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{ "authors": [ "Waleed Mahallawi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2020.564264", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2020 Sep 25;7:564264.", "keywords": [ "sars cov-2", "herd immunity", "protection", "reinfection", "vaccines" ], "license": "CC BY", ...
PMC7544991
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS CoV-2 is a worldwide emergency, and is taking a substantial toll on human health, lives, and the global economy. Due to the novelty of this virus, no SARS CoV-2-specific treatments or licensed vaccines are available though few vaccines are undergoing clinical trials. Therefore, cont...
{ "authors": [ "Inha Jung", "Eun-Jeong Joo", "Byung Seong Suh", "Cheol-Bae Ham", "Ji-Min Han", "You-Gyung Kim", "Joon-Sup Yeom", "Ju-Yeon Choi", "Ji-Hye Park" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s40557-017-0201-0", "journal": "Ann Occup Environ Med", "journal_detail": "2...
PMC5625662
Background: Argyria is a rare irreversible cutaneous pigmentation disorder caused by prolonged exposure to silver. Herein, we report a case of generalized argyria that developed after chronic ingestion of soluble silver-nano particles and presented with muscle weakness. Case presentation: A 74-year-old woman visited ou...
{ "authors": [ "Grégoire Détriché", "Guillaume Goudot", "Lina Khider", "Alexandre Galloula", "Matthieu Guillet", "Agnès Lillo-Le Louët", "Emmanuel Messas", "Tristan Mirault" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fphar.2020.560382", "journal": "Front Pharmacol", "journal_detail...
PMC7775664
Literature is scarce on acute ischemia after intra-arterial injection of crushed tablets and no effective medical treatment against the progression of lesions is reported. The only factor able to modify the outcome is the delay between injection and management by a specialized vascular team. Moreover the risk of necros...
{ "authors": [ "Raymond M Fish" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Eplasty", "journal_detail": "2011;11:ic13.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22148078/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh_terms": [ "Case Reports" ], "pmcid": "PMC3...
PMC3230137
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{ "authors": [ "Caixia Li", "Wenlei Ye", "Wenni Zhou", "Zhikang Ye", "Weihong Yang", "Zhongping Cheng" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2022.1010158", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2022 Dec 12;12:1010158.", "keywords": [ "case report", "liver cancer"...
PMC9791028
Secondary ovarian tumor [secondary tumor of the ovary (STO)] is not a frequent disease. To date, there is still a lack of standard treatment for STO due to the relative heterogeneity. Liver cancer metastasis to the ovary is extremely rare, with only 17 living cases having been reported so far, making it impossible to l...
{ "authors": [ "Ghazi Adlan Alshumrani", "Zoltan Patay" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.5144/0256-4947.2015.64", "journal": "Ann Saudi Med", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan-Feb;35(1):64-8.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26142941/", "major_m...
PMC6152556
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance spectroscopic (MRS) findings in 3-methylcrotonylglycinuria presenting with acute metabolic decompensation in a previously healthy 7-year old female are described. The patient was hospitalized with fever, irritability, gastrointestinal problems, drowsiness, signs o...
{ "authors": [ "Saravanan P Ankichetty", "Caitriona Murphy", "Pamela Angle", "Stephen Halpern" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0970-9185.105814", "journal": "J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan;29(1):102-4.", "keywords": [ "anesthesia", "cesarean delive...
PMC3590511
Chronic renal failure is rare in pregnancy and often results in significant maternal and neonatal morbidity. When possible, preoperative dialysis is useful to optimize fluid and electrolyte balance. We describe the perioperative management of a parturient who persistently refused dialysis, had an uneventful cesarean de...
{ "authors": [ "Jun Muneuchi", "Yuichiro Sugitani", "Masaru Kobayashi", "Hiroki Ezaki", "Hiromu Yamada", "Mamie Watanabe" ], "case_amount": 5, "doi": "10.1155/2022/5243594", "journal": "Case Rep Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2022 Dec 9;2022:5243594.", "keywords": null, "license": ...
PMC9757934
Sodium glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors have been widespread in patients with heart failure; however, there is little information regarding its feasibility and safety among patients after the Fontan procedure. We presented five adults after the Fontan procedure who were treated with SGLT-2 inhibitors. All pa...
{ "authors": [ "Somya Chowdhary", "Vivek Sawhney", "Abhijit Pandya", "Kumar Sambhav", "Shailesh K Gupta" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S247275", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2020 May 21;13:211-215.", "keywords": [ "central retinal artery occlusio...
PMC7247723
Objective: To describe a case of central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) after nasosinal surgery and subject's subsequent response to hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). Design: Observational case report. Results: We describe a subject with diagnosed CRAO after septoplasty, bilateral inferior turbinate reduction and bal...
{ "authors": [ "Devin Malik", "Akshay Amaraneni", "Sukhpreet Singh", "Richard Roach" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2016.03.003", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2016 Mar 24;4:43-5.", "keywords": [ "canine host", "dirofilaria immitis", "parasite", "zoo...
PMC4816904
Canine heartworm, Dirofilaria immitis, is a nematode parasite that infects dogs by way of mosquito bite. Rarely, humans play accidental hosts to this parasite and are not a suitable environment for the nematode to live. As the parasite dies in the pulmonary vessels it embolizes the vessels causing infarction and eventu...
{ "authors": [ "Vipul D Yagnik", "Bhargav D Yagnik" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/1319-3767.74445", "journal": "Saudi J Gastroenterol", "journal_detail": "2011 Jan-Feb;17(1):82-3.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21196662/", "major_mesh_...
PMC3099091
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{ "authors": [ "Tara Hendrickson Rahmlow", "Sandhya Kolagatla", "Kathleen Mattingly", "Jonathan Grube", "Subramanya Shyam Ganti", "Nagabhishek Moka" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/23247096221132244", "journal": "J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2022 Jan-...
PMC9608010
Solitary fibrous tumor/hemangiopericytoma (SFT/HPC) is a rare intracranial tumor that arises from pericytes surrounding the blood vessels. Solitary fibrous tumor/hemangiopericytoma accounts for less than 1% of primary brain tumors and is classified as grades I, II, or III based on mitotic count. These tumors often masq...
{ "authors": [ "Rafael A Ríos-Rivera", "Luis M Vilá" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023/3719502", "journal": "Case Rep Rheumatol", "journal_detail": "2023 Apr 11;2023:3719502.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37082027/", "major_mesh_term...
PMC10113061
Relapsing polychondritis (RPC) is an uncommon autoimmune systemic disease characterized by recurrent inflammation of the cartilage tissue. It can occur alone or in association with other autoimmune diseases, vasculitis, or hematologic disorders. However, the association of RPC with dermatomyositis is extremely rare. He...
{ "authors": [ "Murat Akyol", "Umut Varol", "Ibrahim Yildiz", "Ibrahim Vedat Bayoglu", "Yasar Yildiz", "Lutfiye Demir", "Ahmet Dirican", "Alper Can", "Suna Cokmert", "Mine Tunakan Oztop", "Ahmet Alacacioglu", "Yuksel Kucukzeybek", "Mustafa Oktay Tarhan" ], "case...
