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{ "authors": [ "Terrel L Galloway", "Mickaila J Johnston", "Michael D Starsiak", "Eugene D Silverman" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/1450-1147.176886", "journal": "World J Nucl Med", "journal_detail": "2017 Jan-Mar;16(1):59-61.", "keywords": [ "18f-fluorodeoxyglucose", "posit...
PMC5314666
A case of a 7-month-old white female who was referred for 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) initial evaluation of a lytic skull lesion with presumed diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis is described. Incidentally, she was found to have hypermetabolic nodules in...
{ "authors": [ "Krystina Tongson", "Victoria Konovalova", "Naveen Dhawan", "Steffi Sharma", "Jaya Bahl", "Mohammad Masri" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/5172072", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol Med", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:5172072.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC ...
PMC5379079
There has been an increasing use of hormonal therapy among male-to-female (MtF) transgender individuals. This long-term hormone replacement therapy (HRT) renders MtF individuals a unique patient subgroup in terms of breast cancer risk. This case describes a MtF transgender who presented with a breast lesion concerning ...
{ "authors": [ "Zongbing Cao", "Dong Zhu", "Chen Li", "Yan-Hui Li", "Lei Tan" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2019.32.88.17497", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2019 Feb 25;32:88.", "keywords": [ "anterior dislocation", "child", "femoral fracture",...
PMC6560987
Traumatic anterior hip dislocation is rare, because the hip joint is a highly stable joint. It is extremely rare for the anterior hip dislocation with combined bilateral femoral fracture in children. We present a case of 7-year-old boy with traumatic anterior hip dislocation with associated bilateral femoral fractures....
{ "authors": [ "Elena Pastukhova", "Alison Spurr", "Quentin Nakonechny", "Jennifer Lipson" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X231164271", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Apr 14;11:2050313X231164271.", "keywords": [ "janus kinase inhibitor", "u...
PMC10108407
Atopic dermatitis is a chronic, pruritic inflammatory cutaneous condition that can carry significant morbidity. Severe or recalcitrant atopic dermatitis is often treated with immunosuppressants, biologics, or immune-modulating small molecule therapies. The Janus kinase-signal transducer and activator of transcription p...
{ "authors": [ "Renu Tanwar", "Vipul Jaitly", "Aadya Sharma", "Rashmi Heralgi", "Munish Ghangas", "Ankur Bhagat" ], "case_amount": 5, "doi": "10.15171/joddd.2017.009", "journal": "J Dent Res Dent Clin Dent Prospects", "journal_detail": "2017 Winter;11(1):48-52.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC5390126
Hyperdontia or supernumerary teeth in both arches without any syndromic manifestation are extremely rare. Supernumerary teeth are commonly associated with Gardner's syndrome, cleft lip and palate, cleidocranial dysplasia and trichorhinopha-langeal syndrome. Five cases of non-syndromic multiple premolars of maxillary an...
{ "authors": [ "Umberto Marcello Bracale", "Giovanni Merola", "Luca Del Guercio", "Maurizio Sodo", "Anna Maria Giribono", "Umberto Bracale" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2047981614545154", "journal": "Acta Radiol Short Rep", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan 6;4(1):2047981614545154....
PMC4299364
We describe the case of a 72-year-old man with massive hemorrhage and shock resulting from rupture of the left common femoral artery as a complication of radiotherapy in the groin for cancer of the scrotum. This complication is extremely rare, presents dramatically, and is usually fatal. The patient was successfully tr...
{ "authors": [ "Yuanyuan Gu", "Jing Meng", "Yongzhi Ju", "Xia You", "Tingting Sun", "Jun Lu", "Yin Guan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2022.1027696", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2022 Nov 14;12:1027696.", "keywords": [ "flt4", "anlotinib", ...
PMC9702819
Angiosarcoma (AS) is a rare, clinically aggressive tumor with limited treatment options and a poor prognosis. Mutations involving the angiogenesis-related genesTP53, PTPRB, PLCG1, KDR as well as FLT4 amplification have been observed in AS. There is a potential therapeutic value of inhibition of the VEGF pathway against...
{ "authors": [ "Lin Chen", "Yin Xu", "Ming-Juan Fang", "Yong-Guang Shi", "Jie Zhang", "Liang-Liang Zhang", "Yu Wang", "Yong-Zhu Han", "Ji-Yuan Hu", "Ren-Min Yang", "Xu-En Yu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2023.1187813", "journal": "Front Neurol", "jou...
PMC10435367
Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome (GSS) is a rare genetic prion disease caused by a mutation in the prion protein (PRNP) gene. It is typically characterized by progressive cerebellar ataxia and slowly progressive dementia. We present a case study of the GSS from China in which a 45-year-old male with a progressiv...
{ "authors": [ "Buddhika Tb Wijerathne", "Geetha K Rathnayake", "Sisira K Ranaraja" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12688/f1000research.1-22.v3", "journal": "F1000Res", "journal_detail": "2012 Oct 3;1:22.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2462...
PMC3945765
Hydranencephaly is a rare congenital abnormality characterized by the absence and replacement of the cerebral hemispheres with cerebrospinal fluid. Here, we present an ultrasonographic diagnosis of a case of a rare variant of fetal hydranencephaly at 38 weeks of gestation. Obstetric sonography revealed the absence of t...
{ "authors": [ "Marco Bergonti", "Ciro Ascione", "Piergiuseppe Agostoni", "Roberto Castelli", "Carlo Vignati" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fcvm.2021.688351", "journal": "Front Cardiovasc Med", "journal_detail": "2021 Jul 30;8:688351.", "keywords": [ "cardio-oncology", "...
PMC8362882
Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) is a clonal hematopoietic stem cell disorder with overlapping myelodysplastic and myeloproliferative features. The disease is generally characterized by blood monocytosis, bone marrow dysplasia, cytopenia, and hepatosplenomegaly. While malignant blood diseases are frequently assoc...
{ "authors": [ "Yao Liu", "Mi Wang", "Miao-Miao Xiong", "Xue-Guang Zhang", "Ming Fang" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2020/8857287", "journal": "Pain Res Manag", "journal_detail": "2020 Dec 1;2020:8857287.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.n...
PMC7723478
Background: Herpes zoster (HZ) is an acute inflammatory neurocutaneous disease caused by the reactivation of varicella-zoster virus. It is estimated that the incidence of postherpetic neuralgia following HZ is 10-20%. The leading risk factors of the prognosis are aging and immunity dysfunction. Vitamin C plays a pivote...
{ "authors": [ "Grzegorz Sławiński", "Elżbieta Wabich", "Maja Hawryszko", "Ludmiła Daniłowicz-Szymanowicz", "Philippe Chevalier" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fcvm.2023.1171541", "journal": "Front Cardiovasc Med", "journal_detail": "2023 Jul 12;10:1171541.", "keywords": [ "e...
PMC10368949
A 28-year-old female patient diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type III (hypermobile EDS, hEDS) was admitted to the cardiology clinic due to a 3-year history of symptomatic ventricular arrhythmia in the form of multiple premature ventricular contractions (PVCs). Attempts at antiarrhythmic treatment with beta-blocke...
