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{ "authors": [ "L L W Verhaert" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2011/494328", "journal": "Case Rep Pulmonol", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:494328.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22937427/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh_terms": [ "Case...
PMC3420636
Case. A 45-year-old man with a blank medical history presented at the emergency room with dizziness and cyanosis. Physical examination showed cyanosis with a peripheral saturation (SpO(2)) of 85%, he did not respond to supplemental oxygen. Arterial blood gas analysis showed a striking chocolate brown colour. Based on t...
{ "authors": [ "H S Lee", "B H Koh", "J W Kim", "Y S Kim", "H C Rhim", "O K Cho", "C K Hahm", "Y N Woo", "M H Park" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.3348/kjr.2000.1.1.60", "journal": "Korean J Radiol", "journal_detail": "2000 Jan-Mar;1(1):60-3.", "keywords": null, "lic...
PMC2718141
Renal hemangioma is an uncommon benign tumor which usually causes painless or painful gross hematuria. Its preoperative diagnosis is extremely difficult or even impossible. We experienced three cases of renal hemangioma, located mainly at the pelvocalyceal junction or in the inner medulla. US demonstrated variable echo...
{ "authors": [ "Bryan Madden", "Ralphe B Chebl" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5811/westjem.2014.12.24210", "journal": "West J Emerg Med", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan;16(1):175-7.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25671036/", "major_mesh_terms"...
PMC4307711
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{ "authors": [ "Deepak Thapa", "Nidhi Bajaj", "Nidhi Bhatia", "Manpreet Singh", "Satinder Gombar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol", "journal_detail": "2011 Jan;27(1):111-2.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-SA", "link": "https://pu...
PMC3146126
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{ "authors": [ "Eloá Carneiro Carvalho", "Pedro Hugo Dantas de Oliveira Souza", "Thereza Christina Mó Y Mó Loureiro Varella", "Norma Valéria Dantas de Oliveira Souza", "Sheila Nascimento Pereira de Farias", "Samira Silva Santos Soares" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1590/1518-8345.4584....
PMC7417131
Objective to identify the reasons that led to the judicialization of health care in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic; describe the outcomes of lawsuits concerning health care involving the COVID-19; and analyze the cases of health care judicialization intended to ensure the population's right to health. Method qual...
{ "authors": [ "Thiti Asawapanumas", "Chantiya Chanswangphuwana", "Phandee Watanaboonyongcharoen", "Ponlapat Rojnuckarin", "Udomsak Bunworasate" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.lrr.2022.100314", "journal": "Leuk Res Rep", "journal_detail": "2022 Apr 13;17:100314.", "keywords": [...
PMC9059067
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{ "authors": [ "Izabella Picinin Safe", "Daniela Cristina Caetano Maia" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.bjid.2013.06.003", "journal": "Braz J Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan-Feb;18(1):95.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/241...
PMC9425175
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{ "authors": [ "Jorge Diogo Da Silva", "Marta Daniela Costa", "Bruno Almeida", "Fátima Lopes", "Patrícia Maciel", "Andreia Teixeira-Castro" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2021.735549", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2021 Sep 27;12:735549.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC8504539
Diseases of neurodevelopment mostly exhibit neurological and psychiatric symptoms that go from very mild to extremely severe. While the etiology of most cases of neurodevelopmental disease is still unknown, the discovery of underlying genetic causes is rapidly increasing, with hundreds of genes being currently implicat...
{ "authors": [ "Dimitrios Katsaras", "Christopher Cassidy", "Mohammed Lakha", "Dawn Gordon", "Grahame Goode", "Khalid Abozguia" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.10.030", "journal": "JACC Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2021 Jan 20;3(1):146-149.", "keywords": [ "...
PMC8305645
We present the case of a 63-year-old female patient who presented to the pacemaker clinic for a scheduled interrogation of her leadless pacemaker. The device interrogation was suggestive of intermittent under-sensing with failure to pace. Connecting the electrocardiogram lead to the pacing system analyzer raised the su...
{ "authors": [ "A Ottevaere", "H Slabbynck", "P Vermeersch", "P Rogiers", "D Galdermans", "E De Droogh", "L Bedert" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000356444", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol", "journal_detail": "2013 Nov 5;6(3):550-4.", "keywords": [ "amplatzer device", ...
PMC3843935
Bronchopleural fistulas can occur as a rare but severe complication after pulmonary resection. Established guidelines for the proper treatment of patients with bronchopleural fistulas do not exist. Apart from attempts to close the fistula, emphasis is placed on preventive measures, early treatment with antibiotics, dra...
{ "authors": [ "Safak Gül-Klein", "Marianne Sinn", "Philipp Sebastian Jurmeister", "Matthias Biebl", "Sascha Weiß", "Beate Rau", "Hendrik Bläker", "Johann Pratschke", "Felix Aigner" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X18758816", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep",...
PMC5858677
Mixed adenoneuroendocrine carcinomas of the gastrointestinal tract are until today poorly understood and thus very challenging for interdisciplinary therapy. We herewith report the first case series of patients with a primary mixed adenoneuroendocrine carcinoma of the rectum. Both cases were initially diagnosed as aden...
{ "authors": [ "Deepti Mutreja", "Benjith Paul K", "Tilak Tvsvgk" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4322/acr.2021.297", "journal": "Autops Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2021 Aug 20;11:e2021297.", "keywords": [ "autopsy", "military personnel, physical exertion", "sickle cell trait" ...
PMC8387065
Sickle cell trait (SCT), a heterozygous state characterized by hemoglobin AS, occurs commonly in sub-Saharan Africa, South America, Central America, India, and the Mediterranean countries. SCT is compatible with a normal lifespan and is not commonly regarded as a cause of morbid illness or death compared to its homozyg...
{ "authors": [ "Rose M Olson", "Andrew R Harrison", "Amanda Maltry", "Ali Mokhtarzadeh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000485913", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan 17;9(1):70-75.", "keywords": [ "intravenous immunoglobulin", "necrobiotic xanthogra...
PMC5892313
Background: Necrobiotic xanthogranuloma (NXG) is a rare non-Langerhans histiocytosis with cutaneous manifestations, most commonly of the periorbital skin, and is often associated with hematologic disorders such as monoclonal gammopathy. Treatment of NXG is notoriously difficult, and fraught with recurrence and progress...
{ "authors": [ "Sunny Dhadlie", "Joseph Whitfield", "Rasika Hendahewa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.10.016", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2018;53:102-106.", "keywords": [ "bilateral breast cancer", "hormone receptors", "oestrogen recepto...
PMC6216046
Introduction: Tumour heterogeneity is important in the management of breast cancer. Hormone receptors are established biomarkers for treatment and prognosis of patients with breast cancer. There are three immunohistochemical biomarkers: estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) and human epidermal growth facto...
{ "authors": [ "Camille Pereira Caetano", "Cinara Barros de Sá", "Bruno Antônio Paixão Faleiros", "Marcelo Fonseca Coutinho Fernandes Gomes", "Edna Regina Silva Pereira" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000454945", "journal": "Case Rep Nephrol Dial", "journal_detail": "2017 Jan 20;7(...
