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{ "authors": [ "Michael Salim", "Mohannad Samy Behairy", "Elena Barengolts" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/5172131", "journal": "Case Rep Endocrinol", "journal_detail": "2021 Jul 26;2021:5172131.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34...
PMC8331317
Objective: Association of primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) with phosphaturic mesenchymal tumors (PMT) is rarely reported. This report entertains the hypothesis of the causal association of HPT with tumor-induced osteomalacia (TIO) and of the existence of HPT-PMT syndrome. Case Presentation. A 49-year-old man presente...
{ "authors": [ "Eiji Yoshinaga", "Naoki Oiso", "Shigeru Kawara", "Akira Kawada" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1159/000272027", "journal": "Case Rep Dermatol", "journal_detail": "2009 Jan 13;2(1):8-12.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih....
PMC3004204
Atypical features of scabies occur in infants and children and patients with prolonged use of corticosteroids or immunosuppression. We report a non-immunosuppressed 15-year-old female case of scabies showing scaly reddish papules over the proximal interphalangeal joints mimicking Gottron papules in classic dermatomyosi...
{ "authors": [ "Simona Gurzu", "Diana Burlacu", "Réka Sánta", "Ioan Jung", "Mark Slevin", "Emöke Fulop" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2022.922379", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2022 Aug 18;10:922379.", "keywords": [ "autopsy", "histology", ...
PMC9434010
Generalized arterial calcification of infancy (GACI) is an extremely rare autosomal recessive condition characterized by the storage of calcium at the level of internal elastic membrane of arteries. The main consequences are intimal fibrous thickening and arterial occlusion. We present the case of a preterm male infant...
{ "authors": [ "Julia S Retzky", "Casey Jo Humbyrd" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2473011418822278", "journal": "Foot Ankle Orthop", "journal_detail": "2019 Feb 12;4(1):2473011418822278.", "keywords": [ "amputation", "forefoot", "high-energy injury", "motorboat propeller" ...
PMC8696818
We report a case of a near-complete amputation of the forefoot of a 20-year-old man as a result of a motorboat propeller injury sustained in a saltwater river. He was treated with open reduction, percutaneous pinning, extensor tendon repair, and an extended course of antibiotic prophylaxis. We review the literature reg...
{ "authors": [ "Nikoloz Koshkelashvili", "Mahek Shah", "J Nicolas Codolosa", "Antonette Climaco" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2015.11.002", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2015 Nov 26;4:3-5.", "keywords": [ "haemophilus parainfluenzae", "neisseria sicca", ...
PMC4802815
Infective endocarditis is a common clinical problem in industrialized countries. Risk factors include abnormal cardiac valves, a history of endocarditis, intracardiac devices, prosthetic valves and intravenous drug use. We report a case of polymicrobial infective endocarditis in a 33 year-old female with a history chro...
{ "authors": [ "Christoph B Geier", "Alexander Piller", "Angela Linder", "Kai M T Sauerwein", "Martha M Eibl", "Hermann M Wolf" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1371/journal.pone.0133220", "journal": "PLoS One", "journal_detail": "2015 Jul 17;10(7):e0133220.", "keywords": null, "l...
PMC4506145
Loss of function mutations in the recombination activating genes RAG1 and RAG2 have been reported to cause a T-B-NK+ type of severe combined immunodeficiency. In addition identification of hypomorphic mutations in RAG1 and RAG2 has led to an expansion of the spectrum of disease to include Omenn syndrome, early onset au...
{ "authors": [ "S Sharma", "J R Sabharwal", "P Datta", "S Sood" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0976-237X.94554", "journal": "Contemp Clin Dent", "journal_detail": "2012 Jan;3(1):86-9.", "keywords": [ "dentist", "hurler syndrome", "mucopolysaccharidosis type i", "glyco...
PMC3341767
Mucopolysaccharidosis type I (MPS I H, Hurler syndrome) is a rare autosomal recessive inborn deficiency in the metabolism of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) heparan sulfate and dermatan sulfate, resulting from deficiency of Alpha-L-iduronidase enzyme. This condition is characterized by accumulation of incompletely degraded g...
{ "authors": [ "Renata Conforti", "Mario Cirillo", "Valeria Marrone", "Rosario Galasso", "Guglielmo Capaldo", "Teresa Giugliano", "Assunta Scuotto", "Giulio Piluso", "Mariarosa Ab Melone" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/NDT.S49784", "journal": "Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat...
PMC3901779
Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a relatively common single-gene disorder, and is caused by heterozygous mutations in the NF1 gene that result in a loss of activity or in a nonfunctional neurofibromin protein. Despite the common association of NF1 with neurocutaneous features, its pathology can extend to numerous tiss...
{ "authors": [ "Rosanna Zamparese", "Francesco Corini", "Antonio Braccischi", "Antonella D'Angelo", "Lucilla Diamanti", "Marina Del Vecchio", "Willy Giannubilo", "Vladimiro Mambelli" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2011/252805", "journal": "Case Rep Pathol", "journal_det...
PMC3420426
Primary sarcoma tumours of the prostate are rare and are classified, according to their histology, as stromal tumours of uncertain malignant potential (STUMP) and stromal prostatic sarcoma (PS; low and high grade). We describe a case of a 71-year-old man that developed progressive urinary obstruction symptoms and was s...
{ "authors": [ "Amol Karagir", "Shridevi Adaki", "Dilip Magdum" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/ijabmr.IJABMR_301_19", "journal": "Int J Appl Basic Med Res", "journal_detail": "2021 Jan-Mar;11(1):44-46.", "keywords": [ "calcifications", "sturge–weber syndrome", "capillary hema...
PMC8025953
Encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis, also called Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS), is a syndrome of etiology which is not yet clear. It is a nonhereditary condition. The clinical features include pigmentation over the facial skin known as port-wine stain, abnormalities of ocular region, and central nervous system involvement a...
{ "authors": [ "Dimitrios Filippou" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/4385913", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:4385913.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29090104/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh_terms": [ "Ca...
PMC5635282
Inguinal hernia mesh repair is one of the most frequent operations performed worldwide. The Lichtenstein technique and its various modifications are the most popular operations for groin hernia repair. The rate of surgical site infection (SSI) following inguinal hernia repair ranges between 0 and 14% in various series....
{ "authors": [ "Shih Keng Loong", "Boon Teong Teoh", "Jefree Johari", "Chee Sieng Khor", "Juraina Abd-Jamil", "Siti Sarah Nor'e", "Nur Izyan Samsudin", "Noor Syahida Azizan", "Che Norainon Yaacob", "Asma Anati CheMatSeri", "Nur Hidayana Mahfodz", "Sazaly AbuBakar" ], ...
