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{ "authors": [ "Harpreet Kaur", "Neha Singh", "Sushma Bharti", "Gurwinder Kaur" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4322/acr.2024.478", "journal": "Autops Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 26:14:e2024478.", "keywords": [ "hirsutism", "ovarian neoplasm", "postmenopause", "s...
PMC10939184
Ovarian steroid cell tumors are rare, representing less than 0.1% of all ovarian neoplasms. Among the myriad causes of hirsutism, ovarian tumors account for 1% of the reported cases. We present the case of a 49-year-old parous postmenopausal woman who sought medical attention for hirsutism for 2 years. This case illust...
{ "authors": [ "Laura Perucca", "Francesca Morello", "Antonio Robecchi Majnardi" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X241233191", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 27:12:2050313X241233191.", "keywords": [ "multiple sclerosis", "neurofibromatosis",...
PMC10901064
Neurofibromatosis type I and multiple sclerosis, when considered separately, are associated with a higher risk of cerebrovascular accident. The coexistence of neurofibromatosis type I and multiple sclerosis may lead to a further increase in cerebrovascular risk; however, this has not been reported in the literature. We...
{ "authors": [ "Manel Moalla", "Rania Hajji", "Slim Charfi", "Mona Boudabous", "Hela Gdoura", "Leila Mnif", "Ali Amouri", "Tahya Boudawara", "Lassaad Chtourou", "Nabil Tahri" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2144/fsoa-2023-0127", "journal": "Future Sci OA", "journal_de...
PMC11137768
Bladder metastasis of gastric adenocarcinoma is a rare phenomenon. Hereby, we report a case of a 52-year-old patient who presented with upper gastro-intestinal bleeding and ascites and was diagnosed with gastric signet-ring cell carcinoma. A CT scan revealed peritoneal infiltration and anterior parietal thickening of b...
{ "authors": [ "Christos G Nikolaidis", "Despoina Gyriki", "Charalambos Anitsakis", "Elisavet Stavropoulou" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2024.1434795", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2024 Aug 6:14:1434795.", "keywords": [ "bladder", "cancer", "elderly...
PMC11333216
This case study presents the diagnostic and therapeutic course of a 72-year-old male patient with a history of high-grade urothelial carcinoma with papillary features. The report outlines the patient's initial presentation, the intervention strategies employed, including transurethral resection and intravesical Bacillu...
{ "authors": [ "Judith Lohmann", "Anna Freund", "Tobias Klein", "Daniel Acero", "Thomas Boemers" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2024.1378234", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2024 Sep 10:12:1378234.", "keywords": [ "asplenia", "congenital diaphragmatic...
PMC11420036
Serpentine-like syndrome, characterized by the combination of intrathoracic stomach, a notably short esophagus anomaly, splenic abnormalities, and cervical spine malformations, has been associated with a high mortality rate since its identification in 2008. This report presents the case of a remarkable patient who rece...
{ "authors": [ "Alessandra Kuhn Dall'Magro", "Letícia Copatti Dogenski", "James Olding", "Eduardo Dall'Magro", "Felipe Gomes Dallepiane", "João Paulo De Carli" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.109174", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan:114...
PMC10800642
Introduction: The development of filler biomaterials with high hyaluronic acid concentrations, cohesiveness, and elastic modulus has become an option for chin augmentation, as the balance of these rheological properties promotes high lifting capacity, providing minimally invasive perceptible improvements in patient app...
{ "authors": [ "Ali Azghar", "Manal Azizi", "Mohammed Lahmer", "Elmostapha Benaissa", "Yassine Ben Lahlou", "Noufissa Benajiba", "Mostafa Elouennass", "Adil Maleb" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1099/acmi.0.000439", "journal": "Access Microbiol", "journal_detail": "2023 Oct ...
PMC10634485
Leuconostoc lactis (LLac) is a Gram-positive coccus of the family Leuconostocaceae . It can be found in a variety of vegetables and dairy products. LLac is an opportunistic pathogen with intrinsic resistance to vancomycin and teicoplanin. In this case report, we discuss a rare case of LLac-associated bacteraemia in a p...
{ "authors": [ "Gokul S Shankar", "Sreeja Nair", "Teena Jacob", "Mercy John Idikula" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1099/acmi.0.000634.v4", "journal": "Access Microbiol", "journal_detail": "2023 Oct 16;5(10):000634.v4.", "keywords": [ "csf", "mycobacterium tuberculosis", "brai...
PMC10634481
Introduction: One of the most serious extrapulmonary type of tuberculosis that affects people under the age of 40 is brain tuberculoma. They are space-occupying masses of granulomatous tissue that result from hematogenous spread from a distant focus of tuberculous infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis . Symptoms and ...
{ "authors": [ "Naman Lodha", "Nakka Vihari", "Naresh Kumar Midha", "Tashmeen Kaur Sethi", "Pawan Garg", "Vibhor Tak" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.17161/kjm.vol17.21217", "journal": "Kans J Med", "journal_detail": "2024 Mar 15:17:22-24.", "keywords": [ "carbimazole associate...
PMC11060776
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{ "authors": [ "Anna J Wood", "Vidya Kasireddy", "Sridhar Chitturi", "John P Walsh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1210/jcemcr/luac015", "journal": "JCEM Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2022 Nov 30;1(1):luac015.", "keywords": [ "hypoglycemia", "insulinoma", "multiple endocrine n...
PMC10578399
Insulinomas are rare insulin-secreting tumors of pancreatic origin that cause hypoglycemia and can be associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1). While rare, they are the most common cause of hypoglycemia related to endogenous hyperinsulinism. A 28-year-old woman with known MEN1 presented with postprand...
{ "authors": [ "Fernando M Mar", "José Miranda", "António F Lima", "Guilherme Rios", "Luís Dias" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.52555", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 19;16(1):e52555.", "keywords": [ "cerebrospinal fluid leak", "endoscopic endonas...
PMC10874506
Sphenoid meningoencephaloceles are rare, and their treatment is challenging. In this report, we describe two clinical cases of sphenoid meningoencephalocele, in which one patient presented with a cerebrospinal fluid leak after repeated head trauma, while in the other, sphenoid meningoencephalocele was detected during t...
{ "authors": [ "Jonny", "Terawan Agus Putranto", "Yenny Purnama", "Roedi Djatmiko", "Martina Lily Yana", "Enda Cindylosa Sitepu", "Raoulian Irfon" ], "case_amount": 7, "doi": "10.1177/25151355231186005", "journal": "Ther Adv Vaccines Immunother", "journal_detail": "2023 Sep 13:11...
PMC10501061
Dendritic cells (DC) are postulated to play a role in autoimmune diseases such as Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). We reported a 13-year-old female SLE patient who presents with chronic arthritis accompanied by persistent fever, dyspnea, sleep disturbance, headache, stomatitis, rash, and muscle weakness. The support...
{ "authors": [ "Seohyeon Im", "Ariane Paz Y Mino", "Estefany Garces", "Sarah Altamimi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2024.e02007", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2024 Jun 5:36:e02007.", "keywords": [ "burkholderia pseudomallei", "latent melioidosis", "me...
