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{ "authors": [ "Gillian C Lowe", "Isabel Sánchez Guiu", "Oliver Chapman", "José Rivera", "Marie Lordkipanidzé", "Natalia Dovlatova", "Jonathan Wilde", "Steve P Watson", "Neil V Morgan", "UK GAPP collaborative" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1160/TH12-11-0876", "journal...
PMC3641626
The use of microsatellite markers provides a rapid approach for autozygosity mapping in Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome: identification of the second HPS7 mutation in a patient presenting late in life
{ "authors": [ "C Pempinello", "A Bova", "R Pempinello", "R Luise", "G Iannaci" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2013/135307", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol Med", "journal_detail": "2013;2013:135307.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/...
PMC3638567
Verrucous carcinoma of the foot often affects deep structures such as tendons, muscles, or bones. A 74-year-old man presented with a foot lesion that had been diagnosed as a skin infection 7 years earlier. He was treated with multiple excisions and superficial biopsies associated with antibiotic therapy without success...
{ "authors": [ "Leah Stevens", "Elizabeth Colglazier", "Claire Parker", "Elena K Amin", "Hythem Nawaytou", "David Teitel", "Vadiyala M Reddy", "Carrie L Welch", "Wendy K Chung", "Jeffrey R Fineman" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1002/pul2.12033", "journal": "Pulm Circ"...
PMC9052973
Despite therapeutic advances over the past decades, pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and related pulmonary vascular diseases continue to cause significant morbidity and mortality in neonates, infants, and children. Unfortunately, an adequate understanding of underlying biology is lacking. There has been a growing ...
{ "authors": [ "Isabelle Brault", "Kelley Kilpatrick", "Danielle D'Amour", "Damien Contandriopoulos", "Véronique Chouinard", "Carl-Ardy Dubois", "Mélanie Perroux", "Marie-Dominique Beaulieu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2014/170514", "journal": "Nurs Res Pract", "jour...
PMC4322308
Role clarity is a crucial issue for effective interprofessional collaboration. Poorly defined roles can become a source of conflict in clinical teams and reduce the effectiveness of care and services delivered to the population. Our objective in this paper is to outline processes for clarifying professional roles when ...
{ "authors": [ "Akihiro Kirimura", "Hajime Yasuhara", "Soshi Hachisuka", "Kumiko Takagi", "Reiko Ebisu", "Ayako Ohgitani", "Hideki Minowa" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2022/1594364", "journal": "Case Rep Genet", "journal_detail": "2022 Oct 14;2022:1594364.", "keywords":...
PMC9586792
We report a patient diagnosed with a COL4A1 mutation in the early postnatal period. Patients with early postnatal jaundice, intracranial lesions that are negative for TORCH syndrome, and recurrent hemolytic anemia should be suspected of having a COL4A1/COL4A2 gene mutation.
{ "authors": [ "Daniela Botolin", "Annie Mooser", "Duane Stillions", "Keith Mortman", "Shawn Sarin", "Joseph Babrowicz" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s13037-014-0049-y", "journal": "Patient Saf Surg", "journal_detail": "2015 Feb 24;9:9.", "keywords": [ "catheter", "f...
PMC4337245
We present a case of needle separation during central venous catheter (CVC) placement in a super morbidly obese patient with subsequent surgical intervention in its retrieval. This complication, potentially lethal due to the relevant anatomy of such a procedure, alerts critical care physicians and surgeons to the possi...
{ "authors": [ "A S Narejo", "M U Khan", "W M Alotaibi", "M M Khan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/1658-354X.169489", "journal": "Saudi J Anaesth", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan-Mar;10(1):110-2.", "keywords": [ "anesthesia", "dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa", "management" ...
PMC4760030
Epidermolysis bullosa is a group of inherited rare skin disease, characterized by bullae formation in the skin or mucous membranes. The fundamental abnormality is collagen degeneration leads to splitting of various epidermal layers. Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB) is one of the major forms of epidermolysis bullo...
{ "authors": [ "Eric Weiss", "Madeline Tadley", "Pak S Leung", "Mark Kaplan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14309/crj.2017.70", "journal": "ACG Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2017 May 24;4:e70.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/285...
PMC5449572
A 34-year-old woman with schizophrenia developed abdominal pain. Ultrasound demonstrated cholelithiasis and a dilated biliary tree. The patient underwent endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), sphincterotomy, and extraction of gallstones from the common bile duct. She developed post-procedure fever, tac...
{ "authors": [ "Atsushi Okada", "Masahito Hatori", "Masami Hosaka", "Munenori Watanuki", "Eiji Itoi" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3109/03009730903177340", "journal": "Ups J Med Sci", "journal_detail": "2009;114(4):249-55.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://...
PMC2852780
Secondary osteosarcoma arising after the treatment of hematologic malignancies other than Hodgkin's lymphoma is rare. We report two cases of secondary osteosarcoma arising after treatment for childhood hematologic malignancies (non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and lymphoblastic leukemia). A 10-year-old boy, at the age of 3, was ...
{ "authors": [ "Abolfazl Rahimizadeh", "Manuchehr Davaee", "Majid Shariati", "Shaghayegh Rahimizadeh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1055/s-0038-1669403", "journal": "J Brachial Plex Peripher Nerve Inj", "journal_detail": "2018 Sep 17;13(1):e15-e19.", "keywords": [ "anterior tibial ar...
PMC6141260
Anterior tibial artery is a nonvital artery which is one of the three arteries of the leg. This artery has a short proximal l segment in the popliteal region and a long segment in the anterior compartment of the leg designated as distal segment. With consideration of the deep location of the proximal segment in the pop...
{ "authors": [ "Peter A Lichtenberg" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3109/07380577.2013.865858", "journal": "Occup Ther Health Care", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan;28(1):42-50.", "keywords": null, "license": "author_manuscript", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24354331/", "major_mesh_term...
PMC4550102
Sexuality and sexual needs in older adults remains a neglected area of clinical intervention, particularly so in long-term care settings. Because older adults in medical rehabilitation and long-term care beds present with significant frailties, and often significant neurocognitive disorders, it makes it difficult for o...
{ "authors": [ "Ana I Hernandez Caballero", "Eduardo Castro-Echeverry", "Roula Katerji", "Christopher Gonzalez" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2022/2956052", "journal": "Case Rep Pathol", "journal_detail": "2022 Sep 26;2022:2956052.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link":...
PMC9529482
A 76-year-old man was admitted into the ER for upper abdominal pain. Physical exam and CT scan confirmed acute cholecystitis with multiple cholelithis, and a cholecystectomy was performed. The cholecystectomy specimen showed chronic cholecystitis with exuberant inflammatory infiltrate. On careful examination of the spe...
{ "authors": [ "Yaseen Alastal", "Basmah Khalil", "Surendra Singh", "Sameh B Almadani" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14309/crj.2018.34", "journal": "ACG Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2018 May 9;5:e34.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.ni...
PMC5948316
Ectopic pancreas is an uncommon finding in the stomach. Complications are rare but can lead to significant morbidity and even mortality. We report a 49-year-old man who presented with upper abdominal pain, vomiting, and weight loss and was found to have a gastric wall abscess that developed a few weeks after endoscopic...
