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{ "authors": [ "Catarina Menezes", "Ana Losa", "Sara Mosca", "Ana de Carvalho Vaz", "Catarina M Figueiredo", "Cristina Garrido", "Teresa Borges", "Joana Borges Correia" ], "case_amount": 5, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.52496", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 18;16(...
PMC10874197
Adrenoleukodystrophy, a rare genetic disease associated with the X chromosome (X-ALD - X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy), predominantly affects males and stems from mutations in the ABCD1 gene, responsible for transporting very long chain fatty acids (VLCFA) into peroxisomes. It leads to adrenal insufficiency (AI) and axo...
{ "authors": [ "Youssef Achour", "Youness Bakali", "Mahdi Bahij", "Hamza Sekkat", "Mouna Mhamdi Alaoui", "Farid Sabbah", "Abdelmalek Hrora", "Mohammed Raiss" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/20363613241266047", "journal": "Rare Tumors", "journal_detail": "2024 Jul 24:16:2...
PMC11271108
Tumors originating from soft tissues are uncommon, among these tumors, liposarcomas are the most frequent. These tumors remain asymptomatic for a long time, and only revealing themselves when they reach an important size. In such cases, treatment is difficult, requiring extensive surgery procedures that can excise seve...
{ "authors": [ "Sarah Saoud", "Doha Arreyouchi", "Anas Ankiz", "Anass Haloui", "Nassira Karich", "Amal Bennani", "Ayat Allah Oufkir" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1080/23320885.2024.2303993", "journal": "Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 18;11(1):2...
PMC10798276
A 17-year-old male with chest malformation and left breast enlargement underwent surgery for gynecomastia. Histological examination revealed mammary fibrous stroma with ductal hyperplasia and features of pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia. Postoperative follow-up showed no complications, but 8 months later, the pati...
{ "authors": [ "Satish Haridasan", "Rakesh Madhyastha", "Muriel Ghosn", "Fadi Hijazi", "Baraa Abduljawad", "Mohamed Ibrahim", "Rajaish Madhwani" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5414/CNCS111140", "journal": "Clin Nephrol Case Stud", "journal_detail": "2023 Sep 7:11:132-135.", "k...
PMC10495940
Intradialytic breakthrough seizures refractory to multiple classes of antiepileptic medications are not common and can be due to many different reasons. Pyridoxine deficiency is an under-recognized cause of such seizures and frequently missed in clinical practice. Many factors specifically related to dialysis can lead ...
{ "authors": [ "Somayeh Niakan", "Nafise Asgari", "Niyousha Rafeie", "Solmaz Barati" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.18502/fid.v21i2.14669", "journal": "Front Dent", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 9:21:2.", "keywords": [ "dental implants", "palatal obturators", "surgery, oral" ]...
PMC10985513
Conventional obturator prostheses might cause dissatisfaction in patients with hard or soft palate defects due to inadequate retention and function during speech, mastication, and swallowing. Thus, surgical reconstruction and implant-supported obturators are considered as alternative treatments for these patients. This...
{ "authors": [ "Hamdah Hanifa", "Khayry Al-Shami", "Turki Al-Shaher", "Jamal Ataya", "Mohammad Al-Abrass", "Hanan Moezzen", "Tarik Ghannam" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X241262141", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Jun 14:12:2050313X2412...
PMC11179459
Gastric volvulus and wandering spleen are two rare and uncommon conditions. Gastric volvulus is characterized by the rotation of the stomach around itself, causing a closed obstruction. It was first described in the 19th century and is classified according to the axis, etiology, or chronicity. A wandering spleen is def...
{ "authors": [ "Xiaodan Liu", "Shusen Zhang", "Honglin Li", "Xuezhu Ren", "Xiaolan Xu", "Xuejing Wang", "Liyun Ye", "Zhigang Cai" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2024.1396452", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2024 May 31:14:1396452.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC11176446
Background: The majority of patients of lung cancer have already lost the chance of surgery at the time of diagnosis. Percutaneous local thermal ablation is a precise minimally invasive technique and a viable alternative to surgical treatment. Compared with radiofrequency ablation and microwave ablation, percutaneous l...
{ "authors": [ "Osama Mosalem", "Tanmayi Pai", "Mohammed Alqawasma", "Marwan Shaikh", "K David Li", "Muhamad Alhaj Moustafa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/JBM.S444004", "journal": "J Blood Med", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 24:15:29-34.", "keywords": [ "crs", "antibod...
PMC10822081
Brentuximab vedotin (BV) and nivolumab are increasingly utilized as a novel regimen in patients with relapsed/refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL). A 26-year-old male presented to the hospital with refractory diabetic ketoacidosis and multiple electrolyte abnormalities, 9 days after the first dose of brentuximab...
{ "authors": [ "Anne R Waldrop", "Andrea Henkel", "Kelley B Lee", "Maurice L Druzin", "Natali Aziz", "Yasser El-Sayed", "Deirdre J Lyell" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.1055/s-0043-1777999", "journal": "AJP Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 23;14(1):e16-e18.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC10805562
Objective The four initial severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-infected pregnant women presenting at term gestation to our institution presented with transaminitis. Three of the four were diagnosed with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (IHCP). Growing evidence exists of an associated trans...
{ "authors": [ "Qibei Teng", "Xueshi Ye", "Bei Wang", "Xinyue Zhang", "Zhizhi Tao", "Xiufeng Yin", "Qianqian Yang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2024.1397539", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2024 Jun 24:11:1397539.", "keywords": [ "candida...
PMC11228301
Disseminated candidiasis is a severe complication in patients with hematological malignancies who have undergone chemotherapy or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. It has a high mortality rate. When disseminated candidiasis caused by Candida tropicalis involves either the brain or heart, the prognosis is extremel...
{ "authors": [ "Xiaotong Xu", "Changyou Jing", "Tong Zhu", "Minjie Jiang", "Yunlai Fu", "Fang Xie", "Jianjun Li", "Qinghua Meng" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2024.1373397", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2024 Jul 23:11:1373397.", "keyword...
PMC11300253
This patient was an elderly patient with abdominal distension and shortness of breath. According to relevant examinations, his condition was initially considered to be related to cirrhosis, but pathological biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of noncirrhotic portal hypertension of unknown etiology. The portal vein pressure ...
{ "authors": [ "Maoyuan Wu", "Wenwen Zhang", "Lianli He", "Ye Zhu", "Xiaoling Jiang", "Lixia Zhang", "Xiwei Yuan", "Tingchao Li" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2024.1298109", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2024 Mar 7:14:1298109.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC10956574
Multiple primary malignant neoplasms are a rare gynecologic malignancy; particularly, cases originating from the heterologous organs, such as the ovary and cervix. Here, we report a case of two primary malignant neoplasms in a patient who had undergone laparoscopic radical hysterectomy + bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy...
{ "authors": [ "Yahya El Harras", "Kaoutar Imrani", "Chaymae Faraj", "Nabil Moatassim Billah", "Ittimade Nassar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X241248390", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Apr 23:12:2050313X241248390.", "keywords": [ "tuber...
