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{ "authors": [ "Ifeanyi Nwosu", "Oreoluwa Oladiran", "Chinyere Ogbonna-Nwosu", "Anulika Anyata" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1080/20009666.2019.1616523", "journal": "J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect", "journal_detail": "2019 Jun 19;9(3):252-254.", "keywords": [ "aps type 1", ...
PMC6586102
Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome (APS) type 1 is a rare autoimmune disorder inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern due to loss of function of the AIRE gene and defective removal of self-reactive T-lymphocytes during the process of thymic T cell maturation. Its manifestation starts early in life with the cardinal ...
{ "authors": [ "Shinkyoung Kim", "Hyeungjune Kim", "Dong In Jo", "Sang-Jun Na", "Yoon-Sik Jo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.12.016", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2018;42:200-203.", "keywords": [ "electromyography", "ganglion cyst", ...
PMC5773471
Introduction: Although ganglion cysts are common soft tissue tumors, nerve compression syndrome caused by a ganglion cyst in the lower extremities is very rare. Herein, we report a 57-year-old man who presented with hypoesthesia in the sole of his right foot for 6 months. We believe that reporting this rare case will h...
{ "authors": [ "Ryuichi Hirano", "Tatsuro Mitsuhashi", "Katsuyoshi Osanai" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2022/7830126", "journal": "Case Rep Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2022 Jun 3;2022:7830126.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3569...
PMC9187488
Background: Fungemia due to Rhodotorula mucilaginosa is rare and highly resistance to antifungal therapy. Since most cases of R. mucilaginosa fungemia are attributed to medical devices, limited information is currently available on infection without central venous catheter (CVC) implantation. We herein report a case of...
{ "authors": [ "Shireesh Saurabh", "Eric Unger", "Constantinos Pavlides" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2012/457272", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2012;2012:457272.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22606602/", "major...
PMC3350196
Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome is a condition characterized by inflammation of the liver capsule with concomitant pelvic inflammation without involvement of liver parenchyma. It is classically seen in young women who present with sharp, pleuritic right upper quadrant pain, usually but not always accompanied by symptoms of p...
{ "authors": [ "Lili Sang", "Hongliang Liu", "Jian Liu", "Bojian Chen", "Shuchai Xu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.02.042", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2017;34:69-73.", "keywords": [ "absorbable suture", "case report", "druj disl...
PMC5377428
Introduction: Pathological factors may cause significant distal radioulnar joint (DRUJ) dislocation, which is a rare clinical entity in orthopedic literature, and corresponding treatments are not uniform. Presentation of case: We describe the case of a DRUJ dislocation caused by giant cell tumour of tendon sheath (GCTT...
{ "authors": [ "Di Feng", "Julia M Steinke", "Ramaswamy Krishnan", "Gabriel Birrane", "Martin R Pollak" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1371/journal.pone.0167467", "journal": "PLoS One", "journal_detail": "2016 Dec 15;11(12):e0167467.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link":...
PMC5158186
Genetic testing in the clinic and research lab is becoming more routinely used to identify rare genetic variants. However, attributing these rare variants as the cause of disease in an individual patient remains challenging. Here, we report a patient who presented with nephrotic syndrome and focal segmental glomerulosc...
{ "authors": [ "Keishi Mizuguchi", "Hiroshi Minato", "Isao Yoshida", "Junpei Iwadare", "Kayo Kayahashi", "Yuki Mitani", "Kazuyoshi Watanabe" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2169/internalmedicine.56.7784", "journal": "Intern Med", "journal_detail": "2017;56(8):915-919.", "keywor...
PMC5465407
Gastric metastasis from ovarian cancer is exceptionally rare and generally occurs in advanced stages. A 71-year-old woman presented with a solitary gastric submucosal mass 8 years after the diagnosis of a stage IA ovarian serous adenocarcinoma. Endoscopy showed a tumor covered with normal gastric mucosa. Initially, a g...
{ "authors": [ "Duminda Subasinghe", "Ravindri Jayasinghe", "Uditha Kodithuwakku", "Nilesh Fernandopulle" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X221103357", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2022 Jun 10;10:2050313X221103357.", "keywords": [ "hepatic abscess"...
PMC9189518
Liver abscess following foreign body perforation of the gastrointestinal tract is uncommon. Preoperative diagnosis is challenging as the ingestion of foreign body most often goes unnoticed with non-specific presentation. We report a case of a 68-year-old male patient presenting with abdominal pain and anorexia. His inv...
{ "authors": [ "Anna Lepore", "Davide D'Antini", "Pasquale Raimondo", "Lucia Mirabella", "Leonardo Pennisi", "Giuseppe Carrillo", "Antonella Cotoia", "Michele Dambrosio", "Gilda Cinnella" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S119638", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", ...
PMC5104299
Caustic ingestion is a common cause of life-threatening upper gastrointestinal tract injuries. It mostly happens in children as accidental exposure, but may occur in adults as a result of suicide attempt. We present a case of an acute abdomen that occurred after a peculiar way of self-administration of sulfuric acid as...
{ "authors": [ "Ayaskanta Singh", "Manoj Kumar Sahu", "Manas Kumar Panigrahi", "Debasis Misra" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14309/crj.2017.44", "journal": "ACG Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2017 Mar 15;4:e44.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.nc...
PMC5356201
We present a patient who, over the course of 35 years, presented with repeated episodes of ileus and melena and was misdiagnosed several times, leading to several surgeries. Macroscopic and microscopic features of his resected intestine were compatible with cryptogenic multifocal ulcerous stenosis enteritis (CMUSE), bu...
{ "authors": [ "Yook Kim", "Seung Young Lee", "Kyung Sik Yi", "Sang Hoon Cha", "Min Ho Gang", "Bum Sang Cho", "Yong Moon Lee" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3348/kjr.2014.15.1.151", "journal": "Korean J Radiol", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan-Feb;15(1):151-5.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC3909849
Subependymomas are rare benign tumors located in the ventricular system. Intraparenchymal subependymoma is extremely rare; only 6 cases have been reported, and all were located in the supratentorial region. We describe a case of infratentorial, intraparenchymal subependymoma in a 28-year-old man with intermittent heada...
{ "authors": [ "Tomoo Mano", "Saori Tatsumi", "Shigekazu Fujimura", "Naoki Hotta", "Akira Kido" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2022.965717", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2022 Sep 14;13:965717.", "keywords": [ "acute epidural hematoma", "bilateral hy...
PMC9515408
The present report highlights a case of successful treatment of an 11-year-old male patient who presented with an atlanto-occipital dislocation and multiple fractures of the forearm, pelvis, and lower leg because of a fall. The patient experienced dysarthria and paralysis of the tongue, which became completely immobile...
{ "authors": [ "Victor Rocha Pinheiro", "Bruno Minoru Miamoto", "Júlia Thalita Queiróz Rocha", "Carlos Segundo Paiva Soares", "José Vicente Tagliarini", "Roberto Antônio de Araujo Costa", "Glaucia Maria F da Silva Mazeto", "Mariangela Esther Alencar Marques", "Cristiano Claudino Ol...
