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{ "authors": [ "Jiyoung Kim", "Angela Pipitone Dempsey", "Sun Young Kim", "Meral Gunay-Aygun", "Hilary J Vernon" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2022/7138435", "journal": "Case Rep Genet", "journal_detail": "2022 Aug 30;2022:7138435.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "li...
PMC9448604
Pyridoxine dependent-developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (PD-DEE) or pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy (PDE) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by biallelic pathogenic variants in ALDH7A1. It classically presents as intractable infantile-onset seizures unresponsive to multiple antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) b...
{ "authors": [ "Kai Xia", "Renyuan Gao", "Xiaocai Wu", "Yu Ruan", "Jian Wan", "Tianqi Wu", "Fangtao Wang", "Yin Lin", "Lu Yin", "Chunqiu Chen" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2022.895202", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2022 Apr 28;9:8...
PMC9097588
Intestinal obstruction is one of the most common complications of Crohn's disease (CD), jeopardizing the quality of life of patients. Numerous factors may contribute to intestinal obstruction in CD. Thus far, the primary reason has been identified as intestinal fibrosis caused by repeated chronic inflammation during th...
{ "authors": [ "Mohammad Saud Khan", "Faisal Jamal", "Zubair Khan", "Abhinav Tiwari", "Hermann Simo", "Himani Sharma" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000485557", "journal": "Case Rep Gastroenterol", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan 5;12(1):1-6.", "keywords": [ "duodenal perfora...
PMC5836279
Duodenal perforation is a rare but life-threatening complication of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). Duodenal perforation can cause air leak into the extraperitoneal space. In rare instances, the air in the extraperitoneal space could dissect along the fascial planes of the abdomen to reach scrotu...
{ "authors": [ "Shigeo Hashimoto", "Takashi Kuroha", "Toshio Yano", "Naoko Sato", "Tatsuo Furukawa" ], "case_amount": 5, "doi": "10.2169/internalmedicine.55.6470", "journal": "Intern Med", "journal_detail": "2016;55(20):3025-3028.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link...
PMC5109573
Five cases were treated by adding daily low-dose thalidomide (50 mg) to bortezomib and dexamethasone therapy for refractory multiple myeloma. This therapy was effective in four cases, with an improvement of bone pain and regression of M-protein. One case was treated with cyclophosphamide, thalidomide, and dexamethasone...
{ "authors": [ "Lisabeth A Bush", "Felix S Chew" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2484/rcr.v3i4.232", "journal": "Radiol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015 Dec 7;3(4):232.", "keywords": [ "ct, computed tomography", "mri, magnetic resonance imaging" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link":...
PMC4897555
We present the case of an insufficiency fracture of the femoral shaft in a 61-year-old man who had received bisphosphonate therapy to reduce the fracture risk from lytic renal cell carcinoma metastases to the spine. Approximately 1.5 years after beginning monthly intravenous infusions of zoledronic acid (Zometa), the p...
{ "authors": [ "Kwanchanok Losuwarat", "Vor Luvira", "Vasin Thanasukarn", "Theerawee Tipwaratorn", "Piti Ungarreevittaya" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023/1909570", "journal": "Case Reports Hepatol", "journal_detail": "2023 Jun 21;2023:1909570.", "keywords": null, "license":...
PMC10307192
Inflammatory myo-fibroblastic tumor (IMT) of the gallbladder is an extremely rare condition. Only seven cases have been reported. All of these were presented either with polyp/mass inside the gallbladder or gallbladder wall thickening, involving just one adjacent organ. We herein present a case of IMT of gallbladder pr...
{ "authors": [ "Murat Yildar", "Ismail Yaman", "Hayrullah Derici" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1590/S0102-67202015000100024", "journal": "Arq Bras Cir Dig", "journal_detail": "2015;28(1):90-2.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25861081/"...
PMC4739235
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{ "authors": [ "Long Liang", "Mian Mao", "Lei Wu", "Taiyu Chen", "Jiahua Lyu", "Qifeng Wang", "Tao Li" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OTT.S335736", "journal": "Onco Targets Ther", "journal_detail": "2021 Dec 3;14:5385-5389.", "keywords": [ "eml4-alk rearrangement", ...
PMC8652916
EML4-ALK rearrangement is common in lung adenocarcinoma. The ALK inhibitors remarkably inhibit lung adenocarcinoma and reveal long-term beneficial effects in several patients. Advanced genetic testing technology reveals that EML4-ALK rearrangement has been observed in patients with lung squamous cell carcinoma. In the ...
{ "authors": [ "Brian W Chong", "Bart M Demaerschalk", "Ameet Patel" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2484/rcr.v3i2.157", "journal": "Radiol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015 Dec 7;3(2):157.", "keywords": [ "ct, computed tomography", "mri, magnetic resonance imaging" ], "license": ...
PMC4896173
We present a case of an elderly male with sudden onset of a posterior circulation stroke that rapidly progressed to a deteriorating level of consciousness. Despite a dismal prognosis due to his age, the cause of his stroke, and his rapid clinical deterioration, he had an exceptional outcome. We attribute his favorable ...
{ "authors": [ "Dukyong Yoon", "Eun Kyoung Ahn", "Man Young Park", "Soo Yeon Cho", "Patrick Ryan", "Martijn J Schuemie", "Dahye Shin", "Hojun Park", "Rae Woong Park" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4258/hir.2016.22.1.54", "journal": "Healthc Inform Res", "journal_detail":...
PMC4756059
Objectives: A distributed research network (DRN) has the advantages of improved statistical power, and it can reveal more significant relationships by increasing sample size. However, differences in data structure constitute a major barrier to integrating data among DRN partners. We describe our experience converting E...
{ "authors": [ "Tomohiko Sano" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.34358", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 29;15(1):e34358.", "keywords": [ "chronic anterior shoulder dislocation", "hemiparesis", "latarjet's procedure", "open reduction", "weight-bearing sho...
PMC9975288
Chronic shoulder dislocation has been noted to be difficult to cure due to concomitant injuries of the soft tissue, articular cartilage, and bone. The present study reports a rare case of a patient with hemiparesis suffering chronic shoulder dislocation on the unaffected side. The patient was a 68-year-old female. She ...
{ "authors": [ "Paúl Ugalde", "Carmen García Bernardo", "Pablo Granero", "Alberto Miyar", "Carmen González", "Ignacio González-Pinto", "Luis Barneo", "Lino Vazquez" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.01.014", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": ...
PMC4336391
Introduction: Inflammatory pseudotumor of spleen is an extremely rare benign condition of uncertain etiology that presents with nonspecific symptoms or as an incidental finding in patients studied by other processes. Since the first description in 1984 by Cotelingam and Jaffe, only 114 cases have been reported. Present...
{ "authors": [ "Meng Huang", "William J Steele", "David S Baskin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2152-7806.166176", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2015 Sep 28;6(Suppl 16):S407-13.", "keywords": [ "central nervous system", "hypophysitis", "primary", "vasc...
PMC4597298
Background: Primary central nervous system (CNS) vasculitis is an idiopathic inflammatory process that selectively affects CNS vasculature without a systemic inflammatory response, and causes luminal obstruction with resultant ischemia of recipient tissue. Its varying clinical symptoms and signs depend on the caliber o...
