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{ "authors": [ "T Nguyen", "P J Eubanks", "D Nguyen", "S R Klein" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "JSLS", "journal_detail": "1998 Jan-Mar;2(1):85-8.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9876719/", "major_mesh_terms": [ ...
PMC3015255
Background and objectives: Morgagni hernias are unusual congenital diaphragmatic hernias that are generally asymptomatic and discovered incidentally. Surgical treatment is indicated once the diagnosis is made. These hernias have traditionally been repaired by the open abdominal or thoracic approaches. We report a case ...
{ "authors": [ "Graeme Matthewson", "Samuel Larrivee", "Tod Clark" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/8397638", "journal": "Case Rep Orthop", "journal_detail": "2018 May 23;2018:8397638.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29951332/", "...
PMC5989276
Perilunate fracture dislocations are a rare but devastating injury, which is often missed on initial presentation leading to significant delays in treatment. With the delay in treatment and a high energy mechanism of injury, patients are at increased risk of developing complex regional pain syndrome following trauma. I...
{ "authors": [ "Abdulla Alawadhi", "Christine Saint-Martin", "Christine Sabapathy", "Guillaume Sebire", "Michael Shevell" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2329048X19867800", "journal": "Child Neurol Open", "journal_detail": "2019 Aug 6;6:2329048X19867800.", "keywords": [ "walle...
PMC6852355
Lateral medullary syndrome is rare in pediatrics. It is characterized by neurological deficits due to an ischemic lesion in the lateral medulla. The authors describe a 17-year-old boy who developed lateral medullary syndrome in the context of a hyperflexion neck injury while diving in shallow water with traumatic vascu...
{ "authors": [ "Yanxing Chen", "Jianfang Zhang", "Jianwen Wang", "Kang Wang" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2018.00271", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2018 Apr 23;9:271.", "keywords": [ "x-linked adrenoleukodystrophy", "adrenomyeloneuropathy", "atypi...
PMC5925604
X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) is a rare neurological disorder with a highly complex clinical presentation. Adrenal function, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and cerebral white matter are commonly affected in adult-onset male patients. Here, we report a family with unusual presentation of X-ALD. The 19-year-old ...
{ "authors": [ "John A Crump", "Jakko van Ingen", "Anne B Morrissey", "Martin J Boeree", "Daudi R Mavura", "Britta Swai", "Nathan M Thielman", "John A Bartlett", "Henning Grossman", "Venance P Maro", "Dick van Soolingen" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.3201/eid1501.08...
PMC2660713
Data on nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) disease in sub-Saharan Africa are limited. During 2006-2008, we identified 3 HIV-infected patients in northern Tanzania who had invasive NTM; 2 were infected with "Mycobacterium sherrisii" and 1 with M. avium complex sequevar MAC-D. Invasive NTM disease is present in HIV-infec...
{ "authors": [ "Ioannis Panagopoulos", "Marta Brunetti", "Margrethe Stoltenberg", "Rønnaug A U Strandabø", "Julie Staurseth", "Kristin Andersen", "Ilyá Kostolomov", "Tarjei S Hveem", "Susanne Lorenz", "Tove Anita Nystad", "Trond Flægstad", "Francesca Micci", "Sverre...
PMC6542082
Background: Many cases of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) carry visible acquired chromosomal changes of pathogenetic, diagnostic, and prognostic importance. Nevertheless, from one-fourth to half of newly diagnosed ALL patients have no visible chromosomal changes detectable by G-banding analysis at diagnosis. The int...
{ "authors": [ "Abbas Basiri", "Behzad Narouie", "Saeed Reza Ghanbarizadeh", "Hamidreza Rouientan", "Mohadese Ahmadzade" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023/6855975", "journal": "Case Rep Urol", "journal_detail": "2023 Aug 11;2023:6855975.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY"...
PMC10438974
Introduction: The ureteropelvic junction obstruction is more common in children; however, it can also affect adults. The management of this condition has shifted toward a nonoperative approach with serial ultrasonography and renography. Case Presentation. The ureteropelvic junction obstruction imaging with significant ...
{ "authors": [ "Navneet Takkar", "Pragya Goel", "Irneet Kaur", "Alka Sehgal" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.4103/0976-7800.109643", "journal": "J Midlife Health", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan;4(1):60-2.", "keywords": [ "granulomatous inflammation", "myometrium", "uterus" ], ...
PMC3702071
Uterine granulomas confined to the myometrium are uncommon. Granulomas maybe infectious, non-infectious or idiopathic in origin. They may be diffuse or focal in nature. In this report, we describe two cases of granulomas of diffuse variety involving the myometrium. The first case shows non-necrotizing granuloma probabl...
{ "authors": [ "Olusola Oluyinka Olawoye", "Bolutife Ayokunnu Olusanya", "Aderonke Mojisola Baiyeroju" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2014.19.96.4641", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2014 Sep 26;19:96.", "keywords": [ "duane syndrome", "west africa", "ch...
PMC4337376
We report a case of a four year old Nigerian girl who presented to the paediatric unit of our eye clinic with complaints of a squint on looking to the right side and reduction in the size of the right eye when looking to the left. On examination, she had right exotropia in the primary position of gaze. There was limita...
{ "authors": [ "Rahul S Ranjan", "Sunil Taneja", "Anil Singh", "Vikas Gupta" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.4103/ijri.IJRI_159_18", "journal": "Indian J Radiol Imaging", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan-Mar;29(1):99-103.", "keywords": [ "biotinidase deficiency", "developmental delay", ...
PMC6467045
Congenital biotinidase deficiency is a rare inborn error of metabolism that most commonly presents in infantile age group. Diffusion changes on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are sparsely described in the literature. We are presenting diffusion-weighted MRI findings in two confirmed cases of congenital biotinidase de...
{ "authors": [ "Antonella Basso", "Maria Bruna Zolin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1007/s11123-023-00659-2", "journal": "J Product Anal", "journal_detail": "2023;59(2):153-172.", "keywords": [ "q01", "q42", "q56" ], "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/...
PMC9862230
The paper computes and analyses some relevant indicators of economic performance of Italian farms producing/not producing renewable energy, and compares the economic results of the two set of farms. The source of data is the European Farm Accountant Data Network; the farms belonging to this network are analysed in rela...
{ "authors": [ "Prateek Varshney", "Hemant Bhargav", "Pilli Devi Vidyasagar", "Sumana Venugopal", "Rashmi Arsappa", "Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha", "Priyamvada Sharma", "Vijayashree Rao", "Pratima Murthy" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/5541995", "journal": "Case Rep...
PMC8324390
Opioid dependence syndrome (ODS) is a chronic relapsing remitting condition associated with significant impairment and mortality risk. Opioid substitution therapy is used worldwide, but long-term retention rates are low and there is risk of misuse and diversion. Yoga practice can improve quality of life, reduce chronic...
{ "authors": [ "Amit Chopra", "Creticus Marak", "Narendra Kumar Alappan", "Daniel Alterman", "Chang Shim" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2013.08.002", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2013 Sep 7;10:34-6.", "keywords": [ "adenocarcinoma", "cyst",...
