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{ "authors": [ "Silke François", "Manuella Martin", "Olivier Costa", "Daniel Urbain", "Fazia Mana" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/9591420", "journal": "Case Rep Gastrointest Med", "journal_detail": "2018 Mar 1;2018:9591420.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link":...
PMC5852848
The presence of chylous fluid with high triglycerides levels on endoscopic ultrasound- (EUS-) guided fine needle aspiration (FNA) is very pathognomonic for the diagnosis of cystic lymphangiomas of the pancreas. In our case report the puncture of the pancreatic cyst showed a typical milky fluid though measurable triglyc...
{ "authors": [ "Ewelina Maria Biskup" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3402/jchimp.v5.27699", "journal": "J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect", "journal_detail": "2015 Jun 15;5(3):27699.", "keywords": [ "cardiac mri", "non-compaction cardiomyopathy", "orthostase", "presyncope", "sy...
PMC4475269
A 41-year-old female was brought to the ER after a presyncope and absence episode while riding a bike. She recalled no prodromi. Her physical and neurological examinations were unremarkable; past medical, family, substance, and travel history bland. She reported a constant tiredness, sporadic slight cephalgia, responsi...
{ "authors": [ "Daisuke Atomura", "Takaya Makiguchi", "Takahiro Yamaguchi", "Hideharu Nakamura", "Yukie Yamatsu", "Ken Shirabe", "Satoshi Yokoo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Eplasty", "journal_detail": "2020 Feb 22;20:ic2.", "keywords": [ "bizarre parosteal...
PMC7180200
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{ "authors": [ "Christopher W Root", "David M Dudzinski", "Bishoy Zakhary", "Oren A Friedman", "Akhilesh K Sista", "James M Horowitz" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/JMDH.S151196", "journal": "J Multidiscip Healthc", "journal_detail": "2018 Apr 5;11:187-195.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC5896654
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a potentially fatal disease with a broad range of treatment options that spans multiple specialties. The rapid evolution and expansion of novel therapies to treat PE make it a disease process that is well suited to a multidisciplinary approach. In order to facilitate a rapid, robust response ...
{ "authors": [ "Nils Venhoff", "Jens Thiel", "Markus A Schramm", "Ilona Jandova", "Reinhard E Voll", "Cornelia Glaser" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fimmu.2020.616992", "journal": "Front Immunol", "journal_detail": "2021 Jan 18;11:616992.", "keywords": [ "certolizumab pe...
PMC7847974
Cogan's syndrome is a rare autoimmune disease characterized by ocular inflammation and audiovestibular manifestations. Treatment consists of systemic glucocorticoids and other immunosuppressive agents including methotrexate, cyclophosphamide and TNF-α-inhibitors. Due to potential ovarian or fetal toxicity immunosuppres...
{ "authors": [ "Mc Robert", "Ml Wastie" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2349/biij.4.1.e3", "journal": "Biomed Imaging Interv J", "journal_detail": "2008 Jan;4(1):e3.", "keywords": [ "gbm", "glioblastoma multiforme", "extracranial metastases", "glioma" ], "license": "CC BY", "...
PMC3097703
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most aggressive form of primary brain tumours known collectively as gliomas. Gliomas are graded by their microscopic appearance. As a rule, their behaviour can be predicted from histology: Grade I (pilocytic astrocytomas) and Grade II (benign astrocytomas) tumours are of low grade a...
{ "authors": [ "Elizabeth Shepard", "Srdjan Kamenko", "Olivia L Snir", "Juliana Hansen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1080/23320885.2020.1762495", "journal": "Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg", "journal_detail": "2020 May 23;7(1):63-67.", "keywords": [ "breast implant associated ana...
PMC7301711
We describe the case of a 75-year-old woman with textured silicone implants who was referred to our institution with concern for implant rupture and Breast Implant Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (BIA-ALCL). After explantation and pathologic evaluation, she was diagnosed with silicone granuloma and adenitis, ...
{ "authors": [ "Shouji Zhang", "Junlin Wang", "Fahang Song", "Fan Yang", "Fang Li", "Shangxin Liu", "Jiwei Ma", "Haizhou Zhang", "Xiaochun Ma" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fcvm.2023.1207339", "journal": "Front Cardiovasc Med", "journal_detail": "2023 Aug 1;10:1207...
PMC10427500
Here, we report an unusual case of left atrial myxoma presented with morphology of cavernous hemangioma supplied by the right coronary artery. Surgical resection of the left atrium myxoma was performed, and the patient experienced an uneventful recovery during hospitalization.
{ "authors": [ "Giosué DiPellegrini", "Riccardo Boccaletti", "Anna Mingozzi", "Antonella Fara", "Domenico Policicchio" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_34_2023", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2023 Mar 10;14:82.", "keywords": [ "brain magnetic resonance i...
PMC10070335
Background: Cerebral toxoplasmosis is a relatively rare disorder that usually affects immunocompromised patients. The most common scenario occurs among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients. In those patients, toxoplasmosis is the most frequent cause of expansive brain lesion and continues to cause eleva...
{ "authors": [ "Jitender Aneja", "Sandeep Grover", "Ajit Avasthi", "Sudhir Mahajan", "Prabhakar Pokhrel", "Davuluri Triveni" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.4103/0253-7176.150848", "journal": "Indian J Psychol Med", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan-Mar;37(1):81-6.", "keywords": [ "m...
PMC4341317
Masturbation is common in all societies. Despite being common, it is admonished culturally and almost all religions prohibit masturbation and consider it an act of immorality. The prohibition for masturbation leads to a lot of cultural beliefs, including certain myths, which influence sexual behavior of the person. The...
{ "authors": [ "Jogender Kumar", "Venkataseshan Sundaram", "Kirti Gupta", "Anmol Bhatia", "Gurwinder Kaur", "Sourabh Dutta" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.4322/acr.2021.386", "journal": "Autops Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2022 Jun 6;12:e2021386.", "keywords": [ "autopsy", ...
PMC9212083
We present a case of a late preterm intrauterine growth-restricted neonate with isolated and persistent severe thrombocytopenia. At birth, the neonate did not have a complete clinical spectrum of congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) but later developed peculiar findings that helped clinch the diagnosis. The neonate also h...
{ "authors": [ "Poomiporn Katanyuwong", "Arthaporn Khongkraparn", "Duangrurdee Wattanasirichaigoon" ], "case_amount": 6, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2021.801491", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2022 Jan 4;9:801491.", "keywords": [ "pkp2", "arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysp...
PMC8764405
Left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC) is a rare and genetically heterogeneous cardiomyopathy. The disorder vastly affects infants and young children. Severe neonatal LVNC is relatively rare. The prevalence of genetic defects underlying pediatric and adult-onset LVNC is about 17-40%. Mutations of MYH7 and MYBPC3 sarcom...
{ "authors": [ "Mark Piehl", "Cherrelle Smith-Ramsey", "William A Teeter" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.2147/OAEM.S188110", "journal": "Open Access Emerg Med", "journal_detail": "2019 Apr 24;11:87-93.", "keywords": [ "fluid therapy", "hypotension", "sepsis", "septic shock" ...
