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{ "authors": [ "Olaf Rodriguez", "Liane R Campbell", "Jason M Bacha", "Carrie L Kovarik" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.jdcr.2015.12.002", "journal": "JAAD Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016 Feb 4;2(1):77-9.", "keywords": [ "art, antiretroviral therapy", "ba, bacillary angi...
PMC4809473
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{ "authors": [ "Corina Marilena Cristache" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/1096365", "journal": "Case Rep Dent", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:1096365.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28321342/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh_terms": [ ...
PMC5340929
Despite numerous advantages over multislice computed tomography (MSCT), including a lower radiation dose to the patient, shorter acquisition times, affordable cost, and sometimes greater detail with isotropic voxels used in reconstruction, allowing precise measurements, cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) is still con...
{ "authors": [ "Tugrul Goncu", "Faruk Toktas", "Osman Tiryakioglu", "Gunduz Yumun", "Sinan Demirtas", "Senol Yavuz" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2010/210391", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2010;2010:210391.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link":...
PMC2938427
The majority of the axillary artery aneurysm cases arise as pseudoaneurysms secondary to blunt or iatrogenic trauma. Isolated traumatic true axillary artery aneurysm is a relatively unusual disorder and generally occurs with repetitive blunt trauma. A 22-year-old female patient with distal axillary artery true aneurysm...
{ "authors": [ "Peyman Borghei", "Seung Kwon Kim", "Darryl A Zuckerman" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3348/kjr.2014.15.1.108", "journal": "Korean J Radiol", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan-Feb;15(1):108-13.", "keywords": [ "balloon occlusion retrograde transvenous obliteration", "emboliz...
PMC3909841
This report describes two non-cirrhotic patients with portal vein thrombosis who underwent successful balloon occlusion retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) of gastric varices with a satisfactory response and no complications. One patient was a 35-year-old female with a history of Crohn's disease, status post-tot...
{ "authors": [ "Vien X Nguyen", "Cuong C Nguyen", "Ba D Nguyen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2484/rcr.v5i1.364", "journal": "Radiol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015 Nov 6;5(1):364.", "keywords": [ "ct, computed tomography", "mri, magnetic resonance imaging" ], "license": "CC B...
PMC4898214
Complete extra-esophageal migration of a foreign object is rare. Its early and accurate diagnosis by complementary imaging modalities is crucial for a successful extraction. We present a case of ingested wire bristle, which completely traversed the esophageal mucosa to position itself in the soft tissue of the left nec...
{ "authors": [ "Preethika Angunawela", "Alhossain A Khalafallah", "Karen Wolfswinkel", "David Seaton", "Terry Brain" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2011/183938", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol Med", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:183938.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "lin...
PMC3350138
Desmoplastic small round cell tumour (DSRCT) is an aggressive and a rare neoplasm. We report on a 34-year-old male who had abdominal discomfort with a large intraperitoneal mass. Histological examination of the tumour biopsy revealed sheets of small round cells. The cells were positive with vimentin and desmin (with oc...
{ "authors": [ "Ulrik Ørsø Andersen", "Marie Røsland Rosenørn", "Preben Homøe" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fsurg.2022.1017725", "journal": "Front Surg", "journal_detail": "2022 Sep 30;9:1017725.", "keywords": [ "birt-hogg-dubé (bhd)", "multifocal", "oral cavity", "recu...
PMC9632728
Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome (BHD) is a rare inherited autosomal dominant condition caused by a mutation in the tumor suppressor gene FLCN. This mutation predisposes the carrier to multiple pulmonary cysts, recurrent pneumothorax, renal tumors and benign skin tumors. Since the first description of BHD, additional clinical s...
{ "authors": [ "Mohammad Esmadi", "Nazir Lone", "Dina S Ahmad", "John Onofrio", "Ruth Govier Brush" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12659/AJCR.883816", "journal": "Am J Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2013;14:63-6.", "keywords": [ "chest tubes", "empyema", "pleural effusion",...
PMC3614381
Background: Multiloculated pleural effusion is a life-threatening condition that needs early recognition. Drainage by chest tube might be difficult which necessitates a surgical intervention. While x-ray typically does not show loculations, CT scan might not also identify the loculations. Ultrasound has a high sensitiv...
{ "authors": [ "Ze-Rui Hu", "Zhen-Zhen Yang", "Xu-Bo Wang", "Hong-Shuo Chu", "Chuan-Xin Liu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1037738", "journal": "Front Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2022 Dec 14;13:1037738.", "keywords": [ "amisulpride", "bradycardia", "ca...
PMC9795182
Introduction: Schizophrenia is regarded as one of the most severe, disabling, and costly mental illnesses. Hence, early effective prevention and treatment are critical to the prognosis of patients. Amisulpride, a first-line atypical antipsychotic medication that acts as a blocker of the D2 and D3 dopamine receptors, is...
{ "authors": [ "Y Mathangasinghe", "U M J E Samaranayake", "J D Jayasinghe", "A S K Banagala" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/2548631", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan 13;2019:2548631.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncb...
PMC6348891
Small bowel diverticulosis is an uncommon entity. Clinical presentation of small intestinal diverticulosis is variable. A high mortality is associated with complications such as chronic malnutrition, haemorrhage, intestinal obstruction, and perforation. We report a case of a 63-year-old female with multiple small bowel...
{ "authors": [ "Wided Trimech", "Farouk Ennaceur", "Hiba Ben Hassine", "Hanen Zneti", "Faouzi Noomen", "Khadija Zouari" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/5535283", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2021 May 7;2021:5535283.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC B...
PMC8121578
Schwannomas also known as neurilemomas are benign tumors. Retrorectal schwannomas are extremely rare, accounting for 1 to 5% of all schwannomas. They are mostly asymptomatic but may present with symptoms such as pelvic pain, back pain, lower extremities pain, or constipation. Physical examination is often poor. Imaging...
{ "authors": [ "Zahra Mozaheb", "Alireza Khooei" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/9590469", "journal": "Case Rep Hematol", "journal_detail": "2018 Feb 12;2018:9590469.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29619260/", "major_mesh_terms": []...
PMC5829340
Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) accounts for 1.2% of all cancer deaths. Relapse is the major cause of treatment failure in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients. AML rarely presents as ocular manifestation in relapse or at presentation. The M4 subtype of AML is most commonly presented with extramedullary involvement. ...
{ "authors": [ "Hazem E Elsersy", "Magdy A H Zahran", "Abd-Elazeem Elbakry", "Mohamed Abd-Elwahab", "Mohamed Milegy Ahmed", "Mohamed Salah Elgandy", "Eman H M Mohammed", "Nourhan M Elewa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2022.863917", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)",...
PMC9063561
The COVID-19 pandemic is still posing challenging health and economic problems. Effective broad-spectrum antiviral therapy is urgently needed for the control of early SARS-CoV-2 infection to limit its spread and mutations. In this randomized placebo-controlled clinical study, we tested the effects of intranasal and oro...