PMC11041532
Spinal tuberculosis usually presents as destroyed contiguous vertebral bodies associated with intervertebral discs and paravertebral or psoas abscesses. Atypical forms are uncommonly reported. Vertebral involvement without disk destruction is a rare form that improves satisfactorily after appropriate medical management...
{ "authors": [ "Ryutaro Makino", "Akari Machida", "Yushi Nagano", "Shunichi Tanaka", "Ayumi Taniguchi", "Ryosuke Hanaya" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5797/jnet.cr.2024-0023", "journal": "J Neuroendovasc Ther", "journal_detail": "2024;18(7):197-202.", "keywords": [ "catastrop...
PMC11260516
Objective: Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS) is a disease characterized by a poor prognosis and a high mortality rate, leading to systemic thrombosis. Approximately two-thirds of CAPS cases are associated with conditions such as infections, malignancies, surgical interventions, and events linked to the dise...
{ "authors": [ "Marialuisa Gennari", "Caterina F Gozzoli", "Giancarlo Tamanza" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1347381", "journal": "Front Psychol", "journal_detail": "2024 Aug 5:15:1347381.", "keywords": [ "family assessment", "family clinical intervention", "famil...
PMC11331788
The Family Life Space (FLS) is a graphic instrument that may aid the relational assessment of families. This interactive instrument involves all members of the family in a joint task, that of collectively making a drawing of their own family system and it allows the gathering of information related to the overall famil...
{ "authors": [ "Ying Liu", "Ping Zhu", "Jiajun Tian" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2024.1344151", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 7:11:1344151.", "keywords": [ "adpkd", "pkd1 gene mutation", "adult female", "case report", "congenit...
PMC10879390
Congenital hepatic fibrosis (CHF) is considered to be a rare autosomal recessive hereditary fibrocystic liver disease, mainly found in children. However, cases of adult CHF with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) caused by PKD1 gene mutation are extremely rare. We report a 31-year-old female patient a...
{ "authors": [ "Anne-Marie C Leiby", "Kiana A Scambray", "Hannah L Nguyen", "Farheen Basith", "Shahrzad Fakhraee", "Zarui A Melikyan", "Syed A Bukhari", "Thomas J Montine", "María M Corrada", "Claudia H Kawas", "S Ahmad Sajjadi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3233/JA...
PMC10615772
Background: Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy neuropathologic change (LATE-NC) is a clinicopathological construct proposed to facilitate studying TDP-43 pathology in older individuals. Objective: Our aim was to describe clinical and cognitive characteristics of LATE-NC without Alzheimer's disease neu...
{ "authors": [ "Haihu Hao", "Weijie Kong", "Han Li" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fsurg.2023.1282202", "journal": "Front Surg", "journal_detail": "2023 Dec 14:10:1282202.", "keywords": [ "carpal tunnel syndrome", "case report", "flexor tendon", "surgery", "tophaceous...
PMC10757969
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common disease among peripheral nerve entrapment diseases. CTS is often caused by the hyperplasia of the transverse carpal ligament and edema of tissue in the carpal tunnel, resulting in compression of the median nerve. Specific manifestations of CTS include numbness, loss of sk...
{ "authors": [ "Maryam Vajihinejad", "Ali Ataei", "Mohammad Pashmchi", "Ali Aledavoud", "Vahid Zand", "Mohammad Ali Broomand", "Mohammad Mohammadi", "Niloofar Zare Reshkuiyeh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2024.1394020", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail":...
PMC11099278
Background: Intrathyroid thymic carcinoma (ITTC) is a rare neoplasm of the thyroid, which accounts for less than 0.15% of all thyroid malignancies. The coexistence of ITTC and papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is an extremely rare condition reported only in a limited number of cases. Case summary: A 26-year-old female ...
{ "authors": [ "Zihan Guo", "Anli Zuo", "Xinyi Liu", "Yunxiu Jiang", "Shuran Yang", "Degan Lu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2024.1329381", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 27:11:1329381.", "keywords": [ "legionella", "legionella pn...
PMC10930033
Legionella pneumonia (LP) is a relatively uncommon yet well-known type of atypical community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). It is characterized by a rapid progression to severe pneumonia and can be easily misdiagnosed. In most patients, chest computed tomography (CT) showed patchy infiltration, which may progress to lobar i...
{ "authors": [ "Gongjie Ye", "Lei Yang", "Zhouzhou Dong" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01902", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2023 Sep 30:34:e01902.", "keywords": [ "community-acquired", "hypervirulence", "intracranial infection", "klebsiella pneum...
PMC10551834
Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (HvKp) is a dynamic pathotype characterized by heightened mucoviscosity and virulence, typically afflicting individuals within the community, who commonly exhibit good health. We presented a case study of a 65-year-old male with diabetes who developed community acquired pneumonia, se...
{ "authors": [ "Oscar Duffy", "Mahfouz Sharapi", "Thomas Drew", "Catherine Moran", "Tanya O'Neill" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X241257193", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Jun 10:12:2050313X241257193.", "keywords": [ "meningioma", "a...
PMC11165947
The management of intracranial malignancies in pregnancy poses unique challenges to the perioperative team. We describe the successful surgical management of a meningioma in a 28-year-old previously healthy patient, in her third trimester of pregnancy, who first presented with a generalised seizure. Without clear guide...
{ "authors": [ "Melika Mohammadi", "Mina Zarei" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.22037/iej.v19i3.45174", "journal": "Iran Endod J", "journal_detail": "2024;19(3):228-231.", "keywords": [ "endodontic management", "mandibular premolar", "taurodontism" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-SA", "l...
PMC11287040
A complete understanding of canal morphology is essential to achieve successful endodontic treatment. Although mandibular second premolars are reported to have usually only one root canal at the apex, in this case we reported a mandibular second premolar with three root canals and taurodont morphology. A patient was re...
{ "authors": [ "Andre A Robinson", "Samantha Feder", "Sushma Krishna", "Lois Brustman" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1055/s-0044-1779030", "journal": "AJP Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 18;14(1):e62-e65.", "keywords": [ "covid-19", "cov-2", "sars", "infection", "ne...
PMC10874692
Maternal severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection can affect placental function, but the possibility of intrauterine transmission has been debated. Several authors have published inclusion criteria for vertical transmission, but few reports exist that are able to meet the suggested require...
{ "authors": [ "Ali Jaan", "Farhan Khalid", "Abdullah M Firoze Ahmed", "Ahmed Salman", "Trisha Meghal", "Doantrang Du" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.55729/2000-9666.1225", "journal": "J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect", "journal_detail": "2023 Sep 2;13(5):68-71.", "keywords": ...
PMC10589035
Introduction: Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) or hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) is a life-threatening and relatively rare condition that usually presents as a multisystem febrile illness. It is associated with excessive activation of the immune system and hypercytokinemia, leading to an unregulated aggregation ...
{ "authors": [ "Tomohiro Setogawa", "Taketo Kato", "Hiroki Watanabe", "Shota Nakamura", "Tetsuya Mizuno", "Toyofumi Fengshi Chen-Yoshikawa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5761/atcs.cr.24-00041", "journal": "Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg", "journal_detail": "2024;30(1):24-00041.", "ke...