PMC5301110
Introduction: The toxic effects of the ingestion of star fruit (Averrhoa carambola) in chronic kidney disease patients are well described in the literature. Recently, the compound caramboxin has been isolated, explaining the mechanisms of its neurotoxicity. Bilimbi fruit belongs to the family Oxalidaceae, Averrhoa bili...
{ "authors": [ "Joana Granado", "Ana Cláudia Miranda", "Marco Fernandes", "Luís Santos", "Kamal Mansinho" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00817", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2020 May 13;21:e00817.", "keywords": [ "corticosteroid", "immunosuppresse...
PMC7248646
Mycobacterium chelonae can cause chronic skin, soft-tissue or bone infections. and is often associated with the immunocompromised state.We describe a case of a 58-year-old male patient with myasthenia gravis, chronically immunosuppressed, with a four month progression of growing erythematous, nodular and hard cutaneous...
{ "authors": [ "B S Manjunatha", "Sharad Purohit", "Sheetal Kiran", "V Naga Mahita" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0975-962X.179370", "journal": "Indian J Dent", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan-Mar;7(1):44-7.", "keywords": [ "fibro-osseous lesion", "juvenile ossifying fibroma", ...
PMC4836097
Juvenile ossifying fibroma (JOF) is a rare fibro-osseous lesion of the jaw occurs at the early age of onset frequently under 15 years with a propensity to recur. It appears as a unilobulated/multilobulated lesion at an early stage followed by radiopaque appearance surrounded by radiolucent rimming at advanced stages. T...
{ "authors": [ "Chemtai Mungo", "Emily Barker", "Magdalene Randa", "Jeniffer Ambaka", "Cirilus Ogollah Osongo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3332/ecancer.2021.1237", "journal": "Ecancermedicalscience", "journal_detail": "2021 May 20;15:1237.", "keywords": [ "hiv and hpv", "ce...
PMC8225333
Although cervical cancer is preventable, in 2018, approximately 570,000 new cases occurred globally. Cervical cancer disproportionately affects low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), which accounted for 90% of deaths in 2018. Women living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (WLWH) are at increased risk of cervical...
{ "authors": [ "Farouk Ennaceur", "Dhekra Toumi", "Farouk Jaouad", "Aymen Mabrouk", "Ahmed Hajji", "Mouna Gara", "Atef Chamakh", "Ines Zouari", "Mohamed Maatouk", "Sami Daldoul", "Sofien Sayari", "Karim Haouet", "Yacine Ben Safta", "Raja Faleh", "Mounir Ben ...
PMC8163547
Hydatidosis is a widespread anthropozoonosis. It can affect almost any part of the body, but it occurs most commonly in the liver (75%) and the lungs (15%). Its occurrence in female genital tract, especially the uterus, is very rare. Diagnosing hydatid disease at these unusual locations can be difficult. Hereby, we rep...
{ "authors": [ "Connie Hapgood", "Allison DeLong" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/2312617", "journal": "Case Rep Radiol", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:2312617.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29403670/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "me...
PMC5748304
Intra-abdominal desmoid tumors are commonly associated with genetic syndromes such as familial polyposis coli. Radiological cross imaging studies such as CT and MRI are used in the preoperative work-up of such tumors. Postoperatively, CT and MRI are useful in the assessment of recurrent desmoid tumors. MRI is more accu...
{ "authors": [ "Eric K Johnson", "Maria E Arcila", "Scott R Steele" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": null, "journal": "JSLS", "journal_detail": "2009 Jan-Mar;13(1):92-5.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19366551/", "major_mesh_terms": [ ...
PMC3015910
Appendiceal inversion is an uncommon entity that presents a diagnostic dilemma for the gastroenterologist or surgeon. We present 2 cases that illustrate scenarios that may be encountered during colonoscopy. A discussion of the literature on this subject is also presented. An improved awareness of this condition will as...
{ "authors": [ "Rita Gonçalves", "Pedro Coelho", "Carlos Menezes", "Isabel Ribeiro" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2017/8276256", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol Med", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:8276256.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.n...
PMC5763058
Benign recurrent sixth nerve palsy in children is rare. It typically occurs following viral illness or immunization, and prognosis is usually excellent. However, it is always a diagnosis of exclusion given the more serious alternative causes. Therefore, a thorough examination with brain imaging is recommended. The auth...
{ "authors": [ "Ingargiola Michael", "Daniali Lily", "J Trovato Matthew" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Eplasty", "journal_detail": "2013 Apr 30;13:ic45.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23653823/", "major_mesh_terms": [], ...
PMC3641801
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{ "authors": [ "Hayato Kinoshita", "Naohisa Miyakoshi", "Michio Hongo", "Akiko Misawa", "Daisuke Kudo", "Yoichi Shimada" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2018/4610796", "journal": "Case Rep Orthop", "journal_detail": "2018 Sep 25;2018:4610796.", "keywords": null, "license": "...
PMC6282148
Purpose: Congenital heart disease (CHD) is associated with an increased risk of scoliosis. The prognosis of scoliosis patients with CHD has improved because of advances in cardiac care. As a result, the frequency of surgery for scoliosis in this population has increased, although the risk of perioperative complications...
{ "authors": [ "Petko Karagyozov", "Ivan Tishkov", "Zhenya Georgieva", "Irina Boeva", "Dimitar Tzankov" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1055/a-0808-3834", "journal": "Endosc Int Open", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan;7(1):E87-E89.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "...
PMC6333535
An intraluminal duodenal diverticulum (IDD) is a rare congenital anomaly, which is a result of incomplete recanalization of the foregut lumen during embryonic development. Most patients are asymptomatic. Symptoms usually occur after the third decade of life and mainly include epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting, or bloat...
{ "authors": [ "Kumar Nilesh", "Aaditee V Vande", "Suresh K Veerabhadrappa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.15171/joddd.2017.011", "journal": "J Dent Res Dent Clin Dent Prospects", "journal_detail": "2017 Winter;11(1):56-60.", "keywords": [ "jaw", "osteogenic tumor", "radiopaque le...
PMC5390128
Osteomas are benign bone tumors which arise from the cortex or medulla of craniofacial and jaw bones. They are usually asymptomatic or present as slow-growing painless masses. Larger lesions may present with aesthetic (facial asymmetry) and functional disturbances (jaw deviation, difficulty in breathing, pain, and sens...
{ "authors": [ "Teng Kai Ong" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14744/eej.2019.03016", "journal": "Eur Endod J", "journal_detail": "2019 Nov 22;4(3):145-149.", "keywords": [ "intentional replantation", "non-surgical retreatment", "persistent periradicular radiolucency" ], "license": "CC ...
PMC7006591
A 27-year-old male patient complained of dental pain on previously root-treated tooth #17. Intentional replantation (IR) was performed. However, the symptoms returned at 10 months of follow-up, and a sinus tract was detected on the buccal gingiva of tooth #17. The patient refused extraction of the tooth and tooth was s...
