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{ "authors": [ "Lidia Ionescu", "Claudia Florida Costea", "Radu Dănilă", "Camelia Margareta Bogdănici", "Dragoş Viorel Scripcariu", "Roxana Maria Livădariu", "Gabriela Florenţa Dumitrescu", "Cristina Maria Gavrilescu", "Raluca Alina Dragomir", "Anca Sava", "Andrei Ionuţ Cuc...
PMC8597376
Objective: Identifying the morphological features of thymus in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) with anti-acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibodies and concomitant Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT), which were recruited from a single surgical unit of a tertiary referral hospital located in the North-Eastern region of Rom...
{ "authors": [ "Jeong-Wook Lim", "Seung-Hwan Yang", "Jong-Soo Lee", "Shi-Hun Song" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/1817-1745.66674", "journal": "J Pediatr Neurosci", "journal_detail": "2010 Jan;5(1):79-81.", "keywords": [ "hydrocephalus", "multiple epidural hematoma", "pin...
PMC2964789
In cases of pineal tumor combined with obstructive hydrocephalus, preoperative ventriculostomy or ventriculoperitoneal shunting is typically required prior to tumor resection. The objectives of preoperative ventriculostomy are gradual reduction of intracranial pressure and consequent preoperative brain protection. Here...
{ "authors": [ "Melih Paksoy", "Volkan Ozben", "Fadil Ayan", "Arife Simsek" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2010/189846", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2010;2010:189846.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20589084/", ...
PMC2892652
While the majority of fistulas in ano result from infection of the anal crypts, complex, recurrent, and/or nonhealing fistulas should always raise the suspicion of a chronic underlying condition. In this paper, we present a 30-year-old male patient with a diagnosis of a complex suprasphincteric fistula caused by a surg...
{ "authors": [ "Faisal Syed", "Gaik Si Quah", "Angelina Di Re" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1093/jscr/rjac611", "journal": "J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 4;2023(1):rjac611.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36628063/", "ma...
PMC9825240
Perforation of the gallbladder and the spillage of gallstones can be a cause of ongoing morbidity and mortality in patients post cholecystectomy. We report on an unusual case of a 58-year-old male who developed a right upper quadrant lump 8 years after laparoscopic cholecystectomy which was eventually determined to be ...
{ "authors": [ "Kyohei Takase", "Sang Yang Lee", "Takahiro Waki", "Tomoaki Fukui", "Keisuke Oe", "Tomoyuki Matsumoto", "Takehiko Matsushita", "Kotaro Nishida", "Ryosuke Kuroda", "Takahiro Niikura" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/4190670", "journal": "Case Rep ...
PMC6126075
Rotational malreduction is a potential complication of intramedullary nailing for tibial shaft fractures. We experienced a symptomatic case of a 24° externally rotated malunion that we treated with minimally invasive corrective osteotomy. A 49-year-old man sustained a tibial shaft spiral fracture with a fibula fracture...
{ "authors": [ "Saeed Baradwan", "Feras Sendy", "Sameer Sendy" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/7632989", "journal": "Case Rep Obstet Gynecol", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:7632989.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28840047/", "maj...
PMC5559909
The giant ovarian serous cystadenoma is a rare finding and often benign. The use of the laparoscopic approach versus open approach for the management of huge ovarian cysts is controversial. We report a case of a 27-year-old woman with a history of increasing abdominal girth over a period of two years along with radiolo...
{ "authors": [ "Sachin Narain", "Lama Al-Khoury", "Eric Chang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/JPR.S84771", "journal": "J Pain Res", "journal_detail": "2015 Sep 8;8:603-6.", "keywords": [ "chronic pain", "intrathecal pump", "migraine", "symptoms", "ziconotide" ], "...
PMC4573200
Background: Migraine headaches are a common and functionally debilitating disorder affecting approximately 17% of women and 5.6% of men. Compared to episodic migraine patients, chronic migraineurs are more likely to be occupationally disabled, miss family activities, have comorbid anxiety and/or chronic pain disorders,...
{ "authors": [ "Mianwang He", "Shengyuan Yu", "Guangyi Wang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1007/s10194-011-0292-x", "journal": "J Headache Pain", "journal_detail": "2011 Jun;12(3):369-71.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21246241/", "majo...
PMC3094664
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{ "authors": [ "Sarah Imhoff", "Martin Lavallière", "Mathieu Germain-Robitaille", "Normand Teasdale", "Philippe Fait" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S120918", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2017 Feb 10;10:41-45.", "keywords": [ "assessment", "dr...
PMC5315210
Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) causes functional deficits that may significantly interfere with numerous activities of daily living such as driving. We report the case of a 20-year-old woman having lost her driver's license after sustaining a moderate TBI. Objective: We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of ...
{ "authors": [ "Kathy L Gallagher", "Pallavi Patel", "Michael W Beresford", "Eve Mary Dorothy Smith" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2022.884634", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2022 Apr 14;10:884634.", "keywords": [ "antiphospholipid syndrome", "biologics...
PMC9047745
Introduction: Juvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematous (JSLE) is a rare multisystem autoimmune disorder. In 2012, the Single Hub and Access point for pediatric Rheumatology in Europe (SHARE) initiative developed recommendations for the diagnosis/management of JSLE, lupus nephritis (LN) and childhood-onset anti-phosph...
{ "authors": [ "Kyla Wright", "Charlotte M Rajasingh", "Sue J Fu", "Jamie Tung", "Brendan C Visser", "Lisa M Knowlton" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1136/tsaco-2022-001063", "journal": "Trauma Surg Acute Care Open", "journal_detail": "2022 Dec 14;7(1):e001063.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC9756279
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{ "authors": [ "Ítalo Teles de Oliveira Filho", "Paulo Cesar Romero", "Emílio Afonso França Fontoura", "Saul Dalla de Oliveira", "Ricardo Vieira Botelho" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_380_2019", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2019 Sep 27;10:189.", "keyword...
PMC6778334
Background: Arachnoid cysts are benign extra-axial lesions corresponding to 1% of intracranial expansive lesions. They are usually incidental findings in asymptomatic patients. Most cases are congenital, and when symptomatic are diagnosed in childhood or adolescence. Symptomatic arachnoids cyst in elderly patients is v...
{ "authors": [ "Garrett L Chapman", "Nirav H Amin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/6125676", "journal": "Case Rep Orthop", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan 21;2018:6125676.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29992071/", "major_mesh_terms": [...
PMC5827882
We report a patient who developed persistent knee pain with mechanical symptoms after an uncomplicated patellofemoral arthroplasty. The etiology of his knee pain remained inconclusive following magnetic resonance imaging due to metallic artifact image distortion. With the use of an in-office needle arthroscopy, an imme...
{ "authors": [ "Zhitao Su", "Zhongli Hu", "Lei Wang", "Yao Wang", "Xiaoyun Fang", "Panpan Ye" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2021.707978", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2021 Nov 22;8:707978.", "keywords": [ "bee sting", "case report", ...
