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{ "authors": [ "Shir Lynn Lim", "Kangjie Wang", "Pak Ling Lui", "Kollengode Ramanathan", "Samantha Peiling Yang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fendo.2021.725559", "journal": "Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2021 Aug 20;12:725559.", "keywords": [ "continuous ...
PMC8417732
Thyroid storm is a rare but life-threatening endocrinological emergency with significant mortality ranging from 10-30% with multi-organ involvement and failure. In view of the rarity of this condition and efficacy of established first line medical treatment, use of extra-corporeal treatments are uncommon, not well-stud...
{ "authors": [ "Devon McKenzie", "Michael Gale", "Sunny Patel", "Grazyna Kaluta" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2015/516974", "journal": "Case Rep Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2015;2015:516974.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26...
PMC4534593
Even in the absence of Amebic colitis, Amebic liver abscess (ALA) is the most common extraintestinal complication of Entamoeba histolytica infection. In the USA, it is most prevalent in middle aged immigrant males from endemic countries such as Africa, Mexico, and India. One of the complications of ALA is inferior vena...
{ "authors": [ "Philippa Li", "Giulia Biancon", "Timil Patel", "Zenggang Pan", "Shalin Kothari", "Stephanie Halene", "Thomas Prebet", "Mina L Xu" ], "case_amount": 5, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2021.730503", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2021 Sep 13;11:730503.", "k...
PMC8474637
Mast cell leukemia with associated hematologic neoplasm (MCL-AHN) is a rare and highly aggressive entity that remains understudied due to the paucity of cases. We present a case of a 45-year-old man who was concurrently diagnosed with mast cell leukemia and acute myeloid leukemia. We identified four additional patients...
{ "authors": [ "Meghan Scantlebury", "Romeo Lucas" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1089/whr.2022.0097", "journal": "Womens Health Rep (New Rochelle)", "journal_detail": "2023 Feb 14;4(1):84-88.", "keywords": [ "pelvic pain", "persistent genital arousal disorder", "sexual dysfunction" ...
PMC9983133
Persistent genital arousal disorder (PGAD) is characterized by persistent unwanted feelings of sexual arousal that can be debilitating. Despite first being defined >20 years ago, the precise etiology and treatment of this disorder remain elusive. Mechanical disruption of nerves, neurotransmitter changes, and cyst forma...
{ "authors": [ "Qian Liao", "Rufei Shen", "Mingyu Liao", "Chenxi Ran", "Ling Zhou", "Yuling Zhang", "Guiliang Peng", "Zheng Sun", "Hongting Zheng", "Min Long" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fendo.2022.989447", "journal": "Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)", "journal_d...
PMC9627194
Background: Combined 17α-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase deficiency (17-OHD) is a very rare form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) caused by mutations in the CYP17A1 gene. Almost 100 different mutations of the CYP17A1 gene have been reported, including p.R96Q mutation, but no case of p.R96Q mutation has been described in...
{ "authors": [ "Mitsutoshi Shindo", "Kiyonori Ito", "Kaoru Tabei", "Yoshiyuki Morishita" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/sjg.SJG_545_17", "journal": "Saudi J Gastroenterol", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan-Feb;24(1):69.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-SA", "link": "https://pu...
PMC5848329
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{ "authors": [ "Fay Bound Alberti" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Dialog Cardiovasc Med", "journal_detail": "2012;17(2):135-143.", "keywords": null, "license": "author_manuscript", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26167117/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh_terms": [], "...
PMC4497804
This article explores the history and meanings of the heart and its diseases as aspects of the histories of science and emotion. Analyzing the twofold meanings of the heart as both bodily object and cultural symbol, it explores the reasons for the apparent conflict in meanings of the heart of science and the heart of e...
{ "authors": [ "Holger Cramer", "Carol Krucoff", "Gustav Dobos" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1371/journal.pone.0075515", "journal": "PLoS One", "journal_detail": "2013 Oct 16;8(10):e75515.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24146758/", "ma...
PMC3797727
While yoga is gaining increased popularity in North America and Europe, its safety has been questioned in the lay press. The aim of this systematic review was to assess published case reports and case series on adverse events associated with yoga. Medline/Pubmed, Scopus, CAMBase, IndMed and the Cases Database were scre...
{ "authors": [ "Minh P Nguyen", "Kyounghee Seo", "Charlotte D Eaton", "Calixto-Hope G Lucas", "William C Chen", "Abrar Choudhury", "Jacob S Young", "David R Raleigh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1093/noajnl/vdac162", "journal": "Neurooncol Adv", "journal_detail": "2022 Oct...
PMC9639353
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{ "authors": [ "Nitin Prakash Oswal", "Pushkar Kiran Gadre", "Prachee Sathe", "Kiran Shrikrishna Gadre" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2012/257940", "journal": "Case Rep Dent", "journal_detail": "2012;2012:257940.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.nc...
PMC3388289
Mucormycosis is a fulminant fungal infection that occurs most often in diabetic and immunocompromised individuals. Our patient, with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus and multiple systemic disorders, developed postextraction mucormycosis of mandible, an extremely rare complication. An initial clinical and radiographic dia...
{ "authors": [ "Chandana Lall", "Sadhna Verma", "Rajesh Gulati", "Puneet Bhargava" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2156-7514.100377", "journal": "J Clin Imaging Sci", "journal_detail": "2012;2:54.", "keywords": [ "biliary obstruction", "obstructive jaundice", "portal vein ...
PMC3440936
To the best of our knowledge, a portal vein aneurysm presenting with obstructive jaundice has not been reported in the literature. The preferred treatment for these aneurysms is surgical and a shunting procedure should be considered in cases with portal hypertension to preserve portal vein flow when portal hypertension...
{ "authors": [ "Rajesh R Tampi", "Deena J Tampi", "Syeda Arshiya Farheen", "Sochima I Ochije", "Pallavi Joshi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7573/dic.2022-8-3", "journal": "Drugs Context", "journal_detail": "2022 Dec 8;11:2022-8-3.", "keywords": [ "aggression", "agitation", ...
PMC9753600
Propranolol is a β-adrenergic antagonist used in the management of hypertension, cardiac arrhythmia, and angina pectoris. There is some evidence that propranolol may benefit individuals with behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). A total of three case series, one randomized controlled trial and one ...
{ "authors": [ "Alphonce Nsabi Simbila", "Ahmed Suphian", "Novath Julius Ngowi", "Ramadhani Juma Mfinanga", "Said Kilindimo", "Hendry Robert Sawe" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2021.40.188.32087", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2021 Nov 29;40:188.", "ke...
PMC8728799
Occurrence of retained rectal foreign bodies with bowel perforation resulting from auto-eroticism is rare among males in Africa. Embarrassment attached to this condition may delay or derail acquisition of information and management. A 30-year-old male presented with abdominal pain and constipation for 3 days. Abdominal...