{ "authors": [ "P Popa", "D I Gheonea", "A Săftoiu", "M Calița" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.12865/CHSJ.45.01.01", "journal": "Curr Health Sci J", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan-Mar;45(1):5-18.", "keywords": [ "adr", "apc", "pdr", "colonoscopy", "interval cancer", "...
PMC6592672
Colonoscopy is long time the most preferred method for CRC screening along with diagnosis and treatment for a range of colon diseases. Based on its difficulty in visualizing precursor CRC lesions, mostly those located on the right colon, this method can be subject of improvement. The colonoscopy quality can be influenc...
{ "authors": [ "Vijayalakshmi S Kotrashetti", "Punnya V Angadi", "Deepa R Mane", "Seema R Hallikerimath" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2231-0746.83153", "journal": "Ann Maxillofac Surg", "journal_detail": "2011 Jan;1(1):83-6.", "keywords": [ "keratocystic odontogenic tumor", ...
PMC3591034
Pulse granuloma is a distinct oral entity characterized as a foreign body reaction occurring either centrally or peripherally. It is usually seen in the periapical or in the sulcus area. Occasionally the lesions occur in the wall of the cyst, commonest being the inflammatory odontogenic cyst. Histologically, they prese...
{ "authors": [ "Laura Staples", "Tamara Milder", "Philip Young-Ill Choi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/3476349", "journal": "Case Rep Hematol", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:3476349.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29090100/", "...
PMC5635276
We present the case report of a patient with severe polycythaemia associated with tibolone. In our 65-year-old postmenopausal patient who initially presented with haemoglobin 203 g/L [115-160] and haematocrit 0.63 [0.32-0.47], the cessation of tibolone, a synthetic hormone replacement therapy, led to a dramatic and sus...
{ "authors": [ "Chaitanya Pal", "Paulina Przydzial", "Ogechukwu Chika-Nwosuh", "Shrey Shah", "Pratik Patel", "Nikhil Madan" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1155/2020/8849068", "journal": "Case Rep Pulmonol", "journal_detail": "2020 Dec 10;2020:8849068.", "keywords": null, "licens...
PMC7729390
Bacterial coinfections are not uncommon with respiratory viral pathogens. These coinfections can add to significant mortality and morbidity. We are currently dealing with the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, which has affected over 15 million people globally with over half a million deaths. Previous respiratory viral pandemics hav...
{ "authors": [ "Katsuya Endo", "Takehito Ito", "Jun Nomura", "Keigo Murakami", "Shiho Kondo", "Tomonori Satoh", "Daisuke Fukushi", "Yuki Yoshino", "Yoshiteru Sasaki", "Atsuko Takasu", "Takayuki Kogure", "Morihisa Hirota", "Takayoshi Meguro", "Kazuhiro Murakami",...
PMC8177977
Multiple myeloma is a type of plasma cell neoplasm that produces monoclonal immunoglobulin. Multiple myeloma is known to cause immunoglobulin light-chain (AL) amyloidosis, which frequently involves the kidney and heart. Bone pain or fractures caused by osteolytic lesions and physical disorders related to renal or cardi...
{ "authors": [ "Anıl Ozgür", "Yasemin Karaman", "Feramuz Demır Apaydin", "Meltem Nass Duce" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2156-7514.112802", "journal": "J Clin Imaging Sci", "journal_detail": "2013 May 31;3:21.", "keywords": [ "computed tomography", "intracranial calcificati...
PMC3690703
Neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2) is a genetic disorder associated with schwannomas, meningiomas, and ependymomas. Intracranial calcifications, either tumoral or non-tumoral, are relatively lesser known features of NF2. Here, we present a case of NF2, in which the diagnosis was suspected due to the presence of choroid ple...
{ "authors": [ "Navin Mishra", "Elizabeth Kouzmitcheva", "Angela Orsino", "Berge A Minassian" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2329048X16629980", "journal": "Child Neurol Open", "journal_detail": "2016 Apr 4;3:2329048X16629980.", "keywords": [ "cdkn1b", "etv6", "grin2b", ...
PMC5417284
The GRIN2B (glutamate receptor, ionotropic, N-methyl-d-aspartate 2B) gene, located in the short arm of chromosome 12, encoding the NR2B subunit of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor, has recently been recognized to play an important role in corticogenesis and brain plasticity. Deletions in the short arm of chromosome 12...
{ "authors": [ "Mahmood Mubasher", "Amir Hanafi", "Tausif Syed", "Abir Zinal", "Ibrahim Y Abubeker", "Mouhand F H Mohamed", "Mohan Rao", "Ryan Hoefen", "Mohammed Danjuma" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2020/8899562", "journal": "Case Rep Pulmonol", "journal_detail":...
PMC7327586
Postpartum pulmonary hypertension (PPPHT) is an extremely rare disorder, with few reported cases. Late diagnosis and treatment are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. We present an 18-year-old female patient who presented four-week postpartum with a typical submissive pulmonary embolism picture subsequ...
{ "authors": [ "Robert Gürkov" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2018.00119", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2018 Mar 6;9:119.", "keywords": [ "adverse drug reactions", "head impulse test", "inner ear", "ototoxicity", "vertigo" ], "license": "CC BY", "...
PMC5845752
Background: Bilateral vestibulopathy (BVP) is a debilitating disorder characterized by the hypofunction of both vestibular end organs or nerves. The most frequent identifiable causes of BVP are ototoxic drug effects, infectious and autoimmune disorders. However, the majority of cases remain idiopathic. Very recently, t...
{ "authors": [ "Holly Mabillard", "Hilary Tedd", "Ally Speight", "Christopher Duncan", "David A Price", "John A Sayer" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12688/f1000research.24621.2", "journal": "F1000Res", "journal_detail": "2020 Jun 30;9:659.", "keywords": [ "covid-19", "hyp...
PMC7702164
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is associated with many potentially fatal complications. Renal involvement in various forms is common in addition to serum electrolyte disturbances. Early reports suggest that hypokalaemia may frequent those with SARS-CoV-2 infection and various aet...
{ "authors": [ "Paul Y Paik", "Michelle Capdeville", "Andra E Duncan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1213/ANE.0000000000000023", "journal": "Anesth Analg", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan;118(1):76-9.", "keywords": null, "license": "author_manuscript", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...
PMC4096331
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{ "authors": [ "Jiaping Zhao", "Fan Yang", "Jinxia Feng", "Yanli Wang", "Barbara Lachenbruch", "Jiange Wang", "Xianchong Wan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fpls.2017.01876", "journal": "Front Plant Sci", "journal_detail": "2017 Oct 31;8:1876.", "keywords": [ "botryos...
PMC5671478
A number of transcriptome datasets for differential expression (DE) genes have been widely used for understanding organismal biology, but these datasets also contain untapped information that can be used to develop more precise analytical tools. With the use of transcriptome data generated from poplar/canker disease in...
