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{ "authors": [ "Haiying Sun", "Jie Yuan", "Qing Cheng", "Juanjuan Hu", "Nana Han", "Lisha Yi", "Yun Zhu" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2024.1384913", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2024 May 31:14:1384913.", "keywords": [ "adjuvant chemoradiotherapy...
PMC11176473
Hyalinizing clear cell carcinomas (HCCCs) are infrequent, malignant tumors characterized by their low-grade nature. They typically originate from minor salivary glands. However, these tumors can potentially emerge in any location with minor salivary glands, including the nasopharynx. This report presents two cases of H...
{ "authors": [ "Zheng Liu", "Yang Zhang", "Xingyuan Zhang", "Lingqun Kong" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3892/etm.2023.12304", "journal": "Exp Ther Med", "journal_detail": "2023 Nov 16;27(1):16.", "keywords": [ "case report", "diagnosis", "paraganglioma", "retroperitoneal...
PMC10728930
Paraganglioma (PGL) usually presents as the elevation of blood pressure and metabolic changes in patients, and its common symptoms are persistent or paroxysmal hypertension. However, some patients have no typical clinical symptoms, such as patients with non-functional PGL. Therefore, the present study reviewed the lite...
{ "authors": [ "Philipa Owusu-Antwi", "Edmund Appiah-Kubi", "Meheret Kinfe", "Sarah Gbinigie", "Archna Sarwal" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.52092", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 11;16(1):e52092.", "keywords": [ "antipsychotics", "clozapine", ...
PMC10858655
Clozapine-induced agranulocytosis is documented in multiple studies, but there is limited literature on treatment-resistant agranulocytosis, the synergistic effect of multiple agranulocytosis-inducing drugs, and lithium's promyelocytic effects. This case highlights these gaps by discussing a patient with an absolute ne...
{ "authors": [ "Surya Suresh", "Ganne Chaitanya", "Ajay Deep Kachhvah", "Vladimir Vashin", "Manojkumar Saranathan", "Sandipan Pati" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fnhum.2024.1392100", "journal": "Front Hum Neurosci", "journal_detail": "2024 Jun 5:18:1392100.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC11188458
Sleep disturbances and drug-resistant seizures significantly impact people with idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE). Thalamic deep brain stimulation (DBS) offers potential treatment, but its effect on sleep and seizure control needs clarification. In this study, we combined wearable sleep monitoring with electroencep...
{ "authors": [ "Cagri Cumhur Gok", "Emrah Can", "Sahin Hamilcikan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14744/SEMB.2022.57255", "journal": "Sisli Etfal Hastan Tip Bul", "journal_detail": "2023 Jun 20;57(2):279-282.", "keywords": [ "amblyopia", "ankyloblepharon filiforme", "neonate" ],...
PMC10600636
Ankyloblepharon filiforme adnatum (AFA) is a rare congenital anomaly consisting of partial or complete fusion of the eyelid margins. It is usually isolated and benign, but its presence should alert the neonatologist as it may rarely be associated with other disorders. We present a case of a 3-day-old newborn presenting...
{ "authors": [ "Khaled Kamoun", "Wajdi Arfa", "Malek Ben Chaalia", "Wajih Oueslati", "Leila Abid", "Mourad Jenzri" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2023.46.53.39452", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2023 Oct 12:46:53.", "keywords": [ "osteomyelitis", ...
PMC10787132
Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO) is a rare disease. It is a non-microbial inflammatory bone affection that occurs more often in children with insidious onset and non specific presentation making diagnosis challenging. This study reports a case of CRMO with an unusual location. A 9-year-old child had a ...
{ "authors": [ "Koen M Santifort", "Laurent Garosi", "Erik A W S Weerts" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fvets.2024.1303084", "journal": "Front Vet Sci", "journal_detail": "2024 Mar 12:11:1303084.", "keywords": [ "muo", "dog", "immune-mediated", "lymphohistiocytic", "m...
PMC10968895
A 2.5-year-old female entire Pomeranian dog was presented for acute paraparesis progressing within 2 days to paraplegia. General physical examination was unremarkable. Neurological examination showed paraplegia without nociception, a mass reflex upon testing perineal reflexes and withdrawal reflexes in the pelvic limbs...
{ "authors": [ "Khalid Ibrahim Aljonaieh", "Sadal Aldakhil" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/sja.sja_536_23", "journal": "Saudi J Anaesth", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan-Mar;18(1):131-133.", "keywords": [ "pulmonary edema", "scape", "toenail" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-SA", "link"...
PMC10833009
A sympathetic crashing pulmonary edema (SCAPE) is an emergency medical situation necessitating early recognition and treatment. We present a case of a 15-years old male who underwent a toenail excision of his left big toe and who developed SCAPE postoperatively. The low incidence of SCAPE intraoperatively makes it chal...
{ "authors": [ "Eva Krishna Sutedja", "Endang Sutedja", "Kartika Ruchiatan", "Yogi Faldian", "Yuri Yogya", "Risa Miliawati Nurul Hidayah", "Rafithia Anandita", "Yohana Azhar", "Anglita Yantisetiasti", "Bethy Suryawathy Hernowo", "Yovan Rivanzah" ], "case_amount": 1, "...
PMC11365487
Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is an uncommon soft tissue tumor involving the dermis and subcutaneous fat that rarely occurs in children, manifested as a slowly growing firm plaque on the trunk. A 12-year-old girl patient presented with dark patch on the nasal root after finishing 25 sessions of radiotherapy. I...
{ "authors": [ "Jonathan London", "Kevin Rulka", "Gayatri Bobba", "Justeena Joseph", "Zubin Tharayil", "Mark Gudesblatt" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.55729/2000-9666.1350", "journal": "J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect", "journal_detail": "2024 May 7;14(3):89-92.", "keywords"...
PMC11259489
Behcet's disease (BD) is characterized by recurrent oral ulcers with concomitant systemic multi-organ involvement, which may include neurological disease, ocular disease, vascular disease, genital ulcers, skin lesions, and arthritis. The clinical symptoms arise from vasculitis that involves small, medium, and large blo...
{ "authors": [ "Florian Carneiro", "Marine Bove", "Frédérique Beau-Salinas", "Tevy San", "Pierre Combe" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023/7904950", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol Med", "journal_detail": "2023 Nov 23:2023:7904950.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": ...
PMC10689064
Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) is a rare but known and potentially severe side effect of drugs. The recent development of cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 (CDK4/6) inhibitors, such as ribociclib, has considerably improved the management of hormone receptor positive (HR+) and HER2 negative (HER...
{ "authors": [ "Ahmad Ahsen", "Philip Korsun", "Fadi Albahra", "Ranjit Nair", "Zain Tariq" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023/9917898", "journal": "Case Rep Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2023 Oct 16:2023:9917898.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pub...
PMC10593545
Here, we present a unique case of a 38-year-old male with a history of alcohol use disorder and multiple sexual partners, who presented with fulminant sepsis with shock, multiorgan failure, and livedo racemosa after a dog bite the week prior. The patient was intubated on arrival and was started on vasopressors and anti...
