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{ "authors": [ "Keita Kawakado", "Shunsuke Ito", "Kento Kono", "Yuki Mitarai", "Takashi Yanagawa", "Makoto Nagasaki" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000535468", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol", "journal_detail": "2023 Dec 18;16(1):1592-1597.", "keywords": [ "atezolizumab", ...
PMC10727514
Introduction: Combination therapy of atezolizumab and chemotherapy has become the standard treatment for small-cell lung cancer. Immune-related adverse events (irAEs) can occur during immune checkpoint inhibitor administration. A few reports exist on pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) as an irAE after atezolizumab treatment....
{ "authors": [ "Juwon Kim", "Tae-Wan Chung", "Seung-Jung Park" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1093/ehjcr/ytad625", "journal": "Eur Heart J Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Dec 12;8(1):ytad625.", "keywords": [ "cardiac resynchronization therapy", "case report", "coronary sinus le...
PMC10751563
Background: After coronary sinus (CS) lead extraction in patients with cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), occlusion of the branch vessel from which CS lead was extracted is a major obstacle to re-implantation, particularly if that vessel is the only optimal vessel for resynchronization. Case summary: A 75-year-ol...
{ "authors": [ "Xinyu Li", "Yedi Cao", "Nan Gu", "Zhenfang Yuan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/DMSO.S430096", "journal": "Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes", "journal_detail": "2023 Nov 27:16:3847-3850.", "keywords": [ "17q12 deletion syndrome", "case report", "maturity-onset di...
PMC10691429
Renal cysts and diabetes syndrome (RCAD) is a rare disease caused by abnormalities in the HNF1B gene, which often leads to dysfunction in the renal, genital tracts, and pancreas. In this report, we present a rare case of a 27-year-old female with muscle mass loss who experienced a delayed diagnosis of RCAD. The patient...
{ "authors": [ "Jean Carlos Dos Santos da Luz", "Ana Claudia Voges", "Leandro Guariglia D'Agostino" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.30466/vrf.2023.1983391.3721", "journal": "Vet Res Forum", "journal_detail": "2023;14(10):575-578.", "keywords": [ "dogs", "eye", "neoplasms", "sur...
PMC10612393
Melanocytoma and malignant melanoma are the most typical eye tumors in dogs and cats. Due to the presence of melanin, the general appearance is often highly pigmented in a nodular formation with well-defined borders. Electrochemotherapy (ECT) is a therapy combining reversible electroporation and anti-neoplastic drugs t...
{ "authors": [ "El Harras Yahya", "Chait Fatima", "Bahlouli Nourrelhouda", "Allali Nazik", "Chat Latifa", "El Haddad Siham" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2333794X231208394", "journal": "Glob Pediatr Health", "journal_detail": "2023 Nov 12:10:2333794X231208394.", "keywords": ...
PMC10644742
Hydatid cyst disease is a health problem in some developing countries occurring in groups with permanent contact with dogs. It is a parasitic disease caused by Echinococcus Granulosus. The liver is the most common organ infected. If not treated appropriately; it may lead to developing life-threatening complications. It...
{ "authors": [ "Lindsay Benites-Yshpilco", "Lucia Barriales-Revilla", "Roberto Baltodano-Arellano", "Luis Falcón-Quispe", "Kelly Cupe-Chacalcaje", "Ángela Cachicatari-Beltrán", "Gerald Lévano-Pachas" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.47487/apcyccv.v5i1.317", "journal": "Arch Peru Car...
PMC10999319
We present the case of a 56-year-old patient with fever of unknown origin associated with chest and lumbar pain. Multimodality imaging revealed diffuse peri-aortitis in the thoracic aorta without involvement of the aortic valve, contributing substantially to the diagnosis of Ig G4-associated aortitis. Immunosuppressive...
