Parafioriti", "Giorgio Zappalà", "Federica Bini", "Paolo Giovanni Casali", "Mattia Loppini", "Silvia Stacchiotti" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2022.953149", ...
PMC9343706
Giant cell tumor of the bone (GCTB) is a locally aggressive neoplasm where surgery is often curative. However, it can rarely give rise to distant metastases. Currently, the only available active therapeutic option for unresectable GCTB is denosumab, an anti-RANKL monoclonal antibody that dampens the aggressive osteolys...
{ "authors": [ "Elisa Rogowitz", "Hani M Babiker", "Mohammed Kanaan", "Rebecca A Millius", "Q Scott Ringenberg", "Maria Bishop" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1186/2162-3619-3-20", "journal": "Exp Hematol Oncol", "journal_detail": "2014 Jul 17;3:20.", "keywords": [ "adult", ...
PMC4112985
Neuroblastoma is considered a pediatric malignancy as over 95% of cases are diagnosed in patients ≤10 years old. This cancer is extremely rare in elderly patients. We conducted a Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database analysis in the USA between 1973-2007 that revealed only 35 elderly patients (>60...
{ "authors": [ "Koji Tsutsumi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X14550118", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2014 Sep 10;2:2050313X14550118.", "keywords": [ "coronary elongation", "pulmonary arterial wall flap", "two-artery system" ], "license": "CC BY...
PMC4857338
An asymptomatic 10-year-old girl with anomalous connection of the left coronary artery to the pulmonary artery underwent successful surgical repair to create a two-artery coronary system with a coronary elongation technique using an autologous pulmonary arterial wall flap. This technique facilitates direct and tension-...
{ "authors": [ "Raymond J Leveillee", "Emily Fell Kelly" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1089/cren.2016.0051", "journal": "J Endourol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016 Jun 1;2(1):114-6.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27579436/", "major_mesh_...
PMC4996608
Background: Since the development of the first flexible ureteroscope, in 1964, technological advances in image quality, flexibility, and deflection have led to the development of the first single-use digital flexible ureteroscope, LithoVue™ (Boston Scientific, Marlborough, MA). With respect to reusable fiber-optic and ...
{ "authors": [ "Qiuping Liang", "Xiaogong Liang", "Dengwei Hong", "Yuan Fang", "Lanlan Tang", "Jiao Mu", "Xiaoli Tan", "Feng Chen" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2022.1044043", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 13;9:1044043.", "keywor...
PMC9880153
Visceral leishmaniasis is a vector-borne infection by the Leishmania spp., a parasite. Although the overall incidence of visceral leishmaniasis is low, the disease still occurs frequently in some high-risk areas. In our study, two patients were admitted to the hospital with an unprovoked and recurrent high fever, and t...
{ "authors": [ "Huiying Li", "Tingting Yu", "Yongjuan Lin", "Yu Xie", "Jie Feng", "Mingmin Huang", "Aibin Guo", "Xiangyu Liu", "Zhenyu Yin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OTT.S259616", "journal": "Onco Targets Ther", "journal_detail": "2020 Aug 10;13:7941-7948.", ...
PMC7493011
Generations of epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKIs) can significantly improve the outcome of EGFR-positive NSCLC patients. However, acquired TKIs-resistant mutations are inevitable. Except the common EGFR alterations, more and more rare mutations are revealed by next-generation sequen...
{ "authors": [ "Pg Nadun Danushka", "Ravindri Jayasinghe", "Kamal Dunusinghe" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X231164490", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Mar 28;11:2050313X231164490.", "keywords": [ "irreducible inguinal hernia", "colorectal ad...
PMC10052459
Inguinal hernia is a potentially occult common surgical condition. Its association with asymptomatic adenocarcinoma is uncommon. However, malignancy-associated perforation of the large bowel within an irreducible hernia is rare. We report a case of 78-year-old male presenting with a long-standing inguinal hernia with a...
{ "authors": [ "Genevieve C Muñoz", "Tyler J Fraum" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.radcr.2022.09.107", "journal": "Radiol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2022 Oct 27;18(1):57-59.", "keywords": [ "pet/ct", "psma", "prostate cancer" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https...
PMC9619301
A variety of non-prostatic or non-malignant findings exhibiting prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) tracer uptake and resemble metastatic disease on positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. In this case, a 72-year-old man presenting for initial staging of prostate cancer was found to have PSMA tracer uptake al...
{ "authors": [ "Subhadra Nori" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_341_16", "journal": "J Family Med Prim Care", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan-Feb;7(1):257-260.", "keywords": [ "patellar tendon", "quadriceps tendon", "rupture" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-SA", "link": "https://...
PMC5958582
Acute knee pain is a frequently encountered problem in the clinical settings. In 2003, American Orthopedic Association recorded that 19.4 million people visited a physician because of a knee problem. Knee pain due to injuries is increasing even among the older population, as a greater number of persons are participatin...
{ "authors": [ "Yao Zhang", "Hua Shen", "Kai Liao", "Weili Wu", "Jiuming Li", "Hongbo Yu", "Hongfei Wu", "Zengjun Wang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2020.504381", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2020 Dec 23;10:504381.", "keywords": [ "mri", ...
PMC7786235
Background: Mucinous tumors of the prostate are seen as rare morphological variants of prostate carcinoma. Misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis are frequent clinically, especially when the clinical performance appears atypical. Furthermore, there has not been reported about the urethrocystoscopic performance of mucinous a...
{ "authors": [ "William Lim", "Maham Suhail", "Keith Diaz" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/5669543", "journal": "Case Rep Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2021 Jul 31;2021:5669543.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34373796/", "majo...
PMC8349278
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is wreaking havoc across the globe. This pandemic has given rise to a mindset where physicians tend to neglect other causes of pneumonia, especially if the patient presents with signs and symptoms commonly associated with COVID-19. Herein, we report a case of a young man...