{ "authors": [ "Martyn Harvey", "Giles Chanwai", "Grant Cave" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2009/529346", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2009;2009:529346.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19826630/", "major_mesh_terms"...
PMC2760202
Acute spermatic cord torsion is a urologic emergency requiring accurate diagnosis and timely intervention to effect testicular salvage. We report a case of adolescent testicular torsion successfully reduced following manual detorsion under sedation at the Emergency Department. Scrotal exploration and bilateral orchidop...
{ "authors": [ "Ziad Al Adas", "George Haddad", "Bhavin C Patel", "Lalathaksha Kumbar", "Baha Al-Abid", "Praveen Balraj", "Loay S Kabbani" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X19851002", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019 May 30;7:2050313X1985100...
PMC6545635
Arteriovenous fistula failure represents a major cause of hospitalization and a significant economic burden for end-stage renal disease patients on hemodialysis. The Optiflow (Bioconnect Systems Inc., Ambler, PA) is a new device developed to improve arteriovenous fistula outcomes and decrease failure rates by reducing ...
{ "authors": [ "Adel Asaad", "Kimberley Cao", "Mark Rumbak" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.12.009", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2017 Dec 24;23:74-76.", "keywords": [ "biomass fuels", "domestically acquired particulate lung disease", "hut l...
PMC5805844
Indoor air pollution appears to be a major environmental and public health hazard for large numbers of the underdeveloped world's population. A detailed environmental history is important for making diagnosis in most individuals from foreign rural settings with nonspecific respiratory symptoms. In this report, we descr...
{ "authors": [ "Munirah Saad Alshebri", "Reema Abdulaziz Alshouimi", "Hadeel Aqeel Alhumidi", "Abdulrahman I Alshaya" ], "case_amount": 7, "doi": "10.1007/s42399-020-00589-2", "journal": "SN Compr Clin Med", "journal_detail": "2020;2(11):2037-2047.", "keywords": [ "covid-19", "ence...
PMC7565215
This review provides an overview of studies and case reports of neurological and neuromuscular complications associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and describes the possible mechanisms of...
{ "authors": [ "J A Olaniyi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4137/ccrep.s2394", "journal": "Clin Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2009 Apr 17;2:31-4.", "keywords": [ "m4 subtype", "acute myeloid leukaemia", "bleeding", "immune thrombocytopaenic purpura", "pregnancy" ], "licens...
PMC3785378
This is a case report of a 35 year old female with diagnosed Immune Thrombocytopaenic Purpura (ITP) that was strangely followed by acute myeloid leukaemia at 10 months post diagnosis of ITP. She was managed as ITP using prednisolone 45 mg daily for 10 months with good response. She also synchronously carried a pregnanc...
{ "authors": [ "Konstantin L Makridis", "Sebastian Triller", "Deniz A Atalay", "Christine Prager", "Christian E Elger", "Angela M Kaindl" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2021.764376", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2021 Nov 30;12:764376.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC8669953
Background: Hemispherotomy is an epilepsy surgery procedure applied to cure particularly pharmacorefractory lesional epilepsy due to unihemispheric pathologies. Such a disconnection of an entire hemisphere is followed by reorganizational processes. Methods: We describe an acute aggravation of behavioral problems follow...
{ "authors": [ "Michelle M LeRiger", "Veronica Miler", "Joseph D Tobias", "Vidya T Raman", "Charles A Elmaraghy", "Kris R Jatana" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S146661", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2017 Nov 23;10:381-384.", "keywords": [ "em...
PMC5703170
Retropharyngeal abscesses in the pediatric population can cause severe respiratory distress. We report a rare case of significant airway obstruction in a 14-month-old patient requiring rapid, emergent tracheotomy after attempts at endotracheal intubation by an experienced airway surgeon were unsuccessful. The patient w...
{ "authors": [ "Beiwen Zheng", "Saiping Jiang", "Zemin Xu", "Yonghong Xiao", "Lanjuan Li" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.bjid.2014.07.006", "journal": "Braz J Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan-Feb;19(1):85-9.", "keywords": [ "community-acquired mrsa", "infective ...
PMC9425258
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) are increasingly causing infective endocarditis over the past decade. Here we report a healthy man who developed a severe acute infective endocarditis with systemic embolism caused by CA-MRSA. The strain was recovered from repeated blood culture...
{ "authors": [ "Matthew J Atherton", "Antonia Rotolo", "Kumudhini P Haran", "Nicola J Mason" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fvets.2022.824982", "journal": "Front Vet Sci", "journal_detail": "2022 Jul 11;9:824982.", "keywords": [ "car-t cells", "canine b cell lymphoma", "c...
PMC9310037
Background: Chimeric antigen receptor-T (CAR-T) cells have transformed the treatment of human B cell malignancies. With the advent of CAR-T therapy, specific and in some cases severe toxicities have been documented with cytokine release syndrome (CRS) being the most frequently reported. As dogs develop tumors spontaneo...
{ "authors": [ "Michael Nafisinia", "Lisa G Riley", "Wendy A Gold", "Kaustuv Bhattacharya", "Carolyn R Broderick", "David R Thorburn", "Cas Simons", "John Christodoulou" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1371/journal.pone.0178125", "journal": "PLoS One", "journal_detail": "2017...
PMC5464557
Glycyl-tRNA synthetase (GARS; OMIM 600287) is one of thirty-seven tRNA-synthetase genes that catalyses the synthesis of glycyl-tRNA, which is required to insert glycine into proteins within the cytosol and mitochondria. To date, eighteen mutations in GARS have been reported in patients with autosomal-dominant Charcot-M...
{ "authors": [ "I R Aslan", "S A Ranadive", "I Valle", "S Kollipara", "J A Noble", "C Vaisse" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1038/ijo.2013.53", "journal": "Int J Obes (Lond)", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan;38(1):148-51.", "keywords": null, "license": "author_manuscript", "link":...
PMC4648369
The central melanocortin system is essential for the regulation of long-term energy homeostasis in humans. Rodent experiments suggest that this system also affects glucose metabolism, in particular by modulating peripheral insulin sensitivity independently of its effect on adiposity. Rare patients with complete genetic...
{ "authors": [ "Tadashi Murai", "Taishi Yonetsu", "Mitsuaki Isobe", "Tsunekazu Kakuta" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2169/internalmedicine.55.7571", "journal": "Intern Med", "journal_detail": "2016;55(24):3607-3609.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubme...
PMC5283961
A 73-year-old man who had been transferred to our emergency room due to sudden chest pain was diagnosed with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Primary percutaneous coronary intervention was performed. A long, white object which looked like a parasitic worm was retrieved via intracoronary aspiration an...
{ "authors": [ "Patricia Chow Liu", "Francisca Bragança", "Miguel Gomes", "Marta Sousa", "Katia Ladeira" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.33642", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 11;15(1):e33642.", "keywords": [ "conjunctiva", "conjunctival carcinoma"...
