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{ "authors": [ "Eesha Goel", "Sonalika Gupta", "Yasir Ahmad Lone" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/jiaps.jiaps_96_23", "journal": "J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan-Feb;29(1):64-65.", "keywords": [ "echinococcus", "female", "hydatid cyst", "pelvic hy...
PMC10883176
Primary pelvic hydatid cyst occurs through hematogenous or lymphatic route. Adolescent female presented with complaints of suprapubic discomfort and constipation. Imaging revealed a cystic lesion in pouch of Douglas and removed surgically. This case emphasizes considering hydatid disease as a differential diagnosis of ...
{ "authors": [ "Waseem Jerjes" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.21037/acr-23-162", "journal": "AME Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Mar 19:8:56.", "keywords": [ "frailty", "case series", "cognitive impairment", "primary care" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed....
PMC11070989
Background: Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a condition often preceding Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, characterized by subtle changes in cognitive function. While the importance of early detection is recognised, MCI is frequently underdiagnosed, especially when patients consult primary care physicians for...
{ "authors": [ "Amrita Shrestha", "Aman Mishra", "Aakash Mishra", "Rojina Shrestha", "Rabina Shrestha" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1093/omcr/omad141", "journal": "Oxf Med Case Reports", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 27;2024(1):omad141.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC", "...
PMC10823326
Leishmaniasis is a parasitic infection that can involve the skin, mucosal membranes, and internal organs. It is endemic to the tropics. A forty-three-year-old male, diagnosed and treated for visceral leishmaniasis 15 years ago, presented with a complaint of a progressively growing lesion on his face for five years. A d...
{ "authors": [ "Dilanka Lakshan De Silva", "Jia Luo" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.2144/fsoa-2023-0010", "journal": "Future Sci OA", "journal_detail": "2024 May 15;10(1):FSO937.", "keywords": [ "pd-1 blockade", "acquired resistance to immunotherapy", "liquid biopsy", "molecular s...
PMC11137779
PD-1 blockade is now routine for nearly all patients with non-small lung cancer. Acquired resistance to PD-1 blockade - defined generally as an initial response followed later by progression [1-3] is a common yet poorly understood concept. A key clinical challenge to insight has been a lack of standard guidance for cli...
{ "authors": [ "Andrea Weinzierl", "Lisanne Grünherz", "Gilbert Dominique Puippe", "Ralph Gnannt", "Donata von Reibnitz", "Pietro Giovanoli", "Diana Vetter", "Ueli Möhrlen", "Moritz Wildgruber", "Andreas Müller", "Claus Christian Pieper", "Christian Alexander Gutschow",...
PMC11140048
Introduction: In recent years advances have been made in the microsurgical treatment of congenital or acquired central lymphatic lesions. While acquired lesions can result from any surgery or trauma of the central lymphatic system, congenital lymphatic lesions can have a variety of manifestations, ranging from singular...
{ "authors": [ "Yaqin Wang", "Tianxiao Wang", "Yuewei Zhang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/ITT.S470018", "journal": "Immunotargets Ther", "journal_detail": "2024 Jul 4:13:343-348.", "keywords": [ "capecitabine", "colorectal cancer", "oncolytic virus", "recurrent lymph no...
PMC11230130
Unresectable recurrent lymph node metastasis of colorectal cancer (CRC) is considered as an incurable disease clinically and has a very poor prognosis. Here, we report a male KRAS wild-type CRC case with a huge abdominal lymph node metastasis (12 cm in diameter) after CRC surgery. After three intratumoral injections of...
{ "authors": [ "Lin Xiong", "Nga-Nuen Loo", "Zhen-Quen Lu", "Xiang Xu", "Genggeng Wei" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2024.47.145.39961", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2024 Mar 27:47:145.", "keywords": [ "human immunodeficiency virus", "case report"...
PMC11204988
Human immunodeficiency virus prevalence was increasing worldwide. Medication-associated urinary calculi are very commonly caused by medications used to treat HIV-positive patients. We present a case of an HIV-positive 39-year-old male with ureteral stent encrustation and kidney stone. Ureterolithotripsy using a disposa...
{ "authors": [ "Ambra D'Imperio", "Marcello Ienca" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1398777", "journal": "Front Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2024 Jun 26:15:1398777.", "keywords": [ "dbs (deep brain stimulation)", "case report", "multiple system atrophy parkinsonian pr...
PMC11234500
This case presents the situation of a 66-year-old woman diagnosed with Multiple System Atrophy Parkinsonian Type who underwent deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy and subsequently made two suicide attempts. Despite receiving treatment and extensive psychotherapy, her condition did not improve, leading to suicidal beha...
{ "authors": [ "Jie Lin", "Jinzhi Liu", "Aihua Wang", "Zhihua Si" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2023.1334743", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 11:14:1334743.", "keywords": [ "abdominal pain", "acute intermittent porphyria", "epilepsy", "l...
PMC10808997
Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is a rare inherited metabolic disorder resulting from increased production of porphyrins and their precursors, δ-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) and porphobilinogen (PBG), due to deficiencies in the enzymatic activity of the heme synthesis pathway. The disease is typically characterized by ...
{ "authors": [ "Andrea Migliorelli", "Alberto Caranti", "Marianna Manuelli", "Chiara Bianchini", "Andrea Ciorba", "Stefano Pelucchi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/ams.ams_135_22", "journal": "Ann Maxillofac Surg", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan-Jun;13(1):95-97.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC10499279
Rationale: The aim of this study is to describe a rare case of clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) metastasis to the pterygomaxillary fossa. Patient concerns: A 54-year-old woman was referred to the Department of Otolaryngology due to right facial pain for the past six weeks. Diagnosis: ccRCC metastasis to the pter...
{ "authors": [ "Francesco Silan", "Lara Ortega Fernandez", "Josep Parcet Riu", "Sara Alvarez Alonso", "Santiago Montes Moreno" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1080/23320885.2024.2393819", "journal": "Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg", "journal_detail": "2024 Aug 20;11(1):2393819.", "k...
PMC11338197
Intramuscular hemangiomas (IMH) are extremely rare, accounting for 0.8% of all hemangiomas. IMH must be included in the differential diagnosis of soft tissue masses, and unexplained muscular pain. We herein describe the case of a patient who presented with an atypical localization of IMH in the infraspinatus muscle.
{ "authors": [ "Hoa Tran", "Vu Hoang Vu", "Duc Tran", "Quang Dang Duy Pham", "Khang Duong Nguyen", "Binh Quang Truong" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S410806", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2023 Sep 15:16:551-559.", "keywords": [ "covid-19 vacc...
PMC10508278
During the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, vaccination against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has proven to be an important measure to help control disease spread and improve patient outcome. There are four distinct vaccine categories: inactivated viral vaccines, messenger RN...
{ "authors": [ "Alvaro Salmoral", "Chiara Penzo", "Stephen Baines" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/20551169231213499", "journal": "JFMS Open Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 4;10(1):20551169231213499.", "keywords": [ "neoplasia", "basal cell carcinoma", "basosquamous carcinom...
PMC10846178
Case series summary: Malignant basal cell tumours may be seen on or near the nasal planum in cats, and include basal cell carcinomas, which are common, and basosquamous carcinomas, which are rare. Reported treatments for these tumours include surgical excision, radiotherapy, photodynamic therapy and cryosurgery. This r...