PMC11214284
We report a rare case of latent melioidosis activation in a patient with a distant travel history to an endemic region. Melioidosis is an infection caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei which is highly endemic in Southeast Asia and northern Australia. The patient exhibited common clinical risk factors, presenting with ur...
{ "authors": [ "Jun Cheng", "Jinjin Pan", "Dongmei Zhao", "Xuejiao Ma", "Qiulin Sun", "Jiabin Li" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S444521", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 12:17:121-124.", "keywords": [ "hcv-rna", "anti-hcv therapy", ...
PMC10870992
The global prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is approximately 3%, with a post-infection chronicity rate of up to 50%-85%. HCV reactivation can occur when anti-HCV positive individuals receive antineoplastic therapy. In this study, we report a case of an anti-HCV positive patient with negative HCV RNA afte...
{ "authors": [ "Xuhua Xiao", "Haixiao Fu", "Huixia Qin", "Longkuan Xu", "Jing Gu", "Zhan Zhang", "Houxiang Ya", "Kaiwen Jiang", "Zhiyuan Jian", "Shuqun Li" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fimmu.2024.1422801", "journal": "Front Immunol", "journal_detail": "2024 Ju...
PMC11284106
Background: Coinfection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the hepatitis B virus (HBV) occurs in 5-67% of patients with HIV. HIV weakens the human immune system and leads to various tumors. Patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and HIV experience poor treatment efficacy and have a short...
{ "authors": [ "Francesca Rae", "Christine Nicol", "Mark P Simmonds" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1017/awf.2023.7", "journal": "Anim Welf", "journal_detail": "2023 Feb 23:32:e18.", "keywords": [ "watwc", "animal welfare", "five domains model", "humpback whale", "ship-str...
PMC10936308
Human activities are increasingly impacting our oceans and the focus tends to be on their environmental impacts, rather than consequences for animal welfare. Global shipping density has quadrupled since 1992. Unsurprisingly, increased levels of vessel collisions with cetaceans have followed this global expansion of shi...
{ "authors": [ "Yang Ou", "Jun-Chao Yuan", "Yao Zheng", "Jin-Man Zhang", "Tian He", "Zhi Liang", "Yi-Kun Zhou" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fgene.2023.1237821", "journal": "Front Genet", "journal_detail": "2023 Sep 27:14:1237821.", "keywords": [ "noonan syndrome", ...
PMC10565653
Background: Noonan syndrome (NS) is characterized by typical facial features, short stature, congenital heart defects and other comorbidities. Lymphedema and chylous pleural effusions are also common in NS, but protein-losing enteropathy (PLE) is rarely reported. Case presentation: We present the case of a 19-year-old ...
{ "authors": [ "Piero Saieva", "Tamsin Lovelock", "Thabiet Jardine" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4102/sajid.v39i1.661", "journal": "S Afr J Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2024 Sep 9;39(1):661.", "keywords": [ "echinococcus", "cyst", "cystic echinococcosis", "hydatid", "...
PMC11447582
Hydatid disease (cystic echinococcosis) is a neglected zoonosis, often incidentally detected in its late stages. The clinical manifestations depend on the location and dimensions of the cysts, with the liver and lungs frequently affected. This case report describes thrombocytopenia, an unusual haematological complicati...
{ "authors": [ "Jingshuang Yan", "Huixin Chen", "Yan Zhang", "Lihua Peng", "Zikai Wang", "Xiaoyang Lan", "Shengyuan Yu", "Yunsheng Yang" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1080/19490976.2024.2353396", "journal": "Gut Microbes", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan-Dec;16(1):2353396.", ...
PMC11123505
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that leads to respiratory failure, and eventually death. However, there is a lack of effective treatments for ALS. Here we report the results of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) in two patients with late-onset classic ALS with a Japan ...
{ "authors": [ "Matteo Megna", "Angelo Ruggiero", "Antonia Salsano", "Giuseppe Lauletta", "Antonio Portarapillo", "Ginevra Torta", "Fabrizio Martora", "Luca Potestio" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/CCID.S447123", "journal": "Clin Cosmet Investig Dermatol", "journal_deta...
PMC10710257
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory cutaneous disease, affecting up to 3% of the worldwide population. Several clinical phenotypes can be distinguished. Among these, erythrodermic psoriasis (EP) is a rare and severe variant (less than 3% of cases), characterized by severe generalized erythema and scaling affecting at l...
{ "authors": [ "Shun Kudo", "Michitaka Funayama", "Shin Kurose", "Yusuke Shimizu", "Taketo Takata", "Masaru Mimura" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.3233/JAD-230257", "journal": "J Alzheimers Dis", "journal_detail": "2023;94(4):1323-1330.", "keywords": [ "alzheimer’s disease", ...
PMC10473056
Although shadowing behavior- when one individual closely follows another- is routinely documented among patients with dementia, its mechanisms have yet to be elucidated. In particular, there have been no detailed descriptions of patients with shadowing behavior. To propose its potential backgrounds, we describe a patie...
{ "authors": [ "Heeyung Kim", "Yasuhiro Naiki", "Megumi Iwahashi-Odano", "Satoshi Narumi", "Koichi Ito", "Akira Ishiguro" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1297/cpe.2023-0031", "journal": "Clin Pediatr Endocrinol", "journal_detail": "2024;33(1):23-26.", "keywords": [ "tbg deficie...
PMC10825654
Complete deficiency of thyroxin-binding globulin (TBG-CD) is not commonly associated with clinical symptoms, and little is known about thyroid tumors associated with TBG-CD. We present a case report of an asymptomatic follicular adenoma that spontaneously shrank in a patient with TBG-CD. A previously healthy 13-yr-old ...
{ "authors": [ "Qing Zhang", "Yao Xu", "Hao Wang", "Xuelian Pang", "Qingfeng Meng" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S456154", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2024 Jul 29:17:719-723.", "keywords": [ "lvot", "tavr", "left ventricular outflow trac...
PMC11296361
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has been recently indicated for the treatment of patients with severe aortic stenosis in all risk profiles. At present, TAVR has become mature at home and abroad, but the relevant experience is deficient in the treatment of aortic valve stenosis with outflow tract stenosis....
{ "authors": [ "Vanessa Sanson Lani", "Jorge Elias Neto", "Márcio Augusto Silva", "Helena Alves de Andrade", "Elisama Pimentel Zamian Cotias", "Fernando Luiz Torres Gomes" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.36660/abc.20240026", "journal": "Arq Bras Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2024 Aug ...
PMC11341206
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{ "authors": [ "Antoine Berberi", "Elie Azar" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2024/7109261", "journal": "Case Rep Otolaryngol", "journal_detail": "2024 Jun 19:2024:7109261.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38939732/", "major_mesh_terms": [...
PMC11208820
Background: Cocaine is the second most consumed drug worldwide, more than 0.4% of the global population, and has become a real public health problem in recent years. Its inhalation causes significant centrofacial lesions, grouped under the name cocaine-induced midline destructive lesion (CIMDL). These destructions are ...