{ "authors": [ "Morteza Masoumi", "Fatemeh Sakhaee", "Morteza Ghazanfari Jajin", "Seyed Davar Siadat", "Abolfazl Fateh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2024.e02077", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2024 Sep 8:38:e02077.", "keywords": [ "iran", "multiple scl...
PMC11415944
Cutaneous infections caused by Mycobacterium chelonae can present with a variety of clinical symptoms, depending on the patient's immune status. Here, we report a case involving a 46-year-old woman with multiple sclerosis who developed a cutaneous infection caused by M. chelonae. The initial presentation included skin ...
{ "authors": [ "Michael Lusida", "M Vitanata Arifijanto", "Brian Eka Rachman", "Firas Farisi Alkaff" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2023.101916", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Sep 16:46:101916.", "keywords": [ "brain abscess", "covid-19", ...
PMC10689262
Invasive fungal rhinosinusitis is a rare disease with a high morbidity and mortality rate. Lately, COVID-19 has been associated with an increased incidence of this disease. We present the first case of COVID-19-associated acute invasive fungal rhinosinusitis found in Indonesia. The risk factors for the disease include ...
{ "authors": [ "Bao Le-Khac", "Khoa Nguyen-Dang", "Nam Vu-Hoai", "Nam Nguyen-Thanh", "Ngoc Duong-Minh", "Thai-Hoa Tran-Ngoc", "Lam Nguyen-Ho" ], "case_amount": 5, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X231225327", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 9:12:2050313X231...
PMC10777767
Central airway obstruction often presents with respiratory symptoms identical to those of common respiratory diseases. Diagnosis of central airway obstruction is challenging in clinical practice, especially misdiagnosed as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in case of "normal" chest X-ray. Here, we reporte...
{ "authors": [ "Takahiro Nakamoto", "Takashi Yoshida", "Toshiko Shiga", "Makoto Taguchi", "Takao Mishima", "Shigenari Kawakita", "Takashi Murota", "Hidefumi Kinoshita" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1002/iju5.12670", "journal": "IJU Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Nov 22;...
PMC10758911
Introduction: Salvage brachytherapy represents an effective treatment for local recurrence of prostate cancer after prior external beam radiotherapy. However, the optimal therapeutic strategies for local recurrence after salvage brachytherapy have not yet been determined. Case presentation: We describe the case of a 77...
{ "authors": [ "Susmin Karki", "Pramish Bhatta", "Asmita Parajuli", "Khusbu Kumari", "Divas Rijal", "Kayleigh Anjali Harrylal", "Shristi Gautam", "Arun Kumar Sharma" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X241252342", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail"...
PMC11075594
Tuberous sclerosis is an uncommon neurocutaneous syndrome characterized by hamartomatous growths with unpredictable progression. Diagnosing and managing neonatal tuberous sclerosis can be challenging. We report a rare case of a 30-day-old male born out of a non-consanguineous marriage who presented with poor suckling a...
{ "authors": [ "Kosuke Miwa", "Kyongsong Kim", "Rinko Kokubo", "Hiroyuki Dan", "Kenta Koketsu", "Yasuo Murai" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2176/jns-nmc.2023-0136", "journal": "NMC Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2024 May 17:11:125-129.", "keywords": [ "decompression", "d...
PMC11165262
The flexor digitorum accessorius longus muscle (ALM) can be overlooked as the eliciting factor in patients with tarsal tunnel syndrome (TTS), an entrapment neuropathy of the posterior tibial nerve that elicits sole numbness and pain. Most elicitations are idiopathic, however, mass lesions within the tarsal tunnel can b...
{ "authors": [ "Vasco S Cardoso", "Filipa C Costa", "Cristina M Santos", "José M Guerreiro", "Sância F Ramos" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1093/jscr/rjad736", "journal": "J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 16;2024(1):rjad736.", "keywords": [ "gastric cancer", "gas...
PMC10795900
Primary gastric squamous cell carcinoma is an extremely rare entity with an unknown etiopathology, and prognosis is generally poor. While diagnostic criteria are standardized, the optimal treatment strategy is not defined due to its rarity. In this article, we present a case of primary gastric squamous cell carcinoma, ...
{ "authors": [ "Faraz Yousefian", "Michael Roberts", "Josh Hammel", "Christopher Buckley" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X231220823", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Dec 26:11:2050313X231220823.", "keywords": [ "cutaneous oncology", "extrac...
PMC10752063
Schwannoma, also known as neurilemmoma, is a benign neoplasm of Schwann cells of the cranial or peripheral nerve sheath. Scalp involvement has been reported in 25% of patients with extracranial head and neck schwannomas, which can be misdiagnosed clinically as epidermal cyst or lipoma. In this article, we report a 32-y...
{ "authors": [ "Anita Gulyás", "László Imre Pinczés", "János Mátyus", "Edit Végh", "Judit Bedekovics", "Judit Tóth", "Sándor Barna", "Zsolt Hunya", "Imre Lőrinc Szabó", "Annamária Gazdag", "Árpád Illés", "Ferenc Magyari" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2...
PMC10972997
Introduction: Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare disease that belongs to the group of Dendritic and histiocytic neoplasms. Only 2000 cases have been reported worldwide. It can present with a wide range of symptoms, making a differential diagnosis especially difficult. The primary and most important diagnostic tool...
{ "authors": [ "Louis Chhor", "Reditta Soraya Tumali", "Caroline Östberg", "Andrew Macdonald", "Christine Wade" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1002/rcr2.1275", "journal": "Respirol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 5;12(1):e01275.", "keywords": [ "broncholithiasis", "endo...
PMC10768312
Persistent productive cough despite appropriate treatment warrants consideration of flexible bronchoscopy to obtain bronchial specimens for culture. Endobronchial examination of airways may reveal signs of infection in the form of purulent secretions, sputum plugs or in this case, an unexpected finding of a calcified b...
{ "authors": [ "Jishnu Narayanan Nair", "Rav Tej Bathala", "Visvanathan Krishnaswamy", "Shriraam Mahadevan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/JNRP_217_2023", "journal": "J Neurosci Rural Pract", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan-Mar;15(1):140-142.", "keywords": [ "cabergoline", "cran...
PMC10927033
Tanycytic ependymomas mostly occur in the spinal cord and it is the rarest histological subtype of ependymoma. A 29-year-old male was referred from the infertility clinic after serum prolactin levels were found to be elevated. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain showed an irregular necrotic lesion in the periventric...
{ "authors": [ "Danielle Solish", "Jonathan Micieli" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000539147", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2024 Jun 11;15(1):478-482.", "keywords": [ "arteritic ischemic optic neuropathy", "choroidal ischemia", "giant cell arteritis", ...
PMC11249759
Introduction: Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) is an ischemic disorder of the optic nerve and a common cause of acute, painless, permanent vision loss. It is divided into two types: arteritic AION (AAION) and non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION). Although subretinal fluid associated with op...
{ "authors": [ "Marco Capezzone", "Maja Rossi", "Elisabetta Macerola", "Silvia Cantara", "Francesco Pepe", "Eugenia Maria Morabito", "Gilda Dalmazio", "Sara Bardi", "Agostino Ognibene", "Massimo Alessandri", "Gabriele Materazzi", "Luigi De Napoli", "Michele Cirianni...
