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{ "authors": [ "Jarred Strickling", "Michael J Wilkowski" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1159/000499824", "journal": "Case Rep Nephrol Dial", "journal_detail": "2019 Apr 23;9(1):33-41.", "keywords": [ "denosumab", "hypocalcemia", "therapy" ], "license": "CC BY-NC", "link": "http...
PMC6514500
Denosumab is a receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-B (RANK) ligand inhibitor used in the treatment of osteoporosis. Blockade of RANK ligand prevents osteoclastic resorption of bone, but in doing so impairs the parathyroid hormone (PTH)-driven maintenance of serum calcium. A subsequent elevation of PTH remains ac...
{ "authors": [ "Jeremy D Ward", "Mahesh S Sharma", "Matthew F Pizzuto", "Vincent J Moylan", "Frederic B Askin", "David G Kaufman" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2632010X221088966", "journal": "Clin Pathol", "journal_detail": "2022 Apr 22;15:2632010X221088966.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC9036388
Herein we discuss the clinical course and subsequent autopsy of a female infant with trisomy 21 with balanced Rastelli Type "C" complete atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD), tetralogy of Fallot and right aortic arch with mirror image branching pattern who underwent a palliative right modified Blalock-Taussig-Thomas s...
{ "authors": [ "Kevin Kriege", "Brycen Wilson", "Joshua Tate" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X221099367", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2022 May 13;10:2050313X221099367.", "keywords": [ "aicd lead infection", "ckd", "gemella haemolysans", ...
PMC9109277
We present a rare case of Gemella haemolysans automated implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICD) lead infection. Gemella species are catalase-negative, facultative anaerobic, Gram-positive cocci which are found in normal human oral flora. Gemella are often incorrectly identified on routine Gram stain and culture, ...
{ "authors": [ "Guy L Wheeler", "Amolak Singh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2484/rcr.v3i3.170", "journal": "Radiol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015 Nov 6;3(3):170.", "keywords": [ "mdp, methylene diphosphonate", "tc, technetium" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubm...
PMC4897018
We report the case of a 59-year-old woman with end-stage renal disease who presented with bilateral medial calf tenderness and subsequent development of a large necrotic plaque that was proven at biopsy to be calciphylaxis. A radionuclide bone scan contributed to management by helping establish the diagnosis. Calciphyl...
{ "authors": [ "Giuseppe Mele", "Domenico Pastore" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/2312430", "journal": "Case Rep Hematol", "journal_detail": "2018 Nov 29;2018:2312430.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30627459/", "major_mesh_terms": ...
PMC6304832
EMD of myeloma usually occurs several years after diagnosis and is associated with a very poor OS of <6 months due to the fact that there are no efficient treatment options. In rrMM with EMDs, the most effective treatment is a lymphoma-like polychemotherapy regimen such as PACE, Dexa-BEAM, and HyperCVAD followed by ASC...
{ "authors": [ "Qingyao Ning", "Jing Cao", "Jiajun Xie", "Qi Gao", "Changjun Wang", "Juan Ye" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/2058047", "journal": "J Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2019 Nov 4;2019:2058047.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubm...
PMC6875030
Purpose: To investigate the association of ptosis, levator, and jaw winking in Marcus Gunn jaw-winking synkinesis (MGJWS), and the risk factor of preservation and outcomes of the unilateral levator excision and frontalis suspension. Methods: Clinical features of MGJWS case series from 2011 to 2018 were retrospectively ...
{ "authors": [ "Ning Ding", "Ying Jiang", "Haimin Liu", "Fuling Zheng", "Shenling Zhu", "Ming Wang", "Meng Yang", "Lingyan Kong", "Huadan Xue", "Zhengyu Jin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2021.577227", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2021 Oct ...
PMC8555694
Breast periductal stromal tumor (PDST) is a rare biphasic tumor, with both benign ductal epithelium and non-phyllodes sarcomatous stroma. Its imaging features were rarely reported due to the rarity. In this study, we describe the case of a 48-year-old female who presented with a palpable mass in the right breast. Presu...
{ "authors": [ "Baheerathan Narayanan", "Friedbert Kohler", "Patrick Arulanandam" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.2340/20030711-1000042", "journal": "J Rehabil Med Clin Commun", "journal_detail": "2020 Nov 27;3:1000042.", "keywords": [ "bariatrics", "obesity", "rehabilitation", ...
PMC8054740
Objective: To report the functional outcomes of two patients with morbid obesity (> 250 kg) who received in-reach rehabilitation after hospitalization for sepsis in Sydney, Australia. Case reports: A retrospective review of hospital charts was performed with the informed consent of both patients. Body mass index, demog...
{ "authors": [ "Jun H Song", "Joshua R Kaplan", "Daniel Abbott", "Eric Gewirtz", "Ellen Hauck", "Daniel D Eun" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1089/cren.2016.0075", "journal": "J Endourol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016 Aug 1;2(1):141-3.", "keywords": [ "ralp", "prostate...
PMC4999023
Obturator nerve injury is a known injury after robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) and patients often present with motor and sensory deficits in the immediate postoperative period. We describe a 65-year-old male who presented with motor deficits, indicative of obturator neurapraxia after RALP upon ...
{ "authors": [ "Francesca Tocchioni", "Chiara Caporalini", "Annamaria Buccoliero", "Flavio Facchini", "Marco Ghionzoli", "Francesco Morini" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2022.923801", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2022 Jun 30;10:923801.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC9279900
Perineal lipoma is an uncommon congenital benign tumor sometimes associated with genitourinary or anorectal malformations. Accessory scrotum and accessory labioscrotal fold are infrequent features, often concurrent with perineal tumors. We describe a single institution experience with three consecutive cases of perinea...
{ "authors": [ "Yue Shen", "Xiangkai Meng", "Lili Wang", "Xiaoxiao Wang", "Hua Chang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fimmu.2022.1007462", "journal": "Front Immunol", "journal_detail": "2022 Nov 22;13:1007462.", "keywords": [ "case report", "chemotherapy", "immune chec...
PMC9722770
Background: Vaginal carcinoma is a gynecological malignancy with low incidence, and there are few relevant and specific guidelines for vaginal cancer in our country and abroad. Here, we report the case who was diagnosed with advanced, primary vaginal squamous cell carcinoma and underwent integrated treatment successful...
{ "authors": [ "Faycal El Guendouz", "Sara Derrou", "Fouad Atoini", "Hassan Ouleghzal", "Somaya Safi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2020.36.315.23901", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2020 Aug 21;36:315.", "keywords": [ "cushing’s syndrome", "cortiso...
PMC7603813
Cushing´s syndrome is caused by prolonged exposition supraphysiological to endogenous or exogenous cortisol. Ectopic production of adrenocorticotropic hormone by lung carcinoid tumors is relatively rare. Most documented cases have been reported individually. This rare neoplasm low grade that may secrete adrenocorticotr...
{ "authors": [ "Lakshmi Rao", "Murthy Kanakavalli", "Venkata Padmalatha", "Pratibha Nallari", "Lalji Singh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/1817-1745.66686", "journal": "J Pediatr Neurosci", "journal_detail": "2010 Jan;5(1):64-7.", "keywords": [ "balanced reciprocal translocat...