{ "authors": [ "Kohsuke Terada", "Koji Mugishima", "Sayuri Kawasaki", "Fumiaki Itagaki", "Takehisa Yamada", "Yukinao Sakai" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IJNRD.S248610", "journal": "Int J Nephrol Renovasc Dis", "journal_detail": "2020 Jun 18;13:157-162.", "keywords": [ "...
PMC7308121
Low-density lipoprotein apheresis (LDL-A) has been developed as a therapy for familial hypercholesterolemia, but LDL-A has also been used as a general treatment for drug-resistant nephrotic syndrome (NS) due to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). The patients with NS due to minimal change disease (MCD) are often...
{ "authors": [ "Simon Nennstiel", "Martin Mollenhauer", "Christoph Schlag", "Valentin Becker", "Bruno Neu", "Norbert Hüser", "Ralf Gertler", "Roland M Schmid", "Stefan von Delius" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2014/391871", "journal": "Case Rep Gastrointest Med", "...
PMC4137735
In this case report we present a 60-year-old male patient with overt midgastrointestinal bleeding of a primary ileal pleomorphic liposarcoma diagnosed by video capsule endoscopy (VCE). Clinical work-up for final diagnosis and the pathological background of this uncommon tumorous entity of the small bowel will be discus...
{ "authors": [ "Alessandra Petrillo", "Noa Biran", "Sean Sadikot" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2020/8832986", "journal": "Case Rep Crit Care", "journal_detail": "2020 Jul 22;2020:8832986.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32774934/", ...
PMC7396067
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a disorder that involves the activation of alveolar macrophages triggering the innate immune system. The parenchymal lung injury seen in ARDS is a result of many proinflammatory elevations including interleukin-6. There remains no effective standard of care of ARDS, and cur...
{ "authors": [ "Sara Coppola", "Andrea Leva", "Fabio Pagni", "Simone Famularo", "Luca Gianotti" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/6256102", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:6256102.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi...
PMC5312503
Background. Primary splenic angiosarcoma is a very rare mesenchymal malignant tumor associated with a poor prognosis due to its high metastatic potential. This disease can be easily neglected and spontaneous splenic rupture is a frequent manifestation at the time of diagnosis leading to a poor outcome because of perito...
{ "authors": [ "Jaskaran K Purewal", "N F N Sakul", "Nikhita R Balabbigari", "Alberto Nenninger", "Nisha Kotecha" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2020/5476794", "journal": "Case Rep Pulmonol", "journal_detail": "2020 Mar 11;2020:5476794.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", ...
PMC7086437
Postpneumonectomy syndrome involves mediastinal shift causing dynamic airway obstruction via compression of the main bronchus and distal trachea. A few case reports describe the development of ARDS in patients with postpneumonectomy syndrome. Reeb et al. (2017) describe the mortality of postpneumonectomy ARDS anywhere ...
{ "authors": [ "Corrado Garbazza", "Vivien Bromundt", "Anne Eckert", "Daniel P Brunner", "Fides Meier", "Sandra Hackethal", "Christian Cajochen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2016.00017", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2016 Feb 29;7:17.", "keywords":...
PMC4770037
The human sleep-wake cycle is governed by two major factors: a homeostatic hourglass process (process S), which rises linearly during the day, and a circadian process C, which determines the timing of sleep in a ~24-h rhythm in accordance to the external light-dark (LD) cycle. While both individual processes are fairly...
{ "authors": [ "Zahit Bolaman", "Irfan Yavasoglu", "Gokhan Sargin", "Gurhan Kadikoylu", "Firuzan Kaçar Doğer" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4084/MJHID.2012.034", "journal": "Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2012;4(1):e2012034.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY...
PMC3375673
A 28-year-old man from East Mediterranean area admitted with abdominal pain, weight loss and diarrhea. Barium x-ray studies showed segmentation, dilatation of bowel loops, mucosal folds thickening and delayed intestinal transit. Histological examination of biopsy specimens revealed villous atrophy and plasmacytic infil...
{ "authors": [ "Hatice S Kemal", "Aziz Gunsel", "Levent Cerit", "Murat Kocaoglu", "Hamza Duygu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/9842524", "journal": "Case Rep Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:9842524.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.n...
PMC5587925
Persistent left superior vena cava with absent right superior vena cava is a very rare venous anomaly and is known as isolated PLSVC. It is usually an asymptomatic anomaly and is mostly detected during difficult central venous access or pacemaker implantation, though it could also be associated with an increased incide...
{ "authors": [ "Wan Juani Wan Seman", "Azraai Bahari Nasruddin", "Nurain Mohd Noor" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.15605/jafes.033.01.09", "journal": "J ASEAN Fed Endocr Soc", "journal_detail": "2018;33(1):53-56.", "keywords": [ "t2 dm", "desensitization", "excipients", "insul...
PMC7784166
We present a case of a 27-year-old female with T2 DM who developed allergic reactions after commencement of insulin therapy. Trial with different types of insulin resulted in a series of allergic reactions ranging from urticarial rash to development of angioedema, bronchospasm and anaphylactic shock. She was successful...
{ "authors": [ "Shahnaz Aram", "Noushin Afshar Moghaddam" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "J Res Med Sci", "journal_detail": "2009 Jan;14(1):57-61.", "keywords": [ "gorlin syndrome", "multiple keratocysts", "ovarian fibroma" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-SA", "link": "http...
PMC3129069
Gorlin syndrome (GS), also known as nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome (NBCCS), is a rare inherited multisystem disorder. This paper presents a 22-years-old Iranian woman with this syndrome whose past history was multiple keratocysts of maxillary bone. She was referred to gynecology clinic with the chief complaint of...
{ "authors": [ "Eun Jin Yoo", "Hye Sun Shin", "Seung Up Kim", "Dong Jin Joo", "Jun Yong Park", "Gi Hong Choi", "Do Young Kim", "Sang Hoon Ahn", "Jinsil Seong", "Myung Joo Koh", "Kwang-Hyub Han", "Chae Yoon Chon" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OTT.S45602", ...
PMC3699313
We herein report a patient with advanced hepatitis B virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) beyond the Milan criteria. He underwent orthotopic liver transplantation after successful HCC downstaging that satisfied the University of California, San Francisco criteria, using concurrent chemoradiation therapy with a ...
{ "authors": [ "Ryan Mathern", "Matthew Calestino" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00831", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2020 May 18;21:e00831.", "keywords": [ "mastoiditis", "meningitis", "myringotomy", "stroke mimic" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", ...
PMC7251761
A sixty-three year-old male who arrived to our emergency department with signs and symptoms of an acute left middle cerebral artery cerebrovascular accident. Initial neurovascular imaging failed to demonstrate any abnormalities that explained his symptoms. His neurologic status rapidly deteriorated in conjunction with ...
