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{ "authors": [ "Ryan Gadeley", "Ramon L Varcoe", "Nigel Jepson" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ejvsvf.2022.03.006", "journal": "EJVES Vasc Forum", "journal_detail": "2022 Apr 1;55:52-55.", "keywords": [ "carotid pseudoaneurysm", "thrombin injection" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-...
PMC9092963
Introduction: Carotid artery pseudoaneurysm is a rare but potentially morbid complication of central venous catheter insertion. Traditionally managed by open surgical or endovascular repair, this article describes a case that used percutaneous thrombin injection. Delivered at the point of care under ultrasound guidance...
{ "authors": [ "Kiran Sargar" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2013/563019", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2013;2013:563019.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24065994/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh_terms": [], "pmcid": "PM...
PMC3770022
This case report illustrates two unusual cases of parapharyngeal schwannomas mimicking carotid body tumors in terms of characteristic vascular displacement. Carotid body tumors classically cause splaying of internal and external carotid arteries demonstrating the Lyre sign on imaging. Also interestingly, both of these ...
{ "authors": [ "Maher A Abbas", "Garietta N Falls" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": null, "journal": "JSLS", "journal_detail": "2008 Jan-Mar;12(1):88-92.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18402747/", "major_mesh_terms": [ "Colonic Diseases ...
PMC3016021
Interventional endoscopy is a rapidly evolving field allowing surgeons and endoscopists to approach surgical conditions nonoperatively. Stenting of benign colorectal disease has been limited due to technical issues and lack of long-term data. Colovaginal fistula can be a challenging condition to treat. In this report, ...
{ "authors": [ "Mehul A Shah", "Shreya M Shah", "Pritesh Teori", "Anjli Israni" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3205/oc000034", "journal": "GMS Ophthalmol Cases", "journal_detail": "2015 Nov 2;5:Doc12.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/276...
PMC5015631
We report a rare case of lens siderosis with an undetectable intraocular foreign body by imaging. An 8-year-old boy presented with diminution of vision in the left eye since 3 months. His parents gave a preceding uncertain history of a foreign body injury to his left eye 3 months ago while playing. Presenting visual ac...
{ "authors": [ "Christopher Ricks", "Alexandrea Montoya", "Jeff Pettey" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.2147/OPTH.S174808", "journal": "Clin Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2018 Sep 21;12:1853-1857.", "keywords": [ "oct", "ophthalmology", "retina", "solar eclipse", "solar r...
PMC6157985
Background: Solar retinopathy is a rare ophthalmic disorder resulting from sustained viewing of the sun without protective eyewear. Incidence of solar retinopathy typically increases following a solar eclipse due to attempted visualization of the sun without appropriate eye protection. This paper serves as a case serie...
{ "authors": [ "Choli Hartono", "Miriam Chung", "Sheng F Kuo", "Surya V Seshan", "Thangamani Muthukumar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1007/s40620-013-0028-x", "journal": "J Nephrol", "journal_detail": "2014 Feb;27(1):103-6.", "keywords": null, "license": "author_manuscript", "li...
PMC3966568
Idiopathic membranous nephropathy is a common cause of nephrotic syndrome in adults. The nephrotic syndrome due to idiopathic membranous nephropathy is often resistant to glucocorticosteroids and requires an alkylating agent such as chlorambucil or cyclophosphamide to induce remission. Recent studies illustrate that an...
{ "authors": [ "S Capria", "F De Angelis", "G Gentile", "S M Trisolini", "S Brocchieri", "M Canichella", "P Chiusolo", "A Micozzi", "R Foà", "G Meloni" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4084/MJHID.2013.048", "journal": "Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis", "journal_detail": ...
PMC3736875
Mucormycosis is the third cause of invasive mycosis after candidiasis and aspergillosis in AML patients, representing a poor prognostic factor associated with a high rate of fatal outcome. We report a case of a patient with AML and a concomitant pulmonary mucormycosis at diagnosis, who obtained a complete remission bot...
{ "authors": [ "Kata Davidovics", "Sandor Davidovics", "Andras Farkas", "Noemi Benedek", "Tamas Tornoczki", "Daniel Kardos", "Anna Davidovics", "Peter Vajda" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.1055/s-0040-1705154", "journal": "European J Pediatr Surg Rep", "journal_detail": "202...
PMC7180073
Urothelial neoplasms of the bladder (UNB) are considerably rare throughout the pediatric population. UNB develops from the urothelial tissue in the form of a benign disease, generally favoring a successful prognosis in the majority of cases. The authors present the diagnosis and treatment regarding two medical case rep...
{ "authors": [ "Cresio Alves", "Julia Constança Fernandes", "Silvana Sampaio", "Raquel de Melo Alves Paiva", "Rodrigo Tocantins Calado" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5581/1516-8484.20130058", "journal": "Rev Bras Hematol Hemoter", "journal_detail": "2013;35(4):290-2.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC3789437
Herein the first molecular diagnosis of a Brazilian child with Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome is reported. A 6-year-old boy was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at the age of 15 months due to recurrent respiratory infections, diarrhea and therapeutic response to pancreatic enzymes. Three sweat tests were negative. At the age...
{ "authors": [ "Francisco de Assis Aquino Gondim", "José Wagner Leonel Tavares Júnior", "Arlindo A Morais", "Paulo Marcelo Gondim Sales", "Horta Goes Wagner" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7916/D83FaNQ7", "journal": "Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y)", "journal_detail": "2015 Jun 23;5:3...
PMC4505076
Background: Corticobasal syndrome (CBS) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder associated with parkinsonism and alien limb syndrome. Dressing and ideomotor apraxia were reportedly responsive to amantadine. Case report: A 79-year-old female was referred for evaluation of right hemiparesis. Neurological examination show...
{ "authors": [ "Xiaoyun Hu", "Tao Huang", "Yun Liu", "Lina Zhang", "Li Zhu", "Xiaohong Peng", "Sufang Zhang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/PGPM.S327252", "journal": "Pharmgenomics Pers Med", "journal_detail": "2021 Dec 4;14:1583-1589.", "keywords": [ "cohen syndrome"...
PMC8657012
Objective: The present study aims to investigate the clinical features and diagnostic characteristics of children with Cohen syndrome caused by the vacuolar protein sorting 13 homolog B (VPS13B) gene mutation and to review the relevant literature to provide a reference for genetic counseling and the diagnosis of Cohen ...
{ "authors": [ "Benjamin Fogelson", "Krupa Patel", "Jared Spoons", "Shawna Stephens", "Megan Edwards" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01612", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2022 Aug 22;29:e01612.", "keywords": [ "aids", "cytomegalovirus viremia", ...
PMC9424532
A 30-year-old Honduran male with recently diagnosed AIDS presented with a 1-month history of worsening abdominal pain, diarrhea, and fever. Initial investigations were notable for Cytomegalovirus viremia and diffuse lymphadenopathy. Axillary lymph node biopsy demonstrated necrotizing lymphadenitis with disseminated his...
{ "authors": [ "Miroslav Prikryl", "Abby Caine", "Viktor Palus" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fvets.2020.00453", "journal": "Front Vet Sci", "journal_detail": "2020 Aug 5;7:453.", "keywords": [ "mri", "cerebellum", "postural", "transient", "vestibular" ], "licens...