PMC2964802
The common cause of mental impairment and the wide range of physical abnormalities is balanced chromosome rearrangement. As such, it is difficult to interpret, posing as a diagnostic challenge in human development. We present a unique familial case report with the paternally inherited autosomal-balanced reciprocal tran...
{ "authors": [ "Warkaa Al Shamkani", "Nagham Saeed Jafar", "Sunil Roy Narayanan", "Anil Kumar Rajappan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/1995-705X.152998", "journal": "Heart Views", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan-Mar;16(1):25-9.", "keywords": [ "myocardial infarction", "hyperhomoc...
PMC4379639
Hyper-homocysteinemia is a risk factor for coronary artery disease in young patients. A 32 years old female without any conventional risk factors except obesity presented with acute anterior wall myocardial infarction (MI). Her echocardiography showed anterior wall hypokinesia with moderate left ventricular dysfunction...
{ "authors": [ "Shweta Sharma", "Rajat Sharma", "Abdul Ahad", "Narinder Dev Gupta", "Surendra Kumar Mishra" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/jnsbm.JNSBM_53_17", "journal": "J Nat Sci Biol Med", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan-Jun;9(1):97-99.", "keywords": [ "furcation defect", ...
PMC5812084
Hemisection of a molar denotes removal or separation of a root along with its accompanying part of crown. It is a suitable treatment option when the caries, resorption, perforation, or periodontal damage is restricted to one root while the other root is relatively healthy. Hemisection of the affected tooth helps to ret...
{ "authors": [ "Randa Tabbah", "Elissar Nohra", "Rachoin Rachoin", "Kabalan Saroufim", "Bassam Harb" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fcvm.2020.00027", "journal": "Front Cardiovasc Med", "journal_detail": "2020 Mar 17;7:27.", "keywords": [ "cardiac tumors", "case report", ...
PMC7089917
Background: We describe a rare case of cardiac malignancy that counts for <1% of the primary cardiac tumors with a poor prognosis. Case summary: It's a rare case of a primary cardiac lymphoma in a 59-year-old patient who presented for recurrent pleuropericarditis with low-grade fever and night sweats. Investigations re...
{ "authors": [ "E Roos", "M Maas", "S J M Breugem", "G R Schaap", "J A M Bramer" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2015/182731", "journal": "Case Rep Rheumatol", "journal_detail": "2015;2015:182731.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...
PMC4322822
Nonbacterial osteitis is a rare autoinflammatory disease. Often it is mistaken for a tumor or osteomyelitis. We present a case of a twelve-year-old girl referred to our hospital because of a lesion of the right clavicle. The differential diagnoses were sarcoma, osteitis, and Langerhans cell histiocytosis. After biopsy ...
{ "authors": [ "Zachary Orlins", "Brian Barnett" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/9954991", "journal": "Case Rep Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2021 Jul 16;2021:9954991.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34336345/", "major_mesh_terms":...
PMC8302360
Here, we present the case of a patient who initiated risperidone and developed persistent tachycardia, which was exacerbated by subsequent administration of paliperidone palmitate despite treatment with propranolol. This patient's experience emphasizes the need for psychiatrists to regularly monitor vital signs after r...
{ "authors": [ "Takuma Aoki", "Seiya Niimi" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.30466/vrf.2022.546719.3349", "journal": "Vet Res Forum", "journal_detail": "2023;14(4):237-241.", "keywords": [ "canine", "pimobendan", "supraventricular tachycardia" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-SA", "link": ...
PMC10170463
Acute pulmonary edema in puppies generally occurs due to congenital left-right shunts such as patent ductus arteriosus or large ventricular septal defects. Herein, we presented two cases of puppies with no apparent congenital cardiovascular disease. Case 1: A 12-day-old male Labrador Retriever, weighing 1.15 kg, was un...
{ "authors": [ "Javier Nogués-Castell", "Silvia Feu-Basilio", "Óscar Felguera García", "Carlos Fernández de Larrea", "Aina Oliver-Caldés", "Olga Balagué Ponz", "Jessica Matas Fassi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2023.1217714", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail...
PMC10450026
Background: Plasma cell leukemia (PCL) is an aggressive and rare form of plasma cell dyscrasia characterized by peripheral blood expression, poor prognosis, and high relapse rates. Extramedullary plasmacytomas are common in this entity and can affect various organs and soft tissues. Chimeric antigen receptor-T-cell (CA...
{ "authors": [ "Shinsuke Yahata", "Tsuneaki Kenzaka", "Saeko Kushida", "Hogara Nishisaki", "Hozuka Akita" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S119787", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2017 Feb 10;10:47-50.", "keywords": [ "intractable hiccups", "acid-...
PMC5315205
Introduction: Various causes of intractable hiccups have been reported; however, to the best of our knowledge, there are no previous reports of either intractable hiccups due to esophageal candidiasis in an immunocompetent adult or improvement following antifungal therapy. Case presentation: An 87-year-old man presente...
{ "authors": [ "Madhusudan Astekar", "Rashmi Metgud", "Priyanka Sharma", "Gayatri Ramesh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4081/cp.2012.e17", "journal": "Clin Pract", "journal_detail": "2012 Jan 30;2(1):e17.", "keywords": [ "children", "exophytic growth", "head and neck tumors",...
PMC3981343
Rhabdomyosarcomas are among the most common soft-tissue tumors in children. These tumors are derived from mesenchymal tissue with a tendency toward myogenic differentiation that probably originates from immature and highly invasive satellite cells associated with the embryogenesis of skeletal muscle. Some of these tumo...
{ "authors": [ "Josef Finsterer", "Claudia Stöllberger", "Hans Keller" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.4137/CMC.S16143", "journal": "Clin Med Insights Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2014 Aug 11;8:67-9.", "keywords": [ "genetic defect", "metabolic myopathy", "pituitary adenoma", "...
PMC4133031
Aborted sudden cardiac death (SCD) has not been reported as initial manifestation of cardiac involvement in metabolic myopathy (MM). A 20-year-old female with a previous history of three syncopes, hyperhidrosis, and recurrent tick bites experienced aborted SCD. Her mother presented with MM, and a history of pituitary a...
{ "authors": [ "Delia Dima", "Liana Oprita", "Ana-Maria Rosu", "Adrian Trifa", "Cristina Selicean", "Vlad Moisoiu", "Ioana Frinc", "Mihnea Zdrenghea", "Ciprian Tomuleasa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OTT.S146973", "journal": "Onco Targets Ther", "journal_detail": ...
PMC5656356
Acute megakaryocytic leukemia (M7-AML) is a rare form of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), which is associated with poor prognosis. The case presented in the current report is a statement for the difficult diagnosis and clinical management of M7-AML in the context of a previous hematologic disorder of undetermined signific...
{ "authors": [ "Helya Hashemi", "Andreas Thor", "Erik Hellbacher", "Marie Carlson", "Miklós Gulyás", "Lena Blomstrand" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.48101/ujms.v126.6118", "journal": "Ups J Med Sci", "journal_detail": "2021 May 12;126.", "keywords": [ "igg4-related disease", ...