{ "authors": [ "Richard Giovane", "Luis Pernia", "Traci Guy", "Hannah Blevins" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.52712", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 22;16(1):e52712.", "keywords": [ "dog bites", "drug allergy recording", "infectious cellulitis", ...
PMC10880041
Neisseria is a common bacteria that colonizes in humans. Of the 11 species, only two, N. meningitidis and N. gonorrhea, are pathogenic. Although sparse, there are case reports of other Neisseria species causing infections in humans. Neisseria canis, which is a part of normal flora in the mouths of dogs and cats, has be...
{ "authors": [ "Aminah Hussan", "Ifrah Hasan", "Reem El-Hayani", "Moustafa Shebl Zahra" ], "case_amount": 5, "doi": "10.1155/2024/2712480", "journal": "Case Rep Crit Care", "journal_detail": "2024 May 6:2024:2712480.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi....
PMC11090666
Sodium valproate overdose leads to CNS depression, cerebral oedema, and severe metabolic acidosis in cases of severe toxicity. Extracorporeal removal, specifically through intermittent haemodialysis, is recommended, though not always tolerated by or accessible to haemodynamically unstable patients in intensive care uni...
{ "authors": [ "Mitesh Karn", "Basant Kumar Mahato", "Ranjan Sah", "Dipendra Kandel", "Shabal Sapkota" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023/3113428", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2023 Sep 11:2023:3113428.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https...
PMC10506874
Ondine's curse is a rare condition in which breathing is preserved while awake, but there is absence of autonomic control of ventilation. It is a potentially fatal complication that may result rarely from surgery in posterior fossa in area close to respiratory centers. We describe a patient with posterior fossa hemangi...
{ "authors": [ "Kylie Divashnee Konar", "Somasundram Pillay", "Nishan Sookdev" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X241282218", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Sep 25:12:2050313X241282218.", "keywords": [ "ascites", "cardiac failure", "hypothyro...
PMC11425730
Ascites represents an infrequent sequela of hypothyroidism, manifesting in fewer than 4% of affected individuals. Herein, we delineate a case characterized by profound hypothyroidism accompanied by substantial ascites, further complicated by cardiac insufficiency. A 29-year-old female, previously diagnosed with postrad...
{ "authors": [ "Katsudai Shirakabe", "Naoya Ozawa", "Yoshihiro Mochizuki", "Ken Mizokami" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2024/8837649", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 20:2024:8837649.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nl...
PMC10898948
Type IV hiatal hernia of the esophagus is characterized by herniation of the stomach and associated organs, such as the spleen, large and small bowel, and pancreas, through the esophageal hiatus. It is a relatively rare form of hiatal hernia that sometimes requires emergency surgery due to gastric incarceration, volvul...
{ "authors": [ "Kinza Sultan", "Ziad Khan", "Siamak Saadat" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000533904", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 22;17(1):311-316.", "keywords": [ "case report", "endometrial carcinoma", "hypertriglyceridemia-induced pancreatitis...
PMC10883690
Introduction: Lenvatinib and Pembrolizumab together are used as a chemotherapy regimen for patients with metastatic endometrial carcinoma. Lenvatinib is a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor inhibitor, fibroblast growth factor inhibitor and an inhibitor that acts on platelet derived growth factor recepto...
{ "authors": [ "Lovely Bharti", "Sunita Shrivastav", "Ranjit H Kamble", "Aksha Bhargava" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.52426", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 17;16(1):e52426.", "keywords": [ "binder syndrome", "cleft lip and palate", "emotional t...
PMC10870340
Binder syndrome (maxillonasal dysplasia) is an uncommon congenital craniofacial condition. It is marked by distinctive facial characteristics including a flat, vertically oriented nose, maxillary underdevelopment, malocclusion, and nasal bone irregularities. This case study introduces an inventive strategy for addressi...
{ "authors": [ "João Pinheiro-Costa", "Inês Coelho-Costa", "Fernando Falcão-Reis", "Tiago Monteiro", "Manuel Falcão" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000534277", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2023 Oct 27;14(1):583-590.", "keywords": [ "artificial iris", ...
PMC10616668
A 54-year-old female presented with complaints of glare and progressive visual loss OS with a corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA) OS of 20/100. The patient had grade 1 corneal edema with a "beaten bronze" appearance on specularly reflected light, pseudopolycoria, and a nuclear sclerotic cataract. The diagnosis of n...
{ "authors": [ "Fubin Wang", "Aijun Wang", "Xiaoyan Leng", "Lin Yong" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S468142", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2024 Jun 12:17:597-602.", "keywords": [ "eog", "inner segment/outer segment-ellipsoid complex", "minimu...
PMC11182755
Introduction: This study presents a rare case of multiple evanescent white dot syndrome (MEWDS) with atypical electrooculogram (EOG) findings, as well as abnormal en-face images of minimum intensity projection (Min-IP) and the en-face inner segment/outer segment-ellipsoid complex. Methods: A 25-year-old female patient ...
{ "authors": [ "Jonathan K Hwang", "Cynthia M Magro", "Shari R Lipner" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000533386", "journal": "Case Rep Dermatol", "journal_detail": "2023 Sep 4;15(1):133-141.", "keywords": [ "nail", "nail disease", "nail disorder", "nail inflammatory disea...
PMC10625817
Lichen planus is a chronic inflammatory disorder that may affect the skin, nails, and/or oral mucosa. Bullous lichen planus is a rare variant of lichen planus, which is even less common in the nails. We present a case of nail bullous lichen planus, in a 48-year-old male presenting with a 10-month history of onychodystr...
{ "authors": [ "Zeyang Lin", "Qian Li", "Yujie He", "Shujing Guo", "Yuhan Ye", "Zhengjin Liu" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2024.1297140", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 6:14:1297140.", "keywords": [ "smarca4", "case", "category", ...
PMC10878417
SMARCA4-deficient gastric carcinoma has been reported sporadically since 2016. Only 29 patients have been reported; nevertheless, it is aggressive and highly malignant with poor outcomes. It has an immunohistochemical phenotype showing loss of SMARCA4 expression and can be accompanied by codeletion of other switch/sucr...
{ "authors": [ "Nitika Beri", "Saurabh Verma", "Anand N Bukke", "Saloni Une", "Ayushi Agarwal", "Tanuj Dada" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.5005/jp-journals-10078-1429", "journal": "J Curr Glaucoma Pract", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan-Mar;18(1):23-27.", "keywords": [ "case repo...
PMC10997957
Aims and background: Delayed suprachoroidal hemorrhage (DSCH) is a vision-threatening complication of intraocular surgeries with a higher prevalence in postglaucoma filtering surgeries. Through these case series of trabeculectomy complicated with DSCH, we aim to emphasize that correction of hypotony (inciting factor) i...
{ "authors": [ "Elizabeth D Slaney", "Renee Modica", "Leandra Woolnough", "Dina Kafisheh", "Denise Heather Bell-Brunson", "Melissa Elder" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2023.1336554", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 22:11:1336554.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC10845352
Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) is a life-threatening condition characterized by the excessive stimulation of macrophages and T lymphocytes, provoked by infections, malignancy, and autoimmune or autoinflammatory conditions such as systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA). Clinical signs of sJIA may include hi...