{ "authors": [ "Concetta Laliscia", "Davide Baldaccini", "Andrea Antonuzzo", "Fabiola Paiar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5114/wo.2019.91540", "journal": "Contemp Oncol (Pozn)", "journal_detail": "2019;23(4):251-253.", "keywords": [ "hodgkin lymphoma", "basal cell carcinoma", ...
PMC6978755
Vismodegib is playing an increasing role in the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic basal cell carcinoma (BCC) that is not a candidate for surgery or radiotherapy, and also in radiation-induced BCC. A 22-year-old man with a history of Hodgkin lymphoma, nodular sclerosis stage IIA, from October 1994 to February ...
{ "authors": [ "Joseph Wetherell", "Katherine Woolley", "Rishi Chadha", "Julia Kostka", "Edin Adilovic", "Pankaj Nepal" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2021/6695806", "journal": "Case Rep Gastrointest Med", "journal_detail": "2021 Apr 7;2021:6695806.", "keywords": null, "lic...
PMC8046571
Sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis is a rare condition caused by a fibrotic membrane covering the small bowel which may lead to abdominal pain or obstruction. The cause may be primary and idiopathic or secondary to several diseases, treatments, and/or medications. The condition typically presents with bowel obstructi...
{ "authors": [ "Mir Mazhar", "Tariq Hassan", "Tariq Munshi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2013/572630", "journal": "Case Rep Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2013;2013:572630.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24416612/", "major_mesh_t...
PMC3876590
The risk of abnormal bleeding with serotonin reuptake inhibitors has been known, but there is insufficient evidence base to guide pharmacological treatment of anxiety in patients with underlying haematological conditions. The following case report is about a 50-year-old female with generalized anxiety disorder, social ...
{ "authors": [ "Mohamed Abdelmalak", "Saber Waheeb", "Ahmed Koraitim", "Dina Mahdy", "Deena Mustafa Abd ElMigeid" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1055/s-0038-1667329", "journal": "European J Pediatr Surg Rep", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan;6(1):e90-e93.", "keywords": [ "dw-mri", ...
PMC6291379
Crossed testicular ectopia (CTE)/transverse testicular ectopia (TTE) is a rare condition occurring in only 1 in 4 million male patients, in which both testes migrate toward the same hemiscrotum. We report on two cases of TTE in first degree cousins (1 + 3 years of age). Both presented with right nonpalpable testis. On ...
{ "authors": [ "Casey T Walk", "Gregory R Semon" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1136/tsaco-2022-001001", "journal": "Trauma Surg Acute Care Open", "journal_detail": "2022 Sep 29;7(1):e001001.", "keywords": [ "thoracic surgical procedures", "rib fractures" ], "license": "CC BY-NC", "...
PMC9528719
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{ "authors": [ "Masahiro Nemoto", "Satoshi Noma", "Ayumu Otsuki", "Kei Nakashima", "Koichi Honma", "Takeshi Johkoh", "Junya Fukuoka", "Masahiro Aoshima" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2018.08.022", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2018 Aug 27;...
PMC6122309
Myeloperoxidase antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody (MPO-ANCA) is well-known as a serological marker for small-vessel vasculitis. However, when a smoker with interstitial lung disease (ILD) exhibits serum ANCA positivity without systemic vasculitis, diagnosis is a matter of debate; the relationship between smoking ...
{ "authors": [ "Hadeer Rizk Saad", "Noura M Kamal", "Hatem W Amer" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12688/f1000research.19891.1", "journal": "F1000Res", "journal_detail": "2019 Jul 30;8:1218.", "keywords": [ "aggressive lesion", "central giant cell granuloma", "fibrous dysplasia", ...
PMC6784877
Central giant cell granuloma (CGCG) is classified by the World Health Organization as a benign bone lesion. It is found anteriorly in the mandible, with most of the cases crossing the midline. In total, 70% of CGCGs are encountered in young females. Fibro-osseous lesions are a group of pathologies that encompass neopla...
{ "authors": [ "Ser Hon Puah", "Carmen Tan Pei Sze", "John Abisheganaden" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2016.12.003", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016 Dec 18;20:61-63.", "keywords": [ "lung herniation", "myasthenia gravis", "positive pressure ...
PMC5198735
Lung herniation is a rare condition which has only been mainly published as case reports in the literature. Although its description has been around since 1845, not much is still known about it. More often seen after trauma or as a surgical complication post thoracic surgery, it's management usually depends on its etio...
{ "authors": [ "Ryan Chin Taw Cheong", "Karim Kassam", "Simon Eccles", "Robert Hensher" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2016/5802359", "journal": "Case Rep Otolaryngol", "journal_detail": "2016;2016:5802359.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm....
PMC4846749
Congenital temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis is an uncommon condition that presents itself at or soon after birth in the absence of acquired factors that could have contributed to the ankylosis such as infection and trauma. The experience of managing one such case is reported in light of a review of the literatur...
{ "authors": [ "Akira Sugamata", "Naoki Yoshizawa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S87985", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2015 Jul 27;8:155-8.", "keywords": [ "blowout fracture", "orbital fracture", "pediatric blowout fracture" ], "license": "CC BY-...
PMC4524468
There are few reports of blowout fractures of the orbital floor in children younger than 5 years of age; in a search of the literature, we found only six reported cases which revealed the exact age, correct diagnosis, and treatment. We herein report the case of a 3-year-old boy with a blowout fracture of the orbital fl...
{ "authors": [ "Ryan Walsh", "Aoife Thornton", "Loay H Abdelnour" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01118", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2021 Apr 9;24:e01118.", "keywords": [ "episiotomy", "postpartum", "pregnancy", "sacroilliitis", "septic arthr...
PMC8134724
Pelvic pain is a very common gynaecological complaint especially during the puerperium. It is rarely associated with development of septic sacroiliitis or haematogenous spread to other sites within the body. The case below demonstrates a 30 year old female 10 days post-partum presenting with left hand cellulitis second...
{ "authors": [ "Marcela Juliano Silva", "Cynthia de Almeida Mendes", "Sergio Kuzniec", "Mariana Krutman", "Nelson Wolosker" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1590/1677-5449.200124", "journal": "J Vasc Bras", "journal_detail": "2021 Jun 25;20:e20200124.", "keywords": [ "anticoagulants...
PMC8244963
The incidence of asymptomatic pulmonary embolism (PE) exceeds 70% in patients with deep venous thrombosis (DVT), even in cases of distal deep vein thrombosis. We report the case of a patient with a diagnosis of DVT in the lower left limb associated with asymptomatic PE who presented late symptoms due to this same PE. T...
{ "authors": [ "Mariarita Tarallo", "Cristina Carruezzo", "Filippo Maria Dentice Di Accadia", "Antonella Del Gaudio", "Damiano Caruso", "Michela Polici", "Daniele Crocetti", "Umberto Costi", "Andrea Polistena", "Francesco Panzuto", "Andrea Laghi", "Giuseppe Cavallaro", ...