PMC8645682
A bee sting can lead to an extremely rare case of visual loss caused by central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO). In this study, we report a 66-year-old healthy woman who was referred to our Eye Center because of visual loss, which had occurred after bee sting 2 days earlier. The visual acuity was no light perception (N...
{ "authors": [ "Sandeep K Dhillon", "Edwin Lee", "John Fox", "Maurice Rachko" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4021/cr11w", "journal": "Cardiol Res", "journal_detail": "2011 Feb;2(1):42-45.", "keywords": [ "acute myocardial infarction", "asprin allergy", "immune thrombocytopenic...
PMC5358128
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in patients with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is rare. We describe a case of AMI in patient with ITP. An 81-year-old woman presented with acute inferoposterior MI with low platelet count on admission (34,000/µl). Coronary angiography revealed significant mid right coronary art...
{ "authors": [ "Ala' A Abdel Jalil", "Jamie Craig", "Rajesh Bajaj", "Timothy Spurling" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14309/crj.2014.8", "journal": "ACG Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan 10;1(2):82-4.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nl...
PMC4435292
Crizotinib is an oral tyrosine-kinase inhibitor that inhibits anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) in gene-rearranged non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In 2011, the Food and Drug Administration approved crizotinib for treatment of locally advanced or metastatic ALK-positive NSCLC. The crizotinib adverse events profile in...
{ "authors": [ "Naoyuki Fujita", "Mitsuhiro Tambo", "Yuichi Terado", "Michio Fujita", "Takatsugu Okegawa", "Kikuo Nutahara" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000485458", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan 4;11(1):6-10.", "keywords": [ "ectopic pancreas"...
PMC5836225
We report a case of a vesicoenteric fistula arising from an adenocarcinoma of ectopic pancreatic tissue in a Meckel diverticulum in a 58-year-old man. The patient suffered from refractory micturition pain and increased urinary frequency. Computerized tomography with a contrast agent showed a ring-shaped enhanced mass n...
{ "authors": [ "Mushrek Alani", "Saeed Mahmood", "Ayman El-Menyar", "Sajid Atique", "Hassan Al-Thani", "Ruben Peralta" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.08.068", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2017;41:26-29.", "keywords": [ "impalement inju...
PMC5645491
Introduction: Impalement injury is a rare type of mechanical injury following forceful insertion of projecting object into the body. Careful planning for removal of the impaling object is essential to decrease the blood loss and preserve the function of the injured organ. Presentation of case: A 27 year-old male fell f...
{ "authors": [ "Tomi Pudas", "Seppo K Koskinen", "Ari Hiltunen", "Kimmo T Mattila" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1258/arsr.2012.120004", "journal": "Acta Radiol Short Rep", "journal_detail": "2012 Aug 31;1(7):arsr.2012.120004.", "keywords": [ "mr imaging", "osteochondritis dissec...
PMC3738356
Osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) of the humeral capitellum is a disorder affecting mainly boys between the ages of 12 and 15 years. The exact etiology of OCD is not clear, but it is believed that repetitive trauma is the primary cause. Genetic factors are thought to play a secondary role in the pathogenesis. We present ...
{ "authors": [ "Anna Kadar", "Lorena Vatra", "Anca Avram", "Daniela Stoica", "Marcel Oancea" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1055/s-0039-1678567", "journal": "European J Pediatr Surg Rep", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan;6(1):e104-e107.", "keywords": [ "fish hook sign", "laparoscop...
PMC6386645
Left retrocaval ureter is an extremely rare congenital malformation which is associated with situs inversus, duplicated or translated inferior vena cava (IVC). We report a female adolescent who presented with a history of intermittent, colicky lumbar pain. Diagnostic workup revealed left retrocaval ureter and left uret...
{ "authors": [ "Omar Boulahroud", "Abdelkrim Choho", "Assou Ajja" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2017.28.274.13870", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2017 Nov 28;28:274.", "keywords": [ "esophageal perforation", "cervical spine surgery", "sternocleidomasto...
PMC5989256
The anterior surgical approach for spinal repair, with or without the insertion of stabilizing hardware, is an established procedure in the management of anterior cervical spine (ACS) pathology. Esophageal injury during this approach is a rare complication that can be life threatening. No treatment protocol has yet bee...
{ "authors": [ "Hyun Su Kim", "Joon Hyung Kim", "Soo Youn Shin", "Young A Kang", "Ha Gyung Lee", "Jin Seok Kim", "Jong Koo Lee", "Belong Cho" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3346/jkms.2011.26.1.22", "journal": "J Korean Med Sci", "journal_detail": "2011 Jan;26(1):22-7.", "k...
PMC3012845
The aim of this study was to describe the features of deaths associated with the 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) by 26 November 2009 in Korea. We collected standardized case reports on 115 confirmed deaths through a nationwide enhanced influenza surveillance system. The median age was 61 yr (interquartile range [IQR],...
{ "authors": [ "Prasanth Manohar", "Belinda Loh", "Ramesh Nachimuthu", "Xiaoting Hua", "Susan C Welburn", "Sebastian Leptihn" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2020.00420", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2020 Aug 5;7:420.", "keywords": [ "covid-19...
PMC7419580
Pulmonary diseases of viral origin are often followed by the manifestation of secondary infections, leading to further clinical complications and negative disease outcomes. Thus, research on secondary infections is essential. Here, we review clinical data of secondary bacterial infections developed after the onset of p...
{ "authors": [ "Mingqun Deng", "Miao Yu", "Ruizhi Jiajue", "Kai Feng", "Xinhua Xiao" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fendo.2021.524242", "journal": "Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2021 Jun 9;12:524242.", "keywords": [ "bloom syndrome", "azoospermia", ...
PMC8220076
Bloom syndrome (BS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder that causes several endocrine abnormalities. So far, only one BS pedigree, without diabetes, has been reported in the Chinese population. We presented the first case of BS with diabetes in the Chinese population and explored the clinical spectrum associated wit...
{ "authors": [ "Masaaki Imai", "Jiro Tominaga", "Mitsunori Matsumae" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2152-7806.86228", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2011;2:151.", "keywords": [ "choroid plexus papilloma", "intraparenchymal origin", "magnetic resonance imagin...
PMC3205501
Background: Choroid plexus papilloma (CPP) can develop at a primary intraparenchymal location completely unrelated to the ventricular system. Here, we present a case of CPP that was difficult to diagnose preoperatively. Case description: Preoperative imaging and operative findings showed that the tumor originated entir...
{ "authors": [ "Jing Sun", "Reenu Malhotra", "Lakshmi Ananthakrishnan", "Purva Gopal" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2023/6947960", "journal": "Case Rep Pathol", "journal_detail": "2023 Jul 27;2023:6947960.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm....