PMC3920411
Tumor lysis syndrome TLS is commonly seen during the treatment of rapidly proliferating. However TLS is rarely reported in Non-small cell Lung Cancer. This may because of low proliferative rate and chemo-resistant nature of NSCLC. We are reporting a case of tumor lysis without concomitant syndrome in a patient with ade...
{ "authors": [ "David J Miklowitz" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci", "journal_detail": "2012;49(2):95-101.", "keywords": null, "license": "author_manuscript", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22801288/", "major_mesh_terms": [ "Bipolar Disorder...
PMC3869947
The course of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents is highly recurrent and impairing. This article describes the adaptation of family-focused treatment (FFT) for children and adolescents with bipolar disorder. FFT is given in 21 sessions over 9 months, and is usually initiated during the recovery period followi...
{ "authors": [ "Noriyasu Hashida", "Kazunobu Asao", "Chikako Hara", "Andrew J Quantock", "Ryotaro Saita", "Hiroyuki Kurakami", "Kazuichi Maruyama", "Kohji Nishida" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2022.938600", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "20...
PMC9253465
Background: The literature suggests that stress may play a pivotal role in the precipitation of acute central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) because chorioretinal integrity can be affected by the psychosocial state of the patient, indicating the need for a biomarker. Not only physical stress but also psychological stre...
{ "authors": [ "Naoki Ishii", "Yoshiyuki Fujita" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14309/crj.2015.11", "journal": "ACG Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan 16;2(2):81-2.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26157920/", "major_mesh_terms": [...
PMC4435385
A 66-year-old male was referred for the treatment of a polyp extending into a diverticulum. Endoscopic band ligation (EBL) was used to resolve the diverticulum. The banded diverticulum resolved and scar formation was observed 2 months after EBL. Residual small polypoid lesions were resected using endoscopic mucosal res...
{ "authors": [ "Jason Beckermann", "Ashley Walker", "Bradley Grewe", "Angela Appel", "James Manz" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.06.099", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020;73:100-104.", "keywords": [ "acute appendicitis", "anticoagulat...
PMC7352057
Introduction: Acute appendicitis is one of the most common surgical conditions. In the current era it rarely presents in association with mesenteric venous thrombosis. We present 4 cases of mesenteric venous thrombosis occurring in the setting of acute appendicitis. Methods: We performed a retrospective review of Mayo ...
{ "authors": [ "Jorge J Llibre-Guerra", "Maria Isabel Behrens", "Mirna Lie Hosogi", "Lucia Montero", "Teresa Torralva", "Nilton Custodio", "Erika Mariana Longoria-Ibarrola", "Margarita Giraldo-Chica", "David Aguillón", "Angela Hardi", "Gladys E Maestre", "Valeria Contre...
PMC8450529
Introduction: The historical development, frequency, and impact of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are less clear in Latin America than in high-income countries. Although there is a growing number of dementia studies in Latin America, little is known collectively about FTD prevalence studies by country, clinical heteroge...
{ "authors": [ "Jessica Parrott", "Timothy A Fields", "Marc Parrish" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/8698670", "journal": "Case Rep Obstet Gynecol", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:8698670.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28744383/", ...
PMC5514321
Background: Preeclampsia diagnosed before 20 weeks' gestational age is a rare entity, particularly without any predisposing factors. We report a case of preeclampsia occurring prior to 20 weeks' gestational age in the setting of a novel diagnosis of C4 glomerulopathy. Case: A G3P0020 at 18 weeks presented with new onse...
{ "authors": [ "Davide Firinu", "Orietta Massidda", "Maria Maddalena Lorrai", "Loredana Serusi", "Monica Peralta", "Maria Pina Barca", "Paolo Serra", "Paolo Emilio Manconi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2011/283239", "journal": "Clin Dev Immunol", "journal_detail": "20...
PMC3003968
Refractory or recurrent infections of skin, nails, and the mucous membranes are clinical signs of chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis, frequently associated with immunological defects. Here we describe a 39-years-old female patient, with familial CMC, that presented with an extensive infection caused by an azole-resistan...
{ "authors": [ "Wassim Zribi", "Mohamed Mokhtar Jmal", "Ameur Abid", "Mohamed Ben Jemaa", "Nabil Krid", "Mohamed Zribi", "Hassib Keskes" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1080/23320885.2019.1654871", "journal": "Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg", "journal_detail": "2019 Aug 23;6(1...
PMC6719258
Calcification of the lateral collateral ligament of the metacarpophalangeal thumb is a rare pathology. It's may be due to a deposit of hydroxyapatite crystals. We report the case of a 36-year-old man with chronic pain of MCPP. X-ray and Ultrasound finds a calcium deposit of LCL.
{ "authors": [ "Yahia Z Imam", "Dirk Deleu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2013/178291", "journal": "Case Rep Neurol Med", "journal_detail": "2013;2013:178291.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23585975/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh_t...
PMC3621155
Background. Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) has many variants with distinct presentations. Ptosis as an initial presentation is rare. Case Report. We describe a young female with bilateral ptosis without ophthalmoplegia as the initial presentation of Guillain-Barré ptosis in an anti-GQ1b IgG antibody negative patient wit...
{ "authors": [ "Sameh Samir Elawady", "Diwakar Phuyal", "Rakesh Kumar Shah", "Lubna Mirza" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2022/2211061", "journal": "Case Rep Endocrinol", "journal_detail": "2022 May 31;2022:2211061.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed....
PMC9174011
Background/Objective. Since the start of the pandemic, COVID-19 has been associated with several postinfection complications. Subacute thyroiditis (SAT) is an inflammatory disorder of the thyroid that has been reported in the literature following COVID-19 infection. We report a case of SAT following COVID-19 infection....
{ "authors": [ "Manfred Nilius", "Katrin Hess", "Dominik Haim", "Bernhard Weiland", "Guenter Lauer" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2020/8816813", "journal": "Case Rep Dent", "journal_detail": "2020 Sep 9;2020:8816813.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://p...
PMC7499279
Purpose: Schizodontism is complete separation of a dental germ. It results in a twin tooth and supernumerary teeth. The treatment of transverse constriction in combination with supernumerary dental germs and impacted central incisors can pose a challenge, especially in young patients, when the number of permanent teeth...
{ "authors": [ "M L Avila", "K-J Lee", "V Bouskill", "M L Rand", "P James", "M Carcao" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1111/hae.12567", "journal": "Haemophilia", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan;21(1):e89-92.", "keywords": null, "license": "author_manuscript", "link": "https://pubme...
PMC4675139
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{ "authors": [ "Mayu Ono", "Tokiko Ito", "Toshiharu Kanai", "Koichi Murayama", "Hiroshi Koyama", "Kazuma Maeno", "Yasuhiro Mochizuki", "Asumi Iesato", "Toru Hanamura", "Toshihiro Okada", "Takayuki Watanabe", "Ken-Ichi Ito" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OTT....