PMC9396543
Introduction: Multiple gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are rare tumors. Differential diagnosis between metastatic and multiple GISTs represents a challenge for a proper workup, prediction prognosis, and therapeutic strategy. Case presentation: We present the case of 67-year-old man with computed tomography (CT)...
{ "authors": [ "Beata J Havaki-Kontaxaki", "Vassilis P Kontaxakis", "Maria M Margariti", "Konstantinos G Paplos", "George N Christodoulou" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1475-2832-2-9", "journal": "Ann Gen Hosp Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2003 Oct 17;2(1):9.", "keywords": nul...
PMC270069
BACKGROUND: The aim of this paper is to describe a case of severe neuroleptic-induced tardive torticollis successfully treated with a combination of clozapine, clonazepam and botulinum toxin-A. CASE REPORT: The patient, a 30-year old man with a seven-year history of delusional disorder experienced severe right torticol...
{ "authors": [ "Timothy Chimunda", "Rakhee Subramanian", "Julie Smith", "Andrew Mahony" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2018.e00475", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2018 Dec 3;15:e00475.", "keywords": [ "adult", "encephalitis", "meningoencephalitis", "...
PMC6307034
Human Parechovirus (HPeV) infections are common amongst children, particularly neonates. However, data in adult cases are lacking. We report a unique case of HPeV meningoencephalitis in an adult complicated by Refractory Status Epilepticus (RSE).
{ "authors": [ "Ali Ahmad", "Edward A El-Am", "Reto D Kurmann", "Donald J Hagler", "Melanie C Bois", "Joseph J Maleszewski", "Kyle W Klarich" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.3389/fcvm.2020.624219", "journal": "Front Cardiovasc Med", "journal_detail": "2021 Jan 27;7:624219.", "k...
PMC7873290
Introduction: Cardiac papillary fibroelastomas (PFEs) are the most common primary benign cardiac tumors, although they are somewhat unusual in children and typically seen on the left-sided cardiac valves. Case summary: A 10-week-old patient was found to have a partial atrioventricular canal defect, with associated tric...
{ "authors": [ "Rocío García-Carrión", "Silvia Molina Roldán", "Esther Roca Campos" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01744", "journal": "Front Psychol", "journal_detail": "2018 Sep 19;9:1744.", "keywords": [ "disabilities", "inclusion", "interaction", "learning",...
PMC6157546
Providing an inclusive and quality education for all contributes toward the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. High-quality learning environments based on what works in education benefit all students and can be particularly beneficial for children with disabilities. This article contributes to advance...
{ "authors": [ "Fanny Kluge", "Emilio Zagheni", "Elke Loichinger", "Tobias Vogt" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1371/journal.pone.0108501", "journal": "PLoS One", "journal_detail": "2014 Sep 24;9(9):e108501.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih....
PMC4177216
Population aging is an inevitable global demographic process. Most of the literature on the consequences of demographic change focuses on the economic and societal challenges that we will face as people live longer and have fewer children. In this paper, we (a) briefly describe key trends and projections of the magnitu...
{ "authors": [ "Georges Azar", "Benjamin Wolff", "Pierre-Loïc Cornut", "Martine Mauget-Faÿsse" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3205/oc000008", "journal": "GMS Ophthalmol Cases", "journal_detail": "2012 Jun 14;2:Doc01.", "keywords": [ "pascal treatment", "florid diabetic retinopathy...
PMC5015601
Objective: To report a case of serous retinal detachment after Pattern Scan Laser (PASCAL) treatment in a diabetic woman. Methods: A 34-year-old diabetic woman presented with florid diabetic retinopathy after a miscarriage during the 20(th) week of pregnancy. Her Best Corrected Visual Acuity (BCVA) was 20/40 right eye ...
{ "authors": [ "Sanjay Agarwala", "Ganesh S Mohrir", "Brijbhushan S Mahajan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2011/957196", "journal": "Case Rep Orthop", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:957196.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23259106/", ...
PMC3505926
Osteochondral fractures of lateral femoral condyle are common in adolescents and young adults. They are usually caused by direct trauma or twisting injuries of the knee. We present a case of large osteochondral fracture of lateral femoral condyle involving the articular surface in a fifteen-year-old male with a positiv...
{ "authors": [ "Zorka Inic", "Momcilo Inic", "Milan Zegarac", "Ivana Inic", "Gordana Pupic" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.4137/CMO.S12044", "journal": "Clin Med Insights Oncol", "journal_detail": "2013 Jul 4;7:159-63.", "keywords": [ "breast cancer", "breast lymphoma", "e...
PMC3712001
Primary malignant lymphoma of the breast is a rare tumor, defined as a tumor localized in the breast with or without axillary lymph-node metastases. Such a tumor is mainly found in female patients and located more frequently in the right breast. It is difficult to make primary breast lymphoma (PBL) diagnosis before ope...
{ "authors": [ "Giancarlo Ponzo", "Giuseppe Emmanuele Umana", "Massimiliano Giuffrida", "Massimo Furnari", "Giovanni Federico Nicoletti", "Gianluca Scalia" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_259_2020", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2020 Jun 13;11:152.", "k...
PMC7332509
Background: Intramedullary spinal cord metastases represent 4-8.5% of the central nervous system metastases and affect only 0.1-0.4% of all patients. Those originating from renal cell carcinoma (RCC) are extremely rare. Of the eight patients described in the literature with metastatic RCC and intramedullary cord lesion...
{ "authors": [ "Panagiota Economopoulou", "Giannis Mountzios", "Ioannis Kotsantis", "Marios Bakogeorgos", "Vassilios Ramfidis", "Ioannis Kapiris", "Efstratios Patsouris", "Nikolaos Kentepozidis" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2013/461409", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "jo...
PMC3639689
Herein, we report an unusual case of a 78-year-old woman with synchronous presentation of sigmoid cancer and a nonfunctioning primary adrenal cortex carcinoma, who developed superior vena cava syndrome due to metastatic lymphadenopathy from the latter malignancy. Our case suggests that adrenal incidentalomas during ini...
{ "authors": [ "Neil K Taunk", "Brian Kushner", "Katarzyna Ibanez", "Suzanne L Wolden" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1002/pbc.25863", "journal": "Pediatr Blood Cancer", "journal_detail": "2016 Apr;63(4):731-3.", "keywords": [ "sbrt", "myositis", "neuroblastoma", "stereota...
PMC5029085
We report a severe and not previously reported toxicity after short-interval retreatment with stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) in a pediatric patient with neuroblastoma. This patient experienced Grade III radiation myositis after treatment with conventional radiation therapy followed by high-dose SBRT for persiste...
{ "authors": [ "Sharad Khurana", "Manuel Beltran", "Liuyan Jiang", "Ernesto Ayala", "Vivek Roy" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/3540487", "journal": "Case Rep Hematol", "journal_detail": "2019 Feb 20;2019:3540487.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://p...