PMC10400295
We describe two cases of rectal herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection in men that clinically mimicked rectal adenocarcinoma. Herpes infection in this location more commonly presents as an anal mass with viral inclusions in squamous epithelial cells. We report these cases to increase awareness of the unusual presentation...
{ "authors": [ "Sijan Basnet", "Izza Mir", "Elan Mohanty", "Rashmi Dhital", "Biswaraj Tharu", "Dilli Ram Poudel" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/2791349", "journal": "Case Rep Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan 8;2018:2791349.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY...
PMC5817267
Empyema caused by clostridial infections is rare especially in the absence of invasive thoracic procedures. We present the case of an 81-year-old man without a history of preceding trauma who presented with shortness of breath and nonproductive cough and grew Clostridium perfringens only in the pleural cavity. He was p...
{ "authors": [ "Jordi Font Segura", "Sergi Barrera-Ochoa", "Albert Gargallo-Margarit", "Eva Correa-Vázquez", "Anna Isart-Torruella", "Xavier Mir Bullo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2013/247328", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2013;2013:247328.", "keywords": n...
PMC3603655
Osteoid osteoma (OO) is a small and painful benign osteoblastic tumour located preferentially in the shaft of long bones near the metaphyseal junctions, with a predilection for the lower limbs. Juxta- and intra-articular OOs are rare and even though hip, elbow, and talus are the most commonly reported locations, they m...
{ "authors": [ "Anne-Sophie Lambert", "Catherine Legrand", "Sophie Cès", "Thérèse Van Durme", "Jean Macq" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1371/journal.pone.0224286", "journal": "PLoS One", "journal_detail": "2019 Oct 31;14(10):e0224286.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link...
PMC6822731
The methodological challenges to effectiveness evaluation of complex interventions has been widely discussed. Bottom-up case management for frail older person was implemented in Belgium, and indeed, it was evaluated as a complex intervention. This paper presents the methodological approach we developed to respond to fo...
{ "authors": [ "Tatsuya Ueno", "Tatsuya Sasaki", "Masatoshi Iwamura", "Tomoya Kon", "Jin-Ichi Nunomura", "Hiroshi Midorikawa", "Masahiko Tomiyama" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000487587", "journal": "Case Rep Neurol", "journal_detail": "2018 Mar 7;10(1):66-71.", "keywor...
PMC5903132
An 83-year-old Japanese man was admitted with dysarthria and right hemiparesis. He had had a large intracranial aneurysm on the left internal carotid artery 5 years before admission and had been followed up under conservative treatment. On admission, diffusion-weighted imaging revealed a hyperintense signal on the left...
{ "authors": [ "Saba Al-Rashaed", "J Fernando Arevalo" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.2147/OPTH.S30550", "journal": "Clin Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2012;6:1029-34.", "keywords": [ "angioid streaks", "choroidal neovascular membrane", "intravitreal bevacizumab", "photodynamic ...
PMC3402123
Background: The purpose of this paper is to report the clinical course of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) secondary to angioid streaks and the outcomes in response to different treatment modalities. Methods: This was a case series of two consecutive patients (four eyes) with CNV secondary to angioid streaks. Visual ...
{ "authors": [ "Nauzer Forbes", "Raed Al-Dabbagh", "Peter Lovrics", "David Morgan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2016/6379425", "journal": "Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol", "journal_detail": "2016;2016:6379425.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nl...
PMC4904662
Gastrocolic fistulas are observed in association with several conditions. Traditionally, peptic ulcer disease was commonly implicated in the formation of gastrocolic fistulas; however, this is now a rare etiology. Here, we present a case of gastrocolic fistula secondary to peptic ulcer disease alone, in addition to rev...
{ "authors": [ "Jing Dong", "Xiaojuan Zhao", "Sensen Shi", "Zhenni Ma", "Meng Liu", "Qingyu Wu", "Changgeng Ruan", "Ningzheng Dong" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1371/journal.pone.0033263", "journal": "PLoS One", "journal_detail": "2012;7(3):e33263.", "keywords": null, ...
PMC3314005
von Willebrand factor (VWF) is essential for normal hemostasis. VWF gene mutations cause the hemorrhagic von Willebrand disease (VWD). In this study, a 9-year-old boy was diagnosed as type 2A VWD, based on a history of abnormal bleeding, low plasma VWF antigen and activity, low plasma factor VIII activity, and lack of ...
{ "authors": [ "Jayendra R Gohil", "Tushar S Agarwal" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/JPN.JPN_139_17", "journal": "J Pediatr Neurosci", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan-Mar;13(1):116-117.", "keywords": [ "adverse drug reaction", "infection", "levetiracetam", "neutropenia", "pan...
PMC5982480
Pancytopenia secondary to levetiracetam administration is infrequent but possible. Here, we report a case of pancytopenia associated with levetiracetam in a 4-month-old infant. However, increased incidence of upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) has been reported frequently. It appears that URTI is a heralding si...
{ "authors": [ "Hiroya Takafuji", "Sinobu Hosokawa", "Riyo Ogura", "Yoshikazu Hiasa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5603/CJ.2019.0122", "journal": "Cardiol J", "journal_detail": "2019;26(6):808-809.", "keywords": [ "coronary aneurysm", "coronary fistula" ], "license": "CC BY-N...
PMC8083029
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{ "authors": [ "Salah-Edine Safi", "Julie Godfrain", "Herbert Rooijakkers", "Frederic Collignon" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023/2349363", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2023 Sep 6;2023:2349363.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.n...
PMC10499534
A 78-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with mild headaches and a sudden onset of blurred vision. Computerized tomography scan and magnetic resonance imaging showed what was described at first as a meningioma invading and occluding the torcular Herophili, the posterior third of the superior sagittal s...
{ "authors": [ "David Pellerin", "Michael Wodkowski", "Marie-Christine Guiot", "Hisham AlDhukair", "Andrea Blotsky", "Jason Karamchandani", "Evelyne Vinet", "Anne-Louise Lafontaine", "Stuart Lubarsky" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2019.00163", "journal": "Front...
PMC6400852
Rheumatoid meningitis is a rare complication of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. The condition may present in a variety of ways and is therefore diagnostically challenging. Uncertainty still exists regarding the optimal treatment strategy. Herein, we describe the cas...
{ "authors": [ "Steven R Edwards", "Andrew C Kingsford" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X20945894", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020 Aug 4;8:2050313X20945894.", "keywords": [ "enchondroma", "chondroma", "external fixators", "neoplasm", "t...
PMC7412894
Enchondromas are benign tumours that may become symptomatic due to expansive pressure on the surrounding bone. In this case, a 27-year-old male developed a symptomatic enchondroma within the proximal phalanx of his left fourth toe. Resection and insertion of a bone graft were considered optimal management. Histopatholo...
{ "authors": [ "Chalinee Monsereenusorn", "Kantang Satayasoontorn", "Piya Rujkijyanont", "Chanchai Traivaree" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/6828037", "journal": "Case Rep Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2018 Apr 23;2018:6828037.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": ...