{ "authors": [ "Aya Kakizaki", "Taku Fujimura", "Sadanori Furudate", "Yumi Kambayashi", "Setsuya Aiba" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000381010", "journal": "Case Rep Dermatol", "journal_detail": "2015 Mar 10;7(1):39-45.", "keywords": [ "lichen sclerosus et atrophicus", "...
PMC4386117
Both morphea and lichen sclerosus et atrophicus (LSA) are connective tissue diseases that mainly affect the skin. A recent report suggested that a substantial portion of morphea coexists with LSA. In this report, we describe a case of LSA on the abdomen accompanied by morphea; we employed immunohistochemical staining f...
{ "authors": [ "Keisuke Imafuku", "Koji Yoshino", "Kei Yamaguchi", "Satoshi Tsuboi", "Kuniaki Ohara", "Hiroo Hata" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1159/000463379", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol", "journal_detail": "2017 Apr 4;10(1):296-300.", "keywords": [ "cryptogenic organizing ...
PMC5422733
Nivolumab is a recently approved medication for the treatment of unresectable malignant melanoma. Many immune-related adverse events (irAEs) associated with nivolumab have been reported, such as pneumonitis, hepatitis, dermatitis, and thyroiditis. Prednisolone can effectively treat irAEs. However, it is unclear how or ...
{ "authors": [ "Altan Atakana Ozcan", "Burak Ulas" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14744/bej.2021.05900", "journal": "Beyoglu Eye J", "journal_detail": "2021 Dec 17;6(4):328-330.", "keywords": [ "ahmed glaucoma valve", "amniotic membrane", "tube erosion" ], "license": "CC BY", "l...
PMC8759550
This case report illustrates the successful use of the double-layer amniotic membrane technique in a child with glaucoma and aniridia. A 3.5-year-old girl with bilateral congenital glaucoma as well as aniridia, lens coloboma, nystagmus, and strabismus had been followed up since birth. Medical treatment did not result i...
{ "authors": [ "Yoshitaka Yagi", "Young Hak Kim", "Noriyuki Tajima", "Kiichiro Baba", "Kensaku Aihara", "Hong Hyun Soo", "Shinpachi Yamaoka", "Michiaki Mishima" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000356826", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol", "journal_detail": "2013 Nov 14;6(3):5...
PMC3861861
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) accounts for approximately 15% of all lung cancers. It is characterized by rapid tumor growth and early metastasis to multiple organs. Response to initial chemotherapy is generally good; however, the majority of patients d...
{ "authors": [ "Hiromi Kobayashi", "Kuniaki Takahashi", "Nobuyuki Mizuno", "Haruo Kutsuna", "Masamitsu Ishii" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1093/ecam/neh015", "journal": "Evid Based Complement Alternat Med", "journal_detail": "2004 Jun 1;1(1):49-62.", "keywords": null, "license": "...
PMC442117
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a complex disease of obscure pathogenesis. A substantial portion of AD patients treated with conventional therapy become intractable after several cycles of recurrence. Over the last 20 years we have developed an alternative approach to treat many of these patients by diet and Kampo herbal med...
{ "authors": [ "Sabeerah Abdul-Majied", "Zoyah Kinkead-Clark", "Sheron C Burns" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1007/s10643-022-01320-7", "journal": "Early Child Educ J", "journal_detail": "2023;51(3):431-441.", "keywords": [ "caribbean early childhood education", "education in emergen...
PMC8815388
The COVID-19 Pandemic and resulting school closures, present a serious threat to young children's care, learning, and the achievement of their developmental potential (UNESCO, 2020a). Disruptions to normal school functioning worldwide have presented challenges for teachers who were generally unprepared to teach using d...
{ "authors": [ "Loredana Elena Stoica", "V Patrascu", "Rucsandra Cristina Dascalu", "M E Ciurea" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12865/CHSJ.40.01.12", "journal": "Curr Health Sci J", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan;40(1):62-6.", "keywords": [ "parkinson’s disease", "bullous pemphigoid"...
PMC4006327
Bullous pemphigoid (BP) and psoriasis vulgaris represent two clinically well characterized, inflammatory, chronic skin diseases. A 62 years old female patient, from rural areas, was admitted for the presence of erythematous plaques covered by large tense blisters with clear fluid, located symmetrically on the anterior ...
{ "authors": [ "Biljana Markovic Vasiljkovic", "Vesna Plesinac Karapandzic", "Tomislav Pejcic", "Aleksandra Djuric Stefanovic", "Zorica Milosevic", "Snezana Plesinac" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5812/iranjradiol.12991", "journal": "Iran J Radiol", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan 30;1...
PMC4835684
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is an aggressive benign mass that may arise from various tissues and organs with a great variability of histological and clinical appearances. Due to variable and nonspecific imaging findings, diagnosis of IMT is not obtained before surgery. The aim of this paper is to present C...
{ "authors": [ "Gang Shen", "Yinping Du", "Jifang Shen", "Junling Zhang", "Xihua Xia", "Mengli Huang", "Wenxiang Shen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OTT.S340984", "journal": "Onco Targets Ther", "journal_detail": "2021 Dec 23;14:5471-5475.", "keywords": [ "pth2r-alk"...
PMC8711735
Lung cancer is still the leading cause of morbidity and mortality by cancer among men, according to the latest epidemiological data in China. Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) rearrangements act as key oncogenic drivers of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and have been identified in 5-6% of NSCLC. Although ALK inhibit...
{ "authors": [ "Francesca Maletta", "Sara Garberoglio", "Alessandro Bisceglia", "Alberto Ragni", "Francesca Retta", "Marco Gallo", "Roberto Garberoglio", "Mauro Papotti" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fendo.2021.566362", "journal": "Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)", "journa...
PMC8040516
Ultrasound-guided radiofrequency thermal ablation has been proposed as an effective and safe procedure for treating patients who have low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinomas and/or are unfit for surgery. We present the case of a 72-year old male patient with a small thyroid nodule diagnosed as papillary carcinoma af...
{ "authors": [ "Neena Sanjiv Sawant", "Chetan Dilip Vispute" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.4103/0972-6748.160950", "journal": "Ind Psychiatry J", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan-Jun;24(1):97-8.", "keywords": [ "delusional parasitosis", "folie à deux", "shared psychosis" ], "license":...
PMC4525443
Delusional parasitosis (DP) is characterized by single hypochondriacal delusion in which patient feels he/she is infested with insects. The authors present a case series of three cases of DP with shared psychotic disorder (folie à deux) in which one individual developed a delusional belief in the context of a close rel...
{ "authors": [ "Daniel Diaz-Aguilar", "Sergei Terterov", "Rudi Scharnweber", "Catherine Merna", "Stephanie Wang", "Shayan Rahman" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/sni.sni_224_17", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2017 Oct 24;8:260.", "keywords": [ "adult", ...
PMC5680643
Background: Saccrococcygeal teratomas (SCT) are derived from embryonic germ cell layers. They frequently present at the base of the coccyx within the pelvis. While these tumors are common in children, they are exceedingly rare in adults. In adults, a majority of these tumors are intrapelvic and associated with a low ri...
{ "authors": [ "Marika Okuni-Watanabe", "Keiji Kurata", "Kimikazu Yakushijin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/2084325", "journal": "Case Rep Hematol", "journal_detail": "2019 Nov 26;2019:2084325.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/318...
