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{ "authors": [ "Yu Yamada", "Tomoko Ishizu", "Hidekazu Tsuneoka", "Yutaka Eki", "Hitoshi Horigome" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2018/5262745", "journal": "Case Rep Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2018 Aug 19;2018:5262745.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https:...
PMC6120336
The prognosis of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) treated only with Blalock-Taussig shunt (BTS) operation is unclear. A woman with TOF underwent classic BTS operation at 10 years of age. Despite no medication, she delivered two children and worked without apparent heart failure. At 72 years of age, she complained of dyspnea o...
{ "authors": [ "Umarevathi Gopalakrishnan", "Lodd Mahendra", "Sumanth Rangarajan", "Ramasamy Madasamy", "Mohammad Ibrahim" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2015/954347", "journal": "Case Rep Dent", "journal_detail": "2015;2015:954347.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "li...
PMC4493269
The pituitary gland's role as a functional matrix for sella turcica has not been suggested in orthodontic literature. This paper is an attempt to correlate the role of pituitary gland in the development of sella turcica. A case report of dwarfism associated with hypopituitarism is presented to highlight the above hypot...
{ "authors": [ "Julien Pauchot", "Emilie Ducroux", "Grégoire Leclerc", "Laurent Obert", "Anne Pauline Sergent" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Eplasty", "journal_detail": "2015 Jun 11;15:e21.", "keywords": [ "free flap", "knee dislocation", "microsurgery", ...
PMC4468957
Objective: To report on the original surgical management of a patient with severe trauma of both legs involving anastomosis of an omentum free flap with an emergency vascular bypass. Methods: After stabilization of the knee with an external fixator, a femoral-tibial bypass graft was performed to revascularize the leg w...
{ "authors": [ "Christine Loftis", "Emilia C Dulgheru", "Rosa White" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/3666270", "journal": "Case Rep Rheumatol", "journal_detail": "2021 Nov 17;2021:3666270.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34840848/"...
PMC8612772
Acquired factor VIII deficiency is a bleeding disorder caused by the presence of autoantibodies against clotting factor VIII. We report a case of a 24-year-old pregnant woman who presented with gross hematuria secondary to acquired factor VIII deficiency in the presence of a previously undiagnosed connective tissue dis...
{ "authors": [ "P K Sasidharan" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2012/210676", "journal": "Thrombosis", "journal_detail": "2012;2012:210676.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22567255/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh_terms": [], "pmcid": "PM...
PMC3337512
Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) should be considered in the differential diagnosis of all unexplained CNS disorders of sudden onset. Etiological factors are often subclinical forms of several common thrombophilic states occurring together, rather than the typical inherited and rare causes. Diagnosis is missed because ...
{ "authors": [ "Christopher A Febres-Aldana", "David T Wymer", "William F Burke 3rd", "Cristina Vincentelli" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2019.100958", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019 Oct 23;28:100958.", "keywords": [ "breast cancer", "cor p...
PMC6838523
Pulmonary Tumor Thrombotic Microangiopathy (PTTM) is a fatal complication of malignancy characterized by embolization of tumor cells to the pulmonary vasculature leading to a vascular reaction resulting in stenosis and pulmonary hypertension. Because the clinical manifestations of PTTM overlap with those of other entit...
{ "authors": [ "Qiao Guo", "Yuan-Jing Chen", "He Huang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/JPR.S200534", "journal": "J Pain Res", "journal_detail": "2019 Jul 16;12:2167-2176.", "keywords": [ "bland-white-garland syndrome", "anesthesia", "coronary steal", "left main coronary...
PMC6642646
Bland-White-Garland syndrome (BWGS) is a rare congenital coronary artery malformation. In adult patients with BWGS, left coronary artery is supplied by collateral vessels from dilated right coronary artery. When high-pressure coronary flow drains into the low-pressure pulmonary artery with little ventricle perfusion, i...
{ "authors": [ "Alqasem Fuad H Al Mosa", "Mohammed Ishaq", "Mohamed Hussein Mohamed Ahmed" ], "case_amount": 5, "doi": "10.1155/2018/8129341", "journal": "Case Rep Radiol", "journal_detail": "2018 Aug 6;2018:8129341.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm....
PMC6106908
Chest tube malpositioning is reported to be the most common complication associated with tube thoracostomy. Intraparenchymal and intrafissural malpositions are the most commonly reported tube sites. We present a case about a 21-year-old patient with cystic fibrosis who was admitted due to bronchiectasis exacerbation an...
{ "authors": [ "Jamie A Kmak", "Nikita Agarwal", "Yuting He", "Andreas M Heilmann", "Vincent A Miller", "Jeffrey S Ross", "Sumanta Kumar Pal", "Siraj M Ali", "Deepak Kilari" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000506625", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol", "journal_detail": "2...
PMC7204854
Prostate cancer is among the most common types of cancer in men. Early detection and proper medical intervention is crucial to ensuring successful treatment. Here we describe a patient clinically presenting with castrate-resistant prostate carcinoma. Comprehensive genomic profiling identified a PTEN inactivating mutati...
{ "authors": [ "Mercedes Malone", "Abdelilah Lahmar", "Atif Siddique", "Michael Rozboril", "Jesse L Kresak" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/21501319221148635", "journal": "J Prim Care Community Health", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan-Dec;14:21501319221148635.", "keywords": [ "ant...
PMC9880591
Elevated lipid panels are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Management of heart disease with lipid lowering agents play a vital role in medicine. Statins are one group of medications that are widely utilized in the medical field to decrease the risk of atherosclerotic disease. Statins work by...
{ "authors": [ "I Saulite", "B Voykov", "T Mehra", "W Hoetzenecker", "E Guenova" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000356146", "journal": "Case Rep Dermatol", "journal_detail": "2013 Oct 19;5(3):301-3.", "keywords": [ "calcification", "falx cerebri", "gorlin-goltz syndro...
PMC3884206
Here, we report the case of an incidental finding of lamellar calcification of the falx cerebri in a routine computed tomography scan of the head after an accidental trauma. This lamellar calcification led to the diagnosis of Gorlin-Goltz syndrome (GGS) in the patient and her daughter. Lamellar calcification of the fal...
{ "authors": [ "Mohammad Talebpour", "Hossein Zabihi-Mahmoudabadi", "Pooya Payandemehr", "Maryam Momen", "Zahra Zali" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.22114/AJEM.v0i0.114", "journal": "Adv J Emerg Med", "journal_detail": "2018 Dec 2;3(1):e10.", "keywords": [ "accidents", "hemang...
PMC6548079
Introduction: Hepatic hemangioma is the most common benign tumor in the liver. Although intra-abdominal bleeding associated with its rupture is rare, but life-threatening. Here we report a case of ruptured hepatic hemangioma and applied method for controlling its bleeding. Case report: The patient was a 45-year-old man...
{ "authors": [ "Rita Rosner", "Gabriele Pfoh", "Michaela Kotoučová" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3402/ejpt.v2i0.7995", "journal": "Eur J Psychotraumatol", "journal_detail": "2011;2.", "keywords": [ "prolonged grief", "bereavement", "cognitive behavior therapy", "complicated ...