PMC7419425
This case study presents a unique transient postural vestibular syndrome in three dogs. The transient postural symptoms present as pronounced vestibulo-cerebellar signs after altering the position of the head. Magnetic resonance imaging findings of the brain suggest caudal cerebellar hypoplasia, affecting vermis, and f...
{ "authors": [ "Paul Khoueir", "Michael Y Wang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/SASJ-2007-0103-CR-R2", "journal": "SAS J", "journal_detail": "2007 Nov 1;1(4):143-6.", "keywords": [ "disc arthroplasty", "complications", "facet disease", "lumbar spine", "posterior dynamic st...
PMC4365582
Following an L5-S1 SB Charité disc III implantation, a 37-year-old female patient developed intractable radicular pain in the left L5 distribution. The patient underwent a minimally invasive foraminotomy, and her symptoms improved significantly. However, following recurrence of radicular pain, she showed signs of an L5...
{ "authors": [ "Fatemeh Roodneshin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Tanaffos", "journal_detail": "2012;11(4):69-72.", "keywords": [ "airway management", "mucopolysaccharidosis", "sevoflurane" ], "license": "CC BY-NC", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25191442/",...
PMC4153224
Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPSs) are a group of hereditary diseases characterized by accumulation of Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) due to deficiency or malfunctioning of lysosomal enzymes. Difficult intubation is anticipated in these patients because of a variety of anatomical and functional abnormalities. We report the succes...
{ "authors": [ "Keisuke Taniuchi", "Mitsuo Okada", "Hiroshi Sakaeda" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2015/201042", "journal": "Case Rep Gastrointest Med", "journal_detail": "2015;2015:201042.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26345287/", ...
PMC4539450
Gastric hyperplastic polyps are generally considered benign lesions, although rare cases of adenocarcinoma have been reported. Two cases of intramucosal adenocarcinoma originating from gastric hyperplastic polyps that were successfully removed by endoscopic mucosal resection or endoscopic submucosal dissection are repo...
{ "authors": [ "Carol Cremin", "Sarah Howard", "Lyly Le", "Aly Karsan", "David F Schaeffer", "Daniel Renouf", "Kasmintan A Schrader" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s13053-018-0088-y", "journal": "Hered Cancer Clin Pract", "journal_detail": "2018 Mar 7;16:7.", "keywords": ...
PMC5842519
Background: Approximately 5% to 10% of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has a hereditary basis. In most of these defined hereditary cancer syndromes, PDAC is not the predominant cancer type. Traditional criteria for publicly funded genetic testing typically require the presence of a set combination of the predom...
{ "authors": [ "ZhiQiang Yin", "LiWen Ma", "JiaLi Xu", "JiPing Xia", "Dan Luo" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.2147/DDDT.S67015", "journal": "Drug Des Devel Ther", "journal_detail": "2014 Jul 16;8:957-61.", "keywords": [ "panax notoginseng saponins", "acute generalized exanthem...
PMC4109629
Panax notoginseng saponins (PNS) are a patented product in the People's Republic of China, and have extensive effects on the cardiovascular system. Here we report on four elderly patients (one male and three female) with drug eruption induced by PNS injection. All developed a sudden skin rash with pruritus from head to...
{ "authors": [ "Kegan Jessamy", "Fidelis O Ojevwe", "Ravi Doobay", "Rana Naous", "John Yu", "Sheila M Lemke" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000446315", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol", "journal_detail": "2016 May 23;9(1):273-9.", "keywords": [ "acquired immunodeficiency syndr...
PMC4943741
Primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) is a rare condition, which accounts for approximately 4% of all human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated non-Hodgkin lymphomas. PEL has a predilection for body cavities and occurs in the pleural space, pericardium, and peritoneum. Without treatment, the median survival is approximat...
{ "authors": [ "Aristida Georgescu", "Crinu Nuta", "Simona Bondari" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1155/2011/659586", "journal": "Case Rep Radiol", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:659586.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22606552/", "major_me...
PMC3350092
Unilateral primary pulmonary hypoplasia is rare in adulthood (UPHA); it is characterized by a decreased number of bronchial segmentation and decreased/absent alveolar air space. Classical chest X-ray may be confusing, and the biological tests are unspecific. We present a case of UPHA in a 60-year-old female, smoker, wi...
{ "authors": [ "P Brun", "A Kunz", "M Funke" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2013.01.002", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2013 Feb 4;8:36-9.", "keywords": [ "acute aspiration", "calcium sulfate", "gypsum", "mineral dust" ], "license": "CC B...
PMC3920347
Gypsum is a mineral dust consisting of calcium sulfate and is commonly used in building construction. We here report the first case of an acute calcium sulfate aspiration. An accidental avalanche of fine gypsum powder covered entirely a silo worker. He aspirated a large amount of gypsum powder without loosing conscious...
{ "authors": [ "Ying-Xin Gong", "Yu Xie", "Limei Chen", "Long Sui" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OTT.S317160", "journal": "Onco Targets Ther", "journal_detail": "2021 Jun 29;14:3945-3948.", "keywords": [ "case report", "endometrial neoplasms", "intravascular papillary en...
PMC8254599
Intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia (IPEH) is a rare benign lesion that occurs in the soft tissue of any site, including the central nervous system, extremities, head, and female reproductive system. But no case occurred in vagina was reported previously. Here, we report a case of vaginal IPEH in a 54-year-...
{ "authors": [ "Rozita Jalalian", "Tahereh Shokohi", "Roghayeh Mirzakhani", "Roya Ghasemian", "Mohammad Taghi Hedayati", "Sirus Ardalani", "Soheil Azizi", "Shamsi Kalhori", "Firoozeh Kermani", "Sabah Mayahi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IDR.S258637", "journal": ...
PMC7360421
Aspergillus endocarditis (AE) accounts for a-quarter of all fungal endocarditis, mainly in immunocompromised hosts prior to heart-valve surgery with high mortality, even with treatment. Herein, we report a rare case of AE in a diabetic 60-year-old woman with a history of redo mitral valve prosthesis suspecious of acute...
{ "authors": [ "Hirotaka Inoue", "Takayuki Kawano", "Yasuyuki Kaku", "Akitake Mukasa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_249_2021", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2021 Apr 26;12:195.", "keywords": [ "anterior inferior cerebellar artery", "distal clipping", ...
PMC8168659
Background: Partially thrombosed anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA) aneurysms are extremely rare; thus, no established therapeutic approach exists. Case description: We report a large, partially thrombosed AICA aneurysm and discuss its therapeutic nuances. The aneurysm was asymptomatic; therefore, we aimed to t...
{ "authors": [ "John T James" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/23743735221106599", "journal": "J Patient Exp", "journal_detail": "2022 Jun 7;9:23743735221106599.", "keywords": [ "informed consent", "probability of harm", "reasonable patient", "shared decision-making" ], "licens...
PMC9185006
Legally and ethically physicians must provide information to patients so they may make an informed decision about invasive procedures. The problem is who decides what information to provide. Is it the reasonable patient or the reasonable physician? Individual patients and individual physicians may differ from the norm ...