{ "authors": [ "Istvan Bodi", "Olimpia Curran", "Richard Selway", "Robert Elwes", "Juan Burrone", "Ross Laxton", "Safa Al-Sarraj", "Mrinalini Honavar" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1186/2051-5960-2-7", "journal": "Acta Neuropathol Commun", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan 20;2:7...
PMC3899932
An unusual multinodular and vacuolating neuronal tumour (MVNT) has been described in the cerebral hemispheres of ten patients with adult-onset seizures. We report the findings in two cases with similar features, a surgical resection and the other an autopsy specimen.Case 1, a 34-year-old female, underwent surgical rese...
{ "authors": [ "Thomas S Lee", "Eric N Appelbaum", "Derek Sheen", "Reintine Han", "Benjamin Wie" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/7682654", "journal": "Int J Otolaryngol", "journal_detail": "2019 Jun 25;2019:7682654.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https:/...
PMC6614980
Context. This case series discusses surgical management of esophageal perforations that occurred following cervical spine hardware placement. Purpose. (1) Determine presenting symptoms of esophageal perforation after anterior cervical spine hardware placement. (2) Discuss surgical management of these resulting esophage...
{ "authors": [ "Haruhiko Yamazaki", "Satoru Shimizu", "Tatsuya Yoshida", "Nobuyasu Suganuma", "Takashi Yamanaka", "Toshinari Yamashita", "Yasushi Rino", "Munetaka Masuda" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.07.049", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_det...
PMC6117951
Introduction: Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS) constitutes less than of all sarcomas in adults and rarely involves the breast. We herein present a patient with UPS of the breast with lung and bone metastases. This case was treated by eribulin as first chemotherapy, and performed mastectomy for local control. ...
{ "authors": [ "Michael Sticherling" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.2147/BTT.S9806", "journal": "Biologics", "journal_detail": "2011;5:21-31.", "keywords": [ "calcineurin inhibitors", "cutaneous lupus erythematosus", "systemic therapy", "topical therapy" ], "license": "NO-CC CODE"...
PMC3044791
Cutaneous manifestations of lupus erythematosus (CLE) are manifold, presenting with unspecific skin manifestations or well-defined clinical dermatological entities. Their relation to each other as well as to systemic lupus erythematosus is variable, yet diagnostically and therapeutically challenging. Therapeutic decisi...
{ "authors": [ "John N Makaryus", "Jennifer Verbsky", "Scott Schwartz", "David Slotwiner" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2009/492031", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2009;2009:492031.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/...
PMC2801527
Since it was first described approximately 15 years ago, the Brugada Syndrome has spurred a significant quantity of interest in its underlying mechanism and physiology. The Brugada electrocardiographic pattern is characterized by right bundle branch block morphology and ST segment elevations in the right precordial lea...
{ "authors": [ "Gawahir A Ali", "Wael Goravey", "Abdulrahman Hamad", "Emad B Ibrahim", "Mohamed R Hasan", "Muna Al Maslamani", "Hussam Al Soub" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01260", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2021 Aug 24;26:e01260.", "keywords"...
PMC8406155
Mycoplasma hominis (M. hominis) is fastidious and difficult to grow bacteria with the ability to colonize the genitourinary and respiratory tracts. Infrequently can cause a variety of genitourinary tract infections, pregnancy complications, and neonatal diseases. M. hominis rarely reported to cause extragenital infecti...
{ "authors": [ "Yaritza Serrano Gomez", "Brittney Grella", "Hongbei Wang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2022/4267930", "journal": "Case Rep Dermatol Med", "journal_detail": "2022 Dec 31;2022:4267930.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36...
PMC9825212
There is growing evidence that vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 can cause various skin reactions, many of which have autoimmune origins. These specific vaccine-induced autoimmune conditions with cutaneous manifestations include lupus erythematosus, bullous pemphigoid, vitiligo, alopecia areata, and leukocytoclastic vasculit...
{ "authors": [ "Massimo Caracciolo", "Sebastiano Macheda", "Demetrio Labate", "Marco Tescione", "Stefano La Scala", "Eugenio Vadalà", "Rosalba Squillaci", "Francesco D'Aleo", "Antonella Morabito", "Cristina Garreffa", "Maria Concetta Marciano", "Esther N Oliva" ], "...
PMC7477112
Severe cases of COVID-19 present with serious lung inflammation, acute respiratory distress syndrome and multiorgan damage. SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with high cytokine levels, including interleukin-6 and certain subsets of immune cells, in particular, NK, distinguished according to the cell surface density of...
{ "authors": [ "Yaxian Tan", "Xiaowen Chen", "Mushi Ye", "Xiaofang Li", "Wenci Liu", "Sihai Liao", "Zhong Xie", "Yufang Zuo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2023.1174306", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2023 Jun 27;13:1174306.", "keywords": [ "ca...
PMC10335400
Multiple primary malignant neoplasms (MPMNs) are defined as the presence of two or more malignancies with different histologies in the same patient. MPMNs are rare, accounting for fewer than 4% of all tumor cases. Depending on the time interval between the diagnosis of the different malignancies, they are classified as...
{ "authors": [ "Asaph Ziruma", "Munyaradzi Innocent Nyakanda", "Annie Fungai Muyotcha", "Fungisai Nyarai Hove", "Mugove Gerald Madziyire" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2017.28.298.14159", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2017 Dec 8;28:298.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC5927558
Pregnant women with severe mitral stenosis tend to experience clinical decompensation with approximately 50% mortality and they may experience adverse effects of the medication they are taking, notably congenital malformations from warfarin exposure. Corrective heart surgery may increase the risk of pregnancy loss. We ...
{ "authors": [ "Nguyen Thao Phan", "Huy The Nguyen", "Tran-Thuy Nguyen", "Ngoc Duc Ly", "Ngoc-Thanh Le" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S232401", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2019 Dec 2;12:379-382.", "keywords": [ "coronary congenital anomaly", ...
PMC6897334
A single coronary artery (SCA) is a rare congenital anomaly that occurs in isolation without associated structural heart disease. Reports of a SCA with acute myocardial infarction are very rare in medical literature. This case study examines a patient with a right coronary artery that originated as a branch of the dist...
{ "authors": [ "Stefanie Boms", "Thilo Gambichler", "Marcus Freitag", "Peter Altmeyer", "Alexander Kreuter" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1471-5945-4-14", "journal": "BMC Dermatol", "journal_detail": "2004 Oct 14;4(1):14.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "http...
PMC526260
Background: Lichen sclerosus is a chronic inflammatory disease with a predilection of the anogenital region. Because of the potential side effects of repeated local application of potent glucocorticosteroids, equally-effective, safer therapeutic options are required, especially in the treatment of children. Case presen...
{ "authors": [ "Laura Klaming", "Pim Haselager" ], "case_amount": 5, "doi": "10.1007/s12152-010-9093-1", "journal": "Neuroethics", "journal_detail": "2013;6(3):527-539.", "keywords": [ "deep brain stimulation", "mental competence", "personal identity", "psychological continuity", ...