PMC3794845
Bevacizumab when combined with chemotherapy exerts significant activity against many solid tumors through tumor angiogenesis inhibition; however, it can induce severe side effects. We report the rare case of a 27-year-old premenopausal woman with locally advanced breast cancer that was marked by rapid tumor necrosis fo...
{ "authors": [ "Gang Xu", "Weizhen Tang", "Chaosheng Zhou", "Jie Xu", "Chao Cheng", "Weiwei Gong", "Shihong Dong", "Yu Zhang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/JPR.S404713", "journal": "J Pain Res", "journal_detail": "2023 Apr 15;16:1267-1284.", "keywords": [ "activi...
PMC10115195
Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and pain fluctuations of methylcobalamin in combination with lidocaine local injection treatment for subacute herpetic neuralgia (SHN). Methods: Seventy-nine women (60.4 ± 2.7 years) with thoracic SHN were enrolled and randomized to receive a combination of methylcobalamin and lidocain...
{ "authors": [ "Yike Jiang", "Mihail Firan", "Sarada L Nandiwada", "Anaid Reyes", "Rebecca A Marsh", "Tiphanie P Vogel", "Joud Hajjar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2020/8841571", "journal": "Case Reports Immunol", "journal_detail": "2020 Aug 26;2020:8841571.", "keywords...
PMC7474360
X-linked lymphoproliferative disease (XLP1) is a rare primary immunodeficiency characterized by EBV-triggered immune dysregulation, lymphoproliferation, dysgammaglobulinemia, and lymphoma. Early childhood mortality from overwhelming inflammation is expected in most patients. The only curative therapy is hematopoietic s...
{ "authors": [ "Fabio Bonilla-Abadía", "Manuel A Pérez", "Evelyn Muñoz-Buitrón", "Joaquín D Rosales", "Carlos A Cañas", "Gabriel J Tobón" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2013/831708", "journal": "Case Rep Rheumatol", "journal_detail": "2013;2013:831708.", "keywords": null, "...
PMC3655507
Primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) is an autoimmune disorder of the exocrine glands presenting with progressive ocular and oral dryness, parotid gland enlargement, and often with extraglandular manifestations. In this group of patients the risk of development of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is 16-fold compared to healthy popul...
{ "authors": [ "Syed Mohammed Yaseen", "Saraswati Naik", "K S Uloopi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0976-237X.79289", "journal": "Contemp Clin Dent", "journal_detail": "2011 Jan;2(1):3-7.", "keywords": [ "distal tipping", "ectopic eruption", "halterman appliance", "inter...
PMC3220171
Ectopic eruption is a disturbance in which the tooth does not follow its usual course. The purpose of this manuscript is to provide a brief review regarding the incidence, etiology, classification and different management techniques used for correcting ectopically erupting permanent first molar. The following manuscrip...
{ "authors": [ "Michał Wasiak", "Michał Ciszek", "Ireneusz Babiak", "Piotr Wasilewski", "Paweł Łęgosz", "Bartosz Kieroński", "Paweł Małdyk" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5114/reum.2022.119046", "journal": "Reumatologia", "journal_detail": "2022;60(4):292-302.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC9494791
Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare condition characterized by the development of aseptic, non-healing skin ulcers. Any skin trauma, such as a surgical incision, can trigger an outbreak of lesions. Our case and literature review show that a physician should consider PG in every event of a non-healing, aseptic wound aft...
{ "authors": [ "Jackson Rucker Staggers", "Patrick B Dennis", "Evert A Eriksson" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/JETS.JETS_67_19", "journal": "J Emerg Trauma Shock", "journal_detail": "2020 Jan-Mar;13(1):84-87.", "keywords": [ "flail chest", "periprosthetic fracture", "rib fra...
PMC7204963
Surgical management of rib fractures has long been a controversial topic, but improvements in rib plating technology have led to a recent increase in interest among surgeons. Unfortunately, follow-up data are limited in patients following rib fracture plating. We present a unique case of an adult male who had multiple ...
{ "authors": [ "Theresa E Gildner", "Tara J Cepon-Robins" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1007/s40475-023-00282-z", "journal": "Curr Trop Med Rep", "journal_detail": "2023;10(1):26-39.", "keywords": [ "c-reactive protein", "environmental racism", "immune function", "immunoglobulin ...
PMC9868515
Purpose of review: Biocultural methods are critically important for identifying environmental and socioeconomic factors linked with tropical disease risk and outcomes. For example, embodiment theory refers to the process by which lived experiences impact individual biology. Increased exposure to pathogens, chronic psyc...
{ "authors": [ "Seyyed Javad Boskabadi", "Shahram Ala", "Fatemeh Heydari", "Mahbobeh Ebrahimi", "Alireza Nikzad Jamnani" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e12914", "journal": "Heliyon", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan;9(1):e12914.", "keywords": [ "acute pancreatitis",...
PMC9840226
Vaccination is the most effective way to overcome COVID-19 morbidity and mortality. However, Covid-19 vaccines may cause potential adverse effects. We reported a 28-year-old healthy woman who was referred to the emergency department with a chief complaint of severe abdominal pain, nausea and hemoptysis. She has receive...
{ "authors": [ "Jillian K Wothe", "Elizabeth Elfstrand", "Michael R Mooney", "Donald D Wothe" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2022/9658708", "journal": "Case Rep Obstet Gynecol", "journal_detail": "2022 May 18;2022:9658708.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://...
PMC9132692
Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a rare and often fatal complication of pregnancy that occurs during the puerperium. The low incidence of AFE has resulted in few large studies, which makes evidence-based management of AFE challenging. The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been reported but is limite...
{ "authors": [ "Hasan Ulusoy", "Özge Acar Cakan", "Tibel Tuna" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OARRR.S268852", "journal": "Open Access Rheumatol", "journal_detail": "2020 Sep 14;12:203-206.", "keywords": [ "infection", "rheumatoid arthritis", "rituximab", "tuberculosis" ...
PMC7500831
Introduction: Data from clinical trials indicate that there are no increased risk of tuberculosis (TB) infections in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients while using rituximab (RTX). Herein, we report a RA patient who developed TB arthritis while using RTX. Case report: A 49-year-old patient was treated with methotrexate...
{ "authors": [ "Jacob Albersheim-Carter", "Molly Klein", "Paari Murugan", "Christopher J Weight" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2016/3420741", "journal": "Case Rep Urol", "journal_detail": "2016;2016:3420741.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nl...
PMC5192326
Introduction. Angiomyolipomas are the most common benign tumor of the kidney, associated with Tuberous Sclerosis in 20% of cases and arising sporadically in 80% of cases. Renal angiomyolipomas are neoplasms of mesenchymal origin with varying proportions of vasculature, smooth muscle spindle cells, and adipocytes, makin...
{ "authors": [ "Kun Yang", "Jin Yuan", "Yirong Liu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101268", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020 Oct 21;31:101268.", "keywords": [ "diagnosis of exclusion", "diffuse pulmonary nodules", "granuloma", "varicel...