PMC8276348
Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is an immune-mediated fibroinflammatory condition that can affect multiple organs. IgG4-RD may show a variety of initial symptoms. In the oral mucosa, lesions present as inflammatory fibrosis with a large number of IgG4-positive plasma cells. Evaluating treatment is a well-kn...
{ "authors": [ "Rita Carvalho", "Célia Henriques", "Marco Fernandes", "Cláudio Gouveia", "Catarina Gama" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.34467", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 31;15(1):e34467.", "keywords": [ "agranulocytosis", "dipyrone", "fev...
PMC9981226
Metamizole is a drug with analgesic and antipyretic properties widely available in Portugal. Its use is highly controversial because of the risk of agranulocytosis, a rare but serious adverse event. A 70-year-old female patient with a recent history of treatment with metamizole for post-surgery fever and pain presented...
{ "authors": [ "L R Sawh", "Steve Budhooram", "Peng Ewe", "Ryan Rattan", "Sean L Sawh" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.05.036", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016;24:156-61.", "keywords": [ "renal leiomyosarcoma", "western world’s larges...
PMC4909724
Introduction: This paper describes the technique employed for the removal of the largest renal tumour in the Western Hemisphere and the second largest in the World. It is a road map for Surgeons in Training and should be of interest to other Surgeons/Urologists. This tumour weighed 3.63kg; the world's largest weighed 5...
{ "authors": [ "Kousuke Iba", "Takuro Wada", "Toshihiko Yamashita" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3109/23320885.2014.997236", "journal": "Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan 6;2(1):12-4.", "keywords": [ "delta phalanx", "rubinstein–taybi syndrome", "ang...
PMC4623540
Resection of the midzone of the continuous epiphysis of a delta phalanx (physiolysis) and its replacement by a free-fat graft from local tissue was performed to improve severe radial angulation of the both thumbs in a 22-month-old child with Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome. Fifty-two months after surgery, satisfactory result...
{ "authors": [ "Maria Garjau", "María Azancot", "Rosa Ramos", "Pilar Sánchez-Corral", "Maria Angeles Montero", "Daniel Serón" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1093/ndtplus/sfr157", "journal": "Clin Kidney J", "journal_detail": "2012 Feb;5(1):31-3.", "keywords": [ "atypical haemo...
PMC4400458
Atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome (aHUS) is a rare and life-threatening disease caused by complement system dysregulation leading to uncontrolled complement activation and thrombotic microangiopathy. We report the case of an adult patient with plasmaphaeresis-resistant aHUS and hypertension treated with the compleme...
{ "authors": [ "Wenji Chen", "Yanyan Wang", "Yan Li", "Zheng Zhao", "Lixia Feng", "Jian Zhu", "Jianglin Zhang", "Feng Huang" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.2147/JPR.S133572", "journal": "J Pain Res", "journal_detail": "2017 Jun 29;10:1511-1514.", "keywords": [ "crystal...
PMC5499956
Gout is clinically characterized by episodes of monoarthritis, which not only typically affects the peripheral joints but also occasionally affect the axial joint, such as the sacroiliac joint (SIJ), and often mimics spondyloarthritis (SpA). Two cases of gout mimicking SpA are presented in the current paper. One patien...
{ "authors": [ "Guilhem Carle", "Mehdi Touat", "Nicolas Bruno", "Damien Galanaud", "Charles-Siegfried Peretti", "Antoni Valero-Cabré", "Richard Levy", "Carole Azuar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00096", "journal": "Front Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2017...
PMC5447704
The potential of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to treat numerous neurological and psychiatric disorders has been thoroughly studied for the last two decades. Here, we report for the first time, the case of a 65-year-old woman suffering from treatment-resistant depression who developed an acute fro...
{ "authors": [ "K Sivakumar" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.4103/0971-9261.42568", "journal": "J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg", "journal_detail": "2008 Jan;13(1):18-21.", "keywords": [ "diaphragmatic defects", "gastric volvulus", "right crus of diaphragm" ], "license": "CC BY", "link":...
PMC2810818
Aim: We evaluated patients with gastric volvulus secondary to diaphragmatic pathology. Materials and methods: Eight patients (5 males and 3 females) presented to the author in a tertiary care center during 1997-2006 were analyzed in terms of age, sex, symptomatology, diagnosis and predisposing factors. Observations: Si...
{ "authors": [ "Raghav Bassi", "Pranav Prakash", "Anuoluwa Oyetoran", "Rabab Elsadek", "Isaac Loseke", "John R Leibach" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.34285", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 27;15(1):e34285.", "keywords": [ "cdiff colitis", "cd...
PMC9968510
Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) is an important nosocomial infection that is commonly associated with antibiotic use with pseudomembranous colitis being present in only 13% of cases. Disease severity ranges from asymptomatic carriers to severe complicated disease, based on clinical and laboratory findings. Ther...
{ "authors": [ "Eun-Jin Chung", "Yun-Seok Jeon", "Hyun-Joo Kim", "Kook Hyun Lee", "Ji-Won Lee", "Kyoung-Ah Han", "Seung-Hwan Jung" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4097/kjae.2014.66.1.80", "journal": "Korean J Anesthesiol", "journal_detail": "2014 Jan;66(1):80-4.", "keywords": [...
PMC3927008
Torsade de pointes (TdP) is an uncommon and specific form of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, associated with a prolonged QT interval. Prolongation of the QT interval is the most widely recognized electrophysiological abnormality in patients with liver cirrhosis. We observed a case of TdP leading to cardiopulmonary...
{ "authors": [ "Yazan Hammad", "Habib Alrahman Ahmad Saleh", "Ibrahim F Aburumman", "Marwan Balasim", "Mohammad Ibrahem Al-Hyari", "Jihad Al-Ajlouni" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.13107/jocr.2021.v11.i01.1978", "journal": "J Orthop Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2021;11(1):91-96.", ...
PMC8046481
Introduction: The osteochondroma (OC) is considered a benign tumor with long bone preference. It presents usually at the metaphyseal part of the bone, with rare cases of intra-articular origins especially in the hip joint. The presentation of such rare cases varies according to its site and mass effect, which may compr...
{ "authors": [ "Francesco Gargano", "Karen Szymanski", "Mitchell Bosman", "Silvio Podda" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Eplasty", "journal_detail": "2015 Jun 17;15:ic32.", "keywords": [ "tessier's classification", "atypical craniofacial cleft", "craniofacial surg...
PMC4473814
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{ "authors": [ "Feda Abu Al-Khair" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023/3430636", "journal": "Case Rep Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2023 Aug 8;2023:3430636.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37588770/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh_terms"...
PMC10427233
A 20-year-old male was referred by a psychiatrist to the clinic for treatment. He was diagnosed with social anxiety disorder (SAD), depression, and substances abuse. He complained of depressive mood and severe anxiety symptoms. These symptoms are triggered in social situations, as well as when talking to others, being ...