PMC5937564
Cholangiocarcinoma is extremely rare in childhood and has been reported in association with other underlying diseases. The survival and prognosis are dismal especially in patients with unresectable or advanced stage cholangiocarcinoma. Overall survival in patients with metastatic cholangiocarcinoma could be increased b...
{ "authors": [ "Khuram Khan", "Ofelia Leroux", "Saqib Saeed", "Farhana Iqbal", "Leaque Ahmed", "Brian Davis-Joseph" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2018.30.211.15454", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2018 Jul 16;30:211.", "keywords": [ "splenic infarct...
PMC6294983
Splenic infarction after contralateral laparoscopic renal surgery has not, to our knowledge, been reported. The spleen is the most affected organ in sickle cell disease and the mechanism of auto infarction is thought to result from the crystallization of abnormal hemoglobin during periods of hypoxia or acidosis resulti...
{ "authors": [ "Ebrahim Salavati", "Hamidreza Hajirezaee", "Hamid Reza Niazkar", "Muhammad Sadegh Ramezani", "Alireza Sargazi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.47176/mjiri.35.104", "journal": "Med J Islam Repub Iran", "journal_detail": "2021 Aug 16;35:104.", "keywords": [ "covid-19"...
PMC8683805
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was declared to be pandemic on March 12, 2020, is the latest health concern worldwide. COVID-19 patients may develop cerebrovascular complications either during the course of COVID-19 or even as an initial presentation of the disease. Herein, a case of myocarditis in a COV...
{ "authors": [ "Zahra Khajali", "Maedeh Arabian", "Maryam Aliramezany" ], "case_amount": 6, "doi": "10.34172/jcvtr.2020.36", "journal": "J Cardiovasc Thorac Res", "journal_detail": "2020;12(3):237-243.", "keywords": [ "adult congenital heart disease", "atrial septal defect", "cyano...
PMC7581838
Hypoplastic right ventricle is a rare congenital disease usually associated with pulmonary atresia or tricuspid atresia. Isolated right ventricular hypoplasia is a rare anomaly without important valvular abnormalities. It is associated with inter atrial septal defects leading to the right-to-left shunting of blood. Pat...
{ "authors": [ "Yu Onodera", "Toru Nakano", "Takahiro Heishi", "Tadashi Sakurai", "Yusuke Taniyama", "Chiaki Sato", "Noriaki Ohuchi", "Takashi Kamei" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.01.040", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2017;31:154-15...
PMC5293718
Introduction: The incidence of lymph node metastasis in the dorsal area of the thoracic aorta (DTA) is relatively low in patients with esophageal cancer. It is difficult to approach the DTA using surgical procedures, such as an open thoracotomy and thoracoscopy in the left decubitus position. Case presentation: Case 1:...
{ "authors": [ "Kuk Hui Son", "Ho Sung Son", "Eun Jeong Choi", "Kyung Sun" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3346/jkms.2010.25.1.145", "journal": "J Korean Med Sci", "journal_detail": "2010 Jan;25(1):145-7.", "keywords": [ "congenital abnormalities", "coronary artery bypass", "pe...
PMC2800011
A 71-yr-old male patient with three vessel coronary artery disease underwent a coronary artery bypass graft. The patient was found to have a large pericardial defect at the apex of the heart that measured approximately 18 cm in circumference. The edge of the pericardial defect impinged on the epicardial coronary arteri...
{ "authors": [ "Maxwell Smith", "M Scott Lucia", "Priya N Werahera", "Francisco G La Rosa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1752-1947-4-16", "journal": "J Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2010 Jan 20;4:16.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.ni...
PMC2825242
Introduction: Urethral carcinoid tumors are very rare tumors with only four cases described in the literature. Case presentation: We present the case of a 61-year-old man with a primary carcinoid tumor of the verumontanum (colliculis seminalis) portion of the prostatic urethra with a coexisting prostatic adenocarcinoma...
{ "authors": [ "Elena Massimino", "Anna Paola Amoroso", "Roberta Lupoli", "Alessandro Rossi", "Brunella Capaldo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fnut.2023.1178348", "journal": "Front Nutr", "journal_detail": "2023 May 11;10:1178348.", "keywords": [ "cardiomyopathy", "conti...
PMC10213733
Glycogen storage disease Type III (GSD III) is an autosomal recessive disease due to the deficiency of the debranching enzyme, which has two main consequences: a reduced availability of glucose due to the incomplete degradation of glycogen, and the accumulation of abnormal glycogen in liver and cardiac/skeletal muscle....
{ "authors": [ "Enrico Zecca", "Mirta Corsello", "Claudio Pintus", "Lorenzo Nanni", "Susanna Zecca" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1186/1824-7288-36-3", "journal": "Ital J Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2010 Jan 14;36:3.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubme...
PMC2841605
Pyloric atresia (PA) is a very rare condition. Its incidence is approximately 1 in 100,000 newborns and constitutes about 1% of all intestinal atresias. We describe the neonatal course of a peculiar case of type 1 pyloric atresia, in which the pyloric membrane was connected to a second duodenal membrane through a virtu...
{ "authors": [ "Adriana Moro", "Renato P Munhoz", "Salmo Raskin", "Torben C Bezerra", "Mariana Moscovich", "Tetsuo Ashizawa", "Hélio A G Teive" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1590/s0004-282x2013000100015", "journal": "Arq Neuropsiquiatr", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan;71(1):66.", ...
PMC3915404
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{ "authors": [ "Hazem M Abdel Tawab", "Ravi Kumar V", "Salim M Sloma Tabook" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2015/590783", "journal": "Case Rep Otolaryngol", "journal_detail": "2015;2015:590783.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25767729/...
PMC4341844
Introduction. Osteoma of the temporal bone is a very uncommon benign tumor of bone. Osteomas may occur in the external auditory canals but are reported to be very rare in the mastoid bone. Case Report. A 36-year-old male presented to our department with a hard swelling behind the right ear diagnosed as osteoma. Complet...
{ "authors": [ "Tao Zhang", "Zhu-Bin Pan", "Wen-Jia Tong", "Yu-Liang Zhou", "Yuan Cheng", "Dan-Qun Jin", "Shi-Qin Qi", "Zhen-Qiang Zhang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/JIR.S418733", "journal": "J Inflamm Res", "journal_detail": "2023 Aug 8;16:3319-3327.", "keywords":...
PMC10422985
Background: Paraneoplastic syndromes often cause endocrine, neurological, cutaneous, and hematologic pathologies, and cases with digestive symptoms as prominent cases are rare. Case description: A 1-year-old child admitted to the emergency department with severe abdominal distension was later diagnosed with sacrococcyg...
{ "authors": [ "Jelena Vrublevska" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1134692", "journal": "Front Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2023 Mar 9;14:1134692.", "keywords": [ "antipsychotic combination", "cariprazine", "case report", "psychotic relapse", "schizophrenia" ],...