PMC9912856
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the conjunctiva is a rare malignancy that is part of the spectrum of ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN). Numerous non-modifiable and modifiable risk factors, such as male sex, age, cigarette smoking, and immunosuppression, have been identified. Any lesion of the conjunctiva requir...
{ "authors": [ "Koen J Hartemink", "Willem Wisselink", "Jan A Rauwerda", "Armand R J Girbes", "Kees H Polderman" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1186/cc2928", "journal": "Crit Care", "journal_detail": "2004 Oct;8(5):R343-6.", "keywords": null, "license": "NO-CC CODE", "link": "http...
PMC1065027
Therapeutic hypothermia can provide neuroprotection in various situations where global or focal neurological injury has occurred. Hypothermia has been shown to be effective in a large number of animal experiments. In clinical trials, hypothermia has been used in patients with postanoxic injury following cardiopulmonary...
{ "authors": [ "Ling Deng", "Zhi-Xin Qiu", "Mao-Yun Wang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/20451253221094960", "journal": "Ther Adv Psychopharmacol", "journal_detail": "2022 May 14;12:20451253221094960.", "keywords": [ "5-hydroxytryptamine", "antipsychotics", "neuroleptic malig...
PMC9109482
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is a rare illness that results from reactions to antipsychotics. However, the diagnosis of NMS is challenging due to its atypical clinical presentation and unclear pathogenesis. We report the case of a patient with NMS induced by irregular use of antipsychotics, especially risperido...
{ "authors": [ "Myeong Ja Jeong" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.radcr.2022.09.096", "journal": "Radiol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2022 Oct 27;18(1):17-20.", "keywords": [ "case report", "computed tomography", "liquefied hematoma", "retroperitoneal schwannoma" ], "license...
PMC9619143
Schwannomas are nerve sheath tumors that seldom occur in the retroperitoneal region. Herein, we describe an incidentally detected retroperitoneal schwannoma that mimicked liquefied hematoma on computed tomography. A 61-year-old man was admitted to the emergency department with chest pain caused by a fall at a construct...
{ "authors": [ "Rurika Hamanaka", "Ryota Masuda", "Masayuki Iwazaki" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2021.101546", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2021 Nov 10;34:101546.", "keywords": [ "glomus tumor", "lung", "pulmonary" ], "license": "CC BY-NC...
PMC8600152
Glomus tumors are rarely developed in the lung. We report a case of a pulmonary glomus tumor that was observed for a long period. The patient was a 50-year-old man. Chest computed tomography showed a 6 mm nodule in the left lower lobe. The patient requested follow-up observation. The nodule gradually increased and was ...
{ "authors": [ "Maroun Bou Zerdan", "Ramzi Hamouche", "Youssef Bouferraa", "Camil Chouairy", "Dany Gholam" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X221106987", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2022 Jun 24;10:2050313X221106987.", "keywords": [ "everolimus"...
PMC9247284
Malignancies with unknown primaries contribute to a small yet significant percentage of overall tumors. Neuroendocrine carcinomas, a rare disease with a poor prognosis, have been known to present as an unknown primary. Treatment consists of cytotoxic chemotherapy but given the latter's high toxicity profile new treatme...
{ "authors": [ "Amaresh Vanga", "Amna Z Rana", "Jolanta Kowalewska", "Harlan Rust" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/4983139", "journal": "Case Rep Nephrol", "journal_detail": "2019 Jun 13;2019:4983139.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.ni...
PMC6595352
ANCA (anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody) vasculitides are systemic autoimmune diseases in which anti-neutrophilic cytoplasmic antibodies activate primed neutrophils, thereby generating an inflammatory cascade resulting in the damage of small sized blood vessels in various organs of the body, including the heart. Ple...
{ "authors": [ "Sanish S Shringarpure", "Arun Kumar", "Shrinivasan Shankar", "Maya Menon" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0970-1591.94969", "journal": "Indian J Urol", "journal_detail": "2012 Jan;28(1):102-4.", "keywords": [ "desmin", "primary extraskeletal osteosarcoma of pen...
PMC3339775
Primary extraskeletal osteosarcoma of the penis (ESO) is a very rare condition. As per our knowledge, this is the seventh reported case in the world literature. We report a case of primary ESO of the penis in a young male, which was treated with surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy. This case is presented for its rarity a...
{ "authors": [ "Jason Cohen", "Samson Ferm", "David Schwarzbaum", "Steven Tsistrakis", "Syed Hussain", "Sang Hoon Kim" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/23247096211040631", "journal": "J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2021 Jan-Dec;9:23247096211040631.", "...
PMC8385581
Foreign body (FB) ingestion is a common occurrence in the United States with a reported incidence of 120 per 1 million people, accounting for up to 1500 fatalities annually. The majority of FB ingestions will pass through the gastrointestinal tract spontaneously, while in 10% to 20% of patients, intervention will be ne...
{ "authors": [ "John O'Donnell", "Jay Kirkham", "Duane Monteith", "Christopher Frontario", "Rahul Sharma", "Brianna Higgins" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/1406840", "journal": "Case Rep Crit Care", "journal_detail": "2019 Mar 25;2019:1406840.", "keywords": null, "lice...
PMC6452529
Chylous effusions are a well-known complication from a variety of etiologies including trauma, malignancies, and anatomic defects, with the most common location being in the pleural space. A pericardial chylous effusion (chylopericardium) is uncommon, and a chylopericardium with concomitant bilateral chylous pleural ef...
{ "authors": [ "Maria Daravagka", "Andrei Nestler", "Peter Wiedemann", "Christian Girbardt" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3205/oc000103", "journal": "GMS Ophthalmol Cases", "journal_detail": "2019 Apr 4;9:Doc14.", "keywords": [ "dmek", "corneal clearance", "corneal graft deta...
PMC6533462
Objective: Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) is the gold standard procedure for treatment of primary corneal endothelial disorders. Graft detachment is a frequent complication of DMEK, which often requires re-operation or re-bubbling. However, several cases of spontaneous corneal clearance despite graft...
{ "authors": [ "Tomas R Burke", "Susan L Lightman" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/6147063", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol Med", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan 17;2019:6147063.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30792932/", "major_mesh_t...
PMC6354168
A 58-year-old Afro-Caribbean gentleman with a diagnosis of quiescent systemic lupus erythematosus- (SLE-) related occlusive retinal vasculitis was previously treated with sector pan-retinal photocoagulation in his right eye to control temporal retinal neovascularization. At routine review he was found to have a focal a...
{ "authors": [ "Claudia T Sadro", "Bruce E Lehnert" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2484/rcr.v8i1.802", "journal": "Radiol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015 Dec 7;8(1):802.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27330618/", "major_mesh_terms":...
PMC4900206
Torsion of an accessory spleen is an uncommon cause of abdominal pain. Only a few cases have been reported in the literature. Most cases occur in children, and in most cases the diagnosis is made at surgery. We report a case of torsion of an accessory spleen in an adult female who presented with acute left-flank pain. ...