{ "authors": [ "Claudia Epelde", "Fátima Saravia", "Mónica Aguinaga", "Ane Toledo", "Arantza Lekuona", "Mikel Gorostidi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2024/8898451", "journal": "Case Rep Obstet Gynecol", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 29:2024:8898451.", "keywords": null, "lic...
PMC11390214
Chylous ascites results from the leakage of lymph rich in lipids into the peritoneal cavity and represents an exceedingly rare event in the course of pregnancy. While there are numerous documented instances of this pathology manifesting with hypogastric or diffuse abdominal pain, our report highlights a unique presenta...
{ "authors": [ "Pan Liu", "Shuangying Wang", "Chunhua Zhang", "Yanfang Li" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fimmu.2024.1424243", "journal": "Front Immunol", "journal_detail": "2024 Jun 14:15:1424243.", "keywords": [ "aqp4", "ivmp", "immunosuppression", "ovarian dysgermi...
PMC11211867
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is a clinical syndrome characterized by attacks of acute optic neuritis and transverse myelitis. We report a case with paraneoplastic NMOSD that improved after immunosuppressive therapy, surgical resection, and chemotherapy. A 48-year-old woman initially presented with gra...
{ "authors": [ "Kamand Khalaj", "Nikoo Fattahi", "Allen C Omo-Ogboi", "Jaiyeola O Thomas-Ogunniyi", "Olanrewaju A Ogunleye", "Ashish Khanal", "Larry A Kramer" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023/3178778", "journal": "Case Rep Radiol", "journal_detail": "2023 Dec 5:2023:3178...
PMC10715857
Infantile fibrosarcoma (IF) is a rare malignant fibroblastic tumor that affects infants and young children, occurring most commonly in the extremities. Here, we present a 14-year-old patient with an abdominal mass incidentally detected after a blunt injury to the abdomen. The initial trauma protocol CT revealed a high ...
{ "authors": [ "Prasert Iampreechakul", "Korrapakc Wangtanaphat", "Yodkhwan Wattanasen", "Sunisa Hangsapruek", "Punjama Lertbutsayanukul", "Somkiet Siriwimonmas" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_45_2024", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2024 Jun 21:15:206.",...
PMC11225396
Background: Spontaneous obliteration of untreated cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) is rare, occurring in <1% of cases, and is even less common in pediatric populations. The mechanisms driving spontaneous regression of brain AVMs remain poorly understood, and long-term surveillance in pediatric patients is in...
{ "authors": [ "Lucia An", "June L Chan", "Margaret Nguyen", "Shangxin Yang", "Jaime G Deville" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fcimb.2023.1292768", "journal": "Front Cell Infect Microbiol", "journal_detail": "2023 Nov 20:13:1292768.", "keywords": [ "edwardsiella tarda", "...
PMC10694257
Human infection caused by bacteria of the Edwardsiella genus is rare and most often presents with gastroenteritis that rarely requires antibiotics. Our case report describes a medically complex patient with chronic steroid use contributing to an immunocompromised state, who presented with fever and abdominal pain. The ...
{ "authors": [ "Rajae El Gaouzi", "Leila Benjelloun", "Hafsa El Ouazzani", "Nadia Cherradi", "Saliha Chbicheb" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.109161", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan:114:109161.", "keywords": [ "benign tumor", "c...
PMC10800752
Introduction: Peripheral ossifying fibroma (POF) is an unusual localized, reactive benign gingival growth. POF is usually small in size, it's measure <2 cm in diameter, but rarely reaches important sizes. The aim of this work was to present a rare case report of a giant peripheral ossifying fibroma of the mandible meas...
{ "authors": [ "Xiaotian Li", "Tengyue Mei", "Pan Wang", "Jiong Cai", "Xianwen Hu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2024.1461749", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2024 Sep 12:11:1461749.", "keywords": [ "18f-fdg", "pet/ct", "computed tomograph...
PMC11424545
Myofibroblastic sarcoma (MS) is a relatively rare malignant bone and soft tissue tumor, which originates from myofibroblasts, with some characteristics of both smooth muscle cells and fibroblasts. It can develop in individuals at any age and can affect various regions, especially the head and neck; however, it is rarel...
{ "authors": [ "Liu Jia", "Shi Yuequan", "Fang Jian", "Lu Hongmin", "Shui Yongjie", "Liu Xiaoyan", "Chen Minjiang", "Xu Yan", "Wang Mengzhao" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1080/1750743X.2024.2354108", "journal": "Immunotherapy", "journal_detail": "2024;16(11):715-722.",...
PMC11421295
Immune-related adverse events (irAEs) are one of the key concerns in cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). Among the various irAEs, pancreas-specific irAE is a rare but special one with a variety of manifestations, such as pancreatic enzymes elevation, pancreatitis as well as diabetes. The c...
{ "authors": [ "Michael Okello", "Sanjanaa Srikant", "Dave Darshit", "Ponsiano Ocama" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S453341", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2024 Apr 23:17:381-386.", "keywords": [ "uganda", "idiopathic portal hypertension", "re...
PMC11055520
Purpose: Idiopathic portal hypertension (IPH) also known as non-cirrhotic portal hypertension is an entity of hepatic conditions including disorders of blood vessels that leads to portal hypertension (PHT). Current management of PHT includes medical or endoscopic therapy. A proximal spleno-renal shunt (PSRS) operation ...
{ "authors": [ "Tatsuya Hayashi", "Shingo Yamamoto", "Jumpei Ohashi", "Yusuke Ugata", "Kenichi Sakakura", "Hideo Fujita" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.hrcr.2023.10.024", "journal": "HeartRhythm Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Oct 31;10(1):63-67.", "keywords": [ "acu...
PMC10801071
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{ "authors": [ "Aditya D Pradana", "Arditya Damarkusuma", "Hariadi Hariawan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.37616/2212-5043.1377", "journal": "J Saudi Heart Assoc", "journal_detail": "2024 Jun 10;36(2):94-98.", "keywords": [ "acute coronary syndrome", "culprit", "eptifibatide", ...
PMC11195660
Identifying the infarct-related artery (IRA) in a non-ST-segment-elevation acute myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) can be very challenging, particularly in a hospital that cannot perform intracoronary imaging due to certain limitations. This is because, by angiography, most patients present with multivessel coronary arter...
{ "authors": [ "Meichun Huang", "Jun Liu", "Xiuxiu Li" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1515/biol-2022-0921", "journal": "Open Life Sci", "journal_detail": "2024 Jul 25;19(1):20220921.", "keywords": [ "igg4-related disease", "igg4-related kidney disease", "tripterygium wilfordii", ...
PMC11282913
IgG4-related tubulointerstitial nephritis (IgG4-related TIN) is the prevalent clinical manifestation of IgG4-related diseases (IgG4-RD). However, there are limited cases of IgG4-RD occurring with membranous nephropathy (MN) in the absence of phospholipase A2 receptor (PLA2R). There have been no indications of treatment...
