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{ "authors": [ "Lin Zhao", "Tao Song" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2021.713366", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2021 Aug 3;12:713366.", "keywords": [ "high cervical spinal cord stimulation", "maxillary nerve", "peripheral nerve stimulation", "short-term...
PMC8368125
Objective: We aimed to report on the use of short-term high cervical spinal cord stimulation (SCS) combined with peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) to successfully treat trigeminal postherpetic neuralgia (TPHN) affecting the V2 and V3 divisions. We also sought to use a novel PNS approach to the maxillary nerve next to ...
{ "authors": [ "Ridhima Iyer", "Bruce Montgomery", "Hardev S Pandha" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0970-1591.194787", "journal": "Indian J Urol", "journal_detail": "2017 Jan-Mar;33(1):76-78.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-SA", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28197...
PMC5264200
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors sunitinib and pazopanib are used as first-line agents in the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Treatment-related toxicities have been described with both these drugs. This report describes a patient with metastatic renal carcinoma who developed trismus while being treated with the...
{ "authors": [ "Furkan Ufuk", "Duygu Herek" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12659/PJR.893330", "journal": "Pol J Radiol", "journal_detail": "2015 Apr 7;80:945-54.", "keywords": [ "cholestasis", "liver", "multidetector computed tomography", "neoplasm metastasis", "sarcoidosis" ...
PMC4395025
Background: Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic inflammatory disease of unknown origin. The lymphoid system and the lungs are the most commonly involved organs. The frequency of signs or symptoms of hepatic involvement is very low. Case report: We present a case of symptomatic granulomatous liver disease secondary to sarcoi...
{ "authors": [ "Takayuki Nagase", "Joji Ishida", "Susumu Sasada", "Tatsuya Sasaki", "Yoshihiro Otani", "Satoru Yabuno", "Kentaro Fujii", "Atsuhito Uneda", "Takao Yasuhara", "Isao Date" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2176/jns-nmc.2022-0159", "journal": "NMC Case Rep J",...
PMC10101703
Diffusely infiltrative midline gliomas are known to have a poor prognosis. The standard treatment for typical diffuse midline glioma in the pons is local radiotherapy as surgical resection is inappropriate. This case reports a brainstem glioma in which stereotactic biopsy and foramen magnum decompression were concomita...
{ "authors": [ "Benjamin S Robey", "Anne F Peery", "Evan S Dellon" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14309/crj.2018.5", "journal": "ACG Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan 17;5:e5.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29392152/", "majo...
PMC5772063
Marfan syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder involving mutation in the FBN1 gene, which encodes fibrillin-1, a protein critical to maintain the integrity of connective tissue. A mutation in this gene can affect multiple organ systems, but it is not classically associated with gastrointestinal complications. We des...
{ "authors": [ "Fatima Zahra Mrabet", "Hafsa El Ouazzani", "Leila El Akkari", "Sanaa Hammi", "Jamal Eddine Bourkadi", "Fouad Zouaidia" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/5190271", "journal": "Case Rep Pulmonol", "journal_detail": "2018 Apr 4;2018:5190271.", "keywords": null,...
PMC5904799
Primary pleuropulmonary synovial sarcoma is extremely rare. The diagnosis can only be made after having eliminated an extrapleuropulmonary localization in the past and at the time of diagnosis. Our presentation is about a 40-year-old woman having a cough and dyspnea since three weeks ago; imaging had showed a left pleu...
{ "authors": [ "Hamid Nasrollahi", "Faisal Ahmed", "Ali Eslahi", "Mehrdad Golmoradi Pilehroud", "Akbar Safaei", "Mohammad Reza Askarpour", "AbdolAzim Khorshidi", "Soorena Khorshidi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2022.41.233.31688", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "jo...
PMC9167443
Sarcomatoid urothelial carcinoma (UC) of the renal pelvis is rare. It is a high-grade malignant tumor that contains both epithelial and mesenchymal elements. Brain metastases from renal pelvis UC are infrequent and represented in few cases. We report a 68-year-old female with a right renal mass diagnosed as a UC with a...
{ "authors": [ "Shannon G M Kirejczyk", "Rachel E Burns", "Michael W Hyatt", "Michael J Yabsley", "Julia M Ter Beest", "Zoltan S Gyimesi", "Robert J Ossiboff", "Amelia Waltman", "Tracie A Seimon", "Rita McManamon" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.3389/fvets.2019.00340", ...
PMC6795683
Sarcocystis falcatula is a well-known cause of fatal pneumonia in some birds, particularly Old World psittacines. Here we describe fatal sarcosystosis due to S. falcatula in 3 penguins (Family Spheniscidae) under managed care, including one African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), and two Southern rockhopper penguins (Eu...
{ "authors": [ "Krzysztof Sciborski", "Konrad Kaaz", "Donald Drożdż", "Marta Negrusz-Kawecka", "Andrzej Mysiak" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5114/pwki.2014.41473", "journal": "Postepy Kardiol Interwencyjnej", "journal_detail": "2014;10(1):57-9.", "keywords": [ "left main coronar...
PMC4007302
The purpose of the case report is to present a case of a 65-year-old male, referred for coronary angiography because of a typical chest pain. The coronary angiography showed an aneurysm of the left main coronary artery. Despite the absence of obvious ischemic symptoms and because of the potential complications of the a...
{ "authors": [ "Kashyap K Tadisina", "Karan Chopra", "Jennifer Sabino", "John S Maddox", "Sheena Samra", "Abhishake Banda", "Devinder P Singh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Eplasty", "journal_detail": "2013 Oct 31;13:ic60.", "keywords": [ "high-risk wounds",...
PMC3820082
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{ "authors": [ "N Mathiselvan", "E M Irusen", "C F N Koegelenberg" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7196/SARJ.2019.v25i1.229", "journal": "Afr J Thorac Crit Care Med", "journal_detail": "2019 Apr 12;25(1):10.7196/SARJ.2019.v25i1.229.", "keywords": [ "thymoma", "mediastinal mass" ], ...
PMC8278991
Thymomas are slow growing, evolve with metastasis and commonly present as ipsilateral pleural involvement along with the primary tumour of the mediastinum. Early-stage recognition and treatment with surgical resection and postoperative chemoradiotherapy may offer a better 10-year survival rate.
{ "authors": [ "Adeline Morel", "Julien Masliah-Planchon", "Guillaume Bataillon", "Véronique Becette", "Claire Morel", "Samantha Antonio", "Elodie Girard", "Ivan Bièche", "Christophe Le Tourneau", "Maud Kamal" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1200/PO.18.00398", "journal"...
PMC7446375
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{ "authors": [ "V S Kappikeri", "Akshay Mahesh Kriplani" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s40064-016-3150-0", "journal": "Springerplus", "journal_detail": "2016 Aug 31;5(1):1464.", "keywords": [ "enterolith", "ileo-ileal anastomoses", "subacute intestinal obstruction" ], "licen...