{ "authors": [ "Mark Parta", "Jennifer Cuellar-Rodriguez", "Alexandra F Freeman", "Juan Gea-Banacloche", "Steven M Holland", "Dennis D Hickstein" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1007/s10875-016-0360-8", "journal": "J Clin Immunol", "journal_detail": "2017 Jan;37(1):61-66.", "keywor...
PMC6334651
We performed allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in a patient with GATA2 deficiency and an Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-related spindle cell tumor involving the liver and possibly bone. He received a matched-related donor transplant with donor peripheral blood stem cells following a myeloablative conditionin...
{ "authors": [ "Akihiro Ito", "Kaname Yoshizawa", "Kazuya Fujimori", "Susumu Morita", "Takashi Shigeno", "Toshitaka Maejima" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2169/internalmedicine.56.7506", "journal": "Intern Med", "journal_detail": "2017;56(2):143-147.", "keywords": null, "licens...
PMC5337457
Although autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is frequently complicated with chronic thyroiditis or other autoimmune disorders, reports on its association with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) are scarce. We herein describe a case of AIH associated with ITP. A 75-year-old Japanese woman was admitted to our hospital due to i...
{ "authors": [ "Diana Y Kircheva", "Wickii T Vigneswaran" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.03.038", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2017;35:49-52.", "keywords": [ "boerhaave’s syndrome", "case report", "esophageal perforation", "otsc", "pri...
PMC5403789
Introduction: Spontaneous esophageal rupture is rare, roughly 300 cases reported annually. Diagnosis is often delayed or missed. Overall mortality is about 20%. This feared high mortality rate has led to the misconception that primary esophageal repair should be avoided in late diagnosed patients. We report a successfu...
{ "authors": [ "Byung Wook Min", "Jong Man Kim", "Jun Won Um", "Eung Seok Lee", "Gil Soo Son", "Seung Joo Kim", "Hong Young Moon" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3904/kjim.2004.19.4.282", "journal": "Korean J Intern Med", "journal_detail": "2004 Dec;19(4):282-4.", "keywords": n...
PMC4531569
Primary mucinous cystic cystadenomas of the retroperitoneum are very rarely encountered, and there have been only about 30 cases reported in the literature. The histogenesis of primary mucinous cystadenomas is unclear. Most authors suggested that it develops through mucinous metaplasia in a pre-existing mesothelium-lin...
{ "authors": [ "A Rizzo", "E D Serban", "A D Ricci", "M Nannini", "M Saponara", "A Cancellieri", "D Paioli", "R Trisolini", "M A Pantaleo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2019.100961", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019 Oct 25;28:100961....
PMC6838894
Tracheal granular cell tumors are rare neurogenic neoplasms characterized by an indolent behavior. We report the case of a young woman affected by this tumor with non-specific clinical presentation. We performed a literature search in order to identify all the cases of tracheal granular cell tumor and to summarize the ...
{ "authors": [ "Saad Ezad", "Michael McGee", "Andrew J Boyle" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/1010243", "journal": "Case Rep Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2019 May 16;2019:1010243.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31223504/", "majo...
PMC6541970
Background: Takotsubo syndrome is a reversible heart failure syndrome which often presents with symptoms and ECG changes that mimic an acute myocardial infarction. Obstructive coronary artery disease has traditionally been seen as exclusion criteria for the diagnosis of takotsubo; however, recent reports have called th...
{ "authors": [ "Pedro Henrique Magalhães Craveiro de Melo", "Henrique Lane Staniak", "Aloísio Felipe-Silva", "Itamar Souza Santos", "Márcio Sommer Bittencourt" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4322/acr.2012.008", "journal": "Autops Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2012 Mar 30;2(1):49-53.", ...
PMC6735643
The authors report a case of a 19-year-old male who presented to the emergency room complaining of chest pain. His physical examination was unremarkable, but the EKG showed PR deviation and ST segment elevation. The patient was diagnosed as probable viral pericarditis and was prescribed oral anti-inflammatories. After ...
{ "authors": [ "Oreoluwa Oladiran", "Salik Nazir" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/1361326", "journal": "Case Rep Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2018 Aug 27;2018:1361326.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30225147/", "major_mesh_terms": [...
PMC6129795
Left ventricular dysfunction is a rare side effect of bevacizumab occurring in 2-4% of cases. We report the case of a 68-year-old woman who presented to the emergency department (ED) with sudden onset of shortness of breath, orthopnea, and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea. She was tachypneic and in respiratory distress. Ph...
{ "authors": [ "Carrie Guy", "Xianfu Wang", "Xianglan Lu", "Jin Lu", "Shibo Li" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1186/s13039-015-0200-1", "journal": "Mol Cytogenet", "journal_detail": "2015 Dec 30;8:102.", "keywords": [ "array cgh", "central nervous system abnormalities", "c...
PMC4696335
Background: Central nervous system features have been rarely described to be associated with the small deletion or duplication of chromosome 22q11.21. Case presentation: We report two patients with chromosome 22q11.21 alterations and central nervous system abnormalities. Features described include semilobar holoprosenc...
{ "authors": [ "Rachael Birkbeck", "Rebekah Donaldson", "Daniel L Chan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2055116920930486", "journal": "JFMS Open Rep", "journal_detail": "2020 Jun 29;6(1):2055116920930486.", "keywords": [ "hypermetabolic state", "enteral nutrition", "resting en...
PMC7328498
Case summary: A 3-month-old entire female British Shorthair cat presented for further management of thermal burns after falling into a bath of scalding water. On presentation to the primary care clinician the kitten was obtunded, markedly painful and relatively bradycardic, consistent with a state of shock. The haircoa...
{ "authors": [ "Muhammet Ahmet Karakaya", "Afak Durur Karakaya" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.5222/MMJ.2020.73693", "journal": "Medeni Med J", "journal_detail": "2020;35(1):75-78.", "keywords": [ "pulmonary edema", "alveolar consolidation", "computed tomography" ], "license": "CC...
PMC7384492
In this paper we describe two cases with negative pressure pulmonary edema (NPPE). Excessive negative airway pressures against an obstructed airway has been reported to cause fluid filtration into alveoli and lung edema. The patients are generally young adults without any medical problems. The condition involves centra...
{ "authors": [ "Maria Isabella Prigigallo", "Carmen Gómez-Lama Cabanás", "Jesús Mercado-Blanco", "Giovanni Bubici" ], "case_amount": 5, "doi": "10.3389/fmicb.2022.967885", "journal": "Front Microbiol", "journal_detail": "2022 Aug 5;13:967885.", "keywords": [ "bacillus velezensis", ...
PMC9389584
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc) tropical race 4 (TR4) is threatening banana production because of its increasing spread. Biological control approaches have been widely studied and constitute interesting complementary measures to integrated disease management strategies. They have been based mainly on the use of...
{ "authors": [ "Ripon Chowdhury", "Dev Roy", "Abhimanyu Roy" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/njms.NJMS_72_20", "journal": "Natl J Maxillofac Surg", "journal_detail": "2021 Jan-Apr;12(1):106-108.", "keywords": [ "botulinum a neurotoxin", "frey's syndrome", "parotid fistula" ]...
