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{ "authors": [ "Khadija Benhayoune", "Hinde El Fatemi", "Meryem El Ghaouti", "Abdelaziz Bannani", "Abdelilah Melhouf", "Taoufik Harmouch" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2015.20.124.5927", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2015 Feb 12;20:124.", "keywords": [...
PMC4462555
Vaginal metastasis from pancreatic cancer is an extreme case and often indicates a poor prognosis. We present a case of pancreatic carcinoma with metastasis to the vagina that was discovered by vaginal bleeding. To our knowledge, this is the third case in the world of a primary pancreatic adenocarcinoma discovered of s...
{ "authors": [ "YouYuan Bao", "YouQing Yang", "Lin Zhou", "ShenHao Xie", "Xiao Wu", "Han Ding", "Jie Wu", "Limin Xiao", "Le Yang", "Bin Tang", "Tao Hong" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2022.847250", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2022 May ...
PMC9204328
Objective: The surgical management of lesions involving the lateral area of the suprasellar region, including the lateral aspect of the planum sphenoidale and the tight junction region of the optic canal (OC), anterior clinoid process (ACP), and internal carotid artery (ICA) and its dural rings, is extremely challengin...
{ "authors": [ "Michael H Wilke" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4137/CMPed.S8028", "journal": "Clin Med Insights Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2013 Feb 7;7:7-11.", "keywords": [ "nicu", "picu", "anidulafungin", "antifungal therapy", "echinocandins", "infants", "neonatal int...
PMC3620775
Introduction: Invasive fungal infection in pediatric intensive care units (PICU) is a rising challenge. Candida species are the most common microorganisms in these infections. Due to growing resistance against fluconazole, echinocandins are being used for the appropriate therapy. However, the recent IDSA guidelines rec...
{ "authors": [ "Alexander Rukavina", "Gino M M J Kerkhoffs", "Philipp Schneider", "Markus S Kuster" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1007/s00167-009-1031-6", "journal": "Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc", "journal_detail": "2010 Jul;18(7):898-900.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-...
PMC2887507
This report describes a case of spontaneous recurrent hemarthrosis of the knee that presented 4 weeks after total knee arthroplasty. Femoral arteriography showed a false aneurysm of a branch of the inferior lateral geniculate artery. Therapeutic embolization of the arterial branch was performed using three platinum coi...
{ "authors": [ "Tang-Jiang Li", "Min Xiang", "Xin Lv" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/RMHP.S381303", "journal": "Risk Manag Healthc Policy", "journal_detail": "2023 Feb 20;16:247-253.", "keywords": [ "bee sting", "children", "combined treatment", "facial nerve injury" ],...
PMC9951596
Background: Bee sting injuries in children are accidental and occur in rural areas in summer and autumn. They have the characteristics of rapid onset, rapid change, many complications, complex treatment, and high disability rate. Patients experience various symptoms, such as vomiting, diarrhea, dyspnea, angioedema, mul...
{ "authors": [ "Chotiman Chinvararak", "Diego Garcia-Borreguero" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2022/2943059", "journal": "Case Rep Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2022 Nov 1;2022:2943059.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36386061/", "maj...
PMC9643066
Introduction: Major depressive disorder (MDD) and obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) are prevalent in the general population. Moreover, early studies found that the two conditions are associated bidirectionally and lead to poor health outcomes. The prevalence of comorbid MDD in OSA patients could be as high as two-thirds. ...
{ "authors": [ "Dongmin Yu", "Zizi Zhou", "Xiaoming Zhang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.01.009", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019;55:76-79.", "keywords": [ "case report", "muscle flap", "oesophagectomy", "thoracic gastrocutaneous fi...
PMC6360347
Background: Thoracic anastomotic fistula (TAF) is a severe postoperative complication of oesophagectomy, and its occurrence coupled with a thoracic gastrocutaneous fistula (TGCF) and tracheostenosis is very unusual and may lead to a fatal consequence. Case presentation: We describe a case of an old female diagnosed wit...
{ "authors": [ "Alfonso Benincasa", "Alberto Saita", "Angelo Pinto", "Carmine Pilerci", "Lamberti Francesco", "Aniello Russo", "Giuseppe Benincasa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1089/cren.2017.0087", "journal": "J Endourol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2017 Sep 1;3(1):126-129."...
PMC5655839
Background: Although the breakage of a Sachse's knife blade is already a rare event while performing optical internal urethrotomy, a double failure appears to be at the same time a unique and a challenging complication to manage since no reference has emerged from literature review. Case Presentation: A male patient, 8...
{ "authors": [ "Phillip R Purnell", "Adam Bender-Heine", "Habib Zalzal", "Abdul R Tarabishy", "Adam Cassis" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/5236429", "journal": "Case Rep Otolaryngol", "journal_detail": "2019 Dec 27;2019:5236429.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "l...
PMC6949665
Objectives: Foreign bodies of the external and middle ear are not uncommon; however, foreign bodies in the eustachian tube are rare. Here we describe the presentation, imaging, and endoscopic-assisted surgical management of a case of eustachian tube foreign body. Methods: A 34-year-old male was seen for evaluation of f...
{ "authors": [ "Nonhlanhla P Khumalo", "Gasnat Shaboodien", "Sian M J Hemmings", "Johanna C Moolman-Smook", "Dan J Stein" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1016/j.jdcr.2015.11.002", "journal": "JAAD Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan 30;2(1):51-3.", "keywords": [ "bfrbds, body-fo...
PMC4809443
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{ "authors": [ "Kamal Basri Siregar", "Arjumardi Azrah" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.09.040", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020;75:380-384.", "keywords": [ "pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma", "reconstruction", "wide excision" ], "license": "...
PMC7522040
Introduction: Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the malignant tumor of skeletal muscles that origin from rhabdomyoblast. RMS is the most common soft tissue tumor in children, but this is a sporadic condition in adults and only 1% of any solid malignancies of an adult. The most prevalent subtype of RMS in an adult is a pleomorp...
{ "authors": [ "Khalil Rostami", "Esmaeil Farzaneh", "Hassan Abolhassani" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2010/850394", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2010;2010:850394.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20936130/", "major...
PMC2948938
Along with conventional therapies, some abrogated traditional treatment had been used for hemorrhoids like local Kerosene injection especially for extremely irritated external hemorrhoids. We report a rare case of Kerosene self-injection into the hemorrhoid. Despite antibiotics therapy, extent debridement, and colostom...
{ "authors": [ "Anna Zacharzewska-Gondek", "Hanna Maksymowicz", "Małgorzata Szymczyk", "Marek Sąsiadek", "Joanna Bladowska" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12659/PJR.902213", "journal": "Pol J Radiol", "journal_detail": "2017 Sep 15;82:530-535.", "keywords": [ "blood-brain barrier"...
PMC5894122
Background: Restricted diffusion that is found on magnetic resonance diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) typically indicates acute ischaemic stroke. However, restricted diffusion can also occur in other diseases, like metastatic brain tumours, which we describe in this case report. Case report: A 57-year-old male, with a ...