PMC6503651
Rapid delivery of an intravenous fluid bolus is commonly used in pediatric emergency care for the treatment of shock and hypotension. Early fluid delivery targeted at shock reversal results in improved patient outcomes, yet current methods of fluid resuscitation often limit the ability of providers to achieve fluid del...
{ "authors": [ "Sudha Pottumarthy", "Ellen Smith Moland", "Stefan Juretschko", "Susan R Swanzy", "Kenneth S Thomson", "Thomas R Fritsche" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3201/eid0908.030096", "journal": "Emerg Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2003 Aug;9(8):999-1002.", "keywords": nu...
PMC3020613
An imipenem-resistant Enterobacter cloacae isolate was recovered from the blood of a patient with a hematologic malignancy. Analytical isoelectric focusing, inhibitor studies, hydrolysis, induction assays, and molecular sequencing methods confirmed the presence of a NmcA carbapenem-hydrolyzing enzyme. This first report...
{ "authors": [ "Ricardo de Oliveira-Souza" ], "case_amount": 6, "doi": "10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00590", "journal": "Front Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2018 Nov 16;9:590.", "keywords": [ "anwesenheit", "fears", "idea of presence", "insomnia", "nocturnal anxiety", "specific phobia"...
PMC6250805
The psychological and psychiatric literature has seldom appreciated the clinical fact that fears of ghosts and kindred supernatural worries may be a cause of intense discomfort, poor sleep, and socio-occupational impairment. In the present article, this claim is illustrated by the clinical features of six patients who ...
{ "authors": [ "Minakshi Rohilla", "Bharti Joshi", "Vanita Jain", "Jasvinder Kalra", "G R V Prasad" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2016/1536281", "journal": "Case Rep Obstet Gynecol", "journal_detail": "2016;2016:1536281.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https...
PMC4783553
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is identified from the time of introduction of antituberculosis treatment and is a known worldwide public health crisis affecting women of reproductive age group. Management issues raised by pregnant women with MDR tuberculosis are challenging due to the limited clinical experi...
{ "authors": [ "Katerina Slaba", "Hana Noskova", "Petra Vesela", "Jana Tuckova", "Hana Jicinska", "Tomas Honzik", "Hana Hansikova", "Petra Kleiblova", "Petr Stourac", "Petr Jabandziev", "Ondrej Slaby", "Dagmar Prochazkova" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.3389/fgen...
PMC7575812
Congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG) are a rapidly growing family of genetic diseases with the phosphomannomutase 2 (PMM2)-CDG being the most common form of CDG. Most of these monogenic diseases are autosomal recessive and have multi-systemic manifestations, mainly psychomotor retardation, facial dysmorphisms, c...
{ "authors": [ "Hema Kini", "M Nirupama", "Aarathi R Rau", "Sumit Gupta", "Alfred Augustine" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0970-9371.93237", "journal": "J Cytol", "journal_detail": "2012 Jan;29(1):97-9.", "keywords": [ "fine needle aspiration cytology", "insular carcinom...
PMC3307470
Poorly differentiated (insular) thyroid carcinoma (PDITC) is an uncommon thyroglobulin producing neoplasm intermediate in aggressiveness between well-differentiated carcinomas of follicular cell origin and undifferentiated anaplastic carcinoma. Its cytomorphological recognition is essential for planning surgery and sub...
{ "authors": [ "María José Gómez-Jurado", "Anna Curell", "Rocío Martín", "Amador García Ruiz de Gordejuela", "Manel Armengol" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.05.053", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020;72:59-62.", "keywords": [ "colonic fist...
PMC7283079
Introduction: Even in modern surgery, human mistakes cannot be totally avoided. Retained surgical items are among the most feared ones. Forgotten sponges inside patients can cause a wide range of complications due to the foreign body reaction, called gossypiboma. The incidence of gossypibomas in the literature is proba...
{ "authors": [ "Xuyun Hu", "Jun Liu", "Ruolan Guo", "Jun Guo", "Zhipeng Zhao", "Wei Li", "Baoping Xu", "Chanjuan Hao" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s13039-019-0463-z", "journal": "Mol Cytogenet", "journal_detail": "2019 Dec 19;12:51.", "keywords": [ "14q13 deleti...
PMC6924084
Background: Chromosome 14q11-q22 deletion syndrome (OMIM 613457) is a rare genomic disorder. The phenotype heterogeneity depends on the deletion size, breakpoints and genes deleted. Critical genes like FOXG1, NKX2-1, PAX9 were identified. Case presentation: We performed whole exome sequencing (WES) and copy number vari...
{ "authors": [ "Ariel González-Cordero", "Melissa Ruiz-Rodríguez", "Bayoan Ramos-Parra", "Juan Carrillo-Vanas", "Marcel Mesa-Pabón", "Hilton Franqui-Rivera" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X19848597", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019 May 14;7:2...
PMC6537053
Acute coronary syndrome rarely occurs in young individuals and is seldomly associated with antiphospholipid syndrome. We report the case of a 26-year-old Hispanic man who presented with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction and was treated with urgent percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. He experienced st...
{ "authors": [ "Kuo-Chang Wei", "Tyng-Guey Wang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/JMU.JMU_92_18", "journal": "J Med Ultrasound", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan-Mar;27(1):59.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-SA", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31031541/", "major_mesh_terms"...
PMC6445029
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{ "authors": [ "Anand Lokare", "Emmanouil Nikolousis", "Neil Phillips", "Zbigniew Rudzki", "Richard Lovell", "Bhuvan Kishore", "Don Milligan", "Shankara Paneesha" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4081/hr.2014.5119", "journal": "Hematol Rep", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan 29;6(1)...
PMC3977154
Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm is a rare, aggressive tumor characterized by skin and/or marrow infiltration by CD4(+) CD56(+) cells. Historically, the tumor was variably thought to arise from either monocytes, T cells or NK cells giving rise to terms such as CD4(+)/CD56(+) acute monoblastic leukemia, prim...
{ "authors": [ "Cristina O Mărginean", "Lorena E Meliț", "Liliana Gozar", "Cristian Dan Mărginean", "Maria O Mărginean" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2018.00210", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2018 Jul 27;6:210.", "keywords": [ "kawasaki disease", "...
PMC6074057
Kawasaki disease (KD) is a febrile vasculitis, which is commonly defined by fever and at least four specific clinical symptoms. Incomplete KD is defined by suggestive echocardiographic findings with an incomplete clinical picture. Refractory KD is diagnosed in patients resistant to intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG). We...
{ "authors": [ "Norman Stone 3rd", "Mara Karamitopoulos", "David Edelstein", "Jenifer Hashem", "James Tucci" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2014/235756", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2014;2014:235756.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://p...
PMC3912817
Background. Fracture resulting from household electric shock is uncommon. When it occurs, it is usually the result of a fall; however, electricity itself can cause sufficient tetany to produce a fracture. We present the case of bilateral fractures of the distal radii of a 12-year-old boy which were sustained after acci...