PMC8191560
The common cause of parotid fistula is parotid gland surgery and is frequently due to injury to the gland rather than to the duct. The frequency of postparotidectomy fistula is 14%. Other causes include facial trauma, congenital anomalies of the parotid gland, malignancies originating from the parotid gland and infecti...
{ "authors": [ "Liudmila Rozhinskaya", "Ekaterina Pigarova", "Ekaterina Sabanova", "Elizaveta Mamedova", "Iya Voronkova", "Julia Krupinova", "Larisa Dzeranova", "Anatoly Tiulpakov", "Vera Gorbunova", "Nadezhda Orel", "Artur Zalian", "Galina Melnichenko", "Ivan Dedov...
PMC5404464
Summary: Parathyroid carcinoma is an extremely rare disorder with little treatment options. It could be misdiagnosed in medical centers with little experience in management of such cases. Our clinical case shows that the initial misdiagnosis of a parathyroid carcinoma in a young woman has led to the development of mult...
{ "authors": [ "Jared R Kirkham", "Jonelle M Petscavage", "Michael L Richardson" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2484/rcr.v5i2.410", "journal": "Radiol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015 Nov 6;5(2):410.", "keywords": [ "ct, computed tomography", "tha, total hip arthroplasty" ], "li...
PMC4898222
We report a case of a 50-year-old man with extensive metallosis 20 years after right total hip arthroplasty. CT demonstrated osteolysis and radiodense debris surrounding the right hip joint. Although the radiographic appearance of metallosis has been well documented in the literature, the CT appearance of metallosis af...
{ "authors": [ "Alicia C Hirzel", "Aaron Cotrell", "Robert Gasparini", "Vathany Sriganeshan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2013/679892", "journal": "Case Rep Pathol", "journal_detail": "2013;2013:679892.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.ni...
PMC3606751
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is predominantly found in children. It is a neoplasm of precursor cells or lymphoblasts committed to either a B- or T-cell lineage. The immature cells in B-acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma can be small or medium sized with scant or moderate cytoplasm and typically express B-cell marker...
{ "authors": [ "Sanjay M Khaladkar", "Sai Sabari Vinay Kumar Parripati", "Deepak Koganti", "Satvik Dhirawani", "Urvashi Agarwal" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.15586/jkcvhl.v10i2.267", "journal": "J Kidney Cancer VHL", "journal_detail": "2023 May 2;10(2):1-7.", "keywords": [ "fusi...
PMC10163335
The most common congenital renal fusion anomaly is the horseshoe kidney (HSK) occurring in about 1 in 600-700 individuals in the Indian population. HSKs are associated with problems such as renal stones, obstruction of uretero-pelvic junction causing stasis, and infection due to ectopic location of the kidneys, malrota...
{ "authors": [ "Eduardo Agüera", "Javier Caballero-Villarraso", "Montserrat Feijóo", "Begoña M Escribano", "María C Bahamonde", "Cristina Conde", "Alberto Galván", "Isaac Túnez" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2020.00817", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail...
PMC7438891
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurodegenerative condition whose manifestation and clinical evolution can present themselves in very different ways. Analogously, its treatment has to be personalized and the patient's response may be idiosyncratic. At this moment there is no cure for it, in addition to its clinical course...
{ "authors": [ "Keerthi Yarlagadda", "Jinah Kim", "Tejaswi Kanderi", "Selin Sendil", "Vinod Kumar Nookala" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101107", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020 May 29;30:101107.", "keywords": [ "lung injury", "nalox...
PMC7287275
Introduction: Opioid overdose emergencies are increasing every year, naloxone is the antidote for the treatment of opioid overdose. Naloxone is being dispensed to even lay persons through some programs to prevent opioid overdose deaths. Case: 23 year old patient presented with naloxone treated opioid overdose complaine...
{ "authors": [ "Zachary S Gala", "Haripriya Ayyala", "Stephen L Viviano", "Ashley Ignatiuk" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Eplasty", "journal_detail": "2020 Aug 5;20:e10.", "keywords": [ "hypothenar hammer syndrome", "intraoperative icg", "intraoperative spy", ...
PMC7481368
Introduction: Hypothenar Hammer syndrome refers to thrombosis/aneurysm of ulnar artery at Guyon's canal in wrist, with resultant arterial insufficiency in the ulnar artery distribution.1 Patients typically describe unilateral symptoms in the fourth and/or fifth fingers of the hand. Symptoms can range from asymptomatic ...
{ "authors": [ "Satoshi Tanaka", "Ryo Asakawa", "Kiyohide Komuta", "Satoshi Tanizaki", "Tomohiro Kanai", "Muneyoshi Kuroyama", "Kohki Shimazu", "Junji Uchida", "Takayuki Yakushijin", "Kiyonobu Ueno" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101266", "journal": "R...
PMC7589533
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) improved the prognosis of patients with advanced lung cancers. The combination therapy of cytotoxic drugs and ICI is approved as first-line chemotherapy in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and extensive disease small-cell lung cancer (ED-SCLC). It has been reported various immune-r...
{ "authors": [ "Toma Spiriev", "Hemanshu Prabhakar", "Nora Sandu", "Christo Tzekov", "Slavomir Kondoff", "Lili Laleva", "Bernhard Schaller" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1258/shorts.2011.011094", "journal": "JRSM Short Rep", "journal_detail": "2012 Jan;3(1):6.", "keywords": n...
PMC3269103
Objectives: Postoperative complications induced by hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) are described in the neurosurgical literature and mainly involve oxygen venous emboli, postoperative pneumocephalus; some of them even fatal. However, recently there are more and more published case reports for significant cardiac dysrhythm...
{ "authors": [ "Xiaohai Liu", "Renzhi Wang", "Mingchu Li", "Ge Chen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fendo.2021.666791", "journal": "Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2021 Apr 30;12:666791.", "keywords": [ "igg4-related disease", "igg4-related inflammatory pseud...
PMC8120283
IgG4-related inflammatory pseudotumors are very uncommon and are characterized histologically by the presence of inflammatory swellings with increasing IgG4-positive plasma cells and lymphocytes infiltrating the tissues. As reports of intracranial IgG4-related pseudotumors are very rare, we report a case of an IgG4-rel...
{ "authors": [ "Cassandra Guarino", "Toby Pinn-Woodcock", "David G Levine", "Julia Miller", "Amy L Johnson" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fvets.2021.743067", "journal": "Front Vet Sci", "journal_detail": "2021 Sep 23;8:743067.", "keywords": [ "antibody", "equine", "l...
PMC8495068
Cases of cranial nuchal bursitis associated with Borrelia burgdorferi infection have not been thoroughly described. Here, we describe the case of a 17-year-old mare that was presented for low head carriage, dull demeanor, and resistance to haltering. Imaging supported a diagnosis of nuchal bursitis, and bursoscopy with...
{ "authors": [ "Nafil Arimbrathodi", "Waqar Aslam", "Abhishek Menon", "Ali Ahmad Al Saadi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2020/8861701", "journal": "Case Rep Otolaryngol", "journal_detail": "2020 Dec 28;2020:8861701.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed...
