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{ "authors": [ "Jiannis K Hajiioannou", "Vasiliki Florou", "Panagiotis Kousoulis" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2010/142928", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2010;2010:142928.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21113296/", ...
PMC2989381
Objective. Rare case presentation of thyroid cartilage variation causing globus sensation and dysphagia. Method. Case report and review of the literature concerning thyroid cartilage variant of clinical significance. Results. Middle-aged male patient presented with globus sensation and painful swallow without previous ...
{ "authors": [ "Simon McQueen", "John Vedelago", "John Velkovic", "Mark Page", "Elizabeth Dick" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1259/bjrcr.20170075", "journal": "BJR Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2017 Nov 10;4(1):20170075.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pu...
PMC6159152
A ruptured gastric artery aneurysm is a rare but important possible cause of massive intra-abdominal or gastrointestinal haemorrhage, and carries a high risk of mortality. Although aneurysms of the gastric arteries are uncommon, emergency radiologists and clinicians should be familiar with the clinical presentation, im...
{ "authors": [ "Deepak Daryani", "R Gopakumar", "A Nagaraja" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0973-029X.92993", "journal": "J Oral Maxillofac Pathol", "journal_detail": "2012 Jan;16(1):137-40.", "keywords": [ "carcinoma", "maxillary sinus", "mucoepidermoid", "salivary gland...
PMC3303510
Malignant tumors of the paranasal sinus are uncommon, constituting less than 1% of all malignancies and 3% of all head and neck cancers. Nonsquamous cancers of the maxillary sinus are even rarer as is evident from the limited data available on the clinical characteristics and outcomes. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma accounts...
{ "authors": [ "Roberto L P Mazzaschi", "Juliet Taylor", "Stephen P Robertson", "Donald R Love", "Alice M George" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2014/597314", "journal": "Case Rep Genet", "journal_detail": "2014;2014:597314.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "ht...
PMC3977098
A skin sample from a 17-year-old female was received for routine karyotyping with a set of clinical features including clonic seizures, cardiomyopathy, hepatic adenomas, and skeletal dysplasia. Conventional karyotyping revealed a mosaic Turner syndrome karyotype with a cell line containing a small marker of X chromosom...
{ "authors": [ "Maaman Bashir", "Brittany Bettendorf", "Richard Hariman" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2018/7041576", "journal": "Case Rep Rheumatol", "journal_detail": "2018 Mar 8;2018:7041576.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2970740...
PMC5863343
Background: Schnitzler syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by a chronic urticarial rash and monoclonal gammopathy (IgM in more than 90% of the cases). It is difficult to distinguish from other neutrophilic urticarial dermatoses, and diagnosis is based on the Strasbourg criteria. Interleukin-1 is considered the ke...
{ "authors": [ "Alessio Arrivi", "Caterina Milici", "Carlo Bock", "Attilio Placanica", "Enrico Boschetti", "Marcello Dominici" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2012/498465", "journal": "Case Rep Vasc Med", "journal_detail": "2012;2012:498465.", "keywords": null, "license": "C...
PMC3485898
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a very rare disease, associated with high mortality rate, whose etiology and pathogenesis are poorly understood. Its sporadic nature and the varied angiographic extent make firm recommendations regarding revascularization impossible. The case described is that of a young...
{ "authors": [ "Fredy Nehme", "Kyle Rowe", "Imad Nassif" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14309/crj.2017.49", "journal": "ACG Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2017 Mar 29;4:e49.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28377937/", "major_mesh_t...
PMC5371720
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{ "authors": [ "Howard D Wang", "Raja Mohan", "Nelson Goldberg" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Eplasty", "journal_detail": "2012;12:ic8.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22690265/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh_terms": [ ...
PMC3370405
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{ "authors": [ "Gordon Preston", "Toomas Anton" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/sni.sni_209_17", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2017 Aug 9;8:173.", "keywords": [ "arthrodesis", "solitary plasmacytoma", "thoracic spine" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-SA", "link": "...
PMC5569402
Background: Plasma cell neoplasmas are a heterogenous group of neoplastic tumor lesions occurring secondary to disordered proliferation of cells from a monocyte lineage. Plasmacytoma is a rare lesion that accounts for 5% of all plasma cell neoplasms. The current recommended treatment for solitary plasmacytoma is modera...
{ "authors": [ "Maria Luiza Almeida Bastos", "Ruth Maria Oliveira de Araújo", "Deivide de Sousa Oliveira", "Ana Nery Melo Cavalcante", "Geraldo Bezerra da Silva Junior" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1590/s1678-9946201860048", "journal": "Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo", "journal_detail": ...
PMC6169087
The present report shows the occurrence of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) associated with acute dengue and chikungunya virus coinfection, manifesting as a severe disease with high mortality potential. The patient was a 28 year-old man with clinical and epidemiological diagnosis of arboviruses infections who ...
{ "authors": [ "Cisel Yazgan", "Hakan Ertürk", "Aysenaz Taskin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2020.35.41.19563", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2020 Feb 12;35:41.", "keywords": [ "pulmonary artery", "intimal sarcoma", "pulmonary thromboembolism" ], ...
PMC7245970
Pulmonary artery (PA) sarcoma is an extremely rare malignant tumor of pulmonary artery. It is often misdiagnosed as pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) because of its clinical and imaging features which are quite similar to PTE. Multimodality diagnostic imaging and recognition of specific imaging characteristics with appro...
{ "authors": [ "Ramsis F Ghaly", "Tatiana Tverdohleb", "Kenneth D Candido", "Nebojsa Nick Knezevic" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.4103/2152-7806.176373", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2016 Feb 15;7:18.", "keywords": [ "guidelines", "neuromodulation", "safet...
PMC4766801
Background: Spinal cord stimulation is currently approved to treat chronic intractable pain of the trunk and limbs. However, such implantable electronic devices are vulnerable to external electrical currents and magnetic fields. Within the hospitals and modern operating rooms (ORs), there is an abundance of electrical ...
{ "authors": [ "Ravi Kumar", "Jeyaseelan Nadarajah", "Atin Kumar", "Shivanand Gamanagatti" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.4103/1793-5482.165797", "journal": "Asian J Neurosurg", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan-Mar;11(1):74-5.", "keywords": [ "decompressive craniectomy", "muslinomas", ...
PMC4732258
Materials used in neurosurgery to achieve hemostasis may be of resorbable or nonresorbable substance and may cause foreign body granuloma if left at the operative site. Foreign body granuloma depending on clinical history may be indistinguishable from an abscess, resolving infarction, and hematoma. Here we present two ...
{ "authors": [ "Claudia Stöllberger", "Gerard Mertikian", "Dorit Stahl", "Josef Finsterer" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/1178633719885387", "journal": "Infect Dis (Auckl)", "journal_detail": "2019 Oct 30;12:1178633719885387.", "keywords": [ "hypercholesterolemia", "pcsk9 inh...
PMC6822197
Purpose: Aortic stent-graft infection (SGI) entails a high mortality. Alirocumab is a monoclonal antibody to proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9), approved for treatment of therapy-refractory hypercholesterolemia. Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 might play a role in infections. Case repor...