PMC6949678
The diagnostic and therapeutic approach for pregnant women with thyroid nodules can present a challenge, especially concerning surgical procedures. In the context of malignant diagnosis, by fine needle aspiration (FNA), during pregnancy, the uncertainty lies in performing surgery. This article reports the case of a 41-...
{ "authors": [ "Girish Gulab Meshram", "Neeraj Kaur", "Kanwaljeet Singh Hura" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_20_17", "journal": "J Family Med Prim Care", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan-Feb;7(1):264-266.", "keywords": [ "early diagnosis", "hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasi...
PMC5958584
Ectodermal dysplasia (ED) is a rare hereditary disorder involving two or more of the ectodermal structures, which include the skin, hair, nails, teeth, and sweat glands. The two most common forms of the disease are hypohidrotic/anhidrotic ED and hidrotic ED. They are caused by the mutations of several genes. We present...
{ "authors": [ "Oli Avadhesh", "Balakrishnan Divya" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.22336/rjo.2021.13", "journal": "Rom J Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2021 Jan-Mar;65(1):70-72.", "keywords": [ "focal laser", "retinal arterial macroaneurysm", "retinal detachment" ], "license": "C...
PMC7995508
A 53-year-old lady presented with inferior retinal detachment (RD) following focal laser for retinal artery macroaneurysm (RAM). She underwent focal laser with intravitreal gas injection elsewhere; however, no retinal break was localized on the examination. The patient was taken up for vitreoretinal surgery. Intraopera...
{ "authors": [ "Deepa Kapoor", "Saurabh Sudhir Chipde", "Shalini Agrawal", "Surabhi Chipde", "Rakesh Kapoor" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0976-9668.127334", "journal": "J Nat Sci Biol Med", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan;5(1):206-9.", "keywords": [ "augmentation cystoplasty", ...
PMC3961938
A young female with history of genitourinary tuberculosis with solitary functioning kidney became pregnant 1 year after augmentation cystoplasty (AC) with ureteric reimplantation. Throughout pregnancy she had two episode of febrile urinary tract infection. Her renal function remained normal. She was planned for cesaria...
{ "authors": [ "Virender Malik", "Abha Kumari", "Tvsp Murthy" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2229-516X.149247", "journal": "Int J Appl Basic Med Res", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan-Apr;5(1):58-60.", "keywords": [ "intracranial extension", "internal jugular vein", "phlebectasia"...
PMC4318104
Internal jugular vein (IJV) phlebectasia is rare in occurrence and is frequently misdiagnosed and managed inappropriately. It commonly presents as a unilateral neck swelling which typically increases in size with valsalva maneuver. Although, the most common cause of a focal neck swelling, which increases in size with v...
{ "authors": [ "Kenyu Ito", "Shiro Imagama", "Kei Ando", "Kazuyoshi Kobayashi", "Mikito Tsushima", "Akiyuki Matsumoto", "Masayoshi Morozumi", "Satoshi Tanaka", "Masaaki Machino", "Yoshihiro Nishida", "Naoki Ishiguro" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.22603/ssrr.2017-003...
PMC6698545
Introduction: An occipital-cervical surgery for children is challenging for surgeons because of the immature bone quality, extensive anatomical variability, and small osseous structures. Furthermore, occipital-C2 fusion in children results in great stress on the C2 screws. We report a technique that uses both C2 pedicl...
{ "authors": [ "Abdullelah A Alamri", "Ahmed R Algethami", "Faisal Alghamdi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/3575897", "journal": "Case Rep Emerg Med", "journal_detail": "2018 Mar 21;2018:3575897.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29...
PMC5884235
Traumatic eye injuries are common in children and are mostly superficial. Vigilance must always be practiced when examining these children to avoid missing any hidden serious injuries that may result in devastating complications. We describe the acute and definitive management of a child treated 17 h after transorbital...
{ "authors": [ "Elisha Poddar", "Prakash Mainali", "Suraj Shrestha", "Pratima Gautam", "Anuradha Twayana", "Niharika Pathak", "Ashish Tiwari", "Abhishek Bhattarai", "Laligen Awale", "Prasan Singh Kansakar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023/2507130", "journal": "...
PMC9940947
Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis (XGC) is a rare benign chronic inflammatory disease of the gallbladder that often presents as cholecystitis and can mimic gallbladder carcinoma. Distinguishing XGC from gallbladder cancer preoperatively is challenging. We present a case of a 62-year-old male who presented with features...
{ "authors": [ "Jialun Peng", "Qilong Zhai", "Jinzheng Li", "Xingyu Chen", "Hongyu Wu", "Tao Zhong", "Gangyi Tang", "Dajun Yu", "Lixian He", "Jinxu Li" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.2147/IDR.S415347", "journal": "Infect Drug Resist", "journal_detail": "2023 Aug 11;1...
PMC10426438
Liver abscesses caused by Clostridium perfringens are rare but rapidly fatal. In only a few days, patients progress from liver abscess to sepsis, intravascular hemolysis, multiple organ failure, and even death. These abscesses often occur in patients after trauma or surgery or in those with immunodeficiency. Because pa...
{ "authors": [ "Mostafa El Hajjam", "Alexis Lacout", "Mohamed Karji-Al Marzouqi", "Pascal Lacombe", "Pierre Yves Marcy" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12659/PJR.895327", "journal": "Pol J Radiol", "journal_detail": "2016 Feb 14;81:51-3.", "keywords": [ "hemangioma, cavernous, cent...
PMC4763809
Background: Although being classically located inside the liver parenchyma, hemangiomas may occasionally develop outside the extra-hepatic capsule, thus appearing as a pedunculated mass. Case report: We report the case of a 66-year-old anal cancer female patient presenting with an asymptomatic sub-hepatic mass. Inciden...
{ "authors": [ "Christopher S Green", "Mohammed A Helmy" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2484/rcr.v9i3.978", "journal": "Radiol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015 Nov 6;9(3):978.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27186258/", "major_mesh_te...
PMC4861864
Congenital anomalies of the iliac arterial system are rare and can be associated with ischemia. With an increase in vascular imaging and interventions, such anomalies are likely to be encountered with greater frequency. We present the case of a 25-year-old female who was incidentally found to have absence of the common...
{ "authors": [ "Naraporn Somboonna", "Raymond Wan", "David M Ojcius", "Matthew A Pettengill", "Sandeep J Joseph", "Alexander Chang", "Ray Hsu", "Timothy D Read", "Deborah Dean" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1128/mBio.00045-11", "journal": "mBio", "journal_detail": "2011...
PMC3088116
Chlamydia trachomatis is an obligate intracellular bacterium that causes a diversity of severe and debilitating diseases worldwide. Sporadic and ongoing outbreaks of lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) strains among men who have sex with men (MSM) support the need for research on virulence factors associated with these orga...
{ "authors": [ "Nobuyuki Takasu", "Yoshirou Nakayama" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4061/2011/413026", "journal": "J Thyroid Res", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:413026.", "keywords": null, "license": "NO-CC CODE", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21603170/", "major_mesh_terms": [], ...