{ "authors": [ "Rie Harboe Nygaard", "Scott Maynard", "Peter Schjerling", "Michael Kjaer", "Klaus Qvortrup", "Vilhelm A Bohr", "Lene J Rasmussen", "Gregor B E Jemec", "Michael Heidenheim" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000443696", "journal": "Case Rep Dermatol", "jo...
PMC4899661
Cutis laxa is a rare disease characterized by abnormal skin wrinkling and laxity, due to decreased elastin synthesis or structural extracellular matrix defects. We have explored elastin metabolism in a case of adult onset cutis laxa localized to the upper body of a woman. For this purpose, we obtained skin biopsies fro...
{ "authors": [ "Erin Mulry", "Danielle M Blake", "Poornima Hegde", "Todd E Falcone" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/6075130", "journal": "Case Rep Otolaryngol", "journal_detail": "2021 Nov 18;2021:6075130.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.n...
PMC8616702
Sinonasal malignancies are known for their associated poor prognosis and diversity of histologic features. While poor prognosis is largely due to advanced disease at presentation, histologic features also play a significant role. Therefore, accurate pathologic diagnosis is of utmost importance. Here, we describe a 63-y...
{ "authors": [ "Lauren Stemboroski", "Ronald Brown", "Keyrillos Rizg", "James S Scolapio", "Miguel Malespin", "Silvio W de Melo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X18774733", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2018 May 10;6:2050313X18774733.", "keywor...
PMC5952287
Most esophageal food impactions either pass spontaneously or are treated endoscopically. Severe food impactions can require extensive endoscopic therapy that potentially could lead to procedure-related complications. There are few alternate therapies available when endoscopy fails. Traditionally, pharmacologic therapy ...
{ "authors": [ "Everton Freitas de Morais", "Deborah Gondim Lambert Moreira", "Viviane Alves De Oliveira", "Rodrigo Rodrigues Rodrigues", "Adriano Rocha Germano", "Roseana de Almeida Freitas" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/4395049", "journal": "Case Rep Pathol", "journal_d...
PMC5343232
Solitary fibrous tumor is a rare neoplasm of mesenchymal origin that usually affects the pleura. This rarity becomes more relevant in the oral cavity since the clinical features are nonspecific. A 66-year-old female patient presented with a 3-month history of a swelling in the floor of the mouth, measuring 2 cm in grea...
{ "authors": [ "Aziz Sümer", "M Ali Carparlar", "Omer Uslukaya", "Vedat Bayrak", "Cetin Kotan", "Ozgur Kemik", "Umit Iliklerden" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2010/917626", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2010;2010:917626.", "keywords": null, "license": "...
PMC2929520
We report on a case of gossypiboma. A 54-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with abdominal mass. She had undergone a caesarean operation 23 years previously. The mass in the right abdominal quadrant was suspected by abdominal computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. The mass was removed by laparotom...
{ "authors": [ "Mohammed Jasim Al-Juboori" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2174/1874210601610010561", "journal": "Open Dent J", "journal_detail": "2016 Oct 31;10:561-567.", "keywords": [ "bovine bone", "dehiscence", "flapless", "guided tissue regeneration", "socket preservation" ...
PMC5093866
Progressive alveolar bone resorption after tooth extraction may lead to surgical and prosthetic-driven difficulties, especially when deciding to use a dental implant to replace the extracted tooth. This case report discusses an irreparable lower left second premolar tooth with a periodontal lesion on the buccal side. A...
{ "authors": [ "P E T Arkkila", "H Nuutinen", "F Ebeling", "E Elonen", "P Kärkkäinen", "M-L Karjalainen-Lindsberg" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2008/742146", "journal": "Gastroenterol Res Pract", "journal_detail": "2008;2008:742146.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY",...
PMC2533105
Various gastrointestinal infiltrations have been described in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL). Here, we report a 69-year-old man with CLL and anaemia in whom the macroscopic finding of colonoscopy was normal, but the histological specimens revealed lymphocytic leukemia in ileum and in colon. If a CLL ...
{ "authors": [ "Sung Hyun Yu", "Young Sup Shim", "So Hyun Park", "Seung Joon Choi", "Dong Hae Chung", "Sang Jin Yoon" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3348/jksr.2019.0174", "journal": "Taehan Yongsang Uihakhoe Chi", "journal_detail": "2022 Jan;83(1):162-167.", "keywords": [ "kid...
PMC9238218
Renal myxomas are very rare benign tumors. To date, a few cases have been reported in English literature, mostly in pathology and urology journals. Thus, there are few reports on the radiological findings associated with renal myxomas. We report on the imaging findings in a case of renal myxoma in a 62-year-old male. M...
{ "authors": [ "Navneet Mehta", "Abhinav Gupta", "Ravinder S Rao", "Prashant K Varshney", "K Premalatha", "Chetna Arora", "Ajeet Bana", "Hemant Chaturvedi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/aca.aca_10_21", "journal": "Ann Card Anaesth", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan-Mar;26(1...
PMC9997457
Concomitant mitral and aortic valve stenosis in a patient with mitral annular calcification and porcelain aorta poses a unique problem to the surgical team. Transcatheter aortic and mitral valve replacements in native valves offer a viable option for such selected group of patients. We present the case of a 54-year-old...
{ "authors": [ "Ling Yu", "Huiqian Yu", "Shuai Zhang", "Yanzhao Hao", "Shoumin Zhang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fimmu.2022.904156", "journal": "Front Immunol", "journal_detail": "2022 Jun 20;13:904156.", "keywords": [ "janus kinase inhibitor", "alopecia universalis",...
PMC9251371
Alopecia universalis (AU) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by non-scarring hair loss in the scalp, eyebrows, beard, and nearly the entire body, negatively affecting patient prognosis. Available treatments are usually unsatisfactory. The autoimmune attacks of hair follicles induced by CD8+ T cells and the collaps...
{ "authors": [ "K G D Manoja", "B S M S Siriwardena", "P R Jayasooriya", "D J L Siriwardane", "W M Tilakaratne" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2011/181728", "journal": "Case Rep Pathol", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:181728.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "htt...
PMC3420676
Darier's disease, also known as keratosis follicularis or dyskeratosis follicularis, is a rare disorder of keratinization. It is an autosomal dominant genodermatosis with high penetrance and variable expressivity. Its manifestation appears as hyperkeratotic papules primarily affecting seborrheic areas on the head, neck...
{ "authors": [ "Tsuyoshi Miyaoka", "Rei Wake", "Sadayuki Hashioka", "Maiko Hayashida", "Arata Oh-Nishi", "Ilhamuddin Abdul Azis", "Muneto Izuhara", "Keiko Tsuchie", "Tomoko Araki", "Ryosuke Arauchi", "Rostia Arianna Abdullah", "Jun Horiguchi" ], "case_amount": 2, ...
PMC5613125
The authors present the case of a 24-year-old male with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, with predominant severe delusion and hallucination, who received bone marrow transplantation (BMT) for acute myeloid leukemia. After BMT, he showed a remarkable reduction in psychotic symptoms without administration of neurolepti...