{ "authors": [ "Anna S Nam", "June H Koizumi", "Tamar Giorgadze" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/1742-6413.153959", "journal": "Cytojournal", "journal_detail": "2015 Mar 25;12:5.", "keywords": [ "adrenal", "cytology", "fine-needle aspiration", "oncocytic", "pheochromoc...
PMC4382977
Adrenal oncocytic pheochromocytoma is an extremely rare type of pheochromocytoma. To the best of our knowledge, we present the first cytological diagnosis of this variant via fine-needle aspiration in an 81-year-old male patient who was found to have an adrenal mass while undergoing workup of the recently diagnosed lun...
{ "authors": [ "Laís C Giacobbo", "Lara Karolina Guimarães", "Isabelle Adad Fornazari", "Eduardo Monteiro Meda", "Orlando Motohiro Tanaka" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/8137585", "journal": "Case Rep Dent", "journal_detail": "2019 Mar 5;2019:8137585.", "keywords": null, "...
PMC6425302
This case report describes the orthodontic treatment used to prepare for restorative dentistry, aimed at the functional rehabilitation of an adult patient with Class I malocclusion, right posterior crossbite, and significant tooth wear on the palatal face of the maxillary canine to canine. The orthodontic treatment was...
{ "authors": [ "Abid M Sadiq", "Minael G Mjemmas", "Adnan M Sadiq", "Gilbert Z Nkya" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X211052452", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2021 Oct 9;9:2050313X211052452.", "keywords": [ "sarcomatoid", "tanzania", "hepa...
PMC8504208
Sarcomatoid hepatocellular carcinoma is a rare primary malignant liver cancer. The pathogenesis is unclear; however, the risk factors may be similar to that of conventional hepatocellular carcinoma. We present an 18-year-old female who was admitted due to generalized tonic-clonic convulsions. On examination, we palpate...
{ "authors": [ "Pedro Pallangyo", "Smita Bhalia", "George Longopa", "Kawajika Mwinyipembe", "Jalack Millinga", "Nsajigwa Misidai", "Happiness Judical Swai", "Zabella Seif Mkojera", "Naairah Rashid Hemed", "Rydiness Mulashani", "Polycarp Seraphine", "Regan Valerian Massa...
PMC7218459
With an estimated contribution of up to 6% of all acute coronary events, young adults are experiencing an escalating burden and mortality attributable to coronary artery disease (CAD) worldwide. Wellens syndrome, a preinfarction clinical entity with distinctive electrocardiographic (ECG) features and high propensity fo...
{ "authors": [ "David Totschnig", "Daniel Doberer", "Renate Haberl", "Christoph Wenisch", "Arschang Valipour" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01528", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2022;29:e01528.", "keywords": [ "anti-cd20-antibody", "b-cell depleti...
PMC9172259
Background: Patients having undergone B-cell-depletion with anti-CD20-antibodies have a higher risk of mortality, delayed viral clearance and prolonged infection due to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We report two cases of patients with persistent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in as...
{ "authors": [ "Kosuke Hiramatsu", "Kaoru Fukui", "Ikuko Sawada", "Kentaro Kuritani", "Masafumi Takahashi", "Tomoko Kanayama", "Hiromi Ugaki", "Mirang Kim", "Megumu Inoue", "Hayato Kimura", "Kyoka Amemiya" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.03.013", "...
PMC7113408
Introduction: Ovarian malignant lymphoma is a rare gynecologic disease and some patients show marked ascites, similar to that observed in advanced ovarian cancer. Although radical surgery improves prognosis of ovarian cancer, treatment of lymphoma is based on chemotherapy, therefore, differential diagnosis is crucial. ...
{ "authors": [ "Mohamed Amine Rahil", "Achour Bouzgueg" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000506674", "journal": "Case Rep Nephrol Dial", "journal_detail": "2020 Apr 14;10(1):35-41.", "keywords": [ "central venous access", "pediatric population", "peritoneal dialysis", "peritone...
PMC7184793
Insertion of a peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter is frequently done by interventional nephrologists, but these procedures are typically only performed for adults. Almost all invasive procedures in children are performed by pediatric surgeons. If a pediatric surgeon is unavailable, the initiation of PD in acute situatio...
{ "authors": [ "Sho Hasegawa", "Maki Shibata", "Makoto Mochizuki", "Takashi Katsuki", "Manami Tada", "Fumihiko Hinoshita" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2169/internalmedicine.56.7594", "journal": "Intern Med", "journal_detail": "2017;56(5):545-549.", "keywords": null, "license":...
PMC5399208
Although patients with anorexia nervosa (anorexia) are known to show tubulointerstitial nephritis (TIN), the pathophysiology of its progression is not fully understood. We herein report a 31-year-old woman with anorexia who showed acute exacerbation of chronic kidney disease. Renal biopsy showed non-uniform chronic TIN...
{ "authors": [ "Nathaniel Reeve", "Jacob Kahane", "Matthew Ng" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2020/8872270", "journal": "Case Rep Otolaryngol", "journal_detail": "2020 Dec 14;2020:8872270.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33414974/", ...
PMC7752266
Objective: A case of a skull base cholesterol granuloma (CG) of the squamosal temporal bone. This is the first ever reported case of CG in a well-pneumatized squamous temporal bone. Design: Case report and review of the literature. Discussion. CG is a cystic mass typically found in the petrous apex and occasionally in ...
{ "authors": [ "Y Ali", "A Mousa", "H Mohamed", "M Ibrahim", "M Naveed", "M Alsamawi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01840", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2023 Jul 5;33:e01840.", "keywords": [ "broncho-alveloar lavage", "candida albicans", ...
PMC10393732
Background: Candida is a frequent respiratory tract colonizer. True candida pneumonia is rare and seen with predominance in immunosuppressed patients. Our aim is to document a previously unreported case of Candida pneumonia in a young and immunocompetent patient, highlighting, an unusual pathological manifestation of t...
{ "authors": [ "Fabiola Bizzi", "Lucia Sciarretta", "Matteo D'Alessandro", "Paolo Picco" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0253-7176.175129", "journal": "Indian J Psychol Med", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan-Feb;38(1):74-7.", "keywords": [ "adolescent auto erythrocyte sensitization syn...
PMC4782453
Gardner-Diamond syndrome (GDS) is an uncommon disease clinically characterized by a wide spectrum of psycho-emotive symptoms associated with painful ecchymoses/purpuric lesions and positivity of auto-erythrocyte sensitization skin test. Herein, a perspective clinical and psychological observation of an adolescent GDS i...
{ "authors": [ "Marco Zaffanello", "Francesca Darra", "Tommaso Lo Barco", "Francesco Sala", "Emma Gasperi", "Giorgio Piacentini" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2017/8189790", "journal": "Case Rep Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:8189790.", "keywords": null, "license":...
PMC5748138
Introduction: The type I is the most common Chiari malformation in children. In this condition, the lower part of the cerebellum, but not the brain stem, extends into the foramen magnum at the base of the skull leading to disturbances in cerebrospinal fluid circulation and to direct compression of nervous tissue. Case ...