PMC6899299
A 71-year-old male smoker was referred to our hospital because of increased hemoglobin and hematocrit. At initial consultation, his hemoglobin and hematocrit levels were 21.8 g/dl and 64.8%, respectively. Other laboratory data and his cardiopulmonary functions were almost normal, and JAK2 V617F mutation was negative. H...
{ "authors": [ "David P McMullen", "Paul Rosenberg", "Jennifer Cheng", "Gwenn S Smith", "Constantine Lyketsos", "William S Anderson" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1097/WAD.0000000000000095", "journal": "Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan-Mar;30(1):70-2.", "k...
PMC4592682
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{ "authors": [ "Arunchai Chang", "Varayu Prachayakul" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2020/3438469", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2020 Mar 26;2020:3438469.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32273895/", "major_mesh_terms": [...
PMC7136765
Endoscopic biliary decompression via stent placement is an important approach for the palliative management of distal malignant biliary obstruction. However, migration of the inserted stent can occur, either distally or proximally; proximal migration is less common, but it also presents a greater challenge for endoscop...
{ "authors": [ "Chul Ho Jang", "See Young Park", "Pa-Chun Wang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3349/ymj.2005.46.1.161", "journal": "Yonsei Med J", "journal_detail": "2005 Feb 28;46(1):161-5.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15744821/", ...
PMC2823044
Widespread use of antimicrobial drugs in the management of otitis media has significantly reduced the incidence of labyrinthitis nowadays. Cases of tympanogenic labyrinthitis following acute otitis media have rarely been reported in recent literature on otolaryngology. We report an unusual case of tympanogenic labyrint...
{ "authors": [ "Ashish Jiwane", "S V S Soundappan", "John Pitkin", "Daniel T Cass" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0971-9261.54813", "journal": "J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg", "journal_detail": "2009 Jan;14(1):29-30.", "keywords": [ "epididymo-orchitis", "hypospadias", "lap...
PMC2809460
Prostatic utricle presenting with recurrent epididymo-orchitis is not uncommon. Excision of prostatic utricle is the treatment of choice. The various techniques described in literature suffer from the disadvantages of incomplete excision due to poor view. We report the successful laparoscopic excision of prostatic utri...
{ "authors": [ "Rodrigo Martins Brandão", "Amanda Cristina Maria Aparecida Gonçalves", "Renata Paula Martins Brandão", "Lucas Fernandes de Oliveira", "Antonio Carlos Nogueira", "Vitor Sérgio Kawabata" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4322/acr.2013.009", "journal": "Autops Case Rep", "...
PMC6671875
ST-segment elevation, observed in the critically ill patients, almost always raises the suspicion of ischemic heart disease. However, nonischemic myocardial and non-myocardial problems in these patients may also lead to ST-segment elevation. Pneumothorax and pneumopericardium have been rarely reported as a cause of tra...
{ "authors": [ "Arash Fattahi", "Amin Jahanbakhshi", "Ardeshir Shahivand", "Alireza Dastmalchi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/1630864", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2018 Apr 19;2018:1630864.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.nc...
PMC5933016
Spinal penetrating trauma has a complex neurosurgical management. This study presents a 55-year-old male admitted in our center with a 1 × 1 centimeter laceration on the sacral area skin due to a wooden penetrating object. The computed tomography (CT) of the spine revealed a hypodense penetrating object that was introd...
{ "authors": [ "Pierre Nabeth", "Moussa Thior", "Ousmane Faye", "Francois Simon" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3201/eid1010.040586", "journal": "Emerg Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2004 Oct;10(10):1881-2.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih....
PMC3323271
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{ "authors": [ "Niveshni Maistry", "Giulia Brisighelli", "Chris Westgarth-Taylor" ], "case_amount": 7, "doi": "10.1055/s-0041-1728724", "journal": "European J Pediatr Surg Rep", "journal_detail": "2021 Jan;9(1):e46-e49.", "keywords": [ "anorectal malformation", "cloaca", "posterior...
PMC8131129
We present a case and discuss the management of a posterior cloacal variant not as yet described in the literature. A 5-week-old infant presented to our institution with a posterior cloacal variant and transposition of the clitoris and labia. After initial radiological investigations, staged operative intervention was ...
{ "authors": [ "L Pekova", "P Parusheva", "M Mitev", "I Dochev", "C Naydenov" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01271", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2021 Aug 31;26:e01271.", "keywords": [ "hiv-negative status", "toxoplasma gondii meningoencephalitis"...
PMC8416635
Cerebral toxoplasmosis is a common opportunistic infection that causes expansive brain lesions in people living with HIV/AIDS. But it is extremely rarely associated with HIV negative patients. This study presents a case of a 23-year-old male with non HIV-relative cerebral toxoplasmosis. There was an acute onset of the ...
{ "authors": [ "Giulia Tadiotto Cicogna", "Francesco Messina", "Linda Nalotto", "Serena Szekely", "Mauro Alaibac" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12688/f1000research.18493.1", "journal": "F1000Res", "journal_detail": "2019 Mar 26;8:336.", "keywords": [ "acrodermatitis continua of h...
PMC6685451
Psoriasis is a chronic immune-mediated inflammatory disease. Up to 40% of patients with psoriasis may develop psoriatic arthritis. Currently, interleukin (IL)-17/IL-23 pathways are identified as key factors in the immunopathogenesis of both conditions. Here we describe the case of a patient who developed psoriasiform s...
{ "authors": [ "Nelson Carvalho Cunha", "Leonor Gomes", "Joana Saraiva", "Isabel Paiva" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/7906272", "journal": "Case Rep Endocrinol", "journal_detail": "2019 Mar 24;2019:7906272.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncb...
PMC6451794
Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) can be a rare manifestation of pheochromocytoma, since this adrenal tumor may produce cytokines and other hormones or neuropeptides besides catecholamines. We report the case of a 53-year-old female patient with a pheochromocytoma that presented with fever and weight loss ...
{ "authors": [ "Arnaud R Goossens", "Annelies Van Beeck", "Filip M Vanhoenacker" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5334/jbsr.3129", "journal": "J Belg Soc Radiol", "journal_detail": "2023 May 4;107(1):36.", "keywords": [ "ct", "mri", "myxopapillary ependymoma", "sacrum", "spi...
PMC10162358
Teaching Point: Myxopapillary ependymoma presenting as a highly destructive lesion in the sacrum is rare but should be included in the differential diagnosis.
{ "authors": [ "M F Cheng", "C F Choy" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2018.09.018", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2018 Oct 5;25:267-269.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30364655/", "major_mesh_terms": ...
PMC6197505
A 83 years old man was admitted to acute medical unit for mild asthma exacerbation. He also had atrial fibrillation and was on dabigatran. A mass on left upper chest wall was incidentally found. There were bruises over left posterolateral aspect of chest wall. Chest X-ray showed left pleural effusion. Diagnostic tap yi...