{ "authors": [ "Kale Mills", "Edith Sigler", "Mikaela Snell", "Jared Regehr", "Dennis Moore Jr", "Elizabeth Ablah", "Lisa Gilbert" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.17161/kjm.vol17.21453", "journal": "Kans J Med", "journal_detail": "2024 Apr 26:17:39-40.", "keywords": [ "t-ce...
PMC11060780
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{ "authors": [ "Youjin Oh", "Joo Hee Park", "Trie Arni Djunadi", "Zunairah Shah", "Liam Il-Young Chung", "Young Kwang Chae" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fendo.2024.1304188", "journal": "Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 31:15:1304188.", "keywords": [...
PMC10864638
Treating advanced thyroid cancer presents challenges due to its resistance to various treatment modalities, thereby limiting therapeutic options. To our knowledge, this study is the first to report the efficacy of temsirolimus in conjunction with dual immunotherapy of nivolumab/ipilimumab to treat heavily treated advan...
{ "authors": [ "Ako Matsuhashi", "Shogo Dofuku", "Satoshi Koizumi", "Rika Nakamura", "Hiroshi Narasaki", "Ken Kazama", "Ichiro Yonekura", "Hideaki Imai" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2176/jns-nmc.2024-0095", "journal": "NMC Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2024 Aug 10:11:221...
PMC11368417
A 31-year-old female presented to our hospital with sudden headache and altered consciousness. Computed tomography showed left acute subdural hematoma, and digital subtraction angiography revealed a small aneurysm on the left distal posterior cerebral artery. Coil embolization was conducted, and the patient was dischar...
{ "authors": [ "Kyle Nugent", "Andrew McCague", "Sage Rivard", "Austin Henken-Siefken" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.51553", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 2;16(1):e51553.", "keywords": [ "azygos vein", "azygos vein pseudoaneurysm", "motor vehicl...
PMC10835199
High-speed motor vehicle collisions (MVCs) often result in severe musculoskeletal, neurological, and vascular injuries. Among these, azygos vein pseudoaneurysms (AVPs) are a rare and potentially life-threatening vascular complication. Our case study highlights an instance of an AVP arising from a high-velocity MVC, und...
{ "authors": [ "Yuying Tan", "Mei Yang", "Chun Wan", "Shijie Tang", "Lin Liu", "Lei Chen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2023.1337303", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 10:10:1337303.", "keywords": [ "nocardia farcinica", "bronchial ...
PMC10809415
Nocardia species are gram-positive, acid-fast, saprophytic, aerobic bacilli, predominantly resulting in opportunistic infections in immunocompromised individuals. Here, we reported a case of Nocardia infection in a 27-year-old woman with normal immunocompetence, who presented as a solitary neoplasm in the left principa...
{ "authors": [ "Alec Fulton", "Neha Mittal", "Anasua Deb" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.52357", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 16;16(1):e52357.", "keywords": [ "diagnostic dilema", "management of thyrotoxicosis", "postpartum psychosis", "postpart...
PMC10867710
Thyrotoxicosis can exhibit overlapping symptoms of psychosis in the general population. Each of these pathologies has well-established workups and management. Rare presentations of thyroiditis and psychosis in the postpartum state have been seen in case studies mostly, but data on the prevalence of postpartum psychosis...
{ "authors": [ "Melissa A Hicks", "Emilie Lalonde", "Jessica Zoladz", "Bernard Gonik", "Salah Ebrahim" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1155/2023/9127430", "journal": "Case Rep Genet", "journal_detail": "2023 Nov 20:2023:9127430.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "http...
PMC10681772
Concurrent microduplication and microdeletion of the chromosome 22q11.2 region are a rarely reported phenomenon. We describe a case of germline 22q11.21 microduplication syndrome with concurrent mosaic 22q11.2 deletion in a pregnant patient, identified by chromosomal microarray and FISH after noninvasive prenatal genet...
{ "authors": [ "Chih-Chia Huang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1353308", "journal": "Front Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2024 Jul 12:15:1353308.", "keywords": [ "msr", "mtrr", "delayed diagnosis", "folic acid", "hyperhomocysteinemia" ], "license": "CC BY", ...