PMC5346375
Bacillus anthracis is a bacterial pathogen of major concern. The spores of this bacteria can survive harsh environmental conditions for extended periods and are well recognized as a potential bioterror weapon with significant implications. Accurate and timely identification of this Bacillus species in the diagnostic la...
{ "authors": [ "Marcelo Park", "Eduardo Leite Vieira Costa", "Luciano Cesar Pontes Azevedo", "José Eduardo Afonso Junior", "Marcos Naoyuki Samano", "Carlos Roberto Ribeiro Carvalho", "ECMO Group", "André Luiz de Oliveira Martins", "Guilherme Paula Pinto Schettino", "Marcelo Bri...
PMC3164422
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{ "authors": [ "Himadri Choudhury", "Animesh Jindal", "Avinash Pathengay", "Harry W Flynn Jr" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.2147/OPTH.S81218", "journal": "Clin Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2015 Jun 23;9:1117-20.", "keywords": [ "ralstonia pickettii", "intravitreal injection", ...
PMC4484648
Purpose: To report an outbreak of endophthalmitis in three eyes of two patients following intravitreal methotrexate, caused by Ralstonia pickettii. Design: Retrospective, noncomparative, consecutive case series. Methods: Medical records and microbiology results of two patients who presented with acute endophthalmitis f...
{ "authors": [ "Yukihiro Hama" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1259/bjrcr.20150481", "journal": "BJR Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016 Nov 2;2(4):20150481.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30460029/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh_terms": [ ...
PMC6243296
Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) is a high-grade B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, which can be divided into endemic, sporadic and human immunodeficiency-associated subtypes. The sporadic BL typically presents as an intra-abdominal tumour but that of cutaneous or subcutaneous origin is very uncommon. We present a case of sporadic ...
{ "authors": [ "I Spozio Züst", "H R Räz", "F Burkhalter" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/5469712", "journal": "Case Rep Nephrol", "journal_detail": "2019 Feb 11;2019:5469712.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30886753/", "major_me...
PMC6388347
Nephrotic syndrome is common in immunoglobulin light-chain (AL) amyloidosis and successful therapy may pose a challenge. We report the case of a 63-year-old patient with severe nephrotic syndrome due to primary renal AL-amyloidosis with well-preserved renal function at first presentation. Therapy with high dose steroid...
{ "authors": [ "Zohreh Kavehmanesh", "Mohammad Torkaman", "Fatemeh Beiraghdar" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.14744/TurkPediatriArs.2019.21298", "journal": "Turk Pediatri Ars", "journal_detail": "2020 Sep 23;55(3):316-319.", "keywords": [ "cholestasis", "galactosemia", "indirect h...
PMC7536454
Galactosemia is a rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder that has three major types. The most common type is classic galactosemia. These patients have deficient galactose-1-phosphate-urydiltransferase. The enzyme deficiency often results in symptomatic disease if breastfeeding or lactose-containing formulas contin...
{ "authors": [ "Paresh Zanzmera", "Tinkal Patel", "Vinay Shah" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0976-3147.143215", "journal": "J Neurosci Rural Pract", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan;6(1):105-7.", "keywords": [ "facial nevus", "sturge-weber syndrome", "gyral calcification", "l...
PMC4244768
Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS), a rare sporadic neurocutaneous disease, is characterized by a congenital unilateral port-wine nevus affecting the area innervated by V1, ipsilateral leptomeningeal angiomatosis, and calcification in the occipital or frontoparietal region and glaucoma/vascular eye abnormality. Three types of...
{ "authors": [ "Saptarshi Biswas", "Shekhar Gogna", "Prem Patel" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/8412927", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:8412927.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29130015/", "major_mesh_...
PMC5654331
Type IV paraesophageal hernia (PEH) is very rare and is characterized by the intrathoracic herniation of the abdominal viscera other than the stomach into the chest. We describe a case of a 90-year-old male patient who presented at our emergency department complaining of epigastric pain that he had experienced over the...
{ "authors": [ "Justin Klaff", "Stephen M Milner", "Stuart Farris", "Leigh Ann Price" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Eplasty", "journal_detail": "2011;11:ic16.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22148080/", "major_mesh_term...
PMC3230139
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{ "authors": [ "Ki Nam Kim", "Ki Nam Lee", "Mee Sook Roh", "Pil Jo Choi", "Doo Kyung Yang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3348/kjr.2008.9.1.87", "journal": "Korean J Radiol", "journal_detail": "2008 Jan-Feb;9(1):87-90.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC", "link": "https://pu...
PMC2627182
Thoracic paragangliomas comprise only 1-2% of all paragangliomas, including the adrenal pheochromocytomas, and these tumors are mostly found in the mediastinal compartments (1). To the best of our knowledge, there is only one case report in the pathology literature of endobronchial involvement by a primary pulmonary pa...
{ "authors": [ "Emanuele Cencini", "Alberto Fabbri", "Umberto Arrigucci", "Alfonso Cerase", "Monica Bocchia" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4084/MJHID.2017.040", "journal": "Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2017 Jun 16;9(1):e2017040.", "keywords": [ "cns lymphoma...
PMC5499499
Central nervous system (CNS) relapse is an infrequent but severe complication for DLBCL patients, associated with poor prognosis. Intravenous prophylaxis with high-dose methotrexate has shown promising results but is rarely feasible in elderly and/or nephropathic patients. A 83 years old woman with CNS relapse occurred...
{ "authors": [ "Yanyu Zhang", "Xingtong Wang", "Yilin Pan", "Beibei Du", "Kumaraswamy Nanthakumar", "Ping Yang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fcvm.2022.934214", "journal": "Front Cardiovasc Med", "journal_detail": "2022 Sep 29;9:934214.", "keywords": [ "qtc interval prol...
PMC9557095
QT interval prolongation and ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) induced by osimertinib, a third-generation epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, are life-threatening complications. However, no consensus has been achieved regarding their management. Overdrive pacing has been shown to be effective in sho...
{ "authors": [ "Mawuli F Attipoe", "Charles D Sturgis" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2014/971464", "journal": "Case Rep Pathol", "journal_detail": "2014;2014:971464.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25254132/", "major_mesh_terms": [], ...
PMC4164505
Definitive cytomorphologic diagnosis of small cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix is possible but can be challenging in routine cervicovaginal cancer screening specimens. Several small series of reported cases of cervical small cell carcinoma have shown this uncommon malignancy to represent fewer than 2% of all invasi...
{ "authors": [ "Trevor J Shelton", "Alton W Skaggs", "Gavin C Pereira" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/8657562", "journal": "Case Rep Orthop", "journal_detail": "2018 Feb 19;2018:8657562.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29670791/",...
PMC5836394
We report a novel case of a patient who had a draining sinus soon after a total hip arthroplasty that spontaneously resolved. The patient voluntarily discontinued antibiotic suppressive therapy (AST) after 10 years of treatment and paradoxically experienced full resolution of signs of chronic prosthetic joint infection...