{ "authors": [ "W Tirakotai", "L Benes", "C Kappus", "U Sure", "A Farhoud", "S Bien", "H Bertalanffy" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1007/s10143-006-0056-2", "journal": "Neurosurg Rev", "journal_detail": "2007 Jan;30(1):40-8; discussion 48-9.", "keywords": null, "license": "...
PMC1705527
Dural arteriovenous fistulas located in the vicinity of the jugular foramen are complex vascular malformations and belong to the most challenging skull base lesions to treat. The authors comprehensively analyze multiple features in a series of dural arteriovenous fistulas with transosseous arterial feeders involving th...
{ "authors": [ "Sho Tamai", "Yasuhiko Hayashi", "Yasuo Sasagawa", "Masahiro Oishi", "Mitsutoshi Nakada" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/sni.sni_377_17", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2018 Feb 23;9:47.", "keywords": [ "choroid plexus cyst", "endoscopic su...
PMC5843973
Background: Although it is well known that most choroid plexus cysts (CPCs) are asymptomatic, previous studies have reported that they can infrequently cause progressive hydrocephalus along with their increasing sizes. Among those cases, some patients needed cyst fenestration or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) diversion to r...
{ "authors": [ "Alessio Danilo Inchingolo", "Sabino Ceci", "Luisa Limongelli", "Alberto Corriero", "Luigi Curatoli", "Daniela Azzollini", "Pietro Paolo Mezzapesa", "Grazia Marinelli", "Giuseppina Malcangi", "Giovanni Coloccia", "Mario Ribezzi", "Maria Massaro", "Ioa...
PMC9296300
Odontogenic infections represent a frequent condition that in some cases, if not treated promptly, can spread quickly to the rest of the body and turn into life-threatening infections. In this work, the case is reported of a 59-year-old woman, diabetic and overweight, who presented to the Odontostomatology and Otolaryn...
{ "authors": [ "Roberto Tellez", "Allison M Lastinger", "Jeffery P Hogg" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00558", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2019 May 9;17:e00558.", "keywords": [ "enteroviral meningoencephalitis", "enterovirus", "psoriatic arthritis",...
PMC6522838
Enteroviruses are RNA viruses within the Picornaviridae family. Enteroviruses derive their name from the way they are typically transmitted via the intestinal tract. They commonly infect millions of people every year and often do not cause severe disease in immunocompetent patients with few exceptions. Aseptic meningit...
{ "authors": [ "Florian May", "Boris Schlenker", "Bernhard Hofer", "Christian G Stief", "Horst-Guenter Rau" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0970-1591.109988", "journal": "Indian J Urol", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan;29(1):61-3.", "keywords": [ "bladder perforation", "laparo...
PMC3649604
An intraperitoneal bladder perforation occurred during transurethral tumor resection under general anesthesia in a 82 year old woman. The bladder was repaired with a laparoscopic closure and an indwelling urethral catheter. The histopathology revealed T1 high grade urothelial carcinoma. The patient recovered well and w...
{ "authors": [ "Garneisha M Torrence", "James S Wrobel" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/s40842-019-0083-x", "journal": "Clin Diabetes Endocrinol", "journal_detail": "2019 Jul 8;5:8.", "keywords": [ "biopsy", "diabetes mellitus", "foot tumor", "kaposi sarcoma", "malignancy"...
PMC6615080
Background: The presentation of Kaposi sarcoma is divided into four known clinical subtypes. In this case report we describe classic Kaposi sarcoma in an African-American heterosexual, diabetic, seronegative human immunodeficiency virus male. Classic Kaposi sarcoma is rare in this patient demographic and can be easily ...
{ "authors": [ "Jonas Jardim de Paula", "Marco Túlio Gualberto Cintra", "Débora Marques Miranda", "Maria Aparecida Camargos Bicalho", "Edgar Nunes Moares", "Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2012/427698", "journal": "Case Rep Psychiatry", "journal_d...
PMC3501808
Mild cognitive impairment is a clinical condition more frequent in patients with Parkinson's disease than in general population. The nonamnestic presentations, usually characterized by executive dysfunction, are most prevalent. We present a case report of a Parkinson's disease patient diagnosed with nonamnestic mild co...
{ "authors": [ "Simon Shimshon Rubin", "Ruth Malkinson", "Eliezer Witztum" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fpsyt.2020.537596", "journal": "Front Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2020 Sep 15;11:537596.", "keywords": [ "two-track model of bereavement", "bereavement", "continuing ...
PMC7523537
Bereavements that occur under external traumatic circumstances increase the risk for dysfunction, trauma symptomatology, as well as disordered and prolonged grief. While the majority of individuals who have experienced traumatic bereavements do not meet formal criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), persiste...
{ "authors": [ "Emily Chan", "Alaa El-Banna" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.11.003", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2018;53:327-329.", "keywords": [ "case report", "diagnostic mimic", "epiploic appendagitis", "unusual presentation" ], "l...
PMC6260399
Introduction: Epiploic appendagitis is a rare cause of acute abdominal pain. It's presentation often mimics other causes of acute abdominal pain. It is important for clinicians to be aware of an epiploic appendagitis since a delay in diagnosis can lead to unnecessary hospital stay, antibiotic usage and surgical interve...
{ "authors": [ "Yoshihisa Numata", "Kenjiro Ishii", "Hiroaki Seki", "Nobutaka Yasui", "Michio Sakata", "Akihiko Shimada", "Hidetoshi Matsumoto" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.03.007", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2018;45:67-71.", "keyw...
PMC6000727
Introduction: Perforation of the abdominal esophagus caused by nasogastric tube (NGT) intubation has been rarely reported in adults. Presentation of case: A 73-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with pneumonia. He had been bedridden long-term and had previously undergone a gastrectomy for gastric ulcer. Since ad...
{ "authors": [ "Shinji Itamura", "Tohru Okanishi", "Yoshifumi Arai", "Mitsuyo Nishimura", "Shimpei Baba", "Naoki Ichikawa", "Yoshimichi Hirayama", "Naoko Ishihara", "Takuya Hiraide", "Hidetoshi Ishigaki", "Tokiko Fukuda", "Yoshiro Otsuki", "Hideo Enoki", "Ayatak...
PMC6879674
Hemiconvulsion-hemiplegia-epilepsy syndrome (HHES) is a subset of acute encephalopathy characterized by infantile-onset with acute hemiconvulsive febrile status and subsequent unilateral cerebral atrophy and hemiparesis. In the chronic phase, patients with HHES develop epilepsy, typically displayed as intractable focal...
{ "authors": [ "Tong Zhao", "Yuqin Tian", "Xinjia Ding", "Lin Liu", "Bowen Tan", "Bin Yang", "Jianlin Wu", "Ting Lei", "Ruoyu Wang", "Yan Ding" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OTT.S298697", "journal": "Onco Targets Ther", "journal_detail": "2021 Apr 28;14:2839-28...
PMC8091866
Multiple primary cancers (MPC) occurring in the same individual is considered rare but being increasingly recognized owing to the longer cancer survival nowadays. Despite of accumulating experience in diagnosis, effective treatment remains to be problematic in many scenarios. Genetic testing-based targeted therapy coul...