PMC4074971
Chordomas are rare neoplasms arising from notochordal remnants and may develop anywhere in the body while the most common anatomic site is the sacrococcygeal area. The most effective treatment of chordoma is surgery. Chordomas rarely metastasize to lung, bone, soft tissue, liver, lymph nodes, and skin. However, there i...
{ "authors": [ "Christina Mystakelli", "Stavros Gourgiotis", "Paraskevi Aravosita", "Charalampos Seretis", "Efthymia Kanna", "Stavros Aloizos" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4021/jocmr1132w", "journal": "J Clin Med Res", "journal_detail": "2013 Feb;5(1):64-6.", "keywords": [ "...
PMC3564571
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is defined as pneumonia occurring in a patient after intubation with an endotracheal tube or tracheostomy tube lasting for 48 hours or more. We describe a case of 75-year-old male who initially presented with pneumonia of the right basis with accompanying plevritis. The patient was...
{ "authors": [ "Justin H Pham", "John R Giudicessi", "Marysia S Tweet", "Lauren Boucher", "D Brian Newman", "Jeffrey B Geske" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fcvm.2023.1167256", "journal": "Front Cardiovasc Med", "journal_detail": "2023 Apr 27;10:1167256.", "keywords": [ "...
PMC10174446
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a heritable cardiomyopathy that is predominantly caused by pathogenic mutations in sarcomeric proteins. Here we report two individuals, a mother and her daughter, both heterozygous carriers of the same HCM-causing mutation in cardiac Troponin T (TNNT2). Despite sharing an identical ...
{ "authors": [ "Igor Rafael Sincos", "Grace Mulatti", "Sheila Mulatti", "Ilana Cristina Sincos", "Sergio Q Belczak", "Valdir Zamboni" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2009/240780", "journal": "HPB Surg", "journal_detail": "2009;2009:240780.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC ...
PMC2673472
The rupture of retroperitoneal varices is a rare and catastrophic complication of portal hypertension. We describe a case of this nature, the first in Brazilian medical literature, and also reviewing all previous 34 cases. We systematically analyzed all therapeutic approach and propose a management algorithm for diagno...
{ "authors": [ "Abdulkarim Yousef Aldehaim", "Abdurhman Saud Alarfaj" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/11795476211025351", "journal": "Clin Med Insights Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2021 Jun 12;14:11795476211025351.", "keywords": [ "hydroxyapatite", "rheumatoid arthritis", "calcif...
PMC8202312
Background: Calcification around the shoulder joint usually occur inside or around the tendons of the rotator cuff. We herein report on a case of global hypertrophic calcification of shoulder joint capsule in a patient with Rheumatoid arthritis. Case report: An 86 years-old male with a long-standing history of seroposi...
{ "authors": [ "Patrick Flannery", "Ingrid Yang", "Madjid Keyvani", "George Sakoulas" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2021.764197", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2021 Nov 4;12:764197.", "keywords": [ "covid-19", "nmda-receptor", "encephalitis", "p...
PMC8599934
Anti-N-methyl D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor (anti-NMDAR) encephalitis has been reported after SARS-CoV-2 infection, but not after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. We report the first known case of anti-NMDAR encephalitis after SARS-CoV-2 immunization in a young female presenting with acute psychosis, highlighting a rare potential...
{ "authors": [ "Holly Zywicke", "Cheryl Ann Palmer", "Michael S Vaphiades", "Kristen O Riley" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2012/915408", "journal": "Case Rep Pathol", "journal_detail": "2012;2012:915408.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.n...
PMC3420590
Hemangioblastomas are World Health Organization (WHO) grade I tumors of uncertain histologic origin. These central nervous system tumors are most often found in the posterior fossa, brainstem, and spinal cord. There are fewer than 20 reported cases of optic nerve hemangioblastomas in the literature. We present a patien...
{ "authors": [ "Merian E Kuipers", "Hans Dik", "Luuk N A Willems", "Bart P C Hoppe" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101285", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020 Nov 10;31:101285.", "keywords": [ "inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor", "inspirato...
PMC7677118
A 42-year old male was referred with a 6-week history of new onset dyspnea. The patient had normal vital signs, no relevant medical history and the only abnormality was a left sided inspiratory wheeze. No abnormalities were seen on the chest X-ray. A bronchoscopy was performed which showed a well-circumscribed hypervas...
{ "authors": [ "John Verrinder Veasey", "Lyvia Almeida Nascimento Salem", "Felipe Henrique Yazawa Santos" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1590/abd1806-4841.20186850", "journal": "An Bras Dermatol", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan-Feb;93(1):129-132.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", ...
PMC5871380
Secondary syphilis can have different clinical presentations, with corymbiform rash as its rarest manifestation. The disease is characterized by a central papule surrounded by smaller ones. We report the case of a man who has sex with man with corymbiform syphilis. The patient was subsequently diagnosed with HIV infect...
{ "authors": [ "Marisa McGinley", "Sarkis Morales-Vidal", "Sean Ruland" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2016.00068", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2016 May 9;7:68.", "keywords": [ "autoimmune encephalitis", "ischemic stroke", "leucine-rich glioma inactiva...
PMC4860679
Autoimmune encephalitis is associated with a wide variety of antibodies and clinical presentations. Voltage-gated potassium channel (VGKC) antibodies are a cause of autoimmune non-paraneoplastic encephalitis characterized by memory impairment, psychiatric symptoms, and seizures. We present a case of VGKC encephalitis l...
{ "authors": [ "J C Lee", "G S Kim", "S J Lee", "C G Yoo", "Y W Kim", "S K Han", "Y S Shim" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3904/kjim.1996.11.2.175", "journal": "Korean J Intern Med", "journal_detail": "1996 Jun;11(2):175-7.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC", "link"...
PMC4532013
Pulmonary sling is a rare congenital condition in which the left pulmonary artery arises from the right pulmonary artery forming a sling around the trachea causing tracheal compression. Many cases are associated with cardiovascular and tracheo-bronchial anomalies. When combined with complete tracheal ring, it is called...
{ "authors": [ "Francesco Saverio Lucido", "Luigi Scotti", "Giuseppe Scognamiglio", "Claudio Gambardella", "Luigi Brusciano", "Gianmattia Del Genio", "Francesco Pizza", "Roberto Ruggiero", "Domenico Parmeggiani", "Giusiana Nesta" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijs...
PMC7876839
Introduction: IGB (Intragastric Balloon) is acknowledged to be a safe and secure device, whose outcomes in terms of weight loss are widely discussed. Bariatric community has soon noted tolerance and benefit of this tool, considered a first and easy step before bariatric surgery. Nevertheless, some authors have describe...
{ "authors": [ "Syed A Abid", "Brendan C Stack Jr", "Donald L Bodenner" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2014/584513", "journal": "Case Rep Endocrinol", "journal_detail": "2014;2014:584513.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25400957/", "...
PMC4220571
Introduction. This is an extremely rare case of a patient with metastatic follicular thyroid cancer who continued to produce thyroid hormone and was iodine scan positive without stimulation after thyroidectomy and radioiodine (I-131) therapy. Patient Findings. A 76-year-old Caucasian male was diagnosed with metastatic ...