PMC5007228
Introduction: Enteroliths are an uncommon entity in humans and form a rare cause of subacute intestinal obstruction. They occur proximal to stricture or in a diverticulum or a blind loop due to stasis. Case description: 40 years male presenting with intermittent right lower abdominal pain since 1 year. Barium meal foll...
{ "authors": [ "Gen Owada", "Hideo Nishizawa", "Yuki Matoyama", "Eri Watanabe", "Keigo Mitsuda", "Naoki Kaneko", "Yasuhiro Kimura", "Taikan Nanao", "Junichi Fujimoto" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023/1745373", "journal": "Case Rep Anesthesiol", "journal_detail": ...
PMC10182879
5-Aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) is used for the photodynamic diagnosis of malignant tumors and has been effectively utilized to improve the complete resection rate and reduce the risk of tumor recurrence. However, intraoperative hypotension is a common adverse effect of oral 5-ALA, and it occasionally progresses to sever...
{ "authors": [ "Zeynep Aktas", "Ceyda Erişti Bölük", "Gokhan Gurelik" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5005/jp-journals-10078-1297", "journal": "J Curr Glaucoma Pract", "journal_detail": "2021 Jan-Apr;15(1):40-43.", "keywords": [ "gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy", "schlem...
PMC8322598
Aim and objective: To report a case with emulsified silicone oil (SO) droplets in the Schlemm's canal (SC), encountered during prolene hemi-gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy (hemi-GATT). Background: In cases with a history of previous pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with SO tamponade and then SO removal; glauc...
{ "authors": [ "Lars B Dahlin", "Gert Andersson", "Clas Backman", "Hampus Svensson", "Anders Björkman" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2017.00072", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2017 Mar 3;8:72.", "keywords": [ "brachial plexus injury", "cerebral plas...
PMC5334286
Recovery after surgical reconstruction of a brachial plexus injury using nerve grafting and nerve transfer procedures is a function of peripheral nerve regeneration and cerebral reorganization. A 15-year-old boy, with traumatic avulsion of nerve roots C5-C7 and a non-rupture of C8-T1, was operated 3 weeks after the inj...
{ "authors": [ "Yumi Iwasa", "Asuka Okada", "Hideaki Takenaka", "Terukazu Takahashi", "Nobuo Koguchi", "Kumiko Katayama", "Shinsuke Murakami", "Sumito Choh", "Koichi Tomoda", "Hiroshi Kimura" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2169/internalmedicine.56.7053", "journal": "In...
PMC5410480
An 84-year-old woman presented to our hospital with dyspnea on exertion and left back pain. Chest X-ray and chest computed tomography (CT) revealed an irregular pleural mass invading her left chest wall with rib destruction and pleural effusion. CT-guided needle biopsy revealed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Low-dose o...
{ "authors": [ "Jiawei Zhou", "Yuehuan Li", "Haibo Zhang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fcvm.2022.1086457", "journal": "Front Cardiovasc Med", "journal_detail": "2022 Dec 13;9:1086457.", "keywords": [ "j-valve", "tvi-transcatheter valve implantation", "double valve-in-valve ...
PMC9792843
A 67-year-old male patient who had undergone double valve replacement 11 years before presented with severe dyspnea to our department. The bioprosthetic aortic and mitral valves have failed. Because of the high risk of redo surgery. We perform a simultaneous transapical transcatheter valve-in-valve replacement of degen...
{ "authors": [ "Marcia M Vidor", "Luciane Hiramatsu Azevedo", "Patrícia Moreira de Freitas" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.33643", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 11;15(1):e33643.", "keywords": [ "clinical case report", "diode laser", "diode laser ther...
PMC9832939
Small vascular anomalies are commonly present on the lips and other areas of the oral mucosa. These lesions are also known as venous lake lesions, and they can be treated in many ways with surgical and non-surgical methods. Laser is an arising technique for this type of procedure and its use has been growing in dental ...
{ "authors": [ "Amel El Korbi", "Jihène Houas", "Rachida Bouatay", "Khaled Harrathi", "Jamel Koubaa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2019.32.121.15246", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2019 Mar 14;32:121.", "keywords": [ "thyroglossal cyst", "papillary...
PMC6560953
Thyroglossal duct carcinoma is a rare pathologic entity. The surgeon's main concern is whether to perform thyroidectomy or not. In this paper, we report another case of thyroglossal papillary duct carcinoma in a 14-old girl suspected preoperatively and confirmed postoperatively on the histological analysis of resected ...
{ "authors": [ "Chiara Papalini", "Barbara Belfiori", "Giovanni Martino", "Rita Papili", "Lucia Pitzurra", "Stefano Ascani", "Maria Bruna Pasticci" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/7403878", "journal": "Case Rep Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2019 Nov 16;2019:7403878.",...
PMC6885199
Histoplasma capsulatum is a dimorphic fungus, endemic in the Americas, Africa (var. duboisii), India, and Southeast Asia. H. capsulatum infection is rarely diagnosed in Italy, while in Latin America, progressive disseminated histoplasmosis (PDH) is one of the most frequent AIDS-defining illnesses and causes of AIDS-rel...
{ "authors": [ "Lucas Hirano Arruda Moraes", "Vanessa Lisbethe Bezerra Maropo", "Ivete Zoboli", "Mário Cícero Falcão", "Werther Brunow de Carvalho" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1590/1980-5764-DN-2022-0046", "journal": "Dement Neuropsychol", "journal_detail": "2023 Apr 14;17:e20220046....
PMC10202332
Delirium is a common disorder in intensive care units, being associated with greater morbidity and mortality. However, in neonatal intensive care units, delirium is rarely diagnosed, due to the low familiarity of the neonatologist with the subject and the difficulties in the applicability of diagnostic questionnaires. ...
{ "authors": [ "Sahra Tekin", "Kate Burrows", "Jo Billings", "Mary Waters", "Sarah R Lowe" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1080/20008066.2023.2211355", "journal": "Eur J Psychotraumatol", "journal_detail": "2023;14(2):2211355.", "keywords": [ "desastres asociados al clima", "pt...
PMC10281293
Background: Weather-related disasters, including hurricanes, are becoming more frequent and severe due to climate change. Vulnerable populations, such as people with low income and racial and ethnic minorities, are particularly prone to increased levels of physical harm and psychiatric adversity from weather-related ev...
{ "authors": [ "Nathan P Heinzerling", "Shannon M Koehler", "Sara Szabo", "Amy J Wagner" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2015/568940", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2015;2015:568940.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/...
PMC4600547
Objective. Granular cell tumors arise from neurogenic mesenchymal stem cells and can occur anywhere throughout the body. They rarely present as breast masses and should be included in the differential diagnosis of pediatric breast neoplasms. We report a rare presentation of a pediatric breast granular cell tumor and a ...
{ "authors": [ "Michael Dare", "Bhaskar Dasgupta", "Anupama Nandagudi", "Krisztina Szabo-Kocsis" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1093/rap/rkaa049", "journal": "Rheumatol Adv Pract", "journal_detail": "2020 Oct 20;4(2):rkaa049.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pu...