{ "authors": [ "Katarzyna Wójtowicz", "Przemysław Kunert", "Łukasz Przepiórka", "Andrzej Marchel" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1159/000517421", "journal": "Cerebrovasc Dis Extra", "journal_detail": "2021;11(2):77-80.", "keywords": [ "subarachnoid hemorrhage", "unruptured intracr...
PMC8647099
Introduction: The timing of treatment remains unresolved for patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIAs) and headaches, particularly when the pain is short term, localized, and related to the aneurysm site. We lack evidence to support the notion that when a headache accompanies an aneurysm, it elevates the r...
{ "authors": [ "Walid Basha" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.18502/ijpa.v18i1.12392", "journal": "Iran J Parasitol", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan-Mar;18(1):129-131.", "keywords": [ "eristalis", "myiasis", "urinary" ], "license": "CC BY-NC", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/371...
PMC10183448
In humans and other mammals, urinary myiasis can be rarely caused by Eristalis tenax, which belongs to the order Diptera. In this case, we report a 21-year-old woman with this myiasis. She was complaining of dysuria and bilateral Costolumbar pain. The larva in her urine sample was identified as E. tenax associated with...
{ "authors": [ "Harsha Moole", "Vishnu Moole", "Adrija Mamidipalli", "Sowmya Dharmapuri", "Raghuveer Boddireddy", "Deepak Taneja", "Hady Sfeir", "Sonia Gajula" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3402/jchimp.v5.28709", "journal": "J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect", "journal_d...
PMC4612476
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is an autoimmune condition that results in low plasma insulin levels by destruction of beta cells of the pancreas. As part of the natural progression of this disease, some patients regain beta cell activity transiently. This period is often referred to as the 'honeymoon period' or remiss...
{ "authors": [ "Belmokhtar Adil", "Daoudi Rajaa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2014.17.136.4019", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2014 Feb 26;17:136.", "keywords": [ "eales disease", "retinal phlebitis", "visual acuity" ], "license": "CC BY", "link": "...
PMC4218641
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{ "authors": [ "Emanuela Altobelli", "Alfredo Maria Bove", "Federico Sergi", "Maurizio Buscarini" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2012/597839", "journal": "Case Rep Urol", "journal_detail": "2012;2012:597839.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm...
PMC3517837
Aim. To report a unique case of retroperitoneal urinoma extending to the scrotum through the spermatic cord and successfully treated with nephrostomy, drainage, and gracilis muscle flap.
{ "authors": [ "Arne Warth", "Esther Herpel", "Astrid Schmähl", "Konstantina Storz", "Philipp A Schnabel" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1752-1947-2-21", "journal": "J Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2008 Jan 25;2:21.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https:/...
PMC2254641
Introduction: Diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia (DIPNECH) is a rare disorder and information on this disease is limited, especially with regard to its management and prognosis. It has become generally accepted that DIPNECH is a precursor lesion to pulmonary carcinoid tumors. Case presentation...
{ "authors": [ "Adatia Sweta", "Sanghani Sejal", "Sanzgiri Prakash", "Chauhan Vinay", "Hastak Shirish" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.4103/0972-2327.61282", "journal": "Ann Indian Acad Neurol", "journal_detail": "2010 Jan;13(1):64-6.", "keywords": [ "acute myocardial infarction", ...
PMC2859592
Thrombolysis with intravenous tissue (IV) plasminogen activator (tPA) is considered for patients with acute ischemic stroke falling within the described inclusion criteria defined by The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) rtPA trial. Complications of IV thrombolysis with tPA are commonly re...
{ "authors": [ "Philip T Sobash", "Krishna Vedala", "Daniel Alfano", "Heather Pinckard-Dover", "Jason L Muesse", "Raman Desikan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/20363613211029493", "journal": "Rare Tumors", "journal_detail": "2021 Jul 2;13:20363613211029493.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC8255556
The notochord is the defining structure of all chordate embryos. It is a midline structure ventral to the ectoderm, neural plates, and neural arch. Remnants of the notochord ultimately give rise to the nucleus pulposus. The function of the notochord is to organize the surrounding structures. Chordoma is a rare malignan...
{ "authors": [ "Luis Eduardo Ramírez", "María Alejandra Amézquita", "Eliana Isabel Morales", "Luz Fernanda Sua", "Liliana Fernández-Trujillo" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2023.101910", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Aug 12;45:101910.", "keyword...
PMC10470279
Bronchiolitis obliterans (BO) is a progressive fibrotic process that predominantly affects the small airways and is identified as constrictive bronchiolitis by pathologists. It is commonly associated with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT), lung transplant, exposure to inhaled toxins, post-infectious ...
{ "authors": [ "Yukiko Komeno", "Naoki Shibuya", "Hideki Uryu", "Haruki Yamada", "Takeo Toda", "Masayuki Shibasaki", "Shinji Kunishima", "Kuniko Iihara", "Tomiko Ryu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2169/internalmedicine.56.7258", "journal": "Intern Med", "journal_detail"...
PMC5399210
An 85-year-old woman underwent emergent splenectomy due to left abdominal pain and active bleeding in a massively enlarged spleen. The histological diagnosis was splenic marginal zone lymphoma (SMZL). A prolonged activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) was noted, and additional tests led to the diagnosis of type 2...
{ "authors": [ "Parveen Rewri", "Gaurav Goyal", "Wazid Ali", "Ajay Sharma", "Deevender Sood" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0974-620X.149895", "journal": "Oman J Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan-Apr;8(1):69-70.", "keywords": [ "cilio-choroidal effusion", "myopia",...
PMC4333552
A 13 year old boy presented with sudden onset of painless blurring of vision in his both eye, twenty days following varicella infection. Ocular examination revealed -3.00 DS refractive error; and cilio-choroidal effusion. After treatment at 1 months he had unaided 6/6; N-6 vision in both eyes.
{ "authors": [ "Matthew J Reeves", "Allistair P McRobert", "Colin J Lewis", "Simon J Roberts" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1371/journal.pone.0225033", "journal": "PLoS One", "journal_detail": "2019 Nov 12;14(11):e0225033.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubm...
PMC6850519
Using a two-study approach, the main purpose of this case study was to explore the use of a verbal reporting methodology to better understand the thought processes of soccer talent scouts during an in-situ talent identification environment. Study 1 developed a standardized coding-scheme to examine verbal cognitions dur...
{ "authors": [ "Faizan Mazhar", "Shahzad Akram", "Nafis Haider", "Rafeeque Ahmed" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2016/7128909", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2016;2016:7128909.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/274331...
PMC4940515
Antipsychotic and antidepressant are often used in combination for the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders. The concomitant use of antipsychotic and/or antidepressant with drugs that may interact can lead to rare, life-threatening conditions such as serotonin syndrome and neuroleptic malignant syndrome. We describe...