{ "authors": [ "Nikolaos J Tsagarakis", "Nektaria A Kentrou", "Georgios Kakiopoulos", "Georgios Androutsos", "Athanasios Galanopoulos", "Christos Michaelidis", "Dimitra Rontogianni", "Apostolos Tolis", "Stavroula Chini", "Georgios Gortzolidis", "Konstantinos A Papadimitriou...
PMC3114563
Aggressive lymphomas can present with symptoms mimicking life-threatening infection. Flow cytometry (FC) is usually recommended for the classification and staging of lymphomas in patients with organomegaly and atypical cells in effusions and blood, after the exclusion of other possible diagnoses. FC may also have a pla...
{ "authors": [ "Tarun Kumar", "Jitendra Singh Nigam", "Iffat Jamal", "Vikas Chandra Jha" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4322/acr.2020.228", "journal": "Autops Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020 Dec 8;11:e2020228.", "keywords": [ "adenoma", "granuloma", "pituitary gland", "...
PMC8101658
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that involves any organ. However, the primary pituitary tuberculosis is an extremely rare disease. Intracranial tuberculomas account for 0.15-5% of intracranial space-occupying lesions, of which, pituitary as the primary site is unusual, and easily misdiagnosed as pituitary adenoma...
{ "authors": [ "Matteo Pernigo", "Marco Triggiani", "Marianna Adamo", "Gian Franco Pasini" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_129_20", "journal": "J Cardiovasc Echogr", "journal_detail": "2021 Jan-Mar;31(1):51-54.", "keywords": [ "mitroflow aortic valve", "valve-in-...
PMC8230156
Valve-in-Valve transcatheter aortic valve implantation (ViV TAVI) is emerging as an effective therapeutic option for bioprosthetic valve failure. Recently, concern has been raised for early valve deterioration of Mitroflow (Sorin) aortic bioprosthesis, with the development of prevalent stenosis. We report cases of pure...
{ "authors": [ "Vela D Desai", "Rajeev Sharma", "Durgesh N Bailoor" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5005/jp-journals-10005-1084", "journal": "Int J Clin Pediatr Dent", "journal_detail": "2011 Jan-Apr;4(1):65-8.", "keywords": [ "human papilloma virus", "verruca vulgaris", "warts" ...
PMC4999641
Papilloma virus infections of the oral cavity have been long recognized with various clinical expressions characterized as verruca vulgaris, Heck's disease, multiple papilloma and condyloma acuminata. In this paper, we are highlighting a case of verruca vulgaris involving the oral cavity with extensive skin lesions in ...
{ "authors": [ "António Bernardes", "Catarina Melo", "Sandra Ferraz" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.05.020", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2018;48:131-134.", "keywords": [ "case report", "duodenal-cutaneous fistula", "laparostomy", "pil...
PMC6038102
Introduction: Postoperative duodenal-cutaneous fistula represents a rare and very complex problem. In most cases operative management becomes necessary, but only after local and systemic stabilization and sepsis control. Case presentation: A 39-year-old man was admitted for surgical management of laparostomy and pyloro...
{ "authors": [ "Paolo Ruggeri", "Salvatore Calcaterra", "Antonio Bottari", "Giuseppe Girbino", "Vincenzo Fodale" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2016.02.004", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016 Feb 21;17:90-2.", "keywords": [ "ards, acure respirat...
PMC4821362
Sea drowning is a common cause of accidental death worldwide. Respiratory complications such as acute pulmonary oedema, which is often complicated by acute respiratory distress syndrome, is often seen. Noninvasive ventilation is already widely used as a first approach to treat acute respiratory failure resulting from m...
{ "authors": [ "Marija Gjorgjievska", "Sanja Mehandziska", "Aleksandra Stajkovska", "Slavica Pecioska-Dokuzovska", "Anica Dimovska", "Idriz Durmish", "Sara Ismail", "Teodora Pavlovska", "Antonija Stojchevska", "Haris Amedi", "Jasna Andonova", "Marija Nikolovska", "S...
PMC9041751
Trends from around the world suggest that the omicron BA.2 subvariant is increasing in proportion to the original BA.1 subvariant. Here we report two cases of co-infection with omicron BA.1 and omicron BA.2 in co-exposed individuals. In both individuals, genome sequencing and/or S-gene specific PCR identified omicron B...
{ "authors": [ "Sinan Akay", "Mustafa Kaygisiz", "Muharrem Oztas", "Mustafa Suphi Turgut" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12659/PJR.895138", "journal": "Pol J Radiol", "journal_detail": "2015 Oct 29;80:486-9.", "keywords": [ "hematocele", "spermatic cord torsion", "testicular d...
PMC4630954
Background: Scrotal blunt trauma may result in injuries, such as testicular rupture, dislocation, torsion, hematoma, spermatic cord injury or contusion, and epididymal, scrotal, and urethral injuries. Ultrasonography (US) has a crucial role in the evaluation of those kinds of pathologies. Early diagnosis of testicular ...
{ "authors": [ "Andreas Hillenbrand", "Johannes Lemke", "Doris Henne-Bruns", "Ambros J Beer", "Vikas Prasad" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/1791740", "journal": "Case Rep Endocrinol", "journal_detail": "2019 May 15;2019:1791740.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "l...
PMC6541976
Background: Primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) is a common endocrine disorder of the parathyroid glands. In most cases pHPT is caused by single gland disease, but about 10% of patients suffer from sporadic multiglandular disease (MGD). Patients with MGD, especially with ectopic parathyroid adenomas, have an increased r...
{ "authors": [ "Mary T Newport", "Theodore B VanItallie", "Yoshihiro Kashiwaya", "Michael Todd King", "Richard L Veech" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.jalz.2014.01.006", "journal": "Alzheimers Dement", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan;11(1):99-103.", "keywords": [ "brain insulin...