{ "authors": [ "Stylianos A Kandarakis", "Leonidas Doumazos", "Georgia Karageorgiou", "Petros Petrou", "Spyridon Doumazos", "Panagiotis Malamos", "Ilias Georgalas" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000539425", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2024 Jul 12;15...
PMC11250464
Introduction: Iris retraction syndrome (IRS) is a rare clinical condition characterized by a backbowing of the iris positioned on the lens with a complete pupillary block. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are a new class of immunomodulating agents used in cancer therapy, and although they have high response rates, o...
{ "authors": [ "Alina Gabriela Gheorghe", "Ana Maria Arghirescu", "Andrei Coleașă", "Ancuța Georgiana Onofrei" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.22336/rjo.2024.15", "journal": "Rom J Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan-Mar;68(1):75-80.", "keywords": [ "dmek", "fuchs endothelial ...
PMC11007553
Objective: To report the two different surgical approaches in the case of a patient with Fuchs endothelial dystrophy with low endothelial cell count and advanced cataracts. Methods: The chosen surgical approach differed between eyes, with the right eye undergoing a combined approach consisting of cataract surgery, intr...
{ "authors": [ "Gianluca Dini", "Alberto Verrotti", "Paolo Gorello", "Luca Soliani", "Duccio Maria Cordelli", "Vincenzo Antona", "Amedea Mencarelli", "Davide Colavito", "Paolo Prontera" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2023.1292654", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "...
PMC10616848
Background: NFIA-related disorder (OMIM #613735) is an autosomal dominant neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by a variable degree of cognitive impairment and non-specific dysmorphic features. To date, fewer than thirty patients affected by this disorder have been described. Methods: Our study included three chi...
{ "authors": [ "Ahmad Mirdamadi", "Niloofar Mirdamadi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2024.e02005", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2024 Jun 1:36:e02005.", "keywords": [ "endocarditis", "microcatheter", "osteomyelitis" ], "license": "CC BY-NC", "link": "http...
PMC11214282
Infections associated with healthcare manipulations, particularly bloodstream infections stemming from catheters and medical devices, significantly heighten the probability of vertebral osteomyelitis. The diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE) frequently overlaps with vertebral osteomyelitis (VO). In cases where indi...
{ "authors": [ "Samiya Al Hashmi", "Nasra Al Habsi", "Safiya Al Abrawi" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2023/1745603", "journal": "Case Rep Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2023 Oct 26:2023:1745603.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37928616/...
PMC10622593
The Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome (VKHS) is a unique form of granulomatous autoimmune disease that mostly impacts the pigmented tissues of the body. The main feature is bilateral granulomatous panuveitis, which is detected on ophthalmologic examination, along with additional systemic signs such as vitiligo, white hair,...
{ "authors": [ "Mohammed N AlAli", "Ghada I Alothman", "Mohamed S Essa", "Muath Alrashed", "Sadiq M Amer", "Farah ALMuqrin", "Abdullah M Albdah", "Ossama Alamri" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.51996", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 10;16(1):e519...
PMC10853841
Undifferentiated carcinoma with osteoclast-like giant cells (UC-OGC) is a rare tumor type of pancreatic cancer. Paraneoplastic syndromes, an idiopathic inflammatory myositis characterized by various skin manifestations (such as dermatomyositis (DM)), cannot be attributed to the primary tumor itself. Here, we report an ...
{ "authors": [ "Olga Duranikova", "Igor Straka", "Lubomir Melichercik", "Peter Marcek", "Karin Gmitterova", "Peter Valkovic" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2023.1202918", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2023 Oct 2:13:1202918.", "keywords": [ "smart syndr...
PMC10577217
Stroke-like migraine attacks after radiation therapy (SMART) syndrome is a rare delayed complication of cranial radiotherapy, that may present decades after brain irradiation. Here we present a case of 41-year old patient with a history of grade 3 oligodendroglioma, epilepsy and migraine, 26 years after brain radiation...
{ "authors": [ "Killian Fontaine", "Louis Magnus", "Gwenaël John", "Tristan Leterrier", "Mathilde Burgaud", "Olivier Rouyer", "Fabien Thaveau" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ejvsvf.2024.02.002", "journal": "EJVES Vasc Forum", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 10:61:85-88.", "...
PMC10912047
Introduction: Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are rare, especially in elderly patients. Occasionally, AVM can produce aneurysmal degenerations, which can lead to bleeding or rupture. The aim of this case report was to describe the surgical treatment of large arterial and venous aneurysms in the arm associated with a...
{ "authors": [ "Mónica Guevara", "Michelle Mafla", "Camila Miño" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023/6640311", "journal": "Case Rep Dermatol Med", "journal_detail": "2023 Sep 14:2023:6640311.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37744084/",...
PMC10513804
Mal de Meleda (MDM) is a rare autosomal palmoplantar keratoderma (PPK) skin disorder (estimated incidence of 1 per 100,000 people) commonly associated with consanguinity and early childhood onset. MDM is characterized by bilateral diffusion of PPK plaques with delimited yellowish lesions that transgredien to the dorsum...
{ "authors": [ "Raúl Fernández-Ruiz", "Esther Núñez-Vidal", "Irene Hidalgo-Delaguía", "Elena Garayzábal-Heinze", "Agustín Álvarez-Marquina", "Rafael Martínez-Olalla", "Daniel Palacios-Alonso" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fncom.2024.1357607", "journal": "Front Comput Neurosc...
PMC10996861
This research work introduces a novel, nonintrusive method for the automatic identification of Smith-Magenis syndrome, traditionally studied through genetic markers. The method utilizes cepstral peak prominence and various machine learning techniques, relying on a single metric computed by the research group. The perfo...
{ "authors": [ "Lucjan Sławiński", "Julia Maria Sołek", "Joanna Miłkowska-Dymanowska", "Dorota Jesionek-Kupnicka", "Joanna Góra-Tybor", "Damian Mikulski", "Marcin Braun" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5114/wo.2023.131034", "journal": "Contemp Oncol (Pozn)", "journal_detail": "20...
PMC10546969
Primary pulmonary Hodgkin's lymphoma (PPHL) is a rare subtype of lymphoma that comprises a small percentage of primary pulmonary lymphomas. Due to its rarity and nonspecific symptoms, PPHL often presents diagnostic challenges. This case report presents a unique case of PPHL mimicking granulomatosis with polyangiitis, e...
{ "authors": [ "Prateek S Harne", "Ujjwal Soni", "Ans Albustamy", "Arturo Suplee Rivera", "Asif Zamir" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14309/crj.0000000000001249", "journal": "ACG Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 4;11(1):e01249.", "keywords": [ "igg4", "autoimmune", ...
PMC10766308
This case report highlights the challenge of differentiating between immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-related disease (IGRD) and liposarcoma, which have similar symptoms and serological markers. A 40-year-old woman presented with right upper-quadrant pain and a retroperitoneal mass. Initial biopsy indicated increased IgG4-posi...