{ "authors": [ "Sara Vanegas", "Luz Fernanda Sua", "Jaime López-Tenorio", "Diana Ramírez-Montaño", "Harry Pachajoa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/TACG.S157235", "journal": "Appl Clin Genet", "journal_detail": "2018 May 25;11:69-73.", "keywords": [ "gmap-210", "trip11", ...
PMC5973320
Background: Achondrogenesis type IA (ACG1A) is a rare, lethal autosomal recessive chondrodysplasia affecting endochondral bone ossification and differentiation, causing intrauterine growth restriction, narrow thorax, and short limbs. Mutations in TRIP11, which encodes Golgi microtubule-binding protein 210 in the Golgi ...
{ "authors": [ "Rafael Everton Assunção Ribeiro da Costa", "Cristiane Amaral Dos Reis", "Rafael de Deus Moura", "Ana Lúcia Nascimento Araújo", "Fergus Tomás Rocha de Oliveira", "Sabas Carlos Vieira" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2021.40.23.31009", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J...
PMC8531955
Occult breast cancer (OBC) is characterized by metastatic presentation of undetectable breast tumor on imaging exams. OBC is a rare disease (accounting for 0.3% to 1.0% of all breast cancers) that represents a major diagnostic challenge. The aim of this study was to report a case of OBC with primary presentation of mul...
{ "authors": [ "Lassaad Hassini", "Thabet Mouelhi", "Mohamed Ali Khalifa", "Mourad Mtaoumi", "Mohamed Laaziz Ben Ayeche" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2017.28.155.12517", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2017 Oct 18;28:155.", "keywords": [ "carpometacarpa...
PMC5847124
The long fingers' paddlefish carpometacarpal (CMC) dislocation is exceptional. Most dislocations occur after high energy trauma. Untreated, these lesions can result in chronic instability of the CMC joints and early osteoarthritis. We report the case of a 20-year-old patient presenting with an ulnar paddlefish CMC frac...
{ "authors": [ "Vivek Chaturvedy", "Shefali Chaturvedy" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5005/jp-journals-10005-1139", "journal": "Int J Clin Pediatr Dent", "journal_detail": "2012 Jan;5(1):75-7.", "keywords": [ "apicoectomy", "bone graft", "radicular cyst" ], "license": "CC BY", ...
PMC4093646
Large periapical defects may adversely affect the success rate of endodontic surgery. Use of regenerative therapy may enhance the prognosis of such teeth. A case of traumatized upper anterior teeth with infected radicular cyst and associated sinus tract reported to the dental hospital. A periradicular surgical procedur...
{ "authors": [ "Hatem B Afana", "Thomas Nau" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/5519822", "journal": "Case Rep Orthop", "journal_detail": "2021 Apr 13;2021:5519822.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33953999/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "...
PMC8060088
The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a major stabilizing structure of the knee and one of the most common injured structures. The true incidence of ACL injury in children and adolescents is unknown, but recent studies suggest increased ACL injury rates, especially in the sports-participating population. The mechanis...
{ "authors": [ "Elizabeth Hogan", "Darshan Vora", "Jonathan H Sherman" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1186/s41016-020-00189-y", "journal": "Chin Neurosurg J", "journal_detail": "2020 Mar 30;6:8.", "keywords": [ "minimally invasive", "neuromonitoring", "piriformis syndrome", "s...
PMC7398220
Background: Piriformis syndrome accounts for approximately 6% of patients who present with sciatic pain. There are many treatment options ranging from physical therapy, to trigger point injections, to surgical intervention. We discuss a surgical method that represents a minimally invasive technique for the treatment of...
{ "authors": [ "Melinda B Tanabe", "Ashley Rae Group", "Liliana Rincon", "Barbara M Stryjewska", "Juan C Sarria" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2324709620927884", "journal": "J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020 Jan-Dec;8:2324709620927884.", "keywords": [...
PMC7273538
The distinction between persistent infection and immunologic reactions in leprosy is often difficult but critically important since their management is different. We present the case of a 51-year-old Vietnamese female who presented in 2015 with areas of erythema and skin infiltration on face and chest, as well as edema...
{ "authors": [ "Ruth Prieto", "Eva Tejerina", "Xavier Santander", "Esperanza Marín" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/sni.sni_340_18", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2018 Dec 13;9:253.", "keywords": [ "thymoma", "pleural recurrence", "spinal cord compressio...
PMC6302558
Background: Spinal dissemination of thymic tumors is rare but should be considered in the differential diagnosis of thoracic dumbbell-shaped lesions and/or vertebral tumors, irrespective of the time since the initial diagnosis. Case description: A 63-year-old man, with a history of invasive type AB thymoma treated 21 y...
{ "authors": [ "Samuel G Wittekind", "Hugo R Martinez", "Chet Villa", "Matthew Bacon", "Adrienne M Hammill", "Angela Lorts" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/7513782", "journal": "Case Rep Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2019 Oct 10;2019:7513782.", "keywords": null, "license...
PMC6811802
Iron deficiency anemia has been associated with a secondary and potentially reversible cardiomyopathy. The pathophysiologic paradigm has been that the hematologic disease begets cardiac dysfunction. There may be, however, a point at which myocardial injury is irreversible in susceptible individuals. We present the case...
{ "authors": [ "Ahmad Makeen", "Faisal Al-Husayni", "Turki Banamah" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/5164373", "journal": "Case Rep Nephrol", "journal_detail": "2021 Oct 15;2021:5164373.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34691795/", ...
PMC8536408
Background: Acute esophageal necrosis (AEN) is defined as a diffused black discoloration of the esophageal mucosa involving mainly the distal part of the esophagus. It is considered a rare clinical entity with a high mortality rate. The etiology of AEN is unknown, but it has been correlated to many causes such as malig...
{ "authors": [ "Atsuhito Ushiki", "Tomonobu Koizumi", "Hiroshi Yamamoto", "Masayuki Hanaoka", "Keishi Kubo", "Mina Matsushita" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1752-1947-6-14", "journal": "J Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2012 Jan 16;6:14.", "keywords": null, "license": "C...
PMC3275446
Introduction: Superior mesenteric artery syndrome is a rare cause of upper intestinal obstruction resulting from compression of the duodenum by the superior mesenteric artery and abdominal aorta. Case presentation: We describe a case of superior mesenteric artery syndrome in a 61-year-old Japanese man with non-small ce...
{ "authors": [ "Jeremy Chang", "Caroline Awh", "Charles A Riccio", "Petros Konofaos" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Eplasty", "journal_detail": "2020 Apr 17;20:ic7.", "keywords": [ "post-auricular flap", "ear reconstruction", "earlobe avulsion", "earlobe reco...