PMC11272478
We present an adult patient with schizophrenia who was later found to have hyperhomocysteinemia, a condition that increases the risk of several diseases, due to a deficiency in folic acid. Although folic acid supplementation quickly normalized the hyperhomocysteinemia and folic acid levels, it did not significantly imp...
{ "authors": [ "Konstantin W Leibinger", "Eileen Murray", "Steffen Aschenbrenner", "Jennifer Randerath" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1071532", "journal": "Front Psychol", "journal_detail": "2023 Sep 4:14:1071532.", "keywords": [ "trichotillomania", "habit-reversa...
PMC10507401
There is a growing interest in using wearable technology for the treatment of body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs), such as Trichotillomania. Yet, to our knowledge, few studies address the applicability and use of wearable technology as a therapeutic element in more naturalistic situations. Here we would like to i...
{ "authors": [ "Jasmine Saini", "Patrick Navin", "Michael Rivera", "Irina Bancos" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1210/jcemcr/luad143", "journal": "JCEM Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Dec 20;2(1):luad143.", "keywords": [ "adrenal cancer", "adrenocortical carcinoma", "estrog...
PMC10773200
Estrogen-secreting adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is exceedingly rare, representing 1% to 2% of all ACCs. We present a case of a 65-year-old man diagnosed with an estrogen-secreting, 4.3-cm right adrenal mass discovered during work-up for bilateral gynecomastia. Gynecomastia and hyperestrogenism resolved after laparosc...
{ "authors": [ "Li Teng Kok", "Mukhtar Bizrah", "M Francesca Cordeiro", "Nizar Din" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000539419", "journal": "Case Rep Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2024 Jul 3;15(1):542-547.", "keywords": [ "euphorbia", "keratoconjunctivitis", "toxic kerati...
PMC11250593
Introduction: We aimed to describe a case of bilateral keratoconjunctivitis after exposure to the toxic sap of Euphorbia lathyris. Case report: A 76-year-old gentleman presented after exposure to E. lathyris whilst he was gardening. He had 6/12 visual acuity in his right eye, and 6/4 in his left. Examination revealed m...
{ "authors": [ "Marcelo Gómez", "Pamela Muñoz", "Manuel Moroni", "Marcelo Mieres", "Valentina Bernal", "Carla Rosenfeld", "Anja Taubert", "Carlos Hermosilla" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fvets.2024.1322819", "journal": "Front Vet Sci", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 19:1...
PMC10834738
Introduction: The nematode Gurltia paralysans is a neglected angio-neurotropic parasite causing chronic meningomyelitis in domestic cats (Felis catus) as well as wild felids of the genus Leopardus in South America. Adult G. paralysans nematodes parasitize the leptomeningeal veins of the subarachnoid space and/or mening...
{ "authors": [ "Amir-Hassan Bordbari", "Kobra Sheidaee", "Azin Hajialibeig", "Mohammad Reza Navaeifar", "Maedeh Gooran", "Mohammad Sadegh Rezai" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2024/9586953", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2024 Sep 20:2024:9586953.", "keywords":...
PMC11436272
Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is a serious form of TB disease that can result in high morbidity and mortality, particularly if there are delays in diagnosis and treatment. In this case report, a 9-month-old girl was admitted with persistent vomiting and focal seizures. On examination, she was found to have a right-side ...
{ "authors": [ "Weifeng Wang", "Zhuo Zhang", "Xiaocong Deng", "Anqi Gu", "Xianzhao Chen", "Yizheng Cai", "Yuting Zhao" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2023.1234831", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2023 Oct 17:13:1234831.", "keywords": [ "non-hodgkin’...
PMC10616872
Background: Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) with cardiac infiltration has a poor prognosis. The median OS of patients failing to respond to chemotherapy has been reported to be 1 month vs. 18 months in patients responding to chemotherapy. Case presentation: Herein, we reported a case of a 57-year-old male confirmed with d...