{ "authors": [ "Roszymah Hamzah", "Ahmad Sabry Mohamad", "Norafiza Mohd Yasin", "Ezalia Esa", "Guo Chen", "Veena Selvaratnam" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.2147/JBM.S432849", "journal": "J Blood Med", "journal_detail": "2024 May 29:15:255-264.", "keywords": [ "hb e", "hb ...
PMC11144427
Background: Human hemoglobin of G-Makassar and hemoglobin E (Hb E) are hemoglobin variants that affect Beta (β) globin. Hb G-Makassar is a very rare variant while Hb E is estimated to affect at least one million people worldwide. Both Hb G-Makassar and Hb E can be inherited in the heterozygous, homozygous or compound h...
{ "authors": [ "Lu Zhang", "Jiechu Chen", "Kailun Zhu", "Jianghai Liu", "Guiyang Li", "Dong Chang", "Qiang Li" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fcvm.2024.1429480", "journal": "Front Cardiovasc Med", "journal_detail": "2024 Aug 8:11:1429480.", "keywords": [ "anticoagulan...
PMC11338797
We report an elderly male patient with frequent episodes of dizziness due to a complete atrioventricular block who underwent temporary pacemaker insertion in a local hospital. After the implantation of a permanent pacemaker and removal of the temporary pacemaker lead, the patient developed sudden neurological symptoms,...
{ "authors": [ "Qingbang Xu", "Fangyuan Zhou", "Dong Yang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2024.1353882", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 29:15:1353882.", "keywords": [ "case report", "foramen rotundum", "maxillary division", "peripheral nerve ...
PMC10939014
Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is a debilitating complication of varicella-zoster virus infection. This case report presents a novel approach to treating refractory trigeminal maxillary postherpetic neuralgia using digital subtraction angiography (DSA)-guided peripheral nerve stimulation via the foramen rotundum. A 72-ye...
{ "authors": [ "Shraddha Patil", "Archana Mourya" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2024.47.61.42654", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 12:47:61.", "keywords": [ "neural tube defect", "congenital defect", "cyst", "diagnosis", "neurosurgery" ], ...
PMC11055194
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{ "authors": [ "Hardik Rasiklal Patel", "Siddharth Patel" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2023.45.127.40871", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2023 Jul 17:45:127.", "keywords": [ "ankle tuberculosis", "extrapulmonary tuberculosis", "osteoarticular tuberculosis"...
PMC10543978
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{ "authors": [ "T Jones Raja Devathambi", "Nalini Aswath" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/ijabmr.ijabmr_380_23", "journal": "Int J Appl Basic Med Res", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan-Mar;14(1):60-62.", "keywords": [ "cone-beam computed tomography", "nasopalatine canal", "nasopalatine...
PMC10947760
The incisive foramen is also called as nasopalatine foramen. It is a funnel-shaped opening in the anterior maxilla which opens immediately behind the central incisor teeth through which nasopalatine blood vessels and nerves pass. The incisive foramen is continuous with the incisive canal or nasopalatine canal (NPC). Va...
{ "authors": [ "Carla A Scorza", "Josef Finsterer", "Fulvio A Scorza" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.clinsp.2024.100331", "journal": "Clinics (Sao Paulo)", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 6:79:100331.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3832...
PMC10864832
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{ "authors": [ "Ekrem Yetiskul", "Aqsa Nisar", "Salman Khan", "Faris Qaqish", "Danyal Khan", "Alexander Bershadskiy" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12890/2024_004340", "journal": "Eur J Case Rep Intern Med", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 28;11(3):004340.", "keywords": [ "essenti...
PMC10917403
Anagrelide is a medication primarily used to manage thrombocytosis, an abnormal increase in platelet levels in the blood. It is often prescribed for patients with myeloproliferative disorders, such as essential thrombocythaemia (ET). Given the heightened susceptibility to thromboembolism associated with this condition,...
{ "authors": [ "Vivek Dokania", "Indranil Mukherjee" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4322/acr.2023.447", "journal": "Autops Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Oct 23:13:e2023447.", "keywords": [ "ear", "ear canal", "ear neoplasms" ], "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.nc...
PMC10691445
External auditory canal (EAC) cylindroma is a rare tumor that mainly presents as a painless mass over the lateral aspect of the ear canal. They have been designated under different nomenclatures in the literature, and controversies persist about their etiology and histogenesis. Moreover, a clinical diagnosis of EAC cyl...
{ "authors": [ "Lila H Abu-Hilal", "Yumna Njoum", "Duha I Barghouthi", "Hasan Khatib", "Sameer Mtour", "Bilal Adwan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/23247096231218636", "journal": "J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan-Dec:12:23247096231218636.", "k...
PMC10829487
Shone complex (SC) is a rare congenital heart disease characterized by four obstructive anomalies, including parachute mitral valve (PMV), left atrial supra-valvular ring, subaortic stenosis, and coarctation of the aorta. Typically, SC manifests early in life. However, we encountered a 52-year-old female with a history...
{ "authors": [ "Bassam Matar", "Maureen Chbat", "Houssam Bitar", "Francisco Rosado" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000536551", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol", "journal_detail": "2024 Jun 3;17(1):614-621.", "keywords": [ "case report", "myc and bcl2 rearrangements", "primary ...
PMC11250244
Introduction: Primary breast lymphoma represents only 1% of non-Hodgkin lymphomas. The most common histology is diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. When dual translocations of MYC and BCL2 or BCL6 occur, it is referred to as "high-grade B-cell lymphoma with rearrangements of MYC and BCL2 and/or BCL6" according to the 4th ed...
{ "authors": [ "Jad El Bitar", "Hani Maalouf", "Souad Ghattas", "Ribal Aby Hadeer", "Ahmad Younes", "Hind Rahban", "Ziad El Rassi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2024/8269752", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2024 May 29:2024:8269752.", "keywords": null, ...
PMC11178424
Multiple types of fistulas associated with the appendix have been reported; however, duodenal fistula resulting from perforated acute appendicitis has only been documented in one previous case. In this report, we present the case of an 18-year-old male patient who was diagnosed to have a complicated appendicitis in its...
{ "authors": [ "Saad Alkhowaiter", "Abdulmalik Alsheikh", "Ammar Alotaibi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000533550", "journal": "Case Rep Gastroenterol", "journal_detail": "2023 Sep 12;17(1):269-274.", "keywords": [ "case study", "colonic leiomyoma", "colorectal cancer", ...
PMC10624942
Subepithelial lesions (SELs) originating from muscularis mucosae of the colon are very rare findings on endoscopy. Appropriate management of SELs involves making a correct diagnosis and estimating their malignant potential. In this case study, a 58-year-old Saudi man presented with a small, 8-mm sigmoid polyp during sc...
{ "authors": [ "Sakura Yamaguchi", "Sayaka Iwai Yamaguchi", "Toru Hirozane", "Tomoaki Mori", "Naofumi Asano", "Hajime Okita", "Robert Nakayama", "Masaya Nakamura", "Morio Matsumoto" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000533924", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol", "journal_det...