PMC7180198
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{ "authors": [ "Ahmad I Alomari", "Firas Q Alzoubi", "Abdullah Khatatbeh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.11.028", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016;29:249-253.", "keywords": [ "case report", "ecchymosis", "emphysema", "endoscopic sinus...
PMC5148771
Introduction: Endoscopic sinus surgery is a minimally invasive procedure used to restore normal sinus ventilation and mucociliary function. It is a routine otolaryngology procedure with a success rate of about 90% for symptomatic improvement in patients with refractory chronic rhinosinusitis. Because of the proximity o...
{ "authors": [ "Youssef Darouassi", "Mehdi Chihani", "Mohamed Mliha Touati", "Karim Nadour", "Haddou Ammar", "Brahim Bouaity" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2014.18.284.4416", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2014 Aug 10;18:284.", "keywords": [ "spheno...
PMC4247863
Adenocarcinomas of the sphenoid sinus are exceptional. In this paper, we report a new case with a review of the literature. Our patient was a 45-year-old man who presented with isolated retro orbital headache. CT and MRI suspected a malignat tumor of the sphenoid sinus. The patient underwent a debulking surgery. The fi...
{ "authors": [ "Amal Nishantha Vadysinghe", "Rankothge Pemasiri Jayasooriya", "G Keerthi Kumara Gunatilake", "Murugupillai Sivasubramanium" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1080/20961790.2017.1325548", "journal": "Forensic Sci Res", "journal_detail": "2017 May 23;2(3):161-163.", "keywords":...
PMC6197088
Cardiovascular disease is an important contributor to maternal mortality in both developing and developed countries. Systematic search for cardiac disease is usually not performed during pregnancy despite hypertensive disease, undiagnosed pulmonary hypertension and cardiomyopathies being recognized as major health prob...
{ "authors": [ "Ivie D Esangbedo", "Priscilla Yu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2022.883320", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2022 Jun 21;10:883320.", "keywords": [ "cardiac intensive care unit", "cardiopulmonary resuscitation (cpr)", "chest compression (cc)"...
PMC9253534
Patients with continuous flow ventricular assist devices (CF-VAD's) in the systemic ventricle (left ventricle or single ventricle) often have no palpable pulses, unreliable pulse oximetry waveforms and non-pulsatile arterial waveforms despite hemodynamic stability. When circulatory decompensation occurs, standard indic...
{ "authors": [ "Simon Le Hello", "Bart J Currie", "Daniel Godoy", "Brian G Spratt", "Marc Mikulski", "Flore Lacassin", "Benoit Garin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3201/eid1110.050823", "journal": "Emerg Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2005 Oct;11(10):1607-9.", "keywords": nu...
PMC3366760
Recognized melioidosis-endemic areas are widening. In the South Pacific, melioidosis is endemic in New Caledonia, northern Australia, and Papua New Guinea. We report the first 4 documented cases of human melioidosis from New Caledonia. Molecular typing of 2 Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates suggests a link to Australi...
{ "authors": [ "Mutsuo Tanaka", "Minoru Okamoto", "Ken Okamoto", "Toshihiro Fukui" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.06.017", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019;60:156-160.", "keywords": [ "limb ischemia", "peripheral vascular surgery", "p...
PMC6597617
Introduction: Persistent sciatic artery (PSA) is a rare congenital vascular anomaly. It has several clinical features with the formation of aneurysms. Among the complications, leg ischemia is severe problem and the management involves revascularization and prevention of recurrence. We herein describe an anatomically an...
{ "authors": [ "Jiuzhou Diao", "Qingbo Zhou" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2023.1144970", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2023 Jun 2;14:1144970.", "keywords": [ "avermectin and pyridine", "case report", "peripheral neuropathy", "therapy", "toxic encep...
PMC10275489
Background: Avermectin Pyridaben (AVP) is an insecticide with extreme neurotoxicity in human, causing critical symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, coma and respiratory failure within a short time after oral ingestion. Neurological sequelae or even death may occur because of delayed treatment or excessive toxic dose. Cas...
{ "authors": [ "Han Ma", "Huaiqiu Huang", "Meirong Li", "Wei Lai", "Chun Lu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1590/abd1806-4841.20142485", "journal": "An Bras Dermatol", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan-Feb;89(1):171-2.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC", "link": "https://pubmed.n...
PMC3938376
Cutaneous Rosai-Dorfman disease is a rare, lymphoproliferative disease. It is benign and self-limited, only involves skin and subcutaneous tissue and typically occurs as histiocyte-rich inflammatory infiltrates, manifesting as erythematous to brown papules, plaques, or nodules, without predilection for site. The author...
{ "authors": [ "Yuko Oyama", "Yoichi Iwafuchi", "Tetsuo Morioka", "Ichiei Narita" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000507426", "journal": "Case Rep Nephrol Dial", "journal_detail": "2020 Apr 22;10(1):42-50.", "keywords": [ "acute kidney injury", "elderly patient", "kidney b...
PMC7204776
Oliguric acute kidney injury (AKI) with minimal change nephrotic syndrome (MCNS) has long been recognized. Several mechanisms such as hypovolemia due to hypoalbuminemia and the nephrosarca hypothesis have been proposed. However, the precise mechanism by which MCNS causes AKI has not been fully elucidated. Herein, we de...
{ "authors": [ "Mehmet Hilmi Dogu", "Ismail Sari", "Sibel Hacioglu", "Ali Keskin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14744/nci.2014.36036", "journal": "North Clin Istanb", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan 24;1(3):191-193.", "keywords": [ "lenalidomide", "del(5q)", "myelodysplastic synd...
PMC5175043
5q-syndrome is a special subgroup of myelodysplastic syndrome in terms of follow-up and treatment. Lenalidomide is an immunomodulatory drug that is frequently used in the treatment of multiple myeloma. Some clinical studies have shown that lenalidomide treatment is effective in 5q syndrome and significantly decreases t...
{ "authors": [ "Daniel E Ezekwudo", "Rebecca Chacko", "Bolanle Gbadamosi", "Syeda Batool", "Sussana Gaikazian", "Theodore E Warkentin", "Jo-Ann I Sheppard", "Ishmael Jaiyesimi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s40164-017-0080-7", "journal": "Exp Hematol Oncol", "journal_d...
PMC5513338
Background: Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is a life and limb-threatening condition caused by the binding of platelet-activating antibodies (IgG) to multimolecular platelet factor 4 (PF4)/heparin complexes because of heparin exposure. The by-product of this interaction is thrombin formation which substantially ...
{ "authors": [ "Iclal Ocak", "Gideon Bollino", "Diane Strollo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/jcis.JCIS_70_17", "journal": "J Clin Imaging Sci", "journal_detail": "2018 Apr 18;8:17.", "keywords": [ "bronchopleural fistula", "clagett", "pneumonectomy" ], "license": "CC BY-...
PMC5939033
Diagnosis of a bronchopleural fistula (BPF) can be challenging in patients after pneumonectomy and Clagett window. Herein, we present a case of pneumonectomy for advanced lung cancer complicated by a BPF. Herniation of packing material from the open-chest cavity into the fistula and airways on computed tomography was a...