PMC10034963
The present case report describes a young man diagnosed with schizophrenia and presents a "revolving door" (RD) phenomenon. He was hospitalized in an acute psychiatric clinic three times in 1 year. After each hospitalization, he was discharged with incompletely reduced psychotic symptoms, persistent negative symptoms, ...
{ "authors": [ "Sidra Aslam", "Ahmed I Siddiqi", "Waqas Shafiq", "Umal Azmat", "Hira Irfan", "Wania Rafaey", "Sidra Masood" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.33788", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 15;15(1):e33788.", "keywords": [ "hyperinsulinemi...
PMC9926943
Insulinomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors with an annual incidence of four cases per million people in the general population. They have varied presentations making their diagnosis a challenging task necessitating a thorough patient assessment to ascertain early detection of this clinical entity by treating physicians...
{ "authors": [ "Ryuya Maejima", "Masahiro Aoyama", "Masahito Hara", "Shigeru Miyachi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2176/nmccrj.cr.2021-0169", "journal": "NMC Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2021 Dec 22;8(1):851-855.", "keywords": [ "l5 radiculopathy", "double crush syndrome", ...
PMC8769459
Double crush syndrome (DCS) is a clinical condition involving impingement of the spinal and peripheral nerves. DCS of the lower limbs has been recognized; however, no detailed reports have been published. Herein, we report a rare case of the coexistence of L5 radiculopathy and peroneal nerve entrapment neuropathy. The ...
{ "authors": [ "Justin J Forde", "Ofor Ewelukwa", "Tony Brar", "Roniel Cabrera" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/7465025", "journal": "Case Reports Hepatol", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:7465025.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/...
PMC5529627
Non-islet cell tumor hypoglycemia (NICTH) is a rare and serious paraneoplastic complication of both malignant and benign tumors to consider when evaluating fasting hypoglycemia, especially in the setting of liver diseases. We present a case of NICTH in a 54-year-old male with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who presente...
{ "authors": [ "Yasutaka Tajima", "Mariko Matsumura", "Hiroaki Yaguchi", "Yasunori Mito" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2169/internalmedicine.7153-16", "journal": "Intern Med", "journal_detail": "2018;57(6):867-871.", "keywords": [ "chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy", ...
PMC5891529
A 27-year-old woman with optic neuritis and cervical myelitis developed hypertrophic demyelinating polyneuropathy. It was hypothesized that the diagnosis was combined central and peripheral demyelination. A hypertrophic nerve was observed subcutaneously, and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated marked hypertrophy of...
{ "authors": [ "Lidija Ljubicic", "Igor Petrovic", "Andrea Crkvenac Gregorek", "Hrvoje Silovski" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023/2717041", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2023 Apr 27;2023:2717041.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed....
PMC10159741
The case of vascular reconstruction of the superior mesenteric and portal vein confluence using a left renal vein (LRV) graft has been researched in this paper. The patient was a 66-year-old female who presented with features of biliary obstruction. A contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan revealed bile duct dilata...
{ "authors": [ "Girish Bathla", "Sedat Giray Kandemirli", "Sarika Gupta", "Amit Agarwal" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_830_2020", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2020 Dec 22;11:463.", "keywords": [ "cystic", "magnetic resonance imaging", "neurosarco...
PMC7771406
Background: Sarcoidosis is an idiopathic, granulomatous, and multi-system inflammatory disorder that can also involve the central nervous system in the form of meningeal, parenchymal, or cranial nerve involvement. Imaging findings can be non-specific and may overlap with other inflammatory, infectious and neoplastic pr...
{ "authors": [ "Alessandro Inno", "Emanuela Lattuada", "Giovanni Foti", "Stefania Gori" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2023.1053497", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2023 Feb 2;13:1053497.", "keywords": [ "hiv", "nsclc", "anti-pd1", "carboplatin", ...
PMC9932884
Activity and safety data of chemo-immunotherapy for patients with metastatic NSCLC and known HIV infection are still limited, since HIV-positive patients were generally excluded from clinical trials. Here we report the case of a metastatic NSCLC patient with HIV infection and undetectable viral load treated with first-...
{ "authors": [ "Carla M Lopez", "Mark L Kovler", "Eric B Jelin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.07.025", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020;73:210-212.", "keywords": [ "gastric perforation", "rett syndrome", "sarcina ventriculi" ], "lice...
PMC7378313
Here we describe a case of a 15-year-old child with Rett syndrome who presented with extreme gastric distension and fatal perforation in the setting of long-standing aerophagia and pathologic colonization with Sarcina ventriculi, a rare bacteria implicated in gastric perforation. This is the first report of gastric per...
{ "authors": [ "Raid A Abutalib", "Khalid I Khoshhal" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12659/ajcr.894984", "journal": "Am J Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan 6;17:6-11.", "keywords": null, "license": "NO-CC CODE", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26732673/", "major_mesh_terms": [...
PMC4708097
Background: This report is about unusual multiple upper extremity concomitant injuries in an adult after a fall from a height. To the best of our knowledge this is the first reported case of concomitant ipsilateral occurrence of multiple common injuries, uncommonly occurring together in a single traumatic episode. Case...
{ "authors": [ "Cristina Lancrajan", "Roxana Bumbacea", "Calin Giurcaneanu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "J Med Life", "journal_detail": "2010 Jan-Mar;3(1):80-3.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20302202/", "major_mesh_terms...
PMC3019027
Atopic dermatitis is a chronic inflammatory disease, usually associated with a personal or family history of atopic diseases such as AD, allergic rhinitis or asthma that most commonly arise in childhood and present with elevated IgE serum in up to 85% of patients. The severity of AD is based on the extent of affected a...
{ "authors": [ "Eric Melnychuk", "Robert Strony" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/3704348", "journal": "Case Rep Emerg Med", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:3704348.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28116180/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "...
PMC5237457
Epigastric pain is a common complaint made by patients being evaluated in the emergency department. Spontaneous isolated visceral artery dissection is a rare cause with no reported prevalence. We present a case of a 37-year-old male evaluated in the emergency department for epigastric pain and subsequently diagnosed wi...
{ "authors": [ "Dong Hoon Lee", "Tae Mi Yoon", "Joon Kyoo Lee", "Sang Chul Lim" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4068/cmj.2018.54.1.76", "journal": "Chonnam Med J", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan;54(1):76-77.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.g...
PMC5794484
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{ "authors": [ "Yuichiro Yokoyama", "Hiroki Sakata", "Toshimasa Uekusa", "Yusuke Tajima", "Masahiro Ishimaru" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.04.006", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020;70:164-167.", "keywords": [ "gastric cancer", "panc...
PMC7229230
Background: There have been a few reports on solitary pancreatic metastases of gastric cancer. We present a case of solitary pancreatic metastasis of gastric cancer with synchronous primary pancreatic ductal carcinoma. Presentation of case: An 86-year-old man who had undergone total gastrectomy two and half years prior...