PMC3825573
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a well-accepted treatment for movement disorders and is currently explored as a treatment option for various neurological and psychiatric disorders. Several case studies suggest that DBS may, in some patients, influence mental states critical to personality to such an extent that it affe...
{ "authors": [ "S Rajesh", "Amar Mukund", "Vikram Bhatia", "Ankur Arora" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0971-3026.178352", "journal": "Indian J Radiol Imaging", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan-Mar;26(1):95-8.", "keywords": [ "embolization", "lipiodol", "pancreatic arterioveno...
PMC4813082
Pancreatic arteriovenous malformation (PAVM) is extremely rare; even rarer is its association with pancreatitis. The authors report a case of PAVM causing recurrent episodes of acute pancreatitis in a 46-year-old male. Patient refused surgery and was treated with transcatheter arterial embolization using liquid embolic...
{ "authors": [ "Adnan Asif Parvez Ghias", "Patrick Brine" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1080/20009666.2017.1374109", "journal": "J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect", "journal_detail": "2017 Oct 18;7(5):321-324.", "keywords": [ "anca", "adulterated cocaine", "immunocompromised", ...
PMC5676965
While the usage of illicit drugs in itself carries significant health risks and associated toxicities, drugs that are adulterated to give them volume, alter their psychogenic properties, and make them cheaper to produce are to be considered even more dangerous. Cocaine is one of them, and it is now most commonly being ...
{ "authors": [ "Tatsuhiko Fujiwara", "Koji Akeda", "Norihiko Takegami", "Junichi Yamada", "Akihiro Sudo" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.22603/ssrr.2021-0132", "journal": "Spine Surg Relat Res", "journal_detail": "2021 Dec 14;6(3):310-313.", "keywords": [ "atlantoaxial subluxation"...
PMC9200421
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{ "authors": [ "Ruoyi Wang", "Yingzi Li", "Yuyue Liu", "Xiujuan Hou", "Chen Li" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/CCID.S392909", "journal": "Clin Cosmet Investig Dermatol", "journal_detail": "2023 Apr 24;16:1089-1094.", "keywords": [ "henoch–schönlein purpura", "sapho syndro...
PMC10146069
Introduction: SAPHO (synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, and osteitis) syndrome is a rare disease clinically characterized by a wide range of cutaneous and osteoarticular manifestations, involving multiple system impairments. Vasculitis is a rare comorbidity of SAPHO. Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is a vasculit...
{ "authors": [ "Peter McAllister", "Francis O'Neill", "Girish Bharadwaj", "Barry O'Regan", "Sean Laverick" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1093/jscr/rjs033", "journal": "J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan 4;2013(1):rjs033.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC", "link...
PMC3578665
Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare, severe, life-threatening soft tissue infection. Rapid progression and systemic illness are recognized features of the condition in which a high index of suspicion is essential to prompt early diagnosis and ensure a favourable outcome. Management necessitates immediate and aggressive sur...
{ "authors": [ "Masahiro Koide", "Kento Fukui", "Hikaru Sugimoto", "Yuki Takeda", "Koji Sogabe", "Yukinori Kato", "Hiroki Kitajima", "Satoshi Akabame" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023/6894610", "journal": "Case Rep Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2023 Aug 14;2023:689461...
PMC10442179
The Impella, a percutaneous left ventricular assist device, has been reported to minimize the risk of hemodynamic compromise and improve clinical outcomes during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in complex high-risk indicated patients (CHIPs). Optical coherence tomography (OCT) provides information on calcified...
{ "authors": [ "Sara E Ohanessian", "Dorothy V Rocourt", "Karmaine A Millington" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4137/CMPed.S15683", "journal": "Clin Med Insights Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2015 Apr 8;9:49-53.", "keywords": [ "abdominal", "fibromatosis", "hemangioma", "intrap...
PMC4395037
Hemangiomas are the most common primary hepatic tumors, but there are few reports of their occurrence elsewhere in the abdomen. The concurrent existence of multiple fibrous nodules of the omentum, mesentery, and porta hepatis, along with a gastric hemangioma, in a child raises the question of syndromic association. Our...
{ "authors": [ "Masatsgu Yano", "Yasufumi Saito", "Makoto Yoshida", "Takafumi Oshiro", "Toshikatsu Fukda", "Makoto Ochi", "Yuzo Okamoto", "Eiji Ono", "Hideki Ohdan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.11.009", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detai...
PMC6257905
Introduction: Recurrent laryngeal nerve injury is a major complication of thyroid surgery. An endotracheal tube with electromyography electrodes attached to it was recently developed for intraoperative neuromonitoring during thyroid surgery. Here we describe the successful identification and preservation of an extralar...
{ "authors": [ "Sophia Thomas", "Arvind Bhake" ], "case_amount": 5, "doi": "10.4103/jomfp.JOMFP_267_20", "journal": "J Oral Maxillofac Pathol", "journal_detail": "2021 Jan-Apr;25(1):171-176.", "keywords": [ "fine-needle aspiration cytology", "metastases", "parotid gland" ], "licens...
PMC8272497
Documentation of metastatic lesions in the parotid gland diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is limited in the cytopathology literature. The metastases within the parotid masquerades clinically as primary neoplasm of parotid. The authors of present case report intent to highlight the importance of FNAC ...
{ "authors": [ "Carlos E Arias-Morales", "Shorabh Sharma", "Marjorie M Flores-Chang", "Razia Rehmani", "Venkata Sandeep Koripalli", "Michelle Dahdouh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2020.00142", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2020 Apr 21;7:142.", "...
PMC7212451
Austrian syndrome consists of a triad of endocarditis, meningitis, and pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. With the arrival of many antibiotic therapies, the disease remains rare, however, it can be overlooked due to the lack of awareness. We present a case of Austrian syndrome in an immunocompromised patient...
{ "authors": [ "N Srikant", "Shweta Yellapurkar", "Karen Boaz", "Mohan Baliga", "Nidhi Manaktala", "Ankita Sharma", "Shakthi Dorai", "Prajwal Pai" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/5279025", "journal": "Case Rep Pathol", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:5279025.", "keyw...
PMC5288519
Polycystic (dysgenetic) disease of the salivary glands is a rare entity that has only recently been described in the literature. The disease is more commonly seen in females and majority of the cases have presented as bilateral parotid gland swellings. This case presenting in a 21-year-old male is the first of this unu...
{ "authors": [ "García Anwár", "Paredes-Aragón Elma", "Jorge-de Saráchaga Adib", "Meyer-Nava Ilse", "Gutiérrez-Romero Alonso", "Salinas Lara Ciltlaltepelt", "Novelo Soto Alma", "Vega Memije Maria Elisa", "Arauz Antonio" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2020.00176", ...
PMC7154106
Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome (BRBNS), also called Bean's syndrome, is a rare disease associated with multiple venous malformations in the skin and gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Dermatological lesions, which are the first clinically visible manifestations, appear as skin-colored compressible protuberances or as dark-b...
{ "authors": [ "Martin Winterholler", "Roland Coras", "Walter Geißdörfer", "Rudolf Rammensee", "Philipp Gölitz", "Christian Bogdan", "Roland Lang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2017.00113", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2017 Jul 18;4:113.", "...