{ "authors": [ "Hee Sup Shin", "Seung Hwan Lee", "Hak Cheol Ko", "Jun Seok Koh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3340/jkns.2016.59.1.69", "journal": "J Korean Neurosurg Soc", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan;59(1):69-74.", "keywords": [ "chronic subdural hematoma", "intracranial hypotens...
PMC4754592
Chronic subdural hematoma (SDH) is a well-known disease entity and is traditionally managed with surgery. However, when associated with spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH), the treatment strategy ought to be modified, as classical treatment could lead to unwanted consequences. A 59-year-old man presented with a ...
{ "authors": [ "Cesare Tiengo", "Regina Sonda", "Francesco Messana", "Giuseppe Masciopinto", "Giulia Trovarelli", "Antonio Berizzi", "Pietro Ruggeri", "Franco Bassetto" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X20970021", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detai...
PMC7649883
Tumor seeding after intra-abdominal and head and neck cancer surgery is a well-known entity. The risk of disseminating cancerous cells during surgery is also described for soft-tissue sarcoma of the extremities. Nonetheless, after reconstructive surgery using flaps, the risk of recurrence at the donor site is extremely...
{ "authors": [ "Gunjan S Desai", "Prasad Pande", "Rajvilas Narkhede", "Dattaprasanna R Kulkarni" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.03.032", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019;58:6-10.", "keywords": [ "case report", "complete hepatic arterial i...
PMC6462797
Introduction: Complete proper hepatic arterial [PHA] occlusion due to accidental coil migration during embolization of cystic artery stump pseudoaneurysm resulting from a complex vasculobiliary injurie [CVBI] post laparoscopic cholecystectomy [LC] is an extremely rare complication with less than 15 cases reported. We p...
{ "authors": [ "Vedran Premuzic", "Lea Katalinic", "Marijan Pasalic", "Hrvoje Jurin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/sja.SJA_365_17", "journal": "Saudi J Anaesth", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan-Mar;12(1):118-120.", "keywords": [ "cardiac perforation", "central venous catheter", ...
PMC5789470
Cardiac tamponade caused by perforation of the cardiac wall is a rare complication related to central venous catheter (CVC) placement. A 71-year-old female with a previous history of moderate aortic stenosis and kidney transplantation was admitted to hospital due to global heart failure and worsening of allograft funct...
{ "authors": [ "Valerie D Callender", "Leah A Cardwell", "Mwatsveruka N Munhutu", "Ulric Bigby", "Ife J Rodney" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.jdcr.2014.10.009", "journal": "JAAD Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2014 Nov 1;1(1):36-7.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND",...
PMC4802533
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{ "authors": [ "Nzozone Henry Fomukong", "Ngouagna Edwin", "Mandeng Ma Linwa Edgar", "Ngwayu Claude Nkfusai", "Yunga Patience Ijang", "Fala Bede", "Joyce Shirinde", "Samuel Nambile Cumber" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2019.33.292.18927", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J"...
PMC6815474
Face presentation is a rare obstetric event and most practitioners will go through their carriers without ever meeting one. Face presentation can be delivered vaginally only if the foetus is in the mentum anterior position. More than half of the cases of face presentation are delivered by caesarean section. Newborn inf...
{ "authors": [ "Shahina Bano", "Sachchida Nand Yadav", "Umesh Chandra Garga", "Vikas Chaudhary" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0976-3147.80107", "journal": "J Neurosci Rural Pract", "journal_detail": "2011 Jan;2(1):87-91.", "keywords": [ "cerebral amyloid angiopathy", "comput...
PMC3122986
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is an important cause of primary intracerebral hemorrhage (PICH) in the elderly. Although there are no pathognomic clinical features of CAA-related PICH, the association of white matter changes with lobar, recurrent, or multiple simultaneous hemorrhages in older patients should raise t...
{ "authors": [ "Puneet Menaria", "Venkata Muddana" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/8528906", "journal": "Case Rep Gastrointest Med", "journal_detail": "2019 Feb 6;2019:8528906.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30881708/", "major_mesh_...
PMC6381554
Large upper gastro intestinal (GI) bleeding can be life-threatening. Splenic artery pseudoaenurysm (SAP) is rare but can cause massive upper GI bleeding. We report a case of a 57-year-old woman who had massive upper GI bleeding from SAP eroding into distal duodenum. Literature review shows SAP can bleed into stomach or...
{ "authors": [ "Arslan Masood", "Gul Zaman Khan", "Irfan Bashir", "Zubair Akram" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/1023924", "journal": "Case Rep Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:1023924.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/291...
PMC5651129
There have been anecdotal reports of tuberculous cardiac involvement, mainly in cases of military tuberculosis or immune deficient individuals. The spectrum of clinical presentations of tuberculous cardiac involvements includes incidental detection of single and multiple well-circumscribed tuberculomas, symptomatic obs...
{ "authors": [ "Divya Gupta", "Devendra Kumar Yadav", "Shasanka Shekhar Panda", "Meely Panda", "Deepak Bagga", "Samir Kant Acharya", "Nischal Anand", "Bikash Kumar Naredi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0976-9668.149186", "journal": "J Nat Sci Biol Med", "journal_detail...
PMC4367041
Pediatric transanal impalement injuries are relatively uncommon and most are attributed to accidental fall on offending objects, sexual assault or blunt trauma. There may be difficulty in recognizing or properly treating such injuries because their severity may not be reflected externally. Evaluation of suspected recta...
{ "authors": [ "Hossein Hooshyar", "Sima Rasti", "Parvin Rostamkhani" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.18502/ijpa.v18i1.12390", "journal": "Iran J Parasitol", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan-Mar;18(1):119-124.", "keywords": [ "ear", "iran", "leishmania" ], "license": "CC BY-NC", "...
PMC10183450
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) frequently occurs in many rural and urban areas of Iran. Leishmania major and L. tropica are principally two causative agents of CL in Iran. We report here a case of leishmaniasis of the ear in a 61-year-old man referred to the Reference laboratory, Kashan, central Iran, in Jan 2022. He suf...
{ "authors": [ "Feyza Bayraktar Çağlayan", "Yener Koç", "Taner Baştürk", "Barış Hasbal", "Tamer Sakacı", "Elbis Ahbap", "Mahmut İslam", "Perin Nazif", "Abdulkadir Ünsal" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14744/SEMB.2017.75436", "journal": "Sisli Etfal Hastan Tip Bul", "jour...
PMC7406559
Although more common with tacrolimus, it is known that calcineurin inhibitors may induce the development of electrolyte disorders such as hyponatremia and hyperkalemia by causing a hyporeninemic hypoaldosteronism-like syndrome. We present a 32-year-old female renal transplant patient who admitted to clinic with hyponat...
{ "authors": [ "K Anbarasi", "S Sathasivasubramanian", "C L Krithika", "P M Venkatasai" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2156-7514.94229", "journal": "J Clin Imaging Sci", "journal_detail": "2012;2:14.", "keywords": [ "computed tomography", "autologous", "lipoatrophy", ...