PMC7785389
Instrument fracture during procedure is not uncommon for dental surgeons, especially in root canal surgeries, usually inside the root canals. In rare instances, high-speed rotary instruments can be fractured and can be dislodged in key anatomical areas of face. In our case report, a high-speed dental burr most probably...
{ "authors": [ "Sara Lenzi", "Juan Sádaba", "PerMagnus Lindborg" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fpsyg.2021.570741", "journal": "Front Psychol", "journal_detail": "2021 Mar 24;12:570741.", "keywords": [ "covid-19", "case study", "pandemic", "perception and cognition", ...
PMC8024535
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown meant a greatly reduced social and economic activity. Sound is of major importance to people's perception of the environment, and some remarked that the soundscape was changing for the better. But are these anecdotal reports based in truth? Has traffic noise from cars an...
{ "authors": [ "Alberto Verrotti", "Laura Penta", "Letizia Zenzeri", "Laura Lucchetti", "Paolo Giovenali", "Pierpaolo De Feo" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2015.00093", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2015 Nov 2;3:93.", "keywords": [ "gnrh analogs", ...
PMC4629693
Leydig cell testicular tumors are a rare cause of precocious pseudopuberty in boys. Surgery is the main therapy and shows good overall prognosis. The physical signs of precocious puberty are expected to disappear shortly after surgical removal of the mass. We report two children, 7.5 and 7.7 year-old boys, who underwen...
{ "authors": [ "Wen-Hung Huang", "Kuo-Tzu Sung", "Jui-Peng Tsai", "Chi-In Lo", "Chih-Chung Hsiao", "Jen-Yuan Kuo", "Cheng-Huang Su", "Ming-Ren Chen", "Chung-Lieh Hung" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/JMU.JMU_1_18", "journal": "J Med Ultrasound", "journal_detail": "20...
PMC6029190
Background: Left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy (LVNC) is a primary genetic cardiomyopathy with morphologically unique characteristics, including loose "spongy" meshwork. Subjects carrying these disorders were typically presented with triad of heart failure, cardiac arrhythmias, and consequences of mural thro...
{ "authors": [ "Luis Izquierdo", "Josefina A Mejías Smith", "Jose R Lievano", "Ramón Sarquis", "Maria A Henriquez" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2019/7151849", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol Med", "journal_detail": "2019 Jun 4;2019:7151849.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC ...
PMC6582852
Objective: The following report presents the adaptation of an existing technique of intrastromal corneal ring (ICRS) implantation enabling repositioning of the ring position postoperatively to manage a refractive failure in two patients with keratoconus. Methods: In two cases, KeraRing and Ferrara nomograms had suggest...
{ "authors": [ "Alireza Abootalebi", "Mohsen Salemi", "Farhad Heidari", "Azita Azimi Meibody" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/abr.abr_3_20", "journal": "Adv Biomed Res", "journal_detail": "2020 Jul 27;9:31.", "keywords": [ "case report", "phlegmasia cerulean dolens", "thro...
PMC7532826
Phlegmasia cerulea dolens is a severe form of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) characterized by severe venous outflow obstruction, marked limb swelling, pain, bluish discoloration, and even venous gangrene if the condition is untreated. In our case, 75-year-old woman, with general abdominal pain, which increases with eatin...
{ "authors": [ "Alastair David Bezzina", "Isaac Bertuello" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2022/7870179", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol Med", "journal_detail": "2022 Dec 19;2022:7870179.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36578921/", "majo...
PMC9792245
To the best of our knowledge, we present the first case of a young adult male, on long-term immunosuppressive therapy following a live-donor kidney transplant, with Purtscher-like retinopathy (PLR) secondary to Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP). The patient had presented to a routine medical follow-up and complain...
{ "authors": [ "Toru Takiguchi", "Masatoku Arai", "Shiei Kim", "Hiromoto Ishii", "Tomoko Ogasawara", "Kenta Shigeta", "Taiki Mizobuchi", "Shoji Yokobori" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1002/ams2.673", "journal": "Acute Med Surg", "journal_detail": "2021 Jun 30;8(1):e673.", ...
PMC8243755
Background: The diagnosis of nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia (NOMI) is always challenging in critically ill patients. Herein, we aimed to report a case of NOMI associated with a hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state (HHS). A small amount of hepatic portal venous gas (HPVG) triggered the diagnosis of NOMI. Case presentation...
{ "authors": [ "Dimitri Hefter", "Cristina E Topor", "Peter Gass", "Dusan Hirjak" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00224", "journal": "Front Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2019 Apr 12;10:224.", "keywords": [ "acute psychiatry", "autism", "catatonia", "coerci...
PMC6473553
Background: Catatonic phenomena such as stupor, mutism, stereotypy, echolalia, echopraxia, affective flattening, psychomotor deficits, and social withdrawal are characteristic symptoms of both schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorders (ASD), suggesting overlapping pathophysiological similarities such as altered gluta...
{ "authors": [ "Ronny Cohen", "Gagandeep Singh", "Derrick Mena", "Christine A Garcia", "Pablo Loarte", "Brooks Mirrer" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4021/cr145w", "journal": "Cardiol Res", "journal_detail": "2012 Feb;3(1):41-44.", "keywords": [ "atrial myxoma" ], "license...
PMC5358296
Myxomas are the most common primary cardiac tumors, most frequently found in the left atrium. We present a case of an atrial myxoma. An in-depth review of atrial myxoma is presented, examining the important clinical symptoms and diagnostic indicators. The treatment of atrial myxoma is then discussed, with an emphasis o...
{ "authors": [ "Azhar Kareem Razzaq", "Ameer Al-Jasim" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/2580832", "journal": "Case Rep Hematol", "journal_detail": "2021 Jul 21;2021:2580832.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34395000/", "major_mesh_term...
PMC8363434
Introduction: Vaccines have been one of the most impactful human discoveries that have significantly changed life expectancy. Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is an autoimmune disease characterized by platelet damage, life-threatening thrombocytopenia, and haemorrhage when the platelet count reaches below 20 × 109...
{ "authors": [ "Pamela Magini", "Monica Poscente", "Simona Ferrari", "Manuela Vargiolu", "Elena Bacchelli", "Claudio Graziano", "Anita Wischmeijer", "Daniela Turchetti", "Elisabetta Malaspina", "Valentina Marchiani", "Duccio Maria Cordelli", "Emilio Franzoni", "Giov...
PMC4522089
Background: Duplications of MECP2 gene in males cause a syndrome characterized by distinctive clinical features, including severe to profound mental retardation, infantile hypotonia, mild dysmorphic features, poor speech development, autistic features, seizures, progressive spasticity and recurrent infections. Patients...
{ "authors": [ "José Renan Miranda Cavalcante-Filho", "Walterney Amâncio-Filho", "Bruno Gonzales Miniello" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.prdoa.2020.100068", "journal": "Clin Park Relat Disord", "journal_detail": "2020 Aug 14;3:100068.", "keywords": [ "belly dancer dyskinesia", ...