{ "authors": [ "Gao-Hui Cao", "Mei-Fang Zhao", "Yi Dong", "Liang-Liang Fan", "Yi-Hui Liu", "Yao Deng", "Lu-Lu Tang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2024.1319962", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 28:15:1319962.", "keywords": [ "cmt dominant ...
PMC10936578
This report presents a case of Charcot-Marie-Tooth dominant intermediate D (CMTDID), a rare subtype of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, in a 52 years-old male patient. The patient exhibited mobility impairment, foot abnormalities (pes cavus), and calf muscle atrophy. Whole exome sequencing and Sanger sequencing suggested t...
{ "authors": [ "Preeya Mehta", "Trevor Angell", "Vivian LeTran", "Michael Lin", "Annie Nguyen", "Sandy Zhang-Nunes" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000536153", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 5;15(1):115-121.", "keywords": [ "adverse effects",...
PMC10843176
Introduction: In 2020, teprotumumab became the first FDA-approved treatment for thyroid eye disease (TED). In clinical trials, hyperglycemia had been described as mild and controlled with medication. We present a case that occurred in 2020 of a 67-year-old male with TED and pre-existing glucose intolerance, who was hos...
{ "authors": [ "Li-Ping Wang", "C Andrew Salzberg", "John R Benson", "Nicola Rocco", "Shan-Shan Liang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.21037/acr-23-101", "journal": "AME Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Sep 18:7:48.", "keywords": [ "case report", "endoscopic resection", "...
PMC10628410
Background: Gynecomastia (GYN) is mainly caused by the benign proliferation of mammary glands and adipose tissue. Currently, up to 38% of adult males have GYN. GYN can be caused by systemic diseases, obesity, endocrine disorders (such as liver cirrhosis, which impairs estrogen inactivation), malignant tumors, and medic...
{ "authors": [ "Ying Ju Chao", "Ping Tsun Lai", "Yen Ting Lai", "Che Jen Chao" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2024.102003", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Mar 11:48:102003.", "keywords": [ "chemical pneumonitis", "inhalation", "steroids",...
PMC10951705
The optimal treatment of acute chemical pneumonitis remains controversial. Here we report a healthy man with severe chemical pneumonitis caused by accidental inhalation of vanadium pentoxide. He presented with acute respiratory distress and received aggressive steroid therapy on arrival. Pulmonary symptoms and chest X-...
{ "authors": [ "Claire Andrews", "Vinod Pullarkat", "Christian Recher" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2023.1271722", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2023 Nov 17:13:1271722.", "keywords": [ "cpx-351", "flt3 inhibitors", "flt3 mutations", "acute myeloid le...
PMC10691756
CPX-351, a dual-drug liposomal encapsulation of daunorubicin and cytarabine in a 1:5 molar ratio, is approved for the treatment of newly diagnosed therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or AML with myelodysplasia-related changes. In a pivotal phase III trial, CPX-351 significantly improved overall survival compar...
{ "authors": [ "Lea Rumpel", "Petra Kölle", "Monika A Mille", "Susanne K Lauer", "Yury Zablotski", "Andrea Fischer" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fvets.2023.1233277", "journal": "Front Vet Sci", "journal_detail": "2023 Aug 21:10:1233277.", "keywords": [ "breed predisposi...
PMC10475558
Swimming Puppy Syndrome (SPS) is a benign reversible condition of unknown etiology in multiple dog breeds. Affected dogs show laterally abducted limbs and are unable to stand and walk on their own. The current knowledge of this condition derives from few case reports or small case series. Therefore, the aim of this stu...
{ "authors": [ "Julián C Riaño-Moreno", "Angélica María González-Clavijo", "William C Torres J", "Vilma L Medina B", "Alfredo Ernesto Romero-Rojas", "Isabella Vieda-Celemin", "Jordan A Avila-Moya", "Johan A Baron-Cardona", "Juan P Bravo-Patiño", "Oscar S Torres-Zambrano", "...
PMC11298364
Background: Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) is an autosomal dominant disorder marked by pathogenic variants in the MEN1 tumor suppressor gene, leading to tumors in the parathyroid glands, pancreas, and pituitary. The occurrence of ACTH-producing pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma is exceedingly rare in MEN1...
{ "authors": [ "Yikun Feng", "Yu Qu", "Rongde Wu", "Wei Liu", "Guoqiang Du" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2024.1339108", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 18:12:1339108.", "keywords": [ "btgcts", "mature teratoma", "radical orchiectomy", ...
PMC10830736
The occurrence of synchronous bilateral testicular germ cell tumors (BTGCTs) of different pathologic histologic types in pediatric patients is rare. We reported a case of a left testicular yolk sac tumor (YST) combined with a right testicular mature teratoma. Left orchiectomy and right testis-sparing surgery were perfo...
{ "authors": [ "Fatemeh Rahimi-Sharbaf", "Mahboobeh Shirazi", "Kamran Hessami", "Maasoumeh Saleh", "Fatemeh Golshahi", "Sara Saeedi", "Abolfazl Shirdel Abdolmaleki", "Seyede Houra Mousavi Vahed", "Behnaz Nouri", "Behrokh Sahebdel" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023...
PMC10482538
Twin reversed arterial perfusion (TRAP) sequence or acardiac twin is a rare and severe complication of monochorionic multiple pregnancies. Acardiac twin accounts for 10% of all TRAP sequences, which is the most morphologically developed acardius. We present an undiagnosed TRAP sequence case up to 24 weeks of gestation ...
{ "authors": [ "Xing-Yue Chen", "Jun Chen", "Kun-Lan Long", "Peng Ding", "Rong Li", "Li-Jia Zhi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fimmu.2024.1419054", "journal": "Front Immunol", "journal_detail": "2024 Sep 10:15:1419054.", "keywords": [ "sjogren’s syndrome", "autoimmun...
PMC11420039
Background: Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is the most common autoimmune blistering skin disease in humans, characterized by tense blisters, erosions, urticarial lesions, and itching on normal or erythematous skin. Many autoimmune diseases are considered comorbidities of BP, but clinical case reports of BP complicated by Sjög...
{ "authors": [ "Aleš Oblak", "Matic Kuclar", "Katja Horvat Golob", "Alina Holnthaner", "Urška Battelino", "Borut Škodlar", "Jurij Bon" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1383717", "journal": "Front Psychol", "journal_detail": "2024 Aug 6:15:1383717.", "keywords": [...
PMC11334081
Introduction: Psychiatric comorbidities have proven a consistent challenge. Recent approaches emphasize the need to move away from categorical descriptions of symptom clusters towards a dimensional view of mental disorders. From the perspective of phenomenological psychopathology, this shift is not enough, as a more de...
{ "authors": [ "Ranvir S P Cheema", "Prabhjoyt K Kler", "Alpha Madu", "Joanna Macve", "Andrew MacDuff" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1099/acmi.0.000510.v3", "journal": "Access Microbiol", "journal_detail": "2023 Sep 1;5(9):000510.v3.", "keywords": [ "16s rdna pcr", "atypical ...
PMC10569650
A 20-year-old male presented to the Emergency Department with pyrexia, dyspnoea, chest pain and haemoptysis. Cavitating lung lesions were noted on chest X-ray and the patient was admitted to the intensive care unit where he was intubated and ventilated. Routine investigations including serial cultures did not provide a...