PMC3402114
Following the death of a loved one, a small group of grievers develop an abnormal grieving style, termed complicated or prolonged grief. In the effort to establish complicated grief as a disorder in DSM and ICD, several attempts have been made over the past two decades to establish symptom criteria for this form of gri...
{ "authors": [ "Iven-Alex von Mücke-Heim", "Isabelle Walter", "Sandra Nischwitz", "Angelika Erhardt" ], "case_amount": 9, "doi": "10.3389/fpsyt.2022.915058", "journal": "Front Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2022 Jul 12;13:915058.", "keywords": [ "applied tension", "blood-injury-in...
PMC9314666
Background: Anxiety disorders are the most frequent mental disorders. Among the different subtypes, specific phobias are the commonest. Due to the ongoing SARS-CoV-19 pandemic, blood-injury-injection phobia (BII) has gained wider attention in the context of large-scale vaccination campaigns and public health. In this B...
{ "authors": [ "Emilien Billon", "Anne-Marie Stoppa", "Lena Mescam", "Massimo Bocci", "Audrey Monneur", "Delphine Perrot", "François Bertucci" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s13569-018-0097-7", "journal": "Clin Sarcoma Res", "journal_detail": "2018 Jun 11;8:11.", "keyword...
PMC5994652
Background: Kaposi's sarcoma is a low-grade mesenchymal angioproliferative tumor, most commonly observed in immunocompromised individuals, such as HIV-infected patients. Iatrogenic Kaposi's sarcoma occurs in patients undergoing immunosuppressive therapies. Rituximab is a chimeric monoclonal antibody targeted against th...
{ "authors": [ "Ismail Uzun", "Cangul Keskin", "Bugra Guler", "Ozgur Ozdemir" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.17096/jiufd.39706", "journal": "J Istanb Univ Fac Dent", "journal_detail": "2015 Oct 21;49(3):51-54.", "keywords": [ "dens invaginatus", "dens in dente", "periapical le...
PMC5573505
Dens invaginatus is a developmental anomaly resulting from epithelial invagination of the tooth crown before calcification. Endodontic treatment of teeth affected by dens invaginatusmay be difficult and complex due to aberrant anatomy. Combined orthograde and surgical approaches for successful treatment of dens invagin...
{ "authors": [ "Qi Tang", "Jiafen Liao", "Xi Xie" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.2147/JIR.S369288", "journal": "J Inflamm Res", "journal_detail": "2022 Aug 3;15:4385-4393.", "keywords": [ "sjogren syndrome", "acquired hemophilia", "connective tissue disease", "rheumatoid arthr...
PMC9357396
To strengthen the understanding of rheumatic diseases (RDs) as the most common underlying conditions associated with acquired hemophilia (AH), a potentially fatal bleeding condition due to the development of autoantibodies or inhibitors to coagulation factor VIII, and rarely to factor IX, here we presented two cases of...
{ "authors": [ "Mauricio de Almeida Cardoso", "Rafael Scaf de Molon", "Erica Dorigatti de Avila", "Fabio Pinto Guedes", "Valter Antonio Ban Battilani Filho", "Leopoldino Capelozza Filho", "Marcio Aurelio Correa", "Hugo Nary Filho" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4041/kjod.2016.46...
PMC4751301
The aim of this clinical report is to describe the complex treatment of an adult Class III malocclusion patient who was disappointed with the outcome of a previous oral rehabilitation. Interdisciplinary treatment planning was performed with a primary indication for implant removal because of marginal bone loss and ging...
{ "authors": [ "Yaping Wu", "Zhiying Chen", "Wei Li", "Fengguang Wang", "Yongchun Zhang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2022.1033084", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 6;12:1033084.", "keywords": [ "breast metaplastic carcinoma", "breast squamous...
PMC9869869
Primary squamous cell carcinoma (PSCC) of the breast, as a rare metaplastic breast cancer, currently has limited clinical data on its biological behavior, treatment and prognosis. At present, the optimal treatment of this tumor is still controversial. We reported a case of a 56-year-old woman with a mass on the right b...
{ "authors": [ "Abdullateef Abdulkareem", "Ryan S D'Souza", "Oluwaseun Shogbesan", "Anthony Donato" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/6971027", "journal": "Case Rep Hematol", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:6971027.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.n...
PMC5634570
Necrotizing fasciitis is a fulminant soft tissue infection characterized by rapid progression and high mortality. Rituximab is a generally well-tolerated immunosuppresive medication used for B-cell malignancies and some rheumatological disorders. We report a case of a 69-year-old male with chronic lymphocytic leukemia ...
{ "authors": [ "Hanan Elsarraj", "Ameer Hamza" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4322/acr.2021.400", "journal": "Autops Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2022 Sep 20;12:e2021400.", "keywords": [ "gastrointestinal stromal tumors", "intestinal polyps", "neoplasms, fibrous tissue" ], "licen...
PMC9524383
Calcifying fibrous tumor is a rare benign mesenchymal neoplasm. The etiology and pathogenesis of this tumor are uncertain. It has wide anatomical distribution. The tumor is most commonly found in the soft tissues of the extremities in younger individuals. However, in middle-aged patients, it tends to affect the viscera...
{ "authors": [ "Anirudh Srinivasan", "Sivashanmugam Dhandapani", "Ajay Kumar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2152-7806.153877", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2015 Mar 24;6:46.", "keywords": [ "anterior communicating artery aneurysm", "micro vascular spasm", ...
PMC4392532
Background: We describe a rare case of solitary pupil sparing oculomotor nerve paresis following rupture of anterior communicating artery (ACom) aneurysm and discuss the pertinent literature. Oculomotor nerve paresis caused by an ACom aneurysm rupture is an uncommon occurrence. Also, partial paresis affecting only fibe...
{ "authors": [ "Mouhcine Sbiyaa", "Adil El Alaoui", "Mohammed Admi", "Kamal Lahrach", "Amine Marzouki", "Fawzi Boutayeb" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2016.23.57.7965", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2016 Feb 29;23:57.", "keywords": [ "complication"...
PMC4862775
Failure of internal fixation of intertrochanteric fracture is associated with delayed union or malunion resulting in persistent pain and diminished function. We report a rare case of implant failure of the gamma nail with intertrochanteric fracture non union treated by DCS plate screw and bone graft.
{ "authors": [ "Nikolaos G Barbetakis", "Michalis Vassiliadis", "Marianthi Krikeli", "Theodoros Antoniadis", "Christodoulos Tsilikas" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1477-7819-1-20", "journal": "World J Surg Oncol", "journal_detail": "2003 Oct 10;1(1):20.", "keywords": null, "li...
PMC239964
BACKGROUND: Metastatic involvement of pericardium producing cardiac tamponade is rare. When occurs it is mainly from the lung, breast and the neoplasms of the lymphoreticular system. Hematogenous spread of parotid adenocarcinoma to heart is extremely rare and only two cases have been reported in literature so far. CASE...