{ "authors": [ "Hamidreza Hasani", "Benyamin Hakak-Zargar", "Sahar Mohammad Poor Nami", "Nami Mohammadian Khonsari" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/joco.joco_277_21", "journal": "J Curr Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2022 Apr 16;34(1):121-123.", "keywords": [ "bilateral central r...
PMC9128436
Purpose: To report a case of bilateral central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) associated with coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) infection. Methods: A 43-year-old man presented to the emergency department with flu-like symptoms, severe erythema, a rash on his face, and respiratory distress. He was admitted to the intensive care ...
{ "authors": [ "Koichi Jingo", "Norihiro Harada", "Toshihiko Nishioki", "Masahiro Torasawa", "Tomoko Yamada", "Tetsuhiko Asao", "Haruhi Takagi", "Tomohito Takeshige", "Jun Ito", "Kazuhisa Takahashi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s13223-020-00446-w", "journal": "A...
PMC7288423
Background: Omalizumab, mepolizumab, benralizumab, and dupilumab are the currently available biologics used to treat asthma in Japan. Anaphylaxis following treatment with mepolizumab or benralizumab is considered rare. Case presentation: We report the case of a 35-year-old woman with severe asthma, who experienced anap...
{ "authors": [ "Mariam Torres Soto", "Sarah Hammond", "Ramy H Elshaboury", "Jacob Johnson", "Elizabeth L Hohmann" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1093/ofid/ofy334", "journal": "Open Forum Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2018 Dec 14;6(1):ofy334.", "keywords": [ "fmt", "salmonell...
PMC6329902
Two immunocompromised patients with relapsing gastrointestinal infection with relatively resistant Salmonella infantis were cured with prolonged ertapenem followed by encapsulated fecal transplant.
{ "authors": [ "Faryal Afridi", "Garry D Ruben", "Eric Oristian" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2020/6927835", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2020 Sep 22;2020:6927835.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33029443/", "majo...
PMC7530482
Background: Malignant lymphomas of the breast are rare and can be primary or secondary. Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma involving the breast is even rarer comprising 0.04-0.5% of all breast malignancies (Takemura). The incidence is even lower for T-cell lymphomas compared with B-cell subtype. We report the rare incidence of prima...
{ "authors": [ "Miyako Kishimoto", "Masayuki Adachi", "Koichi Takahashi", "Kazushige Washizaki" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X19842976", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019 Apr 8;7:2050313X19842976.", "keywords": [ "clonazepam", "drug-induced...
PMC6454642
In this study, we report a case of a 50-year-old Japanese man who had chronic whiplash-associated disorder, hyperlipidaemia, hyperuricacidaemia, and mild liver dysfunction due to excessive alcohol intake. Recently, he developed mild tremor in his left hand. Initiation of clonazepam (0.5 mg once daily before bedtime) he...
{ "authors": [ "José D Carrillo-Ruiz", "Pablo Andrade", "Mary Fonseca", "Fiacro Jiménez", "María L Montes-Castillo", "Francisco Velasco" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/sni.sni_258_17", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2017 Nov 1;8:267.", "keywords": [ "fle...
PMC5682697
Background: Neurotomies were one of the first procedures performed in the field of functional neurosurgery. Microstimulators and microscopes facilitate the performance of neurotomies to treat focal spasticity. This report shows how three different consecutive neurotomies were performed in one patient with chronic left ...
{ "authors": [ "Nadine Abanador-Kamper", "Judith Wolfertz", "Lars Kamper", "Patrick Haage", "Melchior Seyfarth" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1093/ehjci/jer314", "journal": "Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging", "journal_detail": "2012 Jun;13(6):537.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC B...
PMC3351131
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{ "authors": [ "Eleftherios Chatzidarellis", "Evangelos Mazaris", "Andreas Skolarikos", "Demonakou Maria", "Iraklis Mitsogiannis", "Nafsika Mousiou", "Apostolos Bisas" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2010/523964", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2010;2010:52396...
PMC2935546
Myofibroblastic tumor, also known as inflammatory pseudotumor or pseudosarcoma, is a benign tumor with mesenchymal origin. Bladder location is very uncommon. We report the case of a 58-year-old man with a history of von Recklinghausen's disease who complained for painless macroscopic hematuria 5 months after suprapubic...
{ "authors": [ "Zouheir Hafidi", "Rajae Daoudi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2013.16.118.3182", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2013 Nov 26;16:118.", "keywords": [ "retinal vein occlusion", "chorioretinitis", "macular edema", "toxoplasmosis" ], "lic...
PMC3998903
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{ "authors": [ "Matthieu Wendling", "Maxime Gudelj" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5334/jbsr.2491", "journal": "J Belg Soc Radiol", "journal_detail": "2021 Sep 17;105(1):47.", "keywords": [ "ischiopubic synchondrosis", "magnetic resonance imaging", "osteomyelitis" ], "license": "C...
PMC8447970
Teaching Point: Ischiopubic synchondrosis osteomyelitis is not rare but frequently misdiagnosed. MRI has a key role for early diagnosis and detection of complications.
{ "authors": [ "Elizabeth DeMarco", "Matthew Turnipseed", "Brian Clarke", "Farhan Qadeer" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X231168304", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Apr 20;11:2050313X231168304.", "keywords": [ "covid-19", "bradycardia", ...
PMC10119650
COVID-19 emerged in 2019 and was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020. COVID-19 is highly transmissible and can lead to bilateral pneumonia with severe respiratory failure. COVID-19 has led to more than 6.5 million deaths worldwide. The significant morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19 h...
{ "authors": [ "Rong Yang", "Yuan Ai", "Chuan Liu", "Xiaoxi Lu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2022.829927", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2022 May 23;10:829927.", "keywords": [ "epstein-barr virus", "aggressive natural killer cell leukemia", "case r...
PMC9168658
Aggressive natural killer cell leukemia (ANKL) is a rare malignant tumor, especially uncommon in children. ANKL has very aggressive clinical course and bad prognosis and is usually caused by Epstein-Barr virus infection. ANKL often has clinical manifestations of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) and can be easil...
{ "authors": [ "Giulia Melo Lettieri", "Luander Medrado Santiago", "Giancarlo Crosara Lettieri", "Luiz Gustavo Dos Anjos Borges", "Letícia Marconatto", "Laudimar Alves de Oliveira", "Nailê Damé-Teixeira", "Loise Pedrosa Salles" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fcimb.2021.7207...
PMC8427699
Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome (PLS) is an autosomal recessive rare disease, main characteristics of which include palmoplantar hyperkeratosis and premature edentulism due to advanced periodontitis (formerly aggressive periodontitis). This study aimed to characterize the oral phenotype, including salivary parameters, and th...
{ "authors": [ "A O Akuma", "S K Mittal", "A A Sambo" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.4103/0971-4065.107200", "journal": "Indian J Nephrol", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan;23(1):47-50.", "keywords": [ "cystic fibrosis", "ileal atresia", "neonatal bartter syndrome", "pseudo-hypoald...