{ "authors": [ "Jianqiu Yang", "Chunyu Yuan", "Shengru Zhou", "Zhicheng Teng", "Min Li" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/CCID.S446468", "journal": "Clin Cosmet Investig Dermatol", "journal_detail": "2024 Mar 4:17:529-537.", "keywords": [ "sapho syndrome", "autoinflammatory ...
PMC10921886
Synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, and osteitis (SAPHO) syndrome, a rare immune-mediated inflammatory disease, poses diagnostic and therapeutic challenges owing to its multi-system involvement, high heterogeneity, and lack of specific laboratory tests. Additionally, lacking evidence-based treatment recommendati...
{ "authors": [ "Natalia Pshenichnaya", "Irina Lizinfeld", "Karina Umbetova", "Yulia Konnova", "Galina Gopatsa", "Ainash Kuandykova", "Balnur Omarova" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01879", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2023 Aug 19:33:e01879.", "key...
PMC10475470
Salmonella Reading is a rare serotype of Salmonella enterica and is associated with sporadic cases and rare outbreaks worldwide. This article describes a rare case of generalized S. Reading infection imported from Indonesia to Moscow, Russia. A 37-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with fever, weakness, and head...
{ "authors": [ "Jiezhong Hu", "Chunling Huang", "Jingyi Li", "Caixia Fang", "Jiali Li", "Songfu Feng" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2024.1406277", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2024 Aug 13:11:1406277.", "keywords": [ "acinetobacter johnsonii"...
PMC11347439
Acinetobacter johnsonii is an uncommon cause of endophthalmitis. This case report describes a 40-year-old male admitted with pain, redness, and vision loss in his right eye after an open globe injury by a steel fragment. Clinical assessment confirmed post-traumatic endophthalmitis with an intraocular foreign body. The ...
{ "authors": [ "Hideyuki Harada", "Kazuhito Takeuchi", "Yuichi Nagata", "Naoko Inoshita", "Eiji Ito", "Eriko Okumura", "Tatsuma Kondo", "Yoshiki Sato", "Ryuta Saito" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2176/jns-nmc.2024-0057", "journal": "NMC Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2...
PMC11345118
Craniopharyngioma (CP) and Rathke's cleft cyst (RCC) are both suprasellar lesions. They are sometimes difficult to distinguish due to their similar findings. We report a case of papillary craniopharyngioma (pCP) with the clinical findings suggesting RCC. A 42-year-old female with intellectual disability presented to ou...
{ "authors": [ "Faiz Mohammed Kassim", "Dureti Kassim Wordefo", "Mahlet Berhanu", "Surafel Worku Megersa", "Selamawit Alemayehu Tessema" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X241229010", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 3:12:2050313X241229010.", "...
PMC10838031
Neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus is a severe neurological and psychiatric manifestation following systemic lupus erythematosus. Neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus is a global concern with limited data on its impact on quality of life in Africa. Furthermore, there is a lack of published research ...
{ "authors": [ "Antonio Maria D'Onofrio", "Federica Di Vincenzo", "Gaspare Filippo Ferrajoli", "Franco Scaldaferri", "Giovanni Camardese" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2024/3744500", "journal": "Case Rep Gastrointest Med", "journal_detail": "2024 Mar 15:2024:3744500.", "keywords...
PMC10959577
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, are lifelong conditions with no definite cure. Several studies demonstrated that patients with IBD more frequently experience symptoms of common mental disorders, such as anxiety and depression, because of bidirectional communication t...
{ "authors": [ "Paul Kim", "James Kovacic", "Andrew Shepherd", "Ankur Dhar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.eucr.2023.102632", "journal": "Urol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Dec 5:52:102632.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-ND", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih....
PMC10757240
Self-inserted urethral foreign bodies are an unusual albeit well documented phenomena and cause of hospital presentation. When conservative non-operative managements fail, operative management is imperative to prevent further complications including infection, stones, diverticula, and fistula formation. Minimally invas...
{ "authors": [ "Athena Manzino", "Christopher Wilson" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fresc.2024.1384782", "journal": "Front Rehabil Sci", "journal_detail": "2024 Sep 19:5:1384782.", "keywords": [ "breast cancer", "intervention", "oncology", "physical therapy", "rehabilita...
PMC11446967
Background: Bone metastases are common in patients with progressive cancer and often present in long bones, leading to adverse events such as pathologic fractures. In the acute care setting, physical therapists (PTs) may be the initial providers who identify symptoms associated with fracture risk and communicate concer...
{ "authors": [ "Kentaro Akabane", "Tetsuo Watanabe", "Yuta Tajima", "Shuji Toyama", "Yoshihisa Tamate", "Tetsuro Uchida" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fcvm.2023.1221180", "journal": "Front Cardiovasc Med", "journal_detail": "2023 Nov 30:10:1221180.", "keywords": [ "acute...
PMC10720033
Cardiac metastases of thyroid cancer are rare. The most common metastatic route is through lymphatic or hematogenous spread to the right side of the heart. Direct invasion of metastases from other adjacent organs to the left side of the heart is even rarer. In many cases, the disease progresses asymptomatically, and sy...
{ "authors": [ "Clement Tan", "Jithmy Perara", "Pranav Kumar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.22551/2023.41.1004.10276", "journal": "Arch Clin Cases", "journal_detail": "2023 Dec 28;10(4):205-209.", "keywords": [ "anca associated vasculitis", "antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody", ...
PMC10754038
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody associated vasculitides has 3 different types: Granulomatosis with polyangiitis, eosinophilic granulomatosis and polyangiitis and microscopic polyangiitis. These vasculitides manifest differently based on which area of small and medium size vessels in our bodies that it affects. ...
{ "authors": [ "Daniel Inácio Cazeiro", "Rui Plácido", "Miguel Azeredo Raposo", "Joana Brito", "Alexandra Borba", "Tatiana Guimarães", "Eugénia Pinto", "Pedro Freitas", "Fausto J Pinto" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.36660/abc.20230565", "journal": "Arq Bras Cardiol", "j...
PMC11081196
Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) and pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis are rare types of histopathological substrates within the spectrum of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) with a very poor prognosis. They are characterized by a widespread fibroproliferative process of the small caliber veins and/or capi...
{ "authors": [ "Tuba Tülay Koca" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.2340/jrmcc.v7.40039", "journal": "J Rehabil Med Clin Commun", "journal_detail": "2024 Apr 2:7:40039.", "keywords": [ "earthquake", "nerve injuries", "plexus injuries", "rehabilitation" ], "license": "CC BY-NC", "lin...
PMC11000656
Objective: On 6 February 2023, 2 earthquakes with magnitudes of 7.7 and 7.6 mW occurred in Pazarcık and Elbistan districts of Kahramanmaraş province (Turkey) and affected 11 provinces in total, especially Hatay, Malatya, and Adıyaman. Here, we report 3 earthquake victims in order to define patients profiles. Case repor...
{ "authors": [ "Camila Costa Souza", "Larissa G Rigueto", "Henrique Costa Santiago", "Antonio Carlos Seguro", "Adriana Castello Girardi", "Weverton Machado Luchi" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.5414/CNCS111284", "journal": "Clin Nephrol Case Stud", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 4:12:6...