{ "authors": [ "S Jain", "Pt Deshmukh", "M Gupta", "S Shukla" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2141-9248.126625", "journal": "Ann Med Health Sci Res", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan;4(1):136-9.", "keywords": [ "branchial cleft fistula", "first branchial anomaly", "salivary fis...
PMC3952286
First branchial cleft anomalies are rare with the average age of presentation as 19 years. There is an average delay of 3.5 years between initial presentation and adequate treatment due to diagnostic dilemma. A very rare variant of first branchial cleft anomaly presenting as a post-auricular salivary fistula is reporte...
{ "authors": [ "Jin An", "Seung Hwan Lee", "Boksoon Chang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/TCRM.S319077", "journal": "Ther Clin Risk Manag", "journal_detail": "2021 Jul 12;17:711-715.", "keywords": [ "cerebral infarction", "clopidogrel", "drug-induced lung disease", "inter...
PMC8285274
In patients, with cerebral infarction resulting from intracranial arterial stenosis, the combined administration of clopidogrel and aspirin may be needed for to prevent subsequent ischemic attacks. Clopidogrel has an inevitable adverse effect profile, and the most common complications are related to hemorrhagic propens...
{ "authors": [ "Chris T Carter" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1186/s12998-015-0079-2", "journal": "Chiropr Man Therap", "journal_detail": "2015 Dec 18;23:34.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26689256/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh_terms": [],...
PMC4683782
Background: This article describes and discusses the case of an adult female with cholecystitis characterized on initial presentation as acute thoracolumbar pain. Case presentation: A 34-year-old female presented for care with a complaint of acute right sided lower thoracic and upper lumbar pain with associated signifi...
{ "authors": [ "Rahat Naqvi", "Elaine Schmidt", "Marlene Krickhan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00413", "journal": "Front Psychol", "journal_detail": "2014 Jun 17;5:413.", "keywords": [ "spanish", "bilingual learning", "bilingual pedagogy", "cross-linguistic ...
PMC4060452
This paper outlines the provincial frameworks that define the Spanish bilingual program in Alberta, Canada, provides an historical overview of its pedagogic constraints and evolution, and proposes a framework for bilingual pedagogy. The framework is conceptualized from the research evidence of three local case studies,...
{ "authors": [ "Jan Puetzler", "Niklas Deventer", "Georg Gosheger", "Thomas Goesling", "Winfried Winkelmann", "Tymoteusz Budny" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.11.072", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020;77:739-742.", "keywords": [ "bone...
PMC7718121
Introduction: The hip transposition is a limb salvage procedure for periacetabular malignancies. Here we present the case of a patient that already had a preexisting ipsilateral rotationplasty. Presentation of case: A 16 year old male patient with an Osteosarcoma of the left distal femur was treated with wide surgical ...
{ "authors": [ "Young-Il Jo", "Jae-Ho Yoon", "Sang-Youl Shin", "Won-Chul Chang", "Byung-Kook Kim", "Choon-Jo Jin", "Jong-Oh Song" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3904/kjim.2004.19.1.58", "journal": "Korean J Intern Med", "journal_detail": "2004 Mar;19(1):58-61.", "keywords": nu...
PMC4531552
Agranulocytosis is a rare adverse effect associated with prolonged vancomycin therapy, and is potentially serious, especially in end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. We describe a continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patient that developed vancomycin-induced agranulocytosis during treatment for methicil...
{ "authors": [ "Paul H Sugarbaker", "O Anthony Stuart" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.11.065", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019;54:108-112.", "keywords": [ "case series", "doxorubicin", "hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (hipec)", ...
PMC6312798
Background: Intraperitoneal chemotherapy has been used extensively to treat cancers that metastasize to the peritoneal surfaces. In the operating room the intraperitoneal chemotherapy is administered with moderate heat. The chemotherapy is used after surgery when there is minimal residual disease. Alternatively, intrap...
{ "authors": [ "Paul Waiching Wong", "Yanyin Lam", "Janet Siuping Lau", "Hungkit Fok" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fpsyt.2020.561657", "journal": "Front Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2021 Jan 22;11:561657.", "keywords": [ "covid-19 pandemic", "hong kong", "children wi...
PMC7862762
Background: Hong Kong is one of the earliest cities to have hampered by the COVID-19. When preventive public health measures are enforced, specific groups, who have already been facing inequality before the outbreak, are likely to become more overlooked and vulnerable. Aim: This community case study aims to describe th...
{ "authors": [ "Wen-Dong Li", "Guang-Yan Wu", "Bin Song", "Jie Zhao", "Xiao-Qiang Li", "Min Zhou" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fcvm.2022.975871", "journal": "Front Cardiovasc Med", "journal_detail": "2022 Oct 11;9:975871.", "keywords": [ "aortic abdominal aneurysm", ...
PMC9592967
Aorto-duodenal fistula (ADF) is a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding, but it is associated with high mortality. It usually occurs in patients with prior aortic surgery or who have undergone aortic graft placement. Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) might be a cause of primary ADF, which could develop into sudde...
{ "authors": [ "Fábio Carneiro", "Júlia Duarte", "Francisco Laranjeira", "Sofia Barbosa-Gouveia", "María-Luz Couce", "Maria José Fonseca" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2021.728077", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2021 Aug 27;9:728077.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC8430206
Pathogenic variants of the ADGRG1 gene are associated with bilateral frontoparietal polymicrogyria, defined radiologically by polymicrogyria with an anterior-posterior gradient, pontine and cerebellar hypoplasia and patchy white matter abnormalities. We report a novel homozygous ADGRG1 variant with atypical features. T...
{ "authors": [ "Lamidi Audu", "Amina Gambo", "Tokan Silas Baduku", "Bilkisu Farouk", "Anisa Yahaya", "Kefas Jacob" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.1155/2022/3056324", "journal": "Case Rep Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2022 Sep 28;2022:3056324.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY...
PMC9534681
Thanatophoric dysplasia (TD) is a rare but uniformly lethal inherited disorder of the skeletal system resulting from defects in the fibroblast growth factor receptor-3 gene on the short arm of chromosome ##4. It is characterised by pronounced shortening of the tubular bones resulting in significant short stature, macro...
{ "authors": [ "Saeeda Almarzooqi", "Sue Hammond", "Samir B Kahwash" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2010/795037", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2010;2010:795037.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20592992/", "major_mesh...
PMC2892698
The presentation of Hodgkin Lymphoma in a thymic cyst is rare. We describe a case in a 9 year-old boy, with a long follow-up course, complicated by two secondary neoplasms and a post bone marrow transplant lymphoproliferative disorder. We also review the literature on such presentations and second malignant neoplasms i...
{ "authors": [ "Daniele Tognetto", "Eirini Skiadaresi", "Paolo Cecchini", "Giuseppe Ravalico" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.2147/OPTH.S15864", "journal": "Clin Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2011;5:459-63.", "keywords": [ "blood displacement", "gas tamponade", "rtpa subretin...