{ "authors": [ "Adi Mohammed Al Owaifeer", "Abdulrahman AlDarrab", "Ohoud Owaidhah" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X211046720", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2021 Sep 16;9:2050313X211046720.", "keywords": [ "endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation", "cho...
PMC8450681
Endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation is a relatively safe cyclodestructive procedure with a lower complication rate compared to trans-scleral cyclophotocoagulation. Serous choroidal detachment is a complication that has been reported following endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation; however, it is usually mild and transient. A c...
{ "authors": [ "Daichi Ishimaru", "Hiroshi Sumi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/1675654", "journal": "Case Rep Orthop", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:1675654.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28744387/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mes...
PMC5514337
This article presents a case of insufficiency fracture of medial proximal tibia caused by long-term administration of saccharated ferric oxide (SFO) in a 77-year-old female. In this case, 2-year administration of SFO for iron deficit anemia induced hypophosphatemic osteomalacia and finally resulted in an insufficiency ...
{ "authors": [ "Maja Česen Mazič", "Lenart Girandon", "Miomir Kneževič", "Simona L Avčin", "Janez Jazbec" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fbioe.2018.00093", "journal": "Front Bioeng Biotechnol", "journal_detail": "2018 Jul 24;6:93.", "keywords": [ "gvhd", "immunosuppressiv...
PMC6066564
The most effective treatment of steroid refractory acute graft vs. host disease (aGvHD) is not yet established and mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) appear to be a promising therapy for the condition. We report single center case series of three patients, who underwent allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation and later...
{ "authors": [ "Heidi A Heilstedt", "Carlos A Bacino" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1186/1471-2350-5-1", "journal": "BMC Med Genet", "journal_detail": "2004 Feb 2;5:1.", "keywords": null, "license": "NO-CC CODE", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15040809/", "major_mesh_terms": [ ...
PMC373451
Background: Hemihyperplasia (hemihypertrophy) is defined as asymmetric body overgrowth of one or more body parts. Hemihyperplasia can be isolated or be part of well-defined syndromes such as in the case of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS). Isolated hemihyperplasia is usually sporadic, but a number of familial occurren...
{ "authors": [ "Brian Arturo Mondeja Rodríguez", "Ernesto Alimañy", "Yigani Vila de Armas", "Nadia María Rodríguez Preval" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X19827403", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan 30;7:2050313X19827403.", "keywords": [ "ar...
PMC6354299
Bacterial endophthalmitis is the most severe form of vision-threatening ocular infection. Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a primary respiratory pathogen that has been associated with several extrapulmonary manifestation, including ocular infection. In this work, we presented the microbiology diagnosis of an endophalmitis by M...
{ "authors": [ "Lizhong Ren", "Hongrong Qian", "Junsen Wang", "Piaopiao Jin", "Qida Hu", "Jiajie Yu", "Xin Zhang", "Yun Zhang", "Haifeng Huang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OTT.S257013", "journal": "Onco Targets Ther", "journal_detail": "2020 Jun 19;13:5831-5835."...
PMC7314643
Gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is a mesenchymal neoplasm, typically arising from the muscularis propria layer of the stomach wall. Serosa-derived GIST is rarely seen and has not been reported yet. A 49-year-old Chinese female was presented with marked abdominal distension. Ultrasonography revealed a retr...
{ "authors": [ "Hiroto Eguchi", "Haruka Takeshige", "Sho Nakajima", "Masayoshi Kanou", "Asuka Nakajima", "Atsuto Fuse", "Jiro Fukae", "Hideto Miwa", "Yasushi Shimo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2020.585303", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2020...
PMC7719747
Background: The relationship between varicella-zoster virus (VZV)-associated myelitis and aquaporin-4 immunoglobulin-G (AQP4-IgG) remains unknown. Case Report: We report a case of acute radiculomyelitis with longitudinal extensive hyperintensity signals traversing the brainstem until the upper thoracic cord in a 55-yea...
{ "authors": [ "Luca Giugno", "Giovanni Maria Formato", "Massimo Chessa", "Emiliano Votta", "Mario Carminati", "Francesco Sturla" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fcvm.2022.1076359", "journal": "Front Cardiovasc Med", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 10;9:1076359.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC9871590
An 8-year-old girl, diagnosed with mid-aortic syndrome (MAS) at the age of 2 months and under antihypertensive therapy, presented with severe systemic hypertension (>200/120 mmHg). Computed tomography (CT) examination revealed aortic aneurysm between severe stenoses at pre- and infra-renal segments, and occlusion of pr...
{ "authors": [ "Brice Leyrat", "Maureen Bernadach", "Angeline Ginzac", "Sejdi Lusho", "Xavier Durando" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000515298", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol", "journal_detail": "2021 Apr 8;14(1):664-670.", "keywords": [ "chemotherapy", "oncology", "pan...
PMC8077481
Umbilical skin metastases (or Sister Mary Joseph nodules) are rare. Their presence typically indicates the late manifestation of deep-seated abdominopelvic malignancy. They occur mainly in gynecological cancers, and gastrointestinal cancers in men. The most common histology is adenocarcinoma (∼75% of cases), but it can...
{ "authors": [ "Zehra Kurdoglu", "Mertihan Kurdoglu", "Zehra Kucukaydin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5402/2011/520304", "journal": "ISRN Obstet Gynecol", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:520304.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21637362/", ...
PMC3102266
Background. Imperforate hymen is usually treated with hymenotomy, and the management after its spontaneous rupture is not very well known. Case. In this paper, we present spontaneous rupture of the imperforate hymen in a 13-year-old adolescent girl with hematocolpometra just before a planned hymenotomy operation. The p...
{ "authors": [ "Na Rae Moon", "Jae Young Min", "Yeon Hee Kim", "Sae Kyung Choi", "Jong Chul Shin", "In Yang Park" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5468/ogs.2015.58.1.65", "journal": "Obstet Gynecol Sci", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan;58(1):65-8.", "keywords": [ "epignathus", "...
PMC4303755
Epignathus is an extremely rare type of congenital teratoma arising in the oral cavity. Although it is a benign tumor, it is associated with high mortality and morbidity rates because of severe airway obstruction and other malformations. We present a case of epignathus affecting one fetus in a twin pregnancy. The tumor...
{ "authors": [ "Ghita Saghi", "Nawal Doghmi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2013.15.91.2635", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2013 Jul 9;15:91.", "keywords": [ "behçet's disease", "thrombosis", "pulmonary embolism" ], "license": "CC BY", "link": "https:...
PMC3810222
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{ "authors": [ "Haruko Yoshimoto", "Shozo Yamada", "Hideki Shiramizu", "Masataka Kato", "Atsushi Ishida", "Hikari Sato", "Ko Nakase", "Yusuke Sasaki", "Masahiro Hirayama", "Seigo Matsuo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2176/nmccrj.cr.2020-0347", "journal": "NMC Case Rep...