{ "authors": [ "Dejan Čeleš", "Mladen Gasparini", "Janez Mohar" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.3389/fsurg.2023.1266102", "journal": "Front Surg", "journal_detail": "2023 Sep 27:10:1266102.", "keywords": [ "ct angiography", "anterior pushing technique", "broken scalpel blade", ...
PMC10564983
The presence of broken surgical blades or other surgically uncontrolled sharp and pointed objects in the disc space is a rare but potentially severe complication of posterior lumbar spine procedures. Herein, we report the case of a 59-year-old female patient with a history of lumbar decompression and interspinous proce...
{ "authors": [ "Prasanti A Kotta", "Ajit K Koduri", "Jeffrey Berman", "Veronica V Rosen", "Waleed T Kayani" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14797/mdcvj.1365", "journal": "Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J", "journal_detail": "2024 May 20;20(1):26-32.", "keywords": [ "intracoronary ntg...
PMC11122690
We present the case of a 60-year-old male, with active smoking and cocaine use disorder, who reported progressive chest pain. Various anatomical and functional cardiac imaging, performed to further evaluate chest pain etiology, revealed changing severity and distribution of left main artery (LMA) stenosis, raising susp...
{ "authors": [ "José Gazulla", "Ana Rodríguez-Valle", "Leonor María Calatayud-Lallana", "José Berciano" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000539038", "journal": "Case Rep Neurol", "journal_detail": "2024 May 3;16(1):129-135.", "keywords": [ "adult onset", "alexander disease", ...
PMC11249790
Introduction: Alexander disease is caused by mutations in GFAP, the glial fibrillary acidic protein gene. External laryngeal tremor has not been reported in adult-onset Alexander disease (AOAxD). The aims of this work were to report one such case and to review the literature on palatopharyngeal tremor and AOAxD. Case p...
{ "authors": [ "Katarzyna Karwicka", "Olga Jankowska-Łęcka", "Marek Hus" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5114/ceji.2023.130865", "journal": "Cent Eur J Immunol", "journal_detail": "2023;48(3):257-266.", "keywords": [ "cll", "ebv", "nk cells", "flow cytometry" ], "license": ...
PMC10604644
The case report presents a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia that was diagnosed in 2006 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. In September 2010, the patient was admitted to the Department of Haematology in Poland due to progression of the underlying disease. The clinical problem during treatment was the suspicion of ...
{ "authors": [ "Mark S Soloway", "Neil A Abrahams" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3233/BLC-239002", "journal": "Bladder Cancer", "journal_detail": "2023 Mar 31;9(1):97-100.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38994484/", "major_mesh_terms": []...
PMC11181826
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{ "authors": [ "Miranda Waugh", "Geneviève Gavigan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X241284049", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Sep 25:12:2050313X241284049.", "keywords": [ "dupilumab", "drug induced", "subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus" ...
PMC11428177
We present the case of a 63-year-old male with known rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, hypertension, and peripheral neuropathy who developed drug-induced subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus secondary to Dupilumab for his chronic hand dermatitis.
{ "authors": [ "Omar R Ortega-Ruiz", "Jorge Armando Lara Olivas", "Marcos V Sangrador-Deitos", "Ricardo Marian Magaña", "Jose Augusto Ruiz Gurria", "Juan Luis Gomez Amador" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_915_2023", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb ...
PMC10927175
Background: Parasellar plasmacytomas are rare neurosurgical entities. Intrinsic characteristics of these tumors, such as adjacent bone erosion and symptoms resulting from invasion and mass effect, may lead to the possibility of a solitary extramedullary plasmacytoma (SEP) as a differential diagnosis. Case description: ...
{ "authors": [ "Dima Alawa", "Mawia Karkoutly", "Hussam Milly" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2024/6620612", "journal": "Case Rep Dent", "journal_detail": "2024 Jun 28:2024:6620612.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38973809/", "major_...