PMC3090299
We describe three cases of submacular hemorrhage that occurred two to four days after anti-VEGF intravitreal injection for occult choroidal neovascularisation in age-related macular degeneration and their management with 25 gauge pars plana vitrectomy with injection of subretinal recombinant tissue plasminogen activato...
{ "authors": [ "Eduardo Augusto Iunes", "Enrico Barletta", "Telmo Augusto Barba Belsuzarri", "Daniel Paz Araujo", "Fabio Sparapani", "Franz Onishi", "Sergio Cavalheiro", "Thiago Salati", "Vinicius De Meldau Benites", "Andrei Joaquim" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/...
PMC7749946
Background: Severe ankylosing spondylitis (AS) affects the entire spine, increasing the risk of vertebral fractures. There are several fusion procedures used (e.g., anterior, posterior, or combined 360° procedures) to stabilize these fractures. Case description: A 45-year-old male with a 33-year diagnosis of AS present...
{ "authors": [ "Arnaud Jannic", "Hedi Mammeri", "Lise Larcher", "Vincent Descamps", "William Tosini", "Bao Phung", "Yazdan Yazdanpanah", "Fabrice Bouscarat" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3201/eid2501.171102", "journal": "Emerg Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan;25(1):...
PMC6302579
Neisseria meningitidis sequence type 11 is an emerging cause of urethritis. We demonstrate by using whole-genome sequencing orogenital transmission of a N. meningitidis sequence type 11 isolate causing urethritis in a monogamous couple of men who have sex with men. These results suggest dissemination of this clonal com...
{ "authors": [ "Andrew C Tiu", "Vivian Arguello-Guerra", "Gabor Varadi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X17751838", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan 10;6:2050313X17751838.", "keywords": [ "eye swelling", "multiple myeloma", "orbital edema...
PMC5768267
Introduction: Multiple myeloma is caused by abnormal proliferation of plasma cells that affects more commonly African Americans. It classically presents with hypercalcemia, renal failure, anemia, and lytic bone lesions. The aim of this article is to present an unusual case of a 63-year-old African-American female with ...
{ "authors": [ "Hong Zhu", "Yaqin Zhao", "Xin Wang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1097/MD.0000000000009598", "journal": "Medicine (Baltimore)", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan;97(2):e9598.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29480860/", "m...
PMC5943896
Rationale: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a highly invasive cancer associated with great mortality rates. The prognosis of advanced HCC is very poor. Patient concerns: Here, we report a HCC patient with a big paraspinal metastasis with 10 cm in diameter who failed the treatment of sorafenib. Diagnoses: Sorafenib ref...
{ "authors": [ "James F Carter", "David E Soper" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "JSLS", "journal_detail": "2005 Oct-Dec;9(4):491-3.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16381376/", "major_mesh_terms": [ "Cerclage, Cervical /...
PMC3015636
Abdominal cerclages are necessary when the standard transvaginal cerclages fail or anatomical abnormalities preclude the vaginal placement. The disadvantage of the transabdominal approach is that it requires at least 2 laparotomies with significant morbidity and hospital stays. We discuss a case of abdominal cerclage p...
{ "authors": [ "Tadayoshi Miyagi", "Tohru Ishimine", "Jun Nakazato", "Naoki Taniguchi", "Nobuhito Yagi", "Takanori Takahashi", "Toshiho Tengan", "Minoru Wake" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.11.012", "journal": "JACC Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2021 Jan 2...
PMC8305680
Coronary artery embolism due to BioGlue surgical adhesive after repair of type A acute aortic dissection is a rare condition. We report a case of BioGlue coronary artery embolism after type A acute aortic dissection repair confirmed using intravascular ultrasound imaging and pathological examination. It was successfull...
{ "authors": [ "Rebecca Unterborn", "Jose Henao-Cordero", "Arianna Kousari", "Poornima Ramanan", "Carlos Franco-Paredes", "Nancy Madinger" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1177/20499361221097791", "journal": "Ther Adv Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2022 May 9;9:20499361221097791.", ...
PMC9092576
We report two immigrants from Cuba seen in a US travel clinic with a confirmed diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis in whom we also suspected malaria co-infection. Both individuals likely acquired leishmaniasis in the Darien Gap region of Panama during their migratory path to the United States. As part of their clinica...
{ "authors": [ "Kofi Tekyi Asamoah", "Richard Dei-Asamoa" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2022/5415196", "journal": "Case Rep Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2022 Apr 21;2022:5415196.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35492236/", "major_mes...
PMC9050329
Cardiovascular symptoms like chest pain and palpitations are among the commonest reasons for outpatient hospital visits. Physician preoccupation with ruling out sinister cardiological diagnoses often results in a failure to recognise mental health-related disorders, which account for over 40% of such cases, especially ...
{ "authors": [ "Anwar S Mall", "Zoe Lotz", "Marilyn Tyler", "Paul Goldberg", "Jeronimo Rodrigues", "Delawir Kahn", "Nthato Chirwa", "Dhirendra Govender" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000323137", "journal": "Case Rep Gastroenterol", "journal_detail": "2011 Jan;5(1):5-16...
PMC3280478
We previously reported the presence of MUC2, MUC5AC and, for the first time, MUC5B in a 58-year-old male with pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP). This is a report on the biochemical and immunohistochemical characterization of mucin in a 50-year-old female with the same rare illness. A right oophorectomy and appendicectomy an...
{ "authors": [ "T Marinho-Rito", "I Freitas", "Martins J Diogo", "R Rodrigues", "J Fragata", "F Pinto" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": null, "journal": "Images Paediatr Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan-Mar;20(1):8-11.", "keywords": [ "aortic valve insufficiency", "echocard...
PMC6360498
Aorto-left ventricular tunnel is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly, consisting of a short abnormal pathway, usually from a sinus of Valsalva into the left ventricular cavity. It is usually diagnosed with echocardiography. We report a case of a newborn presenting with heart murmur and rapid progression to heart failure ...
{ "authors": [ "Daniel J Oh", "Ellen Dinerman", "Andrew H Matthews", "Abraham W Aron", "Katherine M Berg" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/6148350", "journal": "Case Rep Crit Care", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:6148350.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "http...
PMC5460431
Background: Elevated lactate levels in critically ill patients are most often thought to be indicative of relative tissue hypoxia or type A lactic acidosis. Shock, severe anemia, and thromboembolic events can all cause elevated lactate due to tissue hypoperfusion, as well as the mitochondrial dysfunction thought to occ...
{ "authors": [ "Muhammed Moidy", "Fahad Al Kindi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/HEARTVIEWS.HEARTVIEWS_15_19", "journal": "Heart Views", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan-Mar;20(1):17-20.", "keywords": [ "coronary intramural hematoma", "diagnosis", "intravascular ultrasound", "mana...
PMC6524419
Coronary intramural hematoma (CIH) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is a rare cause of acute coronary syndrome. As the diagnosis is really challenging, its incidence is really under estimated. The optimal management of post-PCI CIH has not been well defined. Conventional coronary angiography alone is ofte...