PMC10965284
Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is a common endocrine malignancy, and its incidence is reported to be constantly increasing. BRAF mutation is detected in approximately 44% of PTCs, and the most common BRAF mutation is thymine (T) to adenine (A) missense mutation in nucleotide 1796 (T1796A, V600E). Although BRAFV600E rep...
{ "authors": [ "Alessandra Zaccardelli", "Fabienne M Lucas", "Ann S LaCasce", "Anil K Chandraker", "Jamil R Azzi", "Simon G Talbot" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/frtra.2024.1339898", "journal": "Front Transplant", "journal_detail": "2024 Mar 14:3:1339898.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC11235340
Vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) is an emerging field in transplant surgery. Despite overall positive outcomes, VCA confers risk for multiple complications related to the procedure and subsequent immunosuppression. Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) is a heterogeneous group of lymphopro...
{ "authors": [ "Sawako Yoshida", "Eriko Tanaka", "Zentaro Kiuchi", "Saaya Nunokawa", "Ayumi Kawahara", "Sunao Iyoda", "Masami Narita" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000539403", "journal": "Case Rep Nephrol Dial", "journal_detail": "2024 Jun 26;14(1):97-103.", "keywords": ...
PMC11249758
Introduction: Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is characterized by progressive kidney injury accompanied by thrombotic microangiopathy, which is clinically defined as microangiopathic hemolytic anemia with thrombocytopenia and organ injury. Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC)-HUS is caused by infection with pa...
{ "authors": [ "Ramakrishnan Sasi", "Michelle Spruill", "Peter L Perrotta" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2024/2127657", "journal": "Case Rep Hematol", "journal_detail": "2024 Mar 20:2024:2127657.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/385507...
PMC10977336
Evidence suggests that the earliest genetic events in the evolution of a cancer can predate diagnosis by several years or decades. In chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), the BCR::ABL1 fusion driver mutation can be present for an extended period before clinical disease manifests. The time between the BCR::ABL1 occurrence an...
{ "authors": [ "Guiyun Zhang", "Yufeng Lu", "Lin Qi", "Chunli Yao" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/CCID.S455880", "journal": "Clin Cosmet Investig Dermatol", "journal_detail": "2024 May 13:17:1077-1081.", "keywords": [ "calcifying epithelioma of malherbe", "case report", "...
PMC11100488
Introduction: Rare studies have reported pilomatricoma in twins, and extremely rare cases showed lesions in the same part of the body position. We reported a case of monozygotic twins with pilomatricoma in the same location on the skin of the right upper extremity. Case presentation: Seven-year-old monozygotic twins pr...
{ "authors": [ "Chiho Ikenaga", "Ryosuke Uchi", "Fumihiko Ishida", "Michisato Hirata", "Kazuhiro Iwama", "Shinichiro Ina", "Yuko Tatsuno", "Takahiro Kemmotsu", "Jun Shibasaki", "Shuichi Ito" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1055/a-2219-5024", "journal": "AJP Rep", "jou...
PMC10805564
Vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB) in neonates is a significant disorder that causes skin, gastrointestinal, and intracranial hemorrhaging. Early-onset VKDB occurs within 24 hours of birth, and its prognosis is poor due to severe hemorrhage. The causes of early-onset VKDB include maternal intake of warfarin and antic...
{ "authors": [ "Benjamin Klein", "Regina Treudler" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5414/ALX02485E", "journal": "Allergol Select", "journal_detail": "2024 Apr 5:8:78-81.", "keywords": [ "eosinophilic", "esophagitis" ], "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38601...
PMC11004767
Background: Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is an inflammatory disease of the esophagus that belongs to the spectrum of Th2-mediated diseases. It is often associated with atopic comorbidities such as allergic asthma (AA) and poses a therapeutic challenge. Case report: We report on a 43-year-old patient with EoE and AA w...
{ "authors": [ "Masataka Sugii", "Kazuhiro Okada", "Shimpei Ikeda", "Yoshiaki Hara", "Shoji Yokobori" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1002/ams2.70000", "journal": "Acute Med Surg", "journal_detail": "2024 Aug 21;11(1):e70000.", "keywords": [ "acute subdural hematoma", "delayed ...
PMC11339465
Background: Traumatic cerebral aneurysms (TA) are a subset of traumatic cerebrovascular injury (TCVI). Misdiagnosis of TA can be fatal. To investigate factors that predict TA formation and the optimal timing for searching, we present four suspected cases of delayed TA rupture during hospitalization. Case presentation: ...
{ "authors": [ "Ricardo Grillo", "Sahand Samieirad", "Omid Alizadeh", "Seyed Hossein Hosseini Zarch", "Rozita Khodashahi", "Navid Kazemian", "Maria da Graça Naclério-Homem" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.61186/wjps.13.1.96", "journal": "World J Plast Surg", "journal_detail": "20...
PMC11088725
Many people were affected by COVID-19 in its severe form. Some intercurrences are still emerging. We here report two cases of COVID-related osteonecrosis of the jaws (CRONJ). Two retrospective cases were admitted into Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad, Iran with suspected CRONJ. One patient escaped from hospital while the ot...
{ "authors": [ "Martina Sundqvist", "Karin Christenson", "Per Wekell", "Halla Björnsdottir", "Agnes Dahlstrand Rudin", "Felix P Sanchez Klose", "Tilmann Kallinich", "Amanda Welin", "Lena Björkman", "Johan Bylund", "Anna Karlsson-Bengtsson", "Stefan Berg" ], "case_am...
PMC10637399
We describe a female patient suffering from severe chronic non-bacterial osteomyelitis (CNO) with systemic inflammation and advanced malnutrition and complete deficiency of myeloperoxidase (MPO). CNO is a rare autoinflammatory bone disorder associated with dysregulation of the innate immune system. MPO deficiency is a ...
{ "authors": [ "Devon Jackson", "Lamarque Coke", "Kamilah Fernandez", "Kathriel Brister" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4322/acr.2023.443", "journal": "Autops Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Aug 7:13:e2023443.", "keywords": [ "candida", "esophagitis", "gastritis", "pneu...
PMC10546647
Candida pneumonia remains a difficult diagnosis and is most common in immunocompromised individuals. It has been rarely reported in immunocompetent individuals. We present a case of unsuspected Candida pneumonia associated with Candida esophagitis and gastritis discovered on postmortem examination in a presumably immun...
{ "authors": [ "Qi Huang", "Xin Liao" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01889", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2023 Aug 29:33:e01889.", "keywords": [ "brucellosis", "osteoarthritis", "spondylitis" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi...
PMC10484960
Brucellosis is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by brucella infection, which is a natural epidemic disease that infects humans and animals such as cattle, sheep, pigs, and dogs. Clinically, it is mainly manifested as fever, excessive sweating, joint pain and swollen liver, spleen and lymph nodes of different diseas...
{ "authors": [ "Heather Andrade", "Julie Carroll", "Evan Tomkiewicz", "Edwin Jackson" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.24908/pocus.v9i1.16895", "journal": "POCUS J", "journal_detail": "2024 Apr 22;9(1):25-28.", "keywords": [ "catheter associated right atrial thrombus", "tee", "t...
PMC11044941
Catheter-associated right atrial thrombus (CRAT) is a potential complication of central venous catheter placement and is associated with an increase in morbidity and mortality. The precise incidence of CRAT is unknown, and there is a lack of clear screening and management guidelines for this condition. Additionally, th...