PMC3329066
A well-proportioned face combines features that are balanced and symmetrical. Any structural alteration that leads to facial asymmetry causes esthetical and psychological disturbances. Lipoatrophy is one such condition, which results in loss of subcutaneous fat layer and manifests as a depression. Although many subtype...
{ "authors": [ "Krzysztof C Lewandowski", "Katarzyna Dąbrowska", "Magdalena Basińska-Lewandowska", "Marek Bolanowski", "Marek Ruchała", "Andrzej Lewiński" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s13044-020-00079-6", "journal": "Thyroid Res", "journal_detail": "2020 May 18;13:5.", "key...
PMC7236172
Background: Levothyroxine (LT4) pseudomalabsorption due to medication non-adherence results in significant costs for Health Service. High dose LT4 or LT4/paracetamol absorption test is used in such cases. Hence, establishment of an optimal test protocol and timing of sample collection is of utmost importance. Case pres...
{ "authors": [ "Matthew Hughes", "Jerad M Gardner", "Ling Gao" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12688/f1000research.3267.2", "journal": "F1000Res", "journal_detail": "2014 Mar 21;3:76.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25075293/", "major_mesh...
PMC4097349
We report the case of a 49-year-old male with clinical and histological findings consistent with hypertrophic lupus erythematosus (HLE). HLE must be clinically and histologically differentiated from keratoacanthoma, hypertrophic lichen planus, squamous cell carcinoma and plaque type psoriasis. CD123 positivity and tran...
{ "authors": [ "Masuho Saburi", "Masao Ogata", "Yasuhiro Soga", "Yoshiyuki Kondo", "Ryo Kurimoto", "Kazuhito Itani", "Kazuhiro Kohno", "Hiroki Uchida", "Toshiyuki Nakayama" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3960/jslrt.19031", "journal": "J Clin Exp Hematop", "journal_detail...
PMC7187674
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{ "authors": [ "Jisong Li", "Xiaodong Tian", "Mangju Wang", "Wei Liu", "Xiaochao Guo", "Ke Wang", "Lin Nong", "Wei Wang", "Yinmo Yang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OTT.S183298", "journal": "Onco Targets Ther", "journal_detail": "2018 Dec 12;11:9007-9011.", "keyw...
PMC6296199
Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) is a T cell subtype of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Typically, lymphoma rarely infiltrates vascular structure. In this article, we present a case of retroperitoneal ALK-positive ALCL with splenic venous tumor thrombosis. A 62-year-old pati...
{ "authors": [ "Naomi Ono", "Toshiyuki Sawai", "Hisanari Ishii" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s40981-017-0083-8", "journal": "JA Clin Rep", "journal_detail": "2017;3(1):14.", "keywords": [ "aortic valve replacement", "coronary artery bypass grafting", "coronary ostial stenos...
PMC5804590
Background: Coronary ostial stenosis is a life-threatening complication of aortic valve replacement (AVR). Clinical symptoms usually appear within the first 6 months after AVR (Funada and Mizuno et al., Circ J 70:1312-7, 2006), and perioperative onset is very rare. Case presentation: An 80-year-old woman with severe ao...
{ "authors": [ "A van Beurden", "C I M Baeten", "C P E Lange", "H Doornewaard", "L N L Tseng" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4137/cmo.s693", "journal": "Clin Med Oncol", "journal_detail": "2008;2:529-31.", "keywords": [ "adenocarcinoma", "colon", "diverticulum" ], "lic...
PMC3161636
In 2006, while admitted in our hospital for surgical treatment of recurrent diverticulitis, a 54-year-old man was found to have an adenocarcinoma arising within a colonic diverticulum. Computed tomography, during this episode of diverticulitis, showed a thickened wall of the sigmoid and inflammatory induration of the p...
{ "authors": [ "Omar Toumi", "Houssem Ammar", "Ibtissem Korbi", "Mariem Ayed", "Rahul Gupta", "Mohamed Nasr", "Randa Salem", "Rim Hadhri", "Sonia Zayed", "Faouzi Noomen", "Abdelfatteh Zakhama", "Khadija Zouari" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.06....
PMC5562102
Introduction: Gastroblastoma is a rare gastric biphasic tumor with both epithelial and mesenchymal components. To the best of our knowledge only eight cases have been reported in the English literature till date. Presentation of case: We report a case of a 29-year-old female, hospitalized for epigastric pain with poor ...
{ "authors": [ "Costanza Colombi", "Natasha Chericoni", "Stefania Bargagna", "Valeria Costanzo", "Raffaella Devescovi", "Flavia Lecciso", "Caterina Pierotti", "Margherita Prosperi", "Annarita Contaldo" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1105253", "journal": "Fr...
PMC10189150
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) includes neurodevelopmental conditions traditionally considered to bring life long disabilities, severely impacting individuals and their families. Very early identification and intervention during the very first phases of life have shown to significantly diminish symptom severity and dis...
{ "authors": [ "Aleisha Easton", "Maximilian Joret", "Susan Xian", "Ian Ternouth" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1093/ehjcr/ytac459", "journal": "Eur Heart J Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2022 Nov 29;7(1):ytac459.", "keywords": [ "case report", "pericardial effusion", "shingle...
PMC9800266
Background: Pericarditis and pericardial effusion are relatively common hospital presentations, which rarely result in cardiac tamponade. The aetiology is often undetermined and presumed idiopathic or viral. This article reviews varicella zoster virus (VZV)-associated pericardial effusion and peri/myopericarditis and c...
{ "authors": [ "Linh T Nguyen", "Sudip D Thakar", "Angela T Truong", "Dam-Thuy Truong" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2016/3529415", "journal": "Case Rep Anesthesiol", "journal_detail": "2016;2016:3529415.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.n...
PMC5220463
Despite recent advances in airway management, perianesthetic dental injury remains one of the most common anesthesia-related adverse events and cause for malpractice litigation against anesthesia providers. Recommended precautions for prevention of dental damage may not always be effective because these techniques invo...
{ "authors": [ "Sungmin Kim", "Woo Kyoung Kwak", "Sung Taek Jung" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2021.638059", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2021 Jul 14;9:638059.", "keywords": [ "congenital hand deformity", "congenital trigger thumb", "conservative mana...
PMC8316600
Congenital clasped thumb is a progressive flexion and adduction deformity presenting with heterogeneous congenital abnormalities and syndromes. This deformity is usually accompanied by first web space narrowing and metacarpophalangeal joint (MPJ) laxity. Understanding the various features of the clasped thumb and makin...
{ "authors": [ "Victoria S Byrd", "Attila S Nemeth" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/7289032", "journal": "Case Rep Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:7289032.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29038738/", "major_mesh_terms": [],...
PMC5605900
A 57-year-old man presented with abdominal pain, hematemesis, and melena. He reported taking high-dose ibuprofen for back pain and drinking several 24-ounce beers daily. Examination was remarkable for icteric sclera, poor dentition, tachycardia, and crescendo-decrescendo murmur at right upper sternal border, radiating ...
{ "authors": [ "Sunitha Aramalla", "Srinivas Bhyravavajhala", "Bharathi Vanaparty", "Ramakrishna Narayanan", "Sreekanth Yerram" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/apc.apc_256_20", "journal": "Ann Pediatr Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2022 Jan-Feb;15(1):73-76.", "keywords": [ "epis...