PMC7673206
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{ "authors": [ "Ahmed I Edhi", "Mitchell S Cappell", "Nisha Sharma", "Mitual Amin", "Atulkumar Patel" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14309/crj.2018.74", "journal": "ACG Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2018 Oct 17;5:e74.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https:...
PMC6195644
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{ "authors": [ "Asako Fukuda", "Takashi Ueno", "Ryoko Takayama", "Shin-Ichi Ansai", "Ayako Futagami", "Seiji Kawana" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000355604", "journal": "Case Rep Dermatol", "journal_detail": "2013 Oct 4;5(3):267-71.", "keywords": [ "giant cell tumor", ...
PMC3884165
Tenosynovial giant cell tumor (TSGCT) is a benign soft tissue tumor arising from the synovial membrane that composes the lining of joints, tendons and bursae. TSGCT is a common tumor occurring in the hands and fingers, and also consecutively in the knees, ankles, feet and hips. It is rarely found in the scapular region...
{ "authors": [ "R A Amir", "Rola S Rabah", "S S Sheikh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/6491675", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol Med", "journal_detail": "2018 Jun 27;2018:6491675.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30050709/", "major_me...
PMC6040289
Phyllodes tumor (PT) is a rare tumor of the breast accounting for approximately 1% of all breast neoplasms. In 1838, J. Muller coined the term "cystosarcoma phyllodes" based on the leaf-like projections of the tumor extending into the cystic spaces and sarcomatous stromal growth. However, seeing as up to 70% of phyllod...
{ "authors": [ "Mari Mizuno", "Yoshiaki Kawaguchi", "Aya Kawanishi", "Yohei Kawashima", "Atsuko Maruno", "Masami Ogawa", "Mifuji Tomioku", "Daisuke Furukawa", "Kazuhito Nabeshima", "Kenji Nakamura", "Kenichi Hirabayashi", "Tetsuya Mine" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi":...
PMC5422749
A 45-year-old woman was found to have a pancreatic tumor by abdominal ultrasound performed for a medical check-up. Abdominal contrast-enhanced computed tomography showed a hypovascular tumor measuring 30 mm in diameter in the pancreatic tail. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration was performed. An extraga...
{ "authors": [ "Po-Yen Lee", "Yo-Chen Chang", "Pei-Kang Liu", "Tzu-En Kao", "Horng-Jiun Wu", "Kuo-Jen Chen", "Kwou-Yeung Wu", "Kai-Chun Cheng", "Wen-Chuan Wu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2022/1717366", "journal": "J Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2022 May 9;2022...
PMC9110223
Purpose: To evaluate the long-term anatomic and functional outcomes of autologous neurosensory retinal free flap transplantation (ART) for patients with refractory large macular hole (MH). Design: Retrospective interventional case series. Methods: We reviewed 9 patients who underwent ART for their refractory large MH. ...
{ "authors": [ "Kyung Ah Woo", "Jee-Young Lee", "Beomseok Jeon" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.7916/D8087PB6", "journal": "Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y)", "journal_detail": "2019 Feb 21;9:611.", "keywords": [ "dystonia", "parkinson’s disease", "spinocerebellar ataxia type 2" ...
PMC6387793
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{ "authors": [ "Joana Jorge Antunes", "Susana Silva Dias", "Ricardo Miguel Patrício de Carvalho Monteiro", "Ana Mafalda Martins" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.31744/einstein_journal/2019AI4809", "journal": "Einstein (Sao Paulo)", "journal_detail": "2019 Oct 10;17(4):eAI4809.", "keywords"...
PMC6777742
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{ "authors": [ "Sonia Brugnara", "Mariacristina Sicher", "Elena Maria Bonandini", "Davide Donner", "Franca Chierichetti", "Mattia Barbareschi", "Carlo Renè Girardelli", "Orazio Caffo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7573/dic.212515", "journal": "Drugs Context", "journal_detai...
PMC5819728
Here, we report the case of a patient, diagnosed with BRAFV600E-mutated metastatic malignant melanoma M1a, who achieved a complete metabolic response after 7 months of treatment with the combination of dabrafenib and trametinib. After 31 months, the treatment was interrupted for patient's decision. To date October 2017...
{ "authors": [ "Pavel Zhabyeyev", "Chandu Sadasivan", "Saumya Shah", "Faqi Wang", "Gavin Y Oudit" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fcvm.2023.1129349", "journal": "Front Cardiovasc Med", "journal_detail": "2023 Apr 21;10:1129349.", "keywords": [ "calcium channel blockers", "...
PMC10160373
Background: Iron overload cardiomyopathy (IOC) is a major co-morbidity of genetic hemochromatosis and secondary iron overload with limited therapeutic options. We aim to investigate mechanisms of rescue action of amlodipine in the murine model of iron overload, characterize changes in human cardiac tissue due to IOC, a...
{ "authors": [ "Kaan Sonmez", "Ramazan Karabulut", "Zafer Turkyilmaz", "Canan Turkyilmaz", "Berrin Isik", "Sibel Eryilmaz", "Kıvanc Seref", "Ebru Ozcan", "Gul Meral Hosgoren", "Abdullah Can Basaklar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2017.26.55.10647", "journal...
PMC5398864
Laryngotracheoesophageal clefts (LTECs) are rare congenital defects that are often accompanied by additional anomalies. The major issues in the treatment of these patients are intraoperative exposure insufficiency, technical difficulty of the operation, and anesthesia problems originating from the respiratory tract. Pr...
{ "authors": [ "Stian Langgård Jørgensen", "Inger Mechlenburg" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fspor.2021.798902", "journal": "Front Sports Act Living", "journal_detail": "2021 Dec 20;3:798902.", "keywords": [ "exercise training", "muscle", "muscle venous occlusion", "physical...
PMC8720780
Introduction: Reactive arthritis (ReA) is a chronic inflammatory disease usually caused by a preceding gastrointestinal or genitourinary bacterial infection. ReA usually occurs in the lower limbs causing joint pain and joint swelling. Physiotherapy-led exercise is recommended to prevent muscle atrophy. The purpose of t...
{ "authors": [ "Saban Gürcan", "Filiz Akata", "Figen Kuloğlu", "Sevinç Erdoğan", "Murat Tuğrul" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3349/ymj.2005.46.1.159", "journal": "Yonsei Med J", "journal_detail": "2005 Feb 28;46(1):159-60.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC", "link": "https...
PMC2823043
The first case of haemorrhagic meningitis due to Bacillus anthracis in the European part of Turkey is reported here. B. anthracis, sensitive to penicillin, was isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid and blood cultures. Although appropriate therapy was administered, the patient died two days after hospitalization.
{ "authors": [ "Natasha Bollegala", "Rishad Khan", "Michael A Scaffidi", "Ahmed Al-Mazroui", "Jenna Tessolini", "Adrienne Showler", "Errol Colak", "Samir C Grover" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2017/5124354", "journal": "Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol", "journal_detail": ...
PMC5317120
Background. Aseptic abscesses (AA) are sterile lesions that represent an extraintestinal manifestation (EIM) of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Though Canada has the highest prevalence of IBD in the world, reports of IBD-associated AA are absent in Canada. This may represent a different IBD phenotype or underrecognit...