PMC6402200
Cutaneous involvement by precursor T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma (T-ALL/LBL) is rare, and almost all cases are seen in association with bone marrow, blood, and/or lymph node involvement. Presentation with isolated skin involvement is very rare. Literature review revealed only one case report of primary cutaneo...
{ "authors": [ "Zhe Yu", "Wei Wei", "Hongruo Liu", "Evenki Pan", "Peng Yang", "Kui Jiang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OTT.S334205", "journal": "Onco Targets Ther", "journal_detail": "2021 Dec 8;14:5423-5428.", "keywords": [ "androgen receptor", "castration resistan...
PMC8669273
Metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), the advanced stage of prostate cancer (PCa), develops resistance to first line androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). Aberrant androgen receptor (AR) and PI3K-Akt-mTOR signaling pathway are responsible for the development and progression of mCRPC. We herein describe...
{ "authors": [ "Diego Strianese", "Andrea Elefante", "Francesco Matarazzo", "Angela Panico", "Mariantonia Ferrara", "Fausto Tranfa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000354963", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2013 Sep 17;4(3):109-13.", "keywords": [ "la...
PMC3806700
Purpose: To describe the case of a patient affected by orbital lymphoma mimicking pleomorphic adenoma of the lacrimal gland. Methods: This was a retrospective case report. Results: We present the case of a patient with 15-year history of slowly progressive left proptosis and inferomedial bulbar dislocation who had the ...
{ "authors": [ "Ram Nawal Rao", "Megha Bansal", "Shiwanjali Raghuvanshi", "M S Ansari", "Zafar Neyaz" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0974-7796.148637", "journal": "Urol Ann", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan-Mar;7(1):100-3.", "keywords": [ "immunohistochemistry and urinary retenti...
PMC4310096
Large B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma involving the prostate accounts for 0.09% and 0.1% of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. We report a case of prostatic large B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma in a 77-year-old male with symptoms of urinary retention most probably due to benign prostate hyperplasia. He underwent multiple needle core biops...
{ "authors": [ "Benedikt M J Lampl", "Werner Strigl", "Dieter Winner", "Michael T Pawlik" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3205/dgkh000329", "journal": "GMS Hyg Infect Control", "journal_detail": "2019 Oct 17;14:Doc13.", "keywords": [ "ecmo", "exposure", "infection prevention", ...
PMC6838731
We report about a 38-year-old female patient with an extremely severe case of legionellosis. The patient had to be treated in the intensive care unit for more than a month. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) had to be established in order to save the patient's life. The patient did not belong to any risk group ...
{ "authors": [ "Yoshimitsu Kuwabara", "Mirei Yonezawa", "Yumene Kubota", "Tomoko Ichikawa", "Ryuji Ohashi", "Toshiyuki Takeshita" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1055/s-0040-1709186", "journal": "AJP Rep", "journal_detail": "2020 Jan;10(1):e113-e117.", "keywords": [ "intrauteri...
PMC7102899
Detailed clinical and pathological features of placental mesenchymal dysplasia (PMD) complicated by preeclampsia (PE) are unknown. A 39-year-old nulliparous woman was referred at 19 weeks gestation. Ultrasound examination identified a fetus with severe growth restriction (-2.8 SD) and a markedly thickened placenta with...
{ "authors": [ "Fumihiro Ochi", "Ryota Nakamura", "Reiji Miyawaki", "Kyoko Moritani", "Shinobu Murakami", "Hisamichi Tauchi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/9946868", "journal": "Case Rep Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2021 Sep 13;2021:9946868.", "keywords": null, "licens...
PMC8457974
Rothia mucilaginosa is a Gram-positive coccus and an opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised hosts. The microorganism has been implicated in serious infections, including bacteremia meningitis or endocarditis. However, there is a dearth of investigations on meningitis, especially in children. As this infection is r...
{ "authors": [ "Lingping Li", "Xijing Liu", "Qinqin Li", "Lili Zhang", "Yueyue Xiong", "Shanling Liu", "He Wang", "Hongmei Zhu", "Xuemei Zhang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fgene.2023.1165019", "journal": "Front Genet", "journal_detail": "2023 Jun 5;14:1165019.", ...
PMC10277675
Objective: We described a unique case of near-negative chromosome mosaicism in chorionic villi but complete monosomy X in amniotic fluid. Methods: Chorionic villus sampling and amniocentesis were performed separately in the first and second trimesters. Chromosomal microarray (CMA) and rapid aneuploidy detection (QF-PCR...
{ "authors": [ "Wen-Chen Wang", "Ching-Yi Chen", "Hen-Jen Hsu", "Jer-Haur Kuo", "Li-Min Lin", "Yuk-Kwan Chen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.jds.2015.10.006", "journal": "J Dent Sci", "journal_detail": "2016 Jun;11(2):152-155.", "keywords": [ "minor salivary gland", ...
PMC6395286
Background/purpose: To our knowledge, sialolithiasis in minor salivary glands is very rare, and information about the disease is limited. The current study aimed to provide updated data regarding the disease in Taiwan. The data were compared with those of previous case series studies. Materials and methods: The feature...
{ "authors": [ "Anastasia Gkampeta", "Maria Stamou", "Charalampos Antachopoulos", "Elpida Simeoforidou", "Athena Pantoleon", "Nikoleta Lazaridou", "Andreas Giannopoulos" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14744/TurkPediatriArs.2018.33340", "journal": "Turk Pediatri Ars", "journal_de...
PMC7344136
Candida albicans is the most prevalent and pathogenic fungal infection of the urinary tract. Although fungal urinary tract infections occur less frequently than bacterial infections, their incidence has increased during the last decades. Prematurity, parenteral nutrition, corticosteroids, immunosuppressive factors, sur...
{ "authors": [ "Bangaly Traore", "Ibrahima Kalil Cisse", "Malick Bah", "Ahmed Monzomba Keita" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2018/4017043", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol Med", "journal_detail": "2018 Apr 1;2018:4017043.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed...
PMC5902086
Anal adenocarcinoma is very rare and usually occurs in the elderly. We present a case of a 12-year-old girl with an anal margin painful tumor infiltrating the lower rectum, with perineal and vulvar permeation nodules and bilateral fixed inguinal and iliac lymph nodes. Histology showed anal adenocarcinoma with mucosecre...
{ "authors": [ "Roberto Berebichez-Fridman", "Yehuda E Deutsch", "Thomas M Joyal", "Pablo Montero Olvera", "Pasquale W Benedetto", "Andrew E Rosenberg", "Daniel H Kett" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000445427", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol", "journal_detail": "2016 Apr 1;9(1...
PMC4836142
The Stewart-Treves syndrome is a rare and deadly entity, which is defined as angiosarcoma arising in the setting of chronic lymphedema. It typically presents in women who develop lymphedema in the upper extremity secondary to axillary lymph node dissection for breast cancer surgery. It is extremely uncommon in the lowe...