PMC10783169
Drug-induced hypomagnesemia is an adverse effect with the potential for serious and fatal outcomes. Although rare, chronic use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) can cause hypomagnesemia due to impaired intestinal absorption, mainly attributed to reduced transcellular transport of magnesium via transient receptor potenti...
{ "authors": [ "Shuai Wang", "Sha Wu", "Daoquan Peng" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fgene.2024.1415156", "journal": "Front Genet", "journal_detail": "2024 Jul 25:15:1415156.", "keywords": [ "adipose triglyceride lipase", "autosomal recessive disease", "cardiomyopathy", "...
PMC11306180
Deficiency of adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL) due to mutation in PNPLA2 causes neutral lipid storage disease with myopathy (NLSDM), an autosomal recessive disorder (MIM: #610717). NLSDM patients are mainly affected by progressive myopathy, cardiomyopathy, and hepatomegaly. Cardiac involvement was reported in 40%-50%...
{ "authors": [ "Yu Hu", "Miao Li", "Yanmei Shen", "Tianyun Wang", "Qiwei Liu", "Zhonghua Lu", "Hong Wang", "Xuerong Luo", "Lixin Yang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1205204", "journal": "Front Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2023 Aug 21:14:1205204.", "...
PMC10476520
Serine/threonine protein kinases are involved in axon formation and neuronal polarization and have recently been implicated in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD). Here, we focus on BRSK2, which encodes brain-specific serine/threonine protein kinase 2. Although previous studies have re...
{ "authors": [ "Reeko Osada", "Chiyako Oshikata", "Yuichi Kurihara", "Kosuke Terada", "Yuka Kodama", "Yuga Yamashita", "Ryo Nakadegawa", "Hinako Masumitsu", "Yuto Motobayashi", "Hirokazu Takayasu", "Nami Masumoto", "Saki Manabe", "Yingyao Zhu", "Ryo Tanaka", ...
PMC10926854
Monosodium glutamate (MSG), a salt form of a non-essential amino acid, is widely used as a food additive, particularly in Asian cuisines, due to its unique flavor-enhancing qualities. Type I allergic reactions to MSG have not previously been reported. Our patient, a 21-year-old woman, was 14 years old when she first no...
{ "authors": [ "Xiao-Ning Huang", "Qi-Min Fang", "Yu-Feng Zhong", "Jing Liu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2023.1340667", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 17:10:1340667.", "keywords": [ "bile duct", "eosinophilic cholangitis", "glucocor...
PMC10827930
Objective: Eosinophilic cholangitis (EC) is an uncommon form of benign biliary obstruction. It frequently eludes accurate clinical diagnosis, leading to inappropriate treatment methods. It is our aspiration that this clinical report will impart comprehensive insights into EC and, specifically, the critical role of tomo...
{ "authors": [ "Donna C Tippett", "Kyriaki Neophytou", "Yuan Tao", "Jessica Gallegos", "Christopher Morrow", "Chiadi U Onyike", "Kyrana Tsapkini" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/11795735241258435", "journal": "J Cent Nerv Syst Dis", "journal_detail": "2024 Jun 3:16:117957352...
PMC11149448
We present the case of a 62-year-old woman with probable behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) with cognitive/language deficits who demonstrated improved performance on cognitive/language testing and in functional tasks following long-term, home-based transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) coupl...
{ "authors": [ "Kaouthar Sfar", "Kaoutar Maslouhi", "Chaymae Faraj", "Fatima Chait", "Hafsa Elouazzani", "Nadia Cherradi", "Meriem Fikri", "Najwa Ech-Cherif El Kettani", "Mohamed Jiddane", "Firdaous Touarsa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X241272624", "jour...
PMC11372773
Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), an endocrine disorder most commonly caused by parathyroid adenoma (PTA), manifests with a diverse array of symptoms, reflecting the multisystem impact of parathyroid hormone: nephrolithiasis, peptic ulcer disease, psychiatric disorders, muscle weakness, constipation, polyuria, pancre...
{ "authors": [ "Cláudio Rodrigues", "João Luís Pinheiro", "Eugénia Cancela" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5334/jbsr.3244", "journal": "J Belg Soc Radiol", "journal_detail": "2023 Aug 30;107(1):66.", "keywords": [ "computed tomography", "inguinal hernia", "stomach" ], "license...
PMC10473170
Teaching Point: Although inguinal hernias are very common, stomach entrapment within an inguinal hernia is rare.
{ "authors": [ "Qingqing Wu", "Yixiu Yu", "Shenhong Feng", "Bingqian Fang", "Renzhi Zheng", "Weidong Sun", "Jianzhi Zhao" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2024.e01954", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2024 Apr 15:36:e01954.", "keywords": [ "hemophagocyti...
PMC11040128
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a life-threatening disease characterized by a hyperinflammatory syndrome and impairment of multiple organ systems. Talaromycosis marneffei (TSM) is an opportunistic infection mostly found in immunosuppressed populations, such as those with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (...
{ "authors": [ "Tomáš Seeman", "Terezie Šuláková", "Alice Bosáková", "Jana Indráková", "Dagmar Grečmalová" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1159/000539176", "journal": "Case Rep Nephrol Dial", "journal_detail": "2024 Jul 1;14(1):104-109.", "keywords": [ "autosomal dominant polycysti...
PMC11249641
Introduction: Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common hereditary kidney disease, which is mainly caused by pathogenic variants in two particular genes: PKD1 and PKD2. ADPKD caused by variants in other genes (GANAB or IFT140) is very rare. Case report: In a 6-year-old girl examined for ab...
{ "authors": [ "Gerardo Rosati", "Luigi Annunziata", "Enrico Scarano", "Francesca Dapoto", "Domenico Bilancia" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2024.1369952", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2024 Apr 3:14:1369952.", "keywords": [ "case report", "colorectal...
PMC11025352
Background: Metastatic colorectal cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer death worldwide, and its incidence increases with age. Treating an older RAS and BRAF wild-type patient represents a challenge for the medical oncologist, even more so for those patients defined as "vulnerable" and undergoing at least t...
{ "authors": [ "Alice Sardarian", "Melissa Givens", "James F Schwartz", "Rebekah Cole", "Sherri L Rudinsky" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11433", "journal": "MedEdPORTAL", "journal_detail": "2024 Sep 13:20:11433.", "keywords": [ "case-based learning", "edi...
PMC11393073
Introduction: Ensuring proficiency in responding to, evaluating, and treating chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) casualties is a critical component of military medical student education. To meet this objective, we developed a case-based CBRN curriculum that can serve as a model to address potential ...
{ "authors": [ "Spoorthi Jagadish", "Amy R U L Calhoun", "Sreenath Thati Ganganna" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ebr.2024.100652", "journal": "Epilepsy Behav Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 6:25:100652.", "keywords": [ "behr syndrome", "metabolic stroke", "mitochondrial ...
PMC10869285
Behr syndrome is associated with compound heterozygous dysfunction in OPA1 gene and typically presents with a constellation of visual impairment due to early onset optic atrophy, cerebellar ataxia, peripheral neuropathy, deafness, and gastrointestinal motility problems. Our patient with biallelic variants in OPA1 gene ...