PMC7596336
Background/introduction: Chickenpox is a common viral infection caused by Varicella-zoster virus (VZV). Pneumonia is an infrequent complication of chickenpox infection. Rarely, multiple calcified pulmonary nodules can be the sequela of healed VZV pneumonia. Case presentation: A middle-aged female individual was found t...
{ "authors": [ "Tai Ngoc Tran", "Minh Le", "Thuong Huyen Thi Dang", "Daniel Truong" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.prdoa.2019.06.002", "journal": "Clin Park Relat Disord", "journal_detail": "2019 Jul 15;1:8-9.", "keywords": [ "anterocollis", "botulinum toxin", "cervical...
PMC8288512
We describe a patient with goose-neck posture as the presenting form of cervical dystonia. In our case, the bilateral semispinalis capitis muscles were hypertrophic, thick, and overactive while both splenius capitis and sternocleidomastoid muscles were normal. In this single case experience, we demonstrated that the se...
{ "authors": [ "Rui Zhang", "Xin Xu", "Huakang Zhou", "Dongying Yao", "Ru Wei", "Sajjad Muhammad" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_791_2021", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2021 Oct 6;12:499.", "keywords": [ "angiocentric glioma", "epilepsy", ...
PMC8571264
Background: Angiocentric glioma (AG) is an extremely rare intracranial tumor that was first described in 2005 and identified as a special type of intracranial tumor in 2007 by the WHO, which mainly affects children and young adolescents. Epilepsy is the main presentation; therefore, it was recognized as a seizure-relat...
{ "authors": [ "Dorothy Maria A/P Anthony Bernard", "Ooi Xin Yi", "Hema Lata A/P Veerasamy", "Mohamed Badrulnizam Long Bidin", "See Chee Keong" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.15605/jafes.036.02.04", "journal": "J ASEAN Fed Endocr Soc", "journal_detail": "2021;36(2):200-204.", "keyword...
PMC8666499
Presentation of Cushing's syndrome during pregnancy is extremely rare. We report a 21-year-old female with Cushing's syndrome diagnosed at 23 weeks of gestation and had recurrent acute pulmonary oedema during the antepartum and postpartum period. She delivered prematurely via emergency caesarean section at 28 weeks of ...
{ "authors": [ "Rajya L Gurung" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/8950682", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol Med", "journal_detail": "2018 May 8;2018:8950682.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29854517/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh_terms...
PMC5964536
Valsalva retinopathy is a common condition but retinal holes secondary to Valsalva retinopathy are rarely reported. The author believes this to be the first report to describe multiple retinal holes after hyaloidotomy for Valsalva retinopathy.
{ "authors": [ "Munetaka Takekuma", "Kwong K Wong", "Robert L Coleman" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s40661-016-0026-5", "journal": "Gynecol Oncol Res Pract", "journal_detail": "2016 May 5;3:5.", "keywords": [ "kras mutation", "low-grade serous ovarian cancer", "mek inhibito...
PMC4880811
Background: Selumetinib is a potent, selective, orally available, and non-ATP competitive small molecule inhibitor of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 1/2 (MEK1/2) that has demonstrated single agent activity in a number of solid tumor including recurrent low-grade serous ovarian carcinoma (LGSOC). However, the l...
{ "authors": [ "Paul Spiesecke", "Thomas Fischer", "Carsten Stephan", "Andreas Maxeiner", "Bernd Hamm", "Markus Lerchbaumer" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/7568098", "journal": "Case Rep Radiol", "journal_detail": "2019 Dec 28;2019:7568098.", "keywords": null, "license...
PMC6949659
Capillary hemangioma is a rare entity among testicular tumors. We demonstrate the case of an 18-year-old patient with palpatoric and sonographic conspicuous left testicle and negative serum tumor markers (α-fetoprotein, β-human chorionic gonadotropin, and lactate dehydrogenase). Ultrasound (US) imaging represented an i...
{ "authors": [ "Sara Campos", "Inês Coutinho", "José Carlos Cardoso", "Francisco Portela" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1590/abd1806-4841.20175713", "journal": "An Bras Dermatol", "journal_detail": "2017;92(5 Suppl 1):104-106.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC", "link": "https...
PMC5726693
Metastatic Crohn's disease is a rare extraintestinal manifestation of Crohn's disease. It is characterized by polymorphic skin lesions formed by non-caseating granulomas located on anatomical sites distant from the gastrointestinal tract. We report a rare case of metastatic Crohn's disease, simultaneously displaying mu...
{ "authors": [ "Mitsunori Matsuo", "Kousuke Ueda", "Kiyoaki Nishihara", "Makoto Nakiri", "Shunsuke Suyama", "Katsuaki Chikui", "Shuichiro Hayashi", "Hirofumi Kurose", "Naoyuki Ogasawara", "Shigetaka Suekane", "Tsukasa Igawa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1089/cren.2...
PMC4996612
Ureteral polyps are benign tumors of the ureter, which are relatively rare. The etiology has proposed various hypotheses, involving chronic inflammation and congenital disease. Most of them are commonly diagnosed in the upper ureter including the ureteropelvic junction. Some studies have reported polypectomy using a ho...
{ "authors": [ "Catalina Vargas", "Cristóbal Maiz", "María Elena Navarro", "David Oddó", "César Sánchez", "Marisa Bustos", "Mauricio Camus" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3332/ecancer.2019.931", "journal": "Ecancermedicalscience", "journal_detail": "2019 May 20;13:931.", "keyw...
PMC6592707
Metastatic breast cancer (MBC) management is based on systemic treatment (ST), while the local therapy role remains controversial. We present the case of a 36-year-old woman with a diagnosis of hormone receptor-positive and human epidermal growth factor receptor type 2-positive breast cancer and isolated sternal metast...
{ "authors": [ "Suchitra Gupta", "Neeraj Grover", "Ajit Kadam", "Shally Gupta", "Kunal Sah", "J D Sunitha" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0975-5950.117879", "journal": "Natl J Maxillofac Surg", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan;4(1):81-3.", "keywords": [ "aggressive", "mese...
PMC3800391
Odontogenic myxoma is a rare intraosseous neoplasm, which is benign but locally aggressive. It rarely appears in any bone other than the jaws. It is considered to be derived from the mesenchymal portion of the tooth germ. Clinically, it is a slow-growing, expansile, painless, non-metastasizing, central tumor of jaws, c...
{ "authors": [ "Mariangela Pasqualoni", "Armando Orlandi", "Antonella Palazzo", "Giovanna Garufi", "Maria Chiara Cannizzaro", "Letizia Pontolillo", "Sergio Pannunzio", "Claudia Cutigni", "Pietro Sollena", "Francesco Federico", "Emilio Bria", "Giampaolo Tortora" ], "...
PMC10034067
Cancer treatment-related adverse events (AEs) are sometimes associated with outcomes for cancer patients, especially with the newest therapies such as target therapy and immunotherapy. A few years ago, the first-line therapy for hormone-receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer (mBC) patients has been deeply changed b...