PMC5513951
Fungal infections of the central nervous system (CNS) frequently occur in immunosuppressed patients. Here, we describe the case of an immunocompetent 64-year-old man who presented with diplopia, right-sided hemiparesis, and a mild headache after cleaning and replacing nesting boxes of wild birds during the preceding mo...
{ "authors": [ "Randie H Kim", "Maryann Kwa", "Sylvia Adams", "Shane A Meehan", "Jennifer A Stein" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.jdcr.2015.11.013", "journal": "JAAD Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan 14;2(1):22-4.", "keywords": [ "arpc, acquired reactive perforating co...
PMC4809472
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{ "authors": [ "Marc-Olivier Gauci", "Mikael Chelli", "Jonathan Fernandez", "Nicolas Bronsard" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.13107/jocr.2020.v10.i02.1680", "journal": "J Orthop Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020;10(2):21-24.", "keywords": [ "patient-specific instrumentation", "ep...
PMC7476685
Introduction: Patient-specific guides are used in the correction of malunion sequelae in adult distal radius fractures. They allow a tridimensional correction of radial glenoid orientation. However, lengthening is small in those indications. Distal radius epiphysiodesis correction is much rarer and patient-specific gui...
{ "authors": [ "Diana Marcela Vasquez-Forero", "Barbara Masotto", "Rosario Ferrer-Avargues", "Christian Martin Moya", "Harry Pachajoa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fgene.2023.1183362", "journal": "Front Genet", "journal_detail": "2023 Jul 5;14:1183362.", "keywords": [ "colo...
PMC10354630
Zhu-Tokita-Takenouchi-Kim syndrome is a multisystem disorder resulting from haploinsufficiency in the SON gene, which is characterized by developmental delay/intellectual disability, seizures, facial dysmorphism, short stature, and congenital malformations, primarily in the central nervous system, along with ophthalmic...
{ "authors": [ "Daisuke Muroya", "Uhi Toh", "Nobutaka Iwakuma", "Shino Nakagawa", "Mai Mishima", "Ryuji Takahashi", "Miki Takenaka", "Kazuo Shirouzu", "Yoshito Agaki" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1007/s00595-013-0808-x", "journal": "Surg Today", "journal_detail": "2015...
PMC4264879
Malignant lymphomas of the breast are rare and primary breast lymphoma comprises <0.5 % of breast malignancies, within which T-cell lymphomas are an even rarer subset. We report a case of primary breast peripheral T-cell lymphoma not otherwise specified (PTCL-NOS). Histology of the biopsied specimen revealed CD2(+), CD...
{ "authors": [ "Jakob Burcharth", "Caroline Olsen", "Jacob Rosenberg" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2011/645349", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:645349.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22606588/", "major_me...
PMC3350017
Visceral myopathy is a rare chronic disease affecting the peristalsis of the bowel causing intermittent pseudoobstruction. We report an atypical case of an eighty-nine-year-old woman with no prior history of abdominal illness who was admitted to our hospital with 2 days of increasing nausea, abdominal distension, and a...
{ "authors": [ "R López-Vilella", "J Sanz-Sánchez", "I Sánchez-Lázaro", "E Marques-Sule", "J Rueda-Soriano", "L Almenar-Bonet" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Int J Organ Transplant Med", "journal_detail": "2018;9(2):97-100.", "keywords": [ "anticoagulants", "...
PMC6390979
Direct oral anticoagulants have suggested a favorable profile compared with vitamin K antagonists. However, the lack of treatment to reverse the effect of direct oral anticoagulants has limited its use in some patients who require rapid reversal of anticoagulation, as those included in the transplant waiting list. Idar...
{ "authors": [ "Zahid Khan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.33904", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 18;15(1):e33904.", "keywords": [ "chest pain in the young", "chest tube", "chest xray cx-ray", "electrocardiogram (ecg/ekg)", "emergency chest drain", ...
PMC9936199
Pneumothorax is the accumulation of air in the extrapulmonary space between the pleura and the chest wall. Spontaneous pneumothorax can present with various electrocardiographic (ECG) findings including axis deviation, bundle branch block and T waves inversion. A 23-year-old young male patient of slim build presented t...
{ "authors": [ "K Brickell", "D Porter", "P Thompson" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1038/sj.bjc.6601137", "journal": "Br J Cancer", "journal_detail": "2003 Aug 18;89(4):615-6.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12915866/", "major_mesh_terms...
PMC2376914
Interactions between phenytoin and the fluoropyrimidine derivatives, 5 fluorouracil (5FU) and capecitabine, are not commonly documented or widely recognised. As more people with significant medical comorbidities are now being considered for chemotherapy, it is increasingly likely that people receiving phenytoin will be...
{ "authors": [ "Afekhide Ernest Omoti", "Caroline Edijana Omoti", "Osesogie Usualele Ogbeide" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "J Ophthalmic Vis Res", "journal_detail": "2011 Jan;6(1):47-50.", "keywords": [ "forehead mass", "lid mass", "non-hodgkin’s lymphoma" ], "l...
PMC3306071
Purpose: To report a case of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) presenting as an ocular adnexal and forehead mass. Case report: An elderly male patient was referred by a neurosurgeon to the eye clinic with a six-month history of a massive tumor measuring 12×16×8 cm involving the right side of the forehead, eyebrow and upper ...
{ "authors": [ "Matthew James McPheeters", "Daraspreet S Kainth", "Cornelius H Lam" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2152-7806.171221", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2015 Dec 8;6(Suppl 27):S651-4.", "keywords": [ "intradiploic", "meningoencephalocele", "traum...
PMC4683796
Background: Since 1976, 10 cases of intradiploic encephaloceles have been reported in the literature. This case is the first report of a spontaneous intradiploic meningoencephalocele of the frontal bone hypothesized to be secondary to distant head trauma. Case description: A 60-year-old female with a history of multipl...
{ "authors": [ "Pushpa Dahiya", "Anshu Paul", "Satish Dalal" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5402/2011/287102", "journal": "ISRN Urol", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:287102.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22084794/", "major_mesh_terms": []...
PMC3196964
Iatrogenic bladder injury is a known complication of laparoscopic and gynecological surgeries with an incidence of 1.5 per 1000 cases. Urinary ascites is a result of undiagnosed iatrogenic bladder injury during pelvic surgeries. We report a rare case of urinary ascites following mini lap tubectomy on the eighth postope...
{ "authors": [ "M H Mileva", "D V Pencheva", "R G Bryaskova", "P D Genova-Kalou", "T V Kantardjiev" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Open Vet J", "journal_detail": "2015;5(1):38-41.", "keywords": [ "atopic dermatitis", "food allergy", "otitis externa", "sil...
PMC4629573
The aim of this research is to determine the effect of the hybrid material based on polyvinyl alcohol and silver nanoparticles (PVA/AgNps) in the treatment of the otitis externa as an additional component in the commercial product "Betazon Trio". It was established that the experimental creamy formula with silver conce...