{ "authors": [ "Ruhaid Khurram", "Priyesh Karia", "Vishnu Naidu", "Ayyaz Quddus", "Wen Ling Woo", "Neil Davies" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ejro.2021.100346", "journal": "Eur J Radiol Open", "journal_detail": "2021;8:100346.", "keywords": [ "covid-19", "ct, compu...
PMC8053241
Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysms are uncommon and can cause severe, life-threatening haemoptysis. We present a case of a 74-year-old gentleman who was being treated for COVID-19 pneumonitis and a concomitant segmental pulmonary artery thrombus with conventional treatment and anticoagulation. The patient developed signi...
{ "authors": [ "Yang Liu", "Can Tang", "Kailun Wei", "Di Liu", "Keke Tang", "Meilian Chen", "Xuewei Xia", "Zhiqi Mao" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2022.962684", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2022 Sep 23;13:962684.", "keywords": [ "alzheimer...
PMC9539040
Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) is a relatively new non-invasive brain electrical stimulation method for the treatment of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), but it has poor offline effects. Therefore, we applied a new combined stimulation method to observe the offline effect on the cognitive fu...
{ "authors": [ "Fabrizia Guidi", "Alexandra Chiaverini", "Antonella Repetto", "Cinzia Lorenzetti", "Gabriella Centorotola", "Viviana Bazzucchi", "Barbara Palombo", "Antonietta Gattuso", "Francesco Pomilio", "Giuliana Blasi" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fcimb.2021....
PMC8564288
Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) is a foodborne pathogen causing listeriosis. Invasive forms of the disease mainly manifest as septicaemia, meningitis and maternal-neonatal infections. Lm-associated respiratory infections are very rare and little known. We reported two Lm respiratory infection cases occurred in Central Ital...
{ "authors": [ "Erin A Blake", "Georgina Cheng", "Miriam D Post", "Saketh Guntupalli" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.gore.2014.10.004", "journal": "Gynecol Oncol Rep", "journal_detail": "2014 Nov 11;11:7-9.", "keywords": [ "cotyledonoid", "dissecting", "lipoleiomyoma" ...
PMC4434163
•The second case of cotyledonoid dissecting lipoleiomyoma documented in the literature is reported.•Cotyledonoid dissecting leiomyoma presents in a similar manner as aggressive malignancies; however, it is a benign lesion.•Recurrence of cotyledonoid dissecting leiomyoma is exceedingly rare with only one documented recu...
{ "authors": [ "Kaustubh Thakare", "M L Bhongade", "Preeti Charde", "Priyanka Jaiswal", "Nachiket Shah", "Aniruddha Deshpande" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1155/2013/849823", "journal": "Case Rep Dent", "journal_detail": "2013;2013:849823.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY...
PMC3606737
The periodontal researchers and clinicians, in an effort to develop effective regenerative therapies, have sought to understand key events involved in the regeneration of periodontium. Polypeptide growth factors are a class of natural biological mediators which regulate key cellular events in tissue repair. Platelet-de...
{ "authors": [ "Ihab A Hekal", "Eric J H Meuleman" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2008/549861", "journal": "Adv Urol", "journal_detail": "2008;2008:549861.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18827893/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh_terms...
PMC2556090
Introduction. The incidence of priapism in adults is higher than in children. Although approximately 50% of all episodes of priapism are thought to be idiopathic, there are a number of known specific causes of this disorder. In adults intracavernous therapy with papaverine, phentolamine, alprostadil or combinations of ...
{ "authors": [ "Eiji Miyauchi", "Hideki Okui", "Toshinori Yuasa", "Naoya Oketani", "Mitsuru Ohishi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.34362", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 29;15(1):e34362.", "keywords": [ "cystic adventitial disease", "intermittent ...
PMC9975419
The prevalence of peripheral artery disease (PAD) has been increasing in parallel with the increasing prevalence of the atherosclerotic disease. Therefore, we have to be familiar with the diagnostic approach used for ischemic symptoms in the lower limbs. Adventitial cystic disease (ACD) is rare but not negligible as on...
{ "authors": [ "Md A Mohd Fadley", "Azli Ismail", "Thong Meow Keong", "Narazah Mohd Yusoff", "Zubaidah Zakaria" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1752-1947-6-30", "journal": "J Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2012 Jan 23;6:30.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "h...
PMC3295639
Introduction: Chromosomal aberrations of chromosome 16 are uncommon and submicroscopic deletions have rarely been reported. At present, a cytogenetic or molecular abnormality can only be detected in 55% of Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome patients, leaving the diagnosis in 45% of patients to rest on clinical features only. In...
{ "authors": [ "Chencheng Xie", "Jonathan M Fenkel", "Dina L Halegoua-DeMarzio", "Jesse M Civan", "Danielle M Tholey", "Steven K Herrine", "Manish Thapar", "Manju Ambelil", "Sanaa Arastu", "Adam M Frank", "Ashesh P Shah", "Jamie M Glorioso", "Carlo G Ramirez", "...
PMC8723837
Introduction: Hepatitis A infection (HAV) is generally characterized by an acute icteric illness or may have a subclinical self-limited course, although rarely, can result in fulminant hepatitis and death. In 2019, the City of Philadelphia declared a public health emergency due to an HAV outbreak. We are reporting a se...
{ "authors": [ "Akira Iwata", "Ken Shimuta", "Makoto Ohnishi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2169/internalmedicine.56.7656", "journal": "Intern Med", "journal_detail": "2017;56(11):1443-1445.", "keywords": [ "neisseria gonorrhoeae", "ceftriaxone-less susceptible", "conjunctivitis"...
PMC5498215
A 20-year-old man presented with bilateral ocular discharge and conjunctival injection. An ocular culture revealed Neisseria gonorrhoeae with decreased susceptibility to multiple drugs, including ceftriaxone. The patient was successfully treated with doxycycline (100 mg), which was administered orally, twice a day, for...
{ "authors": [ "Simon Pooley" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fpsyg.2022.977703", "journal": "Front Psychol", "journal_detail": "2022 Aug 25;13:977703.", "keywords": [ "coexistence", "compassion", "crocodiles", "ethics", "human-wildlife conflict", "predators" ], "licen...
PMC9454015
This paper argues that compassion for wild animals and the humans living alongside them should be integral to wildlife conservation. Nowhere is this more apparent than in predator conservation, and case studies are used to explore the consequences of wild animal attacks for human victims. Some arguments for extending c...
{ "authors": [ "Gregory S Y Ong", "Colin P Somerville", "Timothy W Jones", "John P Walsh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2012/384054", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2012;2012:384054.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/...
PMC3261473
We report the first case of an anaphylactic reaction to Reandron 1000 (depot testosterone undecanoate with a castor oil and benzyl benzoate vehicle). While considered to have a favourable safety profile, serious complications such as oil embolism and anaphylaxis can occur. In our patient, skin testing identified benzyl...
{ "authors": [ "Regina S Meara", "Vishnu Reddy", "Juan Pablo Arnoletti", "Darshana Jhala", "Shyam Varadarajulu", "Nirag Jhala" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1742-6413-3-1", "journal": "Cytojournal", "journal_detail": "2006 Jan 23;3:1.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY"...