{ "authors": [ "Aimon Pradoo", "Charuwan Sriapha", "Satariya Trakulsrichai", "Achara Tongpoo", "Metta Kheiawsawang", "Winai Wananukul" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IJGM.S263199", "journal": "Int J Gen Med", "journal_detail": "2020 Aug 25;13:539-545.", "keywords": [ "g6p...
PMC7468509
Background: Acalypha indica is a tropical plant used as a herbal medicine in various parts of the world, including Thailand. In glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD)-deficient patients, acute hemolysis has been reported following the ingestion of this plant. Methemoglobinemia was reported in the present study. Pati...
{ "authors": [ "Ynn Maribo", "Kasper Stokbro", "Esben Aagaard", "Stine Rosenkilde Larsen", "Torben Thygesen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5037/jomr.2019.10104", "journal": "J Oral Maxillofac Res", "journal_detail": "2019 Mar 31;10(1):e4.", "keywords": [ "ganglion cysts", "ma...
PMC6498815
Background: Synovial cysts of the temporomandibular joint are rare and treatment is based on consensus from cases reporting unilateral successful outcomes. A patient with a synovial cyst is presented, treated with successful surgical excision of the cyst, but without remission of joint symptoms. Furthermore, the case i...
{ "authors": [ "Kayo Tanita", "Taku Fujimura", "Yota Sato", "Takanori Hidaka", "Sadanori Furudate", "Yumi Kambayashi", "Akira Tsukada", "Akira Hashimoto", "Setsuya Aiba" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000468981", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol", "journal_detail": "2017 ...
PMC5422724
Acquired ichthyosis (AI) is a reactive cutaneous manifestation that can be associated with malignant hematological disease, including cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL). Since it is difficult to distinguish AI from ichthyosiform mycosis fungoides, to select the treatment for CTCL with ichthyosis-like appearance and to ev...
{ "authors": [ "Nasim Ghafourian", "Fatemeh Mahdizadeh", "Mina Zavareh", "Mitra Ahmadi", "Mohammad Hossein Askarzadeh", "Fatemeh Jalili" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": null, "journal": "Emerg (Tehran)", "journal_detail": "2018;6(1):e29.", "keywords": [ "chest trauma", "thoraci...
PMC6036524
Traumatic pulmonary pseudocyst is a rare complication of chest trauma that has been poorly documented and usually resolves without specific treatment. Here, we present a case of pulmonary pseudocyst in a child with chest trauma without obvious symptoms. It is important to consider this diagnosis in patients with chest ...
{ "authors": [ "Lucie Regennass", "Mathieu Boissard", "Alban Fouasson-Chailloux", "Ronan Guillou", "Cecile Toanen", "Vincent Crenn" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2021/9951754", "journal": "Case Rep Orthop", "journal_detail": "2021 Aug 9;2021:9951754.", "keywords": null, "l...
PMC8371642
Rupture of the patellar tendon must be diagnosed urgently because reconstruction of the extensor mechanism produces better results when it is performed in acute conditions. Reconstruction of chronic extensor mechanism rupture on the contrary is very challenging. Several surgical techniques have been described using a v...
{ "authors": [ "Yuki Otsuka", "Haruki Watanabe", "Yuzuki Kano", "Noriko Tatebe", "Katsue Sunahori-Watanabe", "Tomoko Kawabata", "Ken-Ei Sada", "Jun Wada" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2169/internalmedicine.9194-17", "journal": "Intern Med", "journal_detail": "2017;56(24):33...
PMC5790732
We herein report a patient with breast cancer who developed dermatomyositis (DM) immediately after mastectomy. She had a history of severe drug eruption during neoadjuvant chemotherapy six months previously. Within a month after the operation, myalgia and rash, including Gottron's papules, developed, and skeletal-muscl...
{ "authors": [ "Juanjuan Zhang", "Dandan Xie", "Yanfeng Zou", "Xuen Yu", "Yang Ji", "Chengyou Wang", "Xinyi Lv", "Nong Zhou", "Xiao Jiang", "Kai Wang", "Yanghua Tian" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2021.627183", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_deta...
PMC8110825
Background: Nitrous oxide (N2O), commonly known as laughing gas, is inhaled recreationally because it produces the feelings of euphoria and freedom from pain. The risk of neurological dysfunction secondary to N2O abuse and its clinical diagnosis are, however, not yet sufficiently recognized, especially in China. Here, ...
{ "authors": [ "Vaibhavi Baxi", "Shashank Budhakar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0974-8237.65483", "journal": "J Craniovertebr Junction Spine", "journal_detail": "2010 Jan;1(1):55-7.", "keywords": [ "anesthesia management", "lumbar spine", "morbid obesity", "prone position"...
PMC2944860
A morbidly obese, 45-year-old woman with a body mass index of 47 kg/m(2) , presented with a prolapsed intervertebral disc of the lumbar spine for decompression and fixation. Anesthesia and surgical positioning of morbidly obese patient carries 3 main hazards, namely, morbid obesity, prone position, and airway preservat...
{ "authors": [ "Masanori Tsujie", "Soichi Fumita", "Tomoko Wakasa", "Shigeto Mizuno", "Hajime Ishikawa", "Kotaro Kitani", "Shumpei Satoi", "Kaoru Okada", "Keisuke Inoue", "Shuichi Fukuda", "Hironobu Manabe", "Noriko Ichimura", "Shinya Ueda", "Takao Tamura", ...
PMC7322239
Introduction: We report a case of conversion surgery for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) with synchronous distant metastases showing pathological complete response (pCR) after FOLFIRINOX therapy. Presentation of case: A 46-year-old woman with obstructive jaundice was referred to our hospital. A CT scan revealed...
{ "authors": [ "Paola López-Marte", "Fray Arroyo-Mercado", "Aamer Abbass", "Antonio Mendoza-Ladd" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14309/crj.0000000000000968", "journal": "ACG Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 20;10(1):e00968.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link":...
PMC9857378
Hemorrhagic cholecystitis is a rare entity with few cases reported in the literature. We report a case of a 42-year-old man with cirrhosis who presented to the hospital with abdominal pain in the right upper quadrant radiating to the back. Computed tomography scan showed findings consistent with acute cholecystitis. Ow...
{ "authors": [ "Xiao Chen", "Benyan Zhang", "Sijian Pan", "Qingfang Sun", "Liuguan Bian" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2020.00502", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2020 Apr 9;10:502.", "keywords": [ "gamma knife radiosurgery", "chordoid", "chordoid ...
PMC7160695
Chordoid glioma (CG) of the third ventricle is a rare type of brain tumor. Here, we present a case, review of the literature and proposed a treatment strategy for this rare tumor. Here, A 33-years-old woman presented with the menstrual disorder and progressive obesity. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a large irregula...
{ "authors": [ "Ayrton I Bangolo", "Mahabuba Akhter", "Auda Auda", "Rahina Akram", "Vignesh K Nagesh", "Donnee Athem", "Reenu Thomas", "Ligaya Tibalan", "Mansi Trivedi", "Saima Mushtaq", "Neha Singh", "Pracheta Bagale", "Georgemar V Arana Jr", "Tayyaba Khan", ...