{ "authors": [ "Yanqing Zhang", "Haozheng Zhang", "Wei Wu", "Dong Wang", "Yuqiang Lv", "Dongmei Zhao", "Lingxiao Wang", "Yi Liu", "Kaihui Zhang" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fgene.2023.1081391", "journal": "Front Genet", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 27;14:1081391."...
PMC9911649
Introduction: Luscan-Lumish syndrome (LLS) is currently recognized as a rarely-observed condition featured with overgrowth, macrocephaly, obesity, type I Chiari malformation, and linguistic retardation. So far, there have been only a few LLS cases registered worldwide, but with none of them reported from China. To acqu...
{ "authors": [ "Salem Yahyaoui", "Imen Jahaouat", "Ines Brini", "Azza Sammoud" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.05.028", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2017;36:179-181.", "keywords": [ "case report", "endoscopy", "esophagus", "foreign ...
PMC5466546
Introduction: Foreign body (FB) ingestion, a common and serious problem in children, can present with a wide variety of symptoms. This paper describes and discusses the case of an esophageal foreign body (EFB), in which the patient presented with primarily respiratory clinical signs causing delayed diagnosis. Presentat...
{ "authors": [ "Hisashi Matsubara", "Ryohei Miyata", "Maki Kobayashi", "Hideyuki Tsukitome", "Kengo Ikesugi", "Mineo Kondo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000446016", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2016 Apr 29;7(1):230-6.", "keywords": [ "aflibercept...
PMC4943768
Intravitreal injections of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) agents are widely used to treat neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD). Although these treatments are effective, multiple injections have recently been recommended to ensure that there is a good long-term prognosis. However, sustaine...
{ "authors": [ "Masahito Katsuki", "Shigemi Katsuki" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_504_2019", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2019 Dec 6;10:241.", "keywords": [ "acute ischemic stroke", "acute myocardial infarction", "atrial fibrillation", "cardiac tamp...
PMC6911677
Background: Simultaneous cerebral and myocardial infarction is called cardio-cerebral infarction (CCI). It is a rare condition, and its management strategy has yet to be determined. We report a case of cardiac tamponade during the treatment of CCI associated with atrial fibrillation. Case description: A 72-year-old man...
{ "authors": [ "Lesley M McGregor", "Adele Dickson", "Paul Flowers", "Peter C Hayes", "Ronan E O'Carroll" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1080/08870446.2014.940950", "journal": "Psychol Health", "journal_detail": "2014;29(12):1373-87.", "keywords": [ "uk", "case study", "de...
PMC4192859
Objectives: Adult-to-adult living liver donation (LLD) is a controversial procedure due to the risk to the healthy donor. The decision to proceed with LLD is an important, yet under-researched area. This study aims to explore the decision-making process of the donor and recipient independently, and within the donor-rec...
{ "authors": [ "Athanasios Fotiadis", "Petros Ioannidis", "Ioannis Skandalos", "Stergios Papastergiou", "Aristeidis Vrettakos", "Theodoros Tzigkalidis", "Themistoklis Vampertzis" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/4047777", "journal": "Case Rep Orthop", "journal_detail": "...
PMC8318740
Angiolipoma is a type of lipoma, a benign soft tissue tumor. It is distinguished by the excessive degree of vascular proliferation and the presence of mature adipocytes. It occurs commonly on the trunk and extremities. Angiolipomas larger than 4 cm are classified as "giant," and due to their size, histological evaluati...
{ "authors": [ "Shelley A Boeschoten", "Ruben S van der Crabben", "Annemie L M Boehmer", "Matthijs de Hoog", "Corinne M P Buysse" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/5057390", "journal": "Case Rep Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2019 Sep 9;2019:5057390.", "keywords": null, "licens...
PMC6754918
Severe acute asthma (SAA) can lead to respiratory failure and can be fatal. For rational use of intravenous (IV) bronchodilators, evidence regarding the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics is lacking in children. The use of a loading dose IV salbutamol is not mentioned in any international guideline, and its use vari...
{ "authors": [ "Takayuki Baba", "Tomoaki Tatsumi", "Toshiyuki Oshitari", "Shuichi Yamamoto" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OPTH.S17483", "journal": "Clin Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2011;5:411-3.", "keywords": [ "cognitive disorder", "macular break", "retinal detachme...
PMC3076115
We report a patient with cognitive disorder who had a rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD). A 17-year-old Japanese man presented with a RRD with a vitreous hemorrhage in his right eye. An unusual vertical splitting of the macula accompanied by a giant retinal tear was observed intraoperatively. The retina was succes...
{ "authors": [ "Sang Hyun Kim", "Yeon Tae Chung", "Kyung Duk Lee", "Kyoung Youn Seon", "Jong Hyun Lee", "Sung Ho Lee", "Se Ho Choi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3904/kjim.2005.20.4.343", "journal": "Korean J Intern Med", "journal_detail": "2005 Dec;20(4):343-5.", "keywords":...
PMC3891083
We report a case of an infected pneumatocele in the course of anaerobic pneumonia in an adult. To the best of our knowledge, anaerobic pneumonia complicated by a pneumatocele in an adult has not previously been described. The pneumatocele occurred on the fifth day of hospitalization, and rapidly increased in size, with...
{ "authors": [ "M Ghadiri-Sani", "Mueez Waqar", "Dave Smith", "Mark Doran" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2013/458378", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol Med", "journal_detail": "2013;2013:458378.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23691383/...
PMC3638554
Introduction. Paraneoplastic syndromes represent rare symptom complexes resulting from the ability of tumour cells to disrupt the homeostatic processes of various bodily systems. Here we present two cases to demonstrate how such tumours may evade detection even after extensive investigation and how even relatively beni...
{ "authors": [ "Jerome Okudo", "Nwabundo Anusim" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2016/2724738", "journal": "Case Reports Hepatol", "journal_detail": "2016;2016:2724738.", "keywords": null, "license": "NO-CC CODE", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27462474/", "major_mesh_terms": ...
PMC4947643
Clindamycin is a bacteriostatic lincosamide antibiotic with a broad spectrum. Side effects include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and metallic taste; however, hepatotoxicity is rare. The incidence is unknown. It is characterized by increases in aspartate and alanine transaminases. There may be no symptoms and the treatmen...
{ "authors": [ "Pradeep Kumar", "Dheerendra Kumar Mishra", "Nimisha Mishra", "Sunil Ahuja", "Gyanendra Raghuvanshi", "Vijay Niranjan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1136/gpsych-2018-100045", "journal": "Gen Psychiatr", "journal_detail": "2019 Apr 11;32(2):e100045.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC6551436
Clozapine is an atypical antipsychotic which is described to have higher efficacy among all available antipsychotic medications. Clozapine is reserved especially for resistant schizophrenia due to its side effects. Clozapine-induced metabolic syndrome and hyperglycaemia are common long-term side effects and are respons...
{ "authors": [ "Yusuke Muto", "Taku Fujimura", "Aya Kakizaki", "Kenichiro Tsuchiyama", "Yoshiyuki Kusakari", "Setsuya Aiba" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000381844", "journal": "Case Rep Dermatol", "journal_detail": "2015 Apr 25;7(1):70-4.", "keywords": [ "acquired parti...