PMC10766398
Leuprorelin acetate is a common anticancer medication used for prostate cancer treatment. One of the local adverse reactions after leuprorelin injection is the development of reactive granulomas, typically presenting as subcutaneous nodules. In this case report, we describe a 73-year-old patient with prostate cancer wh...
{ "authors": [ "Jessica McClain", "Amanda Stewart Brown", "Caitlin Alexis Noble", "Stephen E Helms", "Robert T Brodell" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.jdcr.2023.10.014", "journal": "JAAD Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Nov 3:43:7-8.", "keywords": [ "african american", ...
PMC10701577
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{ "authors": [ "Atsushi Yanagisawa", "Akihiro Tamiya", "Takayuki Takimoto", "Hiromitsu Sumikawa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2023.101961", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Dec 9:46:101961.", "keywords": [ "adult", "generalized lymphatic anom...
PMC10770584
Generalized lymphatic anomaly (GLA) is a congenital malformation of the lymphatic vessels that is often diagnosed in early childhood. Owing to the rarity and heterogeneity of its clinical course, GLA is frequently misdiagnosed, especially in adults. A 67-year-old man was incidentally found to have bone and pleural lesi...
{ "authors": [ "Tomoki Kato", "Chisaki Mizumoto", "Fuminori Inoue", "Takuma Watanabe", "Shigeki Yamanaka", "Shizuko Fukuhara", "Kazumasa Nakao" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3892/etm.2023.12329", "journal": "Exp Ther Med", "journal_detail": "2023 Nov 28;27(1):41.", "keywords"...
PMC10731409
Methotrexate-related other iatrogenic immunodeficiency-associated lymphoproliferative disorder (MTX-OIIA-LPD) is prone to extranodal involvement but rarely involves the central nervous system (CNS). The present study reports a case of MTX-OIIA-LPD of the CNS discovered during medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw...
{ "authors": [ "Asen Hristov Cekov", "Donika Ivova Vezirska", "Christo Tzekov Tzekov", "Vladimir Stefanov Nakov" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_42_2024", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2024 Apr 19:15:133.", "keywords": [ "meningeal hemangiopericytoma", ...
PMC11090575
Background: Solitary fibrous tumor/meningeal hemangiopericytoma (SFT/M-HPC) is a rare neoplasm which accounts for around 1% of the intracranial masses. This pathology has a high risk for recurrence and metastasis to distant locations such as the liver, lungs, and bones. Precise diagnosis necessitates detailed histopath...
{ "authors": [ "Mestet Yibeltal Shiferaw", "Tsegazeab Laeke Teklemariam", "Eyob Zenebe Wondimagegnewu", "Dejen Tekiea Gebrewahd", "Ermias Fikru Yesuf", "Bereket Hailu Mekuria", "Sebboona Baisa Abelti" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fsurg.2024.1353400", "journal": "Front Surg"...
PMC11027019
Background: Glomus jugulare tumors (GJTs) are rare intra-cranial tumors. Commonly, these lesions present with cranial nerve palsies, headaches, and hydrocephalus. Rarely, GJTs present with spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage. However, there has never been a report of diffuse subarachnoid hemorrhage following ventriculo...
{ "authors": [ "Dong-Lin He", "Run-Lin Feng", "Jia-Gui Chai", "Xin Guo", "Chang-Xing Ke" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fsurg.2024.1416801", "journal": "Front Surg", "journal_detail": "2024 Sep 19:11:1416801.", "keywords": [ "adrenal gland", "adrenal tumors", "collisi...
PMC11446904
Background: An adrenal collision tumor (ACT) denotes the presence of distinct tumors with diverse behavioral, genetic, and histological features independently co-existing within the adrenal tissue without intermingling, and occurrences of such cases are infrequent. The concurrent occurrence of adrenal schwannoma and ad...
{ "authors": [ "Lida Shams", "Tahere Darvish", "Mohamad Meskarpour Amiri", "Sayyed-Morteza Hosseini-Shokouh", "Taha Nasiri" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1371/journal.pone.0289583", "journal": "PLoS One", "journal_detail": "2023 Dec 12;18(12):e0289583.", "keywords": null, "license"...
PMC10715662
Introduction: Access to healthcare for persons with disabilities (PWDs) is an important but often ignored issue for achieving universal health coverage. The current study aimed to investigate PWDs' access to healthcare in the rural areas in north of Iran. Methods: Following a descriptive-analytical design, 471 persons ...
{ "authors": [ "Devon van Eck", "Blessing Ndlovu", "Mohammed Ouwais Abdul Sattar", "Denver Naicker", "Morena Nthuse Mpanza", "John Richard Bwire Ouma", "Christos Profyris" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_493_2023", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2023 A...
PMC10481832
Background: Osseous hyperpigmentation of the calvarium is an extremely rare finding with only few reported cases in literature. Case description: The case is of a 59-year-old Caucasian male who presented with an acute history of generalized tonic clonic seizures and progressive weakness of the right upper limb. He had ...
{ "authors": [ "Vijoy Kumar Jha", "Ramanjit Singh Akal", "Debasish Mahapatra", "Alok Sharma", "Bhanu Pratap Singh", "Rahil Arora" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/ijn.ijn_277_22", "journal": "Indian J Nephrol", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan-Feb;34(1):74-78.", "keywords": [ "g...
PMC11003583
Gemcitabine-induced thrombotic micro-angiopathy (GiTMA) is a very rare pathology of micro-vascular occlusion with a poor prognosis. In this case report, we present a young male with pancreatic carcinoma who received gemcitabine as adjuvant chemotherapy and developed thrombotic micro-angiopathy (TMA) manifesting as neph...
{ "authors": [ "Yong Feng", "Ning Chen", "Bing Dai", "Yunxiao Shang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2024.1341188", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 8:12:1341188.", "keywords": [ "antiphospholipid syndrome", "child", "in situ pulmonary artery th...
PMC10885351
In situ pulmonary artery thrombosis (ISPAT) is a relatively rare but potentially life-threatening complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in children. We report the case of a 12-year-old girl who presented with fever, chest pain, and dyspnea. Immune thrombocytopenia was identified due to purpura and menorrha...
{ "authors": [ "Hitanshu Dave", "Lawrence Zhou", "Deva Zamzow", "Robert R Wittler" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.17161/kjm.vol17.20588", "journal": "Kans J Med", "journal_detail": "2024 Jul 24:17:85-86.", "keywords": [ "enterobacteriaceae", "infectious arthritis", "penetratin...
PMC11291186
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{ "authors": [ "Chenghao Zhanghuang", "Na Long", "Zhen Yang", "Yucheng Xie" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2023.1210679", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2023 Aug 23:13:1210679.", "keywords": [ "adrenal gland", "adrenal myelolipoma", "diagnosis", "di...
PMC10482419
Bilateral adrenal myelolipoma is rare in clinics and patients with disorders of sex development (DSDs). One case was reported in our center. A 45-year-old patient was admitted to the hospital after discovering a left abdominal mass for more than a year and worsening abdominal pain for 18 days. An imaging examination sh...