{ "authors": [ "Hideko Hoshina", "Kouichi Kubouchi", "Hiroyuki Takei" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000536034", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 25;17(1):135-141.", "keywords": [ "invasive solid papillary carcinoma", "male breast cancer", "neuroendocr...
PMC10811408
Introduction: Solid papillary carcinoma (SPC) accounts for approximately 1% of all breast cancer cases and occurs primarily in postmenopausal women. We report a rare SPC with invasion in the male breast. Case presentation: A 73-year-old Japanese man presented with bloody nipple discharge and a palpable left breast mass...
{ "authors": [ "Wen-Zhuo Li", "Shuo Liu", "Ji-Li Luo", "Jing Xia" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2024.1357260", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2024 May 9:11:1357260.", "keywords": [ "fbn1", "pam", "case report", "gastric mucosal calcinosis"...
PMC11114444
Background: Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (PAM) is a rare disease whose clinical and imaging manifestations are non-specific, characterized by the deposition of microliths, which primarily consist of calcium and phosphorus, within the alveoli. In the cases of PAM, patients combined with calcification of other organ...
{ "authors": [ "Siyi Xu", "Jiawei Xu", "Chengdong Yu", "Ying Zeng", "Lei Tang", "Mu Tang", "Tenghua Yu", "Zhengkui Sun", "Xiaofang Zhang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2024.1350043", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2024 Apr 23:14:1350043.", "key...
PMC11074456
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most common renal tumor, with lung, bone, and liver being the primary sites of metastasis. Thyroid metastasis, on the other hand, is relatively uncommon. Metastatic tumors in the thyroid gland typically manifest as multiple or isolated nodules, which can be easily overlooked due to the...
{ "authors": [ "Yoshitaka Tomoda", "Satoshi Fujita", "Koji Uhara", "Yusuke Yasumoto" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1002/jgf2.669", "journal": "J Gen Fam Med", "journal_detail": "2023 Dec 17;25(1):75-76.", "keywords": [ "neurology", "spinal cord infarction", "vertebral body in...
PMC10792316
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{ "authors": [ "Heba R Hamad", "Shoroq Alamin", "Moteb A Alotaibi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.52892", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 24;16(1):e52892.", "keywords": [ "(ibd) inflammatory bowel disease", "cicatricial alopecia", "hypothyrodism", ...
PMC10891439
Lichen planopilaris (LPP) is an uncommon inflammatory scalp condition. Its typical clinical presentation includes scaly, erythematous plaques resulting in irreversible alopecia. In this study, we report a female in her late 30s with hypothyroidism and Crohn's disease. She presented with gradual, localized hair loss tha...
{ "authors": [ "Xinyao Sun", "Yongkang Qiu", "Lele Song", "Lei Kang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2024.1430300", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2024 Aug 14:11:1430300.", "keywords": [ "18f-fdg", "18f-psma", "pet/ct", "prostate", "tube...
PMC11349513
Background: Prostate tuberculosis is a common form of urogenital tuberculosis that occurs in men. Clinical and imaging manifestations of prostate tuberculosis are atypical, which often need to be differentiated from benign prostatic hyperplasia, a prostate malignant tumor, and a urinary tract infection. Although prosta...
{ "authors": [ "Plamen N Penchev", "Petar-Preslav Petrov", "Edvin Vasvi" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.51730", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 5;16(1):e51730.", "keywords": [ "disc herniation", "hip avascular necrosis", "hip joint", "mri", "re...
PMC10839543
Disc herniation and hip-joint pathology may present with overlapping symptoms, complicating the diagnosis and treatment strategy in some cases. To ensure a correct diagnosis, this study emphasizes the need for imaging methods like MRI scans of the hip joints, complementary to the lumbar spine, when in doubt of coexisti...
{ "authors": [ "Martina Cuccarelli", "Lorenzo Schiavoni", "Felice Eugenio Agrò", "Giuseppe Pascarella", "Fabio Costa", "Rita Cataldo", "Massimiliano Carassiti", "Alessia Mattei" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2024/7571764", "journal": "Case Rep Crit Care", "journal_deta...
PMC10963117
Introduction. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is nowadays widely used with notable results on the overall survival as reported in the ELSO registry near to 55% at 90 days. This is the reason why ECMO teams force the use of this extreme technique t...
{ "authors": [ "Zentaro Saito", "Takuma Imakita", "Takanori Ito", "Issei Oi", "Osamu Kanai", "Kohei Fujita", "Hiromasa Tachibana", "Tadashi Mio" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000533826", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol", "journal_detail": "2023 Oct 11;16(1):1100-1106.", "...
PMC10601787
Osimertinib, a third-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor, is the first-line treatment for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with sensitizing epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations. It is known to cause drug-induced cardiotoxicity, including QT prolongation syndrome, heart failure, and ventricula...
{ "authors": [ "Grayson P Clark", "Haley M Caldwell", "Christopher A Coop", "Brittanie I Neaves", "Peter W Barnes" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.53011", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 26;16(1):e53011.", "keywords": [ "cd8+ t cell activation", "ce...
PMC10894754
Fixed drug eruption (FDE) is a cutaneous reaction that characteristically recurs in the same locations upon re-exposure to the offending drug(s). The typical presentation of FDEs is single or multiple violaceous plaques with hyperpigmentation due to inflammation. The causative agents for FDEs include antibiotics, nonst...
{ "authors": [ "Nicolò Peccatori", "Elena Chiocca", "Valentino Conter", "Annalisa Tondo", "Matilde Marzorati", "Tommaso Casini", "Marinella Veltroni", "Andrea Biondi", "Grazia Fazio" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2024.1457832", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journ...
PMC11322051
The incorporation of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) in the treatment of Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph+ ALL) led to significant improvement. However, in the pediatric setting, the outcomes of Ph+ ALL are still inferior compared to those of other ALL subtypes even in the TKI era due...
{ "authors": [ "Santosh Kumar", "Suchita Jain", "Satish Kumar Sinha", "Suprakash Chaudhury" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.4103/ipj.ipj_178_23", "journal": "Ind Psychiatry J", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan-Jun;33(1):175-178.", "keywords": [ "eating disorders", "iron deficiency", ...
PMC11155646
Pica, in the form of ingestion of various non-food items like clay, chalks, etc., is commonly reported in Indian settings, but its other variant, pagophagia (ice eating), gets attention rarely. This case series is about three female patients who presented in psychiatry outpatient clinics with various mental health issu...
{ "authors": [ "Su-Su Dong", "Wen Dong", "Ya-Fen Tan", "Qiang Xiao", "Tian-Li Wang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2024.1370901", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2024 Apr 16:14:1370901.", "keywords": [ "met fusion", "acquired resistance", "crizotinib...
PMC11059057
Background: The c-met proto-oncogene (MET) serves as a significant primary oncogenic driver in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and has the potential to fuse with other genes, such as KIF5B, although it occurs infrequently. Only a limited number of reported cases have examined the clinical efficacy of crizotinib in p...