{ "authors": [ "Corey A Carter", "Bryan T Oronsky", "Scott Z Caroen", "Jan J Scicinski", "Aiste Degesys", "Michelle M Kim", "Arnold L Oronsky", "Harry Lybeck", "Pedro Cabrales", "Neil Oronsky", "Tony Reid", "Joseph Roswarski", "Christina Brzezniak" ], "case_amou...
PMC4821137
RRx-001 is a pan-active, systemically nontoxic epigenetic inhibitor under investigation in advanced non-small cell lung cancer, small-cell lung cancer and high-grade neuroendocrine tumors in a Phase II clinical trial entitled TRIPLE THREAT (NCT02489903), which reexposes patients to previously effective but refractory p...
{ "authors": [ "Amine Cherraqi", "Abir Lemrabet", "Ibrahima Diallo Dokal", "Najlae Lrhorfi", "Hicham Belghiti", "Nazik Allali", "Latifa Chat" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2333794X221123874", "journal": "Glob Pediatr Health", "journal_detail": "2022 Nov 17;9:2333794X221123...
PMC9677177
Ewing's sarcoma is a primary malignant bone tumor affecting individuals in the second decade of life. Primary sarcomas of the spine are rare and the occurrence of primary Ewing's sarcoma in the spine is very rare. There are 2 types of Ewing's sarcoma of the spine, Ewing's sarcoma of the sacral spine which is very aggre...
{ "authors": [ "Tao Qian Tang", "Ser-Chen Fu", "Ying-Huei Chen", "Shun-Tien Chien", "Jen-Jyh Lee", "Chih-Bin Lin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.tcmj.2014.09.001", "journal": "Ci Ji Yi Xue Za Zhi", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan-Mar;28(1):29-32.", "keywords": [ "aboriginal...
PMC5509175
Spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) strains in the general population presents a serious threat to public health and severely threatens existing control efforts. Techniques such as spoligotyping and Mycobacterium interspersed repetitive units-variable-number tandem-repeat typing of mycobacterial isolate...
{ "authors": [ "Ole Grossmann", "Dipankar Dass", "Sean Marven" ], "case_amount": 5, "doi": "10.4103/0189-6725.150990", "journal": "Afr J Paediatr Surg", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan-Mar;12(1):76-8.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-SA", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/256595...
PMC4955502
We report a case of a neonate who presented with respiratory distress initially managed for a suspected pneumothorax before being transferred to a tertiary centre where he had a thoracotomy. A large cystic structure was excised later histologically confirmed to be a gastric duplication cyst. We discuss its management.
{ "authors": [ "Sriharsha Talluri", "Michael A Goedde", "Eran Rosenberg", "Katie L Canalichio", "Dennis Peppas", "Jeffrey T White" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2021.729932", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2021 Sep 23;9:729932.", "keywords": [ "chrom...
PMC8496350
Prune belly syndrome (PBS) is a rare congenital disease that predominantly occurs in males and is identified by its classic triad of abdominal wall musculature deficiencies, cryptorchidism, and urinary tract abnormalities. However, numerous anomalies involving the kidneys, heart, lungs, and muscles have also been repor...
{ "authors": [ "Ioannis Papaioannou", "Dimitrios Ntourantonis", "Andreas Baikousis", "Vasileios Syrimpeis", "Panagiotis Korovessis" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.13107/jocr.2019.v10.i01.1654", "journal": "J Orthop Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019;10(1):93-97.", "keywords": [ "h...
PMC7276565
Introduction: Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is one of the most successful and cost- effective surgical procedures developed during the last century. Although, chronic infection accompanied with granulomatous allergic reaction from Cobalt (Co),Chromium (Cr) debris after metal-on-metal (MoM) THA implantation can cause sev...
{ "authors": [ "H W T D Wijayaratne", "K J A Fernando", "T Matheeshan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/2349737", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2021 Sep 21;2021:2349737.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34603811/", ...
PMC8481042
Introduction: A life-threatening lower gastrointestinal bleeding from mucinous adenocarcinoma of the appendix is a rare occurrence. Diagnosing and management of such a condition are challenging. Case Presentation. A 73-year-old male with a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension presented with intermittent...
{ "authors": [ "Jung Hun Park", "Mu Hyoung Lee" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3346/jkms.2004.19.4.616", "journal": "J Korean Med Sci", "journal_detail": "2004 Aug;19(4):616-8.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15308859/", "major_mesh_terms"...
PMC2816902
Ota's nevus is mongolian spot-like macular blue-black or gray-brown patchy pigmentation that most commonly occurs in areas innervated by the first and second division of the trigeminal nerve. Acquired, bilateral nevus of Ota-like macules (ABNOM) is located bilaterally on the face, appears later in life, is blue-brown o...
{ "authors": [ "Yue Zhang", "Shuanglin Han", "Li Lv", "Xiaomei Wang", "Yu Zhu", "Li Ying" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/CMAR.S354869", "journal": "Cancer Manag Res", "journal_detail": "2022 Jul 13;14:2185-2191.", "keywords": [ "afp", "hac", "ngs", "sall4", ...
PMC9291079
HAC is a rare extrahepatic malignancy histologically resembling hepatocellular carcinoma which can occur in many organs. Especially for cases carrying HAC within the stomach or duodenum, we found that typically HAC only happened in either of them and there was no case exhibiting HAC in both sites. Here, we presented a ...
{ "authors": [ "Bryn M Burkholder", "Irene C Kuo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000443324", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan 8;7(1):9-15.", "keywords": [ "autoimmune disease", "in situ keratomileusis", "necrotizing keratitis", "peripheral ulcerat...
PMC4748760
Purpose: We report a case of a patient with a history of glomerulonephropathy, not disclosed prior to laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK), who developed severe postoperative peripheral ulcerative keratitis (PUK) soon after surgery. Method: Case report. Results: Within a week of surgery, the patient, who had no blephar...
{ "authors": [ "Tumul Chowdhury", "Cyrill Meuwly", "Nora Sandu", "Ronald B Cappellani", "Bernhard Schaller" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2014/974930", "journal": "Neurol Res Int", "journal_detail": "2014;2014:974930.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://...
PMC3922006
Background. Coronary artery spasm (CAS) is a rarely reported complication in neurosurgical patients and its main causative mechanism was attributed to vagal mediated responses. However, these may be the unusual manifestations of trigeminal cardiac reflex (TCR) which is a well established brain stem reflex observed in v...
{ "authors": [ "Gilles Safa", "Sophie Fromentoux", "Laure Darrieux", "Jean-Anastase Hogenhuis", "Laurent Tisseau" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000355670", "journal": "Case Rep Dermatol", "journal_detail": "2013 Oct 11;5(3):290-4.", "keywords": [ "diagnostic pitfalls", "...