PMC4448044
Lipodystrophy is a group of metabolic disorders, possibly caused by autoimmune disease. In this report, we describe a case of adult-onset acquired partial lipodystrophy accompanied by rheumatoid arthritis without a family history. Interestingly, immunohistochemical staining revealed dense infiltration of IL-27-producin...
{ "authors": [ "Dietmar Schulz", "Georgiana Simona Mohor", "Caius Solovan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/CIA.S79609", "journal": "Clin Interv Aging", "journal_detail": "2015 Mar 31;10:673-7.", "keywords": [ "necrotizing infection", "pancreatic stent", "transplanted skin", ...
PMC4388072
Fournier gangrene (FG) is an infectious condition with fulminant evolution and is sometimes life-threatening. Here, we present the case of an immunocompromised 59-year-old male with surgical history of a pancreatic pseudocyst stented endoscopically. After unrecognized stent migration in the sigmoid without colonic perf...
{ "authors": [ "Akito Ito", "Yoichiro Kato", "Ei Shiomi", "Shuhei Ishii", "Masamichi Suzuki", "So Omori", "Takaya Abe", "Susumu Tanji", "Tamotsu Sugai", "Wataru Obara" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.eucr.2017.11.031", "journal": "Urol Case Rep", "journal_detai...
PMC5734706
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{ "authors": [ "Zhijian Zhou", "Xia Chen", "Gonglu Liu", "Jiali Pu", "Jimin Wu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2019.00770", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2019 Jul 16;10:770.", "keywords": [ "immunotherapy", "inflammatory myositis", "myasthenia gr...
PMC6646736
Inflammatory myositis (IM) and myasthenia gravis (MG) are both immune disorders involving muscle. The concurrent presence of both conditions in the same patient is extremely rare and the diagnosis is important and challenging. Here, we report a case of concurrent myositis and myocarditis and MG without thymoma in a 69-...
{ "authors": [ "Philippe Brouillard", "Anthony Valin-Thorburn", "Yves Provost", "Arpita Chakravarti", "George Honos", "François Tournoux", "Cécile Tremblay" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01628", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2022;30:e01628.", "key...
PMC9622465
Monkeypox is a zoonotic Orthopoxvirus infection usually present in regions of Africa. Recent outbreaks of Monkeypox infection have been reported in non endemic region and human-to-human contact is believed to be the main driver for propagation. While the disease is usually self-contained, severe complications, such as ...
{ "authors": [ "Haruki Nakano", "Hiroaki Shima", "Katsumasa Tei", "Ryuichi Saura" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.cnp.2020.06.002", "journal": "Clin Neurophysiol Pract", "journal_detail": "2020 Jul 2;5:135-138.", "keywords": [ "near nerve method", "nerve conduction study", ...
PMC7372091
Objectives: The sensitivity of nerve conduction studies (NCSs) of the medial and lateral plantar nerves for the diagnosis of tarsal tunnel syndrome (TTS) is not high enough. The near nerve method (NNM) is a recording technique for NCSs that allows the recording of large, clear potentials. The NNM was reported to improv...
{ "authors": [ "Yoshika Akizawa", "Toshiyuki Yamamoto", "Kazuo Tamura", "Toshiyuki Kanno", "Nobuko Takahashi", "Takeshi Ohki", "Teppei Omori", "Katsutoshi Tokushige", "Masakazu Yamamoto", "Kayoko Saito" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1038/s41439-018-0013-y", "journal":...
PMC6013486
Lynch syndrome is a genetic disorder related to cancer predisposition, including colorectal cancer, endometrial cancer, and ovarian cancer. Germline mutations in mismatch repair genes, including MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, and PMS2, are responsible for this condition. Cancer tissue specimens resected from small bowel adenocarcin...
{ "authors": [ "Nubyhélia Maria Negreiro de Carvalho", "Ana Clemilda Ximenes Marques", "Ivon Teixeira de Souza", "Vanessa Guerreiro Soares", "Felipe Gomes do Nascimento", "Letícia Macedo Pinto", "Luccas Victor Rodrigues Dias", "Guilherme Carneiro Teixeira" ], "case_amount": 1, "d...
PMC5971239
Traumatic testis dislocation is an uncommon condition and usually occurs after direct impact on the scrotum. We present an uncommon case of bilateral testicular dislocation caused by an automotive accident, which is the most frequently associated cause described in literature today. Although the fact that diagnosis can...
{ "authors": [ "Stefan Nicolau", "Benjamin M Howe", "Elie Naddaf" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2019.01375", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2020 Jan 10;10:1375.", "keywords": [ "desmin", "distal myopathy", "hereditary myopathy", "muscle mri", "my...
PMC6965354
Myofibrillar myopathies (MFM) are a clinically and genetically heterogenous group of inherited myopathies characterized by aggregation of Z-disc proteins. Mutations in desmin account for ~7% of MFM. We report here a Hmong family with an autosomal dominant MFM caused by a novel variant in the desmin gene. The proband pr...
{ "authors": [ "Ing How Moo", "See Wei Tan", "Niraj Kasat", "Leong Keng Thng" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2014.10.018", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015;8C:120-3.", "keywords": [ "multi-level", "spinal stenosis", "spondylolisthesis" ]...
PMC4353953
Introduction: Lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis is a major cause of impaired quality of life and diminished functional capacity in the elderly. Degenerative spondylolisthesis often involves only one or two level and tend to present with one or two level spinal canal stenosis. Case report: The authors describe an un...
{ "authors": [ "Min Chen", "Kai Gao", "Kamran Ali", "Jinpeng Shan", "YunMi Qiu", "Tianci Xie", "Yiling Yu", "Liming Wu" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2023.1027589", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2023 Mar 8;10:1027589.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC10031056
Dupilumab was the first biological medication licensed to treat atopic dermatitis (AD), and it has shown remarkable effectiveness and safety in the treatment of moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis. There are limited drug-related adverse events associated with dupilumab in atopic dermatitis (AD) treatment. Here, we pre...
{ "authors": [ "Takashi Ono", "Yosai Mori", "Ryohei Nejima", "Takuya Iwasaki", "Shiro Amano", "Kazunori Miyata" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000487076", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2018 Feb 14;9(1):154-159.", "keywords": [ "bacterial keratitis",...
PMC5892341
Chestnut burrs, the thorny encapsulation of chestnut fruit, can sometimes cause corneal injuries and ulceration, with poor prognoses. We report a case of corneal perforation and damaged anterior lens capsule due to a chestnut burr, using anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT). A 67-year-old woman with a...
{ "authors": [ "Shahda Mohamed Alhassan Ahmed", "Tinuola Olajide", "Khalid Mohamed Ibraheem Alhaj Albsheer", "Sushil Niraula Danjuma" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01512", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2022 May 20;28:e01512.", "keywords": [ "alt, alanine ...