{ "authors": [ "Hakkı Yılmaz", "Mustafa Kaya", "Mücteba Can", "Mustafa Ozbek", "Bahir Keyik" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2012/452149", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2012;2012:452149.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.n...
PMC3312572
The pituitary gland and infundibulum can be involved in a variety of medical conditions, including infiltrative diseases, fungal infections, tuberculosis, and primary and metastatic tumors. Metastases to the pituitary gland are absolutely rare, and they are generally secondary to pulmonary carcinoma in men and breast c...
{ "authors": [ "Mehdi Siddiqui", "Dewey Thoms", "Derek Samples", "Jean Caron" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI-59-2019", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2019 Jul 5;10:139.", "keywords": [ "atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor", "intraventricular hemorrhage", ...
PMC6744721
Background: Sellar masses comprise 14-18% of all intracranial tumors. Pituitary adenomas account for 85% of these lesions, while 15% of sellar masses stem from other etiologies. Intratumoral hemorrhage (apoplexy), while not exceptionally common, can be discovered at presentation. While the hemorrhage pattern is typical...
{ "authors": [ "Hironori Satoh", "Yusuke Okuma", "Jumpei Kashima", "Aya Konnno-Yamamoto", "Yasushi Yatabe", "Yuichiro Ohe" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OTT.S300229", "journal": "Onco Targets Ther", "journal_detail": "2021 Apr 30;14:2911-2915.", "keywords": [ "alk rearra...
PMC8096437
Background: Miliary pulmonary metastasis characterized by tiny nodules is a rare metastatic pattern in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and is usually seen in patients harboring an EGFR mutation, and amylase-producing lung cancer is highly uncommon and rarely reported in NSCLC patients who have an EGFR mutat...
{ "authors": [ "Premeshwar Niwant", "Mukta Motwani", "Sushil Naik" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2015/462569", "journal": "Case Rep Dent", "journal_detail": "2015;2015:462569.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26664753/", "major_mesh_...
PMC4668295
Trigeminal neuralgia is a disorder of the fifth cranial nerve that causes episodes of intense, stabbing, electric shock-like pain that lasts from few seconds to few minutes in the areas of the face where the branches of the nerve are distributed. More than one nerve branch can be affected by the disorder. We report an ...
{ "authors": [ "Mei-Hong Wen", "Hui-Pin Hsiao", "Mei-Chyn Chao", "Fuu-Jen Tsai" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2010/876514", "journal": "Int J Pediatr Endocrinol", "journal_detail": "2010;2010:876514.", "keywords": null, "license": "NO-CC CODE", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.n...
PMC2878673
Crouzon syndrome is one of the most common craniofacial syndromes and is inherited as autosomal dominant with variable expression. We report an 11 and a half-year-old boy with Crouzon syndrome with severe growth retardation. He had hydrocephalus since infancy and recently suffered from frequent dizziness. His bone age ...
{ "authors": [ "Ping-Bao Zhang", "Zi-Li Huang", "Jia-Bei Li", "Xiu-Yan Huang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/CMAR.S225628", "journal": "Cancer Manag Res", "journal_detail": "2019 Dec 27;11:10801-10806.", "keywords": [ "neo-crt", "ccr", "clinical complete remission", "...
PMC6938194
Despite advancements in diagnosis and therapy, relapse of rectal cancer after clinical complete remission (cCR) remains a frequent event. The key factors influencing the treatment strategy for the management of patients achieving cCR following neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (Neo-CRT) remain to be identified. We present ...
{ "authors": [ "Janice L Estus", "Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes Research Group", "David W Fardo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fgene.2013.00186", "journal": "Front Genet", "journal_detail": "2013 Sep 27;4:186.", "keywords": [ "case-control study", "combined st...
PMC3784826
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) explore the relationship between genome variability and disease susceptibility with either population- or family-based data. Here, we have evaluated the utility of combining population- and family-based statistical association tests and have proposed a method for reducing the burd...
{ "authors": [ "Erol Cansiz", "Emine Akbas", "Sabri Cemil Isler" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0975-5950.196145", "journal": "Natl J Maxillofac Surg", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan-Jun;7(1):105-107.", "keywords": [ "aspergillosis", "functional endoscopic sinus surgery", "surgi...
PMC5242065
Surgically assisted rapid palatal expansion (SARPE) is one of the most common orthognathic surgery operations for the treatment of maxillary transverse deficiencies. Although this operation is considered technically simple and has low complication rate, predisposing factors can complicate the postoperative period. In t...
{ "authors": [ "Ritwik Ghosh", "Subhargha Mondal", "Dipayan Roy", "Adrija Ray", "Arpan Mandal", "Julián Benito-León" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01076", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2021 Mar 16;24:e01076.", "keywords": [ "disseminated dermato-p...
PMC8010393
Rhinosporidiosis, a chronic inflammatory disease, which is caused by the aquatic microorganism Rhinosporidium seeberi, is endemic in India and in many other regions of the tropics. It primarily infects mucocutaneous surfaces of nose, nasopharynx, and conjunctiva through transepithelial invasion. However, over the centu...
{ "authors": [ "Mithat Tabakovic", "Nermin N Salkic", "Jasmina Bosnjic", "Ervin Alibegovic" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2012/768193", "journal": "Case Rep Transplant", "journal_detail": "2012;2012:768193.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm...
PMC3504293
Acute pancreatitis is a rare but life-threatening complication in patients with transplanted kidney. The incidence of acute pancreatitis after kidney transplantation ranges from 2% to 7%, with mortality rate between 50 and 100%. We report a case of a female patient aged 46 years, developing an interstitial acute pancre...
{ "authors": [ "Yan Yuan", "Xia Zhou", "Jing Deng", "Qun Zhu", "Zanping Peng", "Liya Chen", "Ya Zou", "Aiping Mao", "Wanli Meng", "Minhui Ma", "Hongliang Wu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fgene.2023.1156071", "journal": "Front Genet", "journal_detail": "202...
PMC10020366
Background: Thalassemia is a hereditary blood disease resulting from globin chain synthesis impairment because of α- and/or β-globin gene variants. α-thalassemia is characterized by non-deletional and deletional variants in the HBA gene locus, of which rare deletional variants are difficult to detect by conventional po...
{ "authors": [ "Yolanda Fernández-Perea", "Lutgardo García-Díaz", "Javier Sánchez", "Guillermo Antiñolo", "Salud Borrego" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/1471704", "journal": "Case Rep Obstet Gynecol", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:1471704.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC...
PMC5352862
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a serious birth defect with a significant mortality and morbidity. The current and constant progress in ultrasound techniques has led to the improvement of the prenatal diagnosis of this malformation. CDH is a developmental defect whose etiology is heterogeneous and takes place ...
{ "authors": [ "Kenichi Mizutani", "Motona Kumagai", "Akane Aikawa", "Shintaro Terahata", "Shin Ishizawa", "Hiroshi Minato", "Takayuki Nojima", "Sohsuke Yamada" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X20964090", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "202...