{ "authors": [ "Ali A Alakhfash", "Abdulrahman Almesned", "Abdullah Alqwaiee", "Hashem D Alqurashi", "Waleed Almanea" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.37616/2212-5043.1347", "journal": "J Saudi Heart Assoc", "journal_detail": "2023 Sep 7;35(3):226-231.", "keywords": [ "atrial flutte...
PMC10544175
Seventeen-month-old child was diagnosed in utero to have congenital complete heart block. The mother has Sjogren's syndrome with high Anti Ro antibodies. The baby was delivered at term with a heart rate of 55-60 beats per minute. Echocardiography revealed a structurally normal heart with a small atrial septal defect an...
{ "authors": [ "Daniel J Greenberg", "Sana Ali", "Amit Chopra", "Nagendra Madisi" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2024.101995", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 13:48:101995.", "keywords": [ "pleural effusion", "sarcoidosis" ], "license"...
PMC10881429
Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disease most commonly affecting the lungs but also can rarely manifest as pleural effusions. Sarcoidosis associated pleural effusion occurs in around 1% of patients with sarcoidosis. Pleural fluid is typically exudative, lymphocyte predominant, with high pleural protein levels and normal or...
{ "authors": [ "Nishigandha Burute", "Olexiy Aseyev", "Fauzia Hasan", "Erika Allard-Ihala", "Walid Shahrour", "Ahmed Kotb", "William Harris", "Radu Rozenberg" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000535273", "journal": "Case Rep Gastroenterol", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 4;1...
PMC10766397
Introduction: Primary appendiceal carcinoma is rare and comprises up to 1% of all colorectal malignancies. Its invasion into adjacent organs, such as the bladder and rectum, especially as a presenting characteristic, is even less common. Case presentation: A 75-year-old asymptomatic male tested positive on a screening ...
{ "authors": [ "Huiyi Yao", "Wenzhong Xiang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/CCID.S466776", "journal": "Clin Cosmet Investig Dermatol", "journal_detail": "2024 May 10:17:1071-1073.", "keywords": [ "becker’s nevus", "hypertrichosis", "misdiagnosed", "whiskers" ], "license":...
PMC11093111
Becker's nevus (BN) is a kind of epidermal cutaneous hamartoma. A noticeable hyperpigmented patch with a big, unilateral, hyperpigmented macule and irregularly shaped borders is the manner in which BN often presents. In this case, a 16-year-old boy has asymptomatic dark brown colored follicular macule on the left side ...
{ "authors": [ "Matthias Fischer", "Anita Sünkenberg", "Reem Ali Deeb", "Björn Dirk Krapohl" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3205/iprs000185", "journal": "GMS Interdiscip Plast Reconstr Surg DGPW", "journal_detail": "2024 Mar 4:13:Doc03.", "keywords": [ "melanoma", "nursing", "...
PMC11036084
Background: The clinical appearance of acral melanoma is diverse and can cause diagnostic difficulties in individual cases. Case description: We present a clinical case of an 83-year-old patient with a melanoma in the heel area that was initially interpreted as a pressure ulcer, resulting in delayed and more complicate...
{ "authors": [ "Pauline Chapellier", "Basile Pache", "Laura Haefliger", "Loïc Lelièvre", "Patrice Mathevet", "Rami Hajri" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.109107", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan:114:109107.", "keywords": [ "case r...
PMC10758864
Introduction: Vulvar cancer is a rare cause of malignancy among women. It is key for surgeons to achieve negative resection margins, as it greatly impacts patient's prognosis. Unfortunately, additional surgical procedures are often performed due to the regional anatomical complexity. Based on non-palpable breast tumors...
{ "authors": [ "Timothy G Scully", "Edmond Wong", "Timothy Barton", "Philip Hayward" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_66_23", "journal": "J Cardiovasc Echogr", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan-Mar;34(1):29-31.", "keywords": [ "cardiac tumor", "cryptogenic stroke", ...
PMC11135819
A 56-year-old male presented with a multi-territorial stroke without traditional cerebrovascular risk factors. A transesophageal echocardiogram revealed an intracardiac lesion attached to the lateral wall of the left atria, consistent with an atrial myxoma. Surgical excision of the lesion was performed and revealed tha...
{ "authors": [ "Hesham Mohamed Elbaseet", "AbdelKhalek Hafez Ibrahim", "Nariman Abol Oyoun", "Mohamed Abdelhady Abdelzaher", "Mohamed Khaled" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5005/jp-journals-10080-1611", "journal": "Strategies Trauma Limb Reconstr", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan-Apr;19(1):...
PMC11091891
Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) patients usually sustain repeated fractures from trivial trauma and also have skeletal deformities that affect walking. The bone fragility and repeated fractures produce deformities of the long bones especially in femur and tibia. However, neck of femur (NOF) fractures in OI are rarely desc...
{ "authors": [ "Adam Khorasanchi", "Abraham M Korman", "Ashish Manne", "Alexa Meara" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2024.1334718", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 1:11:1334718.", "keywords": [ "case report", "cutaneous lupus erythematosus",...
PMC10867168
Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) use has been associated with numerous autoimmune side effects, known as immune related adverse events (irAEs). Cutaneous irAEs are common and affect up to 50% of patients treated with ICIs. There have been an increasing number of cases reported in the literature regarding ICI-induced s...
{ "authors": [ "Andrew P Golden", "Kathleen K Hogan", "Jamie B Morris", "Bryan B Pickens" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.26603/001c.122641", "journal": "Int J Sports Phys Ther", "journal_detail": "2024 Sep 1;19(9):1126-1137.", "keywords": [ "blood flow restriction", "bone mineral ...
PMC11368450
Background: Lower extremity bone stress injuries (BSI) are common injuries among athletes and military members. Typical management involves a period of restricted weightbearing which can have rapid detrimental effects upon both muscle and bone physiology. Few studies have investigated the effect of blood flow restricti...
{ "authors": [ "Fatima Alzahraa Almohammad Alyousef", "Aya Myassar Khallouf", "Amira Fathi Breis", "Kawthar Mohamad Alhasan", "Aghyad Kudra Danial" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.109169", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan:114:109169.", "ke...
PMC10800645
Introduction and importance: Hydatid cysts are a parasitic disease that occurs when humans ingest contaminated food or water containing parasitic eggs. It is a common disease worldwide, especially in cattle breeding areas. In rare cases, the primary cysts contain daughter cysts inside them, as seen in this case. Case p...
{ "authors": [ "Nicholas Chen Yi Png", "Winfred Xi Tai Goh", "Clement Wenhao Chan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3233/BD-240006", "journal": "Breast Dis", "journal_detail": "2024;43(1):187-191.", "keywords": [ "breast cancer", "recurrent breast haematoma" ], "license": "CC BY-NC"...
PMC11191430
An 85-year-old Chinese lady presented with a 5-day history of a painless left breast lump. There was no fever, nipple discharge, or history of trauma. She had a past medical history of atrial fibrillation that was managed with an oral anticoagulant. Mammography demonstrated a dense mass in the upper outer quadrant of t...
{ "authors": [ "Alex Ashkin", "Joshua Parmenter", "Keegan Plowman", "Ricardo Franco-Sadud" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.55729/2000-9666.1180", "journal": "J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect", "journal_detail": "2023 May 8;13(3):62-64.", "keywords": [ "cavmal", "cavernous malfo...