{ "authors": [ "Dora Gašparini", "Damir Raljević", "Vesna Pehar-Pejčinović", "Tihana Klarica Gembić", "Viktor Peršić", "Tamara Turk Wensveen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fcvm.2023.1212965", "journal": "Front Cardiovasc Med", "journal_detail": "2023 Jul 21;10:1212965.", "ke...
PMC10401478
Introduction: Amiodarone is a potent antiarrhythmic medication used to treat life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias; however, its well-established adverse effect is a thyroid disorder. Amiodarone-induced thyroiditis (AIT), a clinical entity involving two types with different etiopathology and treatment approaches, ma...
{ "authors": [ "Manu R Pandey", "Pankit Vachhani", "Evelena P Ontiveros" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/9681832", "journal": "Case Rep Hematol", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:9681832.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28367342/", "...
PMC5358451
Acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is characterized by autoantibodies against a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with a thrombospondin type 1 motif, member 13 (ADAMTS13). Uncleaved von Willebrand factor (VWF) multimers accumulate and bind to platelets which causes spontaneous microthrombi ultimately ca...
{ "authors": [ "Kaoru Tada", "Tadahiro Nakajima", "Mika Nakada", "Masashi Matsuta", "Hiroyuki Tsuchiya" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/5929281", "journal": "Case Rep Orthop", "journal_detail": "2019 Apr 28;2019:5929281.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "ht...
PMC6512028
Vasospasm is a phenomenon that can complicate microsurgery. We report a case in which vasospasm was quickly relieved by topical application of fasudil hydrochloride. A 36-year-old man underwent preoperative chemotherapy and wide excision for a malignant soft tissue tumor around the knee joint. We planned reconstruction...
{ "authors": [ "Ana F Machado", "Loran R de Marigny", "Leandro X Schlittler" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1590/1516-4446-2019-0534", "journal": "Braz J Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2019 Oct 17;41(5):458-459.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm....
PMC6796821
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{ "authors": [ "Francesca Anzellotti", "Raffaella Franciotti", "Holta Zhuzhuni", "Aurelio D'Amico", "Astrid Thomas", "Marco Onofrj" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/NDT.S60089", "journal": "Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat", "journal_detail": "2014 May 23;10:959-64.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC4049430
Nonepileptic seizures (NES) apparently look like epileptic seizures, but are not associated with ictal electrical discharges in the brain. NES constitute one of the most important differential diagnoses of epilepsy. They have been recognized as a distinctive clinical phenomenon for centuries, and video/electroencephalo...
{ "authors": [ "Sylvia Klinkenberg", "Sander Ubbink", "Johannes Vles", "Anton de Louw", "Mariette Debeij van Hall", "Dyon Scheijen", "Jan Brokx" ], "case_amount": 6, "doi": "10.1016/j.ebcr.2014.02.002", "journal": "Epilepsy Behav Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2014 Apr 1;2:49-53."...
PMC4308030
We describe a treatment alternative for intractable, startle-provoked, epileptic seizures in four children aged between 8 and 14. Three of the four children had symptomatic localization-related epilepsy. They all suffered from intractable epilepsy precipitated by sudden sounds. The fact that seizures tended to occur wi...
{ "authors": [ "Fang Zhang", "Yuchen Li", "Huijun Shen", "Jie Tao", "Jie Wang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2022.898525", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2022 Sep 7;13:898525.", "keywords": [ "hodgkin lymphoma", "cryptococcal lymphadenitis", "cry...
PMC9489831
Cryptococcal meningitis is the most common fungal meningitis in clinical practice. It primarily occurs in immunocompromised people and is typically associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. In rare cases, it is associated with Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). Eosinophilic meningitis (EM) is characterized by i...
{ "authors": [ "Aziz Elmadil", "Hanan Bouamama", "Mohammed Ramil", "Khalid Khattal", "Abderrahman Afifi", "Youssef Bouabdallah" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2010;7:13.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://p...
PMC3172621
Abstract: La malrotaion intestinale chez l’enfant est une anomalie rare due à un arrêt des phénomènes de rotation et d’accolement de l’intestin primitif. Elle peut être grave en cas de mésentère commun incomplet en se compliquant d’un volvulus du grêle ou asymptomatique si la rotation s’arrête à 90° se déclarant ainsi ...
{ "authors": [ "R Goes", "J J van Overbeeke" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2152-7806.157948", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2015 Jun 1;6:94.", "keywords": [ "clivus", "chordoma", "metastatic", "vertebral" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-SA", "link": "https:/...
PMC4455120
Background: Clival chordomas are a rare type of cancer with low metastatic potential and primary metastasize to the lung or bones. Case description: This case report describes a possible metastatic, paravertebral chordoma at level C4-C5 in a patient with a past medical history of a clival chordoma. Conclusion: Chordoma...
{ "authors": [ "Xiaozu Liao", "Xiaojuan Chen", "Shi Zhong", "Junlin Wen", "Binfei Li" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fcvm.2023.1200553", "journal": "Front Cardiovasc Med", "journal_detail": "2023 Jun 8;10:1200553.", "keywords": [ "va-ecmo", "acute pulmonary embolism", ...
PMC10287020
Introduction: Massive pulmonary embolism (PE) is a life-threatening complication of major surgery with a mortality rate of up to 50%. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is primarily used for respiratory and circulatory support. Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) is used to stabilize pati...
{ "authors": [ "Angela Musella", "Claudia Marchetti", "Laura Salerno", "Laura Vertechy", "Roberta Iadarola", "Irene Pecorella", "Pierluigi Benedetti Panici" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2013/427141", "journal": "Case Rep Obstet Gynecol", "journal_detail": "2013;2013:42714...
PMC3836303
Vulvar cancer represents approximately 3%-5% of all gynecological malignancies. Squamous cell carcinoma is the most frequent histotype, whereas melanomas, adenocarcinomas, basal cell carcinomas, and sarcomas are much less common. Intestinal-type adenocarcinoma is a rare variant of vulvar carcinoma with only few cases f...
{ "authors": [ "Elisabetta Gambale", "Consiglia Carella", "Paolo Amerio", "Fiamma Buttitta", "Rosa Lucia Patea", "Clara Natoli", "Michele De Tursi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S134944", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2017 May 23;10:173-175.", ...
PMC5449169
Several small molecules, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), such as gefitinib, erlotinib and afatinib, have been demonstrated to significantly improve clinical outcomes in patients with advanced EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but erlotinib activity in EGFR wild-...
{ "authors": [ "Jeanne Bellemare", "Hannah Laure El Fassy", "Alexandra Mereniuk" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X231181034", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Jun 16;11:2050313X231181034.", "keywords": [ "sweet’s syndrome", "case report", "dr...
PMC10278404
Ixazomib, a proteasome inhibitor commonly used for the treatment of multiple myeloma, is a rare cause of Sweet's syndrome. We present a 62-year-old man who developed drug-induced Sweet's syndrome during his fifth cycle of ixazomib for treatment of refractory multiple myeloma. Monthly rechallenge led to the recurrence o...