PMC10060063
Acute pancreatitis is an inflammatory condition, which is a leading gastrointestinal cause of hospitalization in the United States. Several conditions are associated with acute pancreatitis. More recently, there have been a few cases reported of acute pancreatitis following the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA vaccine. To...
{ "authors": [ "Zain Majid", "Ghous Bux Somoro", "Muhammad Manzoor Ul Haque", "Raja Taha Yaseen", "Shoaib Ahmed Khan", "Inamullah Khan Achakzai", "Muhammad Ali Khalid", "Nasir Hassan Luck" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2019.32.25.16345", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J",...
PMC6522162
A young emaciated male, known case of celiac disease came with complaints of diarrhea along with 5kgs of weight loss in 3 months' time. He had severe electrolyte abnormalities along with low albumin, low calcium and a high phosphate with deranged liver function test. Ultrasound abdomen had shown fatty liver. Nutrition ...
{ "authors": [ "Hanish Kataria", "Abhinav Seth", "Ashok Kumar Attri", "Raj Pal Singh Punia" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/ijabmr.IJABMR_285_17", "journal": "Int J Appl Basic Med Res", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan-Mar;8(1):42-44.", "keywords": [ "adenocarcinoma", "ameboma", ...
PMC5846219
Amebiasis is common in tropical and developing countries with variable symptoms. Ameboma of the colon occurs rarely due to the annular growth of granulation tissue and can present as mass lesion simulating colonic carcinoma in elderly individuals. Due to diagnostic dilemma or in case of complications, for example, acut...
{ "authors": [ "Rajany V Dy", "Sumit Patel", "Kassem Harris", "M Jeffery Mador" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.07.002", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2017 Jul 8;22:95-97.", "keywords": [ "endobronchial lipoma", "snare electrocautery", "t...
PMC5508497
We describe a 63-year-old male who presented with progressive exertional dyspnea, post-obstructive pneumonia and chest CT findings of an endobronchial lesion. Bronchoscopy revealed an endobronchial lipoma, which was resected using snare electrocautery. Complete resolution of the patient's symptoms was noted following b...
{ "authors": [ "Eun Young Seong", "Harin Rhee", "Naria Lee", "Sung Jun Lee", "Sang Heon Song", "Dong Won Lee", "Soo Bong Lee", "Mee Young Sol", "Ihm Soo Kwak" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3346/jkms.2012.27.2.218", "journal": "J Korean Med Sci", "journal_detail": "2012 ...
PMC3271299
Acute kidney injury (AKI) secondary to near-drowning is rarely described and poorly understood. Only few cases of severe isolated AKI resulting from near-drowning exist in the literature. We report a case of near-drowning who developed to isolated AKI due to acute tubular necrosis (ATN) requiring dialysis. A 21-yr-old ...
{ "authors": [ "Frank Fideler", "Migdad Mustafi", "Hans-Joachim Kirschner", "Ines Gerbig", "Jörg Fuchs", "Michael Hofbeck", "Matthias Kumpf", "Oliver Kagan", "Jörg Michel", "Walter Jost", "Felix Neunhoeffer" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.1055/s-0043-1767734", "jou...
PMC10085641
Both congenital diaphragmatic hernias (CDHs) and omphaloceles show relevant overall mortality rates as individual findings. The combination of the two has been described only sparsely in the literature and almost always with a fatal course. Here, we describe a term neonate with a rare high-risk constellation of left-si...
{ "authors": [ "Chisa Inoue", "Kota Nishihama", "Aoi Hayasaki", "Yuko Okano", "Akinobu Hayashi", "Kazuhito Eguchi", "Mei Uemura", "Toshinari Suzuki", "Taro Yasuma", "Takeshi Inoue", "Tohru Yorifuji", "Shugo Mizuno", "Esteban C Gabazza", "Yutaka Yano" ], "cas...
PMC8578890
The patient is a 28-year-old Japanese man diagnosed with severe congenital hyperinsulinemic-hypoglycemia six months after birth. Clinical records revealed no imaging evidence of pancreatic tumor at the time of diagnosis. Subsequently, he had developmental disorders and epilepsy caused by recurrent hypoglycemic attacks....
{ "authors": [ "Jing Sun", "Weibo Xia", "Shuli He", "Zhen Zhao", "Min Nie", "Mei Li", "Yan Jiang", "Xiaoping Xing", "Ou Wang", "Xunwu Meng", "Xueying Zhou" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1371/journal.pone.0038643", "journal": "PLoS One", "journal_detail": "2012;7...
PMC3369844
Background: The WNT1-inducible signaling pathway protein 3 (WISP3), which belongs to the CCN (cysteine-rich protein 61, connective tissue growth factor, nephroblastoma overexpressed) family, is a secreted cysteine-rich matricellular protein that is involved in chondrogenesis, osteogenesis and tumorigenesis. WISP3 gene ...
{ "authors": [ "Javier Goland", "Ezequiel Yasuda", "Martín Monteverde", "Silvia Garbugino" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI-171-2019", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2019 Jun 28;10:129.", "keywords": [ "complication", "coronary baloon", "endovascular ...
PMC6744810
Background: Cerebral emboli is a rare complication of endovascular procedures and foreign bodies in the cerebrovascular system can lead to stroke. When an intravascular foreign body is identified, endovascular retrieval should be attempted due to its high success rate and minimal morbidity. Case description: A 59-year-...
{ "authors": [ "Sankalp Mittal", "Manoj Agarwal", "Debopriya Chatterjee" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2018/3437417", "journal": "Case Rep Dent", "journal_detail": "2018 Apr 23;2018:3437417.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29850277/",...
PMC5937606
Prosthetic rehabilitation of atrophic maxilla and large maxillary defects can be done successfully by zygomatic implant-supported prosthesis. Zygomatic implants are an avant-garde to complex and invasive-free vascularised osteocutaneous flaps, distraction osteogenesis, and the solution to flap failures. A treated case ...
{ "authors": [ "Keigo Okamoto", "Keiko Ueda", "Masutarou Ichinose" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2019.100840", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019 Apr 16;27:100840.", "keywords": [ "chest trauma", "emergency thoracotomy", "hemothorax", "rib f...
PMC6479153
Background: Most rib fractures are treated conservatively, but patients with severe trauma may require surgical treatment. We report a rare case of delayed pericardial injury due to a fractured rib stump. Case presentation: A 61-year-old man fell while riding a bicycle and was transferred to our hospital. A computed to...
{ "authors": [ "Longhao Wang", "Lin Zhao", "Hu Peng", "Jun Xu", "Yun Lin", "Tao Yang", "Hao Wu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2020/6350479", "journal": "Neural Plast", "journal_detail": "2020 Jun 15;2020:6350479.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https...
PMC7313121
Hearing loss is a highly heterogeneous disorder, with more than 60% of congenital cases caused by genetic factors. This study is aimed at identifying the genetic cause of congenital hearing loss in a Chinese Han family. Auditory evaluation before and after cochlear implantation and targeted next-generation sequencing o...
{ "authors": [ "Paul E Kaloostian", "Marc Barry", "James Fred Harrington" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2012/749056", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2012;2012:749056.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23094184/", "majo...