PMC9280100
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is a genetic disorder in which there is faulty development of the arteries. There is a high incidence of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in these patients, the pathophysiology of which is not fully known. An increase in cardiac output, causing high-output cardiac failure, and inc...
{ "authors": [ "Priscilla Berni", "Fabio Leonardi", "Virna Conti", "Roberto Ramoni", "Stefano Grolli", "Giovanni Mattioli" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.3389/fvets.2021.704567", "journal": "Front Vet Sci", "journal_detail": "2021 Sep 1;8:704567.", "keywords": [ "prp", "do...
PMC8440817
A ventilated thermoplastic mesh bandage was used for the post-operative management of large soft tissue defects in three dogs. Once the granulation tissue appeared, the wounds were treated with liquid or jellified autologous platelet concentrates, Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) and Platelet Lysate (PL), to improve the woun...
{ "authors": [ "Tadashi Komata" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1002/jgf2.213", "journal": "J Gen Fam Med", "journal_detail": "2018 Oct 13;20(1):25-27.", "keywords": [ "amyotrophic lateral sclerosis", "dysarthria", "dysphagia", "muscle atrophy", "split hand", "weight loss" ],...
PMC6321826
A 79-year-old man presented to our outpatient clinic with symptoms of dysphagia, dysarthria, and muscle atrophy of the trunk and upper extremities. These symptoms were gradually progressive, and he had lost substantial weight-20 kg in 2 years. One month later, he was admitted due to dehydration and received tube feedin...
{ "authors": [ "Sultan Alshehri", "Hatem Assiri", "Moayyad Alsalem", "Majed A Alharbi" ], "case_amount": 7, "doi": "10.1155/2022/4939219", "journal": "Case Rep Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2022 Oct 28;2022:4939219.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi...
PMC9635971
Triple-negative breast cancer is a unique subtype among breast cancers. Management includes a neoadjuvant chemotherapy regimen. Psychiatric complications of the regimen have not been reported before. We present a case of acute psychosis after the second cycle of chemotherapy in a 42-year-old woman with triple-negative ...
{ "authors": [ "Georgi Tosev", "Michael Mendler", "Frank Bergmann", "Tilman Klein", "Sascha A Pahernik", "Boris A Hadaschik", "Markus Hohenfellner" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1089/cren.2016.0119", "journal": "J Endourol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016 Dec 1;2(1):227-231."...
PMC5177995
Background: The present case report describes an extremely rare case of a norepinephrine secreting extraadrenal paraganglioma (PGL) located in the seminal vesicle. Case Presentation: A 36-year-old patient had signs of intermittent hypertensive derailments, bradycardia, increased norepinephrine excretion in 24-hour urin...
{ "authors": [ "Muhammad Aziz", "Asad Pervez", "Rawish Fatima", "Ajay Bansal" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/8761314", "journal": "Case Rep Gastrointest Med", "journal_detail": "2018 Jun 28;2018:8761314.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nl...
PMC6046157
Ischemic colitis due to medications is common, and a number of cases have been described with pseudoephedrine as the culprit agent. We present here an interesting case of a healthy female with no risk factors who developed pseudoephedrine induced ischemic colitis. This case serves to remind the healthcare providers abo...
{ "authors": [ "Seokyoun Lee", "Jungnam Kwon", "Junhee Lee" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X20934688", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020 Jul 2;8:2050313X20934688.", "keywords": [ "gastrointestinal stromal tumor", "laparoscopy", "small intesti...
PMC7333481
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors are the most common subepithelial tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors are commonly detected in the stomach followed by the small intestine. Surgery for gastrointestinal stromal tumors affecting the duodenojejunal junction is technically challenging becau...
{ "authors": [ "Hayedeh Javadzadeh Shahshahani", "Mohamad Reza Vahidfar", "Seyed Ali Khodaie" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0973-6247.106754", "journal": "Asian J Transfus Sci", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan;7(1):86-7.", "keywords": [ "abo blood-group system", "bombay phenotype", ...
PMC3613675
Bombay phenotype is extremely rare in Caucasian with an incidence of 1 in 250,000. When individuals with the Bombay phenotype need blood transfusion, they can receive only autologous blood or blood from another Bombay blood group. Transfusing blood group O red cells to them can cause a fatal hemolytic transfusion react...
{ "authors": [ "Haotian Liu", "Meiying Tao", "Hongyu Ding", "Peipei Zhang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1097/MD.0000000000009462", "journal": "Medicine (Baltimore)", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan;97(1):e9462.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm....
PMC5943109
Rationale: The ultrasound manifestations of granular cell tumor (GCT) is a consequence of the histopathological characteristic of the tumor and can be distinguished from breast cancer. Patient concerns: A GCT is a rare, benign, hyperplasia-based lesion. Approximately 1% to 2% of GCTs are malignant. About 5% to15% of th...
{ "authors": [ "Zhulin Wang", "Fang Zhang", "Long Xiang", "Yinyu Yang", "Wei Wang", "Biru Li", "Hong Ren" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2021.762788", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2022 Jan 4;8:762788.", "keywords": [ "ecmo (extracorporeal...
PMC8764359
The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in the treatment of cardiopulmonary failure in children with malignant tumors is controversial. There are few reports on the use of ECMO in the treatment of children with tumor lysis syndrome. This article reports a case of a 9-year-old girl who presented with hyper...
{ "authors": [ "Barbara Tomasino", "Ilaria Guarracino", "Tamara Ius", "Marta Maieron", "Miran Skrap" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fnhum.2021.760569", "journal": "Front Hum Neurosci", "journal_detail": "2021 Dec 3;15:760569.", "keywords": [ "awake surgery", "brain mappin...
PMC8678085
Background: The risk of surgery in eloquent areas is related to neuropsychological dysfunctions. Maximizing the extent of resection increases the overall survival. The onco-functional balance is mandatory when surgery involves cognitive areas, and maximal information on the cognitive status of patients during awake sur...
{ "authors": [ "Ndubuisi C Okafor", "Ayodeji A Oso", "Amanke C Oranu", "Steven M Wolff", "John J Murray" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2009/635309", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2009;2009:635309.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubme...
PMC2810472
Several causes of eosinophilic pleural effusions have been described with malignancy being the commonest cause. Hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) is a rare disease and very few cases have been reported of HES presenting as eosinophilic pleural effusion (EPE). We report a case of a 26-year-old male who presented with sho...
{ "authors": [ "Martina Fanella", "Alessandra Morano", "Jinane Fattouch", "Mariarita Albini", "Sara Casciato", "Mario Manfredi", "Anna Teresa Giallonardo", "Carlo Di Bonaventura" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s10194-015-0587-4", "journal": "J Headache Pain", "journal_d...
PMC4671982
Epileptic seizures and headache attacks are two common neurologic phenomena characterized by paroxysmal alteration of brain functions followed by complete restauration of the baseline condition. Headache and epilepsy are related in numerous ways, and they often co-occur. Although the link between these two diseases is ...