PMC3621238
A rare case of neonatal Bartter syndrome presenting with severe hyperkalemia is reported in a preterm child born to consanguineous parents. This child also had ileal atresia, and meconium plugs were found at laparotomy. The diagnosis of cystic fibrosis was subsequently made on genetic testing. Despite full intensive ca...
{ "authors": [ "Isamu Miura", "Shiro Horisawa", "Takakazu Kawamata", "Takaomi Taira" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2176/jns-nmc.2022-0392", "journal": "NMC Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2023 Apr 10;10:99-102.", "keywords": [ "18f-fdg pet/ct", "cervical dystonia", "myotomy",...
PMC10149141
Cervical dystonia, characterized by the involuntary contraction of cervical muscles, is the most common form of adult dystonia. In a patient with intractable cervical dystonia, we carried out a myotomy of the left obliquus capitis inferior and selective peripheral denervation (SPD) of the posterior branches of the C3-C...
{ "authors": [ "Norimichi Koitabashi", "Nogiku Niwamae", "Tetsuya Taguchi", "Yoshiaki Ohyama", "Noriaki Takama", "Masahiko Kurabayashi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s12959-015-0045-1", "journal": "Thromb J", "journal_detail": "2015 Mar 14;13:13.", "keywords": [ "anticoa...
PMC4364575
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a common disease and is associated with pulmonary embolism (PE). Proximal iliofemoral DVT may lead to severe PE and chronic venous insufficiency. The standard therapy for DVT is anticoagulant therapy using heparin and a vitamin K antagonist, but a recent clinical study showed that rivaroxa...
{ "authors": [ "Renuka Inuganti Venkata", "Satya Varaprasad Kakarala", "Sailabala Garikaparthi", "Seshadri Sekhar Duttaluru", "Annapoorna Parvatala", "Aparna Chinnam" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2152-7806.84242", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2011;2:118.",...
PMC3172004
Background: Intracranial osteochondromas are uncommon. The majority of lesions arise from the base of the skull or from bones developed by endochondral ossification. A minority of cases are attached to the falxcerebri in the fronto parietal location. Case description: We report a case of a giant intracranial osteochond...
{ "authors": [ "Emmanuelle Lacassagne", "Aurore Dhuez", "Florence Rigaudière", "Anouk Dansault", "Christelle Vêtu", "Karine Bigot", "Véronique Vieira", "Bernard Puech", "Sabine Defoort-Dhellemmes", "Marc Abitbol" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": null, "journal": "Mol Vis", ...
PMC3032275
Aims: To describe genetic and clinical findings in a French family affected by best vitelliform macular dystrophy (BVMD). Methods: We screened eight at-risk members of a family, including a BVMD-affected proband, by direct sequencing of 11 bestrophin-1 (BEST1) exons. Individuals underwent ophthalmic examination and aut...
{ "authors": [ "Liu Yunfeng", "Han Tongyan", "Wang Jing", "Tong Xiaomei" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fgene.2021.763916", "journal": "Front Genet", "journal_detail": "2021 Dec 23;12:763916.", "keywords": [ "artery", "calcification", "case", "genetic mutation", "...
PMC8733597
Idiopathic infantile arterial calcification (IIAC), also known as generalized arterial calcification of infancy (GACI), is a heritable ectopic mineralization disorder that results in diffuse arterial calcifications and or stenosis, which are attributed to mutations in the ENPP1 gene. In this case study, we report the d...
{ "authors": [ "Jacob A West", "Nirav H Amin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X17740992", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2017 Nov 14;5:2050313X17740992.", "keywords": [ "sports medicine", "arthroscopy", "meniscal tear" ], "license": "CC BY", "...
PMC5692121
This is a case report detailing the use of in-office needle arthroscopy (mi-eye 2™) in a patient with chronic knee pain and inconclusive magnetic resonance imaging findings. The patient is a 40-year-old male who presented to our clinic after an extended history of right knee pain along the medial aspect with previous f...
{ "authors": [ "Aditi Vaishnav", "Avani Vaishnav", "Yash Lokhandwala" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1016/j.ihj.2013.12.024", "journal": "Indian Heart J", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan-Feb;66(1):115-8.", "keywords": [ "anti-arrhythmic drugs", "arrhythmias", "cardioversion" ], "l...
PMC3946441
Atrial fibrillation is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia which is often troublesome to manage. Currently, rhythm and rate control medications are the mainstays of therapy. In 2 amiodarone-refractory highly symptomatic patients, an innovative approach using ranolazine, which selectively acts on Na+ channels a...
{ "authors": [ "Yao Wang", "Yimeng Wang", "Jinming Yu", "Xiangjiao Meng" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fimmu.2022.998516", "journal": "Front Immunol", "journal_detail": "2022 Sep 15;13:998516.", "keywords": [ "cancer immunotherapy", "immune checkpoint inhibitors (ici)", ...
PMC9520566
Immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) targeting programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) and its ligand 1 (PD-L1) have quickly changed the treatment landscape in advanced non-small cell lung cancer. However, any patient treated with an immune checkpoint inhibitor is at risk for immune-related adverse events (irAEs). Checkpoint inhi...
{ "authors": [ "Ian Holmes", "Nathaniel Berman", "Vinicius Domingues" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2014/845372", "journal": "Case Rep Nephrol", "journal_detail": "2014;2014:845372.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24711939/", "major...
PMC3965949
Phenazopyridine is a commonly used urinary analgesic available throughout the United States. Ingestion of large quantities can lead to methemoglobinemia, hemolytic anemia, jaundice, and acute renal failure. We report a case of a 78-year-old male with previously normal renal function who developed acute renal failure an...
{ "authors": [ "Peter Waweru", "Alice Wakonyo", "Hussein Dossajee", "Bhupi Reel" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1259/bjrcr.20170053", "journal": "BJR Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2017 Jun 20;3(4):20170053.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.g...
PMC6159166
Nasopharyngeal infections are among the commonest diagnosed infections in infants. Largely treated supportively, these infections are considered harmless. These can however lead to serious complications from local spread and septicemia. With local extension, inflammatory neck masses (abscesses) can swiftly lead to life...
{ "authors": [ "Raveen Hanwella", "Varuni de Silva", "Alam Yoosuf", "Sanjeewani Karunaratne", "Pushpa de Silva" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1155/2012/232740", "journal": "Case Rep Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2012;2012:232740.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": ...
PMC3437272
We describe three patients from different religious backgrounds in Sri Lanka whose possession states were strongly influenced by their religious beliefs. Patient A was a Buddhist who claimed to have special powers given by a local deity named Paththini. Patient B was a Catholic who experienced spirits around her whom s...
{ "authors": [ "Leuridan Cavalcante Torres", "Maria de Lourdes Lopes Chauffaille", "Thomaz Pileggi Delboni", "Thelma Suely Okay", "Magda Carneiro-Sampaio", "Sofia Sugayama" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1590/S1807-59322010000100016", "journal": "Clinics (Sao Paulo)", "journal_detai...