PMC7550938
Nasal spindle cell rhabdomyosarcoma is very rare. The tumor is sometimes confused with other spindle cell tumors. We herein report a case of nasal spindle cell tumor in a 62-year-old woman. The patient first presented herself to a medical doctor's office after an episode of left epistaxis. An intranasal tumor was found...
{ "authors": [ "Hiroaki Yamane", "Tomoyuki Abe", "Hironobu Amano", "Tsuyoshi Kobayashi", "Keiji Hanada", "Shuji Yonehara", "Hideki Ohdan", "Masahiro Nakahara", "Toshio Noriyuki" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.04.012", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "...
PMC5409851
Introduction: Cholangiolocellular carcinoma (CoCC) is thought to originate from hepatic stem cells. Its clinical characteristics, including radiological and prognostic factors, remain unclear. Presentation of case: A 79-year-old woman with hypertension was admitted to our hospital after abnormal tumor marker levels wer...
{ "authors": [ "Jeremy Kelley", "Ryan Collins", "Christopher Allam" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1089/cren.2016.0111", "journal": "J Endourol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016 Nov 1;2(1):221-223.", "keywords": [ "kidney", "robot-assisted laparoscopy", "schwannoma" ], "licen...
PMC5116656
Background: To report the first case of a renal schwannoma excised with robot-assisted laparoscopy. Case Presentation: A 43-year-old Caucasian female patient with vague abdominal symptoms was noted to have incidental right renal mass. Physical examination and laboratory tests were within normal limits. CT revealed a 4....
{ "authors": [ "Theppharit Panichsillapakit", "Derek Patel", "Joanne Santangelo", "Douglas D Richman", "Susan J Little", "Davey M Smith" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.1093/ofid/ofw014", "journal": "Open Forum Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan 29;3(1):ofw014.", "keywords": ...
PMC4766383
Background. The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is important in the pathogenesis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. We report a case series of lower GI endoscopic and histopathologic findings of HIV-infected individuals after presentation with acute infection. Methods. We performed a retrospective case review...
{ "authors": [ "Yasaman Moazeni", "Donald R Cantrell", "Jeffrey R Clark", "Ramez N Abdalla", "Ayush Batra", "Michael C Hurley", "Sameer A Ansari", "Eric J Russell", "Ali Shaibani" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2021.725065", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal...
PMC8452862
Spinal cord ischemia (SCI) is a rare entity with high mortality and morbidity which can arise from causes such as atherosclerosis, aortic dissection or aneurysm, thromboembolic events or systemic hypotension, and is a potential complication of spinal surgery. Published literature contains very few reports of SCI as a c...
{ "authors": [ "Jonathan A Nitz", "Jeremy Huckleby", "Elise H Hwang", "Melissa G Medina", "Samuel J Pera", "Sonia T Orcutt" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2020/8839178", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2020 Jul 31;2020:8839178.", "keywords": null, "license": ...
PMC7415077
A 42-year-old male patient presented with intermittent abdominal pain and gastrointestinal discomfort present for 4 years. Work-up included ultrasound and computed tomography, which identified a fat-containing splenic mass 5.6 cm in size. Due to recurrent symptoms, the patient sought medical care again. Subsequent imag...
{ "authors": [ "Marah Mansour", "Nour Tanta", "Ghina Ismail", "Tamim Alsuliman", "Issam Salman" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1093/jscr/rjac635", "journal": "J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 10;2023(1):rjac635.", "keywords": [ "mycobacterium tuberculosis", "pott’...
PMC9831644
The most common manifestation of skeletal tuberculosis is tuberculosis spondylitis. Symptoms may progress insidiously from back pain to cause many severe complications. Early diagnosis and management of spinal tuberculosis have special importance in prevention. We report a case of a 24-year-old female who was diagnosed...
{ "authors": [ "Ning Zou", "Guixiang Guo", "Fangchao Wan", "Xin Li" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2021.696056", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2021 Sep 16;12:696056.", "keywords": [ "cerebrovascular occlusive disease", "differential diagnosis", "neur...
PMC8481822
Background: Moyamoya disease is a rare cerebrovascular occlusive disease, which is characterized by stenosis and gradual occlusion of the internal carotid arteries, causing the progression of characteristic collateral vessels. To date, most studies investigating moyamoya disease have focused on medical implications, an...
{ "authors": [ "Ramesh Gadiraju", "Srinivas Bommireddipalli", "Rajani Rangray", "E Gordon DePuey" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2484/rcr.v4i4.352", "journal": "Radiol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015 Nov 6;4(4):352.", "keywords": [ "ct, computed tomography", "hrct, high-resolut...
PMC4898168
Technetium-99m ((99m)Tc) sestamibi myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPI) is widely used for the diagnosis and assessment of prognosis in patients with suspected coronary artery disease. During these investigations, inspection of raw projected data for the purpose of quality control may occasionally yield incidental n...
{ "authors": [ "XueMei Fan", "TianWen Chen", "Hui Yang", "Yue Gao", "Yan Chen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IDR.S400692", "journal": "Infect Drug Resist", "journal_detail": "2023 Feb 2;16:727-733.", "keywords": [ "balamuthia mandrillaris amoeba", "case report", "cer...
PMC9901442
Central nervous system infection by Balamuthia mandrillaris is a rare and severe condition, which has a fatality rate of approximately 95% and often evades timely diagnosis due to its rarity and non-specific clinical manifestations. Here, we report a case of encephalomyelomeningitis caused by B. mandrillaris in a male ...
{ "authors": [ "Mohamed F Albana", "Sean Z Griffiths", "Kris E Radcliff" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/2799749", "journal": "Case Rep Orthop", "journal_detail": "2021 Jun 29;2021:2799749.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34306785/...
PMC8263280
Intraspinal extradural synovial cysts are a rare occurrence at the spinal cord level and thus a rare cause of myelopathy. Synovial cysts usually present in the more mobile lumbar and cervical parts of the spine; however, they may also arise in the thoracic spine. We present a case of a 59-year-old male with a left uppe...
{ "authors": [ "Majed M Alosaimi", "Fatemah Sebzali", "Ali Iqbal", "Christian G Rabbat", "Catherine M Clase" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/20543581221120618", "journal": "Can J Kidney Health Dis", "journal_detail": "2022 Sep 20;9:20543581221120618.", "keywords": [ "koebner p...
PMC9493685
Rationale: Pyoderma gangrenosum is a rare neutrophilic dermatosis. Misdiagnosis of pyoderma gangrenosum as an infection is not uncommon. Pyoderma gangrenosum can be associated with Koebner phenomenon and rarely results in systemic inflammatory response syndrome and shock. Presenting concerns of the patient: A 61-year-o...
{ "authors": [ "Johannes Walter", "Sandra Kapitza", "Niklaus Krayenbühl", "Alexander A Tarnutzer" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2018.00502", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2018 Jun 26;9:502.", "keywords": [ "brainstem", "chondrosarcoma", "clivus", ...