PMC4300286
Background: Providing ketone bodies to the brain can bypass metabolic blocks to glucose utilization and improve function in energy-starved neurons. For this, plasma ketones must be elevated well above the ≤ 0.2 mM default concentrations normally prevalent. Limitations of dietary methods currently used to produce therap...
{ "authors": [ "Katherine Garlo", "Doug Dressel", "Marizela Savic", "John Vella" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5414/CNCS108491", "journal": "Clin Nephrol Case Stud", "journal_detail": "2015 Jun 15;3:8-13.", "keywords": [ "complement", "eculizumab", "hemolytic uremic syndrome"...
PMC5438012
Postpartum atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is a rare disorder associated with poor maternal and fetal outcomes. We describe a case of severe postpartum aHUS with recurrence in a kidney allograft after a second pregnancy. The patient had initially presented age 28 years with aHUS that developed after her first...
{ "authors": [ "Trey B Creech", "Li Zhang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/3189719", "journal": "Case Rep Anesthesiol", "journal_detail": "2019 Mar 19;2019:3189719.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31016048/", "major_mesh_terms": [], ...
PMC6444225
Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is a rare life-threatening hypermetabolic muscular disorder with a high mortality rate. Three genes, RYR1, CACNA1S, and STAC3, have been associated with MH susceptibility. Multiple genetic variants have been identified in these three genes. Some of those variants were pathogenic, but many ot...
{ "authors": [ "Syuhei Domoto", "Manzo Suzuki", "Shinpei Suzuki", "Hiroyasu Bito" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s40981-018-0151-8", "journal": "JA Clin Rep", "journal_detail": "2018;4(1):18.", "keywords": [ "neuraxial anesthesia", "subdural hematoma", "symptom-free" ],...
PMC5820382
Background: Subdural hematoma (SDH) after accidental dural puncture (ADP) is rare but may be lethal. We experienced a patient who developed SDH after combined spinal and epidural anesthesia without a headache. Case presentation: A 41-year-old parturient female with an unruptured cerebral aneurysm, was scheduled to unde...
{ "authors": [ "Hamid Rezvani", "Hamed Azhdari Tehrani", "Sina Salari", "Selda Feiziazar", "Maryam Darnahal" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.22037/ghfbb.v15i4.2476", "journal": "Gastroenterol Hepatol Bed Bench", "journal_detail": "2022;15(4):430-434.", "keywords": [ "case report", ...
PMC9876767
Primary squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the liver is rare and has an extremely poor prognosis. It is very difficult to detect and is sometimes misdiagnosed. It has been reported that male sex, hepatic cyst, hepatolithiasis, hepatic teratoma, and liver cirrhosis may be associated with SCC of the liver. A 67-year-old wo...
{ "authors": [ "A Hannecart", "D Ndjekembo-Shango", "F Vallot", "O Simonet", "M De Kock" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/6263578", "journal": "Case Rep Crit Care", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:6263578.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.n...
PMC5337345
There is a paucity of information concerning cardiac tumours of the pulmonary valve due to their rarity at this location. We report a case of a 47-year-old patient suffering from haemoptysis, asthenia, and acute kidney injury (AKI). A transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) revealed a mass on the pulmonary valve. Further ...
{ "authors": [ "Caroline Esmonde-White", "David Palma", "Adam Mutsaers" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000528613", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol", "journal_detail": "2023 Apr 18;16(1):243-248.", "keywords": [ "bone metastasis", "cancer", "case report", "lung cancer", "no...
PMC10114023
A 62-year-old woman with a 40-pack-year smoking history and severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with early-stage right upper lobe non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) was treated with stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR). Two years after treatment, a surveillance computerized tomography scan showed lesions ...
{ "authors": [ "Daoud Ali Mohamed", "Arthur Semedo", "Boris Adeyemi", "Leila Hessissen", "Maria El Kababri", "Nazik Allali", "Latifa Chat", "Siham El Haddad" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2333794X211030415", "journal": "Glob Pediatr Health", "journal_detail": "2021 Jul...
PMC8287358
Chemotherapy may be responsible for central and/or peripheral neurotoxicity. These neurological complications are frequent but little known. Some molecules are more providers, responsible for acute or late complications, sometimes not reversible. Some manifestations such as acute encephalopathy and acute reversible enc...
{ "authors": [ "Siddharth Mehta", "B Leela", "Abha Karanjkar", "Arpit J Halani" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/jips.jips_221_17", "journal": "J Indian Prosthodont Soc", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan-Mar;18(1):82-85.", "keywords": [ "finger prosthesis", "ring-wire substructure",...
PMC5799975
Defects of fingers or hands due to congenital reasons or trauma can be a catastrophic setback to an individual physically, emotionally, and psychologically. An artificial finger prosthesis is a lucrative option to camouflage such defects. The anatomy of the residual stump of the defect is of extreme importance and will...
{ "authors": [ "Yukari Ogawa", "Takeshi Saraya", "Takashi Koide", "Ken Kikuchi", "Kosuke Ohkuma", "Koji Araki", "Hiroshi Makino", "Shota Yonetani", "Hajime Takizawa", "Hajime Goto" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1756-0500-7-21", "journal": "BMC Res Notes", "jour...
PMC3892063
Background: Although most reports describing patients infected with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus enterocolitis have been published in Japan, this concept remains a matter of debate and diagnostic criteria have not yet been defined. Case presentation: The general status of a 74-year-old Japanese man refer...
{ "authors": [ "Fedele Passidomo", "Francesco Pignatelli", "Giuseppe Addabbo", "Ciro Costagliola" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S311839", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2021 May 14;14:327-332.", "keywords": [ "corneal trauma", "corneal ulcers", ...