{ "authors": [ "Feng Zhou", "Qichang Liu", "Guangyu Ying", "Xiangdong Zhu" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.7150/ijms.9.65", "journal": "Int J Med Sci", "journal_detail": "2012;9(1):65-7.", "keywords": [ "delayed", "intracerebral hemorrhage", "ventriculoperitoneal shunt" ], ...
PMC3245413
Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt has become a popular operation to achieve cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) diversion, but is associated with many complications. Postoperative delayed intracerebral hemorrhage is a kind of rare but severe event, which has not thus far been reported in retrospective case analyses. Here we presen...
{ "authors": [ "Josef Finsterer", "Adam Bastovansky" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2174/1874205X01509010028", "journal": "Open Neurol J", "journal_detail": "2015 Jun 26;9:28-31.", "keywords": [ "mitochondrial disorder", "arteriopathy", "dilative arteriopathy", "genetics", "me...
PMC4503827
Background: Dilative arteriopathy plus leucencephalopathy as a manifestation of a mitochondrial disorder (MID) is rare. Case report: In a 70yo Caucasian female, height 160cm, weight 62kg, with mild right-sided hemiparesis due to subacute ischemic stroke in the posterior leg of the left internal capsule, a megadolichoba...
{ "authors": [ "Elena Mantovani", "Stefano Busani", "Emanuela Biagioni", "Claudia Venturelli", "Lucia Serio", "Massimo Girardis" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/7090268", "journal": "Case Rep Crit Care", "journal_detail": "2018 Aug 26;2018:7090268.", "keywords": null, "...
PMC6129343
Primary infection by Capnocytophaga canimorsus after dog bite is rare but may be difficult to identify and rapidly lethal. We describe a case of fatal septic shock with fulminant purpura occurred in a patient without specific risk factor two days after an irrelevant dog bite. The patient was brought to hospital because...
{ "authors": [ "Meiling Lv", "Yuyao Li", "Changqin Luo", "Peijun Liu", "Jin Yang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3892/etm.2014.1500", "journal": "Exp Ther Med", "journal_detail": "2014 Apr;7(4):982-986.", "keywords": [ "cytoreductive surgery", "ovarian clear cell carcinoma", ...
PMC3965157
Splenic metastasis of ovarian cancer appears to be more common in serous cystadenocarcinomas. Splenic metastasis usually occurs postoperatively and simultaneously with dissemination to the greater omentum and pelvic cavity. Compared with other ovarian cancer subtypes, ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma (OCCA) is rare, a...
{ "authors": [ "Sun-Uk Lee", "Hong-Il Suh", "Jun Young Choi", "Kyun Huh", "Hyo-Jung Kim", "Ji-Soo Kim" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ebcr.2014.08.004", "journal": "Epilepsy Behav Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2014 Sep 18;2:156-60.", "keywords": [ "epileptic nystagmus",...
PMC4308050
Purpose: We aimed to define the characteristics of epileptic nystagmus and correlate those with other clinical findings in a large number of patients. Methods: We report a patient with epileptic nystagmus and additionally reviewed the reported clinical features of 36 more patients through a systematic literature search...
{ "authors": [ "Takuji Kurimoto", "Norio Okamoto", "Hidehiro Oku", "Yuko Kanbara", "Tomohiko Etomi", "Masahiro Tonari", "Tsunehiko Ikeda" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.2147/OPTH.S22786", "journal": "Clin Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2011;5:1083-8.", "keywords": [ "purt...
PMC3155274
This paper reports three cases of central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) with Purtscher-like retinopathy and good recovery of visual function. The three cases of CRAO had similar fundus changes, ie, cotton wool patches surrounding the optic disc and whitening of the retina surrounding the fovea with a cherry red spot....
{ "authors": [ "Karl B Alstadhaug", "Ane Sjulstad" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000350708", "journal": "Cerebrovasc Dis Extra", "journal_detail": "2013 Apr 17;3(1):65-73.", "keywords": [ "cortical hand", "hand knob", "hand motor cortex", "monoparesis", "stroke", "st...
PMC3656697
Background: Hand knob infarction is a well-known stroke entity. Based on very limited data, embolic stroke mechanism has been considered the most frequent cause; however, prognosis is considered good. We wanted to shed more light on this phenomenon by assessing a cohort of patients referred to a general hospital stroke...
{ "authors": [ "L Angrisani", "M Lorenzo", "T Santoro", "A Sodano", "B Tesauro" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "JSLS", "journal_detail": "2000 Apr-Jun;4(2):177-81.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10917128/", "ma...
PMC3015372
The videolaparoscopic repair of a diaphragmatic hernia of Morgagni by external knot tying technique is described. A 69-year-old woman with subocclusive symptoms by intrathoracic migration of abdominal viscera had an immediate and complete postoperative recovery. The hernial sac was not excised. A four-year follow-up sh...
{ "authors": [ "Alberto Murri Dello Diago", "Luigi Generali", "Roberto Apponi", "Vittorio Colombini", "Vittorio Checchi" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1155/2021/8649663", "journal": "Case Rep Dent", "journal_detail": "2021 Jun 29;2021:8649663.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY"...
PMC8263230
Traumatic dental injuries (TDIs) are very common in the world population, and international literature reports several studies which helped in the definition of international guidelines. The aim of this study is to present two clinical cases of TDI and to investigate epidemiological and etiological aspects of TDIs in p...
{ "authors": [ "S Arun Kumar", "N Kumar", "N Kumarasamy" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0253-7184.81253", "journal": "Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS", "journal_detail": "2011 Jan;32(1):37-9.", "keywords": [ "aids", "art change", "hiv", "chronic genital ulcer" ], "licens...
PMC3139287
Genital lesions are common in HIV positive patients and aetiology for these are mainly due to HSV, HPV or bacterial. They usually respond to HAART, antiviral or antimicrobials. We are presenting a young patient on HAART with non-healing genital ulcer lesions for sixteen months. He responded well to a change in ART regi...
{ "authors": [ "Pr Belliappa", "N Umashankar", "Leena Raveendra" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0974-7753.114716", "journal": "Int J Trichology", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan;5(1):32-4.", "keywords": [ "basophilic cells", "bullous pilomatricoma", "shadow cells" ], "license...
PMC3746225
Pilomatricoma (pilomatrixoma) or calcifying epithelioma of Malherbe, is a tumor with differentiation toward hair cells, particularly hair cortex cells. It frequently presents as a firm, deep-seated nodule that is covered by normal skin. Bullous pilomatricoma is an unusual clinical variant. Reports on bullous variant of...
{ "authors": [ "Montserrat Corbera-Hincapie", "Genie L Beasley" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2018.00083", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2018 Apr 4;6:83.", "keywords": [ "crohn’s disease", "turcot syndrome", "colonic adenocarcinoma", "familial adenomato...
PMC5893786
Turcot syndrome and fistulizing Crohn's disease (CD) are two disease entities that are not usually associated with one another, particularly given the rarity of the former. This is a case of a pediatric patient with fistulizing CD treated with biologic therapy, who was later found to have Turcot syndrome. Management of...
{ "authors": [ "Sarah Catharina Grünert", "Miriam Schmidts", "Joachim Pohlenz", "Matthias Volkmar Kopp", "Markus Uhl", "Karl Otfried Schwab" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1155/2011/369871", "journal": "Case Rep Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:369871.", "keywords": null, ...