PMC3095901
A 36-year-old woman with postpartum hypopituitarism (Sheehan's syndrome: SS) developed postpartum autoimmune thyroiditis (PPAT). She delivered a baby by Caesarean section (620 mL blood loss). At 1 month post partum, she developed thyrotoxicosis due to painless thyroiditis (autoimmune destructive thyroiditis). She was p...
{ "authors": [ "Yaoyao Sun", "Huijun Qi" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fendo.2022.1038757", "journal": "Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 13;13:1038757.", "keywords": [ "conbercept", "anti-vegf (vascular endothelial growth factor)", "high-risk pdr", "...
PMC9880417
Objective: To compare the therapeutic effects of the administration of intravitreal Conbercept (IVC) plus panretinal photocoagulation (PRP) to that of PRP monotherapy in patients with high-risk proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR). Methods: In this retrospective consecutive case series, we analyzed the data on high...
{ "authors": [ "Jose Orsini", "Christa Blaak", "Eric Tam", "Salil Rajayer", "Joaquin Morante", "Angela Yeh", "Ashvin Butala" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2015/542490", "journal": "Case Rep Crit Care", "journal_detail": "2015;2015:542490.", "keywords": null, "license":...
PMC4691597
Drug use and abuse continue to be a large public health concern worldwide. Over the past decade, novel or atypical drugs have emerged and become increasingly popular. In the recent past, compounds similar to tetrahydrocannabinoid (THC), the active ingredient of marijuana, have been synthetically produced and offered co...
{ "authors": [ "Matthew G Alben", "Neil Gambhir", "Michael A Boin", "Mandeep S Virk", "Young W Kwon" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2022/1833988", "journal": "Case Rep Orthop", "journal_detail": "2022 Apr 30;2022:1833988.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https...
PMC9059835
Case: We report a rare case of a spontaneous, atraumatic rupture of the anterior and middle heads of the deltoid with an underlying massive rotator cuff tear. Unique clinical findings included a palpable mass of torn deltoid distally with a proximal tissue defect. Magnetic resonance imaging of the deltoid demonstrated ...
{ "authors": [ "Mohamed Amin Mesrati", "Oussama Jaoued", "Yosra Mahjoub", "Marwa Boussaid", "Med Fkih Hassen", "Souheil Atrous", "Abir Aissaoui" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X20922712", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020 May 20;8:2050313X2...
PMC7249602
Postobstructive pulmonary edema is a life-threatening complication that occurs after the removal of severe upper airway obstruction. Development of postobstructive pulmonary edema has been described after several cases of upper airway obstruction. However, postobstructive pulmonary edema developing after non-lethal han...
{ "authors": [ "Faisal Rashed AlMatrafi", "Ahmad Ayed Al-Shammari", "Raed Mohamed Al Nefily", "Rawan Abdulrahman AlAnazi", "Abdulrahman Hamed Abdulwahab", "Ahmed Sabry Ammar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2023.1142950", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2023 ...
PMC10102527
Aplasia cutis congenita (ACC) is a heterogeneous disorder with a rarely reported incidence of 0.5-1 in 10,000 births. ACC can be associated with physical defects or syndromes that may help in the diagnosis, prognosis, and further evaluation of the patient. Trisomy 13 is one of the most common fetal life-limiting diagno...
{ "authors": [ "Gordon Robbins", "Jessica Tracht", "Drew Davis", "Heba Iskandar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14309/crj.2018.92", "journal": "ACG Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2018 Dec 5;5:e92.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/...
PMC6358579
Autoimmune enteropathy is an uncommon cause of chronic diarrhea rarely seen in adults. The disease is secondary to an autoimmune process in the gut that leads to villous blunting and subsequent watery diarrhea, abdominal pain, and severe weight loss. The disease has only been described in 37 adults prior to our case, a...
{ "authors": [ "Yuko Ogawa", "Koichiro Abe", "Akiko Sakoda", "Hiromi Onizuka", "Shuji Sakai" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ejro.2018.08.002", "journal": "Eur J Radiol Open", "journal_detail": "2018 Aug 22;5:126-130.", "keywords": [ "bat", "brown adipose tissue", "c...
PMC6106707
A 17-year-old female had been complaining of a headache for 6 years. She presented severe hypertension (200/138 mmHg) on admission. CT showed a hypervascular tumor behind the urinary bladder and a swelling of the right internal obturator node. Intense FDG uptakes were identified in the both lesions. High FDG accumulati...
{ "authors": [ "Douglas Deporter", "Ali Akbar Khoshkhounejad", "Nikfam Khoshkhounejad", "Mohammad Ketabi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Dent Res J (Isfahan)", "journal_detail": "2021 Apr 6;18:29.", "keywords": [ "bone graft", "classification", "immediate dental ...
PMC8248266
Based on our collective experiences with gap management around immediate dental implants, we have proposed a classification of gap type based on the location in relation to implant periphery. Seven types are proposed, and all but one type should heal without gap grafting provided that flap-less surgery and atraumatic e...
{ "authors": [ "Patrick Haas", "Till-Karsten Hauser", "Kosmas Kandilaris", "Marco Skardelly", "Marcos Tatagiba", "Sasan Darius Adib" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fsurg.2022.797495", "journal": "Front Surg", "journal_detail": "2022 Apr 26;9:797495.", "keywords": [ "pesca...
PMC9086508
Background: 'Crowned dens syndrome' (CDS) is a special form of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease which is characterized radiologically by a halo-like or crown-like distribution in the periodontoid region and clinically by cervical pain. Herein, we will describe our experience of posterolateral epidural...
{ "authors": [ "Alan de Paula Mozella", "João Victor da Silveira Moller", "Hugo Alexandre de Araújo Barros Cobra" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rboe.2015.01.006", "journal": "Rev Bras Ortop", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan 31;50(1):117-21.", "keywords": [ "adipose tissue", "osteo...
PMC4519614
Although tumors or pseudotumoral lesions are rare in the infrapatellar fat, they may affect it. Osteochondroma is the commonest benign bone tumor. However, extraskeletal presentations are rare. There are three extraskeletal variants of osteochondroma: synovial chondromatosis, para-articular chondroma and soft-tissue ch...
{ "authors": [ "Mohamed Masmoudi", "Jihene Chelli", "Asma Ben Mabrouk", "Ezer Chebil", "Wadii Thabet", "Mehdi Hasnaoui", "Khalifa Mighri" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12688/f1000research.67204.2", "journal": "F1000Res", "journal_detail": "2021 Aug 31;10:869.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC9525990
Introduction: Fungal rhinosinusitis (FRS) remains a rare disease. The noninvasive forms are hard to diagnose. The management protocols remain controversial. We aim to describe the clinical, radiological and pathological features of noninvasive FRS and present our management protocol and follow-up results. Patients and ...