PMC6028611
Introduction: Here we present a 75-year-old patient who was admitted with acute-onset right-sided hemiparesis, dysphagia, dysarthria and nystagmus. Repeated MRI scans showed two lesions with contact to one another: one solid stationary extra-axial lesion at the caudal part of the clivus and a rapidly growing intra-axia...
{ "authors": [ "Mopuri Nabi Rasool", "Mohammad Bassam Hawary" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5144/0256-4947.2004.46", "journal": "Ann Saudi Med", "journal_detail": "2004 Jan-Feb;24(1):46-7.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15310016/", "m...
PMC6147829
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{ "authors": [ "Walter de Araujo Eyer-Silva", "Marina Rodrigues de Almeida", "Carlos José Martins", "Rodrigo Panno Basílio-de-Oliveira", "Luciana Ferreira de Araujo", "Carlos Alberto Basílio-de-Oliveira", "Marcelo Costa Velho Mendes de Azevedo", "Jorge Francisco da Cunha Pinto", "S...
PMC6922018
Mycobacterium haemophilum is a nontuberculous mycobacterium that causes localized or disseminated disease, mainly in immunocompromised hosts. We report the case of a 35-year-old HIV-infected woman who presented with several enlarging cutaneous lesions over the arms and legs. Histopathological examination revealed the d...
{ "authors": [ "Noor-Khairul Rashid", "Zarifah Zam", "Siti-Suraya Mdnoor", "Ishak Siti-Raihan", "Yaakub Azhany" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2012/362369", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol Med", "journal_detail": "2012;2012:362369.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "lin...
PMC3350076
A 3-year-old boy presented with history of trauma to the left eye after he accidentally injured his eye with a broom stick made up from coconut skewers. There was history of cats as their pets but not dogs. Ocular examination revealed left superonasal conjunctival laceration and scleral perforation with prolapsed vitre...
{ "authors": [ "Giuseppe Cannavale", "Fabiana Trulli", "Marco Colotto" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2156-7514.124106", "journal": "J Clin Imaging Sci", "journal_detail": "2013 Dec 31;3:68.", "keywords": [ "coronary artery anomaly", "coronary computed tomography", "elderly p...
PMC3935266
Malignant coronary artery anomalies and myocardial bridging are more common findings in young patients with cardiac symptoms, but these two associated yet different types of anomalies in an elderly patient has been rarely described. The following case describes the diagnostic use of 128-slice coronary-computed tomograp...
{ "authors": [ "Terence Tumenta", "Samuel Adeyemo", "Oluwatoyin Oladeji", "Oluwole Jegede", "Bordes Laurent", "Tolu Olupona" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/9999481", "journal": "Case Rep Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2021 Jun 16;2021:9999481.", "keywords": null, "lic...
PMC8225411
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) is a characteristic clinical radiographic syndrome with diffuse structural alteration of cerebral white matter secondary to myelin damage with diverse and multifactorial etiologies. It can present with acutely altered mentation, somnolence or occasionally stupor, visi...
{ "authors": [ "Hecheng Ren", "Yubo Wang", "Bin Luo", "Lin Ma", "Yuxiang Ma", "Long Yin", "Ying Huang" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2022.902620", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2022 Jul 13;13:902620.", "keywords": [ "endovascular recanalization"...
PMC9328409
Background: The trigeminocardiac reflex (TCR) is a unique brainstem reflex that manifests as sudden negative hemodynamic changes. Although rare, TCR may develop during interventional neuroradiology procedures. Intracranial internal carotid artery occlusion (ICAO) is a cause or risk factor of ischemic stroke. Endovascul...
{ "authors": [ "Younoussa Keita", "Aliou Abdoulaye Ndongo", "Cathérine Bebey Engome", "Ndeye Fatou Sow", "Ndiogou Seck", "Lamine Thiam", "Papa Malick Diouf", "Ahmed Tall Lemrabott", "Idrissa Basse", "Abdou Niang", "Saoussen Krid", "Claude Moreira", "Remi Salomon", ...
PMC6689834
The authors report the first case of successful peritoneal dialysis (PD) in a developing country performed about a 13-year-old adolescent followed-up for stage V chronic kidney disease (CKD) with anuria. After 3 months of hemodialysis, the parents opted for continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) as they wishe...
{ "authors": [ "Hilal Erinanc", "Emin Türk" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/1612587", "journal": "Case Rep Pathol", "journal_detail": "2018 Apr 30;2018:1612587.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29854526/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "m...
PMC5952560
We herein report the clinical and pathological findings of a rare case of nodular fasciitis in the breast parenchyma of a 48-year-old female. Because of potentially malignant findings on ultrasonography and during clinical examination, the patient underwent an excisional biopsy. Histologically, the lesion was composed ...
{ "authors": [ "Tomohito Takeshige", "Norihiro Harada", "Yasuhito Sekimoto", "Ryota Kanemaru", "Takeo Tsutsumi", "Kei Matsuno", "Satomi Shiota", "Azuchi Masuda", "Akihiko Gotoh", "Miki Asahina", "Toshimasa Uekusa", "Kazuhisa Takahashi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": ...
PMC5548684
A 62-year-old man with asthma presented with a 1-month history of wheezing and exertional dyspnea. Although the wheezing symptoms disappeared after systemic corticosteroid therapy, the exertional dyspnea and hypoxemia did not improve. A diagnosis of intravascular large B-cell lymphoma (IVLBCL) with pulmonary involvemen...
{ "authors": [ "Naoya Kuwahara", "Taiichi Kodaka", "Yuriko Zushi", "Miho Sasaki", "Takae Goka", "Hayato Maruoka", "Yumi Aoyama", "Hiroko Tsunemine", "Taku Yamane", "Jun Kobayashi", "Toru Kawakami", "Fumihiro Ishida", "Tomoo Itoh", "Takayuki Takahashi" ], "ca...
PMC6954171
CD3+/CD57+ T-cell large granular lymphocyte leukemia (T-LGLL) is an indolent neoplasm, exhibiting mostly CD8+, less frequently CD4+ phenotypes, and T-LGLL consisting of 2 populations with CD8+ and CD4+ phenotypes is markedly rare. An 87-year-old female was admitted under a diagnosis of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) wit...
{ "authors": [ "Mohamed Reda Bouroumane", "Reda Khalil", "Hind Khalil", "Hicham Jalal" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2016.25.235.10935", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2016 Dec 13;25:235.", "keywords": [ "fat necrosis", "breast", "calcifications", ...
PMC5337265
Fat necrosis of the breast is a benign non-suppurative inflammatory process of adipose tissue that most commonly occurs as the result of minor breast trauma. We present a case of a 40-years-old female with fat necrosis in a breast lipoma. She presented with an overlapping mass on the lateral quadrants. Mammography show...
{ "authors": [ "Sunil Dadhich", "Amitava Goswami", "Narendra Bhargava" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Ann Gastroenterol", "journal_detail": "2014;27(3):266.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-SA", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24975588/", "major_mesh_terms...