PMC1402319
Background: Endosonography (EUS) guided FNA is a relatively new imaging modality which is increasingly used for sampling deep-seated lymph nodes in the diagnosis and staging of various malignancies, both primary as well as metastatic. It is also useful for staging of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma as well as diagnosing recurre...
{ "authors": [ "Pimkwan Jaru-Ampornpan", "Anita Agarwal", "Narinder K Midha", "Stephen J Kim" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2011/469607", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol Med", "journal_detail": "2011;2011:469607.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.nc...
PMC3350247
Purpose. To report a case of traumatic endophthalmitis due to Cellulosimicrobium cellulans. Design. Case report. Methods. Retrospective chart review. Results. To our knowledge, this is the first report of traumatic endophthalmitis due to C. cellulans, which did not respond to intravitreal antibiotics or repeat vitrecto...
{ "authors": [ "Xingyu Zong", "Ning Liang", "Jingya Wang", "Huizhen Li", "Dingyi Wang", "Yaxin Chen", "Haili Zhang", "Liwen Jiao", "An Li", "Guihui Wu", "Jike Li", "Mingxuan Wang", "Hongde Liu", "Zhang Liu", "Shusen Zhao", "Jin Huang", "Qiuhua Huang"...
PMC9326303
Background: Qingfei Paidu decoction (QFPDD) has been widely used in treating coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China. However, studies on the treatment effect of COVID-19 patients and other respiratory diseases have not been well demonstrated. Our study aims to determine the treatment effect of QFPDD in combinatio...
{ "authors": [ "Sherise Epstein", "Christopher M Reid", "Fernando Herrera", "Reid A Abrams", "Ahmed S Suliman" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Eplasty", "journal_detail": "2018 Sep 3;18:ic16.", "keywords": [ "bilateral hand salvage", "groin flap", "hand flap",...
PMC6142773
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{ "authors": [ "Aki Tabata", "Hiroki Yabe", "Yuya Mitake", "Tomohiro Shirai", "Marina Yoshida", "Rie Kurosu", "Ken Kawamura" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2490/prm.20220040", "journal": "Prog Rehabil Med", "journal_detail": "2022 Aug 10;7:20220040.", "keywords": [ "acute ...
PMC9359940
Background: Exercise therapy for patients with pediatric nephrotic syndrome is necessary to improve physical function to maintain the patient's activities of daily life and school life while managing the risk of relapse; however, few studies have examined exercise therapy in the acute phase of the syndrome. This case s...
{ "authors": [ "Maryam Daneshpazhooh", "Zahra Nikyar", "Kambiz Kamyab Hesari", "Ehsan Rostami", "Shirin Taraz Jamshidi", "Fatemeh Mohaghegh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/abr.abr_138_21", "journal": "Adv Biomed Res", "journal_detail": "2022 Aug 30;11:70.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC9621347
Prurigo pigmentosa (PP) is a rare skin disorder presenting as erythematous urticarial papules on the chest and leaving reticulated pigmentation. Although the etiology of PP is unknown, conditions associated with ketosis such as diabetes mellitus, ketogenic diet (KD), and anorexia nervosa are implicated. Herein, we repo...
{ "authors": [ "Marko Topalovic", "Tuur Helsen", "Thierry Troosters", "Wim Janssens" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2016.05.004", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016 May 12;18:81-4.", "keywords": [ "chronic obstructive pulmonary disease", "forced ...
PMC4901175
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is usually characterized by a progressive decline of lung function. We reported the 10 years follow-up of an elderly man, a heavy smoker with severe COPD and apical bullous emphysema. During 6 months pulmonary rehabilitation program the patient's clinical state improved sign...
{ "authors": [ "Shanmugasundaram Rajaian", "Ganesh Gopalakrishnan", "Santosh Kumar", "Nitin S Kekre" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0970-1591.78423", "journal": "Indian J Urol", "journal_detail": "2011 Jan;27(1):133-4.", "keywords": [ "urethral calculus", "endoscopic treatmen...
PMC3114574
An elderly male presented to the emergency department with acute urinary retention. He had poor flow of urine associated with serosanguinous discharge per urethra for 3 days duration. Earlier he underwent permanent metallic urethral stenting for post TURP bulbar urethral stricture. Plain X-ray of Pelvis showed an impac...
{ "authors": [ "Tetsuya Kawano", "Hiroto Matsuse", "Naoe Kinoshita", "Tomoko Tsuchida", "Tomoya Nishino", "Chizu Fukushima", "Tomayoshi Hayashi", "Shigeru Kohno" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12659/AJCR.883091", "journal": "Am J Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2012;13:114-7."...
PMC3616182
Background: Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare inflammatory disease characterized by recurrent chondritis and inflammation of other proteoglycan-rich tissues. An RP patient with co-existing respiratory tract problems could have a poor prognosis. Case report: We reported a case of RP died with recurrent suffocation...
{ "authors": [ "Charu Sharma", "Hemanshi Shah", "Neha Sisodiya Shenoy", "Deepa Makhija", "Mukta Waghmare" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.34763/devperiodmed.20172102.101103", "journal": "Dev Period Med", "journal_detail": "2017;21(2):101-103.", "keywords": [ "yolk sac tumour", ...
PMC8522969
Yolk sac tumours are rare ovarian malignancies accounting for less than 1% of malignant ovarian germ cell tumours. They are mostly seen in adolescents and young women and are usually unilateral making fertility preservation imperative. Raised alpha-feto protein level is the hallmark of this tumour. We describe stage II...
{ "authors": [ "Raffaele Nuzzi", "Simona Scalabrin", "Alice Becco" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OPTH.S263474", "journal": "Clin Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2020 Aug 27;14:2533-2541.", "keywords": [ "applanation tonometry", "bevacizumab injection", "digital ocular massag...
PMC7458273
Purpose: This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of different decompressive injection techniques in reducing intraocular pressure (IOP) spikes, if compared to the injection without pressure applied on the eye, following the intravitreal injection of bevacizumab. Patients and methods: Two hundred patients with ind...
{ "authors": [ "Frank Bernard Ebai", "Azam Mohiuddin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.22551/2021.30.0801.10177", "journal": "Arch Clin Cases", "journal_detail": "2021 Oct 27;8(1):1-6.", "keywords": [ "atrial fibrillation", "oral anticoagulation", "stroke" ], "license": "CC BY-NC", ...
PMC8565703
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common type of treated heart arrhythmia. Generally, the treatment goals for atrial fibrillation are to reset the rhythm or control the rate and prevent the development and subsequent embolization of atrial thrombi. These thromboembolic events can occur with any kind of atrial fibril...
{ "authors": [ "Roheet A Khatavkar", "Vivek S Hegde" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/0972-0707.62629", "journal": "J Conserv Dent", "journal_detail": "2010 Jan;13(1):54-7.", "keywords": [ "apexification", "artificial barrier", "calcium sulfate", "mineral trioxide aggregate" ...
PMC2883809
This articles describes a technique for placement of a matrix barrier prior to use of mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) as an artificial root-end barrier. The technique also demonstrates the use of a delivery system utilizing large-bore needles for the predictable and precise placement of the barrier materials at the ap...