PMC8298813
The first report of an abdominal wall dyskinesia syndrome was published in 1990 by Iliceto et al. (1990), who were the first to use the "belly dancer dyskinesia" (BDD) nomenclature. BDD is a rare syndrome involving repetitive, involuntary, and continuous movements of the abdominal wall muscles (Iliceto et al., 1990). W...
{ "authors": [ "Yusuke Takanashi", "Kiyotaka Kurachi", "Mayu Fujihiro", "Keigo Sekihara", "Kakeru Torii", "Akikazu Kawase", "Yuta Matsubayashi", "Takamitsu Hayakawa", "Satoshi Baba", "Haruhiko Sugimura", "Toshihide Iwashita", "Kazuhito Funai" ], "case_amount": 1, ...
PMC9842888
Distinguishing metastatic lung tumors from primary lung cancer is essential for planning the appropriate treatment strategy. Thyroid transcription factor-1 (TTF-1) is a reliable immunohistochemistry (IHC) marker for differentiating between primary lung adenocarcinomas and metastatic lung tumors originating from colorec...
{ "authors": [ "Subramanian Vaidyanathan", "Peter L Hughes", "Bakul M Soni", "Gurpreet Singh", "Pradipkumar Sett" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1186/1471-2296-3-6", "journal": "BMC Fam Pract", "journal_detail": "2002 Apr 11;3:6.", "keywords": null, "license": "NO-CC CODE", "link"...
PMC107839
Background: Klippel-Feil syndrome is defined as congenital fusion of two or more cervical vertebrae and is believed to result from faulty segmentation along the embryo's developing axis during weeks 3-8 of gestation. Persons with Klippel-Feil syndrome and cervical stenosis may be at increased risk for spinal cord injur...
{ "authors": [ "Allison Pagano", "Michael J Feldman" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Eplasty", "journal_detail": "2013 Jul 10;13:ic50.", "keywords": [ "acne conglobata", "dissecting cellulitis", "follicular occlusive disease", "hidradenitis suppurativa" ], "licens...
PMC3711341
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{ "authors": [ "Meng-Ke Liu", "Feng Liu", "Yu-Ting Dai", "Xiang-Qin Weng", "Li-Li Cheng", "Li-Quan Fan", "Han Liu", "Lu Jiang", "Xiao-Jian Sun", "Hai Fang", "Li Wang", "Wei-Li Zhao" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fimmu.2023.1210909", "journal": "Front Immu...
PMC10449247
Mast cell leukemia is a rare and aggressive disease, predominantly with KIT D816V mutation. With poor response to conventional poly-chemotherapy, mast cell leukemia responded to the midostaurin treatment with a 50% overall response rate (ORR), but complete remission rate is approximately 0%. Therefore, the potential me...
{ "authors": [ "J Pushpakumara", "G Mudiyanse", "A Jayawardana", "J Siriwardana", "N L A Shyamali", "J Indrakumar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/7152902", "journal": "Case Rep Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:7152902.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", ...
PMC5687147
Streptococcus bovis endocarditis has 18%-62% association with colonic neoplasms with multivalvular involvement and affects mainly elderly males leading to severe cardiac dysfunction, septic embolization, and neurological complications. The aortic valve is the commonest valve to be affected followed by aortic and mitral...
{ "authors": [ "Thomas R VanderHeyden", "Sherri L Yong", "Edward B Breitschwerdt", "Ricardo G Maggi", "Amanda R Mihalik", "Jorge P Parada", "Claus J Fimmel" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1471-2334-12-17", "journal": "BMC Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2012 Jan 23;12:17.",...
PMC3287964
Background: Bartonella henselae (B. henselae) is considered a rare cause of granulomatous hepatitis. Due to the fastidious growth characteristics of the bacteria, the limited sensitivity of histopathological stains, and the non-specific histological findings on liver biopsy, the diagnosis of hepatic bartonellosis can b...
{ "authors": [ "Malini Shariff", "Jayanthi Gunasekaran" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2016/7494202", "journal": "Can Respir J", "journal_detail": "2016;2016:7494202.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27445562/", "major_mesh_terms": [ ...
PMC4904555
Nocardia, a branching, filamentous bacteria, is widely distributed in the environment and can cause human infection in immune-compromised hosts. Inhalation of Nocardia leads to pulmonary disease. Microbiology laboratory processed the clinical samples from patients with respiratory infections. Smears were prepared from ...
{ "authors": [ "Prasanth Lingamaneni", "Sriram Gonakoti", "Krishna Moturi", "Ishaan Vohra", "Maryam Zia" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2324709620944091", "journal": "J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020 Jan-Dec;8:2324709620944091.", "keywords": [ "co...
PMC7388103
COVID-19 (coronavirus disease-2019) infection is a highly prothrombotic state, resulting from a dysregulation of the coagulation cascade. Therefore, thromboprophylaxis is strongly recommended in these patients, with some experts even advocating for therapeutic dosing to prevent thromboembolic events. Heparin-induced th...
{ "authors": [ "Masakazu Ishikawa", "Yuki Shimada", "Tatsuhiko Ozono", "Hisatake Matsumoto", "Hiroshi Ogura", "Keigo Kihara", "Hideki Mochizuki", "Tatsusada Okuno", "Shuhei Sakakibara", "Makoto Kinoshita", "Daisuke Okuzaki" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fimmu.2...
PMC9996085
Recently accumulating evidence has highlighted the rare occurrence of COVID-19 vaccination-induced inflammation in the central nervous system. However, the precise information on immune dysregulation related to the COVID-19 vaccination-associated autoimmunity remains elusive. Here we report a case of encephalitis tempo...
{ "authors": [ "Maria Helena Favarato", "Ana Claudia Camargo Gonçalves Germani", "Milton de Arruda Martins" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2633556521999509", "journal": "J Multimorb Comorb", "journal_detail": "2021 Mar 9;11:2633556521999509.", "keywords": [ "multimorbidity", "chr...
PMC7968021
Multimorbidity requires complex and ongoing care. Understanding the subjective illness experience is critical to effective care. Literature isn't clear about illness perception in patients with multimorbidity followed in services of high complexity. This study aims to investigate the illness experience based on narrati...
{ "authors": [ "Ruchika Meel", "Richard Nethononda", "Ferande Peters", "Mohammed Essop" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5830/CVJA-2017-027", "journal": "Cardiovasc J Afr", "journal_detail": "2017;28(6):e1-e3.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih....
PMC5885047
Sub-aortic (SA) aneurysms are a rare entity of variable aetiology. We report the first case of a SA aneurysm assessed using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). A 33-year-old female with human immunodeficiency virus and on highly active antiretroviral treatment presented with syncope and dyspnoea. Clinical examina...
{ "authors": [ "A Aber", "S A Hyder", "V Arumuham" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2011/145084", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:145084.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22162695/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "me...
PMC3226425
Spontaneous rupture of the urinary bladder is a rare occurrence, and when encountered it is a diagnostic challenge. We present an unusual case of urinary bladder rupture in a patient with severe cerebral palsy who initially presented with localized abdominal pain and during admission developed generalized peritonitis c...
{ "authors": [ "Serena Fragiotta", "Talia R Kaden", "K Bailey Freund" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s40942-018-0148-5", "journal": "Int J Retina Vitreous", "journal_detail": "2018 Dec 5;4:44.", "keywords": [ "aneurysmal type 1 neovascularization", "cuticular drusen", "fluore...