{ "authors": [ "Nicolas Nicastro", "Fabienne Picard", "Frederic Assal" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ebcr.2014.03.008", "journal": "Epilepsy Behav Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2014 May 4;2:100-1.", "keywords": [ "aeds, antiepileptic drugs", "eeg, electroencephalogram", "t...
PMC4308042
We describe the case of a 79-year-old patient referred for suspected transient global amnesia, after an episode of anterograde amnesia which lasted 90 min. An EEG, performed after the episode, showed bilateral temporal electrographic seizures, orienting the diagnosis toward a transient epileptic amnesia. Transient epil...
{ "authors": [ "Firas Akrout", "Ahlem Achour", "Carli M J Tops", "Richard Gallon", "Rym Meddeb", "Sameh Achoura", "Mariem Ben Rekaya", "Emna Hamdeni", "Soumaya Rammeh", "Ridha Chkili", "Nada Mansouri", "Neila Belguith", "Ridha Mrad" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi":...
PMC10471184
Constitutional mismatch repair deficiency (CMMRD) syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder caused by biallelic germline mutations in one of the mismatch repair genes. Carriers are at exceptionally high risk for developing, typically in early life, hematological and brain malignancies, as well as cancers ...
{ "authors": [ "Himani-Tiwari Chaturvedi", "Chandrashekher Chaturvedi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/ams.ams_225_21", "journal": "Ann Maxillofac Surg", "journal_detail": "2022 Jan-Jun;12(1):79-82.", "keywords": [ "branchial cleft cyst", "neck mass", "xanthogranulomatous inflamma...
PMC9527843
Rationale: Branchial cleft cysts are benign lesions that result from developmental defects arising from primitive branchial arches, cleft, and pouches. Xanthogranulomatous inflammation (XGI) is a mass forming lesion and its association with branchial cleft cyst is rare. Patient concerns: A 23-year-old male presented wi...
{ "authors": [ "D Sofia Villacis-Nunez", "Amit Thakral" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/23247096211012191", "journal": "J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2021 Jan-Dec;9:23247096211012191.", "keywords": [ "neurosarcoidosis", "pediatric", "pituitary", "sar...
PMC8114318
Neurosarcoidosis is a rare phenomenon in the pediatric population, with only a few cases reported in the literature worldwide. While hypothalamo-pituitary involvement is known to occur, direct infiltration of the pituitary gland and isolated anterior pituitary dysfunction without diabetes insipidus is seldom observed. ...
{ "authors": [ "Priyanka Anand", "Namrata Sarin", "Rachita Misri", "V K Khurana" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/ijt.ijt_61_17", "journal": "Int J Trichology", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan-Feb;10(1):31-33.", "keywords": [ "eruptive vellus hair cyst", "reddish-brown papules", ...
PMC5803851
Eruptive vellus hair cyst (EVHC) is a rare follicular developmental abnormality of the vellus hair follicles. They are usually seen in children, adolescents, or young adults and manifest as reddish-brown smooth papules most commonly involving the chest, limbs, and abdomen. An 18-year-old male presented with asymptomati...
{ "authors": [ "Ayşe Figen Türkçapar", "Ayla Sargın Oruc", "Aysegül Öksüzoglu", "Nuri Danışman" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2015/179298", "journal": "Case Rep Obstet Gynecol", "journal_detail": "2015;2015:179298.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed....
PMC4352946
We report the prenatal diagnosis of Cantrell syndrome in the first trimester. During a routine transabdominal ultrasonographic examination, a midline supraumbilical abdominal wall defect including herniated liver and ectopia cordis with a large omphalocele containing the intestines and cystic hygroma was incidentally i...
{ "authors": [ "Liang Zhang", "Jingcheng Wang", "Xinmin Feng", "Yuping Tao", "Jiandong Yang", "Shenfei Zhang", "Jun Cai" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3892/etm.2016.3032", "journal": "Exp Ther Med", "journal_detail": "2016 Apr;11(4):1288-1292.", "keywords": [ "multifocal"...
PMC4812510
Tuberculosis (TB) of the musculoskeletal system is a rare clinical condition. Multifocal bone involvement is extremely rare and difficult to recognize. Thus, due to the diverse and atypical clinical manifestations of multifocal skeletal TB, the disease is easy to misdiagnose. In the present study, a rare case of atypic...
{ "authors": [ "Yusuke Hirota", "Hirotsugu Suwanai", "Toshimasa Yamauchi", "Takashi Kadowaki" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2020/4359787", "journal": "J Diabetes Res", "journal_detail": "2020 Apr 4;2020:4359787.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncb...
PMC7166280
Type B insulin resistance (TBIR) is an extremely rare disease characterized by marked hyperglycemia and insulin resistance and often coexists with autoimmune diseases. The characteristics, symptoms, blood glucose patterns, comorbidities, and treatments of TBIR all vary and are not defined. In this study, we described a...
{ "authors": [ "Gautam V Ramani", "Christopher Deible", "Angel López-Candales" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/1995-705X.206199", "journal": "Heart Views", "journal_detail": "2017 Jan-Mar;18(1):15-17.", "keywords": [ "cardiac magnetic resonance imaging", "echocardiography", "l...
PMC5448245
The case of a 24-year-old male with complaints of migraine headaches was referred for echocardiography. The rest of medical history was unremarkable. Agitated saline contrast bubble study showed evidence of a right to left intracardiac shunt, probably secondary to a patent foramen ovale. Results of a transesophageal ec...
{ "authors": [ "Smrithi Chidambaram", "Benjamin M Wahle", "David S Leonard" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2022/7232588", "journal": "Case Rep Otolaryngol", "journal_detail": "2022 May 14;2022:7232588.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3...
PMC9124138
Utilization of frontal balloon sinuplasty in pediatric complicated acute rhinosinusitis (ARS) is demonstrated to be a safe and expedient alternative to other procedures such as trephination or functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) in this case series. We performed a retrospective review of six pediatric cases of f...
{ "authors": [ "Hicham Kechna", "Jaouad Loutid", "Omar Ouzzad", "Sidi Mohamed Hanafi", "Moulay Ahmed Hachimi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2015.20.189.6175", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2015 Feb 27;20:189.", "keywords": [ "headache", "epidural a...
PMC4469507
Epidural analgesia is highly recommended in cancer anorectal surgery. In addition to the fight against pain it provides some benefit in allowing early rehabilitation of patients. One of the risks of this practice is the dural tear creating a cerebrospinal fluid leak (CSF) in the epidural space (EPD). Clinical features ...
{ "authors": [ "Richa Lal", "Anu Behari", "Jayanth Reddy", "Banani Poddar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0971-9261.125967", "journal": "J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan;19(1):46-8.", "keywords": [ "corrosive injury esophagus", "esophageal bypass", ...
PMC3935302
While it is always preferable to excise and replace the diseased esophagus in corrosive injuries, the surgeon may be compelled to exclude and bypass it by a substernal conduit in select situations wherein excision is technically hazardous. This case illustrates the lessons learnt from a potentially life-threatening com...
{ "authors": [ "Angelo Miranda", "Andrea Rosato", "Andrea Costanzi", "Lucia Pisano", "Sara Colzani", "Sara Auricchio", "Giulio Mari", "Pietro Achilli", "Dario Maggioni" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12688/f1000research.22109.2", "journal": "F1000Res", "journal_detail": ...