PMC3474216
The authors report a case of metastatic gastrointestinal adenocarcinoma to the cervical spine in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) being treated with antiretroviral therapy. The source of this tumor could not be identified despite a thorough evaluation. A 49-year-old male being treated for AIDS p...
{ "authors": [ "Gabriel A Molina", "Darwin R Ramos", "Alberto Yu", "Patricio A Paute", "Paul S Llerena", "S Alexandra Valencia", "Jose V Fonseca", "Jhonatan F Morillo", "Sandra C López", "Bernardo M Gutierrez" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/7024172", "journal...
PMC6374811
Endometriosis is a common entity among fertile women which unfortunately manifests through variable symptomatology. Intestinal involvement in endometriosis is quite common and can simulate several diseases such as Crohn's disease, appendicitis, tubo-ovarian abscess, or malignant tumors. Intestinal obstruction due to en...
{ "authors": [ "Melese Gezahegn Tesemma" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/1489751", "journal": "Case Rep Obstet Gynecol", "journal_detail": "2019 Dec 14;2019:1489751.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31929925/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "...
PMC6939420
Pregnancy implanted in the rudimentary horn of unicornuate uterus is very rare with an incidence of 1 in 75,000 to 1 in 150,000 pregnancies. Both prerupture and postrupture diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy in the rudimentary horn of a unicornuate uterus is difficult. Here is a case of a 21-year-old gravida 5 para 3 abort...
{ "authors": [ "Abdullahi Yusuf Ali", "Ahmet Biyikli", "Abdishakur Mohamed Abdi", "Ilkay Guler" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S385808", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2022 Oct 28;15:605-609.", "keywords": [ "dextrocardia", "malrotation", "midgu...
PMC9624170
The infantile intestinal obstruction associated with situs inversus totalis and polysplenia is extremely rare, with only a few cases reported in the literature. Furthermore, the management of this association is complicated. We report a case of a 2-month-old boy with intestinal obstruction due to malrotation and volvul...
{ "authors": [ "Elena De Angelis", "Costantina Prota", "Rosanna Matturro", "Rodolfo Citro" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_64_18", "journal": "J Cardiovasc Echogr", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan-Mar;29(1):20-22.", "keywords": [ "amniotic fluid embolism", "anaphylac...
PMC6450229
Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a rare but potentially lethal obstetric condition affecting women during labor, delivery, or also in the immediate postpartum period, when amniotic fluid, fetal cells, hair, or other debris could enter the maternal circulation. We present the first case of AFE described in literature in...
{ "authors": [ "Tarang K Vora", "Rahul Lath", "Meenakshi Swain", "Amitava Ray" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_665_2022", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2022 Sep 30;13:447.", "keywords": [ "fluorescent in situ hybridization", "priss", "primary intrac...
PMC9610532
Background: Primary intracranial synovial sarcomas (PrISS) are unusual dural based mesenchymal tumors seen most commonly in the supratentorial compartment. They can mimic a spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage or a high-grade glioma on imaging. Case description: A 31-year-old male presented with headache and right hemip...
{ "authors": [ "Jiangquan Liao", "Yan Wang", "Mingjing Shao", "Yanling Wang", "Jinhang Du", "Xianlun Li", "Peng Yang", "Dongliang Fu", "Zhe Dong", "Mengru Liu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fcvm.2022.957779", "journal": "Front Cardiovasc Med", "journal_detail":...
PMC9729246
Introduction: Contrast-induced encephalopathy (CIE) is a complication associated with the administration of iodinated contrast, which usually happens minutes to hours after contact with contrast, and fully recovers within 72 h. The clinical manifestations of CIE are diverse, and the pathological mechanism is not explic...
{ "authors": [ "Dong Chen", "Guang Liu", "Michael R Lewis", "Xia Li", "Matthew Ulrickson", "Rajneesh Nath", "Weina Chen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.lrr.2023.100370", "journal": "Leuk Res Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 May 26;19:100370.", "keywords": [ "acute myel...
PMC10236454
We report a case of myeloid/lymphoid neoplasm with ZMYM2::FGFR1 rearrangement (MLNZMYM2::FGFR1) exhibiting a complex disease evolution. This neoplasm initially presented as T-lymphoblastic lymphoma (T-LBL) in lymph node and myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) with eosinophilia in bone marrow, then transitioned to systemi...
{ "authors": [ "El Mehdi Tazi", "Ismail Essadi", "Hassan Errihani" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4297/najms.2011.339", "journal": "N Am J Med Sci", "journal_detail": "2011 Jan;3(1):39-42.", "keywords": [ "metastasis", "meningioma", "thyroid follicular carcinoma" ], "license":...
PMC3336932
Context: Follicular thyroid cancer rarely manifests itself as a distant metastatic lesion. Case report: We report a case of a 41-year old man presented with a solid mass located in the left temporo-occipital region. The 3D computed tomography showed a large solid mass with high vascularity, skull erosion and supra-infr...
{ "authors": [ "Antonella Tufano", "Antonio Coppola", "Anna Guida", "Ernesto Cimino", "Angela Maria De Gregorio", "Anna Maria Cerbone", "Giovanni Di Minno" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1155/2010/927503", "journal": "Curr Gerontol Geriatr Res", "journal_detail": "2010;2010:9275...
PMC2831236
Acquired hemophilia A (AHA) is a very rare disease, caused by the development of autoantibodies, directed against circulating factor VIII of coagulation. Age distribution is bimodal, with a first peak occurring among young women in the postpartum period, and a second major peak of incidence among elderly patients in wh...
{ "authors": [ "Ho Gyun Park", "Kyoung Min Kim" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s13000-016-0460-z", "journal": "Diagn Pathol", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan 22;11:12.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26796327/", "major_mesh_terms": [ "Gr...
PMC4722666
Background: IgG4-related disease is a recently recognized systemic disease characterized by storiform fibrosis with infiltration of IgG4-positive plasma cells. In rare incidences, IgG4-related renal disease can present as a solitary mass lesion at renal pelvis and can pose a diagnostic challenge since these lesions mim...
{ "authors": [ "Narihito Nagoshi", "Kota Suda", "Tomonori Morita", "Satoko Matsumoto", "Seiji Iimoto", "Keigo Yasui", "Miki Komatsu", "Yosuke Kobayashi", "Akio Minami", "Yoshiaki Toyama", "Morio Matsumoto", "Masaya Nakamura" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/21...
PMC4234742
Introduction: Although pedicle or lateral mass screws are usually chosen to fix atlantoaxial (C1-C2) instability, there is an increased risk for vertebral artery (VA) injury when used in patients with bone or arterial anomalies or osteoporotic bone. Here we report the C1 posterior arch screw as a new technique for uppe...
{ "authors": [ "Valakunja Harikrishna Ganaraja", "Vikram V Holla", "Albert Stezin", "Nitish Kamble", "Ravi Yadav", "Meera Purushottam", "Sanjeev Jain", "Pramod Kumar Pal" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.5334/tohm.686", "journal": "Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y)", "journal_...
PMC9029677
Introduction: Spinocerebellar ataxia type-12 (SCA12) is a rare form of SCA, most commonly reported from the Indian Agarwal and related families. In this study we describe the clinical, genetic, and radiological characteristics of a sizeable cohort of genetically proven SCA12. Methods: A retrospective chart-review of th...