PMC6280435
Background: Aneurysmal type 1 neovascularization (AT1) is a term recently introduced to better describe the aneurysmal dilatation that may arise from neovascular lesions, more commonly known as polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy. The proposed term, AT1, includes an expanded clinical spectrum of aneurysmal (polypoidal) l...
{ "authors": [ "Luísa Malheiro", "João Coelho", "Miguel Mesquita Neves", "Miguel Gomes", "Luís Oliveira" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OPTH.S202054", "journal": "Clin Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2019 Oct 17;13:2043-2052.", "keywords": [ "deep anterior lamellar keratoplas...
PMC6802541
Purpose: To report outcomes of phakic intraocular lens (IOL) implantation after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) to correct high ametropia. Setting: Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Portugal. Methods: Retrospective case series with 11 eyes submitted to phakic IOL implantation after DALK. Main outcome...
{ "authors": [ "Gaël Vermeersch", "Michel Delforge", "Violaine Havelange", "Carlos Graux", "Lucienne Michaux", "Timothy Devos" ], "case_amount": 5, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2022.1014671", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2022 Dec 7;12:1014671.", "keywords": [ "chronic n...
PMC9768602
Chronic neutrophilic leukemia (CNL) is a rare but potentially aggressive BCR::ABL1 negative myeloproliferative neoplasm, characterized by sustained mature, neutrophilic leukocytosis. The discovery of key driver mutations in the colony-stimulating-factor-3 receptor (CSF3R) gene resulted in the updated World Health Organ...
{ "authors": [ "Jason A Ellis", "Randy D'Amico", "Dorothea Altschul", "Richard Leung", "E Sander Connolly", "Philip M Meyers" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2152-7806.82374", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2011;2:92.", "keywords": [ "angiography", "c...
PMC3130466
Background: Isolated intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) secondary to lenticulostriate artery aneurysm rupture is extremely rare. Thus, the diagnostic imaging modalities and therapeutic interventions utilized in the management of such cases are not clearly defined. Case description: Here we describe a case of isolated or...
{ "authors": [ "Keisuke Nakabayashi", "Daisuke Sunaga", "Nobuhito Kaneko", "Akihiro Matsui", "Kazuhiko Tanaka", "Hiroshi Ando", "Minoru Shimizu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/7162949", "journal": "Case Rep Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2018 Oct 30;2018:7162949.", "ke...
PMC6232790
A bidirectional approach for percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusion (CTO-PCI) using ipsilateral collaterals with a single guiding catheter limits procedural choices. The CTO of the left circumflex artery with ipsilateral collateral artery was treated by the bidirectional approach using a single ...
{ "authors": [ "Fahmi Anshori", "Heka Priyamurti", "Ahmad Jabir Rahyussalim" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.10.126", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020;77:191-197.", "keywords": [ "anterior debridement", "case report", "expendable cage", ...
PMC7652712
Introduction: There is a controversy in the recent literature regarding the most appropriate approach to treat spondylitis tuberculosis, whether to choose anterior, posterior, and combined approach as well as one-stage versus two-stage approach. Mesh cage has potential advantages, including inhibition of infection by f...
{ "authors": [ "Fitri Dona Siregar", "Wahyu Hidayat" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S402005", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2023 Apr 1;16:227-232.", "keywords": [ "immune system", "mouth ulceration", "role", "vitamin d", "wound healing" ], ...
PMC10075270
Introduction: Vitamin D is an essential steroid hormone that consists of two forms, namely vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) and vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), which can be obtained from exposure to sunlight, synthesis of vitamin D in the skin, food and dietary supplements. Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in several countr...
{ "authors": [ "Pushpinder Singh Khera", "Vinu Moses", "Munawwar Ahmed", "Shailesh Kakde" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0971-3026.150131", "journal": "Indian J Radiol Imaging", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan-Mar;25(1):15-7.", "keywords": [ "arterio-venous fistula", "ijv access"...
PMC4329680
Vascular injury during common jugular venous (IJV) access is a rare complication, usually involving injury to the common carotid artery. We describe a previously unreported complication of iatrogenic injury of IJV access involving a branch of the superior thyroid artery, and its endovascular management.
{ "authors": [ "Harry Quon", "Jarod Finlay", "Keith Cengel", "Timothy Zhu", "Bert O'Malley Jr", "Gregory Weinstein" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.pdpdt.2010.12.005", "journal": "Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther", "journal_detail": "2011 Mar;8(1):64-7.", "keywords": null, "li...
PMC4394013
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been used for head and neck carcinomas with little experience in the oropharynx due to technical challenges in achieving adequate exposure. We present the case of a patient with a second right tonsil carcinoma following previous treatment with transoral robotic surgery (TORS) and postoper...
{ "authors": [ "Isabella Roli", "Francesco Colli", "Barbara Mullineris", "Sofia Esposito", "Micaela Piccoli" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.10.046", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020;77S(Suppl):S34-S36.", "keywords": [ "acute cholecystitis...
PMC7876732
Introduction: A true left sided gallbladder (T-LSG) is a rare finding mostly discovered incidentally during laparoscopy and often associated with several anatomic anomalies; surgical approach may be challenging with an increased risk of intra-operative injuries and conversion to open. Presentation of the case: A 76 yea...
{ "authors": [ "Angelo Giovanni Icro Maremmani", "Luca Rovai", "Fabio Rugani", "Silvia Bacciardi", "Matteo Pacini", "Liliana Dell'osso", "Icro Maremmani" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2013/367594", "journal": "Case Rep Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2013;2013:367594.", ...
PMC3570932
Nowadays, the misuse of benzodiazepines (BZDs) is a cause for a serious concern among pharmacologically inexperienced patients, whether treated or untreated, that could lead to significant complications, including tolerance, dependence, and addiction. We present a case report in which an Italian patient affected by anx...
{ "authors": [ "Josep Guarro", "Esper G Kallas", "Patricio Godoy", "Anna Karenina", "Josepa Gené", "Alberto Stchigel", "Arnaldo Lopes Colombo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3201/eid0809.020073", "journal": "Emerg Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2002 Sep;8(9):989-91.", "keywor...
PMC2732550
We report the first case of infection by Neosartorya hiratsukae, an ascomycete in which the conidial state resembles Aspergillus fumigatus. The fungus caused a brain infection in a Brazilian woman, who died despite itraconazole treatment. Diagnosis was established by direct microscopic examination, computed tomographic...
{ "authors": [ "Christoph Stretz", "Catherine Gao", "David M Greer", "Caitlin Loomis", "Emily J Gilmore", "Adam J Kundishora", "Charles C Matouk", "David Y Hwang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2017.00418", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2017 Aug 17...
PMC5562676
Background: Early accurate outcome prognostication for patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and accompanying intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) is often challenging (1). Acute hydrocephalus often contributes to a poor clinical exam (2) and can portend significant morbidity and mortality (3). Accordingly, the inp...