PMC8769433
This report describes a 49-year-old male patient who presented with a pituitary adenoma extending to the suprasellar region. Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) occurred after conventional transnasal transsphenoidal surgery for a non-functioning pituitary adenoma despite no suprasellar arachnoid membrane breakdown. Through e...
{ "authors": [ "Nadhirah Mohd Shakri", "Salina Husain", "Farah Dayana Zahedi", "Geok Chin Tan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5222/MMJ.2020.45389", "journal": "Medeni Med J", "journal_detail": "2020;35(1):71-74.", "keywords": [ "non-hodgkin lymphomas", "plasmablastic lymphoma", ...
PMC7384497
Plasmablastic lymphoma (PBL) is a rare and aggressive variant of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma predominantly in oral cavities of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive male patients or immunosuppressive hosts. Limited number of reports on HIV-negative PBL in immunocompetent patients are available in the literature...
{ "authors": [ "Shradha Agarwal", "Daniel Caplivski", "Edward J Bottone" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1476-0711-4-18", "journal": "Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob", "journal_detail": "2005 Nov 3;4:18.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16...
PMC1310521
Background: Extrapulmonary manifestations of tuberculosis have become increasingly important in the era of HIV/AIDS. Case presentation: We describe a case of tuberculosis (TB) dactylitis in a patient with AIDS who originated from the Ivory Coast. The diagnosis was established by direct visualization of acid-fast bacill...
{ "authors": [ "Meghan Glibbery", "Adam Fleming", "Rahul Chanchlani", "Olufemi Abiodun Ajani", "Norma Marchetti", "Alexa Marr", "M Constantine Samaan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2020/4827072", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2020 May 26;2020:4827072.", "...
PMC7270994
Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) in children has significant impacts on growth and metabolism. Two-agent GH stimulation tests are commonly used to diagnose GHD, and these tests are generally considered safe. We report the case of a 5-year 5-month-old boy with a history of anaplastic ependymoma who underwent GH stimulati...
{ "authors": [ "Tobias Marczewski", "Yong-Peng Ma", "Xue-Mei Zhang", "Wei-Bang Sun", "A Jane Marczewski" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1093/aobpla/plw070", "journal": "AoB Plants", "journal_detail": "2016 Nov 10;8:plw070.", "keywords": [ "china", "rhododendron", "hybridiz...
PMC5142052
Hybridization has become a focal topic in evolutionary biology, and many taxonomists are aware that the process occurs more frequently than previously assumed. Nonetheless many species and varieties are still described without explicitly considering the possibility of hybridization, especially in countries that have re...
{ "authors": [ "Lucas Souto Nacif", "Estrella Bianca de Mello", "Rafael Soares Pinheiro", "Fabiana Roberto Lima", "Rodrigo Bronze de Martino", "Wellington Andraus", "Luiz Carneiro D'Albuquerque" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2018/5154136", "journal": "Case Rep Transplant", ...
PMC6217876
There is a worldwide problem of waiting time and mortality rate associated with remaining on the waiting list for a liver transplant. However, some situations have been encouraging in terms of determining appropriate recipients and expanding the donor criteria. We herein report a case of useful liver donor with sickle ...
{ "authors": [ "Tongshuai Kuang", "Wei Cai", "Weite Qian", "Xiaokun Lin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2022.1095993", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 10;10:1095993.", "keywords": [ "children", "cystoscopy", "foreign bodies", "lower urinar...
PMC9873356
Background: Children with foreign bodies (FBs) in the lower urinary tract have rarely been reported, and their management remains challenging. This study aimed to describe the characteristics and treatment of FBs in children's lower urinary tract. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data on lower urinary ...
{ "authors": [ "Kor Woi Tiang", "Hang Fai So", "Yang Hwang", "Manjunath Siddaiah-Subramanya" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/1341572", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan 8;2018:1341572.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi....
PMC5817355
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is preferred in the treatment of symptomatic cholecystolithiasis. Gallstone spillage is not uncommon, and there have been reports of associated complications. We report a case of a free intraperitoneal gallstone, left inadvertently during LC, which developed an inflammatory phlegmon wi...
{ "authors": [ "Juliano Cordova Vargas", "Caio Cardozo", "Renata Stanzione", "Lucas Fiore", "Felipe D'Almeida Costa", "Rodrigo Fonseca Abreu", "Nelson Hamerschlak", "Guilherme Perini" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023/4683188", "journal": "Case Rep Hematol", "journal_...
PMC10257540
Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD), a rare form of non-Langerhans histiocytosis, is a multisystem disorder. The case reported here refers to a 49-year-old man presenting at the emergency room with respiratory symptoms. While undergoing diagnostic tests for COVID-19 infection, tomography revealed asymptomatic bilateral perir...
{ "authors": [ "Syeda Aasia Batool", "Usha Kumari", "Salim Surani" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023/7934700", "journal": "Case Rep Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2023 May 10;2023:7934700.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37207042/",...
PMC10191744
Mucormycosis is a rare but fatal disease caused by a filamentous fungus involving the nose, paranasal sinuses, and brain. These organisms usually cause severe infections in immunocompromised individuals. Granulomatous polyangiitis (GPA), also known as Wegner's granulomatosis, is a rare, aseptic necrotizing granulomatou...
{ "authors": [ "Bahadar S Srichawla", "Eduardo Andrade", "Vincent Kipkorir" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X231197521", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Aug 30;11:2050313X231197521.", "keywords": [ "fahr’s disease", "brain calcifications", "...
PMC10474788
Brain calcifications, previously known as Fahr's disease, is a rare neurological disorder marked by various clinical symptoms, including movement disorders, cognitive impairment, and psychiatric disturbances. Despite its clinical importance, its pathophysiology is unclear and there are no specific treatments. We presen...
{ "authors": [ "Syed H Zaidi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1757-1626-2-62", "journal": "Cases J", "journal_detail": "2009 Jan 18;2(1):62.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19149905/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh_terms": [], "pmcid": "P...
PMC2651114
Hydatid disease is a considerable health problem worldwide. Two case reports of relatively uncommon presentations of the disease are presented.The first case is that of a 25 years old female from region of Afghanistan that borders Pakistan's Baluchistan province. She presented with cough, hemoptysis and left hypochondr...
{ "authors": [ "Yasser Abou Mourad", "Ali Shamseddine", "Ayad Hamdan", "Susane Koussa", "Ali Taher" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5144/0256-4947.2004.301", "journal": "Ann Saudi Med", "journal_detail": "2004 Jul-Aug;24(4):301-2.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link...