{ "authors": [ "Ignacio D Velazquez", "Kenneth K Woo", "Mohammed Siddiqui", "Sion K Roy" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2174/1573403X19666230411151214", "journal": "Curr Cardiol Rev", "journal_detail": "2023;19(6):5-8.", "keywords": [ "fungal endocarditis", "aspergillus endocardit...
PMC10636796
Background: Prosthetic valve endocarditis can be difficult to diagnose and cause significant morbidity and mortality, especially when no culture data are available to guide therapy. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiograms, the studies of choice for initial endocarditis evaluation, can be less reliable due to ...
{ "authors": [ "Taro Ando", "Hiroyuki Nitta", "Akira Umemura", "Hirokatsu Katagiri", "Shoji Kanno", "Daiki Takeda", "Masao Nishiya", "Noriyuki Uesugi", "Tamotsu Sugai", "Akira Sasaki" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000536008", "journal": "Case Rep Gastroenterol", ...
PMC10972576
Introduction: Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is recognized as a disease with a good prognosis that responds well to steroids, but the complication of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) in AIP is a rare condition. We report a case of PDAC encapsulated by tumor-forming type 1 AIP. Case presentation: The patient, a 65...
{ "authors": [ "Amna Iftikhar", "Kathleen Barnes", "Melissa Figueroa", "Antonia P Francis" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1055/s-0043-1776149", "journal": "AJP Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 23;14(1):e31-e33.", "keywords": [ "cornelia de lange's syndrome", "cohesinopathies", ...
PMC10805567
Cornelia de Lange's syndrome (CDLS) is a multisystem genetic syndrome characterized by well-defined physical, intellectual, and behavioral characteristics. The diagnosis of CDLS is typically done clinically after birth; however, recent studies have demonstrated the ability to use prenatal ultrasound and whole-exome seq...
{ "authors": [ "Nataša Colović", "Jelena Ljubičić", "Dejan Kostić", "Aleksandra Barać", "Vladimir Jurišić" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X241262145", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Jun 17:12:2050313X241262145.", "keywords": [ "cryptococcu...
PMC11185029
Although disseminated cryptococcosis can occur occasionally, it is most commonly seen in immunodeficient patients. In 2005, a 43-year-old man was diagnosed with polycythemia vera. Following in 2018, he experienced an unknown-cause fever and headache. To establish the source of the symptoms, a magnetic resonance imaging...
{ "authors": [ "Juan Li", "Lin Lv", "Yongjun Zhu", "Zhihang Zhou", "Song He" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IDR.S417711", "journal": "Infect Drug Resist", "journal_detail": "2023 Aug 28:16:5637-5645.", "keywords": [ "helicobacter pylori", "jinghua weikang capsule", "a...
PMC10473400
Purpose: The emergence of resistant strains has greatly reduced the eradication rate of H. pylori (HP) in conventional bismuth-containing quadruple therapy. Meanwhile, the new 7-day dual therapy with vonoprazan (VPZ) and amoxicillin (AMO) failed to achieve the expected therapeutic effect in China. Patients and methods:...
{ "authors": [ "Mariana Gospodinova", "Sashka Zhelyazkova", "Teodora Chamova", "Ognyan Asenov", "Zornitsa Pavlova", "Tihomir Todorov", "Dilyana Mikova", "Yordan Palashev", "Ivan Gruev", "Atanas Kundurdjiev", "Albena Todorova", "Ivailo Tournev" ], "case_amount": 3, ...
PMC10644754
We report two unrelated Bulgarian families with hereditary transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis due to a rare p.Glu74Leu (Glu54Leu) pathogenic variant found in seven individuals-three of them symptomatic. Only one family with the same variant and with a Swedish origin has been clinically described so far. Our patients are ...
{ "authors": [ "Víctor Molina", "Mehdi Hadid", "Joaquim Miró", "Nagib Dahdah" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1155/2024/6690515", "journal": "Case Rep Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2024 Jun 24:2024:6690515.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...
PMC11217573
Percutaneous device occlusion is currently the standard of care for most cases of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). Albeit infrequent, device-related left pulmonary artery (LPA) stenosis is a known complication of this procedure, occasionally requiring stent placement to relieve the obstruction. We present a series of fo...
{ "authors": [ "Pramod Bhattarai", "Monika Karki" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.52407", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 16;16(1):e52407.", "keywords": [ "adult congenital heart disease (achd)", "cyanosis", "eisenmenger syndrome", "overriding aorta", ...
PMC10869317
Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is a common cyanotic congenital heart disease characterized by four distinct anatomical features. While surgical repair has significantly improved long-term outcomes, some individuals, particularly those from low socioeconomic backgrounds who lack access to medical care, may suffer from compli...
{ "authors": [ "Akshay P Padala", "Parameshwaran Ramakrishnan", "Christina G Crawford" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3233/ADR-220028", "journal": "J Alzheimers Dis Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Mar 15;8(1):447-452.", "keywords": [ "covid pandemic", "resilience", "social isolation...
PMC10977453
Background: Social isolation is very common and has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective: To study if spiritual reconnection as part of a multi-component intervention can reduce social isolation in older adults with cognitive impairment. Methods: A longitudinal case study framework was used. A 68-year-old ...
{ "authors": [ "Merita T Shehu", "Arturo Pascual", "Piotr Kapinos", "Marc Y El Khoury" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.52321", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 15;16(1):e52321.", "keywords": [ "charlson comorbidity index", "hospitalization", "human m...
PMC10866625
Introduction: Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is an important cause of seasonal respiratory tract infections, mainly in children and immunocompromised adults. The use of the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) to predict outcomes in hospitalized patients has been validated in several settings. Objective: This study aims to d...
{ "authors": [ "Yiping Song", "Ning Wang", "Huixin Shi", "Dan Zhang", "Qiang Wang", "Shu Guo", "Shude Yang", "Jia Ma" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1093/rb/rbad083", "journal": "Regen Biomater", "journal_detail": "2023 Sep 12:10:rbad083.", "keywords": [ "adipose-deriv...
PMC10551240
In recent decades, bone tissue engineering, which is supported by scaffold, seed cells and bioactive molecules (BMs), has provided new hope and direction for treating bone defects. In terms of seed cells, compared to bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, which were widely utilized in previous years, adipose-derived stem ...
{ "authors": [ "Brian Kohen", "Melanie Perez", "Jheanelle Mckay", "Rolando Zamora", "Curtis Xu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.24908/pocus.v8i2.16568", "journal": "POCUS J", "journal_detail": "2023 Nov 27;8(2):116-117.", "keywords": [ "ent", "emergency ultrasound", "pocus"...
PMC10721292
The use of point of care ultrasound (POCUS) for diagnosis and treatment of peritonsillar abscess (PTA) is increasing 1. Proven advantages include improved diagnostic accuracy and treatment success rates as well as decreased otolaryngology consultation, computed tomography (CT) usage, return visits to the emergency depa...