{ "authors": [ "Masayuki Oshima", "Tatsuki Onishi", "Hitomi Iwata", "Kazuyoshi Aoyama" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s40064-016-3050-3", "journal": "Springerplus", "journal_detail": "2016 Aug 19;5(1):1367.", "keywords": [ "fluoroscopic guidance", "kinking", "knotting", ...
PMC4991978
Background: We experienced a rare malposition of a pulmonary artery catheter due to kinking in a 63-year-old male who was scheduled for an off-pump coronary artery by-pass graft. Findings: Given the difficulty to obtain stable pulmonary artery waveform, we discovered that the two waveforms of the distal and proximal po...
{ "authors": [ "Israel Antonio Esquivel-Pinto", "Maria Elisa Vega-Memije", "Araceli Alvarado-Delgadillo", "Andres Eduardo Campuzano-Garcia", "Amairani Manríquez-Robles" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1159/000513468", "journal": "Case Rep Dermatol", "journal_detail": "2021 Apr 19;13(1):2...
PMC8138145
Elastic pseudoxanthoma is a rare disease with autosomal recessive inheritance, also known as Grönblad-Strandberg syndrome, characterized by pathological mineralization of the elastic fibers in the connective tissue, affecting principally the dermis of skin, media, and intima of blood vessels and Bruch's membrane of the...
{ "authors": [ "Aidan C Tan", "Tiina Jaaniste", "David Champion" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/6584753", "journal": "Pain Res Manag", "journal_detail": "2019 May 5;2019:6584753.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31191788/", "majo...
PMC6525804
Although the life-course concept of risk markers as potential etiological influences is well established in epidemiology, it has not featured in academic publications or clinical practice in the context of chronic widespread pain (CWP) and fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). Studies of risk markers are required considerations...
{ "authors": [ "Seyedamir Mousavian", "Abloghasem Daneshvar Kakhki", "Tahereh Parsa", "Behrooz Farzanegan", "Lida Fadaizadeh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Tanaffos", "journal_detail": "2014;13(3):52-4.", "keywords": [ "lung cancer", "one lung ventilation", ...
PMC4338054
One Lung Ventilation (OLV) is the preferred method of anesthesia in the vast majority of thoracic operations, especially thoracoscopic procedures. Although double lumen endotracheal tubes are usually used to conduct OLV during thoracic operations, in patients with permanent tracheostomy, because of short trachea, keepi...
{ "authors": [ "Elyn Van Snick", "Bjorn Valgaeren", "Bart Claikens" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5334/jbsr.2783", "journal": "J Belg Soc Radiol", "journal_detail": "2022 Apr 28;106(1):28.", "keywords": [ "cephalhematoma", "epidural hematoma", "mirror-image artifact", "neonat...
PMC9053547
Teaching Point: When performing ultrasound examination of a cephalhematoma, the occurrence of a mirror-image artifact can mimic the presence of an epidural hematoma.
{ "authors": [ "Rosalin Cooper", "Hannah Markham", "Jeffery Theaker", "Adrian Bateman", "David Bunyan", "Matthew Sommerlad", "Gillian Crawford", "Diana Eccles" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/9236780", "journal": "Case Rep Pathol", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:92367...
PMC5316451
Primary clear cell microcystic adenoma of the sinonasal cavity is rare. It has previously been described only as a VHL-associated tumour. Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) syndrome is an inherited cancer syndrome characterised by an elevated risk of neoplasia including clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), haemangioblastoma, ...
{ "authors": [ "Yoko Matsuda", "Yoshitsugu Chigusa", "Eiji Kondoh", "Isao Ito", "Yusuke Ueda", "Masaki Mandai" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/3520192", "journal": "Case Rep Obstet Gynecol", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:3520192.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", ...
PMC5742429
Pneumonia in pregnancy is associated with adverse maternal and foetal outcomes, and intensive treatment with appropriate antibiotics is essential. However, cases caused by pathogens that are resistant to antibiotics suitable for the developing foetus are challenging. We herein report a case of macrolide-refractory Myco...
{ "authors": [ "Milena Taskovska", "Mirko Omejc", "Jan Grosek" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.03.035", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019;57:160-162.", "keywords": [ "bleeding", "case report", "duodenum", "gastrointestinal stromal tumor...
PMC6454093
Introduction: Duodenal gastrointestinal stromal tumors (DGISTs) are mesenchymal tumors. Main presenting symptoms are gastrointestinal bleeding and non-specific abdominal pain. Surgical treatment is golden standard for treatment of DGISTs. Tumour location and size determine the surgical strategy. Recurrence rate depends...
{ "authors": [ "Hamza Yunus", "Said Amin", "Furqan Ul Haq", "Waqar Ali", "Tanveer Hamid", "Wajid Ali", "Basharat Ullah", "Payal Bai" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2022.1001695", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2022 Oct 3;9:1001695.", "keywo...
PMC9575171
Osler Weber Rendu Syndrome (OWS) is characterized by the development of abnormally dilated blood vessels, which manifest as arteriovenous shunts (pulmonary, gastrointestinal, hepatic, and cerebral) and mucocutaneous telangiectasias (lips, tongue, and fingertips). It is an autosomal dominant disease with a defect in tra...
{ "authors": [ "Cheru Telila", "Jiregna Dugassa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2022/4929020", "journal": "Case Rep Vet Med", "journal_detail": "2022 Apr 19;2022:4929020.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35496366/", "major_mesh_terms": []...
PMC9042595
A 6-year-old multiparous Borana breed cow, which has been suffering from difficulty walking for 6 months, was presented to veterinary teaching hospital. As her previous history indicated, the lameness started during the second gestation, especially in the early morning, and subsides after a few hours of sunrise. She wa...
{ "authors": [ "Dimitri Krizzuk", "Maria Cotesta", "Giampaolo Galiffa", "Ilaria Peluso", "Francesco Falbo", "Andrea Biancucci", "Sara Puscio", "Chiara Michelotto", "Carolina Pasecinic", "Gioacchino Maria Montalto", "Francesco Sammartino" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "1...
PMC9336678
Background: Intestinal arteriovenous malformation is an abnormal connection between arteries and veins that bypasses the capillary system and may be a cause of significant lower gastrointestinal bleeding. On endoscopy, arteriovenous malformations are usually flat or elevated, bright red lesions. Overall, rectal localiz...
{ "authors": [ "Alok Kumar", "Sunita Singh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4137/CMED.S31292", "journal": "Clin Med Insights Endocrinol Diabetes", "journal_detail": "2015 Sep 2;8:63-6.", "keywords": [ "calcium", "glucose control", "hyperparathyroidism", "hypertension", "parathy...
PMC4559184
Effect of parathyroidectomy on glucose control and hypertension is controversial. Here, we report a case of a patient with primary hyperparathyroidism, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and hypertension in whom parathyroidectomy ameliorated both glucose control and blood pressure. Once high serum calcium levels were noticed, u...
{ "authors": [ "Xi Tu", "Xiyao Zhuang", "Fen Li", "Chaoyou Huang", "Youliang Qian" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2022.1042459", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 5;12:1042459.", "keywords": [ "malt lymphoma", "nhl", "bladder", "diagnosis"...
PMC9849900
Primary bladder mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma is an extremely rare bladder tumor. Only scarce reports have been reported. We hereby report a case of an 81-year-old female patient with bladder tumor presenting with frequent urination and dysuria, whose pelvic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) consider...