{ "authors": [ "Moritsugu Kimura", "Masao Toyoda", "Nobumichi Saito", "Makiko Takahashi", "Konomi Isozumi", "Eri Kato", "Daiji Kawanami", "Masafumi Fukagawa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/DMSO.S363762", "journal": "Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes", "journal_detail": "2022 Ma...
PMC9148577
Despite some negative reports regarding the need for the self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG), including the issue of cost-effectiveness, there are still many users, and in diabetes treatment, which is largely dependent on the patient's self-care, SMBG remains an important tool in establishing such self-care habits,...
{ "authors": [ "Aliseydi Bozkurt", "Mehmet Karabakan", "Mehmet Soyturk", "Erkan Hirik", "Barış Nuhoglu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2014/218037", "journal": "Case Rep Urol", "journal_detail": "2014;2014:218037.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubme...
PMC4202210
Clean intermittent self-catheterization is the standard method for bladder evacuation in these patients today. The patient was diagnosed with urethrogluteal fistula and gluteal-perineal abscess by radiological evaluation. Gluteal drainage decreased after cystostomy. In our paper, a case of urethrogluteal fistula and pe...
{ "authors": [ "Sameeha Khalid", "Gieric Laput", "Kamal Khorfan", "Marina Roytman" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.34357", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 29;15(1):e34357.", "keywords": [ "cholangiocarcinoma", "drug-induced liver injury (dili)", "he...
PMC9975287
Although the relationship between androgens and hepatocellular tumor development has been noted since 1975, cases involving hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) or cholangiocarcinoma development in patients on chronic androgen therapy or anabolic androgenic steroid (AAS) use are few, and far between. We present three cases o...
{ "authors": [ "Mehtab Ahmad", "Imran Rizvi", "Amit Jain", "Noorin Zaidi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2012/567060", "journal": "Case Rep Endocrinol", "journal_detail": "2012;2012:567060.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23227371/...
PMC3513729
Context. MEN 2B syndrome is characterized by the presence of medullary thyroid cancer, pheochromocytoma, mucosal neuromas, marfanoid features, and skeletal abnormalities like kyphoscoliosis, joint laxity, pes cavus, and slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) in a minority; we present the case of a young female who wa...
{ "authors": [ "Nicholas Marsden", "Lipi Shukla", "Damien Grinsell" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fsurg.2021.638345", "journal": "Front Surg", "journal_detail": "2021 Mar 17;8:638345.", "keywords": [ "imap flap", "fistula", "pharyngo-esophageal reconstruction", "radiothe...
PMC8011658
Patients that present with pharyngeal strictures and pharyngocutaneous fistulas in the context of previous reconstruction and post-operative radiotherapy often report significant morbidity and reduction in quality of life. Reconstruction of such defects present a substantial clinical challenge requiring the importation...
{ "authors": [ "Ankur Jain" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4137/CCRep.S15302", "journal": "Clin Med Insights Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2014 Apr 16;7:37-9.", "keywords": [ "graves’ disease", "antiphospholipid antibody syndrome", "inferior vena cava thrombosis" ], "license": "NO-CC ...
PMC3999708
We report a case of a 60-year-old lady who presented with bilateral lower limb swelling and a thyroid swelling with clinical features consistent with thyrotoxicosis. Investigations revealed the presence of a thrombus in bilateral external, internal iliac veins, and inferior vena cava extending up to its infrahepatic pa...
{ "authors": [ "Astuti Pitarini", "Maria Anastasia", "Dave Kennedy", "Endrotomo Sumargono", "Erica Kholinne" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.2147/ORR.S351356", "journal": "Orthop Res Rev", "journal_detail": "2022 Jul 27;14:255-262.", "keywords": [ "ankle injury", "peroneal tend...
PMC9342706
Introduction: Peroneal tendon injury is one of the pathological ankle conditions which causes pain and is frequently misdiagnosed as ankle sprain. There is a variety of peroneal tendon injuries, depending on the mechanism of injury. We report a series of three peroneal injuries in our institution. Case presentation: Al...
{ "authors": [ "Desabandhu Vinayakumar", "Jomy Vadasseril Jose" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.37616/2212-5043.1161", "journal": "J Saudi Heart Assoc", "journal_detail": "2020 Sep 1;32(3):396-398.", "keywords": [ "aberrant rca", "inferior wall mi", "long stent" ], "license": "CC B...
PMC7721460
The prevalence of anomalous origin of right coronary artery from the left sinus is about 0.92%. A percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in such a vessel is challenging especially when maneuvering long stents. We report a case of 75-year old female patient with recent acute coronary syndrome. The angiogram showed sig...
{ "authors": [ "Vijay Ananth Jeyaraman", "Sridharan Sudharshan", "Ambika Selvakumar", "Shika Bassi", "Olma Veena Noronha", "Poongulali Selvamuthu", "Nagalingeshwaran Kumarasamy", "Jyotirmay Biswas" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1869-5760-3-3", "journal": "J Ophthalmic In...
PMC3589207
Background: This is a case report of cortical blindness in a HIV-positive patient with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) without any other associated neurological dysfunction. Findings: Young HIV-positive patient presented to us with sudden profound visual loss. On examination and further investigation, ...
{ "authors": [ "Soo-Youn Lee", "June Soo Kim", "Jong-Won Kim" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3349/ymj.2005.46.6.843", "journal": "Yonsei Med J", "journal_detail": "2005 Dec 31;46(6):843-6.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16385662/", "m...
PMC2810600
We report a case of intolerance to warfarin dosing due to impaired drug metabolism in a patient heterozygous for the CYP2C9*3 allele. A 30-year-old woman with an artificial cardiac pacemaker was taking warfarin to prevent thromboembolism. This patient had an extremely elevated international normalized ratio (INR) of pr...
{ "authors": [ "Xujun Lu", "Wenge Wang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/CCID.S420812", "journal": "Clin Cosmet Investig Dermatol", "journal_detail": "2023 Jul 29;16:1977-1981.", "keywords": [ "children", "erythrodermic psoriasis", "generalized pustular psoriasis", "secukinumab...
PMC10395748
Erythrodermic psoriasis (EP) is a rare and severe type of psoriasis. Common systemic therapies for children with EP include treatment with glucocorticoids, cyclosporine, acitretin, and methotrexate. Although these drugs are effective, they may cause serious side effects to children. Secukinumab has recently demonstrate...
{ "authors": [ "Genta Iwamoto", "Kota Shimokihara", "Takashi Kawahara", "Daiji Takamoto", "Masahiro Yao", "Jun-Ichi Teranishi", "Masako Otani", "Hiroji Uemura" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/8796327", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2018 Feb 19;2018:8...