PMC3884181
We report the case of a 53-year-old Caucasian woman who developed nodal melanoma metastasis under infliximab therapy 2 years after the removal of a nevoid melanoma, which was initially misdiagnosed as a benign compound nevus. This case illustrates the potential link between tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α inhibition and ...
{ "authors": [ "Gurcan Erbay", "Serife Ulusan", "Zafer Koc", "Emine Tuba Canpolat", "Kenan Calıskan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2011/362391", "journal": "Case Rep Radiol", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:362391.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed...
PMC3350275
Malignant fibrous histiocytoma is the second most common soft-tissue sarcoma in adults. After the extremities, the retroperitoneal space is the second most common site of this tumor. A 50-year-old man presented with a right retroperitoneal, thick-walled, cystic multilocular mass measuring 10 × 10 cm that was thought to...
{ "authors": [ "Thomas R Resch", "Leigh A Price", "Stephen M Milner" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Eplasty", "journal_detail": "2014 Aug 7;14:ic24.", "keywords": [ "co2 monitoring", "feeding tube", "intensive care", "pneumothorax", "pulmonary injury" ], ...
PMC4128277
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{ "authors": [ "Elizabeth W Hubbard", "Laurentia Nodit", "Stuart Van Meter" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2016/3291549", "journal": "Case Rep Pathol", "journal_detail": "2016;2016:3291549.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28078156/", ...
PMC5203867
Poorly differentiated malignant neoplasia arising within the head and neck region may originate from diverse sources. We report a case of a cytologically undifferentiated malignant neoplasm clinically presenting as masses involving thyroid and parotid. Although PAX8 was immunoreactive and thus worrisome for anaplastic ...
{ "authors": [ "Jingming Gao", "Xian Xu", "Xiaoye Yu", "Ye Fu", "Hongjie Zhang", "Siyi Gu", "Dinglingge Cao", "Quanyi Guo", "Liming Xu", "Jiandong Ding" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1093/rb/rbad035", "journal": "Regen Biomater", "journal_detail": "2023 Apr 11;10:rb...
PMC10191676
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a promising non-invasive method to assess cartilage regeneration based on the quantitative relationship between MRI features and concentrations of the major components in the extracellular matrix (ECM). To this end, in vitro experiments are performed to investigate the relationship a...
{ "authors": [ "Tom Reisler", "David Buziashvili", "Farrah C Liu", "Ramazi O Datiashvili" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Eplasty", "journal_detail": "2016 Apr 28;16:ic16.", "keywords": [ "hamilton", "ponten", "cross-extremity flap", "cross-leg flap", "fas...
PMC4855355
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{ "authors": [ "Aditya Sood", "Mark S Granick" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Eplasty", "journal_detail": "2014 Jun 6;14:ic16.", "keywords": [ "bennet fracture", "rolando fracture", "base of thumb fractures", "thumb metacarpal fractures", "wrist fractures" ], ...
PMC4052793
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{ "authors": [ "Abdullah Ladha", "Yelena Fudym", "Teresa C Gentile" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14740/jh356w", "journal": "J Hematol", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan;7(1):29-31.", "keywords": [ "blood transfusion", "multiple myeloma", "plasma cell leukemia", "pure red cell apl...
PMC7155860
Red cell aplasia has been rarely described in association with multiple myeloma. We present a case of a 79-year-old female, who was initially diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia, which did not improve with iron supplementation and required blood transfusions. Bone marrow biopsy showed red cell aplasia associated with...
{ "authors": [ "Andrew J Stewardson", "Jason A Roberts", "Carolyn L Beckett", "Hayden T Prime", "Poh-Sien Loh", "Bruce R Thorley", "John R Daffy" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3201/eid1501.080791", "journal": "Emerg Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2009 Jan;15(1):63-5.", "keyw...
PMC2660702
Wild poliovirus-associated paralytic poliomyelitis has not been reported in Australia since 1977. We report type 1 wild poliovirus infection in a man who had traveled from Pakistan to Australia in 2007. Poliomyelitis should be considered for patients with acute flaccid paralysis or unexplained fever who have been to po...
{ "authors": [ "Radmila Karpova", "Andrey Gorbunov", "Marina Mnatsakanyan", "Aleksandr Pogromov", "Irina Sokolova", "Yuliya Shumskaya", "Ksenia Russkova", "Kirill Chernousov", "Daria Momatyuk" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/JBM.S283098", "journal": "J Blood Med", "j...
PMC8200168
Splenic marginal zone lymphoma (SMZL) is a type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NL) that occurs in 2 out of 100 cases and is more common in women aged >60 years. A sluggish, asymptomatic course of the disease does not exclude transformation into a malignant form that occurs in 25% of patients with SMZL. Another equally impo...
{ "authors": [ "Gülsüm İclal Bayhan", "Ayşegül Taylan Özkan", "Yunus Emre Beyhan" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.5152/TurkPediatriArs.2018.6842", "journal": "Turk Pediatri Ars", "journal_detail": "2020 Mar 9;55(1):67-71.", "keywords": [ "child", "fasciola hepatica", "eosinophilia"...
PMC7096561
Fascioliasis is a trematode flatworm infection caused by Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica. Fasciola hepatica is mesoendemic in Turkey. Six cases of pediatric fascioliasis are presented here. All patients had histories of consumption of various raw vegetables. Four of our patients were at the hepatic phase, and two we...
{ "authors": [ "Shin Teshirogi", "Jun Muratsu", "Hidenori Kasahara", "Ken Terashima", "Sho Miki", "Tomohiro Minami", "Yujiro Okute", "Suguru Yoneda", "Atsuyuki Morishima", "Shinji Kunishima", "Katsuhiko Sakaguchi" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2019/5149762", ...
PMC6899327
As a MYH9 disorder, Fechtner syndrome is characterized by nephritis, giant platelets, granulocyte inclusion bodies (Döhle-like bodies), cataract, and sensorineural deafness. Observation of peripheral blood smear for the presence of thrombocytopenia, giant platelets, and granulocyte inclusion bodies (Döhle-like bodies) ...
{ "authors": [ "Lindsey T Graham", "Samantha N Vitale", "Kari D Foss", "Devon W Hague", "Kimberly M Anderson", "Carol W Maddox" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fvets.2022.958390", "journal": "Front Vet Sci", "journal_detail": "2022 Oct 6;9:958390.", "keywords": [ "brucella...
PMC9583169
Three adult littermates were diagnosed with Brucella canis, two of which were diagnosed with discospondylitis. The first littermate, a 2-year-old spayed-female Labrador Retriever, was evaluated for progressive episodes of cervical pain, lethargy, reported circling to the right, and a right-sided head tilt. Magnetic res...
{ "authors": [ "Keito Kou", "Takeshi Omae", "Saiko Wakabayashi", "Sonoko Sakuraba" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s40981-017-0111-8", "journal": "JA Clin Rep", "journal_detail": "2017;3(1):41.", "keywords": [ "bronchospasm", "capnometer", "continuous positive airway press...