{ "authors": [ "Hannah M Rabinovich", "Kimberly G Montez" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X211020222", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2021 May 30;9:2050313X211020222.", "keywords": [ "perineal groove", "newborn", "pediatrics", "twins" ], "li...
PMC8170287
Twin girls born at term were noted to have hypertrophic and erythematous mucosal sulci extending from the posterior vaginal fourchette to the anterior ridge of the anus on their newborn exams. Pregnancy was complicated by gestational hypertension and dichorionic diamniotic twin pregnancy. No known traumas were sustaine...
{ "authors": [ "Mohammad Iqbal Issack", "Chinien Ragavoodoo" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.3201/eid0803.010372", "journal": "Emerg Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2002 Mar;8(3):332-4.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11927036/", "major_mesh_t...
PMC2732459
Meningococcal disease is rare in Mauritius; only one case was reported from 1992 to 1999. However, since June 2000, four cases have occurred. Epidemiologic information and typing results indicate that these recent cases probably followed the introduction of Neisseria meningitidis W135 in Mauritius by pilgrims returning...
{ "authors": [ "Xianhui Ding", "Ao Gu", "Qian Yang", "Zhiming Zhou", "Xiaolei Shi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1515/biol-2019-0057", "journal": "Open Life Sci", "journal_detail": "2019 Dec 31;14:515-518.", "keywords": [ "stroke", "endovascular", "intra-arterial", "n...
PMC7874810
Nonagenarians with acute ischemic stroke tend to have a higher mortality and morbidity than younger patients. Tirofiban is a glycoprotein IIb/IIIa antagonist that has a therapeutic potential for ischemic stroke. Here, we provide a case report of a 93-year-old male patient with acute ischemic stroke. He presented with r...
{ "authors": [ "Aikaterini Liapi", "Chirine Atat", "Vincent Dunet", "Apostolos Sarivalasis" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X231176401", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 May 23;11:2050313X231176401.", "keywords": [ "posterior reversible encephalo...
PMC10214094
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome is a rare neurological disorder, the diagnosis of which is based on the combination of clinical and radiological findings. It can be associated with many patient-related conditions such as autoimmune disorders or can be provoked by toxins or medication. We report the case of...
{ "authors": [ "Satoshi Masutani", "Hirofumi Saiki", "Hirotaka Ishido", "Hideaki Senzaki" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.4137/CMC.S9789", "journal": "Clin Med Insights Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2012;6:141-4.", "keywords": [ "compliance", "coronary", "hypoplastic left heart ...
PMC3460670
An infant with hypoplastic left heart syndrome showed paroxysmal episodes of bradycardia, hypotension, and hypoxemia upon crying after modified Norwood operation. Echocardiography showed decreased right ventricular ejection with grade III tricuspid regurgitation, a markedly enlarged aortic arch, and accelerated blood f...
{ "authors": [ "Svetoslav Slavchev", "Georgi P Georgiev" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1051/sicotj/2017043", "journal": "SICOT J", "journal_detail": "2017;3:55.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28905738/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh_term...
PMC5598206
Osteochondromas, occurring usually in the metaphyses of long bones, are among the most frequent benign musculoskeletal neoplasms and both their sporadic and hereditary variants have been studied extensively. Extraskeletal osteochondromas, however, are much less common. They have been shown to arise near joints or synov...
{ "authors": [ "Vadim Belenky", "Svetlana Pesonina" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7916/D8639NGG", "journal": "Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y)", "journal_detail": "2012;2:tre-02-108-766-1.", "keywords": [ "cervical dystonia", "torticollis" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "htt...
PMC3570062
Background: Spasmodic torticollis refers to involuntary dystonic movements of the head that may be associated with certain body and neck positions. The pathophysiology of dystonia is not fully known. Case report: We report a case of torticollis that was unusual in the sense that it occurred only when the patient was ly...
{ "authors": [ "Alberto Zambelli", "Daniele Lilleri", "Fausto Baldanti", "Mario Scelsi", "Laura Villani", "Gian Antonio Da Prada" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1471-2407-5-109", "journal": "BMC Cancer", "journal_detail": "2005 Aug 23;5:109.", "keywords": null, "license": "...
PMC1208867
Background: Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) is a complication of solid organ and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT); following autologous HSCT only rare cases of PTLD have been reported. Here, a case of Hodgkin's disease (HD), as unusual presentation of PTLD after autologous H...
{ "authors": [ "Hye Won Lee", "Moon Jae Chung", "Huapyong Kang", "Heun Choi", "Youn Jeong Choi", "Kyung Joo Lee", "Seung Woo Lee", "Seung Hyuk Han", "Jin Seok Kim", "Si Young Song" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5009/gnl.2014.8.1.109", "journal": "Gut Liver", "journa...
PMC3916680
Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a rare thrombotic complication characterized by a triad of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute renal failure. HUS may be caused by several different conditions, including infection, malignancy, and chemotherapeutic agents, such as mitomycin, cisplatin, and m...
{ "authors": [ "Jingpei Li", "Ke Xu", "Weipeng Cai", "Yalei Zhang", "Xin Zeng", "Fei Cui", "Zhexue Hao", "Jun Liu", "Jianxing He" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2020.01145", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2020 Jul 16;10:1145.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC7378529
We report a case of successful neoadjuvant four-drug combination therapy to avoid total pneumonectomy. A 33-year-old male patient was diagnosed with locally advanced non-squamous NSCLC harboring EGFR mutation in the left lower lobe. The patient experienced significant clinical downstaging after two cycles of neoadjuvan...
{ "authors": [ "Xavier Zwiebel", "Stéphane Pelet", "Alexandre Leclerc" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2020/8625368", "journal": "Case Rep Orthop", "journal_detail": "2020 May 28;2020:8625368.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32550033/",...
PMC7275965
Posterior shoulder dislocation is rare and often represents a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. An impaction fracture of the anteroinferior aspect of the humeral head (called a reverse Hill-Sachs (RHS) fracture) is always present in case of chronic locked posterior dislocation. Surgical management is required and d...
{ "authors": [ "Olivier Saint-Marc", "Andrea Cogliandolo", "Alessandro Pozzo", "Rocco Roberto Pidoto" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/1477-7819-2-3", "journal": "World J Surg Oncol", "journal_detail": "2004 Feb 13;2:3.", "keywords": null, "license": "NO-CC CODE", "link": "https://...
PMC368446
Background: Unless metastatic or compressing the pancreatic duct, carcinoid of the pancreas are asymptomatic showing normal levels of serotonine and its metabolites in plasma and urine, thus resulting in delayed diagnosis and a consequent poor prognosis. However, if resection is timely accomplished, no local recurrence...
{ "authors": [ "Sami Daldoul", "Wissem Triki", "Kaouther El Jeri", "Abdeljelil Zaouche" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2012/169760", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2012;2012:169760.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22...
PMC3318266
Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic disorder of unknown cause that affects almost every tissue in the body. Colon is an extremely rare location of this disease. Clinical presentation, endoscopic appearances, and radiologic findings are not specific and may mimic much other affection. We report the case of a 64-year-old woma...