PMC10593171
Cavernous malformations (CMs) are abnormal clusters of thin-walled blood vessels located in the central nervous system. An 87-year-old male with a history of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, coronary artery disease, and atrial fibrillation on rivaroxaban was admitted for acute onset, bilateral lower extrem...
{ "authors": [ "Hemant Juneja", "Gaurang Aurangabadkar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2024.48.69.43631", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2024 Jun 27:48:69.", "keywords": [ "leukemia cutis", "acute myeloid leukemia", "skin biopsy" ], "license": "CC BY", ...
PMC11444068
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{ "authors": [ "Wenting Hu", "Si Zhang", "Cuihong Lian" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/CCID.S419344", "journal": "Clin Cosmet Investig Dermatol", "journal_detail": "2023 Oct 9:16:2793-2800.", "keywords": [ "jak inhibitor", "cutaneous lupus erythematosus", "discoid lupus eryth...
PMC10573460
Cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) is a group of diseases within the spectrum of lupus that primarily manifests with skin lesions. Discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) is the most common subtype of CLE. Currently, there is no specific medication available for the treatment of CLE. Here, we reported the efficacy and safet...
{ "authors": [ "João Paulo Turri Brufatto", "Laís Pontes", "Angélica Zaninelli Schreiber", "Maria Leticia Cintra", "Cintia Avila Souza", "Luciana Vilela Gomide", "Helena Maciel Mendonça Tolentino Guerra", "Rafael Fantelli Stelini", "Isabela Vilela Brum", "Andrea Fernandes Eloy ...
PMC11165563
Hyalohyphomycosis and phaeohyphomycosis are groups of mycoses caused by several agents and show different clinical manifestations. We report a case of an immunocompromised patient who presented rare manifestations of opportunistic mycoses: mycetoma-like hyalohyphomycosis on his right foot caused by Colletotrichum gloeo...
{ "authors": [ "Ningning Xiu", "Chao Yang", "Xiaowei Chen", "Jianping Long", "Pinghua Qu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3201/eid3001.230858", "journal": "Emerg Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan;30(1):187-189.", "keywords": [ "china", "spiroplasma", "bacteria", ...
PMC10756377
We report a case of Spiroplasma bloodstream infection in a patient in China who developed pulmonary infection, acute respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis, and septic shock after emergency surgery for type A aortic dissection. One organism closely related to Spiroplasma eriocheiris was isolated from blood culture and i...
{ "authors": [ "M H Tong", "A Kwok", "A Walsh", "P Heydon", "E S Koh", "N McNamara", "A Bryant" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2024/2235819", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol Med", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 21:2024:2235819.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "li...
PMC10901572
We present a rare case of a 39-year-old female with extramedullary relapse of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) isolated to the left eye 2 months post allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant. She initially presented with painless left eye erythema, swelling, and visual impairment. Initial ophthalmology review reveal...
{ "authors": [ "Yuki Matsuhisa", "Tsuneaki Kenzaka", "Hideo Hirose", "Tadao Gotoh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1002/jgf2.657", "journal": "J Gen Fam Med", "journal_detail": "2023 Nov 6;25(1):71-72.", "keywords": [ "brown crusts", "contact dermatitis", "ethanol disinfection"...
PMC10792318
A 2-year-old girl developed dermatitis with atypical brown crusts after ethanol disinfection. Since many Oriental people have genetically reduced acetaldehyde dehydrogenase type 2 (ALDH2) activity, ethanol disinfection causes acetaldehyde to accumulate in the skin, resulting in dermatitis.
{ "authors": [ "Felipe Mesa", "Marly Camargo", "Linda Carvajal", "Ricardo Bravo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1080/23320885.2023.2256541", "journal": "Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg", "journal_detail": "2023 Sep 21;10(1):2256541.", "keywords": [ "epithelioid hemangioendothelioma"...
PMC10515679
Hemangioendothelioma is a malignant vascular tumor, according to ISSVA classification of vascular tumors. This patient presented an epithelioid hemangioendothelioma; this type of tumor can exhibit significant local destruction, sometimes requiring limb amputation. With deferred Mohs micrographic surgery and reconstruct...
{ "authors": [ "Emanuele Micaglio", "Gloria Santangelo", "Silvia Moscardelli", "Daniela Rusconi", "Francesco Musca", "Alessandro Verde", "Laura Campiglio", "Francesca Bursi", "Marco Guazzi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fcvm.2023.1164916", "journal": "Front Cardiovas...
PMC10497760
Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis is a severe, adult-onset autosomal dominant inherited systemic disease predominantly affecting the peripheral and autonomic nervous system, heart, kidney, and the eyes. We present a case of a Caucasian 65-year-old man with cardiac amyloidosis and the homozygous mutation Val142Ile (c...
{ "authors": [ "Yang Zhao", "Hua Wang", "Zhengjun Wu", "Yunxiang Zhu", "Jingsong Wang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/JAA.S460263", "journal": "J Asthma Allergy", "journal_detail": "2024 Apr 11:17:361-367.", "keywords": [ "anaphylactic shock", "cerebral angiography", ...
PMC11018123
Background: Adverse reactions induced by isoosmolar contrast medium (iodixanol) are mostly mild, with rashes and headaches being the most common. Although anaphylactic shock has been reported, no related incidents have been documented on cerebral angiography. Objective: This article reports a serious case of anaphylact...
{ "authors": [ "Tamer Mohamed Elsherbiny" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/20420188241256470", "journal": "Ther Adv Endocrinol Metab", "journal_detail": "2024 May 27:15:20420188241256470.", "keywords": [ "graves’ disease", "autoimmune thyroiditis", "hypothyroidism", "quitting smoki...
PMC11131390
Graves' disease (GD) is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism while Hashimoto or autoimmune thyroiditis is the most common cause of hypothyroidism. Spontaneous hypothyroidism may develop after successful medical treatment of GD in up to 20% of cases. This report presents a gentleman who is a known smoker and was dia...
{ "authors": [ "Kaitlyn Dreese", "Adesola Odunayo", "Melissa C Bucknoff" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fvets.2024.1354028", "journal": "Front Vet Sci", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 12:11:1354028.", "keywords": [ "case report", "cyclobenzaprine", "intralipid emulsion", "in...
PMC10894977
Introduction: The objective of this case series is to describe the clinical signs and outcome of cyclobenzaprine ingestion in two dogs treated with intralipid emulsion (ILE) and supportive care. Case or series summary: Two dogs presented for evaluation of cyclobenzaprine ingestion. A 4-year-old female spayed Rat Terrie...
{ "authors": [ "Akihiro Yamamoto", "Noriyuki Kijima", "Reina Utsugi", "Koki Mrakami", "Hideki Kuroda", "Tetsuro Tachi", "Ryuichi Hirayama", "Yoshiko Okita", "Naoki Kagawa", "Haruhiko Kishima" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_52_2024", "journal": "Surg Neurol In...
PMC11152539
Background: Although awake surgery is the gold standard for resecting brain tumors in eloquent regions, patients with hearing impairment require special consideration during intraoperative tasks. Case description: We present a case of awake surgery using sign language in a 45-year-old right-handed native male patient w...