{ "authors": [ "Toshimitsu Tanaka", "Sachiko Nagasu", "Takuya Furuta", "Mizuki Gobaru", "Hiroyuki Suzuki", "Yasutaka Shimotsuura", "Jun Akiba", "Masatoshi Nomura", "Fumihiko Fujita", "Takumi Kawaguchi", "Keisuke Miwa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2023.126...
PMC10762640
The occurrence of fulminant type 1 diabetes mellitus as an adverse event during cancer immunotherapy has been previously reported. However, little is known about the causal relationship between the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination and fulminant type 1 diabetes mellitus. A 60-year-old man with advanced ga...
{ "authors": [ "Naoki Date", "Hiroshi Hamakawa", "Ichiro Sakanoue", "Tomoki Saito", "Yutaka Takahashi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1002/ams2.956", "journal": "Acute Med Surg", "journal_detail": "2024 May 16;11(1):e956.", "keywords": [ "blunt chest trauma", "brachial plexus ...
PMC11099731
Background: Traumatic pneumocephalus is commonly encountered after basal skull fractures and rarely associated with blunt chest trauma. Here, we report a case of pneumocephalus caused by traumatic pneumothorax and brachial plexus avulsion. Case presentation: A 20-year-old male was admitted to our hospital following a m...
{ "authors": [ "Nicharee Kitkarncharoensin", "Sarin Catithammanit", "Niravit Chavanachinda", "Bantita Phruttinarakorn", "Piya Cherntanomwong", "Taya Kitiyakara" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14309/crj.0000000000001236", "journal": "ACG Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2023 Dec 28;11...
PMC10754591
A 75-year-old woman with hypertension, dyslipidemia, thalassemia trait, osteoarthritis of the knees, and hyperthyroidism presented with bloating, abdominal discomfort, and change in stool caliber underwent an esophagogastroduodenoscopy. The esophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed varices at the middle of esophagus, which w...
{ "authors": [ "Virginie Grouthier", "Anne Bachelot" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.3389/fendo.2024.1372887", "journal": "Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2024 Apr 30:15:1372887.", "keywords": [ "disorders of sex development", "fertility", "follow-up", "gender iden...
PMC11095110
Differences/disorders of sex development (DSD) comprise a large group of rare congenital conditions. 46,XX DSD, excluding congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), represent only a small number of these diseases. Due to the rarity of non-CAH 46,XX DSD, data on this sex chromosomal aberration were confined to case reports o...
{ "authors": [ "Venkatraman Kothandaraman", "John Wisener", "Paul W Helgerson" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1002/ccr3.8370", "journal": "Clin Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Dec 29;12(1):e8370.", "keywords": [ "cardiothoracic surgery", "general medicine", "radiology and imagi...
PMC10756942
Diagnosis of complex lymphatic anomalies can be difficult, and biopsies can be associated with significant morbidity. Mediastinal masses with features such as osseous involvement warrant thorough noninvasive evaluation prior to biopsy.
{ "authors": [ "Junki Sogano", "Kenzo Kosugi", "Atsushi Okano", "Yoshihiro Nihei", "Narumi Watanabe", "Jin Nakahara", "Masahiro Toda" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2176/jns-nmc.2023-0166", "journal": "NMC Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2023 Dec 20:10:349-354.", "keywords": [...
PMC10796903
In this study, we report on a case of probable sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) diagnosed after a difficult course of status epilepticus (SE) in a patient with poststroke epilepsy. The patient was admitted with progressive cognitive decline and convulsive SE; therefore, it was initially thought that the patien...
{ "authors": [ "Hossam Elzeiny", "Franca Agresta", "John Stevens", "David K Gardner" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fgene.2023.1242180", "journal": "Front Genet", "journal_detail": "2023 Sep 13:14:1242180.", "keywords": [ "ejaculated human spermatozoa", "infertility", "in...
PMC10533916
Background: Men diagnosed with Klinefelter syndrome (KS) commonly exhibit non-obstructive azoospermia or rarely having sperm in their ejaculate, rendering them traditionally considered sterile prior to the introduction of intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). The presence of mosaic KS may mask the classical phenotyp...
{ "authors": [ "Natalia Builes" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.18502/ijhoscr.v18i1.14750", "journal": "Int J Hematol Oncol Stem Cell Res", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 1;18(1):104-109.", "keywords": [ "children", "nonmalignant disorders", "reduced-intensity conditioning", "sickle cell ...
PMC11055425
Reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC) regimens have the potential to decrease toxicities related to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT) in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). While initial results may have been acceptable in adults and young adults, there are no well-established strategies in children wit...
{ "authors": [ "Eliana Rohr", "Alexandra Laverde-Saad", "Hanieh Zargham", "May Chergui", "Kevin Watters", "Alfred Balbul" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X231212988", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Nov 16:11:2050313X231212988.", "keywords":...
PMC10656791
Cutaneous angiosarcomas are rare soft tissue tumours originating from hematogenous vasculature that are aggressive and carry a poor prognosis. We describe the case of a 73-year-old man with a low-grade well-differentiated angiosarcoma. Our case distinguishes itself from those previously reported in the slow progression...
{ "authors": [ "Leopoldina Pereira", "Djamel Kitumba", "Mário Gil Fontoura", "David A João", "Lino Mascarenhas", "Mário Resende" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.51971", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 9;16(1):e51971.", "keywords": [ "cerebral salt-w...
PMC10853027
Rosette-forming glioneuronal tumor (RGNT) is a rare and indolent mixed glioneuronal tumor involving primarily the fourth ventricular region and occurring predominantly in young adults. We present a case of a 44-year-old woman presented with progressive headaches, vomiting, and a sudden decreasing level of consciousness...
{ "authors": [ "Daniel J Olix", "Dominic S Carollo", "Kelly G Ural" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.31486/toj.23.0055", "journal": "Ochsner J", "journal_detail": "2023 Winter;23(4):363-366.", "keywords": [ "dexmedetomidine", "mediastinal disease", "superior vena cava syndrome" ],...
PMC10741815
Background: Anterior mediastinal masses (AMMs), which can be benign or malignant, are a common cause of superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome. Because of their location, AMMs can cause significant airway compromise during the perioperative period, so anesthetic management of a patient with SVC syndrome can present signific...
{ "authors": [ "Marzouk Khouloud", "Slama Nader", "Bellalah Ahlem", "Safra Ines", "Hafsi Montacer", "Chabbeh Rayhan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.lrr.2024.100462", "journal": "Leuk Res Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 May 21:21:100462.", "keywords": [ "blastic plasmacyto...
PMC11144788
Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN) is a rare hematological malignancy characterized by the proliferation of plasmacytoid dendritic cells with a blast-like appearance. It usually presents in elderly people, and clinical manifestations include nodular blue-violet skin lesions, bone marrow infiltration a...
{ "authors": [ "Dimas Iman", "Ida B Narmada", "Muchammad R Yusuf", "Ratna Putri" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/jos.jos_23_23", "journal": "J Orthod Sci", "journal_detail": "2023 Nov 2:12:85.", "keywords": [ "impacted", "multidisciplinary", "transposition" ], "license...