PMC6148106
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{ "authors": [ "Brahim El Hasbaoui", "Nadia Mebrouk", "Salahiddine Saghir", "Abdelhkim El Yajouri", "Rachid Abilkassem", "Aomar Agadr" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2021.38.237.20967", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2021 Mar 4;38:237.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC8140678
Vitamin B12 deficiency in early childhood is an important cause of neurodevelopmental delay and regression. Most of these cases occur in exclusively breast-fed infants of deficient mothers. Symptoms and signs of vitamin B12 deficiency appear between the ages of 2 to 12 months and include vomiting, lethargy, failure to ...
{ "authors": [ "Lameck Bonaventure Luwanda", "Anna Gamell" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2018.29.200.12081", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2018 Apr 6;29:200.", "keywords": [ "hiv", "tuberculosis", "isoniazid preventive therapy" ], "license": "CC BY", ...
PMC6061821
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{ "authors": [ "Sailabala Garikaparthi", "Renuka Inuganti Venkata", "Krishna Bharathi Yarlagadda", "Annapurna Parvatala" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2012/213765", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol Med", "journal_detail": "2012;2012:213765.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "lin...
PMC3469083
Sarcoma-like mural nodules occur predominantly in middle-aged women. Distinction of these lesions from true sarcomatous nodules and foci of anaplastic carcinoma is important because of the worse prognosis of these tumors in comparison with the favorable behavior of sarcoma-like mural nodules. In this report we describe...
{ "authors": [ "Indranil Saha", "Cyrus Minoo Shroff", "Charu Gupta", "Rashmi Verma" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0974-620X.226350", "journal": "Oman J Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan-Apr;11(1):82-84.", "keywords": [ "adie's", "bilateral", "tonic" ], "licens...
PMC5848359
A tonic pupil is usually caused due to parasympathetic denervation of the iris sphincter muscles. It's usually seen in females and in 80 % cases it's unilateral, and 4% of these cases progress to bilateral involvement. Adie's tonic pupil has been reported in literature to have multiple syndromic associations. Simultane...
{ "authors": [ "Hanna Jung", "Youngok Lee" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S273077", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2020 Oct 1;13:461-464.", "keywords": [ "cardiac surgery", "congenital heart defect", "cyanosis", "pulmonary atresia with ventricular s...
PMC7534858
The presence of thrombocytopenia in cyanotic congenital heart disease (CCHD) is an uncommon, but well-known condition. We present a patient with pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect (PA with VSD) requiring a multi-stage operation. We were unsure whether the patient's hypoxia was the cause of his thrombocyto...
{ "authors": [ "Ryuichi Takimiya", "Hirohisa Fujikawa", "Shinichi Shirasawa", "Kiyoharu Muranaka" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1002/ams2.810", "journal": "Acute Med Surg", "journal_detail": "2022 Dec 13;9(1):e810.", "keywords": [ "calcinosis cutis", "antinuclear matrix protein 2...
PMC9748238
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{ "authors": [ "Zinon T Kokkalis", "Aikaterini Bavelou", "Efstratios Papanikos", "Dimitrios Kalavrytinos", "Andreas Panagopoulos" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/24715492221090742", "journal": "J Shoulder Elb Arthroplast", "journal_detail": "2022 Mar 29;6:24715492221090742.", "key...
PMC9163725
Introduction: Failure after operative treatment of complex proximal humeral fractures (PHF) can prove challenging even for experienced surgeons. Reverse shoulder arthroplasty (RSA) seems to offer a satisfactory revision procedure with good clinical outcomes. Materials and methods: We present a case series of 14 patient...
{ "authors": [ "Sebastian Fernandez-Bussy", "Gonzalo Labarca", "Macarena Rodriguez", "Hiren J Mehta", "Michael Jantz" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2015.08.001", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015 Aug 11;16:81-5.", "keywords": [ "glomus tumor", ...
PMC4681967
Glomus tumors are unusual and generally benign neoplasms mainly found in subungeal areas. We describe a case of concomitant subcutaneous and tracheal glomus tumor that underwent successful endoscopic resection. A 48-year old male with a left forearm subcutaneous mass presented with hemoptysis. A chest CT scan demonstra...
{ "authors": [ "Ammar Kheder", "Matt T Bianchi", "M Brandon Westover" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ebcr.2014.01.003", "journal": "Epilepsy Behav Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2014 Feb 12;2:71-4.", "keywords": [ "burst suppression", "disconnection hypothesis", "sleep" ],...
PMC4308090
Burst suppression (BS) is an electroencephalogram (EEG) pattern that is characterized by brief bursts of spikes, sharp waves, or slow waves of relatively high amplitude alternating with periods of relatively flat EEG or isoelectric periods. The pattern is usually associated with coma, severe encephalopathy of various e...
{ "authors": [ "Emanuele Pontali", "Marcello Feasi", "Maria Paola Crisalli", "Giovanni Cassola" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2011/972096", "journal": "Case Rep Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:972096.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi...
PMC3336224
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute or subacute peripheral polyneuropathy characterized by symmetrical muscle weakness. Its occurrence has been reported during acute HIV seroconversion since 1985. Among HIV-infected subjects, GBS has generally a favourable outcome. We report a case of GBS with fatal outcome durin...
{ "authors": [ "Farnad Imani", "Helen Gharaei", "Mehran Rezvani" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.5812/kowsar.22287523.3768", "journal": "Anesth Pain Med", "journal_detail": "2012 Winter;1(3):194-7.", "keywords": [ "phantom limb", "pulsed radiofrequency treatment", "spinal ganglia" ...
PMC4018701
Chronic pain following lower-limb amputation is now a well-known neuropathic, chronic-pain syndrome that usually presents as a combination of phantom and stump pain. Controlling these types of neuropathic pain is always complicated and challenging. If pharmacotherapy does not control the patient's pain, interventional ...
{ "authors": [ "Stefano Colonna", "Luciana Sciumé", "Federico Giarda", "Alessandro Innocenti", "Giovanna Beretta", "Davide Dalla Costa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2020.602554", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2021 Jan 7;11:602554.", "keywords": [ "...
PMC7817886
Introduction: The main clinical manifestation of the novel Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is respiratory issues. Neurological manifestations are being increasingly recognized, including febrile seizures, headache, dizziness, and myalgia, as well as encephalopathy, encephalitis, stroke, and...
{ "authors": [ "Jae Eun Roh", "Sang-Hoon Cha", "Seung Young Lee", "Min Hee Jeon", "Bum Sang Cho", "Min Ho Kang", "Kyung Soo Min" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3348/kjr.2012.13.1.107", "journal": "Korean J Radiol", "journal_detail": "2012 Jan-Feb;13(1):107-10.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC3253395
We present a case of developmental venous anomaly associated with arteriovenous fistula supplied by a single arterial feeder adjacent to a large acute intracerebral hemorrhage. The arteriovenous fistula was successfully obliterated by superselective embolization while completely preserving the developmental venous anom...