{ "authors": [ "Kento Takaya", "Hirokazu Shido", "Shun Yamazaki" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2022/7330013", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2022 Apr 29;2022:7330013.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35531576/", "major...
PMC9076334
Introduction: Currently, there are few reports describing the use of reconstructive techniques in the treatment of cesarean scar endometriosis (CSE). Here, we report a case of CSE, a rare form of endometriosis caused by scars from obstetric and gynecological surgeries. Case Report. A 50-year-old woman became aware of a...
{ "authors": [ "Gregory P Lekovic", "Marc S Schwartz", "George Hanna", "John Go" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fsurg.2018.00060", "journal": "Front Surg", "journal_detail": "2018 Oct 9;5:60.", "keywords": [ "gamma knife radiosurgery", "neurofibromatosis type ii", "optic ...
PMC6189417
Objectives: Little evidence exists regarding the management of orbital meningioma causing vision loss in the setting of neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2). We review here our experience with patients at risk for blindness due to intra-orbital meningioma. Design/Setting/Participants/Main Outcome Measures: The charts of pati...
{ "authors": [ "P C Kahr", "S K Gupta", "S S Kothari", "S Ramakrishnan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Images Paediatr Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan-Mar;16(1):1-4.", "keywords": [ "angiography", "aortic stenosis", "catheterization", "imaging", "pu...
PMC4521322
Supravalvar aortic stenosis as well as peripheral pulmonary stenosis are rare forms of congenital heart disease, which occur, however, relatively frequently in association. Here we report and discuss the classical findings of SVAS and PPS upon clinical examination and imaging in a six-year-old girl that presented with ...
{ "authors": [ "Yuanyuan Yang", "Zixuan Li", "Yuntao Li", "Yue Zhao", "Mingxia Shi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2023.1091074", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 30;13:1091074.", "keywords": [ "b-cell lymphoma", "car t-cell immunotherapy", "...
PMC9923120
Background: Hematological malignancies of the heart (CHMs) are extremely rare, and include leukemia, lymphoma infiltration, and multiple myeloma with extramedullary manifestations. Cardiac lymphoma can be divided into primary cardiac lymphoma (PCL) and secondary cardiac lymphoma (SCL). Compared to PCL, SCL is relativel...
{ "authors": [ "Candice Baldeo", "Robert Ali", "Vandana Seeram", "Jeff House" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1159/000381875", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol", "journal_detail": "2015 Apr 16;8(1):185-8.", "keywords": [ "computed tomography", "lung cancer", "magnetic resonance imagi...
PMC4427150
Soft-tissue metastasis refers to the growth of cancer cells, originating from internal cancer, in soft tissues. In most cases, soft-tissue metastases develop after initial diagnosis of the primary internal malignancy and late in the course of the disease. In very rare cases, they may occur at the same time or before th...
{ "authors": [ "Robert C Rennert", "Vincent N Nguyen", "Aidin Abedi", "Nadia A Atai", "Joseph N Carey", "Matthew Tenser", "Arun Amar", "William J Mack", "Jonathan J Russin" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2023.1102496", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detai...
PMC10160605
Background and purpose: The treatment of complex intracranial aneurysms can be challenging with stand-alone open or endovascular techniques, particularly after rupture. A combined open and endovascular strategy can potentially limit the risk of extensive dissections with open-only techniques, and allow for aggressive d...
{ "authors": [ "Xiaodong Liu", "Wanting Li", "Jian Xiao", "Huixiu Zhong", "Kun Yang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2023.1165819", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2023 Apr 21;13:1165819.", "keywords": [ "exoc4‐trhde", "acute promyelocytic leukemia", ...
PMC10160461
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is a type of myeloid leukemia with a specific chromosomal translocation t(15;17)(q22; q12) forming the PML-RARA fusion gene. However, approximately one third of newly diagnosed patients with APL have additional chromosomal abnormalities. Here, we report a case of APL with co-existence...
{ "authors": [ "Shan-Rong Shu", "Xin Luo", "Zhi-Xin Wang", "Yu-Hong Yao" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/TCRM.S86083", "journal": "Ther Clin Risk Manag", "journal_detail": "2015 Aug 3;11:1139-41.", "keywords": [ "cesarean scar pregnancy", "curettage and aspiration", "lapar...
PMC4529265
Pregnancy in a cesarean scar is the rarest form of an ectopic pregnancy. The treatment for cesarean scar pregnancy mainly includes systemic methotrexate and uterine artery embolization. Here, we reported a case of cesarean scar pregnancy treated by curettage and aspiration guided by laparoscopy. The treatment plan incl...
{ "authors": [ "Maria Zachou", "Konstantinos Pikramenos", "Georgios Mpetsios", "Efthimia Lalla", "Maria Panoutsakou", "Konstantinos Varytimiadis", "Panayiotis Karantanos" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.22551/2022.37.0904.10226", "journal": "Arch Clin Cases", "journal_detail": "2...
PMC9769077
Post-polypectomy syndrome or post-polypectomy coagulation syndrome (PPCS) is a rare adverse event of thermal injury caused during hot snare aided, endoscopic mucosal resection of colon polyps. Its diagnosis is tricky as it is commonly misdiagnosed as perforation leading to unnecessary exploratory abdominal surgeries. T...
{ "authors": [ "Bimal A Patel", "Nolan R Williams", "Paul B Pritchard 3rd" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1111/head.12005", "journal": "Headache", "journal_detail": "2013 Oct;53(9):1479-81.", "keywords": [ "epidural hematoma", "headache", "lumbar puncture" ], "license": "autho...
PMC4048948
Lumbar puncture (LP) is associated with complications that include post-LP orthostatic headache, local bleeding, and subdural hematoma. We report a unique case of a spontaneous frontal epidural hematoma following a therapeutic lumbar puncture in a patient with a history of idiopathic intracranial hypertension. This cas...
{ "authors": [ "Huiping Huang", "Siyuan Jing", "Shaoying Wu", "Li Wei", "Qian Zhang", "Yimin Hua", "Yifei Li", "Haiyan Yu", "Kaiyu Zhou" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fgene.2022.1010078", "journal": "Front Genet", "journal_detail": "2022 Nov 29;13:1010078.", "key...
PMC9745090
Background: Fetal bradycardia is a common but severe condition. In addition to autoimmune-mediated fetal heart block, several types of channelopathies induce high-degree atrioventricular block (AVB). Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a major cause of non-autoimmune-mediated fetal heart block. Due to the limitations of prenata...
{ "authors": [ "Ewa Wielosz", "Maria Kurowska", "Dorota Suszek", "Maria Majdan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5114/reum.2017.67607", "journal": "Reumatologia", "journal_detail": "2017;55(2):104-107.", "keywords": [ "capillaroscopy", "diabetes mellitus type 1", "diffuse system...
PMC5442303
Diabetic sclerodactyly is a frequently recognized skin finding that may occur in patients with diabetes mellitus but coexistence of diabetes and systemic sclerosis is rare. We describe a case of coexistence of type 1 diabetes mellitus and systemic sclerosis in 42-year-old man with the history of Raynaud's phenomenon, p...