PMC3350182
Congenital central hypothyroidism (CCH) is a rare condition occurring in 1 : 20000 to 1 : 50000 newborns. As TSH plasma levels are low, CCH is usually not detected by TSH-based neonatal screening for hypothyroidism, and, as a result, diagnosis is often delayed putting affected children at risk for developmental delay a...
{ "authors": [ "Bruna Karoline Pinheiro França Protásio", "Camila Maria Pinheiro Machado Martins Barbosa", "Clarice Blaj Neufeld", "Leandro Dimasi Buck", "Lygia de Souza Lima Laund", "Mauro Sergio Toporovski", "Thais Cristina Visoni" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1590/S1679-4508201...
PMC5968813
The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in the pediatric population has increased in the last years. The most common form of inflammatory bowel disease is Crohn's disease and, according to its form and age of presentation, it is possible to predict the evolution of the disease.
{ "authors": [ "Stephen J Goldie", "Shaun Parsons", "Hana Menezes", "Andrew Ives", "Heather Cleland" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s41038-017-0099-3", "journal": "Burns Trauma", "journal_detail": "2017 Dec 4;5:32.", "keywords": [ "burn scar", "non-healing", "previous...
PMC5713644
Background: Patients presenting with large surface area burns are common in our practice; however, patients with a secondary large burn on pre-existing burn scars and grafts are rare and not reported. Case presentation: We report on an unusual case of a patient sustaining a secondary large burn to areas previously inju...
{ "authors": [ "Paola Caruso", "Paolo Manganotti", "Rita Moretti" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/VHRM.S119395", "journal": "Vasc Health Risk Manag", "journal_detail": "2016 Dec 22;13:11-14.", "keywords": [ "cognitive impairment", "paramedian thalamus territory", "speech disor...
PMC5189705
The artery of Percheron is a rare anatomical variant where a single thalamic perforating artery arises from the proximal posterior cerebral artery (P1 segment) between the basilar artery and the posterior communicating artery and supplies the rostral mesencephalon and both paramedian territories of the thalami. Almost ...
{ "authors": [ "Vito Maurizio Parato", "Camilla Notaristefani", "Germana Gizzi", "Simone D'Agostino" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_106_20", "journal": "J Cardiovasc Echogr", "journal_detail": "2021 Jan-Mar;31(1):45-47.", "keywords": [ "aortic dissection", "para...
PMC8230154
We present a case of a 91-year-old man presenting to the emergency department with a tearing back pain. The patient's history included an endovascular abdominal aortic repair because of an aneurysm. The transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) appeared normal; however, when transducer was positioned to the left of the spin...
{ "authors": [ "Giancarlo Giovannini-Sanguineti", "Karen Hanze-Villavicencio", "Carolina Sanchez-Vegas" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01145", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2021 Apr 30;24:e01145.", "keywords": [ "16s rrna", "children", "moraxella nonli...
PMC8134733
A 2-year-old, previously healthy, male presented with an insidious history of intermittent left knee pain and edema who had been evaluated in the emergency department on multiple occasions with unremarkable imaging and normal laboratory results. On the day of presentation, he had mild edema of the left knee and inabili...
{ "authors": [ "Shrenik J Shah", "Vineet Ajitsaria", "Vineet Singh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0970-1591.195761", "journal": "Indian J Urol", "journal_detail": "2017 Jan-Mar;33(1):79-81.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-SA", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/281970...
PMC5264201
Xanthoma cystitis of urinary bladder is a rare entity and may present as an intravesical mass. A 38-year-old female presented with abdominal pain and imaging was done which was suggestive of a malignant mass with surrounding tissue infiltration. Partial cystectomy was performed, and histological examination of the mass...
{ "authors": [ "E Sherry", "H Boeck", "P H Warnke" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1471-2482-1-1", "journal": "BMC Surg", "journal_detail": "2001;1:1.", "keywords": null, "license": "NO-CC CODE", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11368798/", "major_mesh_terms": [ "Anti-Ba...
PMC32179
Background: Antibiotic-resistant bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE, are an increasing problem world-wide, causing intractable wound infections. Complex phytochemical extracts such as tea tree oil and eucalypt-derived formulations have been sho...
{ "authors": [ "Sarabjeet Kaur Arneja", "Neeraj Gujar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2014.12.026", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015;7C:16-9.", "keywords": [ "immuno-histology", "rcc", "renal cell carcinoma", "tfe3", "tfeb", "q12)", ...
PMC4336393
Introduction: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) with t(6:11) (p21;q12) are extremely rare, fewer than 30 cases have been reported in literature. These tumors are characterized by specific chromosomal translocation involving TFEB, as against the more commonly known TFE3 (Xp11.2) translocation associated RCCs. The distinctive i...
{ "authors": [ "Zaal Meher-Homji", "Rekha Pai Mangalore", "Paul D R Johnson", "Kyra Y L Chua" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1099/jmmcr.0.005084", "journal": "JMM Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2017 Jan 31;4(1):e005084.", "keywords": [ "chromobacterium violaceum", "lemierre's syndr...
PMC5361631
Introduction.Chromobacterium violaceum is an opportunistic human pathogen, associated with significant mortality, and has been reported in patients with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD), a genetic condition causing impaired phagocytosis. Case presentation. A 28-year-old man with a history of CGD presented with fever...
{ "authors": [ "Suha N Aloosi", "Najmaddin Khoshnaw", "Shakhawan M Ali", "Belal A Muhammad" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.10.036", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015;17:75-8.", "keywords": [ "jj stent", "parotid duct injury", "salivary...
PMC4701807
Background: Parotid duct or gland injury can be caused by assault with a knife, bottle, electrical-saw, road traffic accident, or rarely gunshot and fractures of the facial skeleton. The injury can be in the form of laceration, ductal exposure, total cutting, or crushing of the duct. These conditions are difficult to d...
{ "authors": [ "Abbas O Al-Ahmadi", "Ali A Assiry", "Siraj D A A Khan", "Anand Marya", "Adith Venugopal", "Mohmed Isaqali Karobari" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/5444257", "journal": "Case Rep Dent", "journal_detail": "2021 Jul 21;2021:5444257.", "keywords": null, "li...
PMC8318745
Congenital absence of more than 6 teeth except the third molar is known as oligodontia. It can affect both primary and permanent dentitions. The affected individuals usually demonstrate esthetic, functional, and psychological concerns. The present case report is about a 4-year-old female patient with multiple missing (...
{ "authors": [ "Remon Keriakos", "Mark Maher" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2013/984030", "journal": "Case Rep Obstet Gynecol", "journal_detail": "2013;2013:984030.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24109537/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "...
PMC3787639
This is a case report of a 29-year-old lady who presented with excessive vaginal discharge and sessile cervical fibroid arising from the vaginal portion of the cervix. She was not suitable for uterine artery embolization as she has never previously been pregnant before. She was encouraged to get pregnant and to avoid s...