PMC4073028
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{ "authors": [ "Tetyana Vaysman", "Sean Villaflores", "Carlyn Estrella", "Suman Radhakrishna", "Antonio Liu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/2176269", "journal": "Case Rep Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2018 Apr 1;2018:2176269.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "li...
PMC5902110
Myelitis of the spinal cord is an uncommon presentation of disseminated coccidioidomycosis. Most infected patients present subclinically, but patients, especially those who are immunocompromised, may progress to disseminated disease. We present a 50-year-old immunocompetent patient with no significant past medical hist...
{ "authors": [ "Cristhiam M Rojas-Hernandez", "Jacklyn Nemunaitis", "Kristopher D Marjon", "Daniel Bustamante", "Qian-Yun Zhang", "Jennifer M Gillette" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s12878-017-0073-0", "journal": "BMC Hematol", "journal_detail": "2017 Feb 2;17:3.", "keywords...
PMC5290634
Background: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most common leukemia in Western countries. The frequency of symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) involvement is unknown but thought to be a rare phenomenon. Currently there are no known risk factors for CNS involvement. Case presentation: We describe a clinicall...
{ "authors": [ "Jie Min", "Bing Mao", "Yong Wang", "Xuelian He", "Shuyang Gao", "Hairong Wang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2020.00380", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2020 Jul 17;8:380.", "keywords": [ "tfap2a gene", "branchio-oculo-facial synd...
PMC7379893
Background: Branchio-oculo-facial syndrome (BOFS) is a rare congenital developmental disorder with highly variable clinical phenotypes in autosomal dominant inheritance. The aim of this study is to identify disease-causing mutations in a Chinese family with predominant coloboma of choroid. Case report: We described a f...
{ "authors": [ "Tarek Saadi", "Safie Khoury", "Ella Veitsman", "Yaacov Baruch", "Ayelet Raz-Pasteur" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IJGM.S49658", "journal": "Int J Gen Med", "journal_detail": "2013 Aug 19;6:689-91.", "keywords": [ "haemophilus influenzae", "cirrhosis", ...
PMC3751378
We report on a case of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) due to Haemophilus influenzae (H. influenzae) in an elderly patient with alcoholic cirrhosis. The patient presented with a 5 day history of fever, cough, and fatigue. Abdominal paracentesis revealed a very high neutrophil count (134,800 cells/μL). Secondary...
{ "authors": [ "Ji Hoon Lim", "Soo Yong Lee", "Joo-Young Na", "Ga Yun Kim", "Ji Soo Oh", "Seok Hyun Kim" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4070/kcj.2022.0266", "journal": "Korean Circ J", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan;53(1):52-54.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC", "link": ...
PMC9834556
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{ "authors": [ "Thomas I Lemon" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "APSP J Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2013 Oct 11;4(3):46.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24381842/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh_terms": [ "Case Reports" ], ...
PMC3863835
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{ "authors": [ "Kazuaki Okamoto", "Shigenobu Emoto", "Kazuhito Sasaki", "Hiroaki Nozawa", "Kazushige Kawai", "Koji Murono", "Yuuki Iida", "Hiroaki Ishii", "Yuichiro Yokoyama", "Hiroyuki Anzai", "Hirofumi Sonoda", "Soichiro Ishihara" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10...
PMC8084531
The Deloyers procedure is performed after extended left colectomy, enabling the reach of the proximal colon to the rectum for anastomosis while preserving sufficient blood supply. We report a case of the Deloyers procedure performed safely under indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence guidance. A 50-year-old man with obes...
{ "authors": [ "Sriram Gubbi", "Mohammad Al-Jundi", "Jaydira Del Rivero", "Abhishek Jha", "Marianne Knue", "Joy Zou", "Baris Turkbey", "Jorge Amilcar Carrasquillo", "Emily Lin", "Karel Pacak", "Joanna Klubo-Gwiezdzinska", "Frank I-Kai Lin" ], "case_amount": 1, "do...
PMC7859638
Background: Lutetium 177 (177Lu) - DOTATATE is a form of peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) utilized in the treatment of neuroendocrine tumors. Data on 177Lu-DOTATATE-induced thyroid dysfunction is limited. Case description: A 29-year-old male with SDHB positive metastatic paraganglioma enrolled under the 177...
{ "authors": [ "Akihito Suzuki", "Ryota Kobayashi", "Toshinori Shirata", "Hitomi Komoriya", "Masafumi Kanoto", "Koichi Otani" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fpsyt.2021.728265", "journal": "Front Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2021 Sep 10;12:728265.", "keywords": [ "spect...
PMC8460752
Akathisia, which characterized by subjective restlessness and objective hyperactivity, is induced mostly by antipsychotics and antidepressants. Chronic akathisia is defined as persistence of symptoms for more than 3 months. The pathophysiology of chronic akathisia remains unclear. This report describes a depressed pati...
{ "authors": [ "Waseem Mohiuddin", "Jake Laun", "Wayne Cruse" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Eplasty", "journal_detail": "2018 Jul 23;18:ic14.", "keywords": [ "brooke-spiegler syndrome", "adnexal tumors", "cylindroma", "spiradenoma", "trichoepithelioma" ], ...
PMC6062842
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{ "authors": [ "Sachin M Shridharani", "Justin L Bellamy", "Mark M Mofid", "Navin K Singh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Eplasty", "journal_detail": "2013 Jun 13;13:ic46.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23840915/", "maj...
PMC3685325
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{ "authors": [ "Tejas Raxwal", "Cauvery Balhara", "Dipak Parekh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2022/7075933", "journal": "Case Rep Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2022 Jul 15;2022:7075933.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35874030/", "m...
PMC9307410
Objective: Can intravascular lithotripsy safely modify calcium in an underexpanded stent and result in optimal expansion and improved outcome? Coronary artery calcification results in difficulty with stent delivery and expansion and is associated with adverse outcomes. Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) by delivering acou...
{ "authors": [ "Aaron C Kovacs", "Tran-Lee Kaing" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X221103733", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2022 Jun 14;10:2050313X221103733.", "keywords": [ "computer-assisted design/manufacturing", "mandible fracture", "mandible ...
PMC9201298
Application of load-bearing osteosynthesis plates is the current gold-standard management for complex mandibular fractures. Traditionally, this has required a transcutaneous submandibular approach, carrying with it the risk of damage to the facial nerve and obvious extraoral scarring. The existing literature describes ...
{ "authors": [ "Bülent Kaya", "Ibrahim Yildiz", "Reshat Mehmet Baha", "Neslihan Ebru Eryaşar Zeytun", "Azize Yetisgen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2015/350532", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2015;2015:350532.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": ...
PMC4549538
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) is a life-threatening clinical pathologic syndrome caused by a variety of diseases. We report a case of DAH related to therapy of warfarin use. In this case report, we present the diffuse alveolar hemorrhage case as a rare and life-threatening complication of warfarin.