PMC8131066
Infectious and traumatic corneal diseases require adequate therapy against infection and promote re-epithelialization. The appearance of multidrug-resistant bacterial strains, induced by excessive use of antibiotics in the treatment of infectious diseases, has urged researchers to study new antimicrobial formulations. ...
{ "authors": [ "Hiroyasu Oda", "Mikiya Ishihara", "Yoshihiro Miyahara", "Junko Nakamura", "Yuji Kozuka", "Motoh Iwasa", "Akira Tsunoda", "Yoshiki Yamashita", "Kanako Saito", "Toshiro Mizuno", "Hiroshi Shiku", "Naoyuki Katayama" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159...
PMC6477485
Introduction: Cytokine release syndrome (CRS) is a potentially life-threatening systemic disease that has been observed after treatment with antibodies and adoptive T cell therapies. In this case, we observed nivolumab-induced CRS in a patient with gastric cancer. Case presentation: A 43-year-old male with advanced gas...
{ "authors": [ "Ajita Kapur", "Harmeet Singh Rehan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2174/1574886314666190307150757", "journal": "Curr Drug Saf", "journal_detail": "2019;14(3):249-251.", "keywords": [ "atds", "drug reaction with eosinophilia", "adverse drug reaction", "drug-induced"...
PMC6864591
Background: Among the first line Anti-Tubercular Drugs (ATDs), ethambutol has been rarely associated to cause drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome. Case report: A 34-year-old woman presented in an out-patient department of Dermatology with fever, skin eruptions, eosino- philia, hyperin...
{ "authors": [ "Bing Xu", "Jie Zhang", "Ying Zhang", "Yang Cheng", "Qiong Huang" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.2147/JIR.S413050", "journal": "J Inflamm Res", "journal_detail": "2023 Jul 3;16:2763-2771.", "keywords": [ "amn", "covid-19", "oct", "sars-cov-2", "retin...
PMC10328102
Objective: Acute macular neuroretinopathy (AMN) has been associated with several conditions. The aim of this study is to report a surge of AMN cases diagnosed since the easing of epidemic control for COVID-19 in China, in early December 2022. Case report: Four cases presented with paracentral or central scotomas, or bl...
{ "authors": [ "Shane Mesko", "Gottfried E Konecny", "Paul C Tumeh", "Mitchell Kamrava" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1259/bjrcr.20160002", "journal": "BJR Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016 Jul 29;3(1):20160002.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nl...
PMC6159297
Ipilimumab is a monoclonal cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 antibody that has demonstrated improved survival in cutaneous melanoma. Little is known about the clinical impact of combining anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyteassociated protein 4 therapy with radiation. Here we report a case of severe cutaneous desquama...
{ "authors": [ "Nicholas F Brazeau", "Kara J Levinson", "Asher Schranz", "Kara A Moser", "Ian Hollis", "Prashanth Iyer", "Christopher Chien", "Amanda Bowen", "David van Duin", "Anne Lachiewicz", "Tessa Andermann", "Melissa Jones", "Melissa Miller", "Jonathan J J...
PMC7658547
Daptomycin (DAP) is key in treating multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus infections. Diminished susceptibility to DAP is emerging among Staphylococcus epidermidis strains although mechanisms for non-susceptibility (NS) remain poorly understood. We report a case of persistent S. epidermidis bacteremia in which loss of DAP...
{ "authors": [ "A R Walton", "M R Formby", "As Ravi Kumar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2484/rcr.v10i1.914", "journal": "Radiol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015 Dec 3;10(1):914.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27408650/", "major...
PMC4921183
Parathyroid carcinoma is a rare cause of primary hyperparathyroidism. Clinical indicators of carcinoma include the severity of hyperparathyroidism and presence of a palpable neck mass. Definitive diagnosis requires surgical resection and specimen histology, or documentation of metastatic disease. We present a case of p...
{ "authors": [ "Tinuade Adetutu Ogunlesi", "Opeyemi Temitola Kuponiyi", "Collins Chigbundu Nwokoro", "Ibukunolu Olufemi Ogundele", "Gbenga Fakunle Abe", "Olusoga Babatunde Ogunfowora" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2016.24.114.8847", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_d...
PMC5012754
A 24-day old female Nigerian neonate presented with protracted vomiting, fever and dehydration but without palpable abdominal tumour or visible gastric peristalsis. There was no derangement of serum electrolytes. The initial working diagnosis was Late-Onset Sepsis but abdominal ultrasonography showed features consisten...
{ "authors": [ "Maya Rosenberg", "Sameep Thapa", "Chetan Jeurkar", "Margaret Kasner" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000528899", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol", "journal_detail": "2023 Feb 7;16(1):55-61.", "keywords": [ "anemia", "cancer", "case report", "copper deficienc...
PMC9906038
While copper deficiency is rare, it can have serious consequences, including pancytopenia and neuropathy. This treatable micronutrient deficiency can present very similarly to myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a group of myeloid neoplasms which can carry devastating prognoses. Copper deficiency is an essential differenti...
{ "authors": [ "Daniel L Belkin", "Mitchell D Belkin", "Maedeh Ashrafi", "Charan Vegivinti", "Yung-Hsien Wang", "Leonidas Palaiodimos" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.24908/pocus.v6i2.15105", "journal": "POCUS J", "journal_detail": "2021 Nov 23;6(2):76-79.", "keywords": [ "dvt"...
PMC9979870
A 65-year-old man with a history of a left-sided inguinal hernia presented with three days of left-sided groin pain worsened with exertion and fatigue. The patient was afebrile but tachycardic, and physical examination revealed a tender, erythematous immobile bulge in his left groin. Laboratory studies revealed leukocy...
{ "authors": [ "Rachel Vanderschelden", "Kiarash Golshani", "Mark G Evans" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000523665", "journal": "Case Rep Neurol", "journal_detail": "2022 Apr 4;14(1):191-196.", "keywords": [ "atypical meningioma", "down syndrome", "trisomy 21" ], "licens...