{ "authors": [ "Savita Agarwal", "Pinki Pandey", "Megha Ralli", "Shruti Singh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Iran J Pathol", "journal_detail": "2018 Winter;13(1):99-102.", "keywords": [ "immunohistochemistry", "ovary", "small cell carcinoma" ], "license": "C...
PMC5929396
Ovarian small cell carcinoma is a rare and highly malignant tumor with poor prognosis. It usually presents in younger females with features of hypercalcemia. The exact histogenesis of the tumor is unclear and it may present as an undifferentiated tumor. In such cases, immunohistochemistry (IHC) plays an important role ...
{ "authors": [ "William G Aguayo", "F Xavier Moyon", "Gabriel A Molina", "Miguel A Moyon", "Daniela J Rivadeneira", "Christian L Rojas", "B Andrés Cárdenas", "Maria M Cobo", "A Katherine Romero" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.11.138", "journal": "Int J Su...
PMC7732962
Introduction: Upper gastrointestinal bleeding is one of the major manifestations of the stomach's gastrointestinal stromal tumors; when gastric GISTs bleed, they are associated with a poor prognosis and must be treated promptly to avoid dangerous complications. A worrisome side effect of the Covid-19 pandemic is the de...
{ "authors": [ "Erica Viviana Guimarães Carvalho", "Sandra Maria Carvalho Caldas", "Dinis Fernando Pereira Pinheiro Machado da Costa", "Cristina Maria Graça Peixoto Gomes" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1016/j.bjane.2021.12.011", "journal": "Braz J Anesthesiol", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan-...
PMC9801215
Sugammadex is a distinctive neuromuscular reversal drug that acts by encapsulating the neuromuscular relaxant molecule and dislodging it from its site of action. Sugammadex has been approved for pediatric patients over 2 years of age. Although arrhythmias have been reported, there is no report of adverse effects in hea...
{ "authors": [ "Bin Lin", "Yan-Ping Zhang", "Lin-Ying Xue", "Ying Ye", "Yi Tang", "Chang Shun Yang", "Jie-Wei Luo", "Mei-Zhu Gao", "Zhu-Ting Fang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fsurg.2022.988195", "journal": "Front Surg", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 9;9:988195.", ...
PMC9870673
Background: Superior mesenteric vein (SMV) thrombosis is a rare intestinal ischemic disease. The clinical manifestations of patients differ, and most experience gastrointestinal symptoms. Case summary: A 45-year-old female patient presented with persistent abdominal pain and abnormal vaginal bleeding for 7 days. A phys...
{ "authors": [ "Mingyan Ding", "Huihui Zhang", "Dandan Sun", "Qiang Li", "Ni Jiao", "Fang Zhu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fcvm.2022.786278", "journal": "Front Cardiovasc Med", "journal_detail": "2022 Apr 25;9:786278.", "keywords": [ "computed tomography angiography", ...
PMC9081835
Total anomalous systemic venous drainage (TASVD) is a rare congenital heart malformation. Here, we report a case of a 40-year-old male patient who had a total anomalous systemic venous drainage. It was diagnosed as the TASVD for the first time through multimodal imaging combined Transthoracic (TTE), transesophageal (TE...
{ "authors": [ "Masakazu Wakabayashi", "Satoru Kono", "Tomohide Takahashi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.08.050", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2018;51:194-199.", "keywords": [ "laparoscopic surgery", "paraduodenal hernia", "small bowel ob...
PMC6120425
Introduction: Paraduodenal hernia is a rare disease but the most common internal hernia. Laparoscopic repair of paraduodenal hernia is feasible and effective because of its minimal invasiveness and aesthetic advantage. Presentation of case: We report a case of a 79 year-old-man who was admitted with a complaint of recu...
{ "authors": [ "Niyanta S Joshi", "S G Sujan", "M M Rachappa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0976-237X.79295", "journal": "Contemp Clin Dent", "journal_detail": "2011 Jan;2(1):59-62.", "keywords": [ "bilateral mandibular radicular cysts", "rehabilitation", "surgical enucleati...
PMC3220179
A radicular cyst is one of the most common odontogenic cysts of anterior maxilla, not commonly seen in adolescence. Here, we present a rare, atypical case, of bilateral radicular cysts of the mandibular posterior region in a 13-year-old girl. The patient management comprised surgical enucleation of cystic sac under gen...
{ "authors": [ "Fotini Baziaka", "Ilias Karaiskos", "Lamprini Galani", "Eleftheria Barmpouti", "Stilianos Konstantinidis", "George Kitas", "Helen Giamarellou" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2014.07.004", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2014 Jul 31;1(3):56-9....
PMC4762790
Q fever is a zoonosis caused by the rickettsial organism Coxiella burnetii. Infection has an acute course, usually with a self-limited febrile illness and the possibility of the evaluation to a chronic course with endocardial involvement. The presence of autoantibodies and various autoimmune disorders have also been as...
{ "authors": [ "Larissa G Rodriguez-Homs", "Mark Goerlitz-Jessen", "Samrat U Das" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2324709619838309", "journal": "J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan-Dec;7:2324709619838309.", "keywords": [ "tolosa-hunt syndrome", "pedia...
PMC6480981
Tolosa-Hunt syndrome is characterized by a painful ophthalmoplegia secondary to a granulomatous inflammation in or adjacent to the cavernous sinus. Magnetic resonance imaging will show enhancement of the cavernous sinus and/or the orbital apex. Although this syndrome is extremely rare in children, it should be a diagno...
{ "authors": [ "Heng Zhang", "Yifang Sun", "Kun Li", "Jianzhong Zhang", "Xue Chen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/CCID.S374973", "journal": "Clin Cosmet Investig Dermatol", "journal_detail": "2022 Aug 9;15:1593-1596.", "keywords": [ "crohn’s disease", "cutaneous manifesta...
PMC9375554
Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is an inflammatory dermatosis characterized by the rapid progression of a painful, necrolytic ulcer with an irregular and undermined border. The prevalence of PG in patients with Crohn's disease (CD) has been estimated to be 0.7%. Here, we report a case that presented various painful skin lesi...
{ "authors": [ "Yuji Kanazawa", "Hitomi Matsuura", "Natsumi Aiso", "Masako Nakai" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2020/8828969", "journal": "Case Rep Otolaryngol", "journal_detail": "2020 Jul 23;2020:8828969.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm...
PMC7396058
Malleus bar is an abnormal bony connection between the malleus handle and the posterior wall of the tympanic cavity. We report a patient with a malleus bar and another malformation of the ossicles. An 11-year-old boy presented with hearing impairment since early childhood. Computed tomography (CT) revealed a malleus ba...
{ "authors": [ "K Pradeep", "M Charlie", "M A Kuttappa", "Prasana Kumar Rao" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2156-7514.100372", "journal": "J Clin Imaging Sci", "journal_detail": "2012;2:51.", "keywords": [ "cone beam computed tomography", "and endodontic management", "den...
PMC3440932
Dens in dente, also known as dens invaginatus, dilated composite odontoma, or deep foramen caecum, is a developmental malformation that usually affects maxillary incisor teeth, particularly lateral incisors. It may occur in teeth anywhere within the jaws, other locations are comparatively rare. It can occur within both...