{ "authors": [ "Suryono", "Naesilla", "Pipiet Wulandari", "Dwi Ariyanti", "Aditha Satria Maulana", "Narendra Wahyu Junior", "Hazbina Fauqi Ramadhan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14797/mdcvj.1191", "journal": "Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J", "journal_detail": "2023 Mar 27;19(1...
PMC10077973
Inferior myocardial infarction is often accompanied by infarction of the right ventricle (RV). Uncommon RV infarction cases with patent foramen ovale (PFO) shunt, leading to severe persistent hypoxemia even without any pulmonary embolism involvement and often requiring invasive intervention, have been documented previo...
{ "authors": [ "Toshimitsu Iwasaki", "Yoshifumi Takeyama", "Yuta Yoshida", "Kohei Kawaguchi", "Masataka Matsumoto", "Takaaki Murase", "Keiko Kamei", "Atsushi Takebe", "Ippei Matsumoto", "Takuya Nakai" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.07.013", "journal":...
PMC6664166
Introduction: Aberrant subvesical bile ducts are rare structural anomaly located in the peri-hepatic gallbladder fossa. This duct poses the risk for intraoperative bile duct injury resulting in clinically relevant bile leakage. Presentation of case: Aberrant subvesical bile duct was detected by preoperative magnetic re...
{ "authors": [ "Tobias Zellner", "Christian Rabe", "Jens von der Wellen-Pawlowski", "Dagmar Hansen", "Harald John", "Franz Worek", "Florian Eyer" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fphar.2022.1102160", "journal": "Front Pharmacol", "journal_detail": "2022 Dec 23;13:1102160.", ...
PMC9816423
A 63-year-old male was admitted to a district hospital after ingesting ethanol and pirimiphos-methyl (PM) with suicidal intentions. History included alcoholic cirrhosis with alcoholism, adiposity, diabetes with cerebral microangiopathy, chronic renal insufficiency, heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, and status post necr...
{ "authors": [ "Ana Priscila Soggia", "Maria Lúcia Correa-Giannella", "Maria Angela Henriques Fortes", "Ana Mercedes Cavaleiro Luna", "Maria Adelaide Albergaria Pereira" ], "case_amount": 5, "doi": "10.1186/1471-2350-11-3", "journal": "BMC Med Genet", "journal_detail": "2010 Jan 5;11:3."...
PMC2837020
Background: Glycogen storage disease type 0 is an autosomal recessive disease presenting in infancy or early childhood and characterized by ketotic hypoglycemia after prolonged fasting and postprandial hyperglycemia and hyperlactatemia. Sixteen different mutations have been identified to date in the gene which encodes ...
{ "authors": [ "Bassem Abou Hussein", "Ali Khammas", "Hadiel Kaiyasah", "Abeer Swaleh", "Nazim Al Rifai", "Alya Al-Mazrouei", "Faisal Badri" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.12.041", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016;19:168-70.", "keywor...
PMC4756212
Introduction: Traumatic diaphragmatic rupture (TDR) occurs in 0-5% of patients with major blunt thoraco-abdominal trauma, in most of them on the left side, and an early correct diagnosis is made in less than half of the cases (Meyers and McCabe, 1993; Ball et al., 1982). Presentation of the case: We report a case of a ...
{ "authors": [ "Karen LeCount", "Kami Fox", "Tammy Anderson", "Darrell O Bayles", "Tod Stuber", "Jessica Hicks", "Linda K Schlater", "Jarlath E Nally" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fvets.2022.1064147", "journal": "Front Vet Sci", "journal_detail": "2023 Feb 2;9:1064147...
PMC9932277
A 1-year-old female red panda started showing symptoms of illness, including lethargy, anorexia, abdominal discomfort, and vomiting, shortly after transfer to a new zoo. Serum was tested for leptospirosis using the microscopic agglutination test, and a titer of 1:25,600 to serogroup Grippotyphosa was detected. Antimicr...
{ "authors": [ "Hortense Petat", "Adnan Hassani", "Ivana Dabaj", "Lucile Tzaroukian", "Barbara Goujard", "Isabelle Michelet", "Rebecca More" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1002/hsr2.1046", "journal": "Health Sci Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 23;6(1):e1046.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC9871524
Background and aims: In France, we noted the fifth wave of SARS-CoV2 pandemic, characterized by presence of Omicron variant. This variant is very contagious, but less often aggressive, especially in pediatric population. Methods: We report a case of a 10-year-old girl, previously healthy, not yet vaccinated for SARS-Co...
{ "authors": [ "Panagiotis Katsinelos", "Basilis Papaziogas", "Grigoris Chatzimavroudis", "Taxiarchis Katsinelos", "Eleni Dimou", "Stefanos Atmatzidis", "Athanasios Beltsis", "Sotiris Terzoudis", "Eustathios Kamperis", "Georgia Lazaraki" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, ...
PMC3959401
Secondary rectal linitis plastica is a very rare malignancy with poor prognosis. Diagnosis is difficult because of nonspecific clinical and endoscopic findings and negative biopsies in most cases owing to the fact that the mucosa is frequently unaffected. We herein describe a 68-year-old man who presented with a six-mo...
{ "authors": [ "Konstantina Chrysouli", "Michael Tsakanikos", "Sofia Stamataki" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2019/9641945", "journal": "Case Rep Otolaryngol", "journal_detail": "2019 Feb 14;2019:9641945.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.g...
PMC6393903
We present a rare case of transplacental-transmitted maternal melanoma to the placenta and foetus during the pregnancy of a 34-year-old woman. She was diagnosed with a melanoma at the age of 25, for which she was treated with chemotherapy. During her pregnancy, she presented with a recurrence of the disease and died 3 ...
{ "authors": [ "Tianyu Lin", "Abdul Saad Bissessur", "Yingjie Zhu", "Teruko Fukuyama", "Guoping Ding", "Liping Cao" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fsurg.2022.851205", "journal": "Front Surg", "journal_detail": "2022 Jun 23;9:851205.", "keywords": [ "case report", "cho...
PMC9260781
Traumatic neuroma mostly results from nerve injury caused by surgery or trauma. Traumatic neuroma of the gallbladder without prior abdominal surgery is extremely rare, and we termed it "idiopathic traumatic neuroma of the gallbladder." Due to its rarity and a lack of specific clinical and radiological features, it is m...
{ "authors": [ "Solène Coisy", "Jean-Marc Ebran", "Dan Milea" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000362662", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2014 Apr 22;5(1):132-7.", "keywords": [ "progressive outer retinal necrosis", "retinitis", "varicella zoster retinitis...
PMC4036147
Introduction: Progressive outer retinal necrosis (PORN) is a rare but devastating infectious retinitis associated with varicella zoster virus (VZV) and responsible for severe visual loss. Case report: A 59-year-old man treated for generalized myasthenia with oral azathioprine and prednisone presented with severe unilat...
{ "authors": [ "Jonathan Gotfried", "Raul Berio Dorta", "Jennifer Maranki" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14309/crj.2017.80", "journal": "ACG Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2017 Jun 21;4:e80.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28670594/...