{ "authors": [ "Johnny F Jaber", "Matthew Standley", "Raju Reddy" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/8769714", "journal": "Case Rep Crit Care", "journal_detail": "2019 Aug 20;2019:8769714.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31531246/", ...
PMC6721267
Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in pregnancy is associated with high fetal mortality rates. A small percentage of DKA occurs in the absence of high glucose levels seen in traditional DKA. Prompt recognition and management is crucial. We report a case of a 30-year-old pregnant woman with type 1 diabetes mellitus admitted wi...
{ "authors": [ "Stephanie Cohen", "Joshua Lynch" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.33644", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 11;15(1):e33644.", "keywords": [ "covid-19", "covid-related hypercoagulability", "deep vein thrombosis (dvt)", "phlegmasia cerulea d...
PMC9918342
A 44-year-old male with a history of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) with the inferior vena cava (IVC) filter in place and peripheral vascular disease (PVD) status post lower extremity vascular stenting presented from a COVID-19 rehabilitation center with bilateral phlegmasia cerulea dolens and...
{ "authors": [ "M Greco", "M Criscuolo", "L Fianchi", "E Fabiani", "L Pagano", "Mt Voso" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4084/MJHID.2011.011", "journal": "Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2011;3(1):e2011011.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "htt...
PMC3103239
Hypomethylating drugs are useful in the management of Myelodysplastic syndromes, but there are only few reports on chronic myelomonocycitic (CMML) leukemia patients. We describe our experience in 3 CMML patients treated with azacitidine. Two patients obtained partial response after 4 treatment cycles with only minor to...
{ "authors": [ "Lakshpaul Chauhan", "Ateeq Mubarik", "Abdulmagid Eddib", "Mohammad Eid", "Ali Vaziri", "Salman Muddassir" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1080/20009666.2019.1640016", "journal": "J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect", "journal_detail": "2019 Sep 5;9(4):355-357.", "k...
PMC6735305
Ophthalmoplegia is a paralysis or weakness of extraocular muscles that have a variety of different etiologies including and not limited to Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis (LC). LC is caused mainly by metastatic cancers and can cause a wide variety of symptoms. We present a case of LC with no preexisting condition who pre...
{ "authors": [ "Felipe Batalini", "Stacy L Moulder", "Eric P Winer", "Hope S Rugo", "Nancy U Lin", "Gerburg M Wulf" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.1200/PO.19.00403", "journal": "JCO Precis Oncol", "journal_detail": "2020 May 27;4:PO.19.00403.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC B...
PMC7446424
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{ "authors": [ "H Virgin", "E Oddby", "J G Jakobsson" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.09.018", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016;28:173-175.", "keywords": [ "caesarean section", "epidural analgesia", "spinal anaesthesia", "total spinal"...
PMC5061118
Introduction: Epidural analgesia is commonly used for management of pain during childbirth. Need for emergent Caesarean section e.g. because of signs of foetal distress or lack of progress is however not an uncommon event. In females having an established epidural; general anaesthesia, top-up of the epidural or putting...
{ "authors": [ "Andreas Forsvall", "Magnus Wagenius", "Magnus Rasmussen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00590", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2019 Jul 9;18:e00590.", "keywords": [ "abscess", "aerococcus urinae", "pergenital infection" ], "license":...
PMC6656800
Aerococcus urinae can cause severe invasive infections emanating from the urinary tract especially in older males with comorbidities. Here we describe a case of an 80 year-old man with multiple comorbidities presenting with a peri-penile abscess and signs of severe infection. Upon incision A. urinae was isolated in pur...
{ "authors": [ "Abuzar A Asif", "Manisha Tharoor", "Jacqueline L Fischer" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.55729/2000-9666.1008", "journal": "J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect", "journal_detail": "2022 Jan 31;12(1):43-47.", "keywords": [ "autopsy", "endocrine", "histopathology", ...
PMC9195108
Intravascular large B cell lymphoma (IVLBCL), a rare subtype of diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), presents with non-specific symptoms and is an extremely difficult diagnosis to make despite extensive workup. It very rarely presents with endocrinologic abnormalities. We present a case of an 81-year-old woman whose ...
{ "authors": [ "Giuseppe Ricci", "Stefano Restaino", "Giovanni Di Lorenzo", "Francesco Fanfani", "Federica Scrimin", "Francesco P Mangino" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/TCRM.S65634", "journal": "Ther Clin Risk Manag", "journal_detail": "2014 Nov 17;10:963-8.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC4240188
Purpose: To report a case of Essure microinsert abdominal migration and literature review. Methods: A 41-year-old woman was counseled to undergo Essure sterilization. The procedure was hampered by the presence of endometrial cavity adhesions, obscuring left tubal ostium. By using microscissors the adhesions were progre...
{ "authors": [ "Aakash N Bodhit", "Latha Ganti Stead" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2011/684572", "journal": "Case Rep Emerg Med", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:684572.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23326697/", "major_mesh_terms": [], ...
PMC3542921
Introduction. The authors are presenting a case of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP) that presented with complaints of altered mental status and found to have petechiae. Case Presentation. An 81-year-old female patient presented to the Emergency Department (ED) of a tertiary care hospital with chief complains o...
{ "authors": [ "Awisul Ghazali", "Gautam Das", "Khaled Horani", "Gs Anand Kumar", "Palak Mehta", "Debjyoti Dutta" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5812/kowsar.22287523.3583", "journal": "Anesth Pain Med", "journal_detail": "2012 Winter;1(3):191-3.", "keywords": [ "anaesthetics",...
PMC4018695
Background: Chronic sacroiliac (SI) joint pain constitutes 16% to 30% of the total prevalence of chronic low back pain, which is commonly unilateral. Apart from conservative management, various interventional pain management procedures have been reported. Intraarticular deposteroid injection has been described as the m...
{ "authors": [ "Andrew A Maynard", "Christina F Burger", "Joseph J Schlesinger" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X17713912", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2017 Jun 8;5:2050313X17713912.", "keywords": [ "c1-inhibitor", "perioperative", "acquired ...
PMC5467965
Objective: To describe the perioperative management of a patient with acquired angioedema (AAE). Methods: A 66-year-old Caucasian male presented from an outside hospital with a history of acquired angioedema and gastrointestinal stromal tumor-related intractable urticaria and mastocytosis. He was admitted for urgent la...
{ "authors": [ "Charlene L Rohm", "Sara Acree", "Aseem Shrivastava", "Asif A Saberi", "Louis Lovett" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/2975131", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2019 Apr 24;2019:2975131.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://...
PMC6507154
Goodpasture syndrome is a rare autoimmune disease comprising antiglomerular basement membrane (anti-GBM) crescentic glomerulonephritis and pulmonary capillaritis with circulating anti-GBM antibodies. Rarely, antibody-negative cases have been described. We report a young, African American adult woman admitted with flank...