PMC9082194
Individuals with Down syndrome are at decreased risk of developing most types of solid tumors, including central nervous system malignancies. Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain how additional genetic material on chromosome 21 may confer this increased protection. Only two individuals with Down syndrome an...
{ "authors": [ "Ahmet Ozyigit", "Costas Michaelides", "Konstantinos Natsiopoulos" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2018.00673", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2018 Aug 17;9:673.", "keywords": [ "cerebrospinal fluid", "dementia", "dysarthria", "intracran...
PMC6107704
Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) is a rare and often underdiagnosed condition, which commonly results from a cerebrospinal fluid leak. The classic clinical presentation of SIH is a postural headache and dizziness. Less frequent complications include nausea, neck stiffness, and even coma. This case report desc...
{ "authors": [ "Laura H Rosenberger", "Timothy Newhook", "David M Mauro", "Sara A Hennessy", "Robert G Sawyer" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1016/j.gie.2011.10.009", "journal": "Gastrointest Endosc", "journal_detail": "2012 Mar;75(3):683-7.", "keywords": null, "license": "author_ma...
PMC3288174
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{ "authors": [ "Liaqat Ali Chaudhry", "Ahmed A Ba Mousa", "Marwan Zamzami", "Asirvatham Alwin Robert" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2015.20.115.5865", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2015 Feb 9;20:115.", "keywords": [ "empyema", "staphylococcus aureus", ...
PMC4458315
Empyema thoracis necessitans is a rare clinical finding nowadays. We report 55 years old Saudi male with past history of road traffic accident, poly trauma, chest surgery and paraplegia admitted for rehabilitation in Sultan Bin Abduaziz Humanitarian City (SBAHC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and diagnosed with empyema thoracis...
{ "authors": [ "Natasha A Sioda", "Andre A Wakim", "Tina Wong", "Shyamal Patel", "Kathryn Coan", "David Row" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fsurg.2020.00060", "journal": "Front Surg", "journal_detail": "2020 Sep 2;7:60.", "keywords": [ "case report", "desmoid", "i...
PMC7493805
Desmoid type fibromatosis (DTF) is a rare benign tumor of connective tissue origin. While these tumors are typically not malignant, they can exhibit aggressive growth patterns causing mass effect on surrounding organs. These tumors typically present in the extremities and abdominal wall, rarely occurring in the mesente...
{ "authors": [ "Bishwa R Sapkota", "Kapil D Neupane", "Ram K Maharjan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1752-1947-3-8", "journal": "J Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2009 Jan 13;3:8.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19144101/", "major...
PMC2628938
Introduction: Leprosy exhibits a wide spectrum of presentation, varying from the tuberculoid to the lepromatous pole, with immunologically unstable borderline forms in-between, depending upon the immune status of the individual. The clinical system of classification for the purpose of treatment includes the number of s...
{ "authors": [ "Fayza Haider", "Khulood Al Saad", "Fatima Al-Hashimi", "Hakima Al-Hashimi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1055/s-0037-1598625", "journal": "Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Rep", "journal_detail": "2017 Jan;6(1):e10-e14.", "keywords": [ "pleuropulmonary blastoma", "airway (i...
PMC5388606
Pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) is a rare aggressive malignant tumor of infancy and early childhood. The tumor arises in the lung and pleura and is regarded as a pulmonary dysontogenetic or embryonic neoplasm. Four types are defined in literature. Type I PPB is a rare, cystic lung neoplasm in infants characterized by su...
{ "authors": [ "Venkatesh Seetharam", "Vinay Khanna", "Padmapriya Jaiprakash", "Kranthi Kosaraju", "Joseph Thomas", "Chiranjay Mukhopadhayay" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2012/596923", "journal": "Case Rep Nephrol", "journal_detail": "2012;2012:596923.", "keywords": null, ...
PMC3914243
Hydatid disease is frequent in endemic regions and sheep farming areas. Most common localization of hydatid cyst occurs in liver followed by lungs. Renal hydatid cyst constitutes about 2-4% of all locations. We report a case of left renal hydatid from a laboratory technician admitted in a tertiary care hospital. There ...
{ "authors": [ "Shunsuke Kakino", "Kuniaki Ogasawara", "Yoshitaka Kubo", "Hideaki Nishimoto", "Akira Ogawa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/vhrm.s2436", "journal": "Vasc Health Risk Manag", "journal_detail": "2008;4(4):931-5.", "keywords": null, "license": "NO-CC CODE", "link"...
PMC2597766
The subtemporal approach with division of the posterior communicating artery (PcomA) is described for treating aneurysms of the basilar tip. When the ipsilateral posterior cerebral artery (PCA) interferes with visibility and manipulation around the aneurysm neck and the artery is tethered by the PcomA and not mobilized...
{ "authors": [ "Olga Możeńska", "Sławomir Sypuła", "Małgorzata Celińska-Spoder", "Jerzy Walecki", "Dariusz A Kosior" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12659/PJR.889830", "journal": "Pol J Radiol", "journal_detail": "2014 Apr 28;79:88-90.", "keywords": [ "mitral annulus calcification"...
PMC4005861
Background: Caseous calcification of mitral annulus is rather rare echocardiographic finding with prevalence of 0.6% in pts. with proven mitral annular calcification and 0.06% to 0.07% in large series of subjects in all ages. Echocardiographic images of caseous calcification are often heterogenous due to calcium and li...
{ "authors": [ "Dev R Sahni", "Michael Wallace", "Mansi Kanhere", "Hind Al Saif", "Natario Couser" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/5969157", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol Med", "journal_detail": "2018 Jun 28;2018:5969157.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": ...
PMC6046149
Turner syndrome is a common sex chromosome disorder affecting females. The disorder is caused by a partial loss, complete absence, or structural abnormality of one X chromosome. The clinical presentation is broad and ranges from the classic phenotype to minimal clinical manifestations. Ocular abnormalities associated w...