{ "authors": [ "Meriam Hajji", "Hayet Kaaroud", "Fethi Ben Hamida", "Ezzeddine Abderrahim" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/11795476231182591", "journal": "Clin Med Insights Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Jul 6;16:11795476231182591.", "keywords": [ "dent’s disease", "chroni...
PMC10331178
Dent's disease is a rare genetic kidney disorder characterized by proximal tubular dysfunction, nephrocalcinosis, recurrent nephrolithiasis, and chronic kidney disease. Hypercalcemia is a rare finding in this disease. In this report, we present a case of possible Dent's disease in a young adult male with hypercalcemia ...
{ "authors": [ "Héctor Acosta", "Pau Forcada", "Marta Bonjorn", "Amer Mustafa", "Paul Pilares", "Jordi Colomina" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1155/2022/8615420", "journal": "Case Rep Crit Care", "journal_detail": "2022 Oct 12;2022:8615420.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY...
PMC9581682
Symmetrical peripheral gangrene (SPG) is a rare clinical syndrome characterized by an acute onset of ischemic damage in two or more extremities without obstruction or vasculitis of supplying vessels. Body parts commonly affected include toes, hands, scrotum, and earlobes, increasing the risk of limb amputation and impa...
{ "authors": [ "Chirin Khalaf", "Kim C Houlind" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.08.063", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2017;40:20-22.", "keywords": [ "aortoenteric fistula", "aortosigmoid fistula", "diverticulitis", "lower gastrointestinal b...
PMC5602515
Introduction: A primary aortoenteric fistula (PAEF) is a communication between aorta and the gastrointestinal tract. It is a rare condition that is difficult to diagnose and therefore associated with a high mortality. Presentation of case: We report a rare case of a 66-year old man with an unstable bleeding PAEF. A sal...
{ "authors": [ "Beatriz E Ramírez", "Ana Sánchez", "José M Herreras", "Itziar Fernández", "Javier García-Sancho", "Teresa Nieto-Miguel", "Margarita Calonge" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2015/408495", "journal": "Biomed Res Int", "journal_detail": "2015;2015:408495.", "k...
PMC4588357
Objective: To evaluate outcomes of cultivated limbal epithelial transplantation (CLET) for management of ocular surface failure due to limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD). Design: Prospective, noncomparative, interventional case series and extensive comparison with recent similar studies. Participants: Twenty eyes with ...
{ "authors": [ "A Agrusa", "G Romano", "G Salamone", "E Orlando", "G Di Buono", "D Chianetta", "V Sorce", "L Gulotta", "M Galia", "G Gulotta" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.09.040", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015;16:150-3....
PMC4643478
Introduction: Cavernous hemangioma of the adrenal gland is a rare benign tumor. The diagnosis is often postoperative on histological exam with the presence of blood-filled, dilated vascular spaces. Presentation of case: We report the clinical case of a 49 years-old woman who came to our observation with aspecific abdom...
{ "authors": [ "Mohammad Ahmed-Khan", "Kayvon Moin", "Carly Funk", "Mala Sachdev", "Mohamed Zakee Mohamed Jiffry" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.22551/2023.38.1001.10235", "journal": "Arch Clin Cases", "journal_detail": "2023 Mar 14;10(1):29-31.", "keywords": [ "anesthesia", "...
PMC10012166
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) is a potentially life-threatening pulmonary pathology which results in intra-alveolar hemorrhage secondary to disruption of the alveolar capillary basement membrane. Most commonly, these patients present with hemoptysis, hypoxemia and pulmonary infiltrates. Although rare, sevoflurane, ...
{ "authors": [ "Paulo Moraes Agnollitto", "Marcio Wen King Chu", "Mario Muller Lorenzato", "Salomão Chade Assan Zatiti", "Marcello Henrique Nogueira-Barbosa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1590/0100-3984.2013.0011", "journal": "Radiol Bras", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan-Feb;49(1):53-5.",...
PMC4770398
The present report describes a case where typical findings of traumatic glenohumeral interposition of rotator cuff stumps were surgically confirmed. This condition is a rare complication of shoulder trauma. Generally, it occurs in high-energy trauma, frequently in association with glenohumeral joint dislocation. Radiog...
{ "authors": [ "I-Ting Peng", "Ming-Ting Chung", "Ching-Chung Lin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/2794374", "journal": "Case Rep Obstet Gynecol", "journal_detail": "2018 Jun 11;2018:2794374.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2999206...
PMC6016175
Postpartum hemorrhage remains a major threat to maternal health. Intervention after critical blood loss or development of disseminated intravascular coagulation may lead to disastrous organ failure and poor outcomes. A 30-year-old woman was transferred to our emergency department due to massive postpartum hemorrhage. S...
{ "authors": [ "Tao Han", "Rufa Wang", "Xiaoguang Zhou" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2021.767927", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2021 Nov 4;9:767927.", "keywords": [ "fibula", "intralesional curettage", "outcome", "spindle cell hemangioma", "va...
PMC8600265
Spindle cell hemangioma (SCH), a non-neoplastic reactive vascular lesion, rarely locates in bones. We herein report a successful case of intralesional curettage for an infant with SCH of fibula. An 11-month-old boy was admitted to our center with a painless mass in the right proximal calf. Preoperative digital radiogra...
{ "authors": [ "Giran Mannat", "Sindhu Meenakshi", "Naveen Kalra Navya", "Narang Subina" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.22336/rjo.2021.18", "journal": "Rom J Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2021 Jan-Mar;65(1):89-92.", "keywords": [ "benign ocular lesion", "choroidal melanoma", ...
PMC7995506
Often misdiagnosed as melanoma, melanocytoma of the optic disc is a rare benign ocular lesion that requires minimal active intervention, but demands a life time follow-up. We present a case of a 32-year-old man who was referred to our institute for the management of choroidal melanoma of the optic disc, which was detec...
{ "authors": [ "Robert Templin", "Navid Tabriz", "Martin Hoffmann", "Verena Nicole Uslar", "Thomas Lück", "Andrea Schenk", "Rainer Malaka", "Gabriel Zachmann", "Alexander Kluge", "Dirk Weyhe" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fsurg.2020.00038", "journal": "Front Surg...
PMC7314924
Introduction: Bühler's anastomosis (or Bühler's arcade) is an embryonic relic and represents an arterio-arterial connection between the superior mesenteric artery and the celiac trunk. It can be found as a variety in 1-2% of patients. Case Presentation: We present a case of a patient with metatastatic squamous cell car...
{ "authors": [ "Sreekala Sreehari", "Divya Rani Naik", "Malini Eapen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4081/hr.2011.e1", "journal": "Hematol Rep", "journal_detail": "2011 Jan 13;3(1):e1.", "keywords": [ "osteopetrosis" ], "license": "NO-CC CODE", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.g...