{ "authors": [ "Selvi Jegatheeson", "Julien Rs Dandrieux", "Claire M Cannon" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2055116920918161", "journal": "JFMS Open Rep", "journal_detail": "2020 Jun 1;6(1):2055116920918161.", "keywords": [ "fine-needle biopsy", "complications", "pancreatic a...
PMC7268146
Case summary: A 15-year-old male neutered domestic longhair cat was referred for investigation of a pancreatic nodule. Fine-needle aspiration of the nodule was performed on two occasions, 2 weeks apart, and cytology revealed pyogranulomatous inflammation and moderately dysplastic exocrine pancreatic epithelium, suspici...
{ "authors": [ "Priya Jeyaraj" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/ams.ams_93_20", "journal": "Ann Maxillofac Surg", "journal_detail": "2020 Jan-Jun;10(1):220-226.", "keywords": [ "hemicoronal approach", "rare maxillofacial fracture pattern", "zygomatic complex fracture" ], "license":...
PMC7433986
A case of an unusually oriented fracture pattern and significant disruption of the right Zygomatico-orbito-maxillary complex, with severe comminution and gross displacement of its skeletal components, is described. Wide surgical access to all the fracture sites was provided by a combination of hemicoronal and intraoral...
{ "authors": [ "Joris J Blok", "Floortje Huizing", "Arthur G Y Kurvers", "Katja K Muderlak", "Alexander C de Vries" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ejvsvf.2021.04.001", "journal": "EJVES Vasc Forum", "journal_detail": "2021 Apr 22;51:13-17.", "keywords": [ "carotid stenosis"...
PMC8141475
Introduction: A carotid endarterectomy (CEA) has certain risks, of which peri-operative cardiovascular risk is one. Peri-operative neurological monitoring can be done with electroencephalography (EEG) and transcranial Doppler (TCD). No previous reports have been published demonstrating the actual changes in cerebral an...
{ "authors": [ "M O Kinney", "G V McDonnell", "J McConville", "M O McCarron", "E McKenna" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": null, "journal": "Ulster Med J", "journal_detail": "2017 Jan;86(1):28-30.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-SA", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/282...
PMC5324177
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{ "authors": [ "Srihari Sridharan", "D Balasubramanian" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/sni.sni_495_16", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2017 Jun 21;8:126.", "keywords": [ "calvarium", "tb", "skull tuberculosis", "tuberculosis" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-SA",...
PMC5502301
Background: Tuberculosis is a very common disease in India. Its prevalence, capacity to affect every other organ, and atypical presentations make it an important part of the differential diagnosis for cases presenting in the rural setup. Primary tuberculous caries of the calvarium is a rare manifestation of this common...
{ "authors": [ "Yin Wu", "WuQiang Fan", "Laura Chachula", "Gary Costacurta", "Rajeev Rohatgi", "Farhad Elmi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3402/jchimp.v5.29419", "journal": "J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect", "journal_detail": "2015 Dec 11;5(6):29419.", "keywords": [ "lef...
PMC4677590
Introduction: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM) can be complicated by left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction and severe acute mitral regurgitation (MR), leading to hemodynamic instability in an otherwise benign disorder. Despite the severity of these complications, there is a paucity of literature on the matter...
{ "authors": [ "Haozhong Liu", "Tong Tan", "Hailong Qiu", "Jimei Chen", "Jian Liu", "Peijian Wei", "Huiming Guo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fcvm.2022.1096973", "journal": "Front Cardiovasc Med", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 18;9:1096973.", "keywords": [ "atrial fib...
PMC9889823
Persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) is a relatively rare congenital anomaly in the general population. It plays an important role in initiating and maintaining atrial fibrillation (AF) in some patients. Radiofrequency catheter ablation is the major treatment for patients with AF and PLSVC in most publications. H...
{ "authors": [ "Peilin Wu", "Suqing Chen", "Bin Wu", "Junhong Chen", "Ge Lv" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2020.00253", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2020 May 27;8:253.", "keywords": [ "bcg", "tyk2 deficiency", "hyperimmunoglobulin e syndrome", ...
PMC7267021
Tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) deficiency was formerly defined in patients suffering from autosomal recessive hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome (AR-HIES). In recent years, it was proposed that human TYK2 deficiency is probably not a common cause of the AR-HIES but a distinctive illness object. In the current work, a recessive T...
{ "authors": [ "Salomé Kuntz", "Anne Lejay", "Renu Virmani", "Nabil Chakfé" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ejvssr.2019.04.006", "journal": "EJVES Short Rep", "journal_detail": "2019 May 23;43:24-27.", "keywords": [ "amputation", "arthroplasty", "ischaemia", "knee di...
PMC6541903
Introduction: Injury to the popliteal vessels during total knee replacement is rare but can lead to catastrophic outcomes. Report: An 81 year old female presented with Rutherford IIb acute left limb ischaemia (ALI) 13 years after total knee replacement. The polyethylene insert in the knee implant had dislocated from th...
{ "authors": [ "Vishal Shah", "M Ashwin Reddy", "Vasilios P Papastefanou" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/4057615", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol Med", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:4057615.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2920147...
PMC5671698
Purpose: Congenital retinal macrovessels (CRM) represent rare aberrant vasculature of the retinal vessels that can supply or drain the macula. In this report, the optical coherence tomography angiography features of a congenital retinal macrovessel are discussed. Methods: The history and examination findings are presen...
{ "authors": [ "Ghassan T Al-Swaiti", "Mohammad H Al-Qudah", "Mohammad A Al-Doud", "Alaa R Al-Bdour", "Walid Al-Nizami" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.06.088", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020;73:31-34.", "keywords": [ "acute abdomen", ...
PMC7339025
Introduction: The incidence of small bowel tumors is comparatively rare when compared to colonic tumors. They comprise less than 10% of all gastrointestinal neoplasms. Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is the most common mesenchymal neoplasm of the gastrointestinal tract; however it accounts for less than 1% of all...
{ "authors": [ "Mohamed Sultan", "Djuro Karanovic", "Walid Chalhoub", "Akash Ajmera", "Fuad Maufa", "Jay C Zeck", "Shervin Shafa", "Lynt Johnson", "Nadim Haddad" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14309/crj.2015.13", "journal": "ACG Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan 1...
PMC4435368
Enteric duplication cysts (EDCs) are benign congenital anomalies that are found incidentally in adults. Gastric duplication cysts (GDCs) are the least common subtype of EDC, but when located near the pancreas, may resemble other neoplastic conditions. We report a case of GDC adjacent to the pancreas with high cystic fl...
{ "authors": [ "Christiane L Haeffele", "George K Lui", "Lynn Peng", "Frandics Chan", "Rahul P Sharma" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1093/ehjcr/ytac479", "journal": "Eur Heart J Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2022 Dec 16;7(1):ytac479.", "keywords": [ "adult congenital heart diseas...
PMC9887705
Background: The use of transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) in patients with advanced heart failure has been shown to reduce hospitalizations and increase survival. As patients with Fontan circulations grow older, a significant proportion of them will develop severe atrioventricular (AV) valve regurgitation in the ...