PMC9119717
COVID-19 is now an established morbidity across races, regions and clinical risks around the world. From its first detection in Wuhan city-China in 2019 to the recent breakthrough of approved vaccines, that are determinants and deterrents and gradually becoming apparent. The phenotype of its presentation however is bot...
{ "authors": [ "Prasanna Kumar Rao", "Shishir Ram Shetty", "Rachana V Prabhu", "K M Veena", "Laxmikanth Chatra", "Prashanth Shenai" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5681/joddd.2011.008", "journal": "J Dent Res Dent Clin Dent Prospects", "journal_detail": "2011 Winter;5(1):37-9.", "k...
PMC3429988
Talon cusp is a dental anomaly also known as an eagle's talon. It is an extra cusp on an anterior tooth which arises as a result of evagination on the surface of a crown before calcification has occurred. The exact etiology is unknown. The inci-dence of talon cusp is less than 6%. Commonly involved teeth are maxillary ...
{ "authors": [ "Hye Seung Lee", "Yoo Jin Choi", "Chungyeul Kim", "Baek-Hui Kim" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2016/5790645", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2016;2016:5790645.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2805380...
PMC5178330
Background. Adrenal collision tumors (ACTs), in which distinct tumors coexist without intermingling in the same adrenal gland, are rare and their actual prevalence is unknown. ACTs commonly consist of adrenal cortical adenoma, pheochromocytoma, or metastatic malignant tumor. Case Report. A 32-year-old woman who had bee...
{ "authors": [ "Xue-Yan Ding", "Feng Chen", "Xian-Xian Zhao", "Hong Wu", "Shao-Ping Chen", "Yong-Wen Qin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2011/508171", "journal": "Case Rep Vasc Med", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:508171.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "htt...
PMC3420761
A 19-year-old male patient presented cyanosis and dyspnoea because of the presence of multiple pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas resulting in oxygen desaturation. The CTA revealed that intestinal and splenic venous blood bypasses the liver and drains into the inferior vena cava. This is the first reported case of hepato...
{ "authors": [ "Ryosuke Tomio", "Makoto Katayama", "Nobuo Takenaka", "Tomoyuki Imanishi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2152-7806.92161", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2012;3:1.", "keywords": [ "en plaque meningioma", "rosai–dorfman disease", "intracran...
PMC3279960
Background: Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD) was first described in 1969 as an idiopathic histiocytic proliferative disorder. It commonly presents as a massive and painless adenopathy. Until 1990, extranodal involvement of the central nervous system (CNS) was rare and reported in less than 5% of the total number of patients...
{ "authors": [ "Libor Janousek", "Robert Novotny", "Michal Kudla", "Martin Oliverius", "Petr Wohl", "Joan Minguet", "Jan Martinek", "Tomas Hucl", "Jiri Fronek" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2019/6064720", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2019 Dec 22;2...
PMC6942762
Introduction: Desmoid tumours (DT) are commonly associated with Gardener's syndrome. Their surgical resection may be complicated by their close proximity to major vessels, multiple organ involvement, and frequent local recurrence. Multivisceral transplantation (MVTx) is an alternative treatment for patients with intest...
{ "authors": [ "Eoghan P Burke", "Munir Saeed", "Maham Mahmood", "Cathal Hayes", "Mohamed Salama", "Ibrahim Ahmed" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/2356702", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2019 May 6;2019:2356702.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", ...
PMC6526558
We report the case of a 50-year-old lady who presented to the emergency department complaining of a two-day history of colicky right upper quadrant (RUQ) pain, which radiated through to her back, associated with nausea, anorexia, and two episodes of vomiting that day. She was found to be tender in the RUQ. Her blood te...
{ "authors": [ "G Sindhwani", "R Khanduri", "S Nadia", "V Jethani" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2015.12.004", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015 Dec 18;17:24-6.", "keywords": [ "effusion", "pleural hemangioma", "thoracoscopy" ], "licens...
PMC4821329
A middle aged female presented with recurrent unilateral pleural effusion. Thoracoscopy revealed a vascular tumor in the apical region of pleural cavity arising from the chest wall. Biopsy from the tumor showed features of pleural hemangioma. She was successfully managed by surgical excision of the tumor. The case is b...
{ "authors": [ "Dikshya Sharma", "Naureen Narula", "Bindu Mudduluru", "Bino Joseph", "Dany Elsayegh" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2019/5602827", "journal": "Case Rep Pulmonol", "journal_detail": "2019 May 2;2019:5602827.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "http...
PMC6521550
Sarcoidosis is multisystem disease that has been amusing physicians since its discovery in 1989 by Caesar Boeck. More than 10,000 articles have been published in the literature by far, and each time it affects a new organ. Involvement of bone has been recently discovered and because it is still a rare entity, it is imp...
{ "authors": [ "Chan Jan-Bond", "Abdul-Rahman Norazah", "Palani Sree-Kumar", "Embong Zunaina", "Qamarruddin Fazilawati" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OPTH.S81158", "journal": "Clin Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2015 Apr 17;9:721-4.", "keywords": [ "gore-tex material", ...
PMC4407742
A 7-year-old boy had a case of congenital ptosis of the right eye and has undergone frontalis sling surgery using Gore-tex material. There was no intraoperative or immediate postoperative complication. However, the patient defaulted his follow-up and presented with right eye preseptal abscess secondary to infected surg...
{ "authors": [ "Siyi Tao", "Bing Chen", "Xiaofang Xu", "Shaohua Hu", "Jing Lu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1070046", "journal": "Front Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2023 Mar 16;14:1070046.", "keywords": [ "aripiprazole", "bipolar disorder", "rapid cycl...
PMC10060647
As a safe neuromodulation therapy, rTMS is applied to treat a variety of psychiatric and neurological disorders. Additionally, both aripiprazole and sodium valproate are effective in the treatment of rapid cycling bipolar disorder. This case reports a female patient with a 17-year history of bipolar disorder who develo...
{ "authors": [ "Rami Atallah", "Nathaniel A Parker", "Karl Hamouche", "Quoc V Truong", "Megan Dingwall" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Kans J Med", "journal_detail": "2020 Apr 17;13:81-82.", "keywords": [ "acute hepatic failure", "hepatic encephalopathy", "pa...
PMC7182058
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{ "authors": [ "Seema D Khutti", "Ramani P Kumar", "Karl Sampath" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0970-1591.109985", "journal": "Indian J Urol", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan;29(1):53-5.", "keywords": [ "clear cell sarcoma", "kidney", "metanephric stromal tumour" ], "license...
PMC3649601
A case of incidentally detected Metanephric Stromal Tumour (MST) is reported here. This is a rare, recently recognized pediatric benign stromal specific renal neoplasm. A review of the English literature revealed only five cases after its original description by Argani et al. Recognition of this entity can spare a chil...
{ "authors": [ "Luke Johnson", "Ryan Ford", "Paul A Johnson" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.17161/kjm.vol14.15326", "journal": "Kans J Med", "journal_detail": "2021 Oct 14;14:259-260.", "keywords": [ "diagnosis", "epithelioid hemangioendothelioma", "liver neoplasms", "local ne...
PMC8523111
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