PMC3238473
Normocytic anaemia is caused either by hypoproliferation of haemopoietic tissue or increased destruction of red cells. Osteopetrosis is a rare cause of anaemia. Infantile osteopetrosis (also called malignant osteopetrosis) is diagnosed early in life. But it is the adult osteopetrosis (also called benign osteopetrosis) ...
{ "authors": [ "Ping Jin", "Yu Wang", "Na Nian", "Gong-Qiang Wang", "Xiao-Ming Fu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2023.1156100", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2023 Apr 3;14:1156100.", "keywords": [ "ap5z1 gene mutation", "spg48", "azoospermia", ...
PMC10106626
Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSP) are inherited neurodegenerative disorders characterized by progressive paraplegia and spasticity in the lower limbs. SPG48 represents a rare genotype characterized by mutations in AP5Z1, a gene playing a role in intracellular membrane trafficking. This study describes a case of a 53...
{ "authors": [ "Joseph Newton", "Lauren Floyd", "Arvind Ponnusamy", "John Anderton" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5414/CNCS110609", "journal": "Clin Nephrol Case Stud", "journal_detail": "2021 Sep 10;9:105-109.", "keywords": [ "acute kidney injury", "eculizumab", "hemolytic u...
PMC8443975
An 86-year-old man returned to the UK from Spain with symptoms suggestive of gastrointestinal bleeding. He was found to have an acute kidney injury and thrombocytopenia. Further investigations identified the presence of a microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, supporting the diagnosis of a thrombotic microangiopathy. Diffe...
{ "authors": [ "Terence Chau", "Merlyn Joseph", "Jesus Ledesma Jr", "David Wei Hau Hsu" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.2147/OAEM.S245398", "journal": "Open Access Emerg Med", "journal_detail": "2020 Nov 17;12:399-404.", "keywords": [ "acls", "accidental severe hypothermia", "c...
PMC7680251
A patient was brought to the hospital with severe accidental hypothermia due to cold exposure associated with acute alcohol intoxication. Initial bladder core temperature was 21°C (70°F). The patient was agitated and combative with altered mental status and suffered rescue collapse during transport. Initial rhythm was ...
{ "authors": [ "Wei Gao", "Zhiming Chen", "Haiqin Jiang", "Ying Shi", "Wenyue Zhang", "Hongsheng Wang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IDR.S202386", "journal": "Infect Drug Resist", "journal_detail": "2019 Apr 2;12:741-744.", "keywords": [ "leprosy", "lucio’s phenomeno...
PMC6497491
Lucio's phenomenon (LP) is a special reactional state associated with diffuse multibacillary leprosy; both exhibit a limitative global distribution mainly in Mexico and Central America. We report a case of a 28-year-old female leprosy patient in the People's Republic of China, together with LP and positive anticardioli...
{ "authors": [ "Qianling Wang", "Longxiang Su", "Jing Jiang", "Na Wang", "Huaiwu He", "Yun Long" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2023.1240321", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2023 Aug 28;10:1240321.", "keywords": [ "ards", "eit", "mrsa p...
PMC10493416
Pneumothorax is a potentially fatal complication in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), presenting challenges in determining the optimal positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) level to prevent atelectasis without exacerbating the pneumothorax. This case report describes the successful application...
{ "authors": [ "Santiago Sánchez Pardo", "Javier Duque", "Javier Enrique Fajardo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2016.10.006", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016 Oct 7;19:169-172.", "keywords": [ "carcinoid", "glomus tumor", "lung neoplasms", ...
PMC5067091
Glomus tumors are uncommon tumors that are originated from smooth muscle cells of the neuromioarterials glomus bodies located in the arteriovenous anastomoses subcutaneous tissue or deep dermis of the extremities, mainly in the palms of the hands, wrists and subungual areas of the fingers. Carcinoid tumor, as the glomu...
{ "authors": [ "Ioannis Efthimiou", "Zacharias Chousianitis", "Kostadinos Skrepetis" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1089/cren.2017.0052", "journal": "J Endourol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2017 Jun 1;3(1):84-86.", "keywords": [ "complication", "endourology", "guidewire" ], "...
PMC5515099
This report presents a bizarre and unusual case of looping and entrapment of a hydrophilic guidewire in the ureter of a 65-year-old woman with a stone in the lower ureter at the time of ureteroscopy and laser lithotripsy. We describe endourology maneuvers to remove the retained guidewire. Looping and entrapment of guid...
{ "authors": [ "Kumar Thulasidass", "Tahseen A Chowdhury" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1177/2042533313481211", "journal": "JRSM Short Rep", "journal_detail": "2013 Jul 1;4(8):2042533313481211.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24040494/", ...
PMC3767063
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{ "authors": [ "Kate E Shipman", "Chetan K Patel" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/opth.s7141", "journal": "Clin Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2009;3:531-5.", "keywords": [ "diabetic retinopathy", "pancreas transplant diabetes mellitus", "simultaneous pancreas kidney transplant",...
PMC2770863
This case report describes the effect of simultaneous pancreas kidney transplant (SPK) on the diabetic retinopathy (DR) of two male type 1 diabetic patients. The literature on the effect of SPK on DR is reviewed and the evidence surrounding visual function outcomes is discussed.
{ "authors": [ "Vivek Gaur", "Anita Gala Doshi", "Lukasz R Palka" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.07.047", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020;73:347-354.", "keywords": [ "immediate loading", "mucosalization", "single piece bicortical implant...
PMC7398898
Presenting to our knowledge, for the first time in literature, a case report on the long term follow-up of an implant retained fixed prosthesis on free fibular reconstruction with a single piece zygomatic implant and single piece bicortical implant via a flapless approach and immediate functional rehabilitation. The te...
{ "authors": [ "Sara Khodor", "Scott Blumenthal" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/2761872", "journal": "Case Rep Neurol Med", "journal_detail": "2018 May 22;2018:2761872.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29951330/", "major_mesh_terms":...
PMC5987242
Computed Tomography (CT) with myelogram is a relatively safe procedure. It requires the use of nonionic contrast agents which, unlike ionic contrast agents, have been associated with low complication rates. We report a case of a 69-year-old female who developed diffuse bilateral cerebral edema following a lumber myelog...
{ "authors": [ "Shahkar Khan", "Taqi A Rizvi", "Waleed Sadiq", "Saud Bin Abdul Sattar", "Rabih Maroun" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.34022", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 20;15(1):e34022.", "keywords": [ "acute hypoxic respiratory failure", "cor...
PMC9939567
We reported a case of secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), a rare and life-threatening condition, which was suspected to have been triggered by a severe case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). A 50-year-old man with a past medical history of ulcerative colitis with recent pancolitis status post cole...
{ "authors": [ "Yuxiang Zhang", "Yupeng Zhang", "Fei Liang", "Chuhan Jiang" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2017.00639", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2017 Nov 30;8:639.", "keywords": [ "willis covered stent", "blister-like aneurysm", "complication", ...