{ "authors": [ "Kanya Singhapakdi", "Wesam Sourour", "Thomas R Kimball" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023/1385305", "journal": "Case Rep Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2023 Nov 9:2023:1385305.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38026473/"...
PMC10653977
Several congenital anomalies of the right atrial appendage (RAA) have been described including aneurysm, herniation (in association with a pericardial defect), and left juxtaposition. The left juxtaposition of the RAA (LJRAA), first described by Birmingham in 1893 and subsequently introduced by Dixon in 1954, is usuall...
{ "authors": [ "Sadhana Sharma", "Sanket Parajuli", "Pratap Karki", "Sagun Narayan Joshi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X231198367", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Sep 9:11:2050313X231198367.", "keywords": [ "purtscher like retinopathy", ...
PMC10493057
A 28-year-old male hospitalized with a diagnosis of acute pancreatitis presented with sudden onset of blurred vision in both eyes after 48 h of admission. Visual acuity was counting fingers in both eyes. Fundus examination revealed multiple cotton wool spots and intraretinal hemorrhages typical of Purtscher's retinopat...
{ "authors": [ "Aditi Ghosh Dastidar", "Deepika Khedia", "Sugandha Goel" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3205/oc000234", "journal": "GMS Ophthalmol Cases", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 24:14:Doc02.", "keywords": [ "ossn", "pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia", "vernal keratoconjunctiv...
PMC10880557
We report a rare case of ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) masquerading as pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia in chronic vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC). A 24-year-old man presented with a history of bilateral VKC since childhood with a superior limbal mass in the right eye. There was a history of use of interm...
{ "authors": [ "Jun-Peng Liu", "Ling-Xie Song", "Zi-Yu Xu", "Yue Wu", "Xing-Chen Yao", "Meng Li", "Xin-Ru Du" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2023.1221912", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2023 Sep 29:14:1221912.", "keywords": [ "case report", "...
PMC10570615
Granular cell tumors are extremely uncommon soft tissue neoplasms that mostly occur in the head and neck regions. Granular cell tumors are generally benign, asymptomatic, and rarely involve the median nerve. Due to the lack of awareness about granular cell tumors, they are easily misdiagnosed and mistreated in primary ...
{ "authors": [ "Birhanu Hailu Tirkaso", "Gersam Abera Mulugeta", "Tewodros Deneke Belete", "Melkamu Mitikie Melak" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X241248392", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Apr 25:12:2050313X241248392.", "keywords": [ "ethiopi...
PMC11047237
Thyroid nodular disease can present in different forms, such as a solitary nodule, multinodular goiter, nodular goiter caused by autoimmune goiter, and nonpalpable thyroid nodules. Among children, thyroid cancer is the most common type of endocrine cancer. Pediatric thyroid cancer is usually detected as a neck mass wit...
{ "authors": [ "Denil Champac Tribovane", "Juan Carlos Tortajada Bustelo", "Álex Rovira Cañellas" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.22037/iej.v19i1.43306", "journal": "Iran Endod J", "journal_detail": "2024;19(1):46-49.", "keywords": [ "case report", "facial hematoma", "root canal tr...
PMC10787179
This case report highlights a rare complication of root canal treatment involving the inadvertent extrusion of sodium hypochlorite solution, resulting in a sodium hypochlorite-induced facial hematoma. A 44-year-old female patient presented significant right hemifacial swelling and ecchymosis following root canal therap...
{ "authors": [ "Marilyn Charlene Montini Maluda", "Emilia Johnson", "Fredie Robinson", "Muhammad Jikal", "Siat Yee Fong", "Mohammad Jeffree Saffree", "Kimberly M Fornace", "Kamruddin Ahmed" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1371/journal.pgph.0002861", "journal": "PLOS Glob Public...
PMC10826939
Vibrio cholerae remains a notable public health challenge across Malaysia. Although the Malaysian state of Sabah is considered a cholera-affected area, gaps remain in understanding the epidemiological trends and spatial distribution of outbreaks. Therefore, to determine longitudinal and spatial trends in cholera cases ...
{ "authors": [ "Jingyu Ren", "Linjun Deng", "Shuping Guo", "Hongye Liu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2024.1364127", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2024 Apr 17:11:1364127.", "keywords": [ "il-17 antagonist", "adverse reactions", "psoriasis", ...
PMC11061499
Objective: A case of pustular psoriasis after treatment with secukinumab in a patient with plaque psoriasis is reported, which is the first case in China. To summarize the clinical characteristics of patients who developed the rare paradoxical reaction and treatment options received IL-17A antagonist therapy, we conduc...
{ "authors": [ "Ichiro Nakazato", "Kenichi Oyama", "Hisashi Ishikawa", "Yusuke Tabei", "Chie Inomoto", "Yoshiyuki Osamura", "Akira Teramoto", "Akira Matsuno" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_718_2023", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2023 Dec 15:14:4...
PMC10783686
Background: Acromegaly is a rare disease caused by growth hormone (GH) hypersecretion caused by a pituitary neuroendocrine tumor (PitNET). However, some acromegaly patients show normal GH levels, and they can be a pitfall in clinical diagnosis. Moreover, rarely, synchronous true double or multiple PitNETs are encounter...
{ "authors": [ "Yuqing Deng", "Guoqian Ding" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fsurg.2023.1267701", "journal": "Front Surg", "journal_detail": "2023 Sep 28:10:1267701.", "keywords": [ "horner’s syndrome", "case report", "diagnosis", "postoperative complications", "thyroid ne...
PMC10568127
Background: Horner's syndrome (HS) is a rare condition due to damage to the 3-neuron sympathetic pathway anywhere between the posterior-lateral nuclei of the hypothalamus and the oculosympathetic fiber, particularly as a post-thyroidectomy symptom. In this case report, we present a case of HS following endoscopic thyro...
{ "authors": [ "Abhimanyu Singh", "Srikanth Gandavaram", "Kuntal Patel", "Deepak Herlekar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.52996", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 26;16(1):e52996.", "keywords": [ "femoral stem", "fracture", "hip total arthroplasty",...
PMC10896462
Despite the significant advancements in the field of total hip arthroplasty (THA) and prosthesis designs, fracture of the modular femoral stem after THA can occur rarely and needs attention. Orthopaedic surgeons face a daunting task when it comes to the removal of a broken stem. The use of a trephine reamer has been ev...
{ "authors": [ "Anna Mercante", "Fabio Pizza", "Federica Pondrelli", "Andrea Zini", "Luigi Cirillo", "Paolo Tinuper", "Rocco Liguori", "Ludovica Migliaccio", "Stefano Vandi", "Giuseppe Gobbi", "Giuseppe Plazzi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/11795565241249596", ...
PMC11402079
Stretch syncope (SS) is a benign, uncommon, distinct condition described mainly in adolescent males. It is responsible for paroxysmal events started by stereotyped stretching actions with neck hyperextension, culminating in alteration of consciousness. Motor manifestations are often present and may be associated with a...
{ "authors": [ "Tingyu Pan", "Xinyu Sun", "Xiao Wu", "Futing Tang", "Xianmei Zhou", "Qian Wang", "Shi Chen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1002/rcr2.1267", "journal": "Respirol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Dec 15;12(1):e01267.", "keywords": [ "eml4‐alk fusion", "...