{ "authors": [ "Constantine D Georgakopoulos", "Panagiotis Plotas", "Angelos Angelakis", "Konstantinos Kagkelaris", "Evangelia Tzouvara", "Olga E Makri" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2515841418820441", "journal": "Ther Adv Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan 8;11:25158414...
PMC6329023
Background: We describe a case where hyperviscosity retinopathy and immunogammopathy maculopathy were the presenting features of IgA multiple myeloma and report the response of maculopathy to intravitreal injection of dexamethasone implants. Case presentation: A 56-year-old man presented at the Department of Ophthalmol...
{ "authors": [ "Mónica Grafino", "Paula Alves", "Margarida Mendes de Almeida", "Patrícia Garrido", "Direndra Hasmucrai", "Encarnação Teixeira", "Renato Sotto-Mayor" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1590/S1806-37562016000000193", "journal": "J Bras Pneumol", "journal_detail": "2016...
PMC4805390
Angiosarcoma is a rare malignant vascular tumor. Pulmonary involvement is usually attributable to metastasis from other primary sites, primary pulmonary angiosarcoma therefore being quite uncommon. We report a case of angiosarcoma with pulmonary involvement, probably primary to the lung, which had gone untreated for mo...
{ "authors": [ "Hani Katerji", "John M Childs", "Laura E Bratton", "Christian G Peyre", "Aaron R Huber" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/9052637", "journal": "Case Rep Pathol", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:9052637.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://p...
PMC5694584
Primary esophageal malignant melanoma (MM) is rare and extremely aggressive. For pathologists, it can be challenging to diagnose and differentiate from other poorly differentiated malignant neoplasms in the esophagus. Complicating this fact, MM can have divergent differentiation and express nonmelanocytic immunohistoch...
{ "authors": [ "Mohammad-Reza Razeghinejad", "Mansooreh Jamshidian Tehrani" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "J Ophthalmic Vis Res", "journal_detail": "2011 Jan;6(1):50-3.", "keywords": [ "blindness", "carotid-cavernous sinus fistula", "proptosis" ], "license": "CC BY",...
PMC3306070
Purpose: To report a case of spontaneous direct carotid-cavernous fistula causing abrupt loss of vision. Case report: A 50-year-old woman with systemic hypertension but no history of ocular disease developed sudden proptosis, frozen eye, subconjunctival hemorrhage and loss of vision in her left eye over 2 hours. Imagin...
{ "authors": [ "Amparo Morant" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2011/970143", "journal": "Case Rep Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:970143.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22611513/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh_terms": [ "Case R...
PMC3350206
Celiac disease is an autoimmune systemic disorder. It presents gastrointestinal and nongastrointestinal manifestations as well as associated conditions. We report a 16-year-old Down syndrome girl who presented psychosis symptomatology, and she was diagnosed as having silent celiac disease. Olanzapine treatment and glut...
{ "authors": [ "Mascha O Fiedler", "Dittmar Böckler", "Henrik Giese", "Erik Popp", "Felix C F Schmitt", "Markus A Weigand", "Philipp Erhart" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2023.1112847", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2023 Feb 2;10:1112847.", "...
PMC9933979
Introduction and importance: This case report describes resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion (REBOA) of the aorta in a patient with life-threatening iatrogenic bleeding of the right common iliac artery during elective dorsal lumbar spine surgery. REBOA is an emergency procedure for temporary intra-aortic balloo...
{ "authors": [ "Shiva Samsamshariat", "Amirhossein Vedaei", "Sharare Jahangiri", "Mahdi Badiee Gavarti", "Ramin Sami", "Abolfazl Taheri", "Gholamali Dorooshi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/abr.abr_95_20", "journal": "Adv Biomed Res", "journal_detail": "2021 Jan 27;10:5.", ...
PMC8095252
Paraquat has been recognized as a highly toxic agent for pest removal and is used worldwide. In adults, paraquat poisoning for suicidal attempts is much more common than accidental exposure poisoning. Approximately 20% of patients with paraquat poisoning develop pneumomediastonium as a complication with a mortality rat...
{ "authors": [ "Seiyed Mohammad Ali Ghayumi", "Maryam Rohani", "Sajad Hasanzadeh", "Shahrokh Sadeghi", "Amrollah Roozbehi", "Saeid Jokar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2018.03.016", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2018 Apr 3;24:50-51.", "keywords"...
PMC6010599
Introduction: Hepatopulmonary syndrome is commonly seen in the patients with chronic liver disease. Acute liver diseases are rarely associated with HPS. We have reported here a case of Transient HPS caused by Epstein-Barr virus hepatitis. Case report: The patient was a 31 years old man that came to hospital due to RUQ ...
{ "authors": [ "Phong Hong Nguyen", "Thang Nguyen", "Chien Minh Pham" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/20363613231161940", "journal": "Rare Tumors", "journal_detail": "2023 Mar 2;15:20363613231161940.", "keywords": [ "mature teratoma", "malignant transformation", "ovarian cyst"...
PMC9989423
Well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma rarely spreads to soft tissues. Thyroid carcinoma arising within a mature cystic teratoma is even rarer. We report an extremely rare case of synchronous follicular thyroid carcinoma arising within a mature cystic ovarian teratoma and stage IV differentiated thyroid carcinoma. A 62-...
{ "authors": [ "Mami Hirasaki", "Daisuke Takagi", "Yoshiko Umeda", "Motoki Moriwaki", "Norimasa Katagiri", "Akiko Nomoto", "Tomohisa Ohno", "Ichiro Fujishima" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2490/prm.20230006", "journal": "Prog Rehabil Med", "journal_detail": "2023 Mar 1;8:20...
PMC9970843
Background: Palatal augmentation prosthesis (PAP) and palatal lift prosthesis (PLP) have been used to improve dysphagia and dysarthria. However, to date, there are few reports on their combined use. We report a quantitative evaluation of the effectiveness of a flexible-palatal lift/augmentation combination prosthesis (...
{ "authors": [ "Shuhei Kobayashi", "Makoto Harada", "Aiko Yamada", "Yasuhiro Iesato", "Koji Hashimoto", "Yuji Kamijo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023/4246075", "journal": "Case Rep Rheumatol", "journal_detail": "2023 Aug 26;2023:4246075.", "keywords": null, "license": "...
PMC10474959
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody- (ANCA-) associated vasculitis (AAV) is a systemic vasculitis characterized by ANCA positivity and categorized into three main types: microscopic polyangiitis, granulomatosis with polyangiitis, and eosinophilic granulomatous with polyangiitis. Although AAV leads to systemic organ inj...
{ "authors": [ "Sejal Sanjeev Joshi", "Avinash Dhok", "Kajal Mitra", "Prashant Onkar" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.25259/JCIS_69_2022", "journal": "J Clin Imaging Sci", "journal_detail": "2022 Sep 15;12:54.", "keywords": [ "groove pancreatitis", "pancreaticoduodenal groove", ...
PMC9610212
Groove pancreatitis (GP) is an unusual form of chronic segmental pancreatitis that affects the "pancreatic groove" between the pancreatic head, the duodenum, and the common bile duct, also known as the groove area. Becker initially reported GP in 1973, and the term was given by Malde DJ et al. to define this unique typ...