PMC5804625
Background: Sugammadex has been reported to cause upper-airway obstruction, such as laryngospasm or bronchospasm. These two conditions are treated using different approaches, but the differential diagnosis is difficult. Case presentation: We describe a case in which general anesthesia was administered via endotracheal ...
{ "authors": [ "Sahin Lacin", "Ece Esin", "Yusuf Karakas", "Suayib Yalcin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OTT.S82906", "journal": "Onco Targets Ther", "journal_detail": "2015 May 13;8:1039-42.", "keywords": [ "capecitabine", "chemotherapy", "medullary thyroid cancer", ...
PMC4437612
A 40-year-old male patient presented with increasing serum levels of calcitonin and CEA. He underwent potential curative surgery for medullary thyroid carcinoma, 3 years ago and then 7 months later he had metastasectomy and cervical lymph node dissection for recurrent disease. On admission he had multiple metastatic sk...
{ "authors": [ "Frederico F Souza", "Amol Katkar", "Annick D Van den Abbeele", "Pamela J Dipiro" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2009/381015", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2009;2009:381015.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.n...
PMC2729273
Ovarian masses are common findings in general gynecological practice. Approximately 5%-10% of ovarian malignancies are diagnosed as metastatic tumors. Primary angiosarcoma can arise anywhere in the body and when it arises in the breast, it usually affects women in their 3rd and 4th decades and accounts for one in 1700-...
{ "authors": [ "Maggie Ellis", "Arlene Astell" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1371/journal.pone.0180395", "journal": "PLoS One", "journal_detail": "2017 Aug 1;12(8):e0180395.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28763445/", "major_mesh_terms": [ ...
PMC5538738
Loss of verbal language production makes people with dementia appear unreachable. We previously presented a case study applying nonverbal communication techniques with a lady with dementia who could no longer speak, which we termed Adaptive Interaction. The current small-n study examines the applicability of Adaptive I...
{ "authors": [ "Zhisheng Liu", "Junling Zhang", "Yunjie Ge", "Mengli Huang", "Ye Wang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/CMAR.S397711", "journal": "Cancer Manag Res", "journal_detail": "2023 Feb 22;15:197-201.", "keywords": [ "lusc", "pd-1 inhibitor", "c-sclc", "high...
PMC9968780
Background: Combined small cell lung cancer (c-SCLC) is a relatively rare subtype of SCLC, especially when SCLC is initially diagnosed and recurrent lesions are non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Moreover, SCLC combined lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC) has few been reported. Case presentation: Here, we report a 68-...
{ "authors": [ "Shirish S Chandanwale", "Shruti S Vimal", "Mohit Rajpal", "Neha Mishra" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0974-2727.129091", "journal": "J Lab Physicians", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan;6(1):43-5.", "keywords": [ "clear cells", "immunohistochemistry", "diffuse"...
PMC3969642
Reactive histiocytic proliferations are extremely rare in paratesticular structures. Nodular histiocytic proliferations have been described in mesothelial-lined locations and only at few nonmesothelial sites. Diffuse histiocytic proliferations are described only in the pelvic peritoneum. We report the first case of dif...
{ "authors": [ "Andri Primadi", "Byung-Soo Kim", "Keun-Bae Lee" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.3109/17453674.2015.1132186", "journal": "Acta Orthop", "journal_detail": "2016;87(2):205-6.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26751913/", "maj...
PMC4812087
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{ "authors": [ "Shahid M Khan", "David W Ho", "Jason M Lazar", "J D Marmur" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X14530283", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2014 Apr 7;2:2050313X14530283.", "keywords": [ "coronary angiography", "intracerebral contrast...
PMC4857345
Background: We report a diagnostic dilemma in a rare case of cerebral contrast retention after difficult cardiac catheterization in an elderly patient loaded with prasugrel. Summary: Our case report describes a 77-year-old female with history of hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia who presented to emergency depart...
{ "authors": [ "William J Sanders" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s12878-018-0098-z", "journal": "BMC Hematol", "journal_detail": "2018 Feb 22;18:5.", "keywords": [ "avascular necrosis", "hip", "sickle cell disease", "sickle cell trait", "total hip arthroplasty" ], "licen...
PMC5824459
Background: Sickle cell trait is usually an asymptomatic presentation of a patient with slightly different hemoglobin molecule makeup than normal. It is similar to a more serious disease, sickle cell disease, in which a person's hemoglobin is mutated in such a way that causes their red blood cells to easily change shap...
{ "authors": [ "Ana Laura Espinosa de los Monteros", "Carmen A Carrasco", "Alfredo Adolfo Reza Albarrán", "Mônica Gadelha", "Alin Abreu", "Moisés Mercado" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1007/s11102-013-0530-0", "journal": "Pituitary", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan;17 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):...
PMC3906545
Background and objectives: Primary pharmacological therapy may be the only viable treatment option for many patients with acromegaly, especially those presenting with advanced disease with large inoperable tumors. Long-acting somatostatin analogs are currently the first-line treatment of choice in this setting, where t...
{ "authors": [ "Remy Coulomb", "Abdullah Alrubaie", "Vincent Haignière", "Pascal Kouyoumdjian" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1051/sicotj/2021014", "journal": "SICOT J", "journal_detail": "2021;7:22.", "keywords": [ "femoral head fracture", "hip arthroplasty", "mosaicplasty", ...
PMC8019562
Several surgical methods exist for the treatment of osteochondral lesions of the femoral head. They include osteochondral allograft transfer, femoral osteotomy, microfracture, autologous chondrocyte implantation, and hip arthroplasty. Mosaicplasty is a surgical method in which cylindrical plugs of bone and cartilage ar...
{ "authors": [ "Raphael Rosen", "Shelief Robbins-Juarez", "Jacob Stevens" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/5545351", "journal": "Case Rep Crit Care", "journal_detail": "2021 Sep 29;2021:5545351.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34631...
PMC8497150
Ethylene glycol is commonly used in antifreeze, and ingestion of even a small amount can result in acute kidney injury, severe metabolic acidosis, and neurological injury. When cases are recognized early, treatment involves administration of alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitors to prevent conversion to toxic metabolites of...
{ "authors": [ "Masatake Toshimitsu", "Shinichi Nagaoka", "Shuusaku Kobori", "Yuichiro Takahashi", "Jun Murotsuki" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/5174989", "journal": "Case Rep Obstet Gynecol", "journal_detail": "2019 Feb 24;2019:5174989.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC...
PMC6409068
Objective: We present a case of fetal severe anemia associated with Jra alloimmunization, which was managed using Doppler measurement of the peak systolic velocity of the fetal middle cerebral artery (MCA-PSV) and intrauterine transfusion (IUT) of Jr(a+) red blood cells (RBCs). We also review the previous case reports ...
{ "authors": [ "Fei F Chen", "Shu F Jiang", "Chang Dong", "Ying Che", "Lin Y Du", "Zhi Y Li", "Zhi Q Yang", "Yi C Zhao", "Ying Liu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fcvm.2020.618146", "journal": "Front Cardiovasc Med", "journal_detail": "2021 Jan 15;7:618146.", "key...