PMC5482909
Intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia (IPEH), or Masson's tumor, is a rare, benign vascular lesion characterized by reactive endothelial proliferation with venous stasis and thrombus. Lesions typically arise in vascular regions of the head and neck or extremities, but involvement of other organ systems has be...
{ "authors": [ "D V Garbuzenko", "D V Belov", "N O Arefyev" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/jpgm.JPGM_405_18", "journal": "J Postgrad Med", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan-Mar;65(1):56-57.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-SA", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30693875/", ...
PMC6380123
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{ "authors": [ "Hakan Abdullah Ozgul", "Isil Basara Akin", "Canan Altay", "Merih Guray Durak", "Suleyman Ozkan Aksoy", "Pinar Balci" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14744/nci.2021.73693", "journal": "North Clin Istanb", "journal_detail": "2022 Aug 17;9(4):408-410.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC9514068
Myofibrolastoma of the breast (MFB) is a rare and benign stromal tumor. Although MFB is a benign entity, in radiologic evaluation, there is no specific diagnostic feature. Conventional breast imaging findings have been published before. Sonoelastography has been used as an imaging method that allows us to evaluate tiss...
{ "authors": [ "Mitsuhiro Tsuboi", "Hiromitsu Takizawa", "Mariko Aoyama", "Akira Tangoku" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.10.010", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2017;41:89-92.", "keywords": [ "case report", "lenvatinib", "neoadjuvant che...
PMC5651555
Introduction: Differentiated thyroid carcinomas (DTC) have good prognoses after complete resection. Nevertheless, when DTC is associated with an aerodigestive invasion, curative surgery is difficult to perform. However, there is no established neoadjuvant therapy for advanced DTC. Presentation of case: A 73-year-old ma...
{ "authors": [ "Josefina Longeri Contreras", "Mabel A Ladino", "Katherine Aránguiz", "Gonzalo P Mendez", "Zeynep Coban-Akdemir", "Bo Yuan", "Richard A Gibbs", "Lindsay C Burrage", "James R Lupski", "Ivan K Chinn", "Tiphanie P Vogel", "Jordan S Orange", "M Cecilia Po...
PMC8172984
Lysinuric protein intolerance (LPI) is an inborn error of metabolism caused by defective transport of cationic amino acids in epithelial cells of intestines, kidneys and other tissues as well as non-epithelial cells including macrophages. LPI is caused by biallelic, pathogenic variants in SLC7A7. The clinical phenotype...
{ "authors": [ "S Choayb", "H Adil", "Daoud Ali Mohamed", "N Allali", "L Chat", "S El Haddad" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/6633217", "journal": "Case Rep Radiol", "journal_detail": "2021 May 7;2021:6633217.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://p...
PMC8121601
Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN) is a rare disorder associated with brain iron accumulation caused by a recessive mutation in pantothenate kinase 2 gene (PANK2). We present a case of an 11 year-old boy presenting extrapyramidal signs and developmental regression. T2-weighted images showed the cla...
{ "authors": [ "Synne Torkildsen", "Ludmila Gorunova", "Klaus Beiske", "Geir E Tjønnfjord", "Sverre Heim", "Ioannis Panagopoulos" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1371/journal.pone.0132736", "journal": "PLoS One", "journal_detail": "2015 Jul 17;10(7):e0132736.", "keywords": null, ...
PMC4505893
RNA-sequencing of a case of acute myeloid leukemia with the bone marrow karyotype 46,XY,t(2;14)(q22;q32)[5]/47,XY,idem,+?4,del(6)(q13q21)[cp6]/46,XY[4] showed that the t(2;14) generated a ZEB2-BCL11B chimera in which exon 2 of ZEB2 (nucleotide 595 in the sequence with accession number NM_014795.3) was fused to exon 2 o...
{ "authors": [ "Su Jin Kim", "Aram Yang", "Ji Sun Park", "Dae Gyu Kwon", "Jeong-Seop Lee", "Young Se Kwon", "Ji Eun Lee" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.3389/fgene.2020.579805", "journal": "Front Genet", "journal_detail": "2020 Nov 11;11:579805.", "keywords": [ "ankrd11 gen...
PMC7687677
Background: KBG syndrome (OMIM #148050) is a rare, autosomal dominant inherited genetic disorder caused by heterozygous mutations in the ankyrin repeat domain-containing protein 11 (ANKRD11) gene or by microdeletion of chromosome 16q24.3. It is characterized by macrodontia of the upper central incisors, distinctive fac...
{ "authors": [ "Shruti Erramilli", "Praveen Mannam", "Constantine A Manthous" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2016.00037", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2016 Aug 31;3:37.", "keywords": [ "ards", "endothelium", "influenza", "neuraminidase inhibi...
PMC5005447
Although systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) is a known complication of severe influenza pneumonia, it has been reported very rarely in patients with minimal parenchymal lung disease. We here report a case of severe SIRS, anasarca, and marked vascular phenomena with minimal or no pneumonitis. This case highl...
{ "authors": [ "Giuseppe Emmanuele Umana", "Gianluca Scalia", "Paolo Palmisciano", "Maurizio Passanisi", "Gianluca Pompili", "Paolo Amico", "Massimo Ippolito", "Maria Gabriella Sabini", "Salvatore Cicero", "Rosario Perrotta" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_917_2...
PMC8571185
Background: Acrometastases, secondary tumors affecting oncological patients with systemic metastases, are associated with a poor prognosis. In rare cases, acrometastases may precede establishing the primary tumor diagnosis. Case description: A 72-year-old female heavy smoker presented with low back pain, and right lowe...
{ "authors": [ "Thomas Larsen Titze", "Lars Henrik Dahl Hamnvik", "Inga Marie Hauglum", "Anne Elisabeth Tonay Carlsen", "Lena Tjeldhorn", "Nhan Trung Nguyen", "Çiğdem Akalın Akkök" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IJWH.S390661", "journal": "Int J Womens Health", "journal_deta...
PMC9826603
Blood transfusion is life-saving in massive hemorrhage. Before pre-transfusion tests with ABO and RhD typing results are available, O RhD negative packed red blood cell (PRBC) units are used without cross-matching in emergency. RhD negative girls and women of child-bearing age should always receive RhD negative blood t...
{ "authors": [ "Sonia Qureshi", "Khalil Ahmad", "Paras Fatima", "Rabia M Hassan", "Farheen Sherali", "Naureen Lalani", "Fyezah Jehan", "Syed Asad Ali", "Farah Naz Qamar" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1371/journal.pone.0219324", "journal": "PLoS One", "journal_detail": "...
PMC6619743
Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine is given to newborns soon after birth. BCG vaccine overdose has been rarely reported. Here we report the outcome of newborns who accidently received high dose BCG at a tertiary care hospital, Karachi. We reviewed records of 26 newborns, who accidentally received intradermal high d...