PMC11163139
An 82-year-old male patient underwent a left upper lobectomy with anterolateral thoracotomy for lung cancer. Although a complete left-pericardial defect was observed during surgery, the pericardial repair was not performed because the left lower lobe remained and the heart was considered stable. Postoperative pathologi...
{ "authors": [ "Van T Hoang", "The H Hoang", "Hoang Q Nguyen", "Ngoc T T Pham", "Tien H Vo", "Vichit Chansomphou", "Duc T Hoang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1093/jscr/rjad694", "journal": "J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 4;2024(1):rjad694.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC10766585
Appendicitis is a common condition in daily clinical practice. Appendicitis due to foreign bodies is uncommon and may result from obstruction or perforation mechanism. We present a rare case of a 43-year-old male patient who was diagnosed with perforated appendicitis due to a fish bone by imaging studies and confirmed ...
{ "authors": [ "Kosuke Sasaki", "Atsushi Kuge", "Yu Shimokawa", "Tetsu Yamaki", "Rei Kondo", "Yukihiko Sonoda" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_695_2023", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2023 Nov 17:14:401.", "keywords": [ "capillary hemangioma", "...
PMC10695465
Background: Capillary hemangioma is a rare benign hemangioma that occurs in the soft tissues of the skin, orbit, head, and neck. Intracranial cases, especially intraparenchymal cases, are extremely rare. In this study, we report the course of an intracranial parenchymal capillary hemangioma with left mild motor paresis...
{ "authors": [ "Serwah Bonsu Asafo-Agyei", "Emmanuel Ameyaw", "Boateng Nimako", "Michael Amoah" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2024/9987144", "journal": "Case Rep Endocrinol", "journal_detail": "2024 Apr 18:2024:9987144.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pu...
PMC11045276
Differences in sex development (DSD) are congenital conditions in which the development of chromosomal, gonadal, or anatomical sex is atypical. Ovotesticular DSD is the rarest variant of DSD where both ovarian and testicular tissues co-exist in an individual. Ambiguous genitalia may be a glaring indicator of DSD, but m...
{ "authors": [ "Janene Kuan", "Ashleigh Hansen", "Hua Wang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2023.1282253", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2023 Dec 6:11:1282253.", "keywords": [ "47", "charcot-marie-tooth disease", "imnepd2", "xxy", "autosomal reces...
PMC10731953
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases play a pivotal role in catalyzing the precise coupling of amino acids with their corresponding tRNAs. Among them, Tyrosyl tRNA synthetase, encoded by the YARS1 gene, facilitates the aminoacylation of tyrosine to its designated tRNA. Heterozygous variants in the YARS1 gene have been linked to ...
{ "authors": [ "R Afiouni", "G Abadjian", "F Stephan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2024/6505274", "journal": "Case Rep Dermatol Med", "journal_detail": "2024 May 29:2024:6505274.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38841105/", "major_m...
PMC11152761
Reactive angioendotheliomatosis (RAE) is a rare benign skin condition characterized histologically by the proliferation of dermal vessels and endothelial cells that occurs secondary to an underlying disease such as infections or lymphoproliferative disorders. To our knowledge, no previous cases of RAE associated with u...
{ "authors": [ "Sergey Afanasievich Kim", "Anton Olegovich Ivanov", "Anastasia Anatolievna Halepa", "Anna Alexeevna Sysoeva", "Galina Alexandrovna Gunenko" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_478_2023", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2023 Aug 11:14:283.", "keywo...
PMC10481799
Background: Periventricular nodular heterotopia (PNH) is a rare pathological condition characterized by the presence of nodules of gray matter located along the lateral ventricles of the brain. The condition typically presents with seizures and other neurological symptoms, and various methods of surgical treatment and ...
{ "authors": [ "Tiffany Le", "John Dayco", "Karthik Ramaseshan", "Mariam Zunnu Rain", "Luis C Afonso" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.52088", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 11;16(1):e52088.", "keywords": [ "cardiac sarcoidosis", "cardiology", "...
PMC10858628
Cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) is a potentially life-threatening condition that can cause sudden, fatal conduction abnormalities, arrhythmias, and heart failure. The diagnosis of CS is challenging due to nonspecific symptoms and an unclear diagnostic criterion. Although biopsy is the gold standard method, the sensitivity of ...
{ "authors": [ "Xuemei Zhang", "Linlin Gan", "Junjun Zhao", "Haiqing Zhang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.21037/acr-23-84", "journal": "AME Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Apr 2:8:39.", "keywords": [ "phyllodes tumor (pt)", "case report", "mastectomy breast", "surgical...
PMC11070984
Background: Phyllodes tumors (PTs) account for 0.3-1.0% of all breast tumors and often occur in women aged 35 to 55. They are similar to giant fibroadenomas. PTs are famous for local recurrence. No more than 10% of PTs grow larger than 10 cm. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines recommend extensi...
{ "authors": [ "Richard V Guthrie", "Sharene Best", "Ryan Baldeo", "Jamie Ellis-Wittenhagen", "Tyler Murphy" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.52396", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 16;16(1):e52396.", "keywords": [ "integration of palliative care service...
PMC10869143
Rib fractures are common injuries, especially in the frail and elderly. They can happen in isolation or may be associated with significant concomitant morbidity, including but not limited to pain, pneumonia, or pneumothorax. In the palliative care population, rib fractures can be overlooked or attributed to other entit...
{ "authors": [ "Li-Yan Zhang", "Liang Wang", "Zeeshan Umar", "Yuan-Hong Huang", "Bing Gu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fcimb.2024.1397847", "journal": "Front Cell Infect Microbiol", "journal_detail": "2024 May 31:14:1397847.", "keywords": [ "nocardia otitidiscaviarum", ...
PMC11179430
Nocardiosis demonstrates a temporal categorization that includes acute, subacute, and chronic stages alongside distinct typical localizations such as pulmonary, cutaneous, and disseminated forms. Disseminated nocardiosis, commonly caused by Nocardia asteroides, N. brasiliensis, and N. farcinica, continues to result in ...
{ "authors": [ "Xueping Yang", "Changhong Guo", "Guangjie Wu", "Kai Zhao", "Dong Xiang", "Dong Xu", "Dong Liu", "Yan He" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IDR.S425415", "journal": "Infect Drug Resist", "journal_detail": "2023 Sep 11:16:6029-6038.", "keywords": [ "aci...
PMC10503561
Purpose: Due to the spread of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria and poor penetration of many antimicrobial drugs across the blood-brain barrier following intravenous administration, treatment of central nervous system (CNS) infections is challenging, especially infections caused by carbapenem-resistant organisms (CRO). ...
{ "authors": [ "Kiarash Azimzadeh", "Farinaz Tabibian", "Parisa Emami Ardestani" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/abr.abr_404_22", "journal": "Adv Biomed Res", "journal_detail": "2023 Sep 28:12:231.", "keywords": [ "case reports", "encephalitis", "herpes simplex virus", "ve...
PMC10699236
Identification of uncommon clinical features of herpes simplex virus encephalitis (HSVE) worth noting. Vertigo has been rarely reported as a symptom of encephalitis due to Herpesviridae. However, no case had vertigo as the only neurologic presentation at the onset of the disease. Hereby, a patient with vertigo as the f...