PMC2815272
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{ "authors": [ "Pezhman Farshidmehr", "Mohammad Reza Zafarghandi", "Alimohammad Sadat", "Azadeh Sayarifard" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "J Tehran Heart Cent", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan;14(1):37-39.", "keywords": [ "arteriovenous fistula", "balloon occlusion", ...
PMC6560261
Superior mesenteric arteriovenous fistulae are rare. A 32-year-old woman presented with abdominal pain. The angiography showed that the superior mesenteric vein was aneurysmal. The patient underwent coil embolization, during which a balloon catheter was inflated before the fistula for the protection of coil migration w...
{ "authors": [ "Jaspreet Kaler", "Osama Mukhtar", "Mazin Khalid", "Shivani Thapa", "Ravinder Kaler", "Brandon Ting", "Vijay Gayam" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1080/20009666.2018.1472515", "journal": "J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect", "journal_detail": "2018 Jun 12;8(3):1...
PMC5998288
Gout commonly affects peripheral joints and is rarely found in axial joints, such as the spine and sacroiliac joints. We report a case of a patient that presented with quadriparesis who was empirically treated for spinal gout and a review of relevant literature. A 77-year-old male presented with new-onset quadriparesis...
{ "authors": [ "Jakub Zieg", "Terezia Tavačová", "Miroslava Balaščáková", "Petra Peldová", "Filip Fencl", "Peter Kubuš" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2023.1188098", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2023 Jun 7;11:1188098.", "keywords": [ "gitelman syndr...
PMC10282639
Salt-losing tubulopathies are well-recognised diseases predisposing to metabolic disturbances in affected patients. One of the most severe complications can be life-threatening arrhythmias causing sudden cardiac arrest. We present here the first case of a pediatric patient with Gitelman syndrome associated sudden cardi...
{ "authors": [ "Tatiana Lapa", "Maksym Breslavets" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X19845221", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019 May 2;7:2050313X19845221.", "keywords": [ "hailey–hailey", "phototherapy", "retinoids" ], "license": "CC BY-NC", ...
PMC6501477
The Hailey-Hailey disease, or familial benign chronic pemphigus, is an autosomal dominant genodermatosis affecting mainly intertriginous areas. It manifests itself in painful blisters, erosions, and cracks and has a chronic course with frequent flares, significantly impacting patients' quality of life. Presently, there...
{ "authors": [ "Eng Wee Chua", "Simon P Harger", "Martin A Kennedy" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fphar.2019.00931", "journal": "Front Pharmacol", "journal_detail": "2019 Aug 22;10:931.", "keywords": [ "cyp2d6", "acute dystonia", "dopamine", "estrogen", "metocloprami...
PMC6713716
We report two cases of metoclopramide-induced acute dystonia in pregnant women and consider the role of genetic variation in the pathogenesis of the adverse effect. By whole-gene sequencing, we found that both women were CYP2D6 poor metabolizers. We theorize that CYP2D6 governs the risk of metoclopramide-related acute ...
{ "authors": [ "María Del Carmen Pingarrón Santofimia", "Silvia Pilar González Rodríguez", "Mariella Lilue", "Santiago Palacios" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.7573/dic.2020-3-3", "journal": "Drugs Context", "journal_detail": "2020 Jul 1;9:2020-3-3.", "keywords": [ "bone biomarkers", ...
PMC7337603
Selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) exhibit varying agonist/antagonist activities on estrogen receptors in tissues, although most SERMs, including ospemifene, have agonist effects on bone. In this article, outcomes in relation to bone homeostasis, bone mineral density (BMD), and osteopenia-osteoporosis are e...
{ "authors": [ "Gaurav Kant Sharma", "Rajesh Botchu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.15557/JoU.2021.0012", "journal": "J Ultrason", "journal_detail": "2021;21(84):74-76.", "keywords": [ "dorsal scapular nerve", "entrapment", "hydrodissection" ], "license": "NO-CC CODE", "link": "...
PMC8008197
There are myriad causes for upper thoracic and interscapular pain which include pathologies involving the thoracic spine, costovertebral joints, facet joints and muscles (rhomboids and levator scapulae). Dorsal scapular nerve entrapment and the resulting neuropathy is a rare case of upper thoracic and medial scapular p...
{ "authors": [ "K J Molloy", "A Nasim", "D Payne", "D M Lloyd" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "JSLS", "journal_detail": "2000 Jul-Sep;4(3):235-7.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10987401/", "major_mesh_terms": [ ...
PMC3113176
Background: Laparoscopic techniques are increasingly being utilized to diagnose and successfully manage intestinal obstruction. Case report: We describe a patient who presented with intestinal obstruction following a recent abdominal hysterectomy. The obstruction was caused by entrapment of a segment of small bowel con...
{ "authors": [ "Onur Açıkgöz", "Erkan Ölçücüoğlu", "Yusuf Kasap", "Metin Yığman", "Zeki Ender Güneş", "Eymen Gazel" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2229-5151.152346", "journal": "Int J Crit Illn Inj Sci", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan-Mar;5(1):53-5.", "keywords": [ "kidney c...
PMC4366830
Transitional cell carcinomas (TCC) of upper urinary system account for 5% of all TCCs. The incidence of such metastases ranges from 0.18% to 2%. Experimental studies reported a general unsatisfactory survival time following skin metastasis. We report in this paper a case of metastatic urinary system TCC, which had beco...
{ "authors": [ "Federico E Minghinelli", "Yamila Basilotta Marquez", "Derek Orlando Pipolo", "Rodolfo José Recalde", "Beatriz Mantese", "Carlos Rugilo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_211_2023", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2023 May 12;14:170.", "keywo...
PMC10246367
Background: "Ping-pong" fractures are a type of depressed fracture in which there is no rupture of the inner or outer table of the skull. It is produced by incomplete bone mineralization. Its appearance is frequent during neonatal and infant ages and is extremely rare outside of these age periods. The objective of this...
{ "authors": [ "Shaikh Muneeba Jr", "Neema Acharya", "Sourya Acharya", "Ketav Joshi", "Shazia Mohammad" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.33674", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 12;15(1):e33674.", "keywords": [ "anticoagulation therapy", "corpus lutea...
PMC9918852
When a patient is receiving anticoagulant therapy, the rupture of a corpus luteum cyst may go unrecognized in healthy women but becomes clinically relevant as it might exacerbate a hemoperitoneum episode. This report describes the case of a 26-year-old primipara who underwent surgical treatment for a heart defect and l...
{ "authors": [ "Giulia Brisighelli", "Liam Lorentz", "Tanyia Pillay", "Christopher J Westgarth-Taylor" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1055/s-0040-1709140", "journal": "European J Pediatr Surg Rep", "journal_detail": "2020 Jan;8(1):e39-e44.", "keywords": [ "anorectal malformation", ...