{ "authors": [ "Sujay Kumar Parasa", "Prasanna Udupi Bidkar", "Satyen Parida" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0259-1162.161818", "journal": "Anesth Essays Res", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan-Apr;10(1):136-8.", "keywords": [ "acute normovolemic hemodilution", "atypical antibodies", ...
PMC4767077
Acute normovolemic haemodilution (ANH) has been used in neurosurgical operations to reduce the incidence of homologous blood transfusions. We report a case of anterior communicating artery aneurysm in a patient with atypical antibodies in the serum, who was posted for clipping of the said aneurysm, and was managed with...
{ "authors": [ "Nuria Rosa Mercadal", "Eric A Wiebke" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": null, "journal": "Ann Gastroenterol", "journal_detail": "2012;25(4):361-364.", "keywords": [ "crohn’s disease", "colobronchial fistula", "infliximab" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-SA", "link": "https://pu...
PMC3959410
We report a rare case of right-sided colobronchial fistula in a 47-year-old, severely malnourished male with a history of regional enteritis and recurrent right lower and middle lobe pneumonias medically managed with the addition of the immunomodulator infliximab prior to surgery. On admission, evaluation of sputum cul...
{ "authors": [ "Chin-Ying Chien", "Cheng-Cheng Hwang", "Chun-Nan Yeh", "Huang-Yang Chen", "Jui-Teng Wu", "Chan-Siu Cheung", "Chih-Lang Lin", "Cho-Li Yen", "Wen-Yen Wang", "Kun-Chun Chiang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1477-7819-10-23", "journal": "World J Surg O...
PMC3292925
Liver angiosarcoma is a rare disease, however it still ranks as the third of most common primary liver maligancies. The prognosis of liver angiosarcoma is very poor with almost all patients with this kind of disease die within 2 years after diagnosis. No specific symptoms and signs are closely associated with this dise...
{ "authors": [ "Alfadil Haroon", "Momen Alnassani", "Mahmoud Aljurf", "Syed Osman Ahmed", "Marwan Shaheen", "Amr Hanbli", "Naeem Chaudhari", "Riad El Fakih" ], "case_amount": 11, "doi": "10.4084/MJHID.2020.070", "journal": "Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2...
PMC7485476
In late 2019 the coronavirus disease - 2019 (COVID - 19) pandemic caused by SARS Coronavirus 2 (SARS - CoV - 2) started in Wuhan, China. Life has changed radically since then. Data emerging from the first hit countries show a tendency for a complicated course and higher mortality in some subgroups of infected patients....
{ "authors": [ "Ruchi Sidana", "H C Mangala", "S B Murugesh", "K Ravindra" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0253-7184.81256", "journal": "Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS", "journal_detail": "2011 Jan;32(1):47-9.", "keywords": [ "acquired immune deficiency syndrome", "flocculation ...
PMC3139290
Prozone phenomenon is a false negative response resulting from high antibody titer which interferes with formation of antigen- antibody lattice, necessary to visualize a positive flocculation test. We present a case of secondary syphilis who presented to us with features of contact irritant dermatitis. She initially te...
{ "authors": [ "Anas Bennis", "Reda Hafiane", "Jaafar Benouhoud", "Amine El Khaoudi", "Khadija Ibahioin", "Abdelhakim Lakhdar", "Ihsane Moussaid", "Smaïl El Youssoufi", "Said Salmi" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2019.33.202.8481", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", ...
PMC6814345
Cavernous haemangiomas are benign vascular malformations that can locate in the central nervous system. The epidural spinal location remains unusual. Pregnancy is known to be a precipitating factor. The aim of this study is to review general aspects of these lesions and specific facts about their relationship to pregna...
{ "authors": [ "Abderrahim Siati", "Taher Berrada", "Aziz Baidada", "Aicha Kharbach" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2019.34.35.20169", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2019 Sep 16;34:35.", "keywords": [ "abdominal pregnancy", "hemorrhage", "laparotomy"...
PMC6859041
Abdominal pregnancy is a rare form of ectopic pregnancy with very high morbidity and mortality for both the mother and the fetus. Diagnosis and management can pose some difficulties especially in low-resource centers. We report a case of abdominal pregnancy with a healthy newborn. A 34-year-old Moroccan woman, G4P3 (3 ...
{ "authors": [ "Yin Guan", "Jing Meng", "Hong Zhao", "Yi Hu", "Xiang Yan", "Shao-Hong Zhao", "Shun-Chang Jiao" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000362402", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol", "journal_detail": "2014 Apr 25;7(1):273-6.", "keywords": [ "erlotinib", "intersti...
PMC4036133
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) induced by epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors has been extensively documented with decreasing incidence after appropriate patient selection due to increasing awareness over the years. However, ILD induced by sorafenib was mentioned with lower frequency only in pa...
{ "authors": [ "Yasemin Büyükkarabacak", "Mehmet Gökhan Pirzirenli", "Selçuk Gurz", "Ayşen Taslak", "Yurdanur Sullu", "Burçin Çelik", "Ahmet Başoğlu" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2023.21233", "journal": "Turk Gogus Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Derg", "journal_detail...
PMC10012991
Synchronous lung and esophageal carcinomas are rare clinical entities. Curative resection with lymph node dissection is the most optimal treatment approach for both tumors. However, due to the high potential risk of postoperative complications, the right approach is to make a patient-specific decision via a multidiscip...
{ "authors": [ "Dhruv Mahajan", "Vishesh Jain", "Sandeep Agarwala", "Manisha Jana", "Prashant P Ramteke" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.15586/jkcvhl.v8i2.178", "journal": "J Kidney Cancer VHL", "journal_detail": "2021 Jun 4;8(2):20-26.", "keywords": [ "angiomyolipoma", "kidney...
PMC8195744
Renal angiomyolipoma is a rare cause of renal tumor in children. Most are associated with tuberous sclerosis, and the classic type is observed more commonly. Epithelioid angiomyolipoma is even rarer with only limited case reports and series published in literature, most of which are of adult patients. We describe a 12-...
{ "authors": [ "Tu Juan", "Chen Chao-Ying", "Li Hua-Rong", "Wan Ling" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2022.917734", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2022 Jul 22;10:917734.", "keywords": [ "case report", "cobalamin c defect", "coronary artery ectasia", ...
PMC9354574
Background: Methylmalonic acidemia (MMA) with hyperhomocysteinemia is caused by cobalamin deficiency, mainly due to disturbance of cobalamin C (cblC) metabolism. Its clinical manifestations involve many organs. However, cases of coronary artery ectasia have been rarely reported. Case presentation: Here, we report the c...
{ "authors": [ "Matthew T Koroscil", "Timothy R Hauser" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2016.12.001", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016 Dec 18;20:72-74.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28066704/", "maj...
PMC5199190
Pulmonary infarction is an infrequent complication of pulmonary embolism due to the dual blood supply of the lung. Autopsy studies have reported cavitation to occur in only 4-5% of all pulmonary infarctions with an even smaller proportion of these cases becoming secondarily infected. Patients with infected cavitating p...