PMC10723780
Epithelioid inflammatory myofibroblastic sarcoma (EIMS) is an aggressive subtype of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour which rarely affects the chest cavity. We, for the first time, report a case of mediastinal EIMS with the EML4-ALK fusion. A young woman presented to our hospital with cough, chest tightness and short...
{ "authors": [ "Muthu Ramachandran" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.30953/bhty.v6.286", "journal": "Blockchain Healthc Today", "journal_detail": "2023 Dec 22:6.", "keywords": [ "blockchain architecture", "engineering for blockchain", "ethics", "framework for blockchain", "privacy",...
PMC10770804
Blockchain applications in healthcare have grown rapidly. They include record-keeping, clinical trials, medical supply chains, patient monitoring, etc., where blockchain characteristics are needed to improve safety, privacy, and security. Blockchain technology is one of the most significant disruptive technologies toda...
{ "authors": [ "John E Moore", "John McCaughan", "Jacqueline C Rendall", "Beverley C Millar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/bjbs.2024.12749", "journal": "Br J Biomed Sci", "journal_detail": "2024 Jun 4:81:12749.", "keywords": [ "burkholderia cenocepacia", "cf", "antibioti...
PMC11182986
Within cystic fibrosis microbiology, there is often mismatch between the antibiotic susceptibility result of an isolated bacterial pathogen and the clinical outcome, when the patient is treated with the same antibiotic. The reasoning for this remains largely elusive. Antibiotic susceptibility to four antibiotics (cefta...
{ "authors": [ "Barbara Robles-Ramamurthy", "Saadia Zaki", "Jessica F Sandoval", "Anish R Dube", "Steven Hlozek", "Lisa R Fortuna", "Ariel A Williamson" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1093/sleepadvances/zpae006", "journal": "Sleep Adv", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 4;5(1):zpae006...
PMC10904105
Poor sleep during adolescence is a public health concern that may be especially important to address among youth in juvenile correctional facilities, who tend to experience greater mental health challenges, substance use disorders, and traumatic stress exposure. However, evidence for addressing sleep in correctional se...
{ "authors": [ "Zakaria Malihy", "Elmostafa Benaissa", "Yassine Ben Lahlou", "Adil Maleb", "Mostafa Elouennass" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1099/acmi.0.000654.v3", "journal": "Access Microbiol", "journal_detail": "2023 Oct 25;5(10):000654.v3.", "keywords": [ "pcr", "ankle",...
PMC10634493
Tuberculosis poses a considerable public health problem in countries where the disease is endemic. Osteoarticular tuberculosis represents 3-5 % of all tuberculosis cases and 10-15 % of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis cases. Involvement of the foot and ankle is rarer. We report a case of osteoarticular tuberculosis of the ...
{ "authors": [ "Jean-Matthieu L'Orphelin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/20406207241235777", "journal": "Ther Adv Hematol", "journal_detail": "2024 Mar 6:15:20406207241235777.", "keywords": [ "sézary syndrome", "case report", "complete response", "eosinophilic folliculitis", ...
PMC10919142
Mogamulizumab is a monoclonal antibody that binds to C-C chemokine receptor 4 (CCR4), initiating antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity. CCR4 is highly expressed in the cutaneous T-cell lymphoma subtypes mycosis fungoides and Sézary syndrome (SS), and mogamulizumab has been shown to be effective in patients with thes...
{ "authors": [ "Yugantha Adikari", "Harshima Wijesinghe", "Nilesh Fernandopulle", "Duminda Subasinghe" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X241280058", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Sep 3:12:2050313X241280058.", "keywords": [ "deep vein thrombosis...
PMC11372774
Deep venous thrombosis is a common and potentially life-threatening condition that is often associated with various risk factors including underlying malignancy. In this case report, we present a male patient who presented with deep venous thrombosis as the earliest presenting feature of metastatic gallbladder carcinom...
{ "authors": [ "Caroline Rometsch", "Martina Guthoff", "Stephan Zipfel", "Andreas Stengel" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1325021", "journal": "Front Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2023 Dec 11:14:1325021.", "keywords": [ "anorexia nervosa", "atypical anorexia nerv...
PMC10752605
Objective: Anorexia nervosa (AN) and atypical anorexia nervosa (AAN) are severe and complex eating disorders that can be prevalent among individuals with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). Insulin purging, characterized by the intentional underuse / omission of insulin to control weight, is under-recognized in medicine a...
{ "authors": [ "Alexis Anand Dass Lordudass", "Jeanne Sze Lyn Wong", "Nalini Selveindran", "Janet Yeow Hua Hong" ], "case_amount": 7, "doi": "10.15605/jafes.039.01.06", "journal": "J ASEAN Fed Endocr Soc", "journal_detail": "2024;39(1):120-124.", "keywords": [ "central hypothyroidism",...
PMC11163313
Infants of mothers with Graves' disease (GD) may develop central hypothyroidism (CH) due to exposure of the foetal hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis to higher-than-normal thyroid hormone concentrations, primary hypothyroidism (PH) due to transplacental passage of maternal thyroid stimulating hormone receptor antibody...
{ "authors": [ "Emna Smaoui", "Khadija Sonda Moalla", "Nadia Bouattour", "Nouha Farhat", "Salma Sakka", "Sawsan Daoud", "Mariem Damak", "Chokri Mhiri" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2024.47.46.42455", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 6:47:46...
PMC11055180
COVID-19 vaccination side effects have been increasingly reported, including new-onset autoimmune diseases such as chronic arthritis, thrombocytopenia, Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), and more recently chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathies (CIDP). Molecular mimicry and vaccine adjuvants appear to be import...
{ "authors": [ "Christopher D VonTungeln", "Mohammad Al Bataineh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.52122", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 11;16(1):e52122.", "keywords": [ "endocrinology and diabetes", "euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis", "sodium-glucose cotr...
PMC10858802
Euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis (EDKA) is an uncommon subtype of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) which presents with similar laboratory findings to classic DKA with the exception of blood glucose levels being under 250 mg/dl. EDKA has several etiologies including pregnancy, starvation and the use of sodium-glucose cotrans...
{ "authors": [ "Aditya Narayan", "Margo Goncharova", "Max Goncharov", "Andrew Gostine", "Nirav R Shah", "Robert M Kaplan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fpubh.2023.1277714", "journal": "Front Public Health", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 12:11:1277714.", "keywords": [ "acti...
PMC10811267
Accurate observation of patient functioning is necessary for rigorous clinical research and for improving the quality of patient care. However, clinic or laboratory environments systematically differ from the contexts of everyday life. Further, assessments that are completed in a single institutional session may not be...
{ "authors": [ "Masanori Hayashi", "Shoji Oura", "Haruka Nishiguchi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000539717", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol", "journal_detail": "2024 Jul 31;17(1):837-842.", "keywords": [ "lattisimus dorsi musculocutaneous flap", "locally advanced breast cancer", ...
PMC11324225
Background: Due to its indolent biology and high estrogen receptor positivity of mucinous breast cancer, vast majority of locally advanced mucinous breast cancer (LABC) are treated with first-line endocrine therapy. Case presentation: A 50-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for the treatment of her huge breast...