{ "authors": [ "Daud Phillipo", "Samson Lucas", "Mary Peter Kalunga", "Elizabeth Inyasi", "Jesca Paul Lebba", "Frank Martin Sudai", "Jean Kalibushi Bizimana" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1093/omcr/omad147", "journal": "Oxf Med Case Reports", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 27;2024...
PMC10823328
False-negative qualitative Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) result is a phenomenon in which large amounts of β-hCG are produced by molar pregnancy, oversaturating the test's assay system and leading to false-negative results known as the 'prozone phenomenon' or the 'hook effect'. This can lead to misdiagnosis and del...
{ "authors": [ "Yukitaka Ishida", "Toru Umehara", "Yoshihiro Yano", "Shogo Taniwaki", "Hidekazu Nakata", "Takashi Koyama", "Manabu Sasaki", "Koichi Taniwaki", "Toshiaki Fujita", "Mamoru Taneda", "Haruhiko Kishima" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5797/jnet.tn.2023-0099...
PMC11129056
Objective: Mechanical thrombectomy (MT) is the gold standard treatment for acute ischemic stroke. During these interventions, a thrombus frequently obstructs a guiding catheter. The obstructed guiding catheter should be withdrawn before distal embolism occurs; however, albeit infrequently, the thrombus occludes even a ...
{ "authors": [ "Milagros Abad-Licham", "Christian Cotrina", "Andric Guerrero", "Katherine Gómez", "Juan Astigueta" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3332/ecancer.2024.1671", "journal": "Ecancermedicalscience", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 16:18:1671.", "keywords": [ "carcinoma", "...
PMC10911662
Objective: To report an infrequent case of primary signet ring cell carcinoma of the cervix (PSRCC), review the literature and evaluate the clinicopathological characteristics. Material and methods: A 51-year-old female patient, with 3 years of disease characterised by gynaecologic bleeding and pelvic pain. On examinat...
{ "authors": [ "Mingshuang Luo", "Geng Li", "Heyun Gao", "Wen Zhang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2024.1442034", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2024 Aug 12:12:1442034.", "keywords": [ "fetus-in-fetu", "abdominal cavity", "clinical manifestation", ...
PMC11345195
Background: Fetus-in-fetu (FIF) represents an exceedingly rare disease, characterized as an encapsulated and pedunculated vertebrate neoplasm, typically lacking cerebral tissue. The prevalence shows no gender preference. Notably, FIF can cause compressive damage to adjacent organs and tissues, potentially impeding the ...
{ "authors": [ "Cathy K Cui", "Wui-Kwan Wong", "Chong H Wong", "Deepak Gill", "Michael W K Fong" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fnetp.2024.1425329", "journal": "Front Netw Physiol", "journal_detail": "2024 Jul 11:4:1425329.", "keywords": [ "epilepsy surgery", "epileptic n...
PMC11269090
We present two cases with focal seizures where scalp electroencephalography (EEG) had prominent features of a developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE): Case 1: a 17-year-old male with complex motor seizures whose EEG demonstrated a slow spike-and-wave pattern and generalized paroxysmal fast activity (GPFA). Cas...
{ "authors": [ "Shao M Huang", "Long-Bin Jeng", "Woei-Cherng Shyu", "Hung-Yao Chen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.37796/2211-8039.1414", "journal": "Biomedicine (Taipei)", "journal_detail": "2023 Sep 1;13(3):57-62.", "keywords": [ "combination therapy", "dc-cik", "hepatocellu...
PMC10627209
Background: Recently, immunotherapy has emerged as a promising method for advanced HCC treatment. There are several clinical trials and meta-analyses of immune checkpoint inhibitors and immune cell therapy, but clinical evidence on the combination of these two therapies is lacking. Case description: A 66-year-old man w...
{ "authors": [ "Lívio Leite Barros", "Pedro Lucas Grangeiro de Sá Barreto Lima", "Pedro Helder de Oliveira Júnior", "Daniel Aguiar Dias", "Carolina de Figueiredo Santos", "Pedro Braga-Neto", "Paulo Ribeiro Nóbrega" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1136/bmjno-2023-000559", "journal":...
PMC10806852
Background: Wyburn-Mason syndrome is a rare, non-hereditary congenital disease, belonging to the group of neurocutaneous syndromes with fewer than 100 cases reported since its first description in 1937. Case report: A young adult man was initially evaluated at the age of 2 years for proptosis and progressive visual imp...
{ "authors": [ "Karel Mercken", "Brecht Van Berkel", "Liesbeth De Wever" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5334/jbsr.3687", "journal": "J Belg Soc Radiol", "journal_detail": "2024 Sep 11;108(1):79.", "keywords": [ "hlrcc", "cutaneous leiomyoma", "fumarate hydratase deficiency", "...
PMC11396326
In hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell carcinoma syndrome, fumarate hydratase-deficient renal cell carcinomas typically present as aggressive, unilateral, often cystic masses with heterogeneous enhancement. These tumors can metastasize early, making appropriate imaging and staging critical for diagnosis and manage...
{ "authors": [ "Said Amin", "Aymen Shahab", "Asad Ali Khan", "Mudasir Gul", "Aiman Liaqat", "Hamid Ullah", "Kashif Ali", "Abdur Rahman Qazi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X241262139", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Jun 20:12:2050313...
PMC11191613
Pancreatitis can produce several complications such as pseudocyst, which can happen in acute and chronic pancreatitides. Pseudocysts are typically found in the abdomen but can rarely extend into the mediastinum. Atypical symptoms such as dyspnea, dysphagia, coughing, vomiting, abdominal or chest pain, and hemoptysis ar...
{ "authors": [ "Hersh Varma", "Kevin X Zhang", "Veeral S Shah" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fopht.2023.1275335", "journal": "Front Ophthalmol (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2023 Dec 15:3:1275335.", "keywords": [ "anti-enolase", "anti-recoverin", "autoimmune optic neuropath...
PMC11182202
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to present a rare case of pediatric bilateral optic neuropathy and retinopathy, which was consistent with a diagnosis of autoimmune retinopathy. We also reviewed the most current literature and phenotypes associated with reported pediatric cases of autoimmune retinopathy. Design: T...
{ "authors": [ "Ke Wu", "Yuying Zhu", "Qiumin Zhu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fgene.2024.1387649", "journal": "Front Genet", "journal_detail": "2024 May 17:15:1387649.", "keywords": [ "plag1", "silver–russell syndrome", "chromosome 8q12", "loss-of-function", "obst...
PMC11140101
Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous disorder. A retrospective analysis predicted that the live birth prevalence of SRS in Estonia is 1:15,886 [Yakoreva et al., Eur J Hum Genet, 2019, 27(11), 1649-1658]. The most common causative genetic mechanism in the proband is loss of paterna...
{ "authors": [ "Ayaka Oe", "Sakiko Honda", "Michiyo Yamano", "Tatsuya Kawasaki" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.51479", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 1;16(1):e51479.", "keywords": [ "atrial septal defect", "diagnosis", "heart sound", "physical...
PMC10830150
An atrial septal defect (ASD) may be detected later in life due to its asymptomatic status. We report a case of superior sinus venosus ASD, a rare type of ASD, in which bedside physical examination was useful for the diagnosis. A 72-year-old male was referred to cardiology during the treatment of a cerebral infarction....