{ "authors": [ "Kota Shukuzawa", "Naoki Toya", "Yasutake Momokawa", "Soichiro Fukushima", "Tadashi Akiba", "Takao Ohki" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/8172549", "journal": "Case Rep Vasc Med", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:8172549.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY"...
PMC5449730
We report a case of a patient with a residual hematoma compressing the inferior vena cava after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR), which led to a pulmonary embolism (PE). A 65-year-old man underwent emergent EVAR for a ruptured aortic aneurysm in the right retroperitoneal region. He developed sudden chest pain at mid...
{ "authors": [ "Alvaro Francisco Bosco", "Juliano Milanezi de Almeida", "Belén Retamal-Valdes", "Renata Tavares", "Jessica M Latimer", "Diego Messina", "Matheus Henke", "Laura Gantes Rodrigues Dias", "Thiago Marchi Martins" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1155/2021/2326152", ...
PMC8363451
The laterally positioned flap (LPF) has been proposed as a promising treatment for isolated gingival recessions (GRs) in mandibular incisors. Several modifications have been proposed to reduce the risk of gingival recession (GR) at the donor tooth site. Therefore, the aim of this was to describe a modified one-stage pr...
{ "authors": [ "Joshua Abata", "Danielle Bazer", "Nicholas Koroneos", "Olga Syritsyna" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023/2140740", "journal": "Case Rep Neurol Med", "journal_detail": "2023 Mar 9;2023:2140740.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi....
PMC10019966
Neurologic manifestations of sarcoidosis are rare, and even rarer still are cases of isolated neurosarcoidosis. The clinical presentation of isolated neurosarcoidosis can be highly variable, and diagnosis is particularly challenging, the gold standard being tissue biopsy. We describe a patient with a history of atypica...
{ "authors": [ "Ken Yoshida", "Haruyasu Ito", "Taro Ukichi", "Takayuki Matsushita", "Kazuhiro Furuya", "Kentro Noda", "Yoshinao Muro", "Daitaro Kurosaka" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1093/rap/rky015", "journal": "Rheumatol Adv Pract", "journal_detail": "2018 Apr 25;2(1):rk...
PMC6649898
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{ "authors": [ "Noel J Aherne", "Guhan Rangaswamy", "Pierre Thirion" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2013/405343", "journal": "Case Rep Urol", "journal_detail": "2013;2013:405343.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23984174/", "major_mes...
PMC3748406
Holt-Oram syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder which is caused by mutations of TBX5 and is characterised by cardiac and skeletal abnormalities. TBX5 is part of the T-box gene family and is thought to upregulate tumour cell proliferation and metastasis when mutated. We report the first clinical case of prostate ca...
{ "authors": [ "Dylan A Siejka", "Alexander F Vittorio", "Sameer Thakur", "John R Burgess", "Ashutosh Hardikar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X19839530", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019 Apr 1;7:2050313X19839530.", "keywords": [ "paragangli...
PMC6444777
Functional paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine tumours that secrete catecholamines and are infrequently found in the mediastinum. We report a case of a young male with symptoms of catecholamine excess and a personal and family history of the paraganglioma predisposing succinate dehydrogenase subunit B mutation. The ...
{ "authors": [ "Alena S Telepova", "Svetlana A Romanenko", "Natalya A Lemskaya", "Yulia V Maksimova", "Asia R Shorina", "Dmitry V Yudkin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s13039-017-0344-2", "journal": "Mol Cytogenet", "journal_detail": "2017 Nov 17;10:43.", "keywords": [ "...
PMC5693504
Background: Small supernumerary marker chromosomes can be derived from autosomes and sex chromosomes and can accompany chromosome pathologies, such as Turner syndrome. Case presentation: Here, we present a case report of a patient with mosaic Turner syndrome and Dandy-Walker syndrome carrying a marker chromosome. We sh...
{ "authors": [ "Elan Horesh", "Andrew A Colin", "Roy Casiano", "Sara T Wester" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OPTH.S81483", "journal": "Clin Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2015 May 6;9:821-4.", "keywords": [ "escherichia coli", "allergic conjuncitivitis", "cystic fibrosi...
PMC4427451
This case report details an association of chronic allergic conjunctivitis and respiratory tract colonization in a cystic fibrosis (CF) patient due to an ethmoidal mucocele infected with Escherichia coli. A 3-year-old CF patient presented for evaluation with complaints of chronic periocular erythema, conjunctival injec...
{ "authors": [ "Erica Kholinne", "Cheong-Su Lim", "Julius I Kho", "In-Ho Jeon" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2018/2380241", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2018 Nov 4;2018:2380241.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30...
PMC6247640
Pectoralis major muscle rupture is becoming more frequent due to the current trends toward high-contact sports. We reported 2 cases with acute and chronic injury settings along with the strategy to treat each of it.
{ "authors": [ "Ena Arora", "Aleksandr Fuks", "Jessica Meyer", "Judith Chervenak" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.radcr.2022.10.040", "journal": "Radiol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2022 Nov 14;18(1):326-330.", "keywords": [ "autosomal recessive", "bardet biedl", "cilio...
PMC9668600
The Bardet-Biedl Syndrome (BBS), also called Laurence-Moon-Bardet-Biedl syndrome is a rare ciliopathic autosomal recessive genetic defect. BBS phenotype develops over the years and diagnosis is usually made in late childhood or early adulthood. Prenatal diagnosis is rare in absence of family history or consanguinity. T...
{ "authors": [ "Dongmei Wang", "Rui Shi", "Qinglong Wang", "Jianqiang Li" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OTT.S164430", "journal": "Onco Targets Ther", "journal_detail": "2018 Sep 28;11:6327-6332.", "keywords": [ "car t-cell therapy", "acute lymphoblastic leukemia", "allog...
PMC6167997
Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph-positive) acute leukemia (ALL) accounts for around one quarter of adult cases of ALL and is usually associated with poor prognosis. The patients still encounter a high rate of relapse even after they receive hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). HSCT is considered the esta...
{ "authors": [ "Henri Donald Mutarambirwa", "Bruno Kenfack", "Jovanny Tsuala Fouogue" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/4096783", "journal": "Case Rep Obstet Gynecol", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:4096783.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih...
PMC5346379
Abdominal pregnancy (AP) accounts for 1% of ectopic implantations. In sub-Saharan Africa, the high prevalence of sexually transmitted infections explains the increasing frequency of this pathology. In Cameroon it rose from 1/10000 deliveries (1995) to 3.3/10000 (2015). Authors herein report a case of a viable abdominal...
{ "authors": [ "Chiu Chi Tsang", "Wai Shan Hui", "Kwun Man Lo", "Jonas Hon Ming Yeung", "Yuk Lun Cheng" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5812/ijem.17570", "journal": "Int J Endocrinol Metab", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan 22;13(1):e17570.", "keywords": [ "carbimazole", "creatine k...