{ "authors": [ "Fevzi Yılmaz", "Inan Beydilli", "Cemil Kavalcı", "Serkan Yılmaz" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12659/AJCR.882594", "journal": "Am J Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2012;13:33-5.", "keywords": [ "clectrical cardioversion", "pregnancy", "supraventricular tachycard...
PMC3615988
Background: Pregnancy can precipitate cardiac arrhythmias not previously present in seemingly well individuals. Atrial and ventricular premature beats are frequently present during pregnancy and are usually benign. Supraventricular tachycardia and malignant ventricular tachyarrhythmias occur less frequently. Maternal a...
{ "authors": [ "Kranti Kiran Devarakonda", "Sai Kiran Kuchana", "Sai Thrinath Chinthakindi", "Tarun Kumar Suvvari", "Vimal Thomas" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X231198392", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Sep 6;11:2050313X231198392.", "keywor...
PMC10486213
We present an unusual case of placental chorangioma in a 32-year-old female with poor antenatal care. Abdominopelvic ultrasound revealed polyhydramnios with no fetal cardiac activity and suspected placental cyst. An emergency caesarean was performed, and she had still birth of male baby. The cut specimen of the placent...
{ "authors": [ "Ellen M Cahill", "Alexandra Tabakin", "Brian Shinder", "Mark Bramwit", "Biren Saraiya", "Xinyang Xu", "Cristo G Salazar", "Zhongren Zhou", "Eric A Singer" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.15586/jkcvhl.v9i2.229", "journal": "J Kidney Cancer VHL", "journal_de...
PMC9431006
Cardiac metastases from renal cell carcinoma (RCC) are very rare. We describe the case of a woman with RCC with cardiac metastases involving the entire right atrium, penetrating through the myocardium, with extension into the tricuspid valve and right ventricle. This report highlights the unique challenge of the diagno...
{ "authors": [ "Vijay Shekhar", "K Shashikala" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2013/714585", "journal": "Case Rep Dent", "journal_detail": "2013;2013:714585.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23606993/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh_term...
PMC3626358
Management of a tooth with open apex is a challenge to the dental practitioners. Evaluation of the periapical healing is required in such cases by radiographic techniques. The objective of this paper was to assess the healing of a periapical lesion in a non-vital tooth with open apex treated with mineral trioxide aggre...
{ "authors": [ "Przemysław Gałązka", "Krzysztof Czyżewski", "Anna Szaflarska-Popławska", "Robert Dębski", "Anna Krenska", "Jan Styczyński" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5114/ceji.2019.89612", "journal": "Cent Eur J Immunol", "journal_detail": "2019;44(3):327-331.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC6925563
Patients with Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS) can develop life-threatening immunodeficiency, which should be treated with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). We report the case of a 14-year-old girl with NBS who due to an increasing number of severe complications was referred for HSCT from a matched unrela...
{ "authors": [ "Daisuke Muramatsu", "Takuya Iwasaki", "Tsuyoshi Agawa", "Masahiko Usui", "Hiroshi Goto" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OPTH.S29269", "journal": "Clin Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2012;6:311-4.", "keywords": [ "choroidal rupture", "closed globe injury", ...
PMC3292414
The authors present a rare case of large chorioretinal rupture caused by blunt traumatic injury of the globe. A 22-year-old woman sustained a blunt injury to her left eye. The best-corrected Snellen visual acuity was 2/20 in her left eye, and hyphema and vitreous hemorrhage were noted. The day after the injury occurred...
{ "authors": [ "Laura Maffeis", "Lorenza Pugni", "Carlo Pietrasanta", "Andrea Ronchi", "Monica Fumagalli", "Carlo Gelmetti", "Fabio Mosca" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2014/781493", "journal": "Case Rep Dermatol Med", "journal_detail": "2014;2014:781493.", "keywords": n...
PMC4206917
Anetoderma is a skin disorder characterized by focal loss of elastic tissue in the mid dermis, resulting in localized areas of macular depressions or pouchlike herniations of skin. An iatrogenic form of anetoderma has been rarely described in extremely premature infants and has been related to the placement of monitori...
{ "authors": [ "Yuzo Fujino", "Kensuke Shiga", "Masatoshi Hori", "Aiko Tamura", "Takahiro Iizuka" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2021.703050", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2021 Jul 12;12:703050.", "keywords": [ "dexmedetomidine", "glycine receptor",...
PMC8311021
Introduction: Progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity and myoclonus (PERM) is a severe form of stiff-person spectrum disorder characterized by painful spasms, myoclonic jerks, hyperekplexia, brainstem dysfunction, and dysautonomia, which is sometimes resistant to γ-amino-butyric acid (GABA)-ergic agents. The respon...
{ "authors": [ "Anton Konovalov", "Fyodor Grebenev", "Dmitry Asyutin", "Bahromon Zakirov", "Nikolay Konovalov", "Igor Pronin", "Shalva Eliava", "Bipin Chaurasia" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/jcvjs.jcvjs_135_22", "journal": "J Craniovertebr Junction Spine", "journal_de...
PMC10198209
Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) syndrome most often occurs following a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) fistula that develops in the spinal space. Neurologists and neurosurgeons lack an understanding of the pathophysiology and diagnosis of this disease, which can make timely surgical care difficult. With the correc...
{ "authors": [ "Zhen-Yu Wu", "Guk Bae Kim", "Sangwook Lee", "Seung Hyun Choi", "Namkug Kim", "BeomSeok Ko" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2021.633302", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2021 Mar 25;11:633302.", "keywords": [ "breast surgical guide", "b...
PMC8027348
Background: A challenging problem for patients undergoing breast-conserving surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) is the accuracy of preoperative tumor localization. After chemotherapy, the original tumor is likely to shrink or scatter dramatically or even show complete remission. For breast-conserving surgery,...
{ "authors": [ "Alper Dilli", "Idil Güneş Tatar", "Umit Yasar Ayaz", "Baki Hekimoglu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2011/763895", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:763895.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2131...
PMC3034936
Hydatid disease (HD) continues to be a significant health problem in areas where animal husbandry is common but no proper veterinary control exists. The involvement of the spleen in HD is rare, and isolated splenic involvement is even less common. In this case report, we present isolated splenic HD in a 26-year-old fem...
{ "authors": [ "Hanqing Shao", "Shuxian Li", "Jing He", "Lei Wu", "Zhimin Chen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2023.1114043", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2023 Feb 21;11:1114043.", "keywords": [ "case report", "flexible bronchoscopy", "foreign b...
PMC9989009
Although rigid bronchoscopy remains the gold standard for the management of foreign body (FB) inhalation, sometimes it still misses residual FBs. Inhalation of sharp FBs by infants is an uncommon but hazardous occurrence, which presents a significant challenge and demands expertise in therapeutic bronchoscopy. Particul...
{ "authors": [ "Joshua P Smith", "J Pablo Arnoletti", "Shyam Varadarajulu", "Desiree E Morgan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2484/rcr.v3i2.192", "journal": "Radiol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015 Dec 7;3(2):192.", "keywords": [ "ct, computed tomography", "mri, magnetic resonan...