{ "authors": [ "Soichiro Nagata", "Naoki Ikegaya", "Shuhei Ogino", "Shinichi Uchida", "Mikiko Itaya", "Aoi Momita", "Shingo Shinozaki", "Masaharu Ohura", "Ken Kuriki", "Satoshi Kono", "Hiroaki Miyajima", "Akira Hishida" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2169/interna...
PMC5457924
We herein report the case of a hemodialysis patient whose response to an erythropoiesis-stimulating agent (ESA) improved following the resection of thyroid cancer. Her hemoglobin level remained below 7 g/dL, despite the use of ESA. During the search for the causes of her hyporesponsiveness to ESA, papillary thyroid can...
{ "authors": [ "Yamini Gupta", "Madhuri Priyadarshi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/aca.ACA_46_18", "journal": "Ann Card Anaesth", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan-Mar;22(1):92-95.", "keywords": [ "intramyocardial hydatid cyst", "off-pump technique", "surgical management of intramyoca...
PMC6350434
Cardiac echinococcosis is a rare disease. Depending on the location of hydatid cyst in the heart, clinical presentation can be an asymptomatic case or lethal stroke, arrhythmias, valvular dysfunction, cardiac tamponade, cardiac failure, shock, and even death. Treatment of choice for cardiac hydatid cysts is surgical ex...
{ "authors": [ "Pedro Martínez-Ayala", "Miguel Angel Valle-Murillo", "Oscar Chávez-Barba", "Rodolfo I Cabrera-Silva", "Luz A González-Hernández", "Fernando Amador-Lara", "Moises Ramos-Solano", "Sergio Zúñiga-Quiñones", "Vida Verónica Ruíz-Herrera", "Jaime F Andrade-Villanueva" ...
PMC7294351
Background: Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is a rare inflammatory and demyelinating disorder of the central nervous system, with a distinct tendency to a perivenous localization of pathological changes. Children are the most affected population and frequently presented after exanthematous viral infections ...
{ "authors": [ "Piergiorgio Fedeli", "Sergio Giorgetti", "Nunzia Cannovo" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1515/med-2020-0152", "journal": "Open Med (Wars)", "journal_detail": "2020 Jun 8;15(1):513-519.", "keywords": [ "children", "informed consent", "neuroblastoma", "palliative...
PMC7712470
Introduction: In Italy, both parents have parental responsibility, so they have the power to give or withhold consent to medical procedures on their children. Methods: The present work reports the case of a 5-year-old boy diagnosed with neuroblastoma in the right adrenal loggia, who underwent several chemotherapy treat...
{ "authors": [ "Márcio Magno Costa", "Pedro Rogério Camargos Pennisi", "Andréa Cristina Zacarias Martins de Oliveira", "João Edson Carmo de Oliveira", "Gustavo Vilela Oliveira", "Eduardo Buozi Moffa", "Luiz Renato Paranhos" ], "case_amount": 11, "doi": "10.2147/CCIDE.S247614", "jou...
PMC7167261
Pycnodysostosis (PYCD) is a rare autosomal recessive skeletal dysplasia arising from a change in the production of the cathepsin K enzyme and it is also known as Maroteaux-Lamy Syndrome. The main changes in the buccal and maxillofacial region are modifications of the facial bones (leading to the loss of the mandibular ...
{ "authors": [ "Fei Gao", "Haichao Zhao", "Xidong Chen", "Xiushan Dong", "Tao Liu", "Xifeng Fu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.07.064", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019;61:218-221.", "keywords": [ "bile duct disappearance syndrome", ...
PMC6698641
Introduction: Extrahepatic biliary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (EBNHL) is rare, with a prevalence of 0.6% of malignant biliary tumors. Primary biliary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma accounts for 0.4% of extranodal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), accounting for approximately 0.016% of all NHL cases. The patient presented with typical ...
{ "authors": [ "E R H S S Ediriweera", "H D P Gunathilka", "K D C M Weerasinghe", "O T M R K S B Kalawana" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0974-8520.115435", "journal": "Ayu", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan;34(1):86-9.", "keywords": [ "kati shoola", "lumbar spondylolisthesis", ...
PMC3764887
According to Ayurveda, Kati Shoola is a disease with pain in lumbar region. Lumbar spondylolisthesis, anterior displacement of a vertebra or the vertebral column in relation to the vertebrae below, is one of the common causes. Current case study was carried out at Ayurveda Teaching hospital, Borella, to evaluate the ef...
{ "authors": [ "Francesco Cavallieri", "Franco Valzania", "Laurent Vercueil", "Elena Moro", "Valérie Fraix" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7916/tohm.v0.689", "journal": "Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y)", "journal_detail": "2019 Oct 1;9.", "keywords": [ "dystonic tremor", "bo...
PMC6778424
Background: Peripherally induced movement disorders (PIMDs) represent a rare and debated complication of peripheral trauma. Phenomenology shown: We report a case of task-specific "lipstick" jerky dystonic tremor as a consequence of traumatic shoulder injury, successfully treated with EMG-guided botulinum toxin injectio...
{ "authors": [ "Nazimul Hussain", "Sandip Mitra" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S163780", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2018 May 1;11:105-111.", "keywords": [ "epiretinal membrane", "full thickness macular holes", "internal limiting membrane", "lam...
PMC5937505
Objective: Internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling has been the standard of treatment for macular holes. Besides, causing retinal nerve fiber layer surface abnormality, postoperative extrafoveal multiple retinal holes is a rare phenomenon following ILM peeling. We report an unusual complication of eight extrafoveal ma...
{ "authors": [ "Orit Kaidar-Person", "Abraham Kuten", "Salem Billan" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2011/618650", "journal": "Case Rep Otolaryngol", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:618650.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22937371/", "ma...
PMC3420712
Introduction. Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma (LELC) of the salivary gland is a rare tumor. Currently, surgery with or without radiotherapy is the recommended treatment for all salivary gland carcinomas. However, in contrast to other high-grade salivary gland carcinomas, LELCs are considered radiosensitive. There are ...
{ "authors": [ "Elise McKenna", "Christina Ho", "Andrea Badillo", "Gustavo Villalona", "Marc A Levitt" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1055/s-0042-1750318", "journal": "European J Pediatr Surg Rep", "journal_detail": "2022 Aug 16;10(1):e118-e121.", "keywords": [ "anorectal malforma...
PMC9381362
We present a case of a newborn male with imperforate anus who was found to have colonic triplication with a high rectovesical fistula. The case is presented with a focus on surgical strategies for the management of this rare malformation.
{ "authors": [ "Marie-Anne Meier", "Sandro Nuciforo", "Mairene Coto-Llerena", "John Gallon", "Matthias S Matter", "Caner Ercan", "Jürg Vosbeck", "Luigi M Terracciano", "Savas D Soysal", "Daniel Boll", "Otto Kollmar", "Raphaël Delaloye", "Salvatore Piscuoglio", "...