PMC4338648
Introduction: Anti-thyroid drugs (ATDs)-related myopathy is rarely reported in literature, but once developed, it can cause significant morbidity to patient. Case presentation: A 28-year old Chinese female was treated with carbimazole (CMZ) for Graves' disease with hyperthyroidism. Two weeks later, she developed myalgi...
{ "authors": [ "Renata de Medeiros Dutra", "Luciana Rocha Almeida", "Camila Sinkos", "Ana Clara Muraro Bonini", "Rogerio Saad-Hossne", "Julio Pinheiro Baima", "Ligia Yukie Sassaki" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000522379", "journal": "Case Rep Gastroenterol", "journal_deta...
PMC9035917
Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is characterized by the presence of autoantibodies against platelet membrane antigens, leading to immune-mediated platelet destruction. ITP is considered as a rare extraintestinal manifestation (EIM) of ulcerative colitis (UC). This report aimed to describe a rare case of UC associ...
{ "authors": [ "Jann-Tay Wang", "Jiun-Ling Wang", "Chi-Tai Fang", "Shan-Chwen Chang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3201/eid1003.030500", "journal": "Emerg Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2004 Mar;10(3):544-5.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.ni...
PMC3322783
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{ "authors": [ "Lawrence J Oh", "Gaurav Bhardwaj", "David S Winlaw", "Craig E Donaldson" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2016/8162687", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol Med", "journal_detail": "2016;2016:8162687.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi....
PMC5071550
Purpose. Case report describing an eight-month-old infant presenting with intermittent esotropia and irritability who was found to have malignant (grade 4) hypertensive retinopathy and mid-aortic syndrome. Methods. Visual acuity was 6/140 in the right eye and not recordable in the left eye. Blood pressure was as high a...
{ "authors": [ "Ho Cheol Kim", "Yeh Rim Kang", "Wonjun Ji", "Yeon Joo Kim", "Shinkyo Yoon", "Jae Cheol Lee", "Chang-Min Choi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OTT.S213928", "journal": "Onco Targets Ther", "journal_detail": "2019 Jul 26;12:6045-6052.", "keywords": [ "bra...
PMC6666367
Purpose: BRAF mutations are found in 1-5% of non-small cell lung cancers, particularly adenocarcinomas. However, information regarding this mutation is limited in patients without EGFR/ALK aberrations, who have limited treatment options. Patients and methods: The medical records of 224 stage III/IV adenocarcinoma patie...
{ "authors": [ "Thomas Ackmann", "Sebastian Klingebiel", "Georg Gosheger", "Anna Rachbauer", "Christoph Theil", "Dimosthenis Andreou" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1155/2020/8822466", "journal": "Case Rep Orthop", "journal_detail": "2020 Oct 2;2020:8822466.", "keywords": null, ...
PMC7559838
Wide tumor resection is the local treatment of choice for patients with primary malignant bone tumors and a prerequisite for long-term survival. We present two patients that underwent total bone resection in the upper limb because of primary malignant bone tumors. The defects were then reconstructed by a 3D printed pro...
{ "authors": [ "Padmini Palat", "Francis Hickey", "Lina Patel", "Elise Sannar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/2314791", "journal": "Case Rep Neurol Med", "journal_detail": "2018 Feb 15;2018:2314791.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih...
PMC5832135
Individuals with Down syndrome (DS) can develop Alzheimer's disease as early as 30 to 40 years old, but parkinsonism is rarely described. We report on a 20-year-old woman with Down syndrome and parkinsonism who responded dramatically to carbidopa-levodopa. We propose that the occurrence of parkinsonism in individuals w...
{ "authors": [ "Leigh A Rettenmaier", "Marshall T Holland", "Taylor J Abel" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/2431041", "journal": "Case Rep Neurol Med", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:2431041.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29441210/...
PMC5758945
Spontaneous spinal subdural hematoma (sSDH) is a rare condition outright. Moreover, cases that occur spontaneously in the absence of an identifiable etiology are considerably less common and remain poorly understood. Here, we present the case of a 43-year-old man with spontaneous sSDH presenting with acute onset low ba...
{ "authors": [ "Smriti Rohilla", "Atul Kaushik", "V C Vinod", "Renu Tanwar", "Munish Kumar" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": null, "journal": "EXCLI J", "journal_detail": "2012 Aug 27;11:538-42.", "keywords": [ "achondroplasia", "craniofacial manifestations", "mutation", "sh...
PMC4897656
Achondroplasia (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man [OMIM] 100800), is considered as a form of skeletal dysplasia dwarfism that manifests with stunted stature and disproportionate limb shortening. Achondroplasia is of special interest in the field of dentistry because of its characteristic craniofacial features which i...
{ "authors": [ "Katrin Henke", "Aikaterini Galimanis", "Isaac Blaser", "Mairi Ziaka" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X231183869", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Jun 27;11:2050313X231183869.", "keywords": [ "acute ischemic stroke", "cardiac ...
PMC10334023
Despite the fact that cardiac troponin (cTn) elevation is commonly seen in the acute phase of ischemic stroke, investigating its etiology represents a challenge for healthcare practitioners. Therefore, we describe the case of an 86-year-old woman with dyspnea and cTn-elevation within the first days following acute isch...
{ "authors": [ "Vivek Aggarwal", "Sanjay Miglani", "Mamta Singla" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0972-0707.92610", "journal": "J Conserv Dent", "journal_detail": "2012 Jan;15(1):68-72.", "keywords": [ "apexification", "apex formation", "maturogenesis", "revascularization"...
PMC3284018
Various authors have demonstrated the regenerative process in immature, non vital teeth by revascularization induced maturogenesis. The aim of this case report is to compare calcium hydroxide apexification and pulp revascularization induced maturation procedures in the same patient, in two different teeth. The right ma...
{ "authors": [ "Eloïse Giabicani", "Sandra Chantot-Bastaraud", "Adeline Bonnard", "Myriam Rachid", "Sandra Whalen", "Irène Netchine", "Frédéric Brioude" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fendo.2019.00263", "journal": "Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2019 Apr 3...
PMC6503735
We report an original association of complex genetic defects in a patient carrying both an 11p paternal duplication, resulting in the double expression of insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2), as reported in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, and a 15q terminal deletion, including the type 1 IGF receptor gene (IGF1R), resulti...
{ "authors": [ "S Anwar", "G N Purohit" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Open Vet J", "journal_detail": "2012;2(1):23-5.", "keywords": [ "ankyloglossia", "camel", "frenuloplasty" ], "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26623287/", "major_mes...
PMC4655770
A rare case of ankyloglossia in a one-humped camel and its successful surgical correction by horizontal to vertical frenuloplasty is reported. Seven-month-old she-camel calf, with a history of excessive salivation and inability to chew and swallow hay, was referred to Al Qattara veterinary hospital. Solid food was regu...
{ "authors": [ "T Santosh", "Kanchan Kothari", "Mona Agnihotri" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2018.e00477", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2018 Dec 11;15:e00477.", "keywords": [ "cysticercosis", "fine needle aspiration cytology", "non-human parasite nuclei",...