PMC7265574
The one-anastomosis gastric bypass (OAGB) has been proven to provide good weight loss, comorbidity improvement, and quality of life with follow-up longer than five years. Although capable of improving many obesity-related diseases, OAGB is associated with post-operative medical complications mainly related to the induc...
{ "authors": [ "Lei Chen", "Ying-Ying Wang", "Li-Xiang Zhang", "Xiao-Gang Xia" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fsurg.2022.990481", "journal": "Front Surg", "journal_detail": "2022 Sep 23;9:990481.", "keywords": [ "bowel resection", "incarcerated inguinal hernia", "nomogram...
PMC9537729
Background and purpose: An inguinal hernia is a common surgical disease. Once incarcerated or strangulated, it may endanger the life of the patient. Therefore, it is essential to study the risk factors of incarcerated inguinal hernia (IIH) and strangulated inguinal hernia (SIH). One of the serious complications of IIH ...
{ "authors": [ "S Shahi", "Anupam Raj Upadhyay", "Anuj Devkota", "Tridip Pantha", "Dipendra Gautam", "Dhundi Raj Paudel" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.10.029", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2018;53:99-101.", "keywords": [ "carotid body...
PMC6215970
Introduction: Carotid body tumors also known as parganglioma or chemodactomas are one of the rare tumors of head and neck which present as slow growing masses in the neck region. We present a case of 40 years female with painless slow growing mass over left side of her neck for 6 months. Diagnosis was made on basis of ...
{ "authors": [ "B Geramizadeh", "R Gity", "A Bahraini", "S A Malek-Hosseini" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Int J Organ Transplant Med", "journal_detail": "2014;5(3):125-8.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25184033/", "ma...
PMC4149740
Synchronous development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and cholangiocarcinoma (CC) in a liver is an extremely rare event. Very few cases have so far been reported in the literature with such condition. Herein, we report on the first case of incidental diagnosis of synchronous HCC and CC in a patient with cryptogenic...
{ "authors": [ "Tomohiro Sakamoto", "Akira Yamasaki", "Yoshihiro Funaki", "Tomoya Harada", "Ryota Okazaki", "Yasuyuki Hasegawa", "Yuriko Sueda", "Takehito Fukushima", "Masahito Morita", "Akihiro Yamamoto", "Masahiro Kodani", "Eiji Shimizu" ], "case_amount": 1, "do...
PMC5730039
A 62-year old man was admitted to our hospital with a 2-week complaint of a dry cough, general fatigue, and dyspnea on effort. He has been an onion farmer for several years and developed these symptoms after cleaning up onion peels with air compressors. A chest roentgenogram and computed tomography showed a ground glas...
{ "authors": [ "Anna Candoni", "Federico De Marchi", "Fabio Vescini", "Sara Mauro", "Cristina Rinaldi", "Marco Piemonte", "Nicholas Rabassi", "Maria Vittoria Dubbini", "Renato Fanin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4084/MJHID.2017.058", "journal": "Mediterr J Hematol Infect...
PMC5667530
Antithyroid drugs can be a rare cause of agranulocytosis (0.5% of treated patients). Suspension of these drugs is mandatory in these patients and may result in worsening hyperthyroidism. We report the case of a 27-year-old woman who is 3 months post-partum, breastfeeding, and suffering with Graves' disease hyperthyroid...
{ "authors": [ "Tomefa E Asempa", "David P Nicolau" ], "case_amount": 5, "doi": "10.2147/CIA.S149089", "journal": "Clin Interv Aging", "journal_detail": "2017 Oct 24;12:1799-1809.", "keywords": [ "clostridium difficile", "aging", "bezlotoxumab", "elderly", "fecal microbiota tra...
PMC5661493
The burden of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is profound and growing. CDI now represents a common cause of health care-associated diarrhea, and is associated with significant morbidity, mortality, and health care costs. CDI disproportionally affects the elderly, possibly explained by the following risk factors: ...
{ "authors": [ "Ahmed Hawash", "Jeffrey B Travers", "Sibel Gokce" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.jdcr.2018.10.009", "journal": "JAAD Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2018 Dec 4;5(1):31-33.", "keywords": [ "bullous disorder", "inhalant abuse", "substance abuse", "toxicology...
PMC6280677
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{ "authors": [ "James Mace", "Srikanth Reddy", "Randeep Mohil" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2174/1874325001408010462", "journal": "Open Orthop J", "journal_detail": "2014 Dec 29;8:462-5.", "keywords": [ "carpal tunnel syndrome", "congenital hand deformity", "holt oram syndrome",...
PMC4298804
We present a case report of a patient diagnosed with Holt-Oram syndrome (HOS) presenting with clinical and electrophysiologically confirmed carpal tunnel syndrome. Pre-operative Magnetic resonance imaging revealed an abnormal course of the median nerve; as such an atypical incision and approach were carried out to deco...
{ "authors": [ "Bindu Annigeri", "Rajesh Raman", "Rashmi Appaji" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0253-7176.85403", "journal": "Indian J Psychol Med", "journal_detail": "2011 Jan;33(1):83-5.", "keywords": [ "bipolarity", "comorbidity", "obsessive compulsive disorder" ], "li...
PMC3195163
Obsessive compulsive features occurring in mania have been well documented. Though there have been some studies on obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) comorbid with mania in the western countries, there are very few case reports and studies in India. Our aim is to report one such case here, who presented with OC featur...
{ "authors": [ "Daiki Aomura", "Kosuke Sonoda", "Makoto Harada", "Koji Hashimoto", "Yuji Kamijo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000506673", "journal": "Case Rep Nephrol Dial", "journal_detail": "2020 Mar 30;10(1):26-34.", "keywords": [ "exercise-induced acute kidney injury", ...
PMC7154233
Exercise-induced acute kidney injury (EIAKI) frequently develops in patients with renal hypouricemia (RHUC). However, several cases of RHUC with acute kidney injury (AKI) but without intense exercise have been reported. We encountered a 15-year-old male with RHUC who experienced AKI. He reported no episodes of intense ...
{ "authors": [ "Sandeep Harkar", "Dharam Vir Singh", "Sanjay Kumar Gupta", "Raghav Talwar", "Yajvender Pratap Singh Rana" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2012/259838", "journal": "Case Rep Transplant", "journal_detail": "2012;2012:259838.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", ...
PMC3539371
Introduction. Donor workup in renal transplantation is extensive. Despite this, chyle leakage following donor nephrectomy, a rare complication, has been reported in the literature. We encountered two cases of chyle leak in kidney donors in our series of open donor nephrectomies. Summary of Cases. After complete workup,...
{ "authors": [ "Dima Al Jahed", "Filip Vanhoenacker" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5334/jbsr.2616", "journal": "J Belg Soc Radiol", "journal_detail": "2021 Nov 19;105(1):77.", "keywords": [ "humeral splints", "brachialis muscle", "computed tomography", "magnetic resonance imaging...
PMC8622074
Teaching Point: Humeral splints or brachialis insertion avulsion syndrome is a distinct type of stress injury at the insertion of the brachialis muscle on the lateral surface of the humeral diaphysis.