PMC9249908
Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma with neuroendocrine differentiation (HCC-NED) is a very rare subtype of primary liver cancer. Treatment allocation in these patients therefore remains a challenge. Methods: We report the case of a 74-year-old man with a HCC-NED. The tumor was surgically removed in curative intent. H...
{ "authors": [ "Arif Khan", "Kwong S Chieng", "Aravindhan Baheerathan", "Nahin Hussain", "Jayprakash Gosalakkal" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.4103/1817-1745.111424", "journal": "J Pediatr Neurosci", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan;8(1):49-51.", "keywords": [ "bilateral progressive v...
PMC3680897
We detected a novel CLN1 gene mutation (p.Arg151X, heterogenous) in a 12-year-old boy. Low level of palmitoyl protein thioesterase and granular inclusion pattern in lymphocytes were also consistent with infantile Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (INCL). However, the clinical phenotype was that of atypical juvenile neuron...
{ "authors": [ "Mohamad Ali Tahririan", "Seyed Mohamad Hossein Tabatabaei Nodushan", "Mehrdad Farrokhi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/jrms.JRMS_338_20", "journal": "J Res Med Sci", "journal_detail": "2021 May 27;26:32.", "keywords": [ "bone", "chronic recurrent multifocal osteom...
PMC8305756
We report an extremely rare case of multifocal bone disorder in a 3.5-year-old boy who appeared for left forearm and arm pain and multiple periods of fever with an unusual presentation of lymphoma/leukemia and highlight diagnostic challenges leading to a misdiagnosis, which was then diagnosed and treated for chronic re...
{ "authors": [ "Changkun Huang", "Xiaolin Ai", "Liping Hu", "Da Ren" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2022/6735310", "journal": "J Immunol Res", "journal_detail": "2022 May 19;2022:6735310.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35647202/",...
PMC9135568
Objective: To investigate the value of preoperative urinary nuclear matrix protein 22 (NMP22) and Cystatin B (CSTB) expressions in evaluating the postoperative recurrence of bladder cancer. Methods: The clinical case data of 102 patients with bladder cancer who underwent surgical treatment from January 2017 to January ...
{ "authors": [ "Amir Mohsenin", "John Sinard", "John J Huang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OPTH.S35743", "journal": "Clin Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2012;6:2045-7.", "keywords": [ "chronic lymphocytic leukemia", "masquerade syndrome", "necrobiotic xanthogranuloma", ...
PMC3526909
This report describes a unique case of coexisting necrobiotic xanthogranuloma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia in a patient presenting with scleritis and uveitis. A 53-year-old Caucasian man diagnosed with anterior uveitis and scleritis for the prior year was referred to our uveitis clinic for further evaluation. Prior...
{ "authors": [ "Sunil Y Kumar", "U Shrikrishna", "Jayaprakash Shetty", "Aishwarya Sitaram" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0974-2727.78571", "journal": "J Lab Physicians", "journal_detail": "2011 Jan;3(1):56-8.", "keywords": [ "epignathus", "fetiform", "immature teratoma",...
PMC3118061
Epignathus is an extremely rare oropharyngeal teratoma that commonly arises from the palate, leading to a high mortality (80-100%) due to airway obstruction in the neonatal period. We present a case of epignathus immature teratoma with fetiform features, originating from basisphenoid in a 28-week preterm male baby, who...
{ "authors": [ "Vishnu C Potini", "Amit Sood", "Aditya Sood", "Edward Mastromonaco" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3109/23320885.2014.965254", "journal": "Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg", "journal_detail": "2014 Oct 16;1(1):5-7.", "keywords": [ "dislocation", "metacarpophalange...
PMC4627101
Volar dislocations of the thumb metacarpophalangeal joint are uncommon and can be associated with rupture of the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL). We report a case where a volar thumb dislocation was successfully closed reduced, but instability required open repair of the UCL. Early motion protocol helped achieve favora...
{ "authors": [ "Nicholas J Toepfer", "Nektarios I Lountzis", "Joseph C Ugoeke", "Tammie C Ferringer" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2011/465353", "journal": "Case Rep Urol", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:465353.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi....
PMC3350072
Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a systemic vasculitis which may result in thrombosis or aneurysm formation in any organ of the body. We report a case polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) resulting in bilateral asynchronous testicular necrosis. A 55-year-old male developed acute onset of left testicular pain resulting in a left orc...
{ "authors": [ "Lucas Serrano", "Eleftherios Archavlis", "Elke Januschek", "Pavel Timofeev", "Peter Ulrich" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000464279", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol", "journal_detail": "2017 Mar 29;10(1):281-289.", "keywords": [ "spinal intradural intramedullary ...
PMC5422745
Intracranial glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) constitutes the most frequent and unfortunately aggressive primary central nervous system malignancy. Despite the high tendency of these tumors to show local relapse within the brain after primary therapy, dissemination into the spinal axis is an infrequent event. If spinal me...
{ "authors": [ "Kenji Sogawa", "Taiji Nagaoka", "Akihiro Ishibazawa", "Atsushi Takahashi", "Tomofumi Tani", "Akitoshi Yoshida" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S93702", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2015 Oct 23;8:263-6.", "keywords": [ "nve", ...
PMC4629966
Purpose: To evaluate how the growth of neovascularization elsewhere (NVE) was delineated in an eye with hemicentral retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) using optical coherence tomography (OCT) angiography. Patients and methods: We examined a 64-year-old man diagnosed with hemi-CRVO. The area around the occluded vein was scan...
{ "authors": [ "Jorge Verdecia", "Firas Warda", "Kevin Rechcigl", "Mladen Sokanovic", "Carmen Isache" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00571", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2019 Jun 13;17:e00571.", "keywords": [ "bone infection", "kaposi sarcoma", ...
PMC6587020
We present here a case of relapsed HIV-related Kaposi Sarcoma (KS), manifesting as a plantar ulcer with underlying bone involvement in a patient with well-controlled HIV. Radiographic and magnetic resonance imaging of the patient's right foot showed bone destruction suggestive of osteomyelitis. However, when a bone bio...
{ "authors": [ "Prashant Jolepalem", "Helena R Balon" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2484/rcr.v8i1.787", "journal": "Radiol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015 Dec 7;8(1):787.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27330615/", "major_mesh_terms...
PMC4900205
We present a patient with a remote history of splenectomy and recent hemicolectomy for colon adenocarcinoma. On routine surveillance chest/abdomen/pelvis CT, a lesion suspicious for hepatic metastasis was identified. Followup MRI was inconclusive. For more specific tissue characterization, imaging with Tc-99m heat-dama...
{ "authors": [ "Masayasu Seki", "Junji Otaki", "Raoul Breugelmans", "Takayuki Komoda", "Shizuko Nagata-Kobayashi", "Yu Akaishi", "Jun Hiramoto", "Iwao Ohno", "Yoshimi Harada", "Yoji Hirayama", "Miki Izumi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s12909-016-0531-6", "jo...
PMC4712551
Background: Various techniques have been developed to enable preceptors to teach residents effectively in outpatient settings to promote active learning, including SNAPPS and the One-Minute Preceptor (OMP). This study aimed to ascertain the differences between SNAPPS and the OMP in case presentation content and learner...