PMC6305697
Cysticercosis is a zoonotic disease, caused by the larval form of pork tapeworm Taenia solium. This disease is a public health problem in a country such as India, but its incidence is likely underestimated. With the advent of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) with rapid on-site evaluation (ROSE), early detection o...
{ "authors": [ "Sung-Joo Yuh", "Fahad Alkherayf", "Howard Lesiuk" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2152-7806.122397", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2013 Nov 29;4:153.", "keywords": [ "carotid artery", "hydrocephalus", "vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia" ], "...
PMC3872646
Background: Dolichoectasia is a rare disorder of the cerebral vasculature consisting of vascular elongation, widening, and tortuosity, usually involving the vertebral and basilar arteries. Its neurological symptoms and signs are highly variable. Case description: We present a case of dolichoectasia of the vertebrobasil...
{ "authors": [ "Bryant Megna", "Sumona Saha", "Arnold Wald", "Rashmi Agni", "Kristina A Matkowskyj", "Freddy Caldera" ], "case_amount": 7, "doi": "10.14309/crj.2017.124", "journal": "ACG Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2017 Dec 20;4:e124.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-...
PMC5741139
Microscopic colitis (MC) has rarely been described to be the cause of watery diarrhea in those with established inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and instead has been presented as a herald syndrome to eventual IBD or incidentally found in asymptomatic IBD patients. We report a case series of 7 patients with IBD who pre...
{ "authors": [ "Yuan Deng", "Lei Sun", "Heng Liang", "Bojing Cui", "Caimei Cui", "Dan Zhao", "Arabella Wan", "Guohui Wan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2021.760765", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2021 Oct 20;11:760765.", "keywords": [ "circula...
PMC8565924
Management of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) largely relies on surgery and other systemic therapies. However, the poor diagnosis of cancer recurrence or metastasis can lead to a high frequency of treatment failure. Thus, factors that can predict disease status and prognosis of patients need to be identifi...
{ "authors": [ "Andleeb Zafar", "Ioannis M Aslanides", "Vasileios Selimis", "Konstantinos I Tsoulnaras", "David Tabibian", "George D Kymionis" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000486924", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2018 Feb 14;9(1):143-148.", "keywords...
PMC5892334
Purpose: We report here the case of a patient with anterior segment migration of intravitreal dexamethasone implant as well as its management and outcome. Methods: The patient had the following sequence of events: complicated cataract surgery, iris-sutured intraocular lens implant, followed by cystoid macular edema tre...
{ "authors": [ "Matthew D Garvey", "Caitlin J Miller", "Esther U Kim", "George Skulikidis", "Teena Shetty" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2020.517863", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2020 Nov 12;11:517863.", "keywords": [ "amnesia", "cerebral blood fl...
PMC7688456
Few studies have investigated transient global amnesia (TGA) in the context of a concussion and the concussion sequelae following TGA. Here we review the case of a 43-year-old male with onset of transient global anterograde and retrograde amnesia 22 days after a sustained concussion. The patient's head CT, MRI of brain...
{ "authors": [ "M S Mohamed Nawaaz", "Yaser Salem" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0259-1162.69309", "journal": "Anesth Essays Res", "journal_detail": "2010 Jan-Jun;4(1):38-40.", "keywords": [ "pulmonary hypertension", "epidural block", "hemicolectomy", "severe" ], "licens...
PMC4173327
A 59-year-old obese female patient was diagnosed to be having severe pulmonary hypertension secondary to mixed connective tissue disease and pulmonary fibrosis. She presented for right hemi-colectomy for a large right-sided colonic polypoid mass and multiple polyps diagnosed by colonoscopy. Her surgery was postponed by...
{ "authors": [ "Shu Han", "Xuan Xu", "Jie Wen", "Jianzhou Wang", "Sheng Xiao", "Li Pan", "Jiang Wang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2022.1073748", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2022 Dec 21;10:1073748.", "keywords": [ "ehlers-danlos syndrome", ...
PMC9811192
Background: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) spinal deformity type 2 has clinical features similar to those of spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia with joint laxity, type 1 (SEMDJL1). They have similar clinical manifestations and a similar genetic basis, both of which can be caused by mutations in the B3GALT6 gene. Hence, gen...
{ "authors": [ "Sonal Prasad", "Roopam Jariwal", "Moujidin Adebayo", "Sara Jaka", "Greti Petersen", "Everardo Cobos" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2022/6013321", "journal": "Case Rep Hematol", "journal_detail": "2022 Jun 25;2022:6013321.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC ...
PMC9252767
Several vaccines have been developed and are being administered against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Common side effects include fever, chills, headache, myalgia, and soreness at the injection site. However, some rare adverse effects have also been reported. We present a case of induced...
{ "authors": [ "Nehal Maja", "Ouafa Hocar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2018.29.199.12651", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2018 Apr 6;29:199.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30061977/", "major_mesh_terms": [ "...
PMC6061812
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{ "authors": [ "Sriram Sriperumbuduri", "Deborah Zimmerman" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/2192043", "journal": "Case Rep Nephrol", "journal_detail": "2018 Oct 9;2018:2192043.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30402307/", "major_mesh_...
PMC6198577
Turbid dialysate in a patient on peritoneal dialysis is usually due to peritonitis and almost all these patients are started on empirical antibiotics pending cultures. However, in few of them with culture negative fluid, this could represent other etiologies like chyle, which requires more intensive investigations, and...
{ "authors": [ "Alfonso Bellia", "David Della-Morte", "Nicola Di Daniele", "Davide Lauro" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1016/j.crphar.2021.100029", "journal": "Curr Res Pharmacol Drug Discov", "journal_detail": "2021 May 21;2:100029.", "keywords": [ "cardiometabolic disease", "di...
PMC8663945
In the present review we summarized current knowledge about significant interactions (DIs) of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) with other medications frequently prescribed to elderly patients with cardiometabolic diseases. Literature search was performed using PubMed from 1990 to October 2020. Randomized clinical tri...
{ "authors": [ "Masato Hojo", "Masanori Goto", "Susumu Miyamoto" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2152-7806.109654", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2013 Mar 28;4:41.", "keywords": [ "chronic expanding hematoma", "pituitary adenoma", "pituitary apoplexy", "...
PMC3622356
Background: Enlargement of intracerebral hematoma without rebleeding in chronic phase is a rare but well-known clinical condition, and is well-described as chronic expanding intracerebral hematoma. However, chronic enlargement of pituitary hematoma without rebleeding after pituitary apoplexy is extremely rare. Case des...
{ "authors": [ "Katayoun Samadi", "Ronald S Arellano" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5114/pjr.2018.80210", "journal": "Pol J Radiol", "journal_detail": "2018 Oct 5;83:e459-e460.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30655924/", "major_mesh_te...
PMC6334061
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{ "authors": [ "Jessica Parrott", "Mitch Tener", "Katie Dennis", "Matthew Sharpe", "Cecily Clark-Ganheart" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/3547242", "journal": "Case Rep Obstet Gynecol", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:3547242.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link":...