{ "authors": [ "Neeraj Rauniyar", "Dipesh Shakya" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X211056410", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2021 Oct 28;9:2050313X211056410.", "keywords": [ "tuberculosis", "mastoid cyst", "otitis media" ], "license": "CC BY-NC...
PMC8558794
Tuberculosis in the otomastoid compartment is extremely rare. The classical presentation of tuberculous otitis media includes chronic otorrhea, severe hearing loss irrespective of the disease, multiple perforations, and pale granulations in the middle ear cavity. However, most present with non-specific signs and sympto...
{ "authors": [ "P L Moori", "F Ibison", "D Jacob", "J Iddon" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2020/2157485", "journal": "Case Rep Pathol", "journal_detail": "2020 May 28;2020:2157485.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32550034/", "ma...
PMC7275238
Breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) is a rare, non-Hodgkin lymphoma which arises within the capsules of breast implants. These particular tumours have expression of CD30 and are negative for Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK). Here, we report a case of BIA-ALCL in a 48-year-old woman post ...
{ "authors": [ "Qi Zeng", "Caihua Tang", "Lisi Deng", "Sheng Li", "Jiani Liu", "Siyang Wang", "Hong Shan" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.7150/ijms.46133", "journal": "Int J Med Sci", "journal_detail": "2020 Sep 16;17(16):2561-2569.", "keywords": [ "covid-19", "multidet...
PMC7532480
Background: During the outbreak period of COVID-19 pneumonia, cancer patients have been neglected and in greater danger. Furthermore, the differential diagnosis between COVID-19 pneumonia and radiation pneumonitis in cancer patients remains a challenge. This study determined their clinical presentations and radiologica...
{ "authors": [ "Mohim Thakur", "Yangshen Lhamo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1093/jscr/rjt128", "journal": "J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan 27;2014(1):rjt128.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24876330/", "major_mesh_terms": ...
PMC3913432
Filarial involvement of breast is a rare entity. Here is an unusual case of an old lady with right breast lump with axillary lymphadenopathy mimicking breast carcinoma, cytologically diagnosed as filarial mastitis. The patient subsequently received antihelmenthic therapy and showed marked clinical response within few w...
{ "authors": [ "Ioannis Asproudis", "Ioannis Koumpoulis", "Chris Kalogeropoulos", "Georgios Sotiropoulos", "Margarita Papassava", "Miltiadis Aspiotis" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OPTH.S51740", "journal": "Clin Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2013;7:2249-52.", "keywords": [...
PMC3839798
We report a case of a newborn male child with congenital toxoplasmosis. During pregnancy seroconversion occurred and positive titers of antitoxoplasmic antibodies (immunoglobulin M and G) were found in the mother, in the third trimester. She received treatment with spiramycin. After birth, the neonate presented with ch...
{ "authors": [ "Leonardo Oliveira Mendonca", "Alex Isidoro Prado", "Izelda Maria Carvalho Costa", "Marcia Bandeira", "Rafael Dyer", "Samar Freschi Barros", "Karen Francine Khöler", "Luiz Augusto Marcondes Fonseca", "Jorge Kalil", "Fabio Morato Castro", "Myrthes Anna Maragna...
PMC8079983
Since the first description of the syndrome of sideroblastic anemia with immunodeficiency, fevers and development delay (SIFD), clinical pictures lacking both neurological and hematological manifestations have been reported. Moreover, prominent skin involvement, such as with relapsing erythema nodosum, is not a common ...
{ "authors": [ "Subhi M K Zino Alarki", "Hatan Mortada", "Asma I Abdullah", "Hisham Alkhalidi", "Musab Alrehaili" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1080/23320885.2022.2077207", "journal": "Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg", "journal_detail": "2022 May 23;9(1):151-157.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC9132396
Capsular contracture (CC) is a local complication caused by an inflammatory reaction that leads to fibrosis. CC commonly occurs after one year of surgery. Hence, there has been no previously reported early onset of CC. Therefore, we report two unusual cases of early onset of post-breast reconstruction capsular contract...
{ "authors": [ "Ryota Morinaga", "Takashi Kawahara", "Jun-Ichi Teranishi", "Makoto Chuma", "Koji Izumi", "Yasuhide Miyoshi", "Masahiro Yao", "Masako Otani", "Hiroshi Miyamoto", "Hiroji Uemura" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1002/iju5.12035", "journal": "IJU Case Rep", ...
PMC7292102
Introduction: The prognosis of type 2 papillary renal cell carcinoma is often poor. We herein report a case of papillary renal cell carcinoma with liver metastasis that was successfully treated with sorafenib as a second-line therapy. Case presentation: An 82-year-old man who had undergone radical nephrectomy 5 years p...
{ "authors": [ "Annalisa Schiepatti", "Andrea Premoli", "Stiliano Maimaris", "Mimma Rizzo", "Maria Marples", "Laura Villani", "Nigel Scott", "Federico Sottotetti", "David S Sanders", "Federico Biagi", "Clare Donnellan" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.7573/dic.2022-6-3...
PMC9616105
The differential diagnosis of non-coeliac enteropathies (NCEs) is challenging and includes a wide range of aetiologies. Drug-induced NCEs are relatively common and characterized by duodenal villous atrophy, which resolves upon suspension of the offending drug. Immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), targeting molecules in...
{ "authors": [ "Brian M Shafer", "Keeley Puls-Boever", "John P Berdahl", "Vance Thompson", "Mitch J Ibach", "Larae L Zimprich", "Justin A Schweitzer" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.2147/OPTH.S400194", "journal": "Clin Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2023 Mar 13;17:843-847.", "...
PMC10022518
Purpose: To create a defocus curve of emerging presbyopic patients of various age groups. Setting: Single site private practice in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Design: This was a non-randomized, prospective study. All subjects were enrolled from healthy volunteers. Methods: Subjects aged 37-9, 40-42, 43-45 and 46-48 that...
{ "authors": [ "Pim B Olthof", "Fadi Rassam", "Thomas M van Gulik" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.03.038", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2018;47:7-10.", "keywords": [ "alpps", "case report", "hemopatch" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "l...
PMC5994687
Introduction: ALPPS (Associating Liver Partition and Portal vein Ligation for Staged hepatectomy) is a new two-stage hepatectomy for patients in whom conventional treatment is not feasible due to insufficient future liver remnant (FLR). During stage one of ALPPS, accelerated growth of the FLR is induced by ligation of ...
{ "authors": [ "Mariam S Al Harbi", "Ayman W El-Hattab" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/8915608", "journal": "Case Rep Dermatol Med", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:8915608.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29082047/", "major_mesh_terms...
PMC5634577
Protein C is an anticoagulant that is encoded by the PROC gene. Protein C deficiency (PCD) is inherited in an autosomal dominant or recessive pattern. Autosomal dominant PCD is caused by monoallelic mutations in PROC and often presents with venous thromboembolism. On the other hand, biallelic PROC mutations lead to aut...
{ "authors": [ "Sarah E White", "Stephen D Woolley" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/6708614", "journal": "Case Rep Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2018 Jun 20;2018:6708614.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30026992/", "major_mesh_term...