{ "authors": [ "Daniel N Kianpour", "Thomas M Nguyen", "Arthur M Lam" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/8764706", "journal": "Case Rep Anesthesiol", "journal_detail": "2019 Jun 9;2019:8764706.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31281676...
PMC6590593
In the case presented, a patient has an unexplained episode of hypertension during aneurysm clipping. Following the procedure, the patient was discovered to have bilateral thalamic infarctions unrelated to the vascular location of the aneurysm. After a review of the case, it becomes apparent that intracranial hypotensi...
{ "authors": [ "Sunil Munakomi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12688/f1000research.11681.1", "journal": "F1000Res", "journal_detail": "2017 May 23;6:740.", "keywords": [ "brain", "choriocarcinoma", "lung", "metastasis", "primary" ], "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubme...
PMC5538038
Herein we report a very rare entity of multiple hemorrhagic metastases to the brain from a primary lung choriocarcinoma in a young woman. The patient presented with recent onset of progressive headache, decreased level of consciousness and multiple episodes of vomiting. CT of the head revealed multiple hemorrhagic lesi...
{ "authors": [ "Ilma Vahora", "Ajay Lingireddy", "Sahithi Nadella", "Bhavi Trivedi", "Fatma Dihowm" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/23247096221121403", "journal": "J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2022 Jan-Dec;10:23247096221121403.", "keywords": [ "derm...
PMC9445513
Dermatomyositis sine dermatitis (DMSD) is one of the rare idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. Based on predominant symptoms faced by patients, it is classified into 3 types: (1) classic dermatomyositis (DM), where patients have both muscle and skin symptoms; and (2) amyopathic DM, when only skin symptoms present with n...
{ "authors": [ "Wahyu Widodo", "M Ade Refdian", "Ajiantoro" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.04.036", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019;59:180-184.", "keywords": [ "contracture release", "elbow stiffness", "functional elbow range of motion",...
PMC6551541
Introduction: Elbow stiffness is the most common complication following trauma of the elbow. This is because the elbow joint is susceptible to effusion, hemarthrosis, scarring, and capsule thickening due to its small intracapsular volume. Surgical treatment is therefore necessary to release soft tissue contracture. Cas...
{ "authors": [ "Adrian Baranchuk", "Christina Quinlan", "Kevin Michael", "Christopher S Simpson", "Damian P Redfearn", "Michael Fitzpatrick" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2009/675078", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2009;2009:675078.", "keywords": null, "lic...
PMC2729473
Polysomnography remains the gold standard for diagnosis of Sleep Apnea (SA) and evaluation of the apnea/hypopnea index (AHI) which is used as the primary index of SA severity. The electrocardiogram (typically a single lead) obtained during the polysomnographic study is usually used to report the association between SA ...
{ "authors": [ "Pradeep Kumar Mohanty", "Satyabrata Meher", "Snehadhini Dehury", "Subhra Bhattacharya", "Kishalaya Das", "Siris Patel", "Biswanath Sarkar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.bjhh.2017.09.001", "journal": "Rev Bras Hematol Hemoter", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan-...
PMC6002971
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{ "authors": [ "Norihiko Suzuki", "Masashi Yoshida", "Hironori Ohdaira", "Tomonori Imakita", "Nobuhiro Tsutsui", "Yasunobu Kobayashi", "Junji Takahashi", "Shinya Okada", "Masaki Kitajima", "Yutaka Suzuki" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.02.004", "journ...
PMC5849812
Introduction: Preoperative diagnosis of gastric cancer invasion is not always sufficiently accurate. Diagnostic endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) can be performed for the purpose of accurate decision making and to avoid partial treatment vs aggressive over-treatment. We present a patient with the gastric cancer wi...
{ "authors": [ "Aya Morimoto", "Jun Asai", "Yusuke Wakabayashi", "Satoshi Komori", "Keiji Hanada", "Hideya Takenaka", "Eiichi Konishi", "Norito Katoh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000358375", "journal": "Case Rep Dermatol", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan 24;6(1):16-9.", ...
PMC3934611
Malignant melanomas occasionally exhibit various divergent differentiation types. Of these, smooth muscle differentiation is extremely rare; only 1 case has been reported in the literature until recently. We report an extremely rare case of malignant melanoma with smooth muscle differentiation, which appeared as an ame...
{ "authors": [ "Aron Frederik Popov", "Mersa Mohammed Baryalei", "Jan Dieter Schmitto", "Jose Hinz", "Christoph Hermann Wiese", "Björn Raab", "Philipp Kolat", "Friedrich Albert Schoendube", "Ralf Seipelt" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1749-8090-4-1", "journal": "J Ca...
PMC2628653
We report an unusual case of an aortic type A dissection with a corpus alienum which compresses the right ventricle. The patient successfully underwent an aortic root replacement in deep hypothermia with re-implantation of the coronary arteries using a modified Bentall procedure and the resection of the corpus alienum....
{ "authors": [ "Olumide A Elebute", "Manuella Talla Timo", "Felix M Alakaloko", "Justina O Seyi-Olajide", "Christopher O Bode", "Adesoji O Ademuyiwa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/jwas.jwas_195_22", "journal": "J West Afr Coll Surg", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan-Mar;13(1):106-1...
PMC10010588
Biliary atresia (BA) is a rare disease characterised by biliary obstruction of unknown origin that presents in the neonatal period. It is classified into syndromic with various congenital anomalies and non-syndromic (isolated anomaly). We present a case of syndromic BA associated with polysplenia and intestinal malrota...
{ "authors": [ "Chandan Metage", "Basanta Hazarika", "Jogesh Sarma", "Rahul Karwa" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2018.04.007", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2018 Apr 23;24:81-83.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed....
PMC6010606
The retinoic acid derivatives are used for disorders of keratinization such as psoriasis. Retinoic acid syndrome is a cytokine release syndrome, commonly encountered in patients with acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APL). It is very rarely described in psoriasis seconday to use of retoind derivatives. Here we report a ca...
{ "authors": [ "Ashis Patnaik", "Ashok Kumar Mahapatra", "Menka Jha" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2152-7806.153650", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2015 Mar 19;6(Suppl 2):S110-2.", "keywords": [ "good recovery", "lightning injury", "neuropraxia", "pan-...
PMC4392547
Background: Neurological complications following lightning are rare and occur in form of temporary neurological deficits of central origin. Involvement of peripheral nervous system is extremely rare and only a few cases have been described in the literature. Isolated unilateral pan-brachial plexus neuropraxia has never...
{ "authors": [ "Chaitanya B Nagori", "Sonal Y Panchal", "Himanshu Patel" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0974-1208.82360", "journal": "J Hum Reprod Sci", "journal_detail": "2011 Jan;4(1):43-8.", "keywords": [ "adult stem cells", "asherman's syndrome", "endometrial regeneration...
PMC3136069
In a woman with severe Asherman's syndrome, curettage followed by placement of intrauterine contraceptive device (IUCD) (IUCD with cyclical hormonal therapy) was tried for 6 months, for development of the endometrium. When this failed, autologous stem cells were tried as an alternative therapy. From adult autologous st...