{ "authors": [ "Huiyan Cheng", "Zhichao Wang", "Qiang Zhao", "He Zhu", "Tianmin Xu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2018.00227", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2018 Aug 15;6:227.", "keywords": [ "congenital abnormality", "neonatal", "perineal groov...
PMC6104166
Perineal groove is a rare anoperineal congenital malformation disease that usually affects newborn females. It is unknown to many clinicians, which usually leads to misdiagnosis. The pathogenesis of perineal groove is not clear, and there are few cases reported in the current medical literature. Perineal grooves in two...
{ "authors": [ "Manuel Menéndez-González", "Tania Álvarez-Avellón", "José M Salas-Pacheco", "Benito de Celis-Alonso", "Kathryn A Wyman-Chick", "Oscar Arias-Carrión" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2018.00335", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2018 May 24;9:335...
PMC5976748
The term scans without evidence of dopaminergic deficit (SWEDD) can be associated with any patient diagnosed at first with Parkinson's disease but with a negative dopamine transporter-single photon emission computed tomography (DaTSPECT), which does not confirm the presynaptic dopaminergic deficiency. Therefore, an alt...
{ "authors": [ "Juan J Medina-Pérez", "José A Balderas-Juárez", "Andrés Vega-Rosas", "Paola G Ballesteros-Penedo", "Silvia G Coubert-Pelayo" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.34419", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 30;15(1):e34419.", "keywords": [ "covid-...
PMC9978167
Among the neurological manifestations associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), neuropathies are rare. They have been associated with prolonged prostration and metabolic failure in a seriously ill patient. We present a case series of four Mexican patients diagnosed with diaphragmatic dysfunction due to phren...
{ "authors": [ "Huifang Shan", "Chunyan Wei", "Jingyi Zhang", "Min He", "Zhongwei Zhang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IDR.S422799", "journal": "Infect Drug Resist", "journal_detail": "2023 Sep 1;16:5777-5782.", "keywords": [ "cryptosporidium", "azithromycin", "crypt...
PMC10478782
Background: Cryptosporidium is one of the major pathogens causing diarrhea worldwide. At present, cryptosporidiosis is difficult to prevent and control, especially in immunocompromised hosts. It may cause life-threatening diarrhea and malabsorption among children and immunocompromised patients. Therefore, it is very i...
{ "authors": [ "Eric Bergeron", "Normand Gervais" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2022/9520191", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2022 Oct 10;2022:9520191.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36262933/", "major_mesh_terms": [], ...
PMC9576413
Cecal duplication is a rare congenital malformation and majority of the cases are discovered in the first years of life. Ileocolic intussusception is also a rare situation encountered in adults. A 19-year-old female presented with acute abdominal pain and bowel occlusion in relation with an ileocecal intussusception. S...
{ "authors": [ "Astrit Hamza", "Avdyl Krasniqi", "Fatos Sada", "Valon Zejnullahu", "Besnik Bicaj" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.07.056", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020;74:38-41.", "keywords": [ "biliary tree", "case report", "e...
PMC7417887
Introduction: Hydatid disease affects most commonly the liver, and complications with the rupture into the biliary tree develop in approximately one-fourth of the cases. Moreover, primary hydatid cysts of the biliary tract have been reported. Presentation of case: We report an extremely rare case of obstructive jaundic...
{ "authors": [ "Teodor Razvan Cristescu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.22336/rjo.2017.11", "journal": "Rom J Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2017 Jan-Mar;61(1):60-64.", "keywords": [ "autoimmune retinopathy", "cancer-associated retinopathy", "paraneoplastic retinopathy" ], "license":...
PMC5710055
The paper presents the case of a 57-year-old male patient who complained of slow progressive loss of visual acuity. Anamnesis revealed he was a heavy drinker and he was previously diagnosed with a pancreatic cancer, observed on the MRI. The clinical examination revealed ocular features that made the diagnosis difficult...
{ "authors": [ "Chao Ye", "Wenyuan Li" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1097/MD.0000000000014121", "journal": "Medicine (Baltimore)", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan;98(3):e14121.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30653140/", "major_mesh_terms"...
PMC6370148
Rationale: Cutaneous vasculitis is usually found in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as an extra-articular manifestation, but rare in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). In this case, we describe an AS patient who developed large skin lesions, of which the histological findings were consistent with cutane...
{ "authors": [ "ZhiQiang Yin", "JiaLi Xu", "YongQiang Li", "JiPing Xia", "Dan Luo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/DDDT.S66868", "journal": "Drug Des Devel Ther", "journal_detail": "2014 Sep 2;8:1231-3.", "keywords": [ "drug eruption", "fibrinogen", "gout", "purpur...
PMC4159221
This study reports a case of an 80-year-old male who suffered from drug eruption due to oral allopurinol for the treatment of gout. This patient complained of widespread erythema and maculopapule with itch, and small quantities of purplish-red rash with diffused distribution on four limbs were noted. After he was hospi...
{ "authors": [ "R Riveiro-Alvarez", "D Valverde", "I Lorda-Sanchez", "M J Trujillo-Tiebas", "D Cantalapiedra", "E Vallespin", "J Aguirre-Lamban", "C Ramos", "C Ayuso" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": null, "journal": "Mol Vis", "journal_detail": "2007 Jan 26;13:96-101.", "ke...
PMC2553007
Purpose: Stargardt disease (STGD) is the most common juvenile macular dystrophy, characterized by central visual impairment. All recessively inherited cases are thought to be due to mutations in the ABCA4 gene, mapped to 1p21-p13. Methods: To describe a form of non-mendelian inheritance in a patient with STGD identifie...
{ "authors": [ "Dangui Chen", "Yang Zhan", "Jun Peng", "Fusheng Yao" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OTT.S193014", "journal": "Onco Targets Ther", "journal_detail": "2019 Apr 17;12:2937-2941.", "keywords": [ "richter’s syndrome", "chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic...
PMC6489645
Richter's syndrome, the development of high-grade non-Hodgkin lymphoma in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL), may be triggered by viral infections (eg, Epstein-Barr virus infection). Herein, we report an unusual case of CD5-negative CLL/SLL patient with gastrointestinal mant...
{ "authors": [ "Pratheeba Devi Nivean", "M Nivean" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3205/oc000070", "journal": "GMS Ophthalmol Cases", "journal_detail": "2017 Jul 17;7:Doc19.", "keywords": [ "adult onset xanthogranuloma", "chalazion", "lid swellings" ], "license": "CC BY", "link":...
PMC5514191
Xanthogranuloma is an uncommon tumor in the ocular adnexa. It usually presents as diffuse lid swelling with or without orbital involvement. Xanthogranulomas can be associated with systemic comorbidities. They are diagnosed by their characteristic pathological finding. They are further subclassified based on immunohisto...