{ "authors": [ "Alka Sonavane", "Vasant Baradkar", "Simit Kumar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0974-777X.59255", "journal": "J Glob Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2010 Jan;2(1):67-9.", "keywords": [ "brain abscess", "computerized tomography", "enterococcus species" ], "...
PMC2840972
Despite advances in imaging and antibiotic treatment, brain abscess is still encountered occasionally. Various aerobic and anaerobic bacteria have been reported as causative agents of brain abscess but only a few cases of enterococcal brain abscesses have been reported. Here we report a case of brain abscess in a 12-ye...
{ "authors": [ "Ibrahim A Abdelazim", "Mohannad AbuFaza" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_381_18", "journal": "J Family Med Prim Care", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan;8(1):280-284.", "keywords": [ "abdelazim", "abufaza", "ellp", "hellp", "hemolysis" ], "license...
PMC6396606
Background: The hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelet count (HELLP) syndrome is a serious complication in pregnancy occurring in 0.5-0.9% of all pregnancies and in 10-20% of cases with severe pre-eclampsia. Previous studies described HELLP syndrome without hemolysis without any further details. Objectives: Th...
{ "authors": [ "Yazan Masannat", "Haytham Sumrien", "Yousef Sharaiha" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2010/534102", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2010;2010:534102.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21048931/", "major_mes...
PMC2965433
Primary leiomyosarcoma of the breast is a rare tumour with only around thirty cases reported in the literature. Most of the cases reported are in females, while only a few are reported in males. We present a case of primary breast leiomyosarcoma in a 59-year-old man that presented with a subareolar lump which felt to b...
{ "authors": [ "Timothy J O'Toole", "Faisal Dadi", "Patrick Kietrsunthorn", "Jason Foerst", "Ali Hama Amin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023/2393308", "journal": "Case Rep Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2023 Feb 27;2023:2393308.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link"...
PMC9988386
In this case report, we describe a 55-year-old female patient with worsening exertional dyspnea who is referred to the cardiology department, due to the appearance of worsening pulmonary vascular disease on computed tomography (CT) of the chest. Previous transthoracic echocardiograms (TTE) identified right ventricle en...
{ "authors": [ "M Kafeel", "N K S Cheedella", "J C Wang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000356998", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol", "journal_detail": "2013 Nov 23;6(3):579-84.", "keywords": [ "esophageal gastrointestinal stromal tumors", "mediastinal mass", "sarcoma" ], "lic...
PMC3861854
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract and are predominant in the stomach and intestine but rare in the esophagus. Here, we report a case of esophageal GIST which presented as a mediastinal mass on chest X-ray and dyspnea. The case was initially diag...
{ "authors": [ "Faisal Rauf Khan", "Sameer Katmawi-Sabbagh", "Roland England", "Muhammad Al-Sudani", "Sardar Zeb Khan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5173/ceju.2012.01.art14", "journal": "Cent European J Urol", "journal_detail": "2012;65(1):43-4.", "keywords": [ "alkaline cystitis...
PMC3921767
Alkaline encrusted cystitis is a chronic inflammatory condition. It is rare now because of appropriate antibiotics. It is a challenging situation with regard to its diagnosis and management. We are presenting an interesting case of alkaline cystitis post transurethral resection of prostate. The management includes care...
{ "authors": [ "Chaojue Huang", "Shixing Qin", "Wei Huang", "Yongjia Yu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fsurg.2021.669433", "journal": "Front Surg", "journal_detail": "2021 May 25;8:669433.", "keywords": [ "aneurysm resection", "aneurysms", "anterior inferior cerebellar a...
PMC8185168
Background: Anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA) aneurysms are relatively rare in clinical practice, accounting for <1% of all intracranial arteries. After the diagnosis and location are confirmed by angiography, magnetic resonance, and other imaging examinations, interventional, or surgical treatment is often us...
{ "authors": [ "Akhilanand Chaurasia" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0975-5950.140171", "journal": "Natl J Maxillofac Surg", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan;5(1):42-6.", "keywords": [ "gingival enlargement", "gingival fibromatosis", "gingivectomy" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-SA", "link...
PMC4178355
Hereditary gingival fibromatosis (HGF) is a rare condition that can occur as an isolated disease, chromosomal abnormality, or as part of a number of syndromes. The gingival enlargement in HGF can be so severe that it can cover the crowns of teeth completely, causing severe functional derangement and facial disfiguremen...
{ "authors": [ "Jitesh Ahuja", "Najla Fasih", "Akram Elkeilani" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2484/rcr.v6i4.515", "journal": "Radiol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015 Nov 6;6(4):515.", "keywords": [ "ct, computed tomography" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncb...
PMC4899936
Inflammatory pseudotumor refers to a nonmalignant or low-grade neoplastic lesion characterized by the presence of spindle-cell proliferation with abundant inflammatory cells. Lung and orbit are the most frequent sites of occurrence, but the lesions may originate in nearly every site in the body, including the abdomen. ...
{ "authors": [ "Giada M Almirante", "Francesco Cantatore", "Gianluca Taccagni", "Massimo Candiani", "Massimo Origoni" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/6806960", "journal": "Case Rep Obstet Gynecol", "journal_detail": "2021 Dec 9;2021:6806960.", "keywords": null, "license": "...
PMC8677399
Primary cervical melanocytic schwannomas, arising from the sympathetic chain, are very rare pigmented neural sheath tumors that, both grossly and clinically, are often misdiagnosed with other more frequent lesions of the uterine cervix. Literature review accounts for seventeen published cases of schwannomas of the cerv...
{ "authors": [ "Fangfang Xu", "Ying Jin", "Qian Li", "Fei Dong", "Liangji Lu", "Qingfeng Cui", "Chao Wang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fsurg.2021.722254", "journal": "Front Surg", "journal_detail": "2022 Jan 7;8:722254.", "keywords": [ "diagnosis", "extramedull...
PMC8776648
Background: Nerve sheath myxoma is a rare benign soft tissue tumor. Intraspinal nerve sheath myxomas are rare. Only 8 cases of intraspinal nerve sheath myxoma have been reported to date, and no case of nerve sheath myxoma has been reported in the cervical spinal canal. Herein, we reported the first case of intradural e...
{ "authors": [ "Hiroyuki Nakao" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/4219187", "journal": "Case Rep Anesthesiol", "journal_detail": "2018 May 6;2018:4219187.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29854469/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh_terms": ...
PMC5960512
There have been no case reports to date describing the technical aspects of tracheal intubation in a patient with a goitre associated with McCune-Albright syndrome (MAS), even though goitre is frequently observed in this condition. I describe a case of resection of a giant goitre in a patient with MAS, with difficult a...
{ "authors": [ "Xipeng Chen", "Yuanpei Cheng", "Han Wu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fsurg.2022.1047974", "journal": "Front Surg", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 13;9:1047974.", "keywords": [ "case report", "intradural lumbar disc herniation", "lower back pain", "lower ext...