PMC7843435
Background: Primary cardiac angiosarcomas, especially those originating in the pericardium, are extremely rare and aggressive tumors with poor prognosis. These types of malignant tumors have diverse clinical presentations and are often masked by other comorbidities. Case Summary: Our hospital reported a 59-year-old wom...
{ "authors": [ "Michele Danzi", "Fabozzi Massimiliano", "Reggio Stefano", "Pannullo Mario", "Amato Bruno", "Grimaldi Luciano" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1471-2482-13-S2-S7", "journal": "BMC Surg", "journal_detail": "2013;13 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S7.", "keywords": null, "lice...
PMC3851234
Background: Rectovaginal fistulas (RVFs) have multiple causes, size and location on which the surgical treatment depends. Description: The Authors consider different approaches to RVFs and describe a clinical case of recurrent high RVF. Conclusions: Most RVFs can be successfully repaired, although many interventions ma...
{ "authors": [ "Jae Heun Chung", "Hye Ju Yeo", "Hyun Myung Cho", "Jin Ook Jang", "Byung Min Ye", "Gun Yoon", "Dong Hoon Shin", "Dohyung Kim", "Woo Hyun Cho" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4143/crt.2016.125", "journal": "Cancer Res Treat", "journal_detail": "2017 Jan;49(1...
PMC5266394
A 22-year-old woman with a 1-month history of shortness of breath that was treated as a case of tuberculosis and pulmonary embolism was referred to the authors' hospital. Because of the hemodynamic instability in this patient, venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) was administered in the intensive car...
{ "authors": [ "Narjeet Khurmi", "Mitchell Seman", "Brantley Gaitan", "Scott Young", "David Rosenfeld", "Emmanouil Giorgakis", "Winston Hewitt", "Amit Mathur" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/5293069", "journal": "Case Rep Transplant", "journal_detail": "2019 Jun 19;...
PMC6607703
Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) during orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) is used to gather real-time information on cardiovascular function and intravascular volume status. We report a case where nonstandard TEE views were used to inspect the hepatic vasculature after allograft implantation. A 29-...
{ "authors": [ "Byoung Chul Cho", "Seok Min Kang", "Seung Chul Lee", "Jeong Geun Moon", "Dong Hyung Lee", "Sang Hyun Lim" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3349/ymj.2005.46.3.439", "journal": "Yonsei Med J", "journal_detail": "2005 Jun 30;46(3):439-44.", "keywords": null, "license"...
PMC2815824
Chylopericardium is a rare clinical entity in which chylous fluid accumulates in the pericardial cavity. We report a case of primary idiopathic chylopericardium associated with multiple, small cervicomediastinal cystic hygromas occurring in an asymptomatic 43-year-old woman with no history of trauma, thoracic surgery, ...
{ "authors": [ "Andreia Soares", "Cristina Almeida", "Cristina Freitas", "Marco Sales-Sanz", "Sara Ribeiro" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/9193706", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol Med", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:9193706.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link"...
PMC5564093
We report a 48-year-old female patient who presented to the emergency room with right eyelid edema, with 3 days of evolution. She had suffered minor trauma to this eye one week before. She reported episodes of right eyelid swelling of spontaneous resolution since the occurrence of a traumatic brain injury 5 years ago. ...
{ "authors": [ "Lars Levi Dutschke", "Sarah Steinau", "Roland Wiest", "Sebastian Walther" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00237", "journal": "Front Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2017 Nov 14;8:237.", "keywords": [ "auditory hallucinations", "brain tumor", "dyse...
PMC5694435
This case report describes a patient with a dysembryogenic neuroepithelial tumor localized in the posterior thalamus and internal capsule, which presented with psychosis including religiously determined severe self-mutilation, auditory hallucinations, and rituals. The patient's history includes periodic religiousness o...
{ "authors": [ "Francisca Regina Oliveira Carneiro", "Gabriela Athayde Amin", "Lorena de Britto Pereira Cruz", "Belkis Azevedo Daher" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1590/abd1806-4841.20186713", "journal": "An Bras Dermatol", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan-Feb;93(1):156-158.", "keywords": nul...
PMC5871391
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{ "authors": [ "Tanvi Shinde", "Anuja Damani", "Arunangshu Ghoshal", "Mary Ann Muckaden", "Jayita Deodhar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/IJPC_14_2021", "journal": "Indian J Palliat Care", "journal_detail": "2022 Jan-Mar;28(1):120-123.", "keywords": [ "cancer", "complex ...
PMC9165461
Introduction: The concept of total pain encompasses a person's physical, psychological, social, spiritual, and practical struggles. Effective pain and symptom management are the core elements of palliative care which aims at reducing suffering and improving quality of life (QOL) throughout the course of illness and nee...
{ "authors": [ "Siva P Sontineni", "Aryan N Mooss", "Venkata G Andukuri", "Susan Marie Schima", "Dennis Esterbrooks" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4061/2010/841797", "journal": "Stroke Res Treat", "journal_detail": "2010;2010:841797.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link"...
PMC2925271
Objective. To identify the role of thrombolytic therapy in acute embolic stroke due to infective endocarditis. Design. Case report. Setting. University hospital. Patient. A 70-year-old male presented with acute onset aphasia and hemiparesis due to infective endocarditis. His head computerized tomographic scan revealed ...
{ "authors": [ "Arvind Kumar", "Ruchi Sharma", "Anil Kumar Verma", "Abhijeet Tiwari", "Jyoti Mishra" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4322/acr.2021.276", "journal": "Autops Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2021 May 27;11:e2021276.", "keywords": [ "adamantinoma", "diaphyses", "t...
PMC8214888
Adamantinoma of the long bones is an exceedingly rare and slow-growing tumor that affects the diaphysis of long bones, particularly the tibia. Based on the pattern of the epithelial cell component and the presence or absence of the osteofibrous dysplasia-like element, several histological variants have been described, ...
{ "authors": [ "Georgios Mitsiakos", "Georgios N Katsaras", "Ilias Chatziioannidis", "Anastasia Gkampeta", "Christina Mitsiakou", "Nikolaos Nikolaidis" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3205/000296", "journal": "Ger Med Sci", "journal_detail": "2021 Jul 28;19:Doc09.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC8422796
Objective: Neonatal seizures are alarming manifestations of an underlying significant disorder demanding immediate attention and intervention. Hypocalcemia, although rare, must be considered in the differential diagnosis of neonatal seizures. Method: We present an unusual case of a 10-day-old infant with unexplained sy...
{ "authors": [ "Nicholas C Oleck", "Stephen L Viviano", "Ashley Ignatiuk" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Eplasty", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan 14;19:ic4.", "keywords": [ "arterial graft", "hand surgery", "hypothenar hammer syndrome", "microsurgery", "ulnar ha...
PMC6337690
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