PMC5836307
Introduction: Adrenal hemangioma is a rare disease, with only some 60 cases reported previously. Due to the difficulty of the preoperative diagnosis of adrenal hemangioma, almost all of the cases were diagnosed by a histopathological analysis of surgical specimens. Case presentation: A 52-year-old man was referred to o...
{ "authors": [ "Marco Fantinati", "Nathalie Priymenko" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fvets.2020.00421", "journal": "Front Vet Sci", "journal_detail": "2020 Jul 22;7:421.", "keywords": [ "salvia hispanica", "cats", "chia seeds", "hypercalcemia", "nutrition" ], "licens...
PMC7387619
Background: We describe for the first time the use of chia seeds (Salvia hispanica L.) as a non-pharmacological solution in managing feline idiopathic hypercalcemia when dietary change alone fails. Case Summary: Over a 2-year period of time, three female spayed, middle-aged, Domestic Shorthair cats were diagnosed with ...
{ "authors": [ "Daniel Reis Waisberg", "Evandro Sobroza de Mello", "Francisco Tustumi", "Daniel José Szor", "Amir Zeide Charruf", "Felipe Emanuel Fuhro", "Jaques Waisberg", "André Roncon Dias" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.11.055", "journal": "Int J Surg Cas...
PMC7700994
Introduction: Ménétrier's disease is a rare condition, frequently associated with Helicobacter pylori infection, hypergastrinemia and hypoalbuminaemia. Presentation of the case: A case of a 55 years-old female patient with a previous diagnosis of pernicious anemia complaining of epigastric discomfort, hyporexia, vomiti...
{ "authors": [ "Elena Delgado", "Carlos Cumplido", "Jaime Ramos", "Elena Garcés", "Gonzalo Puyuelo", "Alberto Plaza", "Mar Hernández", "Alba Gutiérrez", "Thomas Taverner", "Marie André Destarac", "Mercedes Martínez", "Elena García" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10....
PMC8652111
Background: Cerebral Palsy (CP), the most common motor disability in childhood, affects individual's motor skills, movement and posture. This results in limited activity and a low social participation. The ATLAS2030 exoskeleton is a pediatric device that enables gait rehabilitation for children with neurological or neu...
{ "authors": [ "Chi-Yang Chang", "Yu-Ting Chang", "Pei-Lin Lee", "Jaw-Town Lin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/s0016-5107(04)00342-6", "journal": "Gastrointest Endosc", "journal_detail": "2004 Jun;59(7):870.", "keywords": null, "license": "NO-CC CODE", "link": "https://pubmed.ncb...
PMC7127330
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{ "authors": [ "Mahtab Rahbar", "Maryam Rahbar", "Gholamreza Bahoush" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.amsu.2018.11.018", "journal": "Ann Med Surg (Lond)", "journal_detail": "2018 Nov 29;37:21-24.", "keywords": [ "cushing's disease", "paraneoplastic syndrome", "peripheral pri...
PMC6287080
Introduction: Primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNET) form a group of tumors defined by their appearance that are thought to develop from primitive (undifferentiated) nerve cells in the brain. They are rare tumors and their incidence is not well defined. Case presentation: An 18-month-old male presenting with typical C...
{ "authors": [ "Assel Zhumagulova", "Davran Arypzhanov" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5603/RPOR.a2022.0018", "journal": "Rep Pract Oncol Radiother", "journal_detail": "2022 May 19;27(2):381-386.", "keywords": [ "bilateral tumor", "case report", "embolization", "renal cell carcino...
PMC9591041
Renal cell carcinoma morbidity grows in most of countries. All over the world 200,000 new cases are diagnosed every year, and approximately 102,000 patients die of this disease, with an incidence of nearly nine cases per 100,000 inhabitants per year. That's why, renal cell carcinoma is a challenging field in the curren...
{ "authors": [ "Hussein N Matlik", "Nivargi Sagar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/9979078", "journal": "Case Rep Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2021 Jul 19;2021:9979078.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34336340/", "major_mesh_terms": ...
PMC8315891
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is rare but now increasingly diagnosed in children. Early diagnosis is of prime importance as any delay leads to significant mortality and morbidity. It requires a high index of suspicion to diagnose CVST early as, often, the symptoms are vague and the signs are nonspecific. Vari...
{ "authors": [ "Isaac Okyere", "Paul Sedem Komla Glover", "Paa Kobina Forson", "Perditer Okyere", "Delali Blood-Dzraku" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2019.33.287.14187", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2019 Aug 6;33:287.", "keywords": [ "catamenial", ...
PMC6815506
Catamenial pneumothorax is a rare condition that is often misdiagnosed. It is defined as spontaneous pneumothorax occurring within 72 hours before or after onset of menstruation. Etiology is unknown but could be linked to endometriosis. Pleural ablation via thoracoscopy and hormonal therapy are mainstay treatment optio...
{ "authors": [ "Aditya Goud", "Abdelhai Abdelqader", "Chanukya Dahagam", "Sriram Padmanabhan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3402/jchimp.v5.29647", "journal": "J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect", "journal_detail": "2015 Dec 11;5(6):29647.", "keywords": [ "endocarditis", "pulmon...
PMC4677583
We discuss a unique case of a 52-year-old man with no history of intravenous drug use or dental procedures who presented with neck pain, 2 weeks of fevers, chills, night sweats, cough, and dyspnea found to have isolated pulmonic valve (PV) endocarditis. The patient did not have an associated murmur, which is commonly s...
{ "authors": [ "Annalisa Pace", "Valeria Rossetti", "Giannicola Iannella", "Giuseppe Magliulo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/1179547620948728", "journal": "Clin Med Insights Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020 Sep 15;13:1179547620948728.", "keywords": [ "eagle syndrome", "elo...
PMC7495518
A 20-year-old female presented a history of isolate left external ear pain. ENT valuation showed no alteration of the district, but an aberrant styloid process was tender to palpation in the left tonsillar fossa. Computer tomography was performed and confirmed it. Thereafter, the diagnosis of Eagle syndrome was made. T...
{ "authors": [ "Benjamin Fogelson", "James Livesay", "Michael Rohrer", "Megan Edwards", "Jeffrey B Hirsh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01499", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2022 Apr 9;28:e01499.", "keywords": [ "cied, cardiac implantable electronic d...
PMC9020126
Cases of Gram-negative, anaerobic rod bacteremia and endocarditis have been increasingly recognized in recent years. This increase has been primarily observed in patients at risk for polymicrobial infections, such as those who use injection drugs and patients with diabetes mellitus. Despite a growing incidence, there a...
{ "authors": [ "Tarek Haykal", "Abdul Rahman Al Bizri", "Thair Dawood", "Danielle Osterholzer" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2018.e00476", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2018 Dec 21;15:e00476.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed...
PMC6307035
Introduction: Para-aortic root abscess is a destructive vascular condition that can result in significant morbidity and mortality. We describe a rare case of para-aortic root abscess due to Salmonella Typhimurium that was successfully managed medically. Presentation of case: A 72-year-old diabetic man with a prosthetic...