{ "authors": [ "Maria Eduarda Rosário Viveiros de Castro", "Pedro Henrique Costa Ferreira-Pinto", "Domênica Baroni Coelho de Oliveira Ferreira", "Ana Carolina Gonçalves Brito", "Maud Parise", "Eduardo Mendes Correa", "Thaina Zanon Cruz", "Wesley Klein Nunes de Freitas", "Pedro Luiz...
PMC11021098
Background: Temporal bone squamous cell carcinoma (TBSCC) is a very rare condition. The prognosis is dismal for advanced tumors. Due to its rarity, information in the literature is scarce. Here, we report a unique case of TBSCC with cerebellar invasion and hydrocephalus. Case description: A 46-year-old reported right-s...
{ "authors": [ "Jose N Sancho-Chust", "Anastasiya Torba", "Eusebi Chiner" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2024/6779155", "journal": "Case Rep Pulmonol", "journal_detail": "2024 Sep 12:2024:6779155.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/393011...
PMC11412749
Interventional pulmonology can be helpful in cases of malignant airway stenosis. We present a 73-year-old man diagnosed with lung cancer who presented with symptomatic airway stenosis caused by a large endobronchial tumor. Oncological treatment was started with chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and a multimodality bronchosco...
{ "authors": [ "Yuto Terashima", "Masaru Matsumoto", "Saeko Ozaki", "Michiko Nakagawa", "Shun Nakagome", "Yasuhiro Terasaki", "Hiroki Iida", "Ryotaro Mitsugi", "Eri Kuramochi", "Naoko Okada", "Tomoyasu Inoue", "Satoru Matsuki", "Shingo Kitagawa", "Aya Fukuizumi"...
PMC11349625
A 73-year-old man with lung squamous cell carcinoma was administered carboplatin + nab-paclitaxel + pembrolizumab for four cycles. Subsequently, he presented with multiple purpuras on his extremities, joint swelling on his fingers, abdominal pain, and diarrhea, accompanied by acute kidney injury (AKI), increased protei...
{ "authors": [ "Serik Balgazarov", "Alexey Belokobylov", "Arman Batpen", "Zhanatai Ramazanov", "Alexey Dolgov", "Denis Rimashevskiy", "Alexandr Kriklivyy" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S420109", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2023 Sep 6:16:513-52...
PMC10493111
Aim: Large bone defects in patients with chronic deep periprosthetic knee infection is a major problem. It is widely accepted that bone defects filling with polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) cement could be used only in selected cases of small bone defects (up to 5 mm) and less than 50% of articular surface due to multiple...
{ "authors": [ "Wei Yan", "Hui Fu", "Huiqun Liu", "Zhentian Liu", "Xueliang Qi", "Tanxiu Chen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2024.1278245", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2024 Mar 1:14:1278245.", "keywords": [ "adenocarcinoma of lung", "case report...
PMC10940509
Background: Metastasis in penile corpus cavernosum from adenocarcinoma of lung is a rare but fatal disease, which was reported in cases without series studies. It causes various clinical symptoms seriously affecting the quality of life. Case presentation: A 72-year-old male smoker patient, who had a history of adenocar...
{ "authors": [ "Karishma Rathi", "Aanya Verma", "Priyanka Pingat" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/11795476241226577", "journal": "Clin Med Insights Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 23:17:11795476241226577.", "keywords": [ "hirschsprung’s disease", "abdomen distension", "...
PMC10807328
Hirschsprung's disease is a congenital disorder characterized by the absence of nerve cells in the colon muscles, leading to difficulties in evacuating stool. This case report describes a newborn patient presenting with typical symptoms of the disease, including abdominal distension, constipation, diarrhea, and fever. ...
{ "authors": [ "Fatima Halilu", "Siddartha Guru", "Joseph Fuscaldo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.55729/2000-9666.1331", "journal": "J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect", "journal_detail": "2024 May 7;14(3):60-64.", "keywords": [ "nephropathy", "renal medullary carcinoma", "sick...
PMC11259477
Sickle cell trait (SCT) has long been considered a benign carrier state with malarial protection, but carriers can be affected by increased venous thromboembolism, exercise-related injury, renal complications and very rarely a fatal renal malignancy. Renal medullary carcinoma is a very rare and aggressive renal tumor d...
{ "authors": [ "Agnė Lozovskytė", "Robertas Badaras", "Gabija Laubner Sakalauskienė" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.15388/Amed.2024.31.1.19", "journal": "Acta Med Litu", "journal_detail": "2024;31(1):149-151.", "keywords": [ "accidental intravenous administration", "medication error",...
PMC11227674
Simethicone is an antiflatulent medication exclusively administered orally, thus its systemic effects remain unknown. We present a case of an inadvertent intravenous administration of simethicone to a 4-year-old patient, precipitating respiratory difficulty, cyanosis, and altered mental status. The patient's condition ...
{ "authors": [ "Adam Cewers", "Torgny Sunnerhagen", "Patrik Gilje", "Fredrik Wannheden", "Jonas Bläckberg", "Per Wierup", "Mårten Larsson", "Magnus Rasmussen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2024.e02049", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2024 Jul 31:37:e02...
PMC11342749
Corynebacterium is a skin commensal bacterium that can contaminate blood cultures. It is however also a rare cause of infective endocarditis (IE). Here we report a case of Corynebacterium kroppenstedtii aortic prosthesis IE in a 76-year-old man where only a single blood culture bottle was positive initially. C. kroppen...
{ "authors": [ "Lu Fang", "Huaisheng Wang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.61186/wjps.13.2.87", "journal": "World J Plast Surg", "journal_detail": "2024;13(2):87-91.", "keywords": [ "chronic back radiation ulcer", "muscle", "turnover pedicled latissimus dorsi" ], "license": "CC BY-...
PMC11346688
Cases of radioactive back ulcers caused by radiation therapy have not been reported. This paper reports a matter of a 55-year-old male patient suffering from chronic back radiation ulcer after coronary stent implantation. Through the repeated and complete expansion of the rear radiation ulcer wound, the back radiation ...
{ "authors": [ "Koki Sakata", "Takeshi Katsumoto", "Tomoyuki Kumagai", "Kei Shinoda" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S464026", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2024 May 13:17:447-454.", "keywords": [ "bleb-related endophthalmitis", "blebitis", "ele...
PMC11100969
Purpose: To determine whether 0.025% povidone-iodine (0.025% PI) in the irrigation solution during vitrectomy for endophthalmitis is safe. Methods: Two cases of bleb-associated endophthalmitis were treated with vitrectomy using 0.025% PI in the irrigation solution. The RETevel electroretinographic (ERG) system with ski...
{ "authors": [ "Hoda Gad", "Idris Mohammed", "Hajar Dauleh", "Maheen Pasha", "Tara Al-Barazenji", "Khalid Hussain", "Rayaz A Malik" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fendo.2024.1385463", "journal": "Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2024 Jun 21:15:1385463.", "...
PMC11227249
Melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) mutations are the commonest cause of monogenic obesity through dysregulation of neuronal pathways in the hypothalamus and prefrontal cortex that regulate hunger and satiety. MC4R also regulates neuropathic pain pathways via JNK signaling after nerve injury. We show evidence of corneal sma...