{ "authors": [ "Jina Park", "Seunghun Lee", "Kyung Bin Joo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3348/kjr.2014.15.1.140", "journal": "Korean J Radiol", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan-Feb;15(1):140-4.", "keywords": [ "calcification", "complications", "computed tomography", "radiotherapy...
PMC3909847
Heterotopic calcification following head and neck irradiation has rarely been reported. It usually develops as a late complication of radiotherapy in patients with malignancies, including breast cancer, lymphoma, and genitourinary malignancies. The occurrence of heterotopic calcification in the prevertebral space of th...
{ "authors": [ "Nithiananthan Mayooran", "Munir Tarazi", "Odharnaith O'Brien", "John Hinchion" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1093/jscr/rjv165", "journal": "J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan 1;2016(1):rjv165.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC", "link": "https://pubm...
PMC4697921
Angiolipoma is a rare variant of lipoma. Infiltrating chest wall angiolipoma usually presents as painful subcutaneous lesions. There are only a handful of cases reported in the literature. Malignancy is suspected in the differential diagnosis, and hence a tissue diagnosis is needed to rule out an underlying malignancy....
{ "authors": [ "Tchavdar Nikolov Shalganov", "Dora Paprika", "Sarolta Borbás", "András Temesvári", "Tamás Szili-Török" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1476-7120-3-5", "journal": "Cardiovasc Ultrasound", "journal_detail": "2005 Mar 1;3:5.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", ...
PMC553997
Background: Recently, intracardiac echocardiography emerged as a useful tool in the electrophysiology laboratories for guiding transseptal left heart catheterizations, for avoiding thromboembolic and mechanical complications and assessing the ablation lesions characteristics. Although the value of ICE is well known, it...
{ "authors": [ "Asger Andersen", "Kasper Korsholm", "Søren Mellemkjær", "Jens Erik Nielsen-Kudsk" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.06.005", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2017 Jun 10;22:39-43.", "keywords": [ "case report", "chronic thromboembo...
PMC5476463
Riociguat is a novel soluble guanylate cyclase stimulator that is approved for the treatment of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and patients with inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) or persistent/recurrent CTEPH after pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA). As riociguat is a rel...
{ "authors": [ "Qiang Wang", "Qi Wang", "Yanxia Gao", "Chenquan Tang", "Zhaoli Gao", "Zhao Hu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2021.807017", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2022 Jan 21;8:807017.", "keywords": [ "mmachc", "cobalamin c disease"...
PMC8814342
Background: Mutation of MMACHC causes inherited cobalamin C disease with methylmalonic academia (MMA) and homocysteinemia. Renal complications may also be present in patients with this deficiency. However, membranous nephropathy secondary to cobalamin C disease has not been reported to date. Case presentation: We encou...
{ "authors": [ "Ron Gadot", "Ben Shofty", "Ricardo A Najera", "Adrish Anand", "Garrett Banks", "Abdul Basit Khan", "Melissa A LoPresti", "Nora Vanegas Arroyave", "Sameer A Sheth" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fnins.2021.774073", "journal": "Front Neurosci", "journa...
PMC8606815
Introduction: Movement disorders can be common, persistent, and debilitating sequelae of severe traumatic brain injury. Post-traumatic movement disorders are usually complex in nature, involving multiple phenomenological manifestations, and can be difficult to control with medical management alone. Deep brain stimulati...
{ "authors": [ "Jeonghyun Kang", "Kang Young Lee", "Seung-Kook Sohn" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2014/108327", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2014;2014:108327.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24826358/", "major_mes...
PMC3971845
Intussusception in adult is rare. The etiology is different from that of childhood. The most common cause of intussusception in adult is known as malignancy. When dealing with adult intussusception, surgical resection is usually warranted for correct diagnosis and proper treatment. This is a case report of cecocolic in...
{ "authors": [ "Gustavo Cancela E Penna", "Henrique Gomes Mendes", "Adele O Kraft", "Cynthia Koeppel Berenstein", "Bernardo Fonseca", "Wagner José Martorina", "Andreise Laurian N R de Souza", "Gustavo Meyer de Moraes", "Kamilla Maria Araújo Brandão Rajão", "Bárbara Érika Caldei...
PMC5320317
Thyroglossal duct cyst (TDC) is a cystic expansion of a remnant of the thyroglossal duct tract. Carcinomas in the TDC are extremely rare and are usually an incidental finding after the Sistrunk procedure. In this report, an unusual case of a 36-year-old woman with concurrent papillary thyroid carcinoma arising in the T...
{ "authors": [ "F Löcherbach", "P Grimsehl", "A Sauer", "S Wyler", "M Kwiatkowski" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/9738265", "journal": "Case Rep Urol", "journal_detail": "2018 Oct 30;2018:9738265.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.n...
PMC6232813
We would like to present the case of a 64-year-old woman who underwent ureterorenoscopy and suffered an iatrogenic ureteral lesion due to an accidental intubation of the left ureter with a Foley-Catheter during the procedure. A Double-J-Stent was implanted into the damaged ureter, and 6 weeks later it fully recovered. ...
{ "authors": [ "Katsumasa Koyama", "Daisuke Minami", "Hayato Isobe", "Ryo Shirai", "Niro Okimoto", "Koichi Tomoda" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2022.956333", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2022 Oct 5;9:956333.", "keywords": [ "blood coagulati...
PMC9579333
Pneumocystis jiroveceii pneumonia is one of the most common opportunistic infections associated with human immunodeficiency virus. Endobronchial Watanabe spigot has been recommended for refractory pneumothorax, even with persistant air leak despite continuous negative pressure control via thoracic drainage. Moreover, c...
{ "authors": [ "Brook McConnell", "M Sherif Said", "Vijay R Ramakrishnan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2500/ar.2015.6.0118", "journal": "Allergy Rhinol (Providence)", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan;6(2):122-4.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.n...
PMC4541633
Background: Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a skin condition characterized by necrotic ulcers and most commonly occurs on the legs in association with inflammatory bowel disease and rheumatoid arthritis; however, PG rarely involves the head and neck, and very rarely causes nasal septal perforation. Objective: Here, we des...
{ "authors": [ "Xinyu Hu", "Kexin Guo", "Jingwen Li", "Xinyi Wang", "Hanshu Liu", "Qinwei Yu", "Guiying Kuang", "Gang Li", "Jinsha Huang", "Hongge Li", "Zhicheng Lin", "Nian Xiong" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2023.1171303", "journal": "Front Neuro...
PMC10398381
Hemifacial spasm (HFS) is a rare movement disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions on one side of the face. Compared to the high therapeutic effect, adverse effects of botulinum toxin treatment for HFS occurred rarely. However, managing HFS patients who are also taking antithrombotic drugs poses a chal...
{ "authors": [ "Jahanzeb Malik", "Nismat Javed" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2020.36.221.21307", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2020 Jul 28;36:221.", "keywords": [ "coronary artery", "rca", "dual", "intervention" ], "license": "CC BY", "link": "h...