{ "authors": [ "Tiffany Wong", "Hin Hin Ko", "Edmond S Chan" ], "case_amount": 6, "doi": "10.1186/1710-1492-10-56", "journal": "Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol", "journal_detail": "2014 Nov 10;10(1):56.", "keywords": [ "allergy", "celiac disease", "wheat" ], "license": "CC BY", "...
PMC4363205
Introduction: Celiac disease and immediate type hypersensitivity to wheat are immune responses with different pathogenic mechanisms. Both diseases are well known entities but their coexistence in the same patient is rarely reported. This is a unique case presentation of a patient with celiac disease who developed conco...
{ "authors": [ "Iraklis Vastardis", "Ahmed Thabit", "Mohamed Elalfy", "Samer Hamada", "Zisis Gatzioufas" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2515841418817500", "journal": "Ther Adv Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan 18;11:2515841418817500.", "keywords": [ "full-thickness cor...
PMC6350120
Purpose: To present a case of a complicated intracorneal ring segment (ICRS) implantation procedure in a patient with keratoconus, who experienced significant visual improvement, although the ICRS implantation had to be aborted. Methods: A 25-year-old female patient with keratoconus underwent femtosecond laser-assisted...
{ "authors": [ "Mona L Camacci", "Ronaldo Paolo Panganiban", "Zachary Pattison", "Kamyar Haghayeghi", "Alexander Daly", "Cindy Ojevwe", "Ryan J Munyon" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2324709618758350", "journal": "J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep", "journal_detail": "201...
PMC5815407
Human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA) is a tick-borne, infectious disease caused by Anaplasma phagocytophilum that generally presents with nonspecific symptoms such as fever, chills, headache, malaise, and myalgia. If not treated immediately, HGA can cause hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), a well-documented but...
{ "authors": [ "Sowmya Gururaj", "K Nisal", "Q Davies", "S Deen", "P G McNally" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1530/EDM-13-0016", "journal": "Endocrinol Diabetes Metab Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2013;2013:130016.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.n...
PMC3922040
Ectopic hormone secretion is a well-recognised phenomenon; however, ectopic prolactin secretion is exceptionally rare. Hoffman and colleagues reported the first ever well-documented case of ectopic prolactin secretion secondary to a gonadoblastoma. We report a lady who presented with galactorrhoea and a large ovarian t...
{ "authors": [ "Alessandro Landi", "Nicola Marotta", "Cristina Mancarella", "Daniele Marruzzo", "Maurizio Salvati", "Roberto Delfini" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1824-7288-37-2", "journal": "Ital J Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2011 Jan 6;37:2.", "keywords": null, "licens...
PMC3024947
Ischemia of the basal ganglia as an immediate consequence of minor head injury in children is rare (< 2% of all ischemic stroke in childhood) and is due to vasospasm of the lenticulostriate arteries. The clinical history of these lesions is particularly favourable because they are usually small, and also because the fa...
{ "authors": [ "Hari Krishna Yadoji", "Chandrasekhar Bodanki", "M V Reddy", "A V Gurava Reddy" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.13107/jocr.2022.v12.i05.2832", "journal": "J Orthop Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2022;12(5):91-95.", "keywords": [ "anterior capsule reconstruction", "fas...
PMC9826548
Introduction: Shoulder has multidirectional mobility with capsule and rotator cuff as stabilizers. Irreparable subscapularis tears are relatively uncommon. Anterior capsule reconstruction (ACR) is one of the different modalities of treatment for irreparable subscapularis tears. Anterior capsular reconstruction can be p...
{ "authors": [ "Taisuke Isono", "Hiromi Nakajima", "Kenji Takano", "Yoichi Kobayashi", "Yoshinori Kawabata", "Yoshihiko Shimizu", "Noboru Takayanagi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2021.101491", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2021 Jul 27;34:1014...
PMC8339249
A 73-year-old woman who visited our hospital complaining of dry cough for three months was refractory to antimicrobial therapy. Chest computed tomography revealed subpleural consolidation. Specimens obtained from surgical lung biopsy revealed subpleural perilobular airspace organization and fibrosis. After the biopsy, ...
{ "authors": [ "Sreedevi Ambujam", "Moutusi Audhya", "Asritha Reddy", "Sumit Roy" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0974-2077.110099", "journal": "J Cutan Aesthet Surg", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan;6(1):45-7.", "keywords": [ "cutaneous angiosarcoma", "hematoma", "type 5 skin...
PMC3663179
Cutaneous angiosarcoma is a rare, highly malignant vascular tumor with three clinical types. It is predominantly seen in the white-skinned people and rarely dealt with among the colored races. Cutaneous angiosarcoma of head and neck of the elderly is a great mimicker with many clinical presentations. The condition need...
{ "authors": [ "Barış Polat", "Ramadan Özmanevra", "Deniz Aydın", "Enes Sarı", "Mehmet Yalçınozan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/6024057", "journal": "Case Rep Orthop", "journal_detail": "2018 Jun 24;2018:6024057.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https:/...
PMC6035825
In this paper, we report a pregnant woman with a missed capitellar fracture of the elbow, who was treated successfully with open reduction and internal fixation using two headless screws. A 29-year-old 6-month pregnant woman presented to the emergency department due to a history of falling on her outstretched hand. A l...
{ "authors": [ "Fabrizio Vinante", "Paola Tomei", "Gianluigi Zaza", "Alberto Zamò", "Antonio Lupo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/2162-3619-2-22", "journal": "Exp Hematol Oncol", "journal_detail": "2013 Aug 8;2:22.", "keywords": [ "braf", "calcineurin inhibitors", "ha...
PMC3750510
We report here on the diagnosis and successful treatment of a case of hairy cell leukemia (HCL) that arose 15 years after kidney transplantation in a 51-year-old patient. As soon as the diagnosis was made, HCL was treated with 2-CDA, obtaining complete hematological remission. Immunosuppression with the calcineurin inh...
{ "authors": [ "Vanessa Zanette", "Daniel do Valle", "Bruno Augusto Telles", "Alan J Robinson", "Vaneisse Monteiro", "Mara Lucia S F Santos", "Ricardo Lehtonen R Souza", "Cristiane Benincá" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1590/1678-4685-GMB-2021-0149", "journal": "Genet Mol Bio...
PMC8607527
Mitochondrial complex I (CI) deficiency is the most common oxidative phosphorylation disorder described. It shows a wide range of phenotypes with poor correlation within genotypes. Herein we expand the clinics and genetics of CI deficiency in the brazilian population by reporting three patients with pathogenic (c.640G>...
{ "authors": [ "Marcin Gładki", "Paweł R Bednarek", "Wojciech Owecki" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2023.1214900", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2023 Jul 18;11:1214900.", "keywords": [ "atrial septal defect", "pediatric cardiac surgery", "pulmonary sequ...
PMC10392937
The article describes a successful clinical outcome in the case of a 5-month old female with a diagnosis of incomplete vascular ring of aberrant right subclavian artery and ostium secundum atrial septal defect associated with partial anomalous pulmonary venous return of scimitar syndrome type, coexisting with right pul...