{ "authors": [ "Koji Yokoyama", "Mitsukazu Mamada" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023/8618245", "journal": "Case Rep Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2023 Dec 6:2023:8618245.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38094904/", "major_mesh_terms": [...
PMC10719012
Oseltamivir is a neuraminidase inhibitor used to treat acute influenza A or B in adult and pediatric patients. Adverse reactions are usually mild. Here, we report novel side effects associated with oseltamivir. The patient was an 11-year-old girl who developed lower lip cheilitis and stomatitis, after taking oseltamivi...
{ "authors": [ "Genevieve Basich-Pease", "Natalya Slepneva", "Adam C Frank", "Tenzin Norbu", "Melanie A Morrison", "Leo P Sugrue", "Paul S Larson", "Philip A Starr", "A Moses Lee" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fnhum.2023.1339340", "journal": "Front Hum Neurosci", "...
PMC10879278
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the anterior limb of the internal capsule (ALIC) has been used to treat refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and depression, but outcomes are variable, with some patients not responding to this form of invasive neuromodulation. A lack of benefit in some patients may be due to s...
{ "authors": [ "Mobachir El Kettani", "Kashish Shah", "Hareem Farooq", "Ke Li", "Talha Badar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.lrr.2024.100471", "journal": "Leuk Res Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Jul 26:22:100471.", "keywords": [ "blast crisis", "chronic myeloid leukemia"...
PMC11346178
This case report explains an extraordinary presentation of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in a 39-year-old male with a T315I mutation, presenting with acute bilateral hearing loss and imbalance secondary to myeloid blast crisis. Neurological involvement was confirmed through MRI brain and cerebrospinal fluid analysis. ...
{ "authors": [ "Mohammed A Alrawi", "Muthanna N Abdulqader", "Hayder R Salih", "Saleh Abdulkareem Saleh", "Mohammedbaqer Ali Al-Ghuraibawi", "Mustafa M Altaweel", "Mustafa Ismail", "Samer S Hoz" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_973_2022", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", ...
PMC10783679
Background: Basal ganglia hemorrhage (BGH) is an intracerebral subtype of hemorrhage located in the caudate nucleus, putamen, globus pallidus, or adjacent structures such as the thalamus or internal capsule. Bilateral involvement of both basal ganglia is exceedingly infrequent. Herein, we report a case of a 2-year-old ...
{ "authors": [ "César Augusto Arias Velásquez", "Juan Esteban Quiroz Álvarez", "Tomás Urrego Callejas" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X241228410", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 29:12:2050313X241228410.", "keywords": [ "infectious endocarditis...
PMC10826401
Infective endocarditis is an infection of the heart with systemic consequences, both infectious and non-infectious. Infective endocarditis can affect several systems, one of which is the central nervous system. The most common form of presentation is ischemic stroke; however, intracranial hemorrhage can occur due to im...
{ "authors": [ "Rachel Manoj", "Arpita Meher", "Jefry Winner G" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2024/2888895", "journal": "Case Rep Neurol Med", "journal_detail": "2024 Mar 20:2024:2888895.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38560631/", ...
PMC10977159
Adverse drug reactions to commonly prescribed medications such as phenytoin, used for seizures, often go undetected due to various factors. This case report highlights a 52-year-old male diagnosed with late-onset epilepsy who was prescribed phenytoin. Despite the standard dosage, the patient experienced toxicity sympto...
{ "authors": [ "Lisle Blackbourn", "Sharjeel Ahmad", "K'la Yuan", "Manjari Uppu", "Bassil Kherallah" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2024.e01992", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2024 May 26:36:e01992.", "keywords": [ "encephalitis", "hhv-6", "herpes vi...
PMC11154619
Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) is one of the most prevalent childhood viruses. HHV-6 reactivation in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant recipients and solid organ transplant recipients is well described in medical literature. We present a case of HHV-6 reactivation causing encephalitis, which is rare in immunocompet...
{ "authors": [ "Fatima Zulfiqar Siddiqui", "Anusha Ashkar", "Saira Maryam Aamir" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X241272501", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Aug 16:12:2050313X241272501.", "keywords": [ "ulcerative colitis", "usher syndrome", ...
PMC11329895
Ulcerative colitis (UC) and Usher syndrome (USH) are debilitating diseases, compromising quality of life. Globally, half a million cases of UC have been reported, whereas USH is the leading cause of genetic deaf-blindness worldwide. The combined occurrence of both these diseases together is extremely rare. In this one-...
{ "authors": [ "Xenia A K Kersting", "Nicoletta Momtahen", "Klaus Lieb" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023/9914879", "journal": "Case Rep Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2023 Nov 27:2023:9914879.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/380583...
PMC10696469
This paper reports the case of a 27-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia who was finally stabilized on clozapine medication. After vaccination against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, serum levels of clozapine increased. It is well established that immune responses can trigger cytokine cascades affe...
{ "authors": [ "Haoyu Wang", "Yunhui Wang", "Zhensong Jiang", "Wen Zhang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fsurg.2024.1301905", "journal": "Front Surg", "journal_detail": "2024 Mar 7:11:1301905.", "keywords": [ "klebsiella pneumoniae", "bacterial meningitis", "cerebrospinal...
PMC10954800
Unilateral biportal endoscopic spinal surgery (UBE) is a rapidly growing surgical method and has attracted much interest recently. The most common complication of this technique is cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage due to intraoperative dural tears. There have been no reports of bacterial meningitis due to dural tears ...
{ "authors": [ "Takashi Yamashita", "Yuta Matsubayashi", "Takahiro Mochizuki" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2024.101981", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 12:47:101981.", "keywords": [ "anaplastic lymphoma kinase (alk)", "hemorrhage", "inf...
PMC10823134
A 23-year-old female with a history of idiopathic epilepsy was found to have a right chest cavity shadow in a school health checkup 5 years before. CT revealed a thin-walled cavity lesion in the right middle lobe containing a ball-like mass, showing air crescent sign. After falling due to a seizure, she was transported...
{ "authors": [ "Saloni", "Jyotsna Potdar", "Apoorva Dave", "Swati M Dahiphale" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.51847", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 8;16(1):e51847.", "keywords": [ "genital warts", "human papilloma virus", "pregnancy", "sexual...
PMC10852529
The human papillomavirus can induce condyloma acuminata, a benign papillomatous squamous growth with a fibrovascular core that arises in the vaginal canal. These illnesses typically afflict women who are fertile and are frequently encountered during pregnancy, manifesting with a variety of symptoms. The influences of h...
{ "authors": [ "Pengfei Li", "Lifang Zhang", "Xicheng Li", "Xuejuan Zhang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1515/biol-2022-0888", "journal": "Open Life Sci", "journal_detail": "2024 Jun 18;19(1):20220888.", "keywords": [ "brucella", "brucellar spondylitis", "rhodococcus equi", ...
PMC11193395
Rhodococcus equi, predominantly recognized as an opportunistic pathogen affecting immunocompromised hosts, and Brucella, a widespread zoonotic bacterium, infrequently co-infect immunocompetent adults, thereby posing a distinctive diagnostic challenge. Here, we describe a case involving a 53-year-old male with a history...