PMC4896229
Acute pancreatitis can result in retroperitoneal fat necrosis, typically occurring in the peripancreatic region, with extension into the transverse mesocolon, omentum and mesenteric root. When evaluated with contrast enhanced computed tomography (CECT), acute peripancreatic post necrotic collections typically become lo...
{ "authors": [ "Ghada Elshimy", "Mahmoud Alsayed", "Jerome Targovnik", "Gamal Sidarous", "Kresimira M Milas" ], "case_amount": 5, "doi": "10.1155/2020/2493460", "journal": "Case Rep Endocrinol", "journal_detail": "2020 Aug 1;2020:2493460.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "li...
PMC7421811
Amiodarone is a class III antiarrhythmic drug, used by cardiologists to treat arrhythmia including atrial fibrillation (A fib) and ventricular fibrillation. However, amiodarone is associated with endocrine dysfunction including both hypo- and hyperthyroidism. In the literature, two types of amiodarone-induced thyrotoxi...
{ "authors": [ "V-I Neagoe", "S Zytoun", "H-J Neuhaus" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2016/5053640", "journal": "Case Rep Orthop", "journal_detail": "2016;2016:5053640.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27833769/", "major_mesh_terms": ...
PMC5090070
Lactococcus garvieae is known as a Gram-positive, catalase-negative, and facultatively anaerobic fish pathogen. The association between Lactococcus spp. and human infectious diseases is described as being mainly associated with lumbar osteomyelitis, hepatic abscess, and infective endocarditis. In the literature of orth...
{ "authors": [ "Metin Leblebici", "Cem Ilgın Erol", "Ozgur Ekinci", "Nesrin Gunduz", "Furkan Kilic", "Mehmet Acar", "Tunc Eren", "Rabia Burcin Girgin", "Orhan Alimoglu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14744/nci.2020.97720", "journal": "North Clin Istanb", "journal_detail"...
PMC8240236
Gastric hepatoid carcinoma (GHC) is a rare type of gastric cancer with a tendency to have poor prognosis and metastasize to the liver. GHCs generally show histopathologically hepatocellular differentiation and secrete alpha fetoprotein (AFP). AFP production can occur in cancers originating from the embryologically simi...
{ "authors": [ "Mansoor Karimifar", "Hourosadat Hashemi", "Mozhgan Karimifar", "Amir Kazizadeh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2277-9175.125728", "journal": "Adv Biomed Res", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan 24;3:39.", "keywords": [ "interstitial lung disease", "rituximab", "s...
PMC3949340
Systemic sclerosis sine scleroderma is a subtype of scleroderma, which is characterized by involvement of visceral organs, but no characteristic skin alteration. The involved organs could be kidneys, heart, gastrointestinal system, and lungs. Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is one of the pulmonary manifestations of sin...
{ "authors": [ "Xiaoyan Wang", "Chenyi Zhao", "Yang Gong", "Ying Wang", "Feng Guo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2023.1175693", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2023 Jul 14;13:1175693.", "keywords": [ "braf pn581i", "anti-egfr monoclonal antibody", "...
PMC10380923
BRAF non-V600 mutations are a distinct molecular subset of colorectal cancer (CRC) that has little to no clinical similarity to the BRAF V600 mutations. It is generally considered that the BRAF non-V600 mutations correlate with better survival of CRC patients. In this report, we present an unusual case of that a midlif...
{ "authors": [ "Kelvin M Piña Batista", "Sayoa Alvarez de Eulate-Beramendi", "María Rico", "Victor Rodrigo", "Yordy E Batista Batista", "Kenia Y Alvarez Reyes" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5114/wo.2017.69593", "journal": "Contemp Oncol (Pozn)", "journal_detail": "2017;21(3):249-25...
PMC5701578
Medulloblastoma (MB) is a highly aggressive soft tissue neoplasm, classified as a primitive neuroectodermal tumor. It is the most common posterior fossa tumor in children, but occurs rarely in adults. MB accounts for approximately 20% of all primary central nervous system (CNS) tumors of childhood, while its incidence ...
{ "authors": [ "Y Tung Chen", "D Isenberg" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1136/lupus-2014-000008", "journal": "Lupus Sci Med", "journal_detail": "2014 May 10;1(1):e000008.", "keywords": [ "biologics", "immunosuppressive therapy", "necrotizing fasciitis", "pseudomonas aeruginosa", ...
PMC4225728
Necrotising fasciitis (NF) is a rare infection of the subcutaneous tissue, known to be rapidly progressive and potentially fatal. Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) may be predisposed to this condition, and early clinical recognition can be difficult. We report a case of necrotising fasciitis in a 26-year...
{ "authors": [ "Lindsay Zhou", "Mathievathaniy Muthucumaru", "Kenneth Tan", "Kenneth Lau" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1259/bjrcr.20150327", "journal": "BJR Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016 Jul 28;2(3):20150327.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi....
PMC6243363
Knotting of intravascular catheters has been well described, and all such cases documented in the literature have occurred during catheter insertion. Knot formation has not been reported during the removal of a peripherally inserted central venous line (Epicutaneo-Cava 2 French 24 gauge) in a neonate. The mechanism of ...
{ "authors": [ "Ruquiya Afrose", "Mohammad Feroz Alam", "Syed Shamshad Ahmad", "Mohammed Naim" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0970-9371.197626", "journal": "J Cytol", "journal_detail": "2017 Jan-Mar;34(1):66-68.", "keywords": [ "adult female worm", "filarial abscess", "su...
PMC5259939
Microfilaria is a major public health problem in tropical and subtropical countries and is an endemic problem in India. Wuchereria bancrofti is the most common filarial infection. In some cases, microfilariae and adult filarial worm have been incidentally detected in fine-needle aspirates of various lesions; detection ...
{ "authors": [ "Natalie Olson", "David Eckhardt", "Angela Delano" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/5575111", "journal": "Case Rep Dermatol Med", "journal_detail": "2021 Jun 7;2021:5575111.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34211788/",...
PMC8187076
This manuscript presents a report of bullous pemphigoid rash associated with COVID-19 for the first time. The objective of this manuscript is to present a unique dermatological case in the setting of a COVID-19-positive infection to further recognize the virus symptomatology. A 37-year-old female with a past medical hi...
{ "authors": [ "Hannah Song", "Johanna S Song", "Elizabeth B Wallace", "Leonard B Kaban", "Mary S Huang", "Stefan Kraft", "Martin C Mihm Jr", "Daniela Kroshinsky" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000481308", "journal": "Dermatopathology (Basel)", "journal_detail": "2017 N...
PMC5803736
A 12-month-old healthy girl presented with a chronic diaper rash. Physical examination demonstrated crusting of the scalp, erythematous papules with surrounding petechiae on the lower abdomen, and an intraoral palatal ulcer. Further imaging demonstrated bone involvement. Histopathologic examination of involved skin and...
{ "authors": [ "Katarzyna Nowak", "Gary Wright" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5114/reum.2022.119044", "journal": "Reumatologia", "journal_detail": "2022;60(4):275-280.", "keywords": [ "raynaud’s syndrome", "anti-rna polymerase iii antibody", "erythromelalgia", "palmar fibromatosi...