{ "authors": [ "Mohammad Abu-Abaa", "Maryam Al-Mohammed", "Aliaa Mousa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12890/2022_003538", "journal": "Eur J Case Rep Intern Med", "journal_detail": "2022 Sep 1;9(9):003538.", "keywords": [ "lithium", "bradycardia", "hyperparathyroidism", "hypot...
PMC9586502
Lithium is a medication commonly used as a mood stabilizer and can have numerous long-lasting side effects. In this case report, we aim to remind clinicians of such consequences. A 68-year-old woman with a psychiatric history presented for mild COVID-19 and developed sinus bradycardia. A permanent pacemaker was planned...
{ "authors": [ "Seita Morishita", "Mihori Kita", "Shin Yoshitake", "Miou Hirose", "Hideyasu Oh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OPTH.S25373", "journal": "Clin Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2011;5:1767-70.", "keywords": [ "23 gauge vitrectomy", "endoscope", "penetrati...
PMC3258084
Background: We report a case of traumatic retinal detachment in an eye with severe corneal opacity that was successfully treated using 23 gauge (G) transconjunctival vitrectomy assisted by endoscope and a wide-angle viewing system. Case presentation: A 22-year-old Japanese man was referred to our hospital with the susp...
{ "authors": [ "Ahmed Muhammad Bashir", "Abdirashid Hashi Mohamed", "Hawa Nuradin Mohamed", "Ismail Gedi Ibrahim" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/CMAR.S364996", "journal": "Cancer Manag Res", "journal_detail": "2022 Apr 28;14:1577-1580.", "keywords": [ "somalia", "hepatocellul...
PMC9060811
Background: It is extremely rare for hypercalcemia to appear as the first symptom of hepatocellular carcinoma. Instead, it occurs primarily as a paraneoplastic manifestation after the disease is already diagnosed. Methods: In this report, we describe a 55-year-old woman who presented with symptoms of acute severe hyper...
{ "authors": [ "Regina Célia Ajeje Pires de Albuquerque", "Raquel Siqueira Leonel de Paula", "Manuelina Mariana Capellari Macruz Brito", "José Roberto Lopes Ferraz Filho", "Lucas Crociati Meguins" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2012/684064", "journal": "Case Rep Pediatr", "journal_...
PMC3400330
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory, demyelinating, neurodegenerative disorder of the central nervous system (CNS) of unknown etiology. The peak onset is between age 20 and 40 years and usually affects more women than men. Although much knowledge has been achieved on the diagnosis and treatment of adult patients...
{ "authors": [ "Samina Mufti", "Mushtaq A Sheikh", "Abdul Hakim", "Showkat A Mufti", "Farooq Jan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2011/793570", "journal": "Case Rep Radiol", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:793570.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.nc...
PMC3350078
A "near miss" is an unpleasant event that did not result in injury, illness, or damage but had the potential to do so, but for a fortunate break in the chain of events. We present a near-miss case which occurred in the MR suite of a tertiary care hospital. Although the MR is considered a very safe procedure, if MR safe...
{ "authors": [ "Adelaide Moutinho", "Rita Gamboa Cunha", "Sheila Koch Jamal", "Marta Meleiro Lisboa", "Sandra Tavares" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/6620666", "journal": "Case Rep Hematol", "journal_detail": "2021 Apr 15;2021:6620666.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY...
PMC8062188
Castleman disease is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder presenting with localized or disseminated lymphadenopathy and systemic symptoms. It can be categorized clinically as unicentric or multicentric, histopathologically as hyaline vascular, plasma cell, or mixed variant, and etiologically, considering the subtypes ba...
{ "authors": [ "Nayara Romano", "Luis Eduardo Souza-Flamini", "Isabela Lima Mendonça", "Ricardo Gariba Silva", "Antonio Miranda Cruz-Filho" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2016/3759021", "journal": "Case Rep Dent", "journal_detail": "2016;2016:3759021.", "keywords": null, "licen...
PMC5227125
This paper reports a case of gemination in a maxillary lateral incisor with two root canals and crown-root dilaceration. A 16-year-old male patient was referred for endodontic treatment of the maxillary left lateral incisor and evaluation of esthetic and functional complaints in the anterior region. The patient reporte...
{ "authors": [ "Shakya Bhattacharjee", "Monty A Silverdale", "Michael Bonello", "Julian Evans", "Christopher Kobylecki" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5334/tohm.774", "journal": "Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y)", "journal_detail": "2023 Aug 22;13:23.", "keywords": [ "thap1", ...
PMC10453957
A 21-year-old woman of south Asian origin presented with cervical dystonia which had progressed over the previous three years. Her symptoms started as writer's cramp since the age of seven years. She did not respond to medications and needed botulinum toxin injection for generalised dystonia. Subsequent whole genome se...
{ "authors": [ "Michelle Lee", "Ralitsa Baranowski", "David Gammon", "Joanne Hargrave", "David Waller" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/20542704221074148", "journal": "JRSM Open", "journal_detail": "2022 Jan 18;13(1):20542704221074148.", "keywords": [ "bronchopleural fistula", ...
PMC9133868
The Zephyr (PulmonX Inc., Redwood, CA) endobronchial valve (EBV), predominantly designed for lung volume reduction in emphysema, can also be used to close a spontaneous or post-operative prolonged air leak (PAL). We describe a previously unreported complication of cutaneous migration of an EBV, inserted for management ...
{ "authors": [ "Ahmed Shalan", "Nicky Wilson", "Jon Poels", "Anna Ikponmwosa", "Stephen Cavanagh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ejvssr.2017.10.002", "journal": "EJVES Short Rep", "journal_detail": "2017 Nov 8;37:18-21.", "keywords": [ "abdominal aortic aneurysm", "aort...
PMC5721207
Introduction: Aortic endograft infection is a rare but serious complication following endovascular aneurysm repair. An unusual presentation associated with an uncommon organism is reported. Case report: A 69 year old female was prescribed but failed to complete a full course of co-amoxiclav following a forearm cat bite...
{ "authors": [ "Rakesh K Yadav", "A P Tikku", "Anil Chandra", "K K Wadhwani", "Ashutosh Kr", "Mayank Singh" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.4103/0975-5950.140183", "journal": "Natl J Maxillofac Surg", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan;5(1):70-3.", "keywords": [ "endodontic implants",...
PMC4178362
Endodontic implants were introduced back in 1960. Endodontic implants enjoyed few successes and many failures. Various reasons for failures include improper case selection, improper use of materials and sealers and poor preparation for implants. Proper case selection had given remarkable long-term success. Two differen...
{ "authors": [ "Cory W Quammen", "Russell M Taylor 2nd", "Pavel Krajcevski", "Sorin Mitran", "Andinet Enquobahrie", "Richard Superfine", "Brad Davis", "Stephanie Davis", "Carlton Zdanski" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Stud Health Technol Inform", "journal_...
PMC5588666
The Virtual Pediatric Airways Workbench (VPAW) is a patient-centered surgical planning software system targeted to pediatric patients with airway obstruction. VPAW provides an intuitive surgical planning interface for clinicians and supports quantitative analysis regarding prospective surgeries to aid clinicians decidi...