{ "authors": [ "Nurun Nahar Fatema Begum" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000860", "journal": "BMJ Paediatr Open", "journal_detail": "2020 Nov 26;4(1):e000860.", "keywords": [ "cardiology", "data collection", "deafness", "ophthalmology", "syndrome" ], "license":...
PMC7692988
Objective: To establish novel facial characteristics unique to congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) as prediagnostic criteria to supplement disease diagnosis in patients with or without a history of maternal rubella infection. Design: An analysis of 115 CRS case series (2018-2020) based on the presence of any of the triad...
{ "authors": [ "Maki Ohya", "Kazuo Yoshida", "Hisashi Shimojo", "Takayuki Shiina" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2018.08.012", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2018 Aug 21;25:142-144.", "keywords": [ "afp, alpha-fetoprotein", "bnct, benign notochord...
PMC6115605
We here report the case of a 40-year-old man with primary pulmonary chordomas. Although an abnormality had been noted on a chest radiograph at age 26 years, the patient had not undergone further examination at that time because he was asymptomatic. Standard chest radiographs and computed tomography showed slow-growing,...
{ "authors": [ "Rishi N Razdan", "Juan Carlos P Lozada", "Shashi Chaddha" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2484/rcr.v4i2.267", "journal": "Radiol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan 5;4(2):267.", "keywords": [ "ct, computed tomography", "mri, magnetic resonance imaging" ], "licen...
PMC4897971
We present a case of a 57-year-old African American man with systemic sarcoidosis, who initially presented with cervical spinal cord disease. Initial MRI showed an elongated intramedullary area of increased signal intensity on T2 and inversion recovery sequences within the cervical spinal cord with minimal contrast enh...
{ "authors": [ "Filipa Costa Sousa", "Mariana Figueiras", "Ana Rita Parente", "Sónia Santos", "Mafalda Miranda", "Mónica Teixeira", "Teresa Mendonça" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2021.40.258.28215", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2021 Dec 22;40:258."...
PMC8856974
Calcinosis cutis is a rare and potentially disabling condition characterized by calcium deposition in soft tissues. When associated with autoimmune connective tissue diseases, calcinosis cutis is classified as Dystrophic Calcinosis Cutis (DCC), being its occurrence in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients fairly ...
{ "authors": [ "R Bou Khalil", "M Abou Salbi", "S Sissi", "N El Kara", "E Azar", "M Khoury", "G Abdallah", "J Hreiki", "S Farhat" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1530/EDM-13-0008", "journal": "Endocrinol Diabetes Metab Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2013;2013:130008.", "...
PMC3921996
Methimazole is an anti-thyroid drug commonly used to treat hyperthyroidism and is a relatively safe medication. Several side effects have been reported and usually develop within 3 months of therapy. Well-known adverse reactions include agranulocytosis, hepatitis, skin eruptions, and musculoskeletal complaints such as ...
{ "authors": [ "Sanjay Meena", "Vivek Trikha", "Pramod Saini", "Nishikant Kumar", "Subhash Kr" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000355470", "journal": "Med Princ Pract", "journal_detail": "2014;23(3):275-8.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi...
PMC5586869
Objective: To report a case of subtrochanteric femur fracture that led to intraoperative compartment syndrome in the well leg. Clinical presentation and intervention: A 28-year-old obese male who presented with a comminuted subtrochanteric fracture underwent a prolonged open reduction and internal fixation using dynami...
{ "authors": [ "Mariusz Głowacki", "Jerzy Walecki", "Przemysław Kołakowski", "Danuta Kolońska" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.12659/PJR.899975", "journal": "Pol J Radiol", "journal_detail": "2017 May 28;82:287-292.", "keywords": [ "joint deformities, acquired", "pelvis", "spin...
PMC5459268
Background: The presented case illustrates the critical role of a detailed preoperative radiological evaluation in complex spine surgery. Case report: A 49-year-old patient was admitted for a revision surgery after L3-L5 fusion. Preoperative assessment showed preserved sagittal balance, coronal imbalance and valgus kne...
{ "authors": [ "Asiwome Ahadzie-Soglie", "Otchere Addai-Mensah", "Albert Abaka-Yawson", "Anita Mawuse Setroame", "Precious Kwablah Kwadzokpui" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1371/journal.pone.0271211", "journal": "PLoS One", "journal_detail": "2022 Jul 25;17(7):e0271211.", "keywords":...
PMC9312417
Aim: This study aimed to ascertain the prevalence and risk factors of malaria and anaemia as well as the impact of preventive methods among pregnant women at the Akatsi South District Hospital of Ghana. Subjects and methods: A hospital based cross-sectional study using simple random sampling technique was conducted amo...
{ "authors": [ "Lili Liu", "Jia Cui", "Siye Liu", "Evenki Pan", "Limin Sun" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2023.1177942", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2023 May 8;13:1177942.", "keywords": [ "ercc2 frameshift mutation", "family history", "germline ...
PMC10200934
Family history is an established risk factor for lung cancer. Previous studies have found that germline genetic alterations, such as those in EGFR, BRCA1, BRCA2, CHEK2, CDKN2A, HER2, MET, NBN, PARK2, RET, TERT, TP53, and YAP1, are associated with an increased risk of developing lung cancer. The study reports the first ...
{ "authors": [ "Chihiro Murano", "Akira Igarashi", "Keiko Yamauchi", "Sumito Inoue", "Masafumi Watanabe" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.17179/excli2019-1786", "journal": "EXCLI J", "journal_detail": "2019 Oct 7;18:893-898.", "keywords": [ "egfr exon 20 insertion gene mutation", ...
PMC6806250
A 20-year-old woman was diagnosed with stage 4 lung adenocarcinoma with an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 20 insertion gene mutation. Although the patient underwent chemotherapy, her lesions progressed. Liquid biopsy for EGFR T790M mutation showed negative results. After administering osimertinib, reducti...
{ "authors": [ "Asma Deeb" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/3892467", "journal": "Case Rep Endocrinol", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:3892467.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29204299/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh_terms": [ "Case ...
PMC5674493
Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome (WHS) is a rare genetic disease caused by deletion in the short arm of chromosome 4. It is characterized by typical fascial features and a varying degree of intellectual disabilities and multiple systemic involvement. Epidemiological studies confirmed the association of acute pancreatitis with ...
{ "authors": [ "Charidimos Tsagkas", "Maria Janina Wendebourg", "Matthias Mehling", "Johannes Lorscheider", "Philippe Lyrer", "Bernhard Friedrich Décard" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2021.721669", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2021 Aug 19;12:721669.", ...
PMC8416670
Objective: Inflammatory polyradiculomyelitis belongs to a rare group of immune-mediated diseases affecting both the central and peripheral nervous system. We aimed to describe an unusual presentation of acute polyradiculomyelitis with marked spinal cord lesions restricted to the gray matter. Methods: Thorough examinati...
{ "authors": [ "Vincenzo Consalvo", "Gerarda Barbieri", "Amalia Rosaria Rita Rossetti", "Mafalda Romano", "Rosaria Contieri", "Salvatore Tramontano", "Carmela Rescigno", "Massimo Infranzi", "Domenico Lombardi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.09.008", "jour...