{ "authors": [ "William A Butterworth", "James W Butterworth" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.07.007", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2018;50:46-49.", "keywords": [ "case report", "intestinal malrotation", "ladds bands", "midgut volvulus" ]...
PMC6083817
Introduction: Midgut volvulus secondary to intestinal malrotation is a rare cause of an acute abdomen in adults, with 92 confirmed cases in the literature. Incidence of malrotation is estimated 1 in 6000 live births. 64-80% of malrotation cases present in the first month of life and 90% within the first year. Adult pre...
{ "authors": [ "J de Vries", "J L Yntema", "C E van Die", "N Crama", "E A M Cornelissen", "B C J Hamel" ], "case_amount": 11, "doi": "10.1007/s00431-009-0991-3", "journal": "Eur J Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2010 Jan;169(1):77-88.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC", "li...
PMC2776156
Jeune syndrome (asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy, ATD) is a rare autosomal recessive skeletal dysplasia characterized by a small, narrow chest and variable limb shortness with a considerable neonatal mortality as a result of respiratory distress. Renal, hepatic, pancreatic and ocular complications may occur later in lif...
{ "authors": [ "Bradley Elliott", "Michelle Mina", "Chrystalla Ferrier" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4137/CCRep.S39776", "journal": "Clin Med Insights Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016 Aug 11;9:67-70.", "keywords": [ "caloric restriction", "hunger strike", "severe fasting" ],...
PMC4982520
A 34-year-old obese male (96.8 kg; BMI, 30.2 kg m(-1)) volitionally undertook a 50-day fast with the stated goal of losing body mass. During this time, only tea, coffee, water, and a daily multivitamin were consumed. Severe and linear loss of body mass is recorded during these 50 days (final 75.4 kg; BMI, 23.5 kg m(-1)...
{ "authors": [ "Yuichi Kojima", "Kimihiro Takeyabu", "Mizuki Kimura", "Akihiro Matunaga", "Jyunya Kudou", "Yoshihiro Ohata", "Miki Satoh", "Hirotoshi Tobioka", "Keidai Ishikawa", "Takeshi Kawamura" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2021.101501", "journal": "Re...
PMC8403576
The patient was an 80-year-old woman with combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema. She was diagnosed with pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma in the right upper lobe, which relapsed 18 months after the operation. Computed tomography showed a mass in contact with the posterior wall of the lower part of the stomach. The pa...
{ "authors": [ "Hakima Abid", "Mouna Figuigui", "Sidi Adil Ibrahimi", "Mohamed El Abkari", "Mohamed Mzyiene", "Soufiane Ennaciri", "Ouima Justin Ziba", "Mohamed Jamal El Fassi", "Layla Tahiri Elousrouti", "Laila Chbani" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/4574879", ...
PMC8253630
Bacillus Calmette and Guérin (BCG), widely used as a vaccination to prevent tuberculosis, is also used as immunotherapy, by intrabladder instillation, to treat superficial bladder cancers and prevent recurrence. Complications following instillation of BCG are most often localized reactions, such as cystitis or hematuri...
{ "authors": [ "Chiara Rubino", "Monica Paci", "Massimo Resti", "Paolo Lionetti", "Sandra Trapani" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2018.00355", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2018 Nov 20;6:355.", "keywords": [ "henoch-schönlein purpura", "atypical pres...
PMC6256137
Henoch-Schönlein purpura is a systemic vasculitis, commonly affecting children. Gastrointestinal manifestations are observed in 50-75% of patients; it is well known they may occur before skin lesions in about 20% of cases during the first vasculitic episode. Relapses occur in about one third of patients, typically with...
{ "authors": [ "Ping Wang", "Zhilan Meng", "Yakun Li", "Zuojun Xu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2021.631048", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2021 Mar 30;8:631048.", "keywords": [ "clinical features", "diagnosis", "endometriosis-related pleura...
PMC8042286
Background: Endometriosis-related pleural effusion (PE) is a relatively rare but treatable cause of bloody PE. The clinical characteristics and outcome of patients with endometriosis-related PE remain unknown. Objectives: We present a case of endometriosis-related PE diagnosed on pleural fluid cytology. A systematic re...
{ "authors": [ "Laura S Leysen", "Elke O Kreps", "Ilse De Schryver", "Kristien P Hoornaert", "Vanessa Smith", "Julie De Zaeytijd" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3205/oc000076", "journal": "GMS Ophthalmol Cases", "journal_detail": "2017 Sep 12;7:Doc25.", "keywords": [ "retinal ...
PMC5598234
Objective: To describe a patient with peripheral retinal ischaemia and neovascularisation who was diagnosed with streptococcus mitis-induced bacterial endocarditis. Methods: Retrospective analysis of case report. A 57-year-old man presented with a history of a rapidly progressive, bilateral, painless visual loss. He al...
{ "authors": [ "Danah H Althomaly", "Ali A AlMomen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.11.015", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019;54:60-62.", "keywords": [ "allergic fungal sinusitis", "alternating", "case report", "contralateral", "fungal...
PMC6289938
Objectives: to report the alternating nature of allergic fungal rhinosinusitis in children in the Eastern part of Saudi Arabia and to review the experience of King Fahad Specialist Hospital in the diagnosis and management of alternating allergic fungal rhinosinusitis in children. An 8 years old Saudi girl with alternat...
{ "authors": [ "Shamir O Cawich", "Richard Spence", "Fawwaz Mohammed", "Michael T Gardner", "Alex Sinanan", "Vijay Naraynsingh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X17744979", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2017 Dec 7;5:2050313X17744979.", "keywords...
PMC5724641
Chilaiditi's syndrome describes a symptomatic patient with radiographic findings of interposed colon between the diaphragm and right lobe of liver. It may mimic a pneumoperitoneum on plain radiographs. We present a case in which Chilaiditis' syndrome was entertained, delaying a decision for laparotomy. This case reinfo...
{ "authors": [ "Fabrizio Minervini", "Peter B Kestenholz", "Elmar Fritsche", "Alberto Franchi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/9987317", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2021 Jun 3;2021:9987317.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncb...
PMC8192213
Fungal osteomyelitis is a rare disease that can occur in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of a patient with a primary rib osteomyelitis after a blunt trauma of the chest wall. Aggressive surgical debridement along with antifungal therapy was the cornerstone of the disease management in this patient.
{ "authors": [ "Niels Hansen", "Bianca Teegen", "Sina Hirschel", "Jens Wiltfang", "Björn H Schott", "Berend Malchow", "Bartels Claudia" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1133302", "journal": "Front Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2023 May 5;14:1133302.", "keywords...
PMC10196045
Background: Anti-carbonic anhydrase-related protein VIII (CARPVIII) is reported to be associated with paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration. Our case extends the spectrum of anti-CARPVIII-associated disease to severe cognitive impairment. Methods: We present the case of a 75-year-old woman who presented to our Departm...
{ "authors": [ "Isha Jalnapurkar", "Nuva Rafika", "Flora Tassone", "Randi Hagerman" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.1002/ajmg.a.36748", "journal": "Am J Med Genet A", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan;167A(1):190-7.", "keywords": [ "cgg repeat", "fmr1 gene", "fxtas", "rna toxicit...