{ "authors": [ "Behiye Deniz Kosovali", "Asiye Yavuz", "Fatma Irem Yesiler", "Mustafa Kemal Bayar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/1373581", "journal": "Case Rep Neurol Med", "journal_detail": "2018 Jun 10;2018:1373581.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https:/...
PMC6015706
Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome (MRS) is a rare disease characterized by persistent or recurrent orofacial oedema, relapsing peripheral facial paralysis, and furrowed tongue. Pathologically, granulomatosis is responsible for oedema of face, labia, oral cavity, and facial nerve. We present a patient with MRS admitted to o...
{ "authors": [ "Paramjeet Singh", "Sujit Kumar Kar", "Roopam Kumari", "Sumit Kumar Gupta" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0253-7176.150851", "journal": "Indian J Psychol Med", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan-Mar;37(1):93-5.", "keywords": [ "dermatosis neglecta", "homeless", "s...
PMC4341320
Dermatosis neglecta is a chronic, dermatologic disorder results in ignored, neglected body parts due to chronic disability or painful conditions. There is scarcity of literature supporting the existence of dermatosis neglecta in the context of psychiatric illnesses. In this case report, we attempts to highlight, dermat...
{ "authors": [ "Rishika P Sakaria", "Parul G Zaveri", "Shannon Holtrop", "Jie Zhang", "Chester W Brown", "Eniko K Pivnick" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fgene.2021.766316", "journal": "Front Genet", "journal_detail": "2021 Nov 25;12:766316.", "keywords": [ "kmt2d", "...
PMC8660850
Kabuki syndrome is a rare multiple anomalies syndrome associated with mutations in KMT2D or KDM6A. It is characterized by infantile hypotonia, developmental delay and/or intellectual disability, long palpebral fissures with everted lateral third of the lower eyelids and typical facial features. Intracranial anomalies o...
{ "authors": [ "Mahmoud Alameddine", "Ian Zheng", "Ali Yusufali", "Nicholas Mackrides", "Gaetano Ciancio" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1002/ccr3.1911", "journal": "Clin Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2018 Nov 11;7(1):47-50.", "keywords": [ "liposarcoma", "radical nephrectomy"...
PMC6333076
Renal sarcoma is a rare and aggressive malignancy without proper guidelines for treatment. Due to the aggressiveness of this disease and the potential for recurrence, we believe that extensive surgical resection with healthy margins may be the best option to treat this condition during both initial resection and resect...
{ "authors": [ "Mark Gorman", "Julia Ruston", "Sarath Vennam" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Eplasty", "journal_detail": "2015 Jun 1;15:ic27.", "keywords": [ "cll", "richter syndrome", "diagnosis", "eyelid", "necrotizing fasciitis" ], "license": "CC BY", ...
PMC4457095
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{ "authors": [ "Anirudh Palicherla", "Suma Pusapati", "Dixitha Anugula", "Abhishek Thandra" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14797/mdcvj.1243", "journal": "Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J", "journal_detail": "2023 Aug 1;19(4):100-103.", "keywords": [ "adenocarcinoma", "marantic endoc...
PMC10402816
Marantic endocarditis is a rare condition associated with autoimmune disease, malignancy, and hypercoagulable states. It is characterized by sterile friable vegetations composed of fibrin and platelets that confer a high risk of systemic embolism. Here we showcase imaging that led to the diagnosis of an interesting cas...
{ "authors": [ "Xiaoqing Wang", "Xiangyu Wu", "Wei Liu", "Guoqiang Du", "Yanze Wang", "Rongde Wu", "Feng Guo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2023.1207247", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2023 Jun 23;11:1207247.", "keywords": [ "case report", "...
PMC10326616
Introduction: Self-insertion of foreign bodies in the urethra is an infrequent occurrence in children, and their management aims to minimize urethral morbidity. Endoscopic removal presents a significant challenge, particularly in boys. Currently, there are few reports on laparoscopic management of urethral foreign bodi...
{ "authors": [ "Manint Usawachintachit", "Piyada Sitthideatphaiboon", "Voranuch Thanakit", "Sulada Pukiat", "Kamol Panumatrassamee", "Julin Opanuraks", "Apirak Santi-Ngamkun" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2016/4746061", "journal": "Case Rep Urol", "journal_detail": "2016;2...
PMC4980503
We report a case of bladder alveolar soft part sarcoma in an 18-year-old Thai male patient who had been treated with testicular radiation and systemic chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia with testicular relapse. He presented with recurrent dysuria and gross hematuria. Cystoscopy revealed a 2-centimeter irregu...
{ "authors": [ "Edward J Filippone", "Eric D Newman", "Li Li", "Rakesh Gulati", "John L Farber" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.3389/fimmu.2021.780107", "journal": "Front Immunol", "journal_detail": "2021 Nov 10;12:780107.", "keywords": [ "c3 glomerulopathies", "alternate pathw...
PMC8631422
Monoclonal gammopathies result from neoplastic clones of the B-cell lineage and may cause kidney disease by various mechanisms. When the underlying clone does not meet criteria for a malignancy requiring treatment, the paraprotein is called a monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance (MGRS). One rarely reported kidne...
{ "authors": [ "Mariano Socolovsky", "Gonzalo Bonilla", "Gilda D Masi", "Homero Bianchi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2152-7806.83231", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2011;2:102.", "keywords": [ "axon donor", "distal nerve transfer", "flexor carpi ulna...
PMC3157088
Background: In recent years, distal nerve transfers have become a valid tool for nerve reconstruction. Though grafts remain the gold standard for proximal median nerve injuries, a new distal transfer of flexor carpi ulnaris branches of the ulnar nerve to selectively restore anterior interosseous nerve function, concomi...
{ "authors": [ "Lluís Nisa", "Toni von Büren", "Amine Tiab", "Roland Giger" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2011/762524", "journal": "Case Rep Otolaryngol", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:762524.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/229373...
PMC3420782
We present the case of a 38-year-old woman that presented with a very slowly enlarging mass of the tongue. MRI revealed a large mass originating in the tongue base and extending to the supraglottic space. Biopsy of this tumor confirmed the diagnosis of schwannoma. An endaural approach allowed complete resection of the ...
{ "authors": [ "Ho-Man Yeung", "Lauren Gaffaney" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2022/9840085", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2022 Dec 9;2022:9840085.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36532701/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "...
PMC9757930
Basilar predominant emphysema, or disproportionate emphysematous involvement of the lung bases compared to the apices, is an uncommon radiographic pattern of emphysema traditionally associated with alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (AATD). We present a case of a 59-year-old female with 41 pack-year tobacco use, Stage IV C...
{ "authors": [ "Jarraya Anouar", "Smaoui Mohamed", "Kolsi Kamel" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2014.19.246.3773", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2014 Nov 5;19:246.", "keywords": [ "arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia", "anesthesia specificities", ...
PMC4382064
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia is a rare but not exceptional inherited cardiomyopathy characterized by fibrofatty replacement of the myocardium of the right ventricular which could lead to serious arrhythmia and sudden death. Only a few cases of pregnancies with ARVD have been reported. The aim of this case...