PMC5714937
The use of Willis covered stent (WCS) for intracranial aneurysms has increased based on the promising results of previous studies about its safety and effectiveness. With the accumulation of cases, reports about peri-procedural complications are emerging. In our department, 25 patients were treated with WCS during Dece...
{ "authors": [ "Deepak Chellapandian", "Diana Milojevic" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2023.1123104", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2023 Feb 20;11:1123104.", "keywords": [ "allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation", "case report", "emapalumab", ...
PMC9986425
Introduction: Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS), a secondary form of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, is a serious life-threatening complication associated with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA). MAS is characterized by fever, hepatosplenomegaly, liver dysfunction, cytopenias, coagulation abnormalitie...
{ "authors": [ "Yu Takahashi", "Hideaki Wakita", "Takuma Ishihara", "Hideto Okazaki", "Akihiro Ito", "Mitsunaga Iwata", "Shigeru Sonoda", "Yohei Doi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.jiac.2022.08.025", "journal": "J Infect Chemother", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan;29(1):9...
PMC9472478
Healthcare-associated COVID-19 among vulnerable patients leads to disproportionate morbidity and mortality. Early pharmacologic intervention may reduce negative sequelae and improve survival in such settings. This study aimed to describe outcome of patients with healthcare-associated COVID-19 who received early short-c...
{ "authors": [ "Ferdinand Rodríguez-Agramonte", "Natalio J Izquierdo", "Carmen Cadilla" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Bol Asoc Med P R", "journal_detail": "2013;105(2):62-4.", "keywords": null, "license": "author_manuscript", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2388299...
PMC4042624
Previous studies have suggested that the G47D mutation leads patients to develop Oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) type IA. This mutation has been described in the Canary Islands. Historically, there has been a migration from the Canary Islands to some regions of Puerto Rico. Objective: To report on the ocular findings of ...
{ "authors": [ "En Hyung Kim" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000473874", "journal": "Case Rep Dermatol", "journal_detail": "2017 Apr 27;9(1):151-156.", "keywords": [ "polymorphic eruption of pregnancy", "pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy" ], "license": "CC BY-NC", ...
PMC5437438
Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy (PUPPP) is one of the most common diseases associated with pregnancy. In most cases, the skin lesions develop in the third trimester of primigravidas. There are no systemic alterations seen in PUPPP; however, most patients report severe pruritus. A 34-year-old woman ...
{ "authors": [ "Agnieszka Kubicka-Trząska", "Joanna Kobylarz", "Bożena Romanowska-Dixon" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2011/785686", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol Med", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:785686.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.ni...
PMC3350061
Diffuse choroidal hemangiomas associated with Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) are classically treated with external beam radiotherapy (EBR), but there are a few reports usually of single cases indicating the usefulness of plaque therapy. We present our observations on two cases of diffuse choroidal hemangiomas with exudati...
{ "authors": [ "Yahya A Alogaibi", "Fahad F Alsulaimani", "Basem Jamal", "Rania Mitwally" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/5579077", "journal": "Case Rep Dent", "journal_detail": "2021 Jun 25;2021:5579077.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nl...
PMC8257345
Severe class III malocclusion can be a great challenge, especially in adult patients. This case report describes an adult patient with severe skeletal class III malocclusion and with an obvious maxillary deficiency and mandibular excess causing both anterior and posterior crossbites in addition to a shift in the upper ...
{ "authors": [ "Anoop Singh", "Girish Prabhakar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/jiaps.JIAPS_67_18", "journal": "J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan-Mar;24(1):61-62.", "keywords": [ "blunt trauma abdomen", "burkitt's lymphoma", "intestinal transection" ], ...
PMC6322174
Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) is an aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma.[1] BL of the small intestine, presenting as a surgical emergency needing emergency laparotomy, is an uncommon presentation of this tumor. We present a case of BL presenting as perforation peritonitis after blunt trauma abdomen.
{ "authors": [ "Heather M Byers", "Margaret P Adam", "Amy LaCroix", "Sarah E S Leary", "Bonnie Cole", "William B Dobyns", "Heather C Mefford" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1002/ajmg.a.37993", "journal": "Am J Med Genet A", "journal_detail": "2017 Jan;173(1):245-249.", "keywor...
PMC5999866
Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumors of the central nervous system are rare, highly malignant, embryonal tumors most often occurring in children under age 3 years. Most are due to a somatic change in tumor suppressor gene SMARCB1 followed by a second-hit, typically loss of heterozygosity, best detected on immunohistochemi...
{ "authors": [ "Terese Catherine Hammond", "Raymond C Lee", "Bryan Oronsky", "Tony R Reid", "Scott Caroen", "Tiffany M Juarez", "Jaya Gill", "Annie Heng", "Santosh Kesari" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S389690", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detai...
PMC9762260
Two critically ill COVID-19 infected patients, who had exhausted all available treatment options, were treated with the small-molecule RRx-001 with subsequent improvement. RRx-001, a first-in-class small molecule with anti-inflammatory, vascular normalizing and macrophage-repolarizing properties, has been safely admini...
{ "authors": [ "Dhara Chaudhari", "Conchitina Crisostomo", "Charles Ganote", "George Youngberg" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2013/124604", "journal": "Case Rep Nephrol", "journal_detail": "2013;2013:124604.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nl...
PMC3914170
Orlistat is a gastrointestinal lipase inhibitor used for weight reduction in obese individuals. Enteric hyperoxaluria caused by orlistat leads to oxalate absorption. Acute oxalate nephropathy is a rare complication of treatment with orlistat. Herein we report a patient presenting with acute renal failure which improved...
{ "authors": [ "Arati A Inamdar", "Rajiv Pulinthanathu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14440/bladder.2019.805", "journal": "Bladder (San Franc)", "journal_detail": "2019 Dec 26;6(2):e39.", "keywords": [ "inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor", "malignant transformation", "urinary bladder...
PMC7401991
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) previously known as inflammatory pseudotumor, plasma cell granuloma, pseudosarcoma, myxoid hamartoma or inflammatory myofibrohistiocytic proliferation is recently recognized by World Health Organization (WHO) as "IMT" and is considered as a rare benign tumor of soft tissues occu...
{ "authors": [ "Tieshan Su", "Chaoyuan Li", "Bin Song", "Defeng Song", "Ye Feng" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fsurg.2023.1074067", "journal": "Front Surg", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 17;10:1074067.", "keywords": [ "case report", "cystic lymphangioma", "literature r...
PMC9887134
Background: Cystic lymphangioma is a rare benign tumor of the lymphatic system, which is most commonly observed in the neck, head and armpit.Less than 5% of lymphangiomas occur in the abdominal cavity and even less in the retroperitoneum. Case description: A 65-year-old male patient was diagnosed with an "abdominal mas...