{ "authors": [ "Marcus Ang", "Shu-Yen Lee" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OPTH.S35471", "journal": "Clin Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2012;6:1467-9.", "keywords": [ "sturge-weber syndrome", "choroidal hemangioma", "optical coherence tomography" ], "license": "NO-CC CODE", ...
PMC3460716
Background: A choroidal hemangioma is an uncommon benign vascular tumor of the choroid that can be either circumscribed or diffuse. In our experience, diffuse choroidal hemangiomas in Asian patients often require multiple photodynamic therapy (PDT) treatment sessions. Methods: We here provide a case report of a 7-year-...
{ "authors": [ "Kenan Olcay", "Akin Cakir", "Sercan Koray Sagdic", "Eyup Duzgun", "Yildiray Yildirim" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2015/127806", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol Med", "journal_detail": "2015;2015:127806.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https...
PMC4496649
Purpose. To report an unknown complication of laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) surgery. Case Presentation. A 28-year-old female presented with photophobia and glare to our eye service. She stated in her medical history that she had undergone femtosecond assisted LASIK surgery in both eyes 15 months ago and her symp...
{ "authors": [ "Mohamad Almoussa", "Angelika Goertzen", "Barbara Fauser", "Christoph W Zimmermann" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2015/389081", "journal": "Case Rep Neurol Med", "journal_detail": "2015;2015:389081.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.n...
PMC4695636
Introduction. Lyme neuroborreliosis is a nervous system infection caused by spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi with diverse neurological complications. Stroke due to cerebral vasculitis is a rare consequence of neuroborreliosis and has been described in just a few case reports. Case Presentation. Here, we report the case ...
{ "authors": [ "Agnieszka Dyrda", "Alfonso Anton", "Juan Pablo Figueroa-Vercellino", "Marta Pazos" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2020/7570454", "journal": "J Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2020 Aug 3;2020:7570454.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed....
PMC7424410
Purpose: To present long-term results of modified bleb-limiting conjunctivoplasty as a successful treatment for intractable bleb dysesthesia and to review the literature on the surgical management of dysesthetic bleb. Methods: Consecutive case series and literature review. We present four cases of surgically reduced pa...
{ "authors": [ "Hideo Yanai", "Daisuke Chihara", "Megumi Harano", "Eiki Sakaguchi", "Tomoyuki Murakami", "Jun Nishikawa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2169/internalmedicine.3055-19", "journal": "Intern Med", "journal_detail": "2019;58(22):3247-3250.", "keywords": [ "epstein-b...
PMC6911759
A 73-year-old man visited our hospital for the treatment of an early gastric cancer (GC) lesion. We performed en bloc resection using endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for his GC lesion. The present GC lesion was Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated poorly differentiated-type adenocarcinoma invading into the submuc...
{ "authors": [ "Grigore C Burdea", "Kevin Polistico", "Gregory P House", "Richard R Liu", "Roberto Muñiz", "Natalie A Macaro", "Lisa M Slater" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3109/00207454.2014.993392", "journal": "Int J Neurosci", "journal_detail": "2015;125(12):949-58.", "key...
PMC6710825
Purpose: BrightBrainer™ integrative cognitive rehabilitation system evaluation in an Adult Day Program by a subject with Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) assumed to be of the mixed nonfluent/logopenic variant, and for determination of potential benefits. Methods: The subject was a 51-year-old Caucasian male diagnosed ...
{ "authors": [ "Kaleigh Fetcko", "Dibson D Gondim", "Jose M Bonnin", "Mahua Dey" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/sni.sni_111_17", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2017 Aug 9;8:181.", "keywords": [ "brain metastasis", "cervical cancer", "intracranial metasta...
PMC5569407
Background: Intracranial metastasis from cervical cancer is a rare occurrence. Methods: In this study we describe a case of cervical cancer metastasis to the brain and perform an extensive review of literature from 1956 to 2016, to characterize clearly the clinical presentation, treatment options, molecular markers, ta...
{ "authors": [ "Suhail Yaqoob Hakim", "Lubna Gamal Altawil", "Ahmed Faidh Ramzee", "Mohammad Asim", "Khalid Ahmed", "Motasem Awwad", "Ahmed El-Faramawy", "Monira Mollazehi", "Ayman El-Menyar", "Mohamed Ellabib", "Hassan Al-Thani" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5339/q...
PMC8628129
Background: Spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality (SCIWORA) in adults causes diagnostic and prognostic dilemma as radiography and/or computed tomography does not clearly detect bone lesions during the initial assessment. Herein, we report our experience on 11 spinal cord injury cases without radiographic ...
{ "authors": [ "Raghav Bansal", "Maurice Policar", "Chinar Mehta" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2010/820506", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2010;2010:820506.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21076529/", "major_mesh_te...
PMC2975075
Acute HIV and acute hepatitis B coinfection is extremely rare. A 23-year-old homosexual man was admitted to our hospital with 5-day history of fever, malaise, and back pain with initial laboratory values showing severe transaminitis. The clinical picture was initially suggestive of acute viral hepatitis, which on furth...
{ "authors": [ "Kelly L Lurz", "Dany N Hanna", "Brian H McGreen", "Francis J Schanne" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/UA.UA_123_17", "journal": "Urol Ann", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan-Mar;10(1):103-105.", "keywords": [ "hypercoagulability", "klebsiella pneumoniae", "nephro...
PMC5791445
Renal vein thrombosis (RVT) is most often an implication of nephrotic syndrome. Pyelonephritis has been associated at a much lower rate, with the incidence of Klebsiella pneumoniae causation being extremely rare. In our case, a 35-year-old female patient presented with right-sided K. pneumoniae-positive acute pyeloneph...
{ "authors": [ "K Harish", "S R Mangala Gouri" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1471-2407-4-41", "journal": "BMC Cancer", "journal_detail": "2004 Jul 30;4:41.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15285782/", "major_mesh_terms": [ "Carcinoma...
PMC509249
Background: Adenoid cystic carcinoma is a rare malignant parotid tumor. Metastasis can occur even a decade or more after initial treatment of the primary. Case presentation: We report a 60 year old female patient who presented with adenoid cystic carcinoma of the parotid gland. She underwent a total conservative paroti...
{ "authors": [ "Cengiz Bayram", "Ali Fettah", "Nese Yarali", "Abdurrahman Kara", "Fatih Mehmet Azik", "Betul Tavil", "Bahattin Tunc" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4084/MJHID.2012.018", "journal": "Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2012;4(1):e2012018.", "keywo...
PMC3340993
Candida infections are the most frequent infections in neutropenic patients. Hepatosplenic candidiasis (HSC) is a part of disseminated Candida infection that occurs most commonly in patients with hematologic malignancies treated with chemotherapy and requires protracted antifungal therapy. During invasive mycosis with ...