{ "authors": [ "Robert Jeffrey Edwards", "Jonathan Edwards", "Gregory G Boyce" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.53149", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 29;16(1):e53149.", "keywords": [ "genital lesions", "mpox", "msm", "stigma", "trinidad" ], ...
PMC10900284
Mpox is a viral zoonotic disease that is endemic in Central and West Africa and belongs to the Orthopoxvirus genus. A global outbreak of mpox began in May 2022, mainly due to the transmission of the clade 11b virus through person-to-person contact with the lesions or scabs of a person infected with mpox. The data on mp...
{ "authors": [ "Antonin Bouroumeau", "Sarah Perdikis-Prati", "Noémie Lang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2024.1308492", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 29:14:1308492.", "keywords": [ "ngs - next generation sequencing", "pd-1 inhibitor", "aggressive...
PMC10937737
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) has indeed transformed the outlook for many advanced-stage solid tumors, yet its effectiveness in hematological malignancies has been particularly limited, with success predominantly demonstrated in classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) and immune-privilege subtypes of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (...
{ "authors": [ "Zachary George Angus", "Penelope McKelvie", "Thomas G Hardy" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000538824", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2024 May 8;15(1):418-422.", "keywords": [ "choristoma", "epibulbar complex choristoma", "epibulbar derm...
PMC11078539
Introduction: Epibulbar choristoma is a benign congenital lesion containing histologically normal-appearing tissue in an abnormal ectopic location. An epibulbar choristoma is classified as either epibulbar dermoid, dermolipoma, or complex choristoma based on histological examination. The case presented was a presumed e...
{ "authors": [ "Reem Aljindan", "Reema Allahham", "Rana Alghamdi", "Ibrahim Alhabib", "Samia AlNassri", "Wala Alkhalifa", "Asim Diab", "Amer Alomar", "Lamya Yamani", "Nasreldin Elhadi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IDR.S456654", "journal": "Infect Drug Resist", ...
PMC10962659
Background: Urinary tract infection (UTI) caused by V. cholerae is rare and less common. V. cholerae is a Gram-negative bacterium motile using single polar flagellum and, originally, is a waterborne microbe found in aquatic and estuarine environments. Toxigenic V. cholerae is well-known as a causative agent of acute an...
{ "authors": [ "Kenta Nagashima", "Tomohiro Hayashida", "Eiji Yamada", "Naoki Ishibashi", "Naoki Mimura", "Nobuhiro Kashitani" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1002/ams2.946", "journal": "Acute Med Surg", "journal_detail": "2024 Apr 4;11(1):e946.", "keywords": [ "cardiac stab wo...
PMC10995442
Background: Penetrating thoracic trauma with coronary artery transection is a lethal injury, but is rare. We report a case of a cardiac stab wound with coronary artery transection that was successfully treated after preoperative diagnosis. Case presentation: A 36-year-old man was transferred to our emergency department...
{ "authors": [ "Jinjie Gao", "Min Li", "Cuiling Liu", "Hongmei Jing" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/23247096241274561", "journal": "J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan-Dec:12:23247096241274561.", "keywords": [ "jak/stat pathway", "histiocytic sar...
PMC11366101
Histiocytic sarcoma (HS) is a rare hematopoietic neoplasm with an aggressive clinical course and a poor response to conventional chemotherapy. Currently, no standard treatment paradigms are available. Herein, we present a case of de novo HS treated with pembrolizumab combined with a GDP regimen (gemcitabine, cisplatin,...
{ "authors": [ "Junlei Zhang", "Xiaoyan Lin", "Yuanhui Yang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X241242894", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Apr 29:12:2050313X241242894.", "keywords": [ "cardiac malignant", "cardiac tumor", "cardiac undifferent...
PMC11060023
Cardiac tumors are uncommon and most of them are benign. Although cases of malignant cardiac tumors are rare, it is still necessary to improve awareness in both clinical and pathological diagnosis. Since cardiac tumors often have a high degree of malignancy, it is vital to determine what form of intervention can increa...
{ "authors": [ "Catherine Sykes", "Matthew Banks", "Humayra Dervin", "Andres Vales", "Rami Sweis" ], "case_amount": 5, "doi": "10.1016/j.clinme.2023.100010", "journal": "Clin Med (Lond)", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan;24(1):100010.", "keywords": [ "achalasia", "dysphagia", "e...
PMC11024826
A woman in her early 60s was referred with dysphagia and chest pain to a tertiary referral centre specialising in oesophageal disorders. Cardiac symptom origin and sinister oesophageal pathology had been excluded at her local hospital in NHS Scotland. Under multidisciplinary team oversight, reinvestigation of mucosal p...
{ "authors": [ "Risa Tamura", "Mari Kuinose", "Rika Kurahashi", "Mari Furuya", "Masatoshi Amako" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2490/prm.20230043", "journal": "Prog Rehabil Med", "journal_detail": "2023 Dec 1:8:20230043.", "keywords": [ "functional movement disorder", "functio...
PMC10686764
Background: Functional neurological disorder (FND) is a clinical syndrome characterized by abnormal involuntary movements and specific clinical features that are incongruent with known neurologic diseases. Clinical information is lacking on outpatient rehabilitation for patients with FND. Case: A 28-year-old woman visi...
{ "authors": [ "Simeon Schietzel", "Sarah Jane Rippin Wagner", "Luzia Nigg Calanca" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000539185", "journal": "Case Rep Nephrol Dial", "journal_detail": "2024 Jun 13;14(1):70-80.", "keywords": [ "icodextrin", "pancreatitis", "peritoneal dialysis", ...
PMC11250623
Introduction: Acute pancreatitis is an infrequent but challenging cause of peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis (PD). Presentation is often indistinguishable from infectious peritonitis, interpretation of pancreatic enzymes is not straight-forward, and multiple etiologies need to be considered. Case presentation: A 74-ye...
{ "authors": [ "Vinaya Kumar Konana", "Kalpana Babu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fopht.2023.1174414", "journal": "Front Ophthalmol (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2023 Jun 9:3:1174414.", "keywords": [ "itraconazole", "panuveitis", "retinal vasculitis", "retinitis", "sk...
PMC11182326
A 40-year-old Asian Indian woman, diagnosed as having idiopathic panuveitis (elsewhere) 3 years earlier and being treated with oral steroids (20 mg/day) and methotrexate (25 mg/week), presented to us with worsening vision in both eyes. Her best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was perception of light in her right eye and...
{ "authors": [ "Hassan Asadigandomani", "Hamid Riazi-Esfahani", "Pouria Ahmadi", "Kimia Daneshvar", "Elias Khalili Pour" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X241241419", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 May 9:12:2050313X241241419.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC11085002
An 8-year-old male patient was presented with a chief complaint of visual perception of a spherical object located in the visual field of his right eye. According to the patient's prior medical records, they exhibited a sole incident of minor visual impairment in the right eye, characterized by blurred vision (best-cor...
{ "authors": [ "Neha Kumta", "Lawrence Huang", "Gururaj Nagaraj", "Lindsey Papacostas", "Shradha Subedi" ], "case_amount": 5, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2024.e01998", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2024 May 24:36:e01998.", "keywords": [ "infectious diseases and parasitology",...