{ "authors": [ "Dong Hyeok Kang", "Sang Woo Shim", "Su Jin Koh", "Jung Gwon Nam", "Young Min Kim", "Young Cheol Weon" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1259/bjrcr.20160111", "journal": "BJR Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016 Nov 3;3(2):20160111.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC B...
PMC6159253
We here report an extremely rare case of metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma to the nasal cavity only with MRI scan including diffusion-weighted imaging and a brief review of previous literature case reports.
{ "authors": [ "Prathamesh Joshi", "Vikram Lele", "Hardik Shah" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0972-3919.116809", "journal": "Indian J Nucl Med", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan;28(1):49-50.", "keywords": [ "18 - fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography", "...
PMC3764696
Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGNP) is an uncommon condition characterized by chronic suppurative renal inflammation that leads to progressive parenchymal destruction. This condition can clinically present as recurrent urinary tract infections, flank pain, hematuria, and occasionally sepsis, and weight loss. This...
{ "authors": [ "Xin Deng", "Jingwen Wang", "Tong Mou", "Long Pan", "Chengyou Du", "Qiao Wu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2023.1175034", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2023 Jun 22;10:1175034.", "keywords": [ "ercp", "spyglass", "biliar...
PMC10327893
Biliary cystadenoma is a type of rare liver cystic tumor. Intrahepatic biliary cystadenomas are the most common, while extrahepatic biliary cystadenomas are rarely seen. Biliary cystadenoma tends to occur in middle-aged to older women and there is a lack of specific preoperative diagnostic markers. Recent advancements ...
{ "authors": [ "Ho Lam Nguyen", "Huyen Duong Thanh", "Thuong Vu Le", "Ngoc Tran Van" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/9068516", "journal": "Case Rep Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2019 Jul 1;2019:9068516.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nl...
PMC6636569
Necrotizing pneumonia induced by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a rare but severe condition. It is difficult to distinguish between M. tuberculosis-associated and bacterial necrotizing pneumonia. The optimal treatment for this condition is controversial. Here, we report a case of M. tuberculosis-associated necrotizing p...
{ "authors": [ "Mozhgan Shahian", "Amir Khosravi", "Mohammad-Hossein Anbardar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0256-4947.70569", "journal": "Ann Saudi Med", "journal_detail": "2011 Jan-Feb;31(1):80-2.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/208...
PMC3101731
Neonatal lupus erythematosus is an immune-mediated disease caused by transplacental passage of maternal autoantibodies, primarily anti-Ro (SSA) and anti-La (SSB). The major clinical manifestations are congenital heart block, cutaneous lupus lesions, and hematologic problems. Hepatic, pulmonary, and neurological involve...
{ "authors": [ "Scott Hickman", "Antonio Gangemi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.04.016", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019;59:35-40.", "keywords": [ "case report", "futile care", "medical futility", "surgical futility" ], "license": "...
PMC6525284
Introduction: Surgeons frequently deliver "bad news" to patients, but do they know how to address situations where further surgery is considered futile? Is there a clear definition of futile care in the literature? This paper explores these questions and seeks to start a conversation about how we can train future surge...
{ "authors": [ "Hong Chen", "Yu Mao", "Hongtao Xie", "Dejun Liu", "Shun Zhang", "Yongcang Tian", "Jian Yang", "Benjian Bai" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fcvm.2023.1117227", "journal": "Front Cardiovasc Med", "journal_detail": "2023 Jun 15;10:1117227.", "keywords": [...
PMC10313392
Intravenous leiomyomatosis (IVL) is relatively rare, and the incidence of cardiac IVL is even lower. The case report introduces a 48-year-old woman with two episodes of syncope in 2021. Echocardiography showed a cord-like mass in the inferior vena cava (IVC), right atrium (RA), right ventricle (RV) and pulmonary artery...
{ "authors": [ "Carlos Bustamante", "Laura Pinilla", "Oscar Amaris" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/11795476231159584", "journal": "Clin Med Insights Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Apr 5;16:11795476231159584.", "keywords": [ "covid-19", "neural therapeutic medicine", "sars...
PMC10076607
Background: It has been proposed that the immunomodulatory capacity of neuraltherapeutic medicine (NTM) functions by means of stimuli to the nervous system, which influences the self-regulatory and plastic capacity of the nervous system, especially through the autonomic balance between the sympathetic and parasympathet...
{ "authors": [ "Patrick D M C Katoto", "Patrick Musole", "Ghislain Maheshe", "Bertrand Bamuleke", "Aime Murhula", "Patrick Balungwe", "Liliane N Byamungu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101234", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020 Sep 28;31...
PMC7582097
We report a case of extensive pulmonary destruction due to delayed effective pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) treatment in an adult artisanal miner in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Xpert MTB/RIF was positive after his second rifampicin-susceptible TB treatment. Chest X-rays were suggestive of large cavity, fibrosis ...
{ "authors": [ "Nobuhiko Arai", "Akiyoshi Nakamura", "Masanao Tabuse", "Hiromichi Miyazaki" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2176/nmccrj.cr.2016-0139", "journal": "NMC Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2016 Nov 29;4(1):33-36.", "keywords": [ "collateral artery", "head trauma", "in...
PMC5364905
A traumatic internal carotid artery (ICA) aneurysm is rare and difficult to treat. Trapping of ICA is commonly performed owing to the difficulty of directly approaching ICA aneurysms. Recently, coiling the aneurysm itself was recommended if possible. However, it is controversial which of methods are best to completely ...
{ "authors": [ "Masafumi Seki", "Yuji Watanabe", "Hiroki Kawabata" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IDR.S162048", "journal": "Infect Drug Resist", "journal_detail": "2018 Apr 26;11:625-628.", "keywords": [ "borrelia burgdorferi", "clostridium tetani", "erythema migrans", "f...
PMC5927188
This report presents the case of a Japanese patient who developed Lyme disease. The patient was a 44-year-old woman who had general fatigue and the inability to open her mouth. She was initially suspected of having mild tetanus with lockjaw; however, she reported a past history of a tick bite while camping in the USA a...
{ "authors": [ "D Kosutic", "N Tsapralis", "P Gubbala", "M Smith" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1080/23320885.2019.1583568", "journal": "Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg", "journal_detail": "2019 Mar 1;6(1):38-42.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi....
PMC6968634
Extensive defects in perineal reconstruction cannot be effectively reconstructed with only a single perforator flap or other conventional techniques. We present a combination of three different types of flaps including pedicled ALT-rectus-vastus lateralis, gracilis-PAP flap and two IGAP flaps as an alternative option f...
{ "authors": [ "Lara Prisco", "Mario Ganau", "Federica Bigotto", "Francesca Zornada" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/DHPS.S22385", "journal": "Drug Healthc Patient Saf", "journal_detail": "2011;3:43-5.", "keywords": [ "antiepileptic drugs", "combination therapy", "trigemin...
PMC3163934
Antiepileptic drug combination therapy remains an empirical second-line treatment approach in trigeminal neuralgia, after treatment with one antiepileptic drug or other nonantiepileptic drugs have failed. The results in three patients followed in our clinic are not sufficient to draw definitive conclusions, but suggest...