PMC10793863
The impacted and transposed teeth cause consequences in tooth eruption and movement, resulting in aesthetic and functional outcomes. A proper treatment plan with treatment duration and cost consideration is necessary to treat them. This study reported treatment for a 23-year-old male patient with impacted and transpose...
{ "authors": [ "Seyed Mohammadali Mousavizadeh Ahmadabadi", "Sepideh Banar", "Ehsan Parvas", "Narges Shahbazi", "Hamidreza Biranvand" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.109187", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan:114:109187.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC10800586
Introduction and importance: Extramedullary intracardiac plasmacytoma is a rare type of plasma cell neoplasm that involves the heart. This article presents a case report of a patient with this condition and describes the surgical management of the disease. Case presentation: The patient was a 65-year-old male with a hi...
{ "authors": [ "Shuhua Li", "Yi Yang", "Jiacai Zuo", "Ningli Du", "Guoxian Kou" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2023.1281074", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2023 Oct 12:14:1281074.", "keywords": [ "rcvs", "case report", "cerebral vasospasm", "...
PMC10602719
Introduction: Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS) is a potentially life-threatening neurological disorder, rarely linked to intracranial hypotension. The presentation showed a patient with intracranial hypotension after peridural anesthesia who experienced RCVS during the early postpartum period, sugge...
{ "authors": [ "Brian K Sparkman", "Tuong Vi V Nguyen", "Steven Christopher Smith", "Harry D Bear" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/23247096231205344", "journal": "J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan-Dec:11:23247096231205344.", "keywords": [ "biomarker...
PMC10578064
Myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcoma (MIFS) is a rare tumor of soft tissue. It typically presents as a low-grade sarcoma with myxoid stroma, has a predilection for distal extremities, and displays a high propensity for local recurrence, but low metastatic potential. The risk factors associated with high-risk lesions m...
{ "authors": [ "Ersin Kuloglu", "Kubilay Issever" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1590/S1678-9946202365048", "journal": "Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo", "journal_detail": "2023 Sep 8:65:e48.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37703119/", "major_mes...
PMC10495113
Leptospirosis is one of the most common zoonotic bacterial infections worldwide. It is an infection that usually affects people with low socioeconomic status, with morbidity and mortality risk. The clinical course of the disease may range from mild, featuring nonspecific clinical signs and symptoms, to severe, resultin...
{ "authors": [ "Nilesh Jagdale", "Vutukuru Kalyan Kumar Reddy", "Mohith Prakash Kondapalli", "Saimounika Adapa", "Diksha Sabharwal" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.53094", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 28;16(1):e53094.", "keywords": [ "abdominal cect"...
PMC10897761
Millions of people around the world suffer from tuberculosis (TB), a long-term contagious illness. TB can invade almost all human body systems, with the respiratory system being the most impacted. Hepatic TB is a form of TB infection that affects the liver. It is considered an extrapulmonary manifestation of TB, which ...
{ "authors": [ "Tameemi Abdallah Moady", "Marwan Odeh", "Ayalla Fedida", "Zvi Segal", "Maayan Gruber", "Moshe Goldfeld", "Limor Kalfon", "Tzipora C Falik-Zaccai" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2023.1178280", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2023 Sep 1...
PMC10534027
Introduction: Pathogenic variants of the junctional adhesion molecule 3 (JAM3/JAM-C; OMIM#606871) is the cause of the rare recessive disorder called hemorrhagic destruction of the brain, subependymal calcification, and cataracts (HDBSCC, OMIM#613730) disease. A similar phenotype is universal, including congenital catar...
{ "authors": [ "Mauricio I Scanavacca", "Cristiano F Pisani", "Bernardo Salvajoli", "Rodrigo M Kulchetscki", "Marina P Mayrink", "João Victor Salvajoli", "Roberto Kalil" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.36660/abc.20220614", "journal": "Arq Bras Cardiol", "journal_detail": "2023 Ma...
PMC10263457
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{ "authors": [ "Serafin Castellano-Damaso", "Felisa Vazquez-Gomez", "Jose Luis Moreno-Carrasco", "Begoña Arce", "Pedro Borrego", "Alvaro Lassaletta" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2024.1381354", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2024 May 23:14:1381354.", "keyw...
PMC11153656
Dissemination in pediatric low-grade glioma may occur in about 4%-10% of patients according to retrospective cohort studies. Due to its low incidence, there is no consensus on treatment for these patients. According to the constitutional activation of the MAPK/ERK pathway in these tumors, MEK inhibitors such as trameti...
{ "authors": [ "Sydney Brooke Hoskins", "Leslie Torgerson" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000536052", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol", "journal_detail": "2024 Apr 2;17(1):524-531.", "keywords": [ "chek2", "colorectal cancer", "papillary thyroid cancer", "synchronous tumors" ], ...
PMC10987181
Introduction: Mutations of CHEK2 are usually inherited and have been implicated in breast cancers, colorectal cancers, thyroid cancers, kidney cancers, and prostate cancers. The CHEK2 gene codes for checkpoint kinase 2 protein which is an effector in the ATM-CHEK2-p53 pathway and responds to DNA double-strand breaks. C...
{ "authors": [ "Shailendra Katwal", "Aastha Ghimire", "Kriti Shrestha", "Suban Amatya" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1097/MS9.0000000000001423", "journal": "Ann Med Surg (Lond)", "journal_detail": "2023 Nov 7;86(1):472-476.", "keywords": [ "case report", "multidisciplinary treatm...
PMC10783232
Introduction and importance: Rhabdomyosarcoma is a malignant tumour that originates from immature muscle cells and belongs to the category of soft-tissue sarcomas. It is predominantly diagnosed in children under the age of 6. This condition can manifest within the genitourinary tract and may exhibit non-specific sympto...
{ "authors": [ "Yuichiro Koga", "Shusuke Yamamoto", "Satoshi Kuroda" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_173_2024", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2024 Apr 12:15:131.", "keywords": [ "cerebral ischemia", "moyamoya disease", "revascularization", "white ma...
PMC11090599
Background: Moyamoya disease often presents white matter hyperintensity (WMH) lesions on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) images, which is generally accepted as irreversible. We, herein, describe three cases of moyamoya disease with WMH lesions that regressed or disappeared after surgical revascularization. ...
{ "authors": [ "Joanne Thanh-Tâm Nguyen", "Amandine Ferrière", "Antoine Tabarin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fendo.2024.1337741", "journal": "Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 8:15:1337741.", "keywords": [ "aip mutation", "cushing’s disease", "caber...
PMC10882091
This report describes a rare case of a 20-year-old man with an ACTH- and prolactin-secreting invasive pituitary macroadenoma causing hyperprolactinemia and Cushing's disease. He was later found to have an AIP mutation. Treatment with cabergoline (1.5 mg weekly) normalized prolactin concentrations and induced a major sh...
{ "authors": [ "Renz Michael F Pasilan", "Anthony Russell T Villanueva" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.47895/amp.vi0.7099", "journal": "Acta Med Philipp", "journal_detail": "2024 Mar 22;58(5):68-73.", "keywords": [ "kidney transplantation", "case report", "glomerulonephritis", "th...
PMC11239991
Identical or Monozygotic twin kidney transplant usually possess an excellent immunological match and provide the opportunity to minimize or even avoid immunosuppression toxicity. However, there are concerns regarding disease recurrence among end stage kidney disease (ESKD) patients with an unknown etiology. Together wi...