PMC4275322
Premutation alleles in fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) can cause the late-onset neurodegenerative disorder, fragile X-associated tremor ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) and/or the fragile X-associated primary ovarian insufficiency in approximately 20% of heterozygotes. Heterozygotes of the FMR1 premutation have a higher i...
{ "authors": [ "Christos Tzerefos", "George K Koukoulis", "Marianna Vlychou", "Alexandros G Brotis", "Kostas N Fountas", "Konstantinos N Paterakis" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_369_2021", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2021 May 10;12:220.", "keywords"...
PMC8168713
Background: Bursitis is a chronic inflammatory condition characterized by the deposition of cholesterol, macrophage infiltration, and bursal wall calcification. Bursitis is, however, rarely found in the sacrococcygeal region where it may present as a space-occupying mass. Case description: A 64-year-old male with rheum...
{ "authors": [ "Minami Sasaki", "Seiichiro Hirono", "Yue Gao", "Izumi Suda", "Tomoo Matsutani", "Masayuki Ota", "Takashi Kishimoto", "Jun-Ichiro Ikeda", "Hideaki Yokoo", "Yasuo Iwadate" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2176/jns-nmc.2021-0385", "journal": "NMC Case Rep J"...
PMC9177164
Intracranial myxoid mesenchymal tumors (IMMTs) with EWSR1-CREB1 family gene fusion are rare brain neoplasms characterized by gene fusion between the EWSR1 gene and one of the cyclic AMP response element-binding (CREB) family transcription factor (CREB1, ATF1, or CREM) genes. Although half of reported cases are pediatri...
{ "authors": [ "Jonathan S Bleeker", "J Fernando Quevedo", "Andrew L Folpe" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4081/rt.2012.e14", "journal": "Rare Tumors", "journal_detail": "2012 Jan 2;4(1):e14.", "keywords": [ "pecoma", "perivascular epithelioid cell", "uterine cancer" ], "licen...
PMC3325741
Perivascular epithelioid cell tumors (PEComas) are a rare collection of tumors arising in a wide array of anatomic locations and characterized by a myomelanocytic phenotype. PEComas which occur in non-classic anatomic distributions are known as perivascular epithelioid cell tumor-not otherwise specified (PEComa-NOS), a...
{ "authors": [ "Ranjeet Kumar Jha", "Chandan B Mohanty", "Chandrashekhar E Deopujari", "Salman Tehran Shaikh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_436_17", "journal": "J Neurosci Rural Pract", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan-Mar;9(1):149-151.", "keywords": [ "bronchogenic cyst", ...
PMC5812142
Intraspinal bronchogenic cyst (SBC) is a rare but important cause of spinal cord compression, commonly seen in the cervicothoracic spine. We report a case of a 43-year-old male, presenting with complaints of neck pain, radiating to right shoulder, with numbness of right hand and fingers. Magnetic resonance imaging of t...
{ "authors": [ "Dogac Niyazi Ozucelik", "Yucel Neslihan", "Mucahit Emet", "Selcuk Coskun" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.5144/0256-4947.2005.250", "journal": "Ann Saudi Med", "journal_detail": "2005 May-Jun;25(3):250-4.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pu...
PMC6147984
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{ "authors": [ "Kimitoshi Kubo", "Shuhei Hayasaka", "Ikko Tanaka" ], "case_amount": 6, "doi": "10.1159/000528896", "journal": "Case Rep Gastroenterol", "journal_detail": "2023 Feb 7;17(1):89-95.", "keywords": [ "gastrointestinal bleeding", "hemostasis", "purastat" ], "license":...
PMC9906041
Acute gastrointestinal bleeding (AGIB) is a common condition leading to hospitalization and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Various endoscopic treatments have been reported for AGIB, while its endoscopic hemostasis treatment by combined modality with PuraStat and endoscopic hemoclips remains les...
{ "authors": [ "M Cavinato", "F Vittoria", "F Piccione", "S Masiero", "M Carbone" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.cnp.2022.11.001", "journal": "Clin Neurophysiol Pract", "journal_detail": "2022 Nov 14;7:366-371.", "keywords": [ "case report", "intraoperative neurophysiol...
PMC9731825
Introduction: Prone position during posterior spine surgery can represent a potentially risky procedure for the nervous system. Infrequent injuries due to prone positioning consist of subtle spinal cord infarction or myelopathy that can be promptly detected by intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IONM), if app...
{ "authors": [ "Maurizio Pinamonti", "Federico Vittone", "Francesco Ghiglione", "Andrea Borasi", "Stefano Silvestri", "Sergio Coverlizza" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/8362012", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2018 Jun 4;2018:8362012.", "keywords": null, ...
PMC6008761
Undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma of the liver is a malignancy with poor prognosis observed more frequently in children between 6 and 10 years old and very rarely found in adults. We present a case of embryonal sarcoma of the liver in a 60-year-old woman without significant medical history who presented to our attenti...
{ "authors": [ "Adam Ammar", "Reza Zarnegar", "Reza Yassari", "Merritt Kinon" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/sni.sni_482_17", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2018 Mar 19;9:66.", "keywords": [ "acute cauda equina syndrome", "lumbar disc", "motor evoked pot...
PMC5875114
Background: Few studies in the literature discuss operative positioning for lumbar surgery precipitating acute cauda equina syndromes (CES). Case description: A 56-year-old male with a large L2-3-disc herniation was placed prone on a Jackson table. He immediately lost all motor and sensory evoked potentials. Signals re...
{ "authors": [ "Ying-Xia Wang", "Zi Lei", "Man Yang", "Zhi-Yuan Wang", "Xuan Zhang", "Guo-Qing Pan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2022.942517", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2022 Jul 19;12:942517.", "keywords": [ "benign lesions", "immunophenotype...
PMC9345627
Objective: To investigate the clinical manifestations, radiologic features, pathological features, and immunophenotype of minute pulmonary meningothelial-like nodules (MPMNs). Method: This is a retrospective observational study. We collected the clinical data of 7 cases of MPMNs, and performed comprehensive characteriz...
{ "authors": [ "Chunyang Mu", "Junyi Shen", "Xinrui Zhu", "Wei Peng", "Xiaoyun Zhang", "Tianfu Wen" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2023.1096955", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2023 May 16;13:1096955.", "keywords": [ "combination therapy", "lenvatin...
PMC10228745
Purpose: To explore the safety and efficacy of lenvatinib in combination with trans-arterial chemoembolization (TACE) and programmed death receptor 1 (PD-1) antibody in the treatment of unresectable recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma (urHCC). Patients and methods: The clinical data of 16 patients with unresectable recu...
{ "authors": [ "Sweta Swaika", "Sudipta Basu", "Ram C Bhadra", "Sujay Maitra" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0971-9261.107013", "journal": "J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan;18(1):25-6.", "keywords": [ "common facial vein", "external jugular vein", ...
PMC3628241
Venous aneurysm of neck is a rare anomaly, usually presenting as a painless mass which increases in size on valsalva maneuver. A child with multiple aneurysms of the right common facial and external jugular veins diagnosed on Doppler ultrasonography and magnetic resonance venography is reported.