{ "authors": [ "Meena Khandelwal", "Chad Krueger" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5402/2011/871958", "journal": "ISRN Gastroenterol", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:871958.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21991532/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "m...
PMC3168564
Background. The optimal treatment for management of esophageal achalasia in pregnancy is controversial. Little information exists about pregnancy outcome after successful myotomy. Case. Achalasia in pregnancy was diagnosed when a patient presented with pneumomediastinum from microrupture of the overdistended esophagus....
{ "authors": [ "Paolo Panaccio", "Michele Fiordaliso", "Domenica Testa", "Lorenzo Mazzola", "Mariangela Battilana", "Roberto Cotellese", "Federico Selvaggi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/6265182", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2018 Apr 30;2018:6265182...
PMC5952441
Introduction: Primary NHL (non-Hodgkin lymphoma) of the colon represents only 0.2% to 1.2% of all colonic malignancies. Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) is usually a disease reported in children and young people, most of them associated with EBV or HIV infection. We describe a rare case of intestinal obstruction due to sporadic...
{ "authors": [ "Surekha Ulhas Arakeri", "Shilpi Banga" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/jomfp.JOMFP_38_15", "journal": "J Oral Maxillofac Pathol", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan;22(Suppl 1):S57-S59.", "keywords": [ "congenital", "parotid gland", "sialolipoma" ], "license": "CC BY-...
PMC5824519
Sialolipoma is a recently described rare histological variant of lipoma, characterized by well-demarcated proliferation of mature adipocytes with secondary entrapment of salivary gland elements. Less than forty cases of sialolipoma have been reported in English literature. This tumor has been reported both in major and...
{ "authors": [ "Maria Grazia Piccioni", "Martina Derme", "Laura Salerno", "Elisa Morrocchi", "Francesco Pecorini", "Maria Grazia Porpora", "Roberto Brunelli" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/5825309", "journal": "Case Rep Obstet Gynecol", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan 20;2...
PMC6360570
Background: Epistaxis is a common problem during pregnancy. Few cases of severe epistaxis, not associated with nasal lesions or clotting disorders, were described in the literature. We reported a case of severe epistaxis in a pregnant patient, exploring all the different possible management options. Case: A 33-year-old...
{ "authors": [ "Emily L DeMaio", "Richard C Jarvis", "Jessica A Cohen", "Courtney N Gleason" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1155/2021/5534945", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2021 Apr 1;2021:5534945.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.n...
PMC8035025
Small bowel obstructions (SBO) are a commonly encountered diagnosis within emergency departments. Typically, these patients have evident risk factors including, but not limited to, prior abdominal surgery, personal or family history of gastrointestinal disorders, femoral and inguinal hernias, or neoplasm. In this case,...
{ "authors": [ "Carolina Fernandes", "Vincent Éthier", "Sofia Marouan", "Myrna Chababi-Atallah", "Mylène Veilleux" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X19890755", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019 Nov 29;7:2050313X19890755.", "keywords": [ "cancer...
PMC6886270
Introduction and objectives: The main objective of this article is to present and discuss a case of localized ulcerative nodular amyloidosis with deep involvement clinically manifesting as ulcerative panniculitis and discuss its impact on the choice of treatment. Methods and results: We present a 73-year-old woman with...
{ "authors": [ "Dana Kivlin", "Carmen Tong", "Justin Friedlander", "Patricia Perosio", "Jay Simhan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1089/cren.2016.0047", "journal": "J Endourol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016 Apr 1;2(1):87-9.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "http...
PMC4996605
Background: Staghorn calculi are well-established risk factors for recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) and subsequent renal deterioration. Less commonly, long-term urothelial irritation from a calculus may also pose a risk of malignant transformation. Case presentation: A 77-year-old male with multiple medical co...
{ "authors": [ "Kalpa De Silva", "Divaka Perera" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2011/469850", "journal": "Case Rep Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:469850.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24987532/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh...
PMC4008128
A 51-year-old gentleman, who regularly smoked cannabis, presented with chest pain and diaphoresis. He was haemodynamically stable. ECG showed ST depression, inferiorly, and 1 mm ST elevation in lead aVR. Emergent coronary angiography showed thrombotic occlusion of the left main coronary artery (LMCA), the dominant RCA ...
{ "authors": [ "Andrew B Ross", "Kirkland W Davis", "Darya Buehler", "Brian Y Chan" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2019/1720131", "journal": "Case Rep Radiol", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan 3;2019:1720131.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih...
PMC6335665
Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD), sometimes known as sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy, is a rare histiocytic disorder that most commonly presents as painless, massive cervical lymphadenopathy in young adults. Extranodal disease can occur in up to 40% of patients but primary involvement of bone is rare. We pr...
{ "authors": [ "Michele Fabrazzo", "Antonio Russo", "Mario Luciano", "Alessio Camerlengo", "Pierluigi Catapano", "Bianca Amoroso", "Francesco Catapano", "Nicola Coppola" ], "case_amount": 7, "doi": "10.3389/fpsyt.2022.868286", "journal": "Front Psychiatry", "journal_detail": ...
PMC9021604
Human coronaviruses have neuroinvasive and neurotropic abilities that might explain psychiatric outcomes in affected patients. We hypothesized that delirium might be the sole clinical manifestation or even the prodrome of a psychiatric episode consistent with the mental history of a few infected patients with a preexis...
{ "authors": [ "Priyadarshini Sahu", "Kamal Aggrawal", "Chetna Bansal", "V K Jain" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/ijt.ijt_71_17", "journal": "Int J Trichology", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan-Feb;10(1):37-39.", "keywords": [ "nevus comedonicus", "scalp", "tretinoin" ], "...