PMC6031163
This is a case of Actinomyces europaeus in the breast abscess of a penicillin-allergic woman. The mainstay of treatment for actinomycosis is penicillin, and there is a lack of literature describing nonpenicillin treatment options. A 69-year-old woman presented acutely with a breast abscess which was managed with incisi...
{ "authors": [ "Jalal Eddine El Ammari", "Youness Ahallal", "Oussama El Yazami Adli", "Mohammed Jamal El Fassi", "My Hassan Farih" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5402/2011/820924", "journal": "ISRN Urol", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:820924.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", ...
PMC3196200
Urachal affections are rare. Their variable ways of presentation may represent a diagnostic challenge. Urachal sinuses are a rare type of these abnormalities. They are usually incidental findings and remain asymptomatic unless a complication (most commonly the infection) occurs. Infection of the urachal sinus would cli...
{ "authors": [ "Maha S Younis", "Lava D Ali" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1753-2000-6-5", "journal": "Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health", "journal_detail": "2012 Jan 26;6(1):5.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22280999/", "major_mesh...
PMC3277472
This is the first reported case of an adolescent male with anorexia nervosa in Iraq. This disorder is believed to be rare in males across cultures and uncommon for both genders in Arab countries. The patient met the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa. He was hospitalized and received medical and psychiatri...
{ "authors": [ "Samar Said", "Rondell P Graham", "Tsung-Teh Wu", "Saba Yasir", "Lizhi Zhang", "Andrew L Folpe" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2020/3780763", "journal": "Case Rep Gastrointest Med", "journal_detail": "2020 May 16;2020:3780763.", "keywords": null, "license": "...
PMC7246417
Angiosarcoma of the colon is rare, as is colonic amyloidosis. To our knowledge, there have been no reported cases of angiosarcoma arising in association with amyloid deposition. Herein, we described a case of 77-year-old man who presented with hematochezia, and a sigmoid mass was found on colonoscopy. Histologic examin...
{ "authors": [ "Emmanuel C Okpii", "Fatima Adamu-Biu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.34459", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 31;15(1):e34459.", "keywords": [ "female genital mutilation", "nitrous oxide abuse", "subacute combined spinal-cord degeneration", ...
PMC9980872
Urinary retention is a common urological condition that is more prevalent in men. It is characterized by the inability to urinate and has numerous causes. This case report describes a 29-year-old female who was admitted with a history of nitrous oxide (NO) abuse and was diagnosed with subacute combined spinal cord dege...
{ "authors": [ "Wesam A Alhejily" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5114/pwki.2015.54023", "journal": "Postepy Kardiol Interwencyjnej", "journal_detail": "2015;11(3):244-5.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-SA", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26677369/", "major_mesh_terms": [], ...
PMC4631742
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{ "authors": [ "Adam Hafeez", "Dillon Karmo", "Adrian Mercado-Alamo", "Alexandra Halalau" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/4791610", "journal": "Case Rep Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan 30;2018:4791610.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi...
PMC5831956
Aortic dissection is a life-threatening condition in which the inner layer of the aorta tears. Blood surges through the tear, causing the inner and middle layers of the aorta to separate (dissect). It is considered a medical emergency. We report a case of a healthy 56-year-old male who presented to the emergency room w...
{ "authors": [ "Yayi He", "Bingyin Shi", "Xiaoyan Wu", "Peng Hou", "Yi Wang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4081/cp.2012.e14", "journal": "Clin Pract", "journal_detail": "2012 Jan 18;2(1):e14.", "keywords": [ "diabetes", "emphysematous pyelonephritis", "nephrectomy" ], ...
PMC3981338
We present a case of 75-year-old man with type 2 diabetes and emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN). The patient presented with abdominal pain, fever of undetermined origin and progressive decrease in urine output. Computerized tomography scan revealed gas formation in the left renal parenchyma and capsule. A left nephrec...
{ "authors": [ "Grzegorz M Kubiak", "Michał Zakliczyński", "Michał Hawranek", "Michał O Zembala", "Piotr Przybyłowski", "Mariusz Gąsior" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5114/aic.2019.90230", "journal": "Postepy Kardiol Interwencyjnej", "journal_detail": "2019;15(4):499-502.", "keyw...
PMC6956448
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{ "authors": [ "A R Balaji", "J V S Prakash", "Danny Darlington" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/UA.UA_34_18", "journal": "Urol Ann", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan-Mar;11(1):98-101.", "keywords": [ "benign renal tumor", "cystic renal tumors", "hale colloidal iron", "oncocyto...
PMC6362796
Cystic renal lesions are one of the commonly encountered urological conditions. They can be either benign or malignant. The Bosniak classification is employed to differentiate benign cysts from the malignant ones and to recommend treatment options. Bosniak type 4 cysts are mostly malignant. Rarely, benign tumors can be...
{ "authors": [ "Edhem Unver", "Ufuk Kuyrukluyildiz", "Erdal Karavas", "Hakan Gokalp Tas" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2021.38.373.29034", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2021 Apr 15;38:373.", "keywords": [ "covid-19", "case report", "intensive care"...
PMC8309002
Although the severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) being more frequently related to acute respiratory distress syndrome and acute cardiac and renal injuries, thromboembolic events have been increasingly reported. Acute respiratory distress syndrome due to SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - Corona...
{ "authors": [ "Kyung Sun Cha", "Yong Hee Choi", "Yong Seok Lee", "Eun Kyung Park" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5468/ogs.2018.61.1.170", "journal": "Obstet Gynecol Sci", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan;61(1):170-174.", "keywords": [ "mesothelioma", "multilocular cystic mass", "s...
PMC5780315
Benign multicystic peritoneal mesothelioma (BMPM) is rare and difficult to diagnose before surgery. We report a case of BMPM incidentally discovered during laparoendoscopic single site surgery (LESS) for treatment of a pelvic mass. A 47-year-old Korean menopaused woman presented to our outpatient clinic with a pelvic m...
{ "authors": [ "Hirofumi Namiki" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/4290207", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2019 May 13;2019:4290207.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31214264/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh_terms": [ ...
PMC6535864
In this study, a case is presented in which initiation of an antidepressant drug was associated with an episode of extreme sedation. This case provides an opportunity to highlight possible pitfalls in geriatric prescribing.
{ "authors": [ "Xuhui Zhang", "Yue Zhang", "Yongzhong Li", "Pengfei Shen", "Zhenghua Liu", "Hao Zeng", "Mengni Zhang", "Ni Chen", "Jin Yao", "Rui Huang", "Diming Cai" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2022.896477", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail...
PMC9623255
Renal cell carcinoma with FH gene deletion is a rare subtype of renal cell carcinoma. There had been few reports about ultrasonographic imaging of metastasis of renal cell carcinoma with FH gene deletion. This case reported one of the features of metastasis of renal cell carcinoma with FH gene deletion of a male patien...
{ "authors": [ "Caterina Gianni", "Giuseppe Bronte", "Angelo Delmonte", "Marco Angelo Burgio", "Kalliopi Andrikou", "Manlio Monti", "Cecilia Menna", "Giovanni Luca Frassineti", "Lucio Crinò" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fphar.2021.672233", "journal": "Front Pharmaco...