{ "authors": [ "Ioannis Kyriakidis", "Athanasios Tragiannidis", "Nikolaos Gompakis" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/ajps.AJPS_124_16", "journal": "Afr J Paediatr Surg", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan-Mar;15(1):61-62.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-SA", "link": "https://pubmed.n...
PMC6419553
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{ "authors": [ "Cody M Rissman", "Lawrence M Dagrosa", "Jason R Pettus", "Jessica L Dillon", "Einar F Sverrisson" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5414/CNCS108955", "journal": "Clin Nephrol Case Stud", "journal_detail": "2017 Jan 31;5:1-4.", "keywords": [ "kidney", "lymphoma" ...
PMC5438013
Secondary kidney involvement by disseminated non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) is quite common and is estimated to approach 30 - 60% in NHL patients. However, primary renal lymphoma is exceedingly rare and estimated to make up less than 1% of all kidney masses. We report a case of primary renal NHL presenting with profound ...
{ "authors": [ "Jose Maria Pereira de Godoy", "Lívia Maria Pereira de Godoy", "Maria de Fatima Guerreiro Godoy", "Dalisio de Santi Neto" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/2666867", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2021 Dec 30;2021:2666867.", "keywords": null, "licens...
PMC8739906
Objective: The aim of the present study was to report the physiological stimulation of the synthesis of preelastic fibers in the dermis of a patient with fibrosis. Design: A clinical study was conducted involving the analysis of histological changes in preelastic fibers following treatment for stage II primary lymphede...
{ "authors": [ "Susan R Childs", "Emma M Casely", "Bianca M Kuehler", "Stephen Ward", "Charlotte L Halmshaw", "Sarah E Thomas", "Ian D Goodall", "Carsten Bantel" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.2147/NDT.S70555", "journal": "Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat", "journal_detail": "2014 D...
PMC4259554
Recent research has confirmed that between 25% and 33% of all hospitalized patients experience unacceptable levels of pain. Studies further indicate that this reduces patient satisfaction levels, lengthens hospital stays, and increases cost. Hospitals are aiming to discharge patients earlier, and this can interfere wit...
{ "authors": [ "Liyan Zhao", "Yining Jiang", "Yubo Wang", "Yang Bai", "Ying Sun", "Yunqian Li" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2021.642683", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2021 May 20;11:642683.", "keywords": [ "genetic diagnosis", "glioblastoma", ...
PMC8173044
Background: Leiomyosarcoma is a highly malignant soft-tissue sarcoma with a poor prognosis. In recent years, treatment for leiomyosarcoma has not shown much progress. Primary intracranial leiomyosarcoma (PILMS) is a much rarer type of neoplasm, which occurs more frequently in immunocompromised patients. PILMS cases rep...
{ "authors": [ "Mustafa Jaffry", "Mark Lister" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2022/5245620", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol Med", "journal_detail": "2022 Aug 16;2022:5245620.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36017266/", "major_mesh_terms...
PMC9398851
Purpose: To report a case of Streptococcus mitis oralis (S. mitis/oralis) corneal ulcer in a patient with a possible preventable cause. Methods: Cultures were obtained from a 64-year-old woman with a 3.5 mm × 5 mm corneal ulcer with hypopyon in the left eye. Results: Culture reports demonstrated the growth of S. mitis/...
{ "authors": [ "Ehsan Amini", "Masoud Rabbani", "Mohammad Saleh Jafarpishe", "Masoud Nazem" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.4103/2277-9175.187371", "journal": "Adv Biomed Res", "journal_detail": "2016 Aug 30;5:135.", "keywords": [ "congenital", "infant", "nasal obstruction" ]...
PMC5025918
Congenital nasal pyriform aperture stenosis (CNPAS) is a rare cause of nasal obstruction. We presented a case of CNPAS with accompanying short lingual frenulum. Surgical dilatation without osteotomy was used, and the infant had normal growth and development. In these cases, the less invasive surgical methods can be eff...
{ "authors": [ "James E Tsang", "June Sun", "Gaik C Ooi", "Kenneth W Tsang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/6863083", "journal": "Case Rep Emerg Med", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:6863083.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/293874...
PMC5745678
Airway foreign bodies are a leading cause of death among children and require urgent recognition by medical personnel. While most cases are diagnosed readily from a clinical history of acute respiratory distress, some cases remain more indolent and present later. We report the case of a 7-year-old boy who aspirated a "...
{ "authors": [ "Soumitra Das", "Balaswamy Reddy" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1136/gpsych-2021-100502", "journal": "Gen Psychiatr", "journal_detail": "2021 May 21;34(3):e100502.", "keywords": [ "behaviour", "brain", "cognitive neuroscience", "neurocognitive disorders", "neur...
PMC8144023
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{ "authors": [ "Sarita Asotra", "Sudershan Sharma" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0970-9371.54866", "journal": "J Cytol", "journal_detail": "2009 Jan;26(1):33-5.", "keywords": [ "giant cell tumor", "fine needle aspiration cytology", "multinucleated giant cell" ], "license": "...
PMC3167988
Giant cell tumors of soft tissue (GCT-STs) are rare neoplasms and are mainly seen in adults and in the elderly population, usually in the extremities. When evaluated along with clinical features, the cytological features are sufficient to distinguish GCT-STs from other more common tumors with giant cell morphology. We ...
{ "authors": [ "Jane E Rogers", "Michael Leung", "Benny Johnson" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/CMAR.S331429", "journal": "Cancer Manag Res", "journal_detail": "2022 Jun 21;14:2065-2077.", "keywords": [ "anus neoplasms", "immunotherapy", "squamous cell carcinoma" ], "lice...
PMC9233494
Anal squamous cell carcinoma (SCAC) is a human papillomavirus (HPV) driven malignancy. Given inadequate HPV-vaccination rates, SCAC will continue to be a public health concern. SCAC is commonly diagnosed in the local or locoregional setting in which definitive chemoradiation provides the opportunity for cure and has hi...
{ "authors": [ "Jean Pierre Sibomana", "Ferehiwot B Getaneh", "Brian Graham", "Robert Giraneza" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X231190013", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Jul 31;11:2050313X231190013.", "keywords": [ "schistosomiasis", "pol...
PMC10392147
The clinical effect of praziquantel on chronic intestinal schistosomiasis in the literature is lacking. We report a patient who presented with 3 years of non-specific abdominal pain and underwent colonoscopy, which revealed colon polyps that, on biopsy, were confirmed to be due to Schistosoma mansoni. The patient was g...
{ "authors": [ "Hirotomo Tanaka", "Yoshiyuki Takaishi", "Jun Imura", "Takashi Mizowaki", "Keisuke Kobayashi", "Takeshi Kondoh", "Takashi Sasayama" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2176/nmccrj.cr.2021-0189", "journal": "NMC Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2021 Nov 19;8(1):793-798."...
PMC8769429
Soft tissue calcifications are common findings in patients with various diseases, such as malignant tumors, collagen diseases, trauma, and chronic kidney disease. The majority of these lesions are not clinically significant; however, they can cause specific disorders within a limited space, such as the spinal canal. He...