PMC7224970
In patients with anorectal malformations and a colostomy, the high-pressure distal colostogram is the technique of choice to determine the type of malformation and thus to plan the surgical repair. Perforations associated with high-pressure distal colostograms are very rare. The aim of our study was to identify pitfall...
{ "authors": [ "Maen Zreaqat", "Rozita Hassan", "Abdul Fatah Hanoun" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/1583403", "journal": "Case Rep Dent", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:1583403.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28819572/", "major_m...
PMC5551476
Stainless steel alloys containing 8% to 12% nickel and 17% to 22% chromium are generally used in orthodontic appliances. A major concern has been the performance of alloys in the environment in which they are intended to function in the oral cavity. Biodegradation and metal release increase the risk of hypersensitivity...
{ "authors": [ "Yo Tsukamoto", "Takeo Nakada", "Soichiro Fukushima", "Mitsuo Yabe", "Naoki Toya", "Tadashi Akiba", "Takashi Ohtsuka", "Takao Ohki" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2020/8882080", "journal": "Case Rep Pulmonol", "journal_detail": "2020 Dec 7;2020:8882080.",...
PMC7738784
Background: Some recent reports have described the usefulness of thoracic aortic stent grafts to facilitate en bloc resection of tumors invading the aortic wall. We report on malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor resection in the left superior mediastinum of a 16-year-old man with neurofibromatosis type 1. The pathol...
{ "authors": [ "Sarah Mancone", "Chindhuri Selvadurai", "Joachim Baehring", "Amar Patel" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5334/tohm.657", "journal": "Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y)", "journal_detail": "2021 Oct 13;11:40.", "keywords": [ "chorea", "choreoathetosis", "encephali...
PMC8533650
Background: Human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) has been associated with various neurologic disorders, but movement disorders are rare. This case describes a patient who developed a choreoathetotic movement disorder in the setting of HHV-6 infection. Case report: A 72-year-old woman with AML and recent HHV-6 encephalitis follo...
{ "authors": [ "Ehsan Shahverdi", "Mehdi Morshedi", "Maryam Allahverdi Khani", "Mohammad Baradaran Jamili", "Fatemeh Shafizadeh Barmi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/1079192", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:1079192.", "keywords": null, "license": ...
PMC5274687
Symptomatic intestinal malrotation first presenting in the adults is rare. Midgut volvulus is the most common complication of malrotation in the adults. Because of more differential diagnosis, Computed Tomography (CT) scan can play an important role in the evaluation of patients with this abnormality. The whirl pattern...
{ "authors": [ "Yukihiko Kato", "Yu Sato", "Miho Nakasu", "Ryoji Tsuboi" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1186/s13223-018-0237-x", "journal": "Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol", "journal_detail": "2018 Apr 3;14:13.", "keywords": [ "anti-tubercular therapy", "drug eruption", "ethambut...
PMC5881183
Background: We experienced a rare case of immediate type hypersensitivity and late phase reaction to anti-tubercular therapy consisting of ethambutol and levofloxacin, which occurred in close succession, giving the appearance of a single, continuous reaction to one drug. Case presentation: The patient was a man in his ...
{ "authors": [ "Amy Bruzek", "Daniel Shepherd", "Jamie Van Gompel", "Mark Jentoft" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000381943", "journal": "Case Rep Neurol", "journal_detail": "2015 Apr 23;7(1):90-4.", "keywords": [ "anterior encephalocele", "orbital encephalocele", "pilocy...
PMC4448056
We describe the case of a 29-year-old male who presented with new-onset seizures. He was subsequently found to have an orbital encephalocele containing a focus of pilocytic astrocytoma. We believe that this is the first report of a pilocytic astrocytoma located within the orbit that did not originate from the optic pat...
{ "authors": [ "Marco Mazzotta", "Raffaele Giusti", "Daniela Iacono", "Salvatore Lauro", "Paolo Marchetti" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2016/8034832", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol Med", "journal_detail": "2016;2016:8034832.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "htt...
PMC4745311
Introduction. Angiosarcoma is a rare cancer of the inner lining of blood vessels and can arise anywhere in the body, most commonly presenting as cutaneous disease in elderly patient, involving head and neck (H&N), especially the scalp. Pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD) is one of the available treatments in patients...
{ "authors": [ "Roger Fei Falkenstern-Ge", "Kim Husemann", "Martin Kohlhäufl" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1515/med-2015-0009", "journal": "Open Med (Wars)", "journal_detail": "2014 Oct 8;10(1):39-43.", "keywords": [ "adalimumab", "igra (interferon gamma release assay)", "iris (...
PMC5152954
In the past decades, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-a) antagonist has been a milestone in the treatment of many chronic inflammatory diseases. TNF antagonist can increase patients' susceptibility to many different kinds of infections especially those requiring granuloma formations despite regular performance of Scree...
{ "authors": [ "Haneen Al-Maghrabi", "Serge Verne", "Bassam Al-Maghrabi", "Osamah Almutawa", "Jaudah Al-Maghrabi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/1493702", "journal": "Case Rep Otolaryngol", "journal_detail": "2019 Aug 27;2019:1493702.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY"...
PMC6732594
Aneurysmal bone cysts (ABCs) are an uncommon osteolytic intraosseous bone lesions. ABCs commonly involve metaphysis of long bones and are rarely diagnosed in craniofacial bones. The World Health Organization (WHO) designates ABCs as benign, but locally destructive, rapidly growing masses. ABC can be clinically misdiagn...
{ "authors": [ "Daniel E Pleguezuelo", "Raquel Díaz-Simón", "Oscar Cabrera-Marante", "Antonio Lalueza", "Estela Paz-Artal", "Carlos Lumbreras", "Antonio Serrano Hernández" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fimmu.2021.667515", "journal": "Front Immunol", "journal_detail": "2021...
PMC8072150
Introduction: Monoclonal antibodies (mAb) targeting plasma cells are malignant gammopathy designed and approved therapies. In recent years, these antibodies have also been increasingly introduced for non-malignant conditions such as autoimmune-mediated diseases. The Anti-Phospholipid Syndrome (APS) is an immune-mediate...
{ "authors": [ "Ikbal Hossain" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/ams.ams_167_22", "journal": "Ann Maxillofac Surg", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan-Jun;13(1):98-100.", "keywords": [ "epidermoid cyst", "malignant transformation", "squamous cell carcinoma", "submandibular gland" ], "l...
PMC10499289
Rationale: Submandibular gland epidermoid cyst is extremely rare and malignant transformation into squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is even rarer. No such case report is published. Patient concerns: A 49-year-old female reported with a large, slowly growing left-sided neck swelling present for two years. Her primary conce...
{ "authors": [ "Roman Dudaryk", "Julio Benitez Lopez", "Jack Louro" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/8709026", "journal": "Case Rep Anesthesiol", "journal_detail": "2018 Mar 4;2018:8709026.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29686907/"...