{ "authors": [ "Mengbo Xiao", "Ying Di", "Yu An", "Yunfeng Cui" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/CEG.S449594", "journal": "Clin Exp Gastroenterol", "journal_detail": "2024 Apr 29:17:141-145.", "keywords": [ "acute necrotizing pancreatitis", "paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria"...
PMC11067917
This report presents a unique case of acute necrotizing pancreatitis(ANP) concomitant with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria(PNH), a combination that has not been documented in existing literature. The impact of PNH on ANP and its treatment remains uncertain due to the lack of consensus. The case described herein inv...
{ "authors": [ "Alaina Chodoff", "Diana Whitehead", "Beryl Otieno", "Joseph Fuscaldo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.55729/2000-9666.1197", "journal": "J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect", "journal_detail": "2023 Jun 29;13(4):26-30.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC", "link":...
PMC10589005
The varied clinical presentation and objective findings associated with colonic ischemia (CI) overlap with multiple disease processes. A high index of suspicion is critical for timely diagnosis and prognostication to avoid delays in treatment. We present a case that highlights the challenges of diagnosing CI and the hi...
{ "authors": [ "Yunying Li", "Yingxue Han", "Xiaojuan Su", "Junjuan Cao", "Junxia Liu", "Wenjuan Zhang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2024.1436089", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2024 Sep 18:11:1436089.", "keywords": [ "autologous platelet-ri...
PMC11445619
Introduction: Intrauterine adhesion (IUA), a common gynecological disease, is mainly caused by traumatic or infectious factors that lead to basal endometrial layer physiological repair disorders. IUA is mostly treated via hysteroscopic transcervical resection of adhesion and although it can restore uterine cavity shape...
{ "authors": [ "Akram Al-Ibraheem", "Serin Moghrabi", "Ahmed Saad Abdlkadir", "Mohamad Haidar", "Omar Jaber" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.22038/AOJNMB.2023.74639.1519", "journal": "Asia Ocean J Nucl Med Biol", "journal_detail": "2024;12(1):57-60.", "keywords": [ "giant cell tumo...
PMC10757054
Tenosynovial giant cell tumors represent a group of typically non-malignant tumors found within the joints and soft tissues. The occurrence of tenosynovial giant cell tumor alongside hematologic malignancies is an infrequent finding. Herein, we report a patient who presented with coinciding Hodgkin Lymphoma (HL) and te...
{ "authors": [ "Temitope A Tobun", "Ndausung Udongwo", "Joshua Stephens", "Joseph Heaton", "Farah Bashir", "Theodora Esomonye", "Mohammed Alkubeysi", "Jalal Ghali" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.52833", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 23;16(1):e5...
PMC10884562
Cardiac sarcoidosis (CS), a rare complication of systemic sarcoidosis, can have subtle or no symptoms. It is characterized by granuloma formation in the myocardium, which can occur in isolation or alongside systemic sarcoidosis. Clinical manifestations include conduction system disorders (e.g., atrioventricular block a...
{ "authors": [ "Andrey Valerievich Ushakov" ], "case_amount": 6, "doi": "10.25122/jml-2023-0507", "journal": "J Med Life", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan;17(1):116-122.", "keywords": [ "doppler", "ft3", "ft4", "gd", "graves’ disease", "psv", "psv-sta", "sta", "tgab", ...
PMC11080503
Ultrasound can identify important characteristics in primary hypothyroidism and diffuse hyperthyroidism (Graves' disease). Therefore, sonologists are actively investigating ultrasound criteria to differentiate between these two conditions. Nevertheless, practice shows the absence of such ultrasonic landmarks. For the f...
{ "authors": [ "Bailey Houghtaling", "Paulette Kourouma", "Nila Pradhananga", "Laura Balis" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3233/WOR-220337", "journal": "Work", "journal_detail": "2023;76(2):727-735.", "keywords": [ "occupational health", "and nutrition", "diet", "food", ...
PMC10657666
Background: Trucking companies may be key partners for workplace health promotion programs to improve heavy and tractor-trailer drivers' health and wellbeing. Objective: To identify barriers and facilitators to implementing workplace health promotion programs among Louisiana trucking companies' leadership and staff. Me...
{ "authors": [ "Aynur Aliyeva" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1080/23320885.2023.2256398", "journal": "Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg", "journal_detail": "2023 Sep 11;10(1):2256398.", "keywords": [ "nasal dermoid sinus cyst", "novel technique", "septal cartilage" ], "license": "CC ...
PMC10496523
The correct reconstructive technique following dermoid cyst removal is critical for treatment and aesthetics. This article will discuss the management of nasal dermoid sinus cysts. A mixture of "Turkish-delight" crushed cartilage with Fibrin-based tissue adhesives and non-crushed septal cartilage was used for the prima...
{ "authors": [ "Ali Tajaddini", "Mohammadmehdi Fallahi", "Hoda Haghshenas", "Soheila-Sadat Nourmohammadi", "Leila Ghahramani", "Reza Shahriarirad" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1002/ccr3.8363", "journal": "Clin Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Dec 27;12(1):e8363.", "keywords": ...
PMC10753128
Key clinical message: Abdominal cocoon syndrome and Chilaiditi syndrome are rare etiologies of bowel obstruction which have to be considered in patients with obstructive symptoms. Patients can profit from surgical management rather than non-surgical approach. Abstract: Encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis or abdominal co...
{ "authors": [ "Lijuan Shao", "Hongyu Zhang", "Wenting He", "Jun Wu", "Danxia Zhu", "Haibo Cheng" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2023.1268199", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2023 Nov 3:13:1268199.", "keywords": [ "gastric adenocarcinoma", "metastas...
PMC10656673
This article describes the process of multidisciplinary team (MDT) discussion and comprehensive treatment of a case of advanced gastric cancer that tested positive for programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1). During diagnosis, the patient presented with advanced gastric cancer and numerous unresectable metastases in the less...
{ "authors": [ "Kazuki Asazuma", "Akihiko Shimomura", "Yukino Kawamura", "Tomoko Taniyama", "Chikako Shimizu" ], "case_amount": 5, "doi": "10.1159/000540257", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol", "journal_detail": "2024 Jul 20;17(1):773-778.", "keywords": [ "brain metastases", "breast ...
PMC11324257
Introduction: Breast cancer is the second most common cause of central nervous system (CNS) metastases. It has been shown that the median time from breast cancer diagnosis to CNS metastasis is 30.9 months and that the overall median survival after metastasis is extremely poor at 6.8 months. Although treatment options f...
{ "authors": [ "Vera Sumual", "Andry Lukandy", "Reynardi Larope Sutanto" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1097/MS9.0000000000001504", "journal": "Ann Med Surg (Lond)", "journal_detail": "2023 Nov 16;86(1):507-511.", "keywords": [ "case report", "central retinal artery occlusion", "d...
PMC10783394
Introduction and importance: Acute sinusitis can cause intraorbital complications. Although subperiosteal abscesses generally do not cause severe vision loss, rare cases of decreased vision due to central artery or vein occlusion have been reported since 2003. Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) is an eye emergency...