PMC9494792
The symptoms of a rheumatic disease may also be a sign of a proliferative process. These include conditions that present with skin and vascular changes such as systemic sclerosis and Raynaud's phenomenon with peripheral ischaemia and ulceration. Furthermore, the less common conditions - erythromelalgia or palmar fascii...
{ "authors": [ "Tinsae Alemayehu", "Selamawit Assefa", "Solomie Jebessa Deribessa", "Semienew Ambachew" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2021/9934391", "journal": "Case Rep Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2021 Apr 15;2021:9934391.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "ht...
PMC8062199
Background. Congenital toxoplasmosis is a major sequela of untreated primary maternal infection. With or without symptoms, untreated infections eventually lead to multiple neurologic complications. Despite the high Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence in the Ethiopian population, there are no reports of newborns diagnosed ...
{ "authors": [ "Cristina Oana Mǎrginean", "Lorena Elena Meliţ", "Maria Oana Sǎsǎran" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2020.577174", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2020 Oct 30;8:577174.", "keywords": [ "covid-19 infection", "atypical cases", "children", ...
PMC7661488
A new pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 raised new challenges for the worldwide healthcare system, involving the pediatric field since children own certain peculiarities that caused a different reaction to this infection as compared to adults. We report two cases of COVID-19 in two pediatric patients, a 6-month-old male in...
{ "authors": [ "Keiko Takeuchi", "Masaya Iwamuro", "Atsushi Imagawa", "Yoshitsugu Kubota", "Katsuya Miyatani", "Katsuyoshi Takata", "Hiroyuki Okada" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2012/582607", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2012;2012:582607.", "keywords": ...
PMC3368354
A 52-year-old Japanese woman who was eventually diagnosed with primary follicular lymphoma of the duodenum showed atypical endoscopic features, namely, erosions with peripheral whitish edematous mucosa. Initial biopsy specimens taken from the erosions revealed insufficient numbers of lymphoma cells for histological dia...
{ "authors": [ "Eugen Târcoveanu", "Gabriel Dimofte", "Costel Bradea", "Radu Moldovanu", "Alin Vasilescu", "Raluca Anton", "Dan Ferariu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "JSLS", "journal_detail": "2009 Jan-Mar;13(1):116-9.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-...
PMC3015893
Background: Adrenal schwannomas are very rare tumors that are difficult to diagnose preoperatively. We report the case of a left adrenal schwannoma incidentally discovered in a 55-year-old man during a postoperative checkup for a cutaneous malignant melanoma. Methods: The biological evaluation was unremarkable, and the...
{ "authors": [ "Cui Chen", "Peng Sun", "Jianting Long" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fimmu.2022.941092", "journal": "Front Immunol", "journal_detail": "2022 Aug 2;13:941092.", "keywords": [ "case report", "durable response", "first-line treatment", "metastatic thymic car...
PMC9378774
Thymic carcinoma is a rare and aggressive disease with poor outcome. There is no established treatment regimen for advanced thymic carcinoma. While the efficacy of pembrolizumab was proved to be promising, as a single agent, in patients with refractory/recurrent thymic carcinoma that progressed after chemotherapy, the ...
{ "authors": [ "Roopam Jariwal", "Nadia Raza", "Janpreet Bhandohal", "Everardo Cobos" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/23247096211014689", "journal": "J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2021 Jan-Dec;9:23247096211014689.", "keywords": [ "aids", "hiv", "...
PMC8127741
Plasmablastic lymphoma (PBL) is a subtype of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that manifests in patients with the diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), more prominently in the head, neck, and oral mucosal region. The diagnosis of this rare lymphoma serves as a concomitant diagnosis of acquired immunodeficiency syndrom...
{ "authors": [ "Junzu Geng", "Bofeng Cao", "Liping Wang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3348/kjr.2012.13.1.90", "journal": "Korean J Radiol", "journal_detail": "2012 Jan-Feb;13(1):90-3.", "keywords": [ "aggressive angiomyxoma", "computed tomography", "histopathology", "inferio...
PMC3253408
Aggressive angiomyxoma is an uncommon mesenchymal myxoid tumor that is characterized by slow growth and frequent local recurrence. It is currently regarded as a nonmetastasizing tumor. We describe a case of recurrent aggressive angiomyxoma with invasion into the veins including the inferior vena cava and the right atri...
{ "authors": [ "Christine M Fox", "Meredith L Daly" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1002/ccr3.736", "journal": "Clin Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016 Dec 20;5(1):44-50.", "keywords": [ "baclofen", "canine", "midazolam", "toxicity" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https...
PMC5224782
After ingesting a dose of baclofen thought to be lethal, a patient with severe neurologic signs was successfully managed despite initially being refractory to treatment. Patients with persistent neurologic abnormalities may still have an excellent prognosis despite lack of initial response. Additionally, we present a p...
{ "authors": [ "Nazanene H Esfandiari", "Melvyn Rubenfire", "Adam H Neidert", "Rita Hench", "Abdelwahab Jalal Eldin", "Rasimcan Meral", "Elif A Oral" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s40842-019-0076-9", "journal": "Clin Diabetes Endocrinol", "journal_detail": "2019 Mar 14;5:4...
PMC6419468
Background: Metreleptin, a recombinant methionyl -human -leptin, was approved to treat patients with generalized lipodystrophy (GL) in February 2014. However, leptin therapy has been associated with the development of lymphoma. We present a unique case of a patient with prior history of T cell lymphoma in remission, wh...
{ "authors": [ "Elnaz Jalali", "Anusha Vaddi", "Kandasamy Rengasamy", "Aditya Tadinada" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.33452", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 6;15(1):e33452.", "keywords": [ "frontal sinus", "frontal sinusitis", "hemi pansinusitis"...
PMC9899488
Pott's puffy tumor (PPT) is a life-threatening complication of infectious sinusitis/osteomyelitis of the frontal bone. It occurs due to infection or trauma and is often seen in late childhood and adolescence. If left untreated for a protracted period, intracranial complications such as epidural abscess, subdural empyem...
{ "authors": [ "Marita Nittner-Marszalska", "Konstanty Guranski", "Joanna Bladowska", "Agnieszka Kopeć", "Maria Ejma" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.5114/ceji.2022.119153", "journal": "Cent Eur J Immunol", "journal_detail": "2022;47(3):288-291.", "keywords": [ "ischemic stroke", ...
PMC9896982
Neurological complications after a single Hymenoptera insect sting are very rare. The authors of this paper describe two instances of cerebral ischemic stroke that occurred immediately after a wasp sting. Two distinct pathomechanisms involved in the cases are put forward. When diagnosing such cases, it is vital to rule...
{ "authors": [ "Alécio C E S Barcelos", "Gustavo C Patriota", "Arlindo Ugulino Netto" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1055/s-0033-1363936", "journal": "Global Spine J", "journal_detail": "2014 Aug;4(3):179-86.", "keywords": [ "grisel syndrome", "atlantoaxial rotatory subluxation" ], ...
PMC4111947
Study Design Case report and literature review. Objective To describe a case of nontraumatic atlantoaxial rotatory subluxation (Grisel syndrome) and to review clinical and radiologic aspects, physiopathology, and treatment of this lesion. There is no well-established protocol in the management of patients without spont...