PMC5614748
Introduction: The term ectopic thyroid refers to the presence of thyroid tissue located far from its usual anatomic placement and with no vascular connection to the main gland. The presence of swelling in atypical locations is diagnostically differentiated from other pathologies like pleomorphic adenoma or carcinoma, i...
{ "authors": [ "Yikui Zhang", "Xiaofu Qiu", "Bote Chen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.eucr.2022.102315", "journal": "Urol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 6;46:102315.", "keywords": [ "duodenal perforation", "endoscope", "foreign body", "penetrating renal injury"...
PMC9876819
The case of penetrating injury of the kidney caused by a foreign body mistakenly swallowing through the duodenum is rare. A 22-year-old male patient found that a strip of the foreign body penetrated the descending duodenum - the lower pole of the right kidney through an abdominal CT examination. After Multi-Disciplinar...
{ "authors": [ "Anandkumar Khatavi", "Charanjit Singh Dhillon", "Nilay Chhasatia", "Chetan Pophale", "Shafeek Nanakkal", "Amit Varshney" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_497_2020", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2020 Oct 15;11:340.", "keywords": [ "c2...
PMC7656003
Background: Ewing's sarcoma is a malignant primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) of childhood and adolescence. Primary Ewing's sarcoma of the spine is uncommon, and even more rarely involves the C2 vertebra. Case description: A 14-year-old patient was admitted with a history of chronic neck pain, which exacerbated aft...
{ "authors": [ "Hala Halbony", "Mutaz Albrezat", "Dima Hmaid", "Nader Albsoul" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.47176/mjiri.34.175", "journal": "Med J Islam Repub Iran", "journal_detail": "2020 Dec 28;34:175.", "keywords": [ "metastasis", "parotid", "renal cell carcinoma" ], ...
PMC8004575
This report is to describe a rare case of parotid metastasis from renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in a50- year- old male presenting with unilateral facial symptoms. Following investigations, the patient was diagnosed to have metastatic renal cell carcinoma. He was planned for radio-chemotherapy, and got deceased 1 year afte...
{ "authors": [ "Sara Al-Khawaga", "Jehan AlRayahi", "Faiyaz Khan", "Saras Saraswathi", "Reem Hasnah", "Basma Haris", "Idris Mohammed", "Essam M Abdelalim", "Khalid Hussain" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2019.00299", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail"...
PMC6657212
The solute carrier family 16 member 1 (SLC16A1) gene encodes for monocarboxylate transporter 1 (MCT1) that mediates the movement of monocarboxylates, such as lactate and pyruvate across cell membranes. Inactivating recessive homozygous or heterozygous mutations in the SLC16A1 gene were described in patients with recurr...
{ "authors": [ "Catarina Atalaia-Martins", "Sandra Barbeiro", "Pedro Marcos", "Isabel Cotrim", "Helena Vasconcelos" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14309/crj.2017.106", "journal": "ACG Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2017 Aug 30;4:e106.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", ...
PMC5577031
Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is an immunodeficiency disorder with a high incidence of gastrointestinal (GI) manifestations and an increased risk of gastric malignancy. We report a case of a CVID with mild anemia presenting with multiple GI manifestations: gastric low-grade dysplasia (LGD), enteropathy with v...
{ "authors": [ "Kai Chin Poh", "Shuwei Zheng" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2019.100945", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019 Oct 16;28:100945.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31709138/", "major_mesh_t...
PMC6831852
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) pneumonia is a rare opportunistic infection in the setting of HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)-infection. Establishing accurate diagnosis of CMV pneumonia in HIV-infection can be challenging. Co-infections by multiple opportunistic pathogens are common and a high degree of clinical vigilance to ...
{ "authors": [ "Guilherme Almeida Elidio", "Giovanny Vinícius Araújo de França", "Flávia Caselli Pacheco", "Marinélia Martins Ferreira", "Jair Dos Santos Pinheiro", "Eliane Nogueira Campos", "Bernardino Cláudio de Albuquerque", "Rosemary Costa Pinto", "Angela Desiree Carepa Santos ...
PMC6337055
We report an ongoing measles outbreak in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil. As at 3 November 2018, 1,631 cases were confirmed corresponding to an incidence of 75.3 per 100,000 inhabitants; all five sanitary districts presented confirmed cases. Reintroduction of measles virus in Manaus is likely related to the current outb...
{ "authors": [ "Nicolas Balagué", "Philippe Vostrel", "Jean-Yves Beaulieu", "Jan van Aaken" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1186/2193-1801-3-408", "journal": "Springerplus", "journal_detail": "2014 Aug 5;3:408.", "keywords": [ "chemical burn", "formic acid", "wart" ], "lice...
PMC4137414
Objective: Cutaneous warts are very common and a large variety of topical treatments and drugs can be employed to cure these skin injuries that can arise on any part of the body. But are these products really safe? Method: We performed a case description and PubMed literature review using key words "wart," "chemical bu...
{ "authors": [ "W A K Al-Azzani", "L Evans", "L Speight", "M Lea-Davies", "M D Stone", "D Lau", "R I Ketchell", "J Duckers" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2015.09.013", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2015 Oct 3;16:148-50.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC4682004
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a common autosomal recessive disorder in Caucasian populations with respiratory, gastrointestinal and endocrine manifestations. Thanks to recent advances in medical therapies and infection control, life expectancy of a patient with CF has significantly increased from less than 5 years in the mid...
{ "authors": [ "Ramsey A Falconer", "Sean L Rogers", "Mahesh Shenai" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2018.00544", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2018 Jul 5;9:544.", "keywords": [ "axially asymmetric stimulation", "co-activating targets", "current steering"...
PMC6041971
This index case report describes a novel programming approach that utilizes the 8-contact directional Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) lead to effectively control the akinesia, rigidity and tremor of Parkinson's Disease (PD), as well as a severe kinetic tremor of Essential Tremor (ET), in a patient with overlapping symptom...
{ "authors": [ "Aylin Gallegos Salazar", "Peter D Waite", "Chung How Kau" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/ams.ams_203_19", "journal": "Ann Maxillofac Surg", "journal_detail": "2020 Jan-Jun;10(1):227-231.", "keywords": [ "orthodontics", "orthognathic surgery", "surgery first" ...
PMC7433965
This case report describes the successful treatment of a 25-year-old male with maxillary retrognathism, skeletal and dental Class III malocclusion, anterior and posterior crossbite, negative overjet and overbite, mild mandibular crowding, and lower midline deviation. The nonextraction treatment plan included: (1) maxil...
{ "authors": [ "Monica P Gonzalez", "Radames Rios", "Mariella Pappaterra", "Miguel Hernandez", "Allison Toledo", "Carmen Santos", "Andres Emanuelli", "Shree K Kurup", "Armando L Oliver" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/7336488", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol Med"...
PMC8313348
Purpose: To report on a case of reactivation of acute retinal necrosis following SARS-CoV-2 infection. Methods: Observational case report. Observations. A 32-year-old female with a distant history of left retinal detachment secondary to necrotizing herpetic retinitis complained of right-eye vision loss, pain, redness, ...