PMC7490145
There is a significant variation in the mapping of epicardial coronary arteries. This variation may present as different anomalies. These anomalies are usually asymptomatic and can be present at birth. Some might become symptomatic during adulthood and subsequently, result in sudden death. The anomalies, in turn, prese...
{ "authors": [ "Afaf Al-Adsani", "Fadl Abdel Gader" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.4103/0256-4947.59381", "journal": "Ann Saudi Med", "journal_detail": "2010 Jan-Feb;30(1):70-5.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20103962/", "major_mesh_terms": ...
PMC2850186
The combined occurrence of diabetes mellitus (DM) and retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is rare. It has been reported in the form of four different syndromes that are inherited in an autosomal recessive fashion. We describe two cases of DM and RP occurring together. The first case was a 35-year-old male who presented with insu...
{ "authors": [ "Zakaria Zakariaei", "Ali Sharifpour", "Mahdi Fakhar", "Mostafa Soleymani", "Elham Sadat Banimostafavi", "Amirmasoud Taheri" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X221102021", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2022 May 25;10:2050313X22110202...
PMC9149606
Systemic sclerosis is a connective tissue disorder that involves the skin and many other organs, such as the heart, skin, and gastrointestinal tract. Cardiac involvement is in the form of pericarditis, pericardial effusion, and pulmonary hypertension. Several complications and super infections post-COVID-19 have been r...
{ "authors": [ "YounMo Cho", "JongIn Lee", "Min Choi", "WonSeon Choi", "Jun-Pyo Myong", "Hyoung-Ryoul Kim", "Jung-Wan Koo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s40557-015-0056-1", "journal": "Ann Occup Environ Med", "journal_detail": "2015 Feb 19;27:6.", "keywords": [ "copd...
PMC4357143
Background: Cigarette smoking is known as the most important risk factor of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, occupational exposure to other substances can result in COPD. Case report: A 76-year-old man with occupational exposures to mixtures of silica dust, gas, and fumes for 10 years and with a 2...
{ "authors": [ "Robert Pallas", "Balan Palaniappan", "Gareth Brown" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2484/rcr.v10i2.1072", "journal": "Radiol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016 Feb 17;10(2):1072.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27398115...
PMC4921168
MRI findings of megalourethra have not previously been reported. We present a case of an adult presenting with lifelong erectile dysfunction secondary to poor development of the corpus spongiosum and corpora cavernosa. The pathogenesis, typical presentation, and treatment of megalourethra, as well as the use of modern ...
{ "authors": [ "Nabil Braiteh", "Raheel Chaudhry", "Ibraheem Rehman", "Jowana Breiteh", "Alon Yarkoni" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/5450376", "journal": "Case Rep Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2021 Dec 24;2021:5450376.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "ht...
PMC8719986
Background: Direct coronary embolism in the setting of oral contraceptive pill (OCP) use is a rare adverse effect. It is known for OCP to increase the risk of thrombosis; however, leading to an inferior ST elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI) due to an acute occlusive embolism is a rare entity. Coronary embolism occu...
{ "authors": [ "Susan Ciccolari Micaldi", "Christopher W Dao", "Dannette N Napier", "Joycy Samson" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.17161/kjm.vol14.14985", "journal": "Kans J Med", "journal_detail": "2021 Oct 14;14:261-264.", "keywords": [ "catatonia", "child psychiatry", "pedia...
PMC8523101
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{ "authors": [ "Ioannis Tsakiridis", "Ioannis Chatzikalogiannis", "Apostolos Mamopoulos", "Themistoklis Dagklis", "Georgios Tsakmakidis", "Apostolos Athanasiadis", "Ioannis Kalogiannidis" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.11.002", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", ...
PMC6864124
Introduction: The incidence of cesarean scar pregnancies (CSPs) is increasing, possibly due to higher rates of cesarean sections. We report a case of a CSP with severe bleeding following initial conservative management, that was eventually treated surgically. Presentation of the case: A 33-year old woman with history o...
{ "authors": [ "Efstathios Rallis", "Vasileios Paparizos" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4081/idr.2012.e15", "journal": "Infect Dis Rep", "journal_detail": "2012 Feb 23;4(1):e15.", "keywords": [ "hiv", "malignant syphilis" ], "license": "NO-CC CODE", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm...
PMC3892643
Malignant syphilis is a rare and severe variant of secondary syphilis. It is clinically characterized by large papular, nodular and ulcerative lesions affecting the trunk and the extremities and covered with thick crust. We present a case of 52-year-old homosexual male who developed malignant syphilis and this was the ...
{ "authors": [ "Nicholas L Deep", "Rachel B Cain", "Ann E McCullough", "Joseph M Hoxworth", "Devyani Lal" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2500/ar.2014.5.0100", "journal": "Allergy Rhinol (Providence)", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan;5(3):162-7.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-N...
PMC4275463
We report a case of sinonasal phosphaturic mesenchymal tumor (PMT) and conduct a systematic review of the literature to highlight a unique paraneoplastic syndrome associated with PMT. We used English language publications from Medline and Cochrane databases (1970-2013) as data sources. A systematic review of the litera...
{ "authors": [ "Abdo Karim Tourkmani", "Jaime D Martinez", "David Berrones", "Brenda Y Juárez-Domínguez", "Francisco Beltrán", "Anat Galor" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000381941", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2015 Apr 24;6(1):139-42.", "keywords": [...
PMC4448052
The purpose of this manuscript is to report the case of a 12-year-old patient who presented for routine ophthalmic examination after congenital cataract surgery performed at 2 months of age. The patient was diagnosed with bilateral Brown-McLean syndrome by slit lamp examination. No treatment was required because the pa...
{ "authors": [ "George Madani", "K Anne-Isola Nekaris" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1678-9199-20-43", "journal": "J Venom Anim Toxins Incl Trop Dis", "journal_detail": "2014 Oct 2;20(1):43.", "keywords": [ "adrenaline", "anaphylaxis", "animal bite", "hematuria", "hypers...
PMC4192448
Background: Asian slow lorises (Nycticebus spp.) are one of few known venomous mammals, yet until now only one published case report has documented the impact of their venomous bite on humans. We describe the reaction of a patient to the bite of a subadult Nycticebus kayan, which occurred in the Mulu District of Sarawa...
{ "authors": [ "Junichi Nakamura", "Ichizo Tsujino", "Gaku Yamamoto", "Toshitaka Nakaya", "Kei Takahashi", "Hirokazu Kimura", "Takahiro Sato", "Taku Watanabe", "Shimpei Nakagawa", "Noriyuki Otsuka", "Hiroshi Ohira", "Satoshi Konno" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10....
PMC7527749
Pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis (PCH) is a rare cause of pulmonary hypertension (PH) associated with poor prognosis. Clinically, it is characterized by severe hypoxemia, centrilobular ground-glass opacities on computed tomography, and pulmonary congestion triggered by pulmonary vasodilating therapy. In some cases, ...