PMC8397522
Background: Lung cancer is a complex disease with many subtypes. However, histochemical characteristics, and genetic mutation determinations are contributing to better define therapeutic targets and new drugs. Although this guarantees patients the possibility of obtaining tailored treatment, it makes it more difficult ...
{ "authors": [ "Jiangbo Duan", "Dandan Yang", "Jinshan He", "Xuebin Li", "Long Wang", "Cuncao Wu", "Ding Li", "Feng Ze", "Cuizhen Yuan", "Jingliang Zhou", "Xu Zhou" ], "case_amount": 5, "doi": "10.3389/fcvm.2022.892122", "journal": "Front Cardiovasc Med", "journal...
PMC9280357
Aim: The most challenging and time-consuming stage of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) device implantation is coronary sinus (CS) cannulation and left ventricular epicardial electrode implantation. This paper reports the initial clinical experience of CS cannulation and left ventricular lead implantation guided ...
{ "authors": [ "K S Ravichandra", "Chaitanya Ram Kandregula", "Srikanth Koya", "Disha Lakhotia" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5005/jp-journals-10005-1288", "journal": "Int J Clin Pediatr Dent", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan-Apr;8(1):75-81.", "keywords": [ "congenital insensitivity to p...
PMC4472877
First described in 1932 by Dearborn as 'congenital pure analgesia', congenital insensitivity to pain and anhydrosis (CIPA) or hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy (HSAN) type IV is an extremely rare autosomal recessive disorder. A 7-year-old female child who is an established case of congenital insensitivity to ...
{ "authors": [ "Kimihiko Goto", "Kentaro Nakai", "Hideki Fujii", "Shinichi Nishi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2169/internalmedicine.56.7317", "journal": "Intern Med", "journal_detail": "2017;56(1):55-59.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm...
PMC5313425
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis is a life-threatening disease characterized by rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN) and diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH). Glucocorticoids and immunosuppressants are commonly used to treat this disease but may induce irreversible side effects...
{ "authors": [ "Clemente Dato", "Emanuele Micaglio", "Giada Moresco", "Ornella Rondinone", "Paolo Vitali", "Carlo Pappone", "Laura Fontana", "Monica Miozzo", "Luciano Bet" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fgene.2023.1129289", "journal": "Front Genet", "journal_detail"...
PMC10331612
We describe the case of a young woman affected by debilitating chorea and rapidly progressive cognitive decline. While her original diagnosis was multiple sclerosis, we performed a full instrumental and genetic assessement, though which we identified multiple genetic variants, including a novel variant of the APP gene....
{ "authors": [ "Shunichi Koide", "Yoshiro Hadano", "Shinji Mizuochi", "Hitoshi Koga", "Hisashi Yamashita" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S241234", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2020 Mar 9;13:77-83.", "keywords": [ "acute respiratory distress syndro...
PMC7069574
Background: Pneumonitis and pneumonia after non-fatal drowning are common and the pathogens involved are numerous. However, invasive aspergillosis after non-fatal drowning in immunocompetent individuals is relatively rare. Here, we report a case of invasive aspergillosis complicated by pulmonary embolism after non-fata...
{ "authors": [ "Brano Djenic", "Daniel Duick", "James O Newell", "Michael J Demeure" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2014.11.080", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015;6C:146-9.", "keywords": [ "liver metastases", "liver surgery", "rare thyroid...
PMC4334885
Introduction: Papillary (PTC) and follicular (FTC) thyroid carcinomas, together known as differentiated thyroid carcinomas (DTC), are among the most curable of cancers. Sites of metastases from FTC are usually osseous and those from PTC are in regional nodal basins and the lungs. Visceral metastases are rare and when t...
{ "authors": [ "Alan Alexander", "Kyle Hunter", "Daniel Wasdahl", "Michael Markovic" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1259/bjrcr.20150119", "journal": "BJR Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan 19;2(2):20150119.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.n...
PMC6180882
Among those with acquired immune deficiency syndrome, salivary gland pathology and other less common signs of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seropositivity are emerging. Generally speaking, lymphoepithelial lesions of the parotid gland are uncommon with a reported incidence of 0.6%, but they are beginning to overta...
{ "authors": [ "Yuh Baba", "Yasumasa Kato", "Kaoru Ogawa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1752-1947-5-25", "journal": "J Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2011 Jan 20;5:25.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21251319/", "major_mesh_terms...
PMC3031238
Introduction: Radionecrosis (post-radiotherapy laryngeal submucosal inflammation and necrosis) is a complication of (chemo) radiotherapy for hypopharyngeal cancer that is difficult to differentiate from tumor recurrence. Case presentation: A 67-year-old Japanese man presented with a condition extremely difficult to dia...
{ "authors": [ "Jullyene Gomes de Campos", "Cláudia Marina Puga Barbosa Oliveira", "Sandra Adolfina Reyes Romero", "Ana Paula Klein", "Patricia Bandeira de Melo Akel", "Giselle Martins Pinto" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153639", "journal": "An Bras Dermatol", ...
PMC4323711
Temporal triangular alopecia, also referred as congenital triangular alopecia, is an uncommon dermatosis of unknown etiology. It is characterized by a non-scarring, circumscribed alopecia often located unilaterally in the frontotemporal region. It usually emerges at ages 2-9 years. Alopecia areata is the main different...
{ "authors": [ "Seema Sethi", "Shivam Thakur", "Suzanne Jacques", "H D Aoun", "Paul Tranchida" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2018.00251", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2018 Jul 3;8:251.", "keywords": [ "adrenal myelolipoma", "chromosomal abnormalities...
PMC6037825
Myelolipomas are uncommon, benign tumors which typically occur in the adrenal glands and consist of mature adipose tissue and benign hematopoietic components. Myelolipomas can occur outside of the adrenal glands, but the presacral region, retroperitoneum, pelvis, and mediastinum are unusual locations for these tumors. ...
{ "authors": [ "Alejandro Martín-Quirós", "Charbel Maroun-Eid", "José Avendaño-Ortiz", "Roberto Lozano-Rodríguez", "Jaime Valentín Quiroga", "Verónica Terrón", "Karla Montalbán-Hernández", "Miguel A García-Garrido", "Elena Muñoz Del Val", "Álvaro Del Balzo-Castillo", "Carol...
PMC8089458
We report the disparate clinical progression of a couple infected by SARS-CoV-2 based on their immune checkpoint (IC) levels and immune cell distribution in blood from admission to exitus in patient 1 and from admission to discharge and recovery in patient 2. A detailed clinical follow-up accompanied by a longitudinal ...
{ "authors": [ "SiJia Yin", "Yan Xu", "Jinsha Huang", "Nian Xiong", "Chao Han", "Kai Ma", "Xing Fang Guo", "Yun Xia", "Fang Wan", "Liang Kou", "Yadi Sun", "Jiawei Wu", "Tao Wang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2019.00812", "journal": "Front Neuro...