PMC5857334
Perioperative pulmonary embolism can go undetected until the sudden onset of cardiopulmonary collapse. Point of care echocardiography in such setting can narrow the differential diagnosis of precipitous instability and facilitate tailored, rather than empiric, therapy in the event of a massive pulmonary embolism. We de...
{ "authors": [ "Nuno Ribeiro-Costa", "Pedro Carneiro Sousa", "Diogo Abreu Pereira", "Paula Azevedo", "Delfim Duarte" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/9321975", "journal": "Case Rep Otolaryngol", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:9321975.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", ...
PMC5312043
Laryngeal fracture is a rare traumatic injury, potentially fatal, with an estimated incidence of 1 in 30,000 patients admitted to severe trauma centers. Because of the rarity of this injury, physician may be not aware of its existence, leading to a late diagnosis of this entity. We report a case of a 59-year-old woman ...
{ "authors": [ "Kaku Itoh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000528623", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 3;14(1):1-6.", "keywords": [ "intraocular cilium", "micro-incision vitrectomy surgery", "the wide-angle viewing system" ], "license": "CC BY-NC", ...
PMC9841789
We report a case of intraocular cilium after micro-incision vitrectomy surgery for retinal detachment. A 61-year-old male underwent vitrectomy with cataract surgery for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. The postoperative course was generally good with no re-detachment, but on examination 3 months later, a cilium was o...
{ "authors": [ "Arnaud Steygers", "Véronique De Moor" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.107838", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan;102:107838.", "keywords": [ "adjustable gastric banding", "barrett's adenocarcinoma", "case report", "esoph...
PMC9791816
Introduction: Bariatric surgery diminishes the incidence of many kinds of neoplasms, but gastro-esophageal cancers may occur after bariatric procedures. Most esophageal neoplasms arise on Barrett's esophagus, which may be worsened by bariatric surgery, especially restrictive procedures. Endoscopic resections may cure c...
{ "authors": [ "Daria Marley Kemp", "Anusha G Govind", "Jun Kang", "Caroline C Brugger", "Young C Kauh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/8219841", "journal": "Case Rep Dermatol Med", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:8219841.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "htt...
PMC5587931
Mycobacterium chelonae is a rapidly growing mycobacterium found in water and soil that can cause local cutaneous infections in immunocompetent hosts but more frequently affects immunocompromised patients. Typically, patients will present with painful subcutaneous nodules of the joints or soft tissues from traumatic ino...
{ "authors": [ "Mark K Lyons", "Matthew T Neal", "Maziyar Kalani", "Naresh P Patel" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/5575181", "journal": "Case Rep Orthop", "journal_detail": "2021 May 20;2021:5575181.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.ni...
PMC8159643
Retro-odontoid cysts are a rare cause of cervicomedullary compression. The etiology of these lesions is not completely understood. Previous trauma and instability at the cervicomedullary junction may be the precipitating event in the development of retro-odontoid cysts in rare cases. We discussed the neurosurgical eval...
{ "authors": [ "Firas Constantin Kreeshan", "Vishal Madan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/JCAS.JCAS_112_20", "journal": "J Cutan Aesthet Surg", "journal_detail": "2021 Jan-Mar;14(1):115-117.", "keywords": [ "bimatoprost", "excimer light", "idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis" ], ...
PMC8149992
Idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis (IGH) is an acquired pigmentary disorder that is characterized by the presence of multiple hypopigmented macules on the shins and forearms. Albeit asymptomatic, it can cause considerable cosmetic anxiety. The pathogenesis is not fully understood and to date, there have been no successfu...
{ "authors": [ "Diego Cedano", "Jorge Cedano", "Daffolyn Rachael Fels Elliott", "Jasmeet Assi", "Rashna Madan", "Stephen Hyter", "Lucas R Pitts", "Maykol R Postigo Jasahui" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2023.101899", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_de...
PMC10382325
We describe an unusual case of combined small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) with a heterologous sarcomatous component of rhabdomyosarcoma in a 61-year-old male smoker. The diagnosis was made using endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)-guided fine needle aspiration and biopsy. This report highlights the challenges of diagnosing ...
{ "authors": [ "Ozlem Turhan Iyidir", "Ethem Turgay Cerit", "Çiğdem Özkan", "Eroğlu Altınova", "Ali Rıza Çimen", "Sinan Sözen", "Mustafa Kerem", "Müjde Aktürk", "Leyla Memiş", "Baloş Törüner", "Nuri Çakır", "Metin Arslan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2016/...
PMC5206412
Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare and aggressive malignancy. Sarcomatoid adrenal carcinoma is even more aggressive type of ACC. Bilateral malignant adrenal tumors are extremely rare except for those that represent metastasis from an extra-adrenal organ. Here we report a 53-year-old woman who presented with abdom...
{ "authors": [ "Wataru Uchida", "Tomoya Kamide", "Takehiro Uno", "Akifumi Yoshikawa", "Kouichi Misaki", "Mitsutoshi Nakada" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_361_2021", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2021 Jun 21;12:294.", "keywords": [ "internal caroti...
PMC8247690
Background: Treatment of cervical internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis has contributed to the improvement of ocular ischemic syndrome. However, there have been few cases of visual impairment caused by ocular ischemic syndrome due to intracranial ICA stenosis, which improved through intracranial stent placement. Case ...
{ "authors": [ "Simon Sung", "Alysse G Wurcel", "Susan Whittier", "Karen Kulas", "Laura D Kramer", "Robin Flam", "James Kirkland Roberts", "Simon Tsiouris" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3201/eid1909.121846", "journal": "Emerg Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2013;19(9):1549-...
PMC3810908
Disease caused by Powassan virus (POWV), a tick-borne flavivirus, ranges from asymptomatic to severe neurologic compromise and death. Two cases of POWV meningoencephalitis in New York, USA, highlight diagnostic techniques, neurologic outcomes, and the effect of POWV on communities to which it is endemic.
{ "authors": [ "Eduardo J Salido", "Valentín Cabañas", "Mercedes Berenguer", "María I Macizo", "Faustino García-Candel", "Raúl Pérez-López", "Jose M Moraleda" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2014/316010", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2014;2014:316010.", "k...
PMC4209786
PCH is a rare autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) but is one of the most common causes of AIAH in children. For the diagnosis, it is important to perform the appropriate methods of serological investigation and show the typical biphasic reaction. This is a case report of a child who presented with features of haemolysis...
{ "authors": [ "Nattaphol Uransilp", "Sombat Muengtaweepongsa", "Nuttawut Chanalithichai", "Nattapol Tammachote" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/1479850", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2018 Apr 29;2018:1479850.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "...
PMC5949181
Fat embolism syndrome (FES) is a life-threatening complication in patients with orthopedic trauma, especially long bone fractures. The diagnosis of fat embolism is made by clinical features alone with no specific laboratory findings. FES has no specific treatment and requires supportive care, although it can be prevent...