PMC11152974
Mucormycosis is a devastating disease with a high mortality rate, typically affecting immunosuppressed individuals. Postoperative surgical site infections due to mucromycosis are rare, with only a handful of cases reported in the literature. Here, we describe a fatal case of post operative abdominal wound infection cau...
{ "authors": [ "Mengru Liu", "Pan Liang", "Dongbo Lyu", "Bingbing Zhu", "Jianbo Gao" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2024.1324193", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2024 Mar 26:14:1324193.", "keywords": [ "pecoma", "case report", "imaging features", ...
PMC11002110
Background: Urachal tumors are rare in clinical practice, among which urachal adenocarcinoma is the most common. In this study, we report a rare case of urachal perivascular epithelioid cell tumor to improve our understanding of the disease. Case presentation: A 26-year-old male patient was hospitalized for lower abdom...
{ "authors": [ "Mysa Saad", "Marina Guirguis", "Camille Hamm", "Reetesh Bose" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X241260497", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Jun 13:12:2050313X241260497.", "keywords": [ "erythrodermic atopic dermatitis", "jak i...
PMC11179442
Atopic dermatitis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that may progress to erythroderma in severe cases. Biologic agents such as dupilumab have recently become the mainstay of systemic treatment for moderate-to-severe cases, yet many patients remain refractory to therapy. Here, we present a case of erythrodermic ato...
{ "authors": [ "Qihao Zhou", "Zhiquan Qin", "Guoqing Wu", "Peiyuan Yan", "Qunjiang Wang", "Jing Qu", "Jiahong Jiang", "Da Ye" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2024.1465395", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2024 Sep 16:14:1465395.", "keywords": [ "c...
PMC11439622
Background: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have become a prevalent tool in anti-tumor therapy in recent years. They may cause immune-related adverse events (irAEs) including potentially life-threatening cardiovascular toxicities such as myocarditis. Case presentation: In this report, we describe a 69-year-old man ...
{ "authors": [ "Yosef Habtemariam", "Molla Asnake", "Misikr Alemu", "Erkyehun Pawlos Shash", "Tsegaw Worku Tessema", "Zerubabel Girma Tesso", "Michael Hawlet" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S440800", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2024 Mar 13:17:1...
PMC10949269
In 2022, there were 249 million cases of malaria globally, resulting in 608,000 deaths. The majority of cases and deaths occurred in the WHO (World Health Organization) African Region. A study in our region found that, out of 263,476 individuals, 148,734 had P. falciparum, 106,946 had P. vivax, and 7,796 had mixed infe...
{ "authors": [ "Naveenkumar Nallathambi", "Shriganesh P Naidu", "Yogesh S", "Balamanikandan P", "Adithyan C", "Navvin S", "Hariharan Seshadri", "Mohanapriya N", "Suriya Prakash" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000539741", "journal": "Case Rep Neurol", "journal_detail...
PMC11249769
Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) encephalitis is characterized by viral entry into the brain, resulting in inflammation and a cascade of neuronal damage. Clinical manifestations include headaches, seizures, and movement disorders. A mortality rate of 20% and infrequent presentation make COVID-19 enceph...
{ "authors": [ "Vasileios Leivaditis", "Athanasios Papatriantafyllou", "Manfred Dahm", "Bendeguz Istvan Nagy", "Tamas Büki", "Ioanna Akrida", "Francesk Mulita", "Konstantinos Tasios", "Levan Tchabashvili", "Konstantinos Grapatsas", "Spyros Papadoulas", "Konstantinos Mar...
PMC11289237
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{ "authors": [ "Hirokazu Tokuyasu", "Haruka Watanabe", "Yuriko Sueda", "Hiromitsu Sakai", "Natsumi Omura-Tanaka", "Kenichirou Nakajima", "Satoru Nakamatsu", "Chika Esumi", "Akira Yamasaki" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2023.101937", "journal": "Respir Med Case...
PMC10641241
A 70-year-old woman with a hoarse voice and dry cough was referred to our hospital. Positron emission tomography/computed tomography showed abnormal accumulation of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) at the nasal septum, larynx, trachea, bronchus, and costal cartilages. The maximum standard uptake values of FDG accum...
{ "authors": [ "Hairui Liang", "Beibei Chen", "Siyu Duan", "Lei Yang", "Rongda Xu", "He Zhang", "Ming Sun", "Xueting Zhou", "Hanfei Liu", "Hang Wen", "Zhencun Cai" ], "case_amount": 5, "doi": "10.3389/fsurg.2024.1383401", "journal": "Front Surg", "journal_detail":...
PMC11137251
Background: In recent years, 3D printing technology has made significant strides in the medical field. With the advancement of orthopedics, there is an increasing pursuit of high surgical quality and optimal functional recovery. 3D printing enables the creation of precise physical models of fractures, and customized pe...
{ "authors": [ "Omkar Dhungel", "Najina Shrestha", "Pawan Sharma", "Pankaj Pathak", "Nidesh Sapkota" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023/8984062", "journal": "Case Rep Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2023 Nov 16:2023:8984062.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "h...
PMC10667045
Delirious mania is an acute neurobehavioral syndrome which can have the features of mania, delirium, psychosis and catatonia. There are no diagnostic and treatment guidelines of delirious mania which can lead to delayed treatment, increasing morbidity and mortality. The primary goal of this report is to raise awareness...
{ "authors": [ "Teerawat Thanachayanont", "Pailin Mahaparn", "Tanyarat Teerapornlertratt", "Teerachai Chantarojanasiri", "Kriang Tungsanga" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2024/2478832", "journal": "Case Rep Nephrol", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 24:2024:2478832.", "keywords": null...
PMC10830907
Peritonitis is the major complication of peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. Staphylococcus is the leading causative organism of PD-related peritonitis. However, there were more reports of unusual organisms causing peritonitis. Clinical features, management, and outcome of peritonitis from unusual organisms are importan...
{ "authors": [ "Moncef Ben Ghoulem Ben Saad", "Arunabha Karmakar", "Tayseer Salih Mohamed Salih", "Wajeeha Arshad", "Muhammad Jaffar Khan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/JBM.S468072", "journal": "J Blood Med", "journal_detail": "2024 Aug 29:15:395-405.", "keywords": [ "cyanos...
PMC11368142
Background: Methemoglobin is an altered state of hemoglobin where iron in hemoglobin is oxidized and incapable of binding oxygen; leading to complications such as cyanosis, dyspnea, headache, and heart failure. Methemoglobinemia can be congenital or acquired. Congenital methemoglobinemia is a rare disease and its world...
{ "authors": [ "Tetsuro Maeda", "Margaret Connolly", "Joseph Modrak", "Irene Perillo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2024.102043", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 May 27:50:102043.", "keywords": [ "dialysis", "metastatic pulmonary calcificatio...
PMC11170172
Metastatic pulmonary calcification (MPC) is a metabolic disorder characterized by an ectopic deposition of calcium in the lung parenchyma, prevalent in patients with chronic kidney disease. A combination of parenchymal lung abnormalities on high resolution chest computed tomography (CT) and pulmonary radiotracer uptake...