{ "authors": [ "Fayçal Abbad", "Najat Cherif Idrissi", "Btissam Fatih", "Bouchra Fakhir", "Jamal Drissi", "Mouna Khouchani", "Hanane Rais" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s12907-017-0055-y", "journal": "BMC Clin Pathol", "journal_detail": "2017 Aug 29;17:17.", "keywords": ...
PMC5576236
Background: Primary breast angiosarcoma is defined as malignant proliferation showing endothelial differentiation. It is a very rare tumour (0.05% of primary mammary cancers), whose diagnosis can be difficult. Case presentation: We report the observation of a patient with no previous history, aged 27 years. The clinica...
{ "authors": [ "Ketan Vagholkar", "Khojasteh Dastoor" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2013/532910", "journal": "Case Rep Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2013;2013:532910.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24159401/", "major_mesh_terms": [], ...
PMC3789277
Introduction. Congenital lumbar hernia is one of the rare types of hernias. Anomalies of the ribs, spine, and muscles which constitute the lumbocostovertebral syndrome in association with congenital lumbar hernia make it the rarest of entities. In addition, a multitude of other organ systems may be involved. Case Repor...
{ "authors": [ "Constanza Burciaga Calderoni", "Dafne T Moretta", "Jeanette Merrill-Henry", "Paresh C Giri" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X20969044", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020 Oct 26;8:2050313X20969044.", "keywords": [ "pulmonary hyperte...
PMC8826092
Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy is a rare condition in which embolization of tumor cells to the pulmonary arterioles causes fibrocellular intimal thickening and activation of the coagulation cascade resulting in pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure. Herein, we highlight a young 35-year-old male wit...
{ "authors": [ "Mehmet Kostek", "Mehmet Taner Unlu", "Ozan Caliskan", "Nurcihan Aygun", "Yalin Iscan", "Ahmet Cem Dural", "Ismail Cem Sormaz", "Fatih Tunca", "Yasemin Giles Senyurek", "Mehmet Uludag" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.3389/fsurg.2023.1175633", "journal": "...
PMC10244550
Adrenal schwannomas are rare benign tumors with no specific imaging and laboratory findings to diagnose preoperatively. Due to the limited number of cases in the literature, clinical, imaging, and pathological findings are presented in this study. Case 1 is a 61-year-old woman patient who has a 31-mm mass in the right ...
{ "authors": [ "Yu-Peng Liu", "Ru-Xuan He", "Zhe-Hui Chen", "Lu-Lu Kang", "Jin-Qing Song", "Yi Liu", "Chun-Yan Shi", "Jun-Ya Chen", "Hui Dong", "Yao Zhang", "Meng-Qiu Li", "Ying Jin", "Jiong Qin", "Yan-Ling Yang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fnut.2...
PMC10213673
Background: The most common disorder of the intracellular cobalamin metabolism pathway is the combined methylmalonic acidemia and homocysteinemia, cblC type (cblC). There is a variation in its clinical spectrum ranging from severe neonatal-onset forms that are highly fatal to later-onset forms which are milder. In this...
{ "authors": [ "Elampavai Elangovan", "Abhishek Banerjee", "Abhinandan", "Bireswar Roy" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/jomfp.JOMFP_272_20", "journal": "J Oral Maxillofac Pathol", "journal_detail": "2021 Jan-Apr;25(1):163-166.", "keywords": [ "keratin plugging", "oral carcinom...
PMC8272499
Oral Carcinoma cuniculatum(OCC) is rare variant of squamous cell carcinoma. The histopathological features of this type of carcinoma makes it special in the literature of Pathology. The appearance of deep invading epithelial islands with pool of keratin cores very similar to rabbit burrows gives the term cuniculatum to...
{ "authors": [ "Vinita Gupta", "Kirti Aggarwal", "Prateek Nishant", "Rajnish Kumar Arora" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_139_18", "journal": "J Neurosci Rural Pract", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan-Mar;10(1):158-161.", "keywords": [ "multimodal approach", "sellar and s...
PMC6338001
We hereby report a case of metastatic Ewing's sarcoma presenting with rapid-onset total ophthalmoplegia, optic atrophy, and right temporal hemianopia. Comprehensive ophthalmic and neurological evaluation with targeted radioimaging revealed a tumor mass centered over the sella, compressing optic chiasma, extending to in...
{ "authors": [ "Lokman Balyen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.sjopt.2018.03.006", "journal": "Saudi J Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan-Mar;33(1):105-108.", "keywords": [ "laser epilation", "maculopathy", "psychological depression", "safety eyewear" ], "license": "CC...
PMC6424673
Unwanted hair is an important aesthetic problem in many cultures. Laser epilation devices have become commonly available at the present time. Nowadays, laser hair removal is widely practiced as a cosmetic procedure, however, some ocular complications may occur. The retina is the most vulnerable to laser-related injury ...
{ "authors": [ "Yurie Fukiyama", "Hidehiro Oku", "Yusuke Hashimoto", "Yuko Nishikawa", "Masahiro Tonari", "Jun Sugasawa", "Shigeru Miyachi", "Tsunehiko Ikeda" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000458753", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2017 Mar 7;8(1)...
PMC5465734
It is not common for an isolated visual symptom to be the first indication of an aneurysm compressing the optic nerve. The compression can lead to blindness, and a recovery from the blindness is rare. We report a female with a left painless optic neuropathy caused by an unruptured anterior cerebral artery aneurysm. The...
{ "authors": [ "David Tod", "Christian Edwards", "Ieuan Cranswick" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/PRBM.S97404", "journal": "Psychol Res Behav Manag", "journal_detail": "2016 Aug 3;9:179-88.", "keywords": [ "body image", "mental health", "psychopathology", "self-perception...
PMC4977020
Since 1997, there has been increasing research focusing on muscle dysmorphia, a condition underpinned by people's beliefs that they have insufficient muscularity, in both the Western and non-Western medical and scientific communities. Much of this empirical interest has surveyed nonclinical samples, and there is limite...
{ "authors": [ "Vlad Teodor Berbecar", "Roxana Jurubita", "Marina Paraschiv", "Bogdan Obrisca", "Bogdan Sorohan", "Gener Ismail" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/1793952", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:1793952.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC...
PMC5259596
Thymic tumors are rare mediastinal tumors that can present with a wide variety of symptoms. They can cause distant manifestations and are frequently associated with paraneoplastic syndromes. In our case, we describe the evolution of a 68-year-old male whose first manifestation was thrombosis of the inferior vena cava a...
{ "authors": [ "Guilan Chen", "Hang Zhou", "Yan Lu", "You Wang", "Yingsi Li", "Jiaxin Xue", "Ken Cheng", "Ruibin Huang", "Jin Han" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2022.992781", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2022 Sep 29;13:992781.", "keywords":...