PMC5438830
Background: Sevoflurane is rarely used for the treatment of status asthmaticus. We report a case of sevoflurane hepatotoxicity in pregnancy with presentation similar to HELLP syndrome. Case: A G2P1001 at 23 weeks in status asthmaticus presented with pCO2 > 130 and pH < 7. She was nonresponsive to traditional therapy. S...
{ "authors": [ "Nathan C Bahr", "Katherine Janssen", "Joanne Billings", "Gabriel Loor", "Jaime S Green" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2015/925718", "journal": "Case Rep Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2015;2015:925718.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https:/...
PMC4677171
Background. De novo and donor-derived invasive fungal infections (IFIs) contribute to morbidity and mortality in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients. Reporting of donor-derived IFIs (DDIFIs) to the Organ Procurement Transplant Network has been mandated since 2005. Prior to that time no systematic monitoring of DDIF...
{ "authors": [ "Orlando Jorge M Torres", "Ozimo Pereira Gama-Filho", "Camila Cristina Salazar Torres", "Ricardo Mary Medeiros", "Caio Márcio Barros Oliveira" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.06.056", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2017;37:230-232.",...
PMC5524307
Background: Dunbar syndrome is a rare disorder due to external compression of the celiac trunk by the median arcuate ligament. The symptoms include abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. Laparoscopic treatment was suggested as a safe procedure. The aim of this study is to present a case of Dunbar syndrome underwent lapar...
{ "authors": [ "Adrija Hajra", "Juan Torrado", "Carlos L Alviar", "Sripal Bangalore", "Norma Keller", "Robert Faillace", "Seth Sokol" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X221113934", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2022 Jul 22;10:2050313X221113934....
PMC9310331
Hypercoagulability in coronavirus disease 2019 infection is already a known fact. But in this article, we have discussed a unique case where the patient had suffered from relapsing thrombus formation. This report describes the case of a patient who presented with chronic coronavirus disease 2019-induced recurrent throm...
{ "authors": [ "Mu-Chieh Tsai", "Hsi-Che Liu", "Chun-Yan Yeung" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1097/MD.0000000000014078", "journal": "Medicine (Baltimore)", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan;98(4):e14078.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/306815...
PMC6358341
Rationale: Hepatic hemangioma is rarely discovered during the infantile period. Although most of the cases are asymptomatic, some of them may suffer life-threatening situations. In this regard, early detection is mandatory for preventing the ominous consequences that might be culminated from the disease. Patient concer...
{ "authors": [ "Haiping Zeng", "Jun Wang", "Runpei Deng", "Zhiqiang Chen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OTT.S283704", "journal": "Onco Targets Ther", "journal_detail": "2020 Dec 21;13:13015-13022.", "keywords": [ "r-chop chemotherapy", "diffuse large b-cell lymphoma", "n...
PMC7762437
Primary urethral non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) is uncommon. This case study reports the case of a 52-year-old woman with a light red mass at the urethral orifice. Her clinical manifestations included frequent urination, urgency, dysuria, and occasionally blood in urine. The tumor was surgically removed, and the patholog...
{ "authors": [ "Joana Gomes", "Catarina Vilarinho", "Maria da Luz Duarte", "Celeste Brito" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2011/385803", "journal": "Case Rep Dermatol Med", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:385803.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nl...
PMC3504245
Cutaneous alternariosis is an opportunistic infection that has been described mainly in patients treated with corticosteroids. We report a case of dermal alternariosis occurring in a woman treated with corticosteroids after a neurosurgery that was unresponsive to itraconazole. Treatment with intravenous voriconazole wa...
{ "authors": [ "Ann M John", "Gina Francisco", "Radhika Srivastava", "Hamza Bhatti", "Babar K Rao" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X19847785", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019 Apr 28;7:2050313X19847785.", "keywords": [ "dermatofibrosarcoma pr...
PMC6488772
Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans is an uncommon low-grade malignant tumor that can invade locally and rarely metastasize. Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans has a high rate of local recurrence due to incomplete excision, especially in deep tissues. Morbidity is often related to multiple local recurrences and removal of exc...
{ "authors": [ "Valentina Ferri", "Benedetto Ielpo", "Hipolito Duran", "Eduardo Diaz", "Isabel Fabra", "Riccardo Caruso", "Luisi Malave", "Carlos Plaza", "Silvia Rodriguez", "Lina Garcia", "Virginia Perez", "Yolanda Quijano", "Emilio Vicente" ], "case_amount": 1...
PMC5065631
Introduction: Pancreatic disease can be complicated by extrabdominal manifestations such as panniculitis and polyarthritis. The symptomatic triad comprising pancreatic disease, panniculitis and polyarthritis is also known as PPP syndrome and is characterized by severe chronic sequels and high mortality rate. We describ...
{ "authors": [ "S Vithana", "M H A D De Silva", "G P Hewawitharana" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2020/8837607", "journal": "Case Rep Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2020 Sep 11;2020:8837607.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32963868/", ...
PMC7502118
Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome is a life-threatening adverse drug reaction if it is not timely diagnosed and treated. This happens probably following a cascade of immune reactions after the administration of the drug ultimately leading to multiorgan failure and death. Several gro...
{ "authors": [ "Mitsuko Yamada", "Shinichi Kato", "Kazuaki Mito", "Atsuo Furui", "Osamu Niwa", "Nobuki Terada" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.20407/fmj.2020-002", "journal": "Fujita Med J", "journal_detail": "2021;7(1):29-34.", "keywords": [ "allogenic bone graft", "basepl...
PMC8749484
Objectives: Reverse shoulder arthroplasty (RSA) for cuff tear arthropathy results in good shoulder function. However, RSA is associated with several complications, including infection, dislocation of the shoulder joint, implant loosening, and axillary nerve palsy. Several problems may also occur on the glenoid side, in...
{ "authors": [ "Jasjeet Bindra", "Michael Doherty", "John C Hunter" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2484/rcr.v7i3.751", "journal": "Radiol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015 Dec 7;7(3):751.", "keywords": [ "ct, computed tomography", "mri, magnetic resonance imaging", "safm, superfi...
PMC4899681
We present a case of a superficial acral fibromyxoma (SAFM) of the distal aspect of the thumb with radiographic evidence of extrinsic pressure erosion of the underlying cortex. This 47-year-old woman presented with a slow-growing mass over the distal aspect of the right thumb that proved to be SAFM on surgical patholog...
{ "authors": [ "Wanqun Chen", "Hong Qiu", "Xiaojun Yang", "Jinwei Zhang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1515/med-2019-0084", "journal": "Open Med (Wars)", "journal_detail": "2019 Oct 2;14:735-739.", "keywords": [ "appendix bleeding", "granulomatous appendicitis", "painless blo...
PMC6778395
Appendix bleeding is an uncommon clinical phenomenon. In this article, we reported a case of appendix bleeding with painless bloody diarrhea. With the analysis of clinical features, clinical examination, experimental test and literature review, we diagnosed that the appendix bleeding might be caused by granulomatous ap...