PMC5803853
Nevus comedonicus (NC) is a rare developmental anomaly of follicular infundibulum plugged with keratinous material that resembles comedo-like lesions. Frequently affected sites are face, neck, trunk, and upper arm. Few cases have been described on palms, soles, scalp, and genitalia. We hereby report a rare case of NC o...
{ "authors": [ "Shunsuke Shibao", "Masahiro Toda", "Toshiki Tomita", "Katsuya Saito", "Kaoru Ogawa", "Takeshi Kawase", "Kazunari Yoshida" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.2176/nmc.tn.2014-0254", "journal": "Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo)", "journal_detail": "2015;55(4):351-5.", "keywor...
PMC4628183
Recently, petrous apex cholesterol granulomas (CGs) have been treated via the endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal approach (EEA) using a silicone tube, to prevent drainage route occlusion. Occlusion of the drainage route has led to problems with recurrence. The aim of this report is to describe the use of a surgical t...
{ "authors": [ "Yuri Agrawal", "Lloyd B Minor", "Michael C Schubert", "Kristen L Janky", "Marcela Davalos-Bichara", "John P Carey" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1097/MAO.0b013e31823c9182", "journal": "Otol Neurotol", "journal_detail": "2012 Jan;33(1):72-7.", "keywords": null, "...
PMC4082242
Objective: Bilateral superior canal (SC) dehiscence syndrome poses a challenge because bilateral SC dehiscence (SCD) plugging might be expected to result in oscillopsia and disability. Our aims were as follows: 1) to evaluate which symptoms prompted patients with bilateral SCD syndrome (SCDS) to seek second-side surger...
{ "authors": [ "Swasti Jain", "Prajwala Gupta", "Sonia Raghav", "Minakshi Bhardwaj" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/Cytojournal_9_2020", "journal": "Cytojournal", "journal_detail": "2021 Apr 16;18:9.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-SA", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.n...
PMC8248244
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{ "authors": [ "Snjezana Mehanic", "Velida Mulabdic", "Rusmir Baljic", "Meliha Hadzovic-Cengic", "Fikret Pinjo", "Vesna Hadziosmanovic", "Jasna Topalovic" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.5455/msm.2012.24.s11-s12", "journal": "Mater Sociomed", "journal_detail": "2012;24(Suppl 1):1...
PMC3829087
Conflict of interest: none declared. Introduction: Brucella endocarditis (BE) is a rare but severe and potentially lethal manifestation of brucellosis. Pre-existing valves lesions and prosthetic valves (PV) are favorable for BE. Case report: We represent the case of a 46-year-old man who was treated at the Clinic for I...
{ "authors": [ "Antti Siiki", "Anne Antila", "Yrjö Vaalavuo", "Johanna Ronkainen", "Irina Rinta-Kiikka", "Johanna Laukkarinen" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1177/26317745231183311", "journal": "Ther Adv Gastrointest Endosc", "journal_detail": "2023 Jul 31;16:26317745231183311.", ...
PMC10392209
Biliary intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) is a rare biliary neoplasia preferably treated with oncologic resection. Endoscopic radio frequency (RF) ablation may be used as a palliative measure. We present a rare case, where heavy co-morbidities prevented surgery. Continuous mucus production caused recurrent...
{ "authors": [ "Mehrdad Malihi", "Yali Jia", "Simon S Gao", "Christina Flaxel", "Andreas K Lauer", "Thomas Hwang", "David J Wilson", "David Huang", "Steven T Bailey" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1136/bjophthalmol-2016-309094", "journal": "Br J Ophthalmol", "journal_det...
PMC5805390
Purpose: To evaluate the morphological structure of ill-defined choroidal neovascularisation (CNV) with traditional fluorescein angiography (FA) compared with optical coherence tomographic angiography (OCTA). Methods: A retrospective case series study of 11 eyes with ill-defined CNV on FA was performed. Eyes were scann...
{ "authors": [ "Rishi Raj", "Kriti Mehrotra", "Ipshita Narayan", "Triveni Mavinakote Gowda", "D S Mehta" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1155/2016/8502927", "journal": "Case Rep Dent", "journal_detail": "2016;2016:8502927.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pu...
PMC5138465
Sudden tooth loss in the esthetic zone of the maxillary or mandibular anterior region can be due to trauma, periodontal disease, or endodontic failure. The treatment options for replacing the missing tooth can vary between removable prosthesis, tooth-supported prosthesis, and implant-supported prosthesis. Irrespective ...
{ "authors": [ "Allison Osmond", "Emily Filter", "Mariamma Joseph", "Richard Inculet", "Keith Kwan", "David McCormack" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2016/5984671", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2016;2016:5984671.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "l...
PMC5004033
Carcinoid tumour is a well-known primary endobronchial lung neoplasm. Although calcifications may be seen in up to 30% of pulmonary carcinoid tumours, near complete ossification of these tumours is an unusual finding. Such lesions can prove diagnostically challenging at the time of intraoperative frozen section as the ...
{ "authors": [ "Francesca Mancini", "Angelika D van Halteren", "Tania Carta", "Sue Thomas", "Bastiaan R Bloem", "Sirwan K L Darweesh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.prdoa.2020.100070", "journal": "Clin Park Relat Disord", "journal_detail": "2020;3:100070.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC7437514
Poor recognition and inadequate treatment of motor and non-motor symptoms negatively impact on the quality of life of persons with Parkinson's Disease (PD). Furthermore, failure to incorporate timely detection and management of symptoms increases the risk of partially avoidable complications. A promising approach to ov...
{ "authors": [ "A Mitch Dizon", "Larry C Kilgore", "Alan Grindstaff", "Marcus Winkler", "Kristopher J Kimball" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.gynor.2013.10.002", "journal": "Gynecol Oncol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2013 Oct 19;7:10-2.", "keywords": [ "carboplatin", "...