PMC9880181
Background: Intradural lumbar disc herniation (ILDH), especially upper lumbar intradural disc herniation, is a rare type of lumbar disc herniation (LDH). However, it may have severe and complex symptoms, causing serious impact on the patients. Additionally, it is difficult to be diagnosed with limited experience. Few s...
{ "authors": [ "Mine Onat", "Per Hostrup Nielsen", "Henrik Jensen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.08.064", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2017;41:97-98.", "keywords": [ "case report", "fistulography", "imaging", "infection", "thoraci...
PMC5651541
Introduction: Trans sternal fistula can occur after sternotomy/heart surgery. Diagnosing this can be difficult. Presentation of case: In this report, we present a unique case of a patient with infection of an ascending aortic prosthetic graft. This patient was oozing from the wound despite several revisions. Many fistu...
{ "authors": [ "Pankaj Gupta", "Ramandeep Singh", "Suruchi Gupta", "Abhiraj Kumar", "Nandita Kakkar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0974-620X.176102", "journal": "Oman J Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan-Apr;9(1):52-4.", "keywords": [ "panophthalmitis", "posttrauma...
PMC4785710
Panophthalmitis is one of rare manifestations of tuberculosis described in atypical situations such as children, immune compromised patients, or drug abuse. The present report describes the first case of tubercular panophthalmitis developing after trauma in an otherwise healthy adult patient. A 46-year-old female patie...
{ "authors": [ "Amarpreet Sandhu", "Leslea Brickner", "Mark Chen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2011/302963", "journal": "Case Rep Nephrol", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:302963.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24527236/", "major_mes...
PMC3914125
Retroperitoneal fibrosis or Ormand's disease is rare in incidence and clinically elusive to diagnosis until obstructive uropathy clinically manifests by the mechanism of ureteral fibrotic strangulation and acute renal failure. We encountered a 50-year-old woman with months of nonspecific abdominal pain and presented wi...
{ "authors": [ "Syed Mohammad Mazhar Uddin", "Aatera Haq", "Zara Haq", "Uzair Yaqoob" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12688/f1000research.18182.1", "journal": "F1000Res", "journal_detail": "2019 Feb 14;8:181.", "keywords": [ "celiac disease", "evans syndrome", "autoimmune disea...
PMC6613476
Background: Celiac disease is an immune-mediated enteropathy due to permanent sensitivity to gluten in genetically predisposed individuals. Evans syndrome is an autoimmune disorder designated with simultaneous or successive development of autoimmune hemolytic anemia and immune thrombocytopenia and/or immune neutropenia...
{ "authors": [ "John C Walsh", "Sabré Poimboeuf", "Daniel S Garvin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S71156", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2014 Oct 31;7:155-7.", "keywords": [ "cord-like mass", "dorsal vein", "penis", "thrombophlebitis" ], "...
PMC4222714
Penile Mondor's disease, or superficial thrombophlebitis of the dorsal vein of the penis, is a relatively uncommon but potentially anxiety-inducing self-limiting condition that should be easily recognizable by any primary care practitioner. It typically presents with a cord-like mass and pain to the dorsal penis and ha...
{ "authors": [ "Thomas C Hall", "Said Habib" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1177/1179547619828714", "journal": "Clin Med Insights Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019 Feb 8;12:1179547619828714.", "keywords": [ "angio-seal", "arterial closure device", "endovascular", "failure", "...
PMC6376524
Introduction: Vascular closure devices are commonly used to achieve rapid haemostasis and early ambulation following arterial puncture for endovascular procedures. Although device failure rates are low, the consequences of arterial occlusion include severe limb ischaemia. We describe a novel endovascular technique for ...
{ "authors": [ "Aye Lwin", "Kieran Hynes", "David Tzou", "Joel Funk" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1089/cren.2018.0021", "journal": "J Endourol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2018 Jun 1;4(1):87-90.", "keywords": [ "bph", "holep", "capsular perforation" ], "license": "CC BY...
PMC6014571
Background: Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) is an attractive and well-studied alternative to transurethral resection of the prostate and open prostatectomy for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia. There remains an established steep learning curve with relatively few complications described i...
{ "authors": [ "Tufan Çinar", "Mert İlker Hayıroğlu", "Ahmet Oz" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.15171/jcvtr.2019.54", "journal": "J Cardiovasc Thorac Res", "journal_detail": "2019;11(4):325-327.", "keywords": [ "acute pulmonary embolism", "contraindication", "polycythemia vera", ...
PMC6891036
Acute pulmonary embolism (APE) may lead to life-threatening conditions such as cardiac death and congestive heart failure. Thus, a proper diagnosis and management play a crucial role to prevent such complications. Moreover, APE is a rare clinical onset of chronic myeloproliferative disease. We herein describe a 67-year...
{ "authors": [ "Gül Durmuş", "Ozlem Boybeyi-Turer", "Hatice Nursun Özcan", "Onur Gözmen", "Hüseyin Demirbilek", "Tutku Soyer" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1055/s-0042-1747671", "journal": "European J Pediatr Surg Rep", "journal_detail": "2022 Jun 25;10(1):e80-e83.", "keywords": ...
PMC9233567
The fusion of gonadal structures with internal organs is very rare. The close proximity between the left gonad and spleen during embryogenesis may result in splenogonadal fusion (SGF). Moreover, the trapping of hepatocyte-destined mesenchyme cells in gonads is defined as hepatogonadal fusion (HGF). The fusion of gonads...
{ "authors": [ "Emily F Rothman", "Anita Nagaswaran", "Renee M Johnson", "Kelley M Adams", "Juliane Scrivens", "Allyson Baughman" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1080/10810730.2011.635778", "journal": "J Health Commun", "journal_detail": "2012;17(6):733-44.", "keywords": null, "l...
PMC3393837
Dating abuse is a prevalent adolescent health problem with substantial public health consequences. As many as 1 in 10 high school students in the United States reports being "hit, slapped, or physically hurt on purpose" by his or her boyfriend or girlfriend in the past year. The authors used the Rihanna-Chris Brown dat...
{ "authors": [ "Ryohei Suzuki", "Yohei Mochizuki", "Hiroki Yoshimatsu", "Ayaka Niina", "Takahiro Teshima", "Hirotaka Matsumoto", "Hidekazu Koyama" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2055116918756219", "journal": "JFMS Open Rep", "journal_detail": "2018 Feb 8;4(1):20551169187562...
PMC5808971
Case summary: A 5-month-old intact female Scottish Fold cat was presented for cardiac evaluation. Careful auscultation detected a slight systolic murmur (Levine I/VI). The findings of electrocardiography, thoracic radiography, non-invasive blood pressure measurements and conventional echocardiographic studies were unre...
{ "authors": [ "Levent Doganci", "Mehmet Baysallar", "Mehmet Ali Saracli", "Gulsen Hascelik", "Alaaddin Pahsa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3201/eid1005.030572", "journal": "Emerg Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2004 May;10(5):936-7.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link...
PMC3323204
We describe the first case of Neisseria meningitidis W135 meningitis in Turkey. The strain was genotypically unrelated to the clone (W)ET-37, isolated from Hajj pilgrims in 2000.