PMC9556843
The clinical features of the PCDH19 gene mutation include febrile epilepsy ranging from mild to severe, with or without intellectual disability, cognitive impairment, and psych-behavioral disorders, but there has been little research on males with the mosaic mutation of PCDH19. This study reported a novel, de novo, and...
{ "authors": [ "Masao Sato", "Masao Takemura", "Ryuki Shinohe", "Katsuji Shimizu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2011/185657", "journal": "Case Rep Rheumatol", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:185657.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22...
PMC3420776
We report a rheumatoid arthritis patient who was treated with etanercept. Serum levels of tumor-necrosis-factor- (TNF-) alpha, soluble-tumor-necrosis-factor receptor- (sTNFR-) I and -II, interleukin- (IL-) 6, and IL-1 beta were measured by ELISA before and during the course of therapy. While the serum levels of IL-6 an...
{ "authors": [ "Alireza Bakhshaeekia", "Seyed M V Hosseini", "Tannaz Razmi", "Alireza Shamsaeefar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/1319-3767.45060", "journal": "Saudi J Gastroenterol", "journal_detail": "2009 Jan;15(1):52-4.", "keywords": [ "acute appendicitis", "bowel perfora...
PMC2702949
Many of the abdominal foreign bodies are due to accidental ingestion. Our objective in this case report is to emphasize the importance of the enquiry about the foreign body in the differential diagnosis of acute abdominal pain. According to our knowledge, this is the first report of bowel perforation caused by paper in...
{ "authors": [ "Adam Janicki", "Otto Liebmann" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5811/westjem.2015.11.29002", "journal": "West J Emerg Med", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan;17(1):61-2.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26823932/", "major_mesh_terms": ...
PMC4729420
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{ "authors": [ "Leandro Emílio Nascimento Santos", "Robinson Esteves Santos Pires", "Leonardo Brandão Figueiredo", "Eduardo Augusto Marques Soares" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rboe.2014.01.009", "journal": "Rev Bras Ortop", "journal_detail": "2014 Feb 12;49(1):78-81.", "keywords...
PMC4511754
Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare and potentially lethal soft tissue infection. We report a case of trochanteric femur fracture in a patient who underwent fracture fixation and developed necrotizing fasciitis. A literature review on the topic will be addressed.
{ "authors": [ "Olayinka Ibironke Adebolu", "Jennifer Sommer", "Abiodun Benjamin Idowu", "Nicole Lao", "Talha Riaz" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5194/jbji-7-75-2022", "journal": "J Bone Jt Infect", "journal_detail": "2022 Apr 13;7(2):75-79.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", ...
PMC9022470
We describe a case of native vertebral osteomyelitis (NVO) secondary to Listeria monocytogenes in a patient with polymyalgia rheumatica receiving chronic steroids. Treatment required surgical debridement of the epidural phlegmon and combination therapy with intravenous ampicillin and gentamicin.
{ "authors": [ "Stephanie Hamlin", "Dana L Sharma", "Anita S Kablinger" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023/4334552", "journal": "Case Rep Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2023 Mar 13;2023:4334552.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/369498...
PMC10027442
Schizoaffective disorder is categorized by major mood episodes and symptoms of schizophrenia that include disorganized speech, delusions, paranoia, and hallucinations. It is associated with risk factors, including a history of abuse and cannabis use, and patients are typically diagnosed in adolescence and young adultho...
{ "authors": [ "Nikhil R Shah", "Haripriya S Ayyala", "Radhika Malhotra", "Soly Baredes", "Ramazi O Datiashvili" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Eplasty", "journal_detail": "2020 Mar 2;20:ic4.", "keywords": [ "free flap", "head and neck cancer", "mandible reco...
PMC7180199
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{ "authors": [ "Percy Torres-Quispe", "Lissett Jeanette Fernández-Rodríguez", "Yaowen Zhang", "Angeles Rovirosa-Casino" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3332/ecancer.2021.1297", "journal": "Ecancermedicalscience", "journal_detail": "2021 Sep 30;15:1297.", "keywords": [ "brachytherapy", ...
PMC8580587
Lip cancer (LC) is the most common cancer of the oral cavity and is the second most common in the head and neck. Brachytherapy (BT) is a good treatment option for this type of cancer because it administers high doses of radiation to the target. BT has similar cure and survival rates as surgery for the same type of canc...
{ "authors": [ "Omar Boulahroud", "Tarik Ziadi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2018.30.52.15154", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2018 May 21;30:52.", "keywords": [ "epidural lipoma", "obesity", "spine" ], "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncb...
PMC6125282
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{ "authors": [ "Henrietta M Wilson" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1757-1626-2-78", "journal": "Cases J", "journal_detail": "2009 Jan 22;2(1):78.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19161610/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh_terms": [], "pmci...
PMC2633323
Background: Carcinoid tumours are well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumours with secretory properties. Although fairly rare, they are the most common malignancy seen to affect the distal small bowel. Presentation is often non-specific with symptoms mimicking those of irritable bowel syndrome. Given this, the condition...
{ "authors": [ "Mohammad Nasser", "Timothy R Larsen", "Barryton Waanbah", "Ibrahim Sidiqi", "Peter A McCullough" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/DHPS.S48640", "journal": "Drug Healthc Patient Saf", "journal_detail": "2013 Sep 26;5:191-8.", "keywords": [ "acute hepatotoxicity",...
PMC3792591
Amiodarone is a benzofuran class III antiarrhythmic drug used to treat a wide spectrum of ventricular tachyarrhythmias. The parenteral formulation is prepared in polysorbate 80 diluent. We report an unusual case of acute elevation of aminotransaminase concentrations after the initiation of intravenous amiodarone. An 88...
{ "authors": [ "Sarah Hsin Cheng", "Yen-Shuo Huang", "Hsin-Hua Lee", "Heng-Hsuan Yen", "Ying-Pei Jhong", "Tzu-Yuan Chao" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2022.1096411", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 6;12:1096411.", "keywords": [ "adjuvant chemot...
PMC9852908
Background: Retroperitoneal liposarcoma (RPLS) is a rare malignancy that is notorious for recurrence. Surgical resection with clean margin is the current treatment of choice. However, owing to the large retroperitoneal space, RPLSs often grow to significant sizes before being diagnosed. Neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapi...
{ "authors": [ "Clifton Ming Tay", "Edwin Poh Yiew Siew", "Tze-Kiat Ng", "Anantharanam Vathsala", "Ho Yee Tiong" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.03.036", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015;10:138-41.", "keywords": [ "absent iliac artery", ...
PMC4430136
Introduction: Congenital atresia of the common and external iliac arteries is a rare vascular anomaly that may be associated with congenital renal or genitourinary malformations. In ESRD patients, its presence may pose potential problems during renal transplantation. Case presentation: We report a rare case of kidney t...