PMC3895281
•Primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the uterus is extremely rare.•Diagnosis requires timely evaluation with molecular analysis.•Different combinations of adjuvant chemotherapy have been reported.
{ "authors": [ "Giulio Illuminati", "Marco Cannistrà", "Giulia Pizzardi", "Rocco Pasqua", "Francesca Frezzotti", "Francesco G Calio'" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.01.011", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2018;43:32-35.", "keywords": [ "...
PMC5814384
Introduction: True aneurysms of the proximal occipital artery are rare, may cause neurological symptoms due to compression of the hypoglossal nerve and their resection may be technically demanding. Presentation of case: The case of an aneurysm of the proximal occipital artery causing discomfort and tongue deviation by ...
{ "authors": [ "Mai Tone Lønnebakken", "Ole Martin Pedersen", "Knut Sverre Andersen", "Jan Erik Varhaug" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2010/645193", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2010;2010:645193.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.nc...
PMC2931408
Internal jugular vein thrombosis is a serious event with potentially fatal outcome, where the clinical symptoms may be vague or absent. This paper refers to a rare case where routine carotid Doppler ultrasound prior to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and aortic valve replacement (AVR) in a 76-year-old man, incid...
{ "authors": [ "Shanti Virupannavar", "Carla Guggenheim" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2013/531794", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2013;2013:531794.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24454403/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "...
PMC3881447
Introduction. Osteoarthritis, a degenerative joint disease, is a key cause of disability around the world and an ever-growing public health concern. Intra-articular hyaluronic acid viscosupplementation is used as a conservative option for osteoarthritis knee pain relief (McArthur et al., 2012; Hootman and Helmick, 2006...
{ "authors": [ "Manuel Cadena", "Jaime Solano", "Nicolas Caycedo", "Daniel Gomez", "Eric E Vinck", "Pedro Quiroga", "Paula Gaete" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.01.014", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019;55:112-116.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC6360270
Introduction: Tension pneumoperitoneum is a severe and rare form of pneumoperitoneum with concomitant hemodynamic instability and respiratory failure. It is a variant of abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) causing an abrupt increase in intra-abdominal pressure. Presentation of case: We present a case of pneumoperitone...
{ "authors": [ "Dimy Fluyau", "Neelambika Revadigar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00062", "journal": "Front Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2017 Apr 24;8:62.", "keywords": [ "mitragyna", "mitragyna speciosa extract", "benefits", "fatality", "kratom", "ris...
PMC5402527
Background: Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) is a tropical tree with a long history of traditional use in parts of Africa and Southeast Asia. Kratom is also known as Thom, Thang, and Biak. Its leaves and the teas brewed from them have long been used by people in that region to manage pain and opioid withdrawal and to stave ...
{ "authors": [ "Sabine Dittner-Moormann", "Madlen Reschke", "Eva Biewald", "Alma Kuechler", "Barbara Klein", "Beate Timmermann", "Dietmar Lohmann", "Petra Ketteler", "Deniz Kanber" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s13039-020-00500-7", "journal": "Mol Cytogenet", "jour...
PMC7379829
Background: Retinoblastoma is a malignancy of the eye in children characterized by biallelic inactivation of the retinoblastoma 1 gene (RB1), located at chromosome 13q14.2. Children with interstitial chromosome 13q deletions that include the RB1 gene show a predisposition to develop retinoblastoma and variable other fe...
{ "authors": [ "Margaret M Kozak", "David Crompton", "Brandie A Gross", "Lyndsay Harshman", "David Dickens", "Jeffrey Snyder", "Andrew Shepard", "Joël St-Aubin", "David Dunkerley", "Daniel Hyer", "John M Buatti" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2022.962926", ...
PMC9676495
Purpose: To demonstrate the clinical applications and feasibility of online adaptive magnetic resonance image guided radiotherapy (MRgRT) in the pediatric, adolescent and young adult (AYA) population. Methods: This is a retrospective case series of patients enrolled onto a prospective study. All pediatric (age < 18) an...
{ "authors": [ "Ranju Singh", "Stalin Vinayagam", "Homay Vajifdar" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.4103/0972-5229.94435", "journal": "Indian J Crit Care Med", "journal_detail": "2012 Jan;16(1):44-7.", "keywords": [ "methemoglobinemia", "methylene blue", "thinner intoxication" ], ...
PMC3338240
Lacquer thinner, commonly used for removing household paints, is known to contain a mixture of various aromatic hydrocarbons, halogenated hydrocarbons and naptha; if ingested, it may cause methemoglobinemia. We report two cases who presented to us with a history of accidental ingestion of paint thinner. Both the patien...
{ "authors": [ "Moayyad Alsalem", "Majed A Alharbi", "Rayan A Alshareef", "Raghad Khorshid", "Salman Thabet", "Abdulrahman Alghamdi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2022/4456716", "journal": "Case Rep Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2022 Jun 16;2022:4456716.", "keywords": null...
PMC9225910
Since glucocorticoids (GCs) were introduced for the treatment of various diseases, they have been linked with the development of psychiatric adverse effects such as mania, depression, and psychosis. These behavioral or psychiatric adverse events usually appear within a few days after commencing GCs and are possibly to ...
{ "authors": [ "Hiroshi Kobayashi", "Toshihide Hirai", "Naohiro Makise", "Tetsuo Ushiku", "Nobuaki Ito", "Minae Koga", "Masachika Ikegami", "Yusuke Shinoda", "Toru Akiyama", "Sakae Tanaka" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/3015675", "journal": "Case Rep Orthop",...
PMC6746161
Phosphaturic mesenchymal tumors (PMTs) that cause tumor-induced osteomalacia (TIO) occur commonly in the bone with a small and nonaggressive appearance. Here, we report the case of a 67-year-old man with disseminated PMT in the humerus after a pathological fracture. Liquid nitrogen was used as an adjuvant therapy after...