{ "authors": [ "Naoko Hijioka", "Masashi Kamioka", "Hitoshi Suzuki", "Yasuchika Takeishi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2016/6485939", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2016;2016:6485939.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.go...
PMC4842360
Introduction. Little is known about the effects of volume change by hemodialysis (HD) and mechanical stress caused by an anatomical structure being in contact with the left atrium on the progression of atrial remodeling. We experienced a case of atrial tachycardia (AT) in a patient who had left atrial (LA) scarring at ...
{ "authors": [ "Rizwan Ahmed", "Haitham Al Hashmi", "Bassem Mora" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1093/ehjcr/ytad021", "journal": "Eur Heart J Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 13;7(1):ytad021.", "keywords": [ "case report", "congenital heart disease", "double outlet right ven...
PMC9883723
Background: Children with congenital heart disease remain at risk of being lost to follow-up. They may present at a later stage with complications related to underlying condition that usually require in-depth phenotyping for optimal management. We describe an unusual case of a double outlet right ventricle (DORV) who p...
{ "authors": [ "Junichi Aoyama", "Hiroki Hayashi", "Chika Yajima", "Hiroyuki Takoi", "Toru Tanaka", "Takeru Kashiwada", "Nariaki Kokuho", "Yasuhiro Terasaki", "Ayumi Nishikawa", "Takahisa Gono", "Masataka Kuwana", "Yoshinobu Saito", "Shinji Abe", "Masahiro Seike...
PMC6350262
A 47-year-old man was referred to our hospital with a 1-month history of fever and dyspnea after inhalation of insecticide in a confined space. We diagnosed rapidly progressive interstitial pneumonia. High-dose methylprednisolone, tacrolimus, and intermittent infusion of cyclophosphamide were administered. His conditio...
{ "authors": [ "Vijay Radhakrishnan", "Rana Kumar", "Datson George", "G P Abraham" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2015/894786", "journal": "Case Rep Transplant", "journal_detail": "2015;2015:894786.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/...
PMC4548103
Introduction. Renal transplantation has become the standard of care for patients with end stage renal disease. We present a rare case of an absent right sided iliac arterial system encountered during recipient renal transplantation. The presence of such vascular anomaly intraoperatively can present a technically challe...
{ "authors": [ "Mahmood Dhahir Al-Mendalawi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/atm.ATM_229_18", "journal": "Ann Thorac Med", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan-Mar;14(1):99-100.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-SA", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30745944/", "major_mesh_terms": [],...
PMC6341866
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{ "authors": [ "Alexander Polyak", "Serguei Bannykh", "Andrew Klein", "Vinay Sundaram" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/5588208", "journal": "Case Rep Gastrointest Med", "journal_detail": "2021 Jul 30;2021:5588208.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubme...
PMC8349247
Hepatic encephalopathy represents a continuum of neuropsychiatric symptoms among patients with end-stage liver disease. When a patient with cirrhosis presents with altered mental status (AMS), routine neurologic imaging is not typically recommended, due to low diagnostic yield. Guidance from the American Association fo...
{ "authors": [ "Ikram Hussain", "Andrew Eu Boon Kwek", "Veeraraghavan Meyyur Aravamudan", "Chern Hao Chong", "Tiing Leong Ang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/7028578", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan 8;2018:7028578.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC...
PMC5817299
Background. Injection with N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate is a proven and successful therapeutic modality for treatment of patients with bleeding gastric varices. However, a variety of complications have also been associated with its use. Here, we report a rare case of retrogastric abscess which occurred almost six months aft...
{ "authors": [ "Kawther T El-Shafie" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "J Family Community Med", "journal_detail": "2003 May;10(2):55-7.", "keywords": [ "dysarthria hypothyroidism" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-SA", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23011993/", "major_mesh_term...
PMC3425768
Hypothyroidism is a common endocrine disorder with characteristic clinical symptoms and signs. Typical symptoms of hypothyroidism are lethargy, cold intolerance, slowing of intellectual and motor activity, decreased appetite, weight gain, and dry skin. A 39-year-old female presented to the clinic with dysarthria as the...
{ "authors": [ "Samine Boloursaz", "Sirous Nekooei", "Farrokh Seilanian Toosi", "Hossein Rezaei-Dalouei", "Behrooz Davachi", "Sahar Kazemi", "Bita Abbasi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2016/5848572", "journal": "Case Rep Neurol Med", "journal_detail": "2016;2016:5848572.",...
PMC5030413
Objectives. The aim of this article is to represent the first reported case with cooccurrence of two rare alcohol related complications. Case Report. We report a 38-year-old man with chronic alcoholism who presented with both cranial and peripheral nerve palsy. On MRI examination characteristic findings of Marchiafava-...
{ "authors": [ "Renata Ganko", "Michael Rodriguez", "John Magnussen", "Mary Simons", "Esther Myint", "Nazih Assaad" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_797_2020", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2020 Dec 29;11:472.", "keywords": [ "chemical meningitis", ...
PMC7827574
Background: Cranial and spinal epidermoid cysts (ECs) are rare and surgical resection can be complicated by chemical meningitis. Here, we treated a patient undergoing surgical resection of an intramedullary spinal EC with prophylactic steroids to help prevent postoperative chemical meningitis. Notably, we found a pauci...
{ "authors": [ "Gé-Ann Kuiper", "Joffrey van Prehn", "Wim Ang", "Frank Kneepkens", "Sophie van der Schoor", "Tim de Meij" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2017.07.005", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2017 Jul 24;10:7-11.", "keywords": [ "bloody stools", ...
PMC5536825
It has been assumed that symptomatic Clostridium difficile infections do not occur in young infants, as this specific group would lack specific C. difficile toxin receptors. As a consequence, it is often current practice not to test for C. difficile in neonates and young infants up to 2 years of age presenting with (bl...
{ "authors": [ "Sarah Kawtharani", "Charbel Moussalem", "Mohamad El Houshiemy", "Elias Horanieh", "Marwan Najjar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_698_2022", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2022 Sep 30;13:453.", "keywords": [ "colon cancer", "endoscopi...
PMC9610188
Background: Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer and the third most leading cause of death in the United States with brain being a rare site for metastasis and the pineal region being a rarer site to manifest. Case description: We present a rare case of a 72-year-old male patient with pineal region tumor a...
{ "authors": [ "Flávia de Oliveira Valentim", "Cristiano Claudino Oliveira", "Hélio Amante Miot" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1590/abd1806-4841.20198513", "journal": "An Bras Dermatol", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan-Feb;94(1):99-101.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "...
PMC6360982
Primary cutaneous CD4+ small/medium T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder is a rare disease, with an indolent evolution and benign course. The classic presentation is a solitary nodule on the face or trunk. The disorder's rarity and clinical and histopathological characteristics, can make the diagnosis difficult. We pres...