PMC6691054
A 47-year-old HIV-seronegative woman with autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) was treated with corticosteroids for 8 months. She developed central nervous system dysfunction and was diagnosed with cryptococcal meningitis (CM) after detecting cryptococcus neoformans in the cerebrospinal fluid. The patient's clinical symp...
{ "authors": [ "Sajan Jiv Singh Nagpal", "Carole Macaron", "Rish K Pai", "Naim Alkhouri" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14309/crj.2015.14", "journal": "ACG Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan 16;2(2):89-91.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncb...
PMC4435367
Portal hypertension leading to gastric polyposis has rarely been reported. More common gastric manifestations of portal hypertension are portal hypertensive gastropathy and gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE). We report a case of a patient in whom portal hypertension manifested as bleeding gastric polyps leading to ...
{ "authors": [ "YaoXuan Wang", "Huanzhou Xue", "Qingfeng Jiang", "Ke Li", "YuWei Tian" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5144/0256-4947.2015.72", "journal": "Ann Saudi Med", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan-Feb;35(1):72-5.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pub...
PMC6152551
The Budd-Chari syndrome (BCS) is a group of disorders of hepatic vein outflow at various levels from the hepatic veins to inferior vena cave. We describe a 49-year-old man with multiple intrahepatic lesions who had been diagnosed with the BCS. The inferior vena cavography showed hepatic vein occlusion and long-range ob...
{ "authors": [ "H A Goldfarb", "N J Fanarjian" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "JSLS", "journal_detail": "2001 Jan-Mar;5(1):81-5.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11304002/", "major_mesh_terms": [ "Colpotomy / methods", ...
PMC3015419
The purpose of this article is to present a case of laparoscopic myomectomy (LM) that led to the identification of a new minimally invasive technique [laparoscopic-assisted vaginal myomectomy (LAVM)] for removing multiple transmural uterine myomas and facilitating uterine suturing. In addition, we reviewed the literatu...
{ "authors": [ "Mohammad Kazem Moslemi", "Mohammad Soleimani", "Hamid Reza Faiz", "Poupak Rahimzadeh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12659/AJCR.889353", "journal": "Am J Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2013 Sep 20;14:376-9.", "keywords": [ "anesthesia", "cortical blindness", "hy...
PMC3787892
Patient: Male, 4 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Cortical blindness after complicated general anesthesia Symptoms: Blindness • fine motor activity derangements Medication: - Clinical Procedure: General anesthesia for unilateral inguinal hydrocelectomy Specialty: Anesthesiology. Objective: Rare disease. Background: We report a case of...
{ "authors": [ "Mi-Kyung Yoon", "Soon-Young Kim", "Hye-Sun Ko", "Myung-Soo Lee" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s13033-016-0083-5", "journal": "Int J Ment Health Syst", "journal_detail": "2016 Aug 8;10:51.", "keywords": [ "community mental health", "disaster", "mers", ...
PMC4976505
Background: Korea has experienced diverse kind of disasters these days. Among them the 2015 middle eastern respiratory syndrome (MERS) outbreak imposed great psychological stress on almost all Korean citizens. Following the MERS outbreak, government is reviewing overall infectious disease management system and prioriti...
{ "authors": [ "Kenneth Alper" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2020.614393", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2020 Dec 23;7:614393.", "keywords": [ "covid-19", "sars-cov-2", "anxiety", "cognitive", "depression", "famotidine (fam)", "neuroinfla...
PMC7786260
Famotidine is of interest as a possible treatment for COVID-19, with effects on disease-related symptoms and survival reported in observational and retrospective studies, as well as in silico predictions of binding to potential SARS-CoV-2 drug targets. Published studies of famotidine for COVID-19 have focused on acute ...
{ "authors": [ "Marta P Baleva", "Snejina Mihaylova", "Petja Yankova", "Iliana Atanasova", "Milena Nikolova-Vlahova", "Elissaveta Naumova" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5114/ceji.2016.60997", "journal": "Cent Eur J Immunol", "journal_detail": "2016;41(2):217-20.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC4967656
Introduction: Selective IgA deficiency (IgAD) is the most prevalent type of primary immune deficiencies, but partial IgA deficiency is even more common. Addison's disease is a rare condition associated with primary adrenal insufficiency due to infection or autoimmune destruction of the adrenals. The association between...
{ "authors": [ "Sevket Ozkaya", "Serhat Findik", "Atilla G Atici" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/imcrj.s5222", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2009 Jul 16;2:19-21.", "keywords": [ "lung cancer", "metastasis", "penis" ], "license": "NO-CC CODE", "link...
PMC3658209
Lung cancer does not generally produce any symptoms at the early stages and it rapidly metastasizes. Although lung cancer has a potential of metastasis to all organs and tissues, metastasis to the penis from lung cancer is very rare. We present a case with a penile lesion as the first sign of lung cancer.
{ "authors": [ "Robin Unger", "Mohammed A Alsufyani" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2011/129541", "journal": "Case Rep Dermatol Med", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:129541.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23198168/", "major_mesh_terms": []...
PMC3504251
Temporal triangular alopecia (TTA), also known as congenital triangular alopecia, is a nonscarring, noninflammatroy, circumscribed form of alopecia. TTA has been associated with several disorders, such as Phakomatosis Pigmentovascularis. Hair restoration surgery using follicular unit transplantation has been a successf...
{ "authors": [ "Armin Amirian", "Bizhan Ziaian", "Amirhossein Erfani", "Reza Shahriarirad", "Keivan Ranjbar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2020/9526406", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2020 Mar 17;2020:9526406.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": ...
PMC7103054
The lung is the second most commonly involved organ in humans by hydatid disease. Management of large pulmonary hydatid cysts is a great challenge for thoracic surgeons. Lung resections should be considered the last choice for huge pulmonary hydatid cysts when the lung expansion is not optimal after cyst removal. Here,...
{ "authors": [ "Wen-Qing Huang", "Cong-Xia Lu", "Ya Zhang", "Ke-Hui Yi", "Liang-Liang Cai", "Ming-Li Li", "Han Wang", "Qing Lin", "Chi-Meng Tzeng" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fnagi.2016.00220", "journal": "Front Aging Neurosci", "journal_detail": "2016 Sep 21;8:2...
PMC5030299
Background: Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) are common vascular malformations that predominantly arise in the central nervous system and are mainly characterized by enlarged vascular cavities without intervening brain parenchyma. Familial CCMs (FCCMs) is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern with incomplet...
{ "authors": [ "Mozhgan Zahmatkeshan", "Mahmood Haghighat", "Mohammad Hadi Imanieh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Iran J Med Sci", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan;39(1):68-70.", "keywords": [ "abdominal pain", "children", "hiv", "intestinal pseudo-obstruction" ], ...
PMC3895898
Intestinal pseudo-obstruction is a condition in which the intestine's ability to push food through is reduced. It often leads to the dilation of the various parts of the bowel. It can be idiopathic or inherited from a parent, or caused by another disease. We report a rare case of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infe...