{ "authors": [ "Sílvia Bacalhau", "Cristina Freitas", "Rosalina Valente", "Deolinda Barata", "Conceição Neves", "Katrin Schäfer", "Annelie Lubatschofski", "Ansgar Schulz", "João Farela Neves" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2011/527569", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "j...
PMC3202142
In high-burden countries, Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine is administered in newborn to prevent severe Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Because life-threatening disseminated BCG disease may occur in children with primary immunodeficiency, vaccination strategy against tuberculosis should ...
{ "authors": [ "Kimi Grzyb", "Wesley Snyder", "Katharine G Field" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1128/jmbe.v19i1.1338", "journal": "J Microbiol Biol Educ", "journal_detail": "2018 Mar 30;19(1):19.1.10.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/...
PMC5969401
Learning the tools and conventions of expert communication in the sciences provides multiple benefits to bioscience students, yet often these skills are not formally taught. To address this need, we designed a writing-intensive microbiology course on emerging infectious diseases to provide upper-division students with ...
{ "authors": [ "Mihir Gupta", "Molly A Kantor", "Christie E Tung", "Niushen Zhang", "Gregory W Albers" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2014.00291", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan 12;5:291.", "keywords": [ "amnesia", "brain", "brain infarct...
PMC4290584
Stroke is an extremely uncommon cause of transient global amnesia (TGA). Unilateral lesions of the fornix rarely cause amnesia and have not previously been reported to be associated with the distinctive amnesic picture of TGA. We describe the case of a 60-year-old woman who presented with acute onset, recent retrograde...
{ "authors": [ "Shinji Makino" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OPTH.S48434", "journal": "Clin Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2013;7:1319-23.", "keywords": [ "blue-on-yellow perimetry", "optic neuropathy", "optical coherence tomography", "retinal thickness", "white-on-white pe...
PMC3702545
A 68-year-old woman with bilateral idiopathic optic neuropathy was examined using blue-on-yellow perimetry. Best-corrected visual acuity was 0.5 and 0.6 in her right and left eyes, respectively. Visual field testing with a Goldmann perimeter showed constriction of the I/2 e isopter in both eyes. With regard to mean dev...
{ "authors": [ "Carrie Page Marder", "Felix S Chew" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2484/rcr.v5i3.417", "journal": "Radiol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015 Nov 6;5(3):417.", "keywords": [ "ct, computed tomography", "malignant peripheral nerve sheaf tumor, mpnst", "neurofibromatosis, ...
PMC4898298
We present the case of a 27-year-old man who had a soft-tissue lumbar spine mass causing back, abdominal, and groin pain. Imaging showed the lesion filling the right neural foramen, invading the anterior L2 vertebral body and both pedicles, and protruding into the central canal, causing compression of the thecal sac. T...
{ "authors": [ "Anastasios Katsourakis", "George Noussios", "George Kapoutsis", "Efthimios Chatzitheoklitos" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2011/857391", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:857391.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubme...
PMC3114567
Low molecular weight heparins (LMWHs) are the standard agents used for antithrombotic therapy and prophylaxis. Despite their widespread use, reports about adverse effects from LMWHs are very scarce. Heparin-induced skin necrosis at the injection site is a rare adverse effect, more commonly associated with unfractionate...
{ "authors": [ "Amer Hashim Al Ani", "Mohammad Bakri Hammami", "Obaidah M Mukhles Adi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.08.026", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2018;51:221-223.", "keywords": [ "case study", "complications", "foreign body", ...
PMC6129673
Introduction: Inguinal bladder hernias are rare incidents accounting for 1-3% of all inguinal hernia. Most of those cases are discovered intraoperatively accounting for the high incidence of bladder injuries during the repair. Symptoms can be variable depending on the size of the herniated bladder. Presentation of case...
{ "authors": [ "Elisabetta Palmerini", "Duccio Federici", "Alessia Del Pasqua", "Sonia Bernazzali", "Matteo Lisi", "Mario Chiavarelli", "Sergio Mondillo" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2009/653741", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2009;2009:653741.", "keywor...
PMC2729450
We present an echocardiographic evaluation of an elderly man affected with Ebstein's anomaly. In the natural history of this congenital disease only 5% of patients survive beyond the fifth decade. The patient presented severe right heart failure and he was refered to our institution for heart transplantation.
{ "authors": [ "Daniela Floridia", "Francesco Cerra", "Giuseppe Guzzo", "Silvia Marino", "Nunzio Muscarà", "Francesco Corallo", "Alessia Bramanti", "Antonino Chillura", "Antonino Naro" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/JPR.S168031", "journal": "J Pain Res", "journal_de...
PMC6267358
Purpose: Brachial plexopathy can sometimes cause severe chronic pain. There are many possible treatments for such neuropathic pain, including neuromodulation. However, rigorous scientific evidence on the usefulness of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is still scarce. Here, we report the use of high-frequency (10 kHz) SCS ...
{ "authors": [ "M Schoneveld", "K De Vogelaere", "N Van De Winkel", "A Hoorens", "G Delvaux" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000335882", "journal": "Case Rep Gastroenterol", "journal_detail": "2012 Jan;6(1):15-9.", "keywords": [ "intussusception", "melanoma", "small bo...
PMC3290021
Although the gastrointestinal tract is a fairly frequent site of melanoma metastases, reports of small bowel intussusception caused by melanoma are very rare. We report the case of a 77-year-old man who was admitted to our hospital with epigastric pain, melena and anaemia. After clinical examination, laboratory evaluat...
{ "authors": [ "Noppon Taksaudom", "Kuntharee Traisrisilp", "Rungsrit Kanjanavanit" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/8510160", "journal": "Case Rep Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:8510160.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2856...
PMC5439244
This case report concerns a young woman who, during her pregnancy, suffered severe mitral regurgitation. It was discovered at the same time that she had a left atrial myxoma. During the early postpartum period she successfully underwent an anterior minithoracotomy to remove the left atrial myxoma in conjunction with re...
{ "authors": [ "Susan Ruyu Qi", "Eunice You", "Melanie Hebert", "Ali Dirani" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S307057", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2021 May 26;14:357-360.", "keywords": [ "dorzolamide", "optic disc pit maculopathy", "spironolac...
PMC8165556
Purpose: There is no consensus for the treatment of optic disc pit maculopathy (ODPM). We describe a case of ODPM refractory to vitrectomy that was successfully treated with systemic spironolactone and topical dorzolamide 2%. Methods: Case report. Results: A 27-year-old male was referred for decreased vision in the rig...
{ "authors": [ "Atousa Hakamifard", "Farzin Khorvash", "Arash Raisi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2277-9175.187377", "journal": "Adv Biomed Res", "journal_detail": "2016 Aug 30;5:146.", "keywords": [ "candida", "candidiasis", "fluconazole", "pneumonia" ], "license":...
PMC5025916
Fungal infections are as a cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromise patients. Because the respiratory tract is colonized with Candida, the presence of this agent in respiratory specimens makes the diagnosis of Candida pneumonia problematic. Candida pneumonia is a rare infection, and the majority of cases ar...