{ "authors": [ "Abdulla Alabed", "Faisal Abubaker", "Saud Abdulhameed Alkhlofi", "Fatima Al-Hashimi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.gastha.2023.07.013", "journal": "Gastro Hep Adv", "journal_detail": "2023 Jul 21;2(8):1133-1135.", "keywords": [ "carcinoma", "colorectal canc...
PMC11307593
Plasmacytoid carcinoma is a proliferation of discohesive cells. Gastrointestinal tract plasmacytoid carcinomas, whether primary or metastatic in origin, are both very rare. Immunohistochemistry plays a crucial role in localization. We present a case of a 60-year-old female, known case of left breast invasive lobular ca...
{ "authors": [ "Eri Shiozaki", "Yoichi Morofuji", "Tsuyoshi Izumo", "Takayuki Matsuo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.53092", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 28;16(1):e53092.", "keywords": [ "arterial spin labeling (asl)", "arteriovenous graft fistula",...
PMC10897943
Arterial spin labeling (ASL) and three-dimensional (3D) time-of-flight (TOF) magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) are sensitive tools to detect dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF), but hyperintensity in these images is also caused by jugular venous reflux. We present a case of a patient with renal failure on hemodialysi...
{ "authors": [ "Timo Lauteslager", "Vahe Dishakjian", "Lauren Watson", "Jacqueline Savarese", "Adrian J Williams", "Guy D Leschziner" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2024.102044", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 May 24:50:102044.", "keywords": ...
PMC11150963
An increase in respiratory rate (RR) can be an early indicator of clinical deterioration, yet it remains an often-neglected vital sign. The most common way of measuring RR is by manually counting chest-wall movements, a time-consuming and error-prone process. Staffing and funding shortages, particularly in post-acute a...
{ "authors": [ "Teresa Escherich", "Markus Czesla", "Parwis Massoudy" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1055/s-0044-1787873", "journal": "Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Jul 3;13(1):e23-e24.", "keywords": [ "aortic valve & root", "cardiac", "heart disease", "...
PMC11221990
Symptoms of papillary fibroelastomas are often related to thromboembolic events but are rarely caused by a mechanical impairment of blood supply by the tumor itself. We describe a case of a papillary fibroelastoma in a 91-year-old female patient leading to a cardiac arrest through intermittent occlusion of the left cor...
{ "authors": [ "Mitsuru Chiba", "Masaki Aokawa", "Takashi Goto", "Wataru Sato", "Kenichi Takahashi", "Shinichiro Minami", "Katsunori Iijima" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.2185/jrm.2023-022", "journal": "J Rural Med", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan;19(1):44-48.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC10773999
Objective: Bile duct tumor thrombosis in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a relatively rare event with a poor prognosis. Furthermore, bile duct tumor thrombus in HCC may be misdiagnosed when only imaging modalities are used. The efficiency of peroral cholangioscopy (POCS) in evaluating bile duct lesions has been repor...
{ "authors": [ "Alexander T Phan", "Luke Buxton", "Mohammad Waqas Choudhery", "Henrik Ghantarchyan", "Curtis Converse" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2024/6652207", "journal": "Case Rep Pulmonol", "journal_detail": "2024 Apr 8:2024:6652207.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY...
PMC11019572
Introduction. Strongyloides stercoralis causes a helminthic infection that occurs via penetration of the skin with migration to the bloodstream, tracheobronchial tree, and gastrointestinal system. Pulmonary manifestations are rare and are typically seen in immunosuppressed patients who have Strongyloides stercoralis hy...
{ "authors": [ "Paolo Izzo", "Luciano Izzo", "Silvia Lai", "Giuliano D'Onghia", "Paola Giancontieri", "Raimondo Gabriele", "Andrea Polistena", "Simone Sibio", "Maria Ludovica Costanzo", "Claudia De Intinis", "Sara Izzo" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2023.1...
PMC10477776
Cutaneous metastases from urothelial carcinoma (UC) are very rare and indicate advanced disease with a poor prognosis. A 63-year-old female patient with a history of urothelial bladder carcinoma, treated 2 months prior with radical cystectomy and adjuvant gemcitabine and cisplatin (GC) therapy, presented a skin lesion ...
{ "authors": [ "Ranjit Nimbalkar", "Akshay M Baheti", "Anil T Pawar", "Amol A Tagalpallewar", "Manasi R Nimbalkar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.jaim.2023.100881", "journal": "J Ayurveda Integr Med", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan-Feb;15(1):100881.", "keywords": [ "ayurveda",...
PMC10847158
Breast cancer shows high mortality, especially in women worldwide. This report discusses a case of female patient with a history of Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (IDC) Rt Breast, ER, PR negative, Grade 3 (Gr3) Stage 3 (St3) seen in our OPD treated with supporting herbo-mineral-metallic combination of Ayurveda medicines. Ge...
{ "authors": [ "Suhail A Labban", "Leen Murshid", "Amal Yousef Alhazmi", "Ammar Y Bafarat", "Nuha M Alharbi" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.52613", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 20;16(1):e52613.", "keywords": [ "h pylori", "health anxiety", "...
PMC10875716
In this study, we present a case of new-onset illness anxiety disorder (IAD) in a 21-year-old female patient after Heliobacter pylori infection. The patient experienced a distressing preoccupation with having or acquiring a serious illness with mild somatic symptoms for more than six months. IAD adversely affected our ...
{ "authors": [ "Haremaru Kubo", "Kazuhiro Sugimoto" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.51607", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 3;16(1):e51607.", "keywords": [ "covid-19", "insulin pump", "intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring", "telemedicine...
PMC10837046
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) is an autoimmune-related disease resulting in insulin dependency, treated with insulin injection via pen devices or continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII). Face-to-face instruction for managing insulin injection and dosing and machine-to-device troubleshooting are required early ...
{ "authors": [ "Masashi Nishimura", "Yoshifumi Kimizuka", "Takunori Ogawa", "Motohiro Tsuchiya", "Yoshiki Kato", "Akira Matsukida", "Shunya Igarashi", "Koki Ito", "Yusuke Serizawa", "Tomomi Tanigaki", "Yuji Fujikura", "Yuka Katsurada", "Sho Ogata", "Akihiko Kawa...
PMC10761607
IgG4-related diseases are adverse events that occur after receiving treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI). This study reports the first case of IgG4-related retroperitoneal fibrosis after the administration of chemotherapy with nivolumab and ipilimumab (NI therapy). An 80-year-old man developed lower abdomi...
{ "authors": [ "Qingcai Hu", "Yucheng Zheng", "Yun Yang", "Zi-Xin Ni", "Bin Chen", "Zongjie Wu", "Huiqing Huang", "Qingyang Wu", "Zi-Wei Zhou", "Shuilian Gao", "Zhongxiong Lai", "Hongzheng Lin", "Yun Sun" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fnut.2023.1283960"...
PMC10751955
Background: The manufacturing processes of oolong tea significantly impact its nonvolatile components, leading to the emergence of distinct flavor attributes. Understanding the dynamic changes in nonvolatile components during the manufacturing stages of the Jinguanyin (JGY) cultivar is crucial for unraveling the potent...