{ "authors": [ "Syed Sarmad Bukhari", "Muhammad Junaid", "Mamoon Ur Rashid" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2152-7806.177891", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2016 Mar 2;7(Suppl 5):S148-52.", "keywords": [ "extramedullary", "hematopoiesis", "spinal cord compre...
PMC4802988
Background: Extramedullary hematopoiesis (EMH) refers to hematopoiesis outside of the medulla of the bone. Chronic anemia states such as thalassemia can cause hematopoietic tissue to expand in certain locations. We report a case of spinal cord compression due to recurrent spinal epidural EMH, which was treated with a c...
{ "authors": [ "Yanshan Er", "Meghan E Fick", "Erin Long Mays" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.3389/fvets.2023.1200406", "journal": "Front Vet Sci", "journal_detail": "2023 Aug 10;10:1200406.", "keywords": [ "catheter", "cystostomy", "diversion", "obstruction", "pigtail", ...
PMC10448813
Objective: This study aimed to describe the utility, complications, and short-term outcomes of three dogs managed with percutaneous pigtail cystostomy catheters placed in the emergency room (ER). Case summary: Three dogs were presented separately to the ER for unalleviated mechanical urethral obstruction secondary to u...
{ "authors": [ "Helvijs Niedra", "Ilze Konrade", "Raitis Peculis", "Sergejs Isajevs", "Rihards Saksis", "Roberts Skapars", "Armands Sivins", "Beate Elizabete Daukste", "Dace Mezaka", "Vita Rovite" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2023.1188579", "journal": "Fron...
PMC10352493
Background: Non-islet cell tumor-induced hypoglycemia (NICTH) is a rare, life-threatening medical condition caused by excessive insulin-like growth factor II (IGF-II) secretion from tumors of most commonly mesenchymal origin. Using next-generation sequencing, we have characterized the genome and transcriptome of the re...
{ "authors": [ "Chaithra R Jadhav", "N R Angeline", "Bipin Kumar", "Ramachandra V Bhat", "G Balachandran" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0974-2727.115925", "journal": "J Lab Physicians", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan;5(1):60-2.", "keywords": [ "cystic degeneration", "histop...
PMC3758710
Schwannoma affect mainly head, neck, and flexor aspect of the limbs. Neurogenic tumors arising from the brachial plexus are rare and axillary schwannoma is extremely uncommon. Cystic degeneration is common in longstanding cases and which when aspirated may yield only macrophages or lymphocytes leading to false diagnosi...
{ "authors": [ "Amir Y Kamel", "Amir M Emtiazjoo", "Lauren Adkins", "Abbas Shahmohammadi", "Hassan Alnuaimat", "Andres Pelaez", "Tiago Machuca", "Mauricio Pipkin", "Hyun-Wook Lee", "I David Weiner", "Satish Chandrashekaran" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.3389/ti.2022...
PMC9128545
Background: Hyperammonemia after lung transplantation (HALT) is a rare but serious complication with high mortality. This systematic review delineates possible etiologies of HALT and highlights successful strategies used to manage this fatal complication. Methods: Seven biomedical databases and grey literature sources ...
{ "authors": [ "Surjit Tarafdar", "Mark Slee", "Faisal Ameer", "Matt Doogue" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2011/969505", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:969505.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21629819/", ...
PMC3099231
A 36-years-old man on phenytoin, levetiracetam, and sodium valproate presented with acute confusion. Routine investigations including serum valproate and phenytoin concentration were normal. His serum ammonia concentration was raised. His valproate was held and 2 days later he recovered with concordant normalisation of...
{ "authors": [ "Nicholas L Giordano", "Noud van Helmond", "Kenneth B Chapman" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/5832401", "journal": "Case Rep Anesthesiol", "journal_detail": "2018 Apr 29;2018:5832401.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...
PMC5949195
Coccydynia can be difficult to resolve with conventional treatment options. Dorsal root ganglion (DRG) stimulation has recently emerged as a treatment for chronic pain, but its application has not been described in the context of coccydynia. We used DRG stimulation treatment in a patient suffering from intractable cocc...
{ "authors": [ "Juan Lacalzada-Almeida", "Alejandro De la Rosa-Hernández", "María Manuela Izquierdo-Gómez", "Javier García-Niebla", "Iván Hernández-Betancor", "Juan Alfonso Bonilla-Arjona", "Antonio Barragán-Acea", "Ignacio Laynez-Cerdeña" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/CIA...
PMC5743124
A 61-year-old male with a prosthetic St Jude aortic valve size 24 presented with heart failure symptoms and minimal-effort angina. Eleven months earlier, the patient had undergone cardiac surgery because of an aortic root dilatation and bicuspid aortic valve with severe regurgitation secondary to infectious endocarditi...
{ "authors": [ "Hongyang Wang", "Min Mao", "Dongfang Liu", "Lian Duan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fendo.2022.951133", "journal": "Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2022 Sep 23;13:951133.", "keywords": [ "carney complex", "prkar1a gene", "case report", ...
PMC9538310
Background and objectives: It is currently controversial whether subclinical hyperthyroidism is associated with PRKAR1A gene variants. We describe a man with subclinical hyperthyroidism and a PRKAR1A gene variant who was diagnosed with Carney complex (CNC), and we performed a systematic review of published studies to a...
{ "authors": [ "Joseph M Letourneau", "Michelle E Melisko", "Marcelle I Cedars", "Mitchell P Rosen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1038/nrclinonc.2010.133", "journal": "Nat Rev Clin Oncol", "journal_detail": "2011 Jan;8(1):56-60.", "keywords": null, "license": "author_manuscript", "li...
PMC3226819
Approximately 120,000 young women are diagnosed with cancer every year in the USA. Many will have treatment that can reduce their fertility, although few will learn this fact before their treatment commences. This presents a tremendous quality of life issue post-treatment, as evidenced in this Perspectives by a persona...
{ "authors": [ "Laurent ThÉfenne", "Bénédicte GuÉrin", "Arnaud Jouvion", "Héléne Bisseriex", "Bertrand TourÉ", "Janyce Cantu", "Thomas Trappier", "Maxime Obrecht", "Gratiane De Brier" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2340/20030711-1000025", "journal": "J Rehabil Med Clin Com...
PMC8206516
Background: Creating a custom prosthetic device is challenging. The requirements of the patient's life must be taken into consideration when manufacturing the device. After having met the requirements for an autonomous daily life, adjustments can be made for recreational activities. Subject and methods: A 67-year-old p...
{ "authors": [ "Raghad Hany Salem", "Othman T Almutairi", "Mohammed Saeed Bafaquh" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_213_2023", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2023 Jul 28;14:261.", "keywords": [ "malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor", "neuro-oncology", ...
PMC10408635
Background: Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) are one of the rarest soft-tissue sarcomas with a prevalence of 0.001% in the general population. It is closely associated with a unique neurocutaneous stigmata under the spectrum of the dermatological manifestations of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). Almost...