{ "authors": [ "Chang Kil Jung", "Jong Seung Park", "Eun Ju Lee", "Sung Hyun Kim", "Hyuk Chan Kwon", "Jae Seok Kim", "Mee Sook Roh", "Seoung Kook Yoon", "Kyeong-Hee Kim", "Jin-Yeong Han", "Hyo Jin Kim" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3346/jkms.2004.19.2.294", "journ...
PMC2822315
The primary ovarian lymphoma is a rare disease with poor prognosis. The incidence of autoimmune hemolytic anemia in patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is estimated at 3%. However, a substantial portion of the previously reported cases of ovarian lymphoma actually represented ovarian involvement by more diffuse lympho...
{ "authors": [ "Fernando Scaglia", "Angela E Scheuerle", "Jeffrey A Towbin", "Dawna L Armstrong", "Lawrence Sweetman", "Lee-Jun C Wong" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1471-2431-2-12", "journal": "BMC Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2002 Dec 30;2:12.", "keywords": null, "licens...
PMC140035
Background: Hyperammonemia, hypoglycemia, hepatopathy, and ventricular tachycardia are common presenting features of carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase deficiency (Mendelian Inheritance in Man database: *212138), a mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation disorder with a lethal prognosis. These features have not been identi...
{ "authors": [ "Pawan Kishore Ravindran", "Dirk Kunst", "Jerome Waterval", "Koos Hovinga", "Yasin Temel" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_277_2022", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2022 Sep 30;13:441.", "keywords": [ "hashimoto’s thyroiditis", "hematom...
PMC9609800
Background: In our center, large vestibular schwannoma (VS) is typically managed by a planned partial resection through the translabyrinthine route. Here, we report on a rare complication of VS surgery and severe neurogenic pulmonary edema. Case description: A 33-year-old male was referred to our skull-base center with...
{ "authors": [ "Yuigi Yuminaga", "Walid Mohabbat", "Tam Nguyen", "Andrew Michael Thompson", "Charles Marshall Fisher" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1752-1947-6-33", "journal": "J Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2012 Jan 24;6:33.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "lin...
PMC3277481
Introduction: Iliocaval fistulas can complicate an iliac artery aneurysm. The clinical presentation is classically a triad of hypotension, a pulsatile mass and heart failure. In this instance, following presentation with multiorgan failure, management included the immediate use of an endovascular stent graft on discove...
{ "authors": [ "Garrett Trummer", "Richard Stephens", "Nicholas B Washmuth" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.2340/jrmcc.v6.10277", "journal": "J Rehabil Med Clin Commun", "journal_detail": "2023 Apr 27;6:10277.", "keywords": [ "communication", "physical therapy", "professionalism", ...
PMC10161436
Objective: Swearing deserves attention in the physical therapy setting due to its potential positive psychological, physiological, and social effects. The purpose of this case series is to describe 2 cases in which a physical therapist swears in the clinical setting and its effect on therapeutic alliance. Patients: Cas...
{ "authors": [ "Ali Aydin", "Murat Topal", "Kutsi Tuncer", "Eyüp Senocak" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2012/317848", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2012;2012:317848.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22666265/", "m...
PMC3361168
Distal femoral physeal fractures are not common but have a high rate of complications. They generally follow one of the patterns described in the Salter-Harris classification. We present a case of combination of Salter-Harris type III and type IV injury. Our case was a 15-year-old boy who had a motor vehicle accident. ...
{ "authors": [ "Grégory Philippe", "Nicolas Pichon", "Justine Lerat", "Jean Bernard Amiel", "Marc Clavel", "Muriel Mathonnet" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2012/252719", "journal": "Crit Care Res Pract", "journal_detail": "2012;2012:252719.", "keywords": null, "license": "...
PMC3135043
Total thyroidectomy involving the adjacent structures of the trachea can cause tracheal damage such as early tracheal necrosis. The authors describe the first case of anterior tracheal necrosis following total thyroidectomy treated using vacuum-assisted closure device. After two weeks of VAC therapy, there was no evide...
{ "authors": [ "Sonali Sharma", "Michael Benatar", "Steven Herskovitz", "Volkan Granit" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000529325", "journal": "Case Rep Neurol", "journal_detail": "2023 Jun 8;15(1):81-86.", "keywords": [ "case report", "functional b12 deficiency", "inverse...
PMC10294243
Nitrous oxide-induced myelopathy is a relatively well-known clinical entity. Less well-known, however, is the rare inverse Lhermitte phenomenon, where neck flexion elicits an ascending, rather than descending, electric shock-like sensation. This is a characteristic symptom and sign that may occur in nitrous oxide toxic...
{ "authors": [ "Milena Taskovska", "Jurij Janež" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.08.046", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2017;40:36-38.", "keywords": [ "case report", "incarcerated inguinal hernia", "inguinal swelling", "urinary bladder" ],...
PMC5601302
Introduction: Inguinal bladder hernia is rare condition found in about 1-5% of inguinal hernias. The condition is usually diagnosed intraoperatively. Patients rarely have symptoms regarding urinary tract. The best management is surgical, open surgical technique is preferred over laparoscopic. Possible urinary tract dam...
{ "authors": [ "Maiah Zarrabi", "Camille Hamilton", "Samuel W French", "Noah Federman", "Theodore S Nowicki" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fimmu.2023.1156746", "journal": "Front Immunol", "journal_detail": "2023 May 30;14:1156746.", "keywords": [ "case report", "immune e...
PMC10262312
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) targeting programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) and its corresponding ligand PD-L1 are being increasingly used for a wide variety of cancers, including refractory sarcomas. Autoimmune hepatitis is a known side effect of ICIs, and is typically managed with broad, non-specific immunosuppressi...
{ "authors": [ "Yaohua Zhai", "Chenjiu Pang", "Shengtao Sun", "Qiufei Ma", "Lei Han", "Yuwei Gu", "Lizhe Gu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IDR.S339018", "journal": "Infect Drug Resist", "journal_detail": "2021 Dec 6;14:5175-5181.", "keywords": [ "gemella haemolysans"...
PMC8664650
Purpose: Systematic review of Gemella haemolysans infection associated with ophthalmology, and to summarize the clinical characteristics of Gemella haemolysan s keratitis after refractive surgery. Methods: Case report and literature review. Results: We report an 18-year-old man who developed corneal infection after Tra...
{ "authors": [ "Iris Verbinnen", "Sara S Procknow", "Lisa Lenaerts", "Sara Reynhout", "Aujan Mehregan", "Chris Ulens", "Veerle Janssens", "Katherine A King" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fcell.2022.1059938", "journal": "Front Cell Dev Biol", "journal_detail": "2022 Nov...
PMC9748336
PP2A-related (neuro) developmental disorders are a family of genetic diseases caused by a heterozygous alteration in one of several genes encoding a subunit of type 2A protein phosphatases. Reported affected genes, so far, are PPP2R5D, encoding the PP2A regulatory B56δ subunit; PPP2R1A, encoding the scaffolding Aα subu...