PMC11226340
A 45-year-old female patient was referred to the Department of Cosmetic Dentistry, Damascus University, seeking to improve dental aesthetics. The clinical examination showed a low smile line and microdontia in the maxillary arch. The treatment plan consisted of applying no-prep veneers with gingival modification, which...
{ "authors": [ "Eiji Nakamura", "Kazuyoshi Takagi", "Kousuke Saku", "Shinya Negoto", "Tomoyuki Anegawa", "Shinichi Imai", "Hiroyuki Otsuka", "Shinichi Hiromatsu", "Eiki Tayama" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023/8829652", "journal": "Case Rep Emerg Med", "journal_d...
PMC10484647
Background. A large thrombus entrapped in the patent foramen ovale (PFO) is an extremely rare condition. Moreover, it is considered even rarer after temporary inferior vena cava filter (TIVCF) placement for the prevention of fatal pulmonary embolism due to venous thromboembolism (VTE). Case Report. A 58-year-old man pr...
{ "authors": [ "Alok Atreya", "Sneha Chaudhary", "Binisha Sapkota", "Angila Aryal", "Deepak Shrestha", "Bishnu Acharya" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X241271794", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Aug 16:12:2050313X241271794.", "keywords": [...
PMC11329967
Cases of mental illnesses and suicide attempts while pregnant are of grave concern because they negatively affect both the mother and her fetus. Here we report a case of an 18-year-old woman, who was found at 35 weeks into her pregnancy. She was unconscious when her sister-in-law rescued her. Upon arrival, she was agit...
{ "authors": [ "Hamid Ziani Jr", "Siham Nasri", "Imane Kamaoui", "Imane Skiker" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.52204", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 13;16(1):e52204.", "keywords": [ "ct", "digital subtraction angiography", "intracranial hemorrhag...
PMC10860472
Moya-Moya disease (MMD) is a rare cerebral vasculopathy affecting children and adults. It is a progressive steno-occlusive arterial disease generally discovered during the etiological assessment of an ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke. Its diagnosis is based essentially on imaging. Cerebral digital subtraction angiography...
{ "authors": [ "Shikang Qiu", "Huihui Jiang", "Hanxiao Ding", "Limin Feng" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2024.1427568", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2024 Sep 13:11:1427568.", "keywords": [ "krukenberg tumor", "pseudo-meigs' syndrome", "dyspn...
PMC11427251
Krukenberg tumor is a relatively uncommon metastatic ovarian cancer, typically presenting with abdominal pain and distension, primarily due to bilateral ovarian involvement. Pseudo-Meigs' syndrome, caused by a Krukenberg tumor originating from gastric cancer, is extremely rare. In this study, we report the case of a 39...
{ "authors": [ "Niloufar Ebrahimi", "Maha Al Baghdadi", "Craig W Zuppan", "Daniel K Rogstad", "Amir Abdipour" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/23247096241232202", "journal": "J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan-Dec:12:23247096241232202.", "keywords": [...
PMC10880537
BK virus (BKV) is a small DNA virus, a member of the polyomavirus family, that causes an opportunistic infection in immunocompromised patients, especially kidney transplant patients. This virus establishes a lifelong infection in most of the population, and once it reactivates in an immunocompromised state, leads to BK...
{ "authors": [ "Amani Alnamnakani" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fsoc.2024.1369188", "journal": "Front Sociol", "journal_detail": "2024 Apr 17:9:1369188.", "keywords": [ "covid-19", "ageing", "chronic illness", "disablism", "pandemic", "racism", "religionism", "s...
PMC11061519
This paper explores the experiences and perceptions of Zora, an older Muslim woman living with a disability in the UK. Older disabled Muslim women in the UK often face multiple discriminations based on disability, age, gender, religious, and racial grounds and this has arguably been intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic...
{ "authors": [ "Bradley G Burk", "Kyle Humphreys", "Jim Waites", "Bentley Adams", "Badari Birur", "Pamela E Parker" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1177/20451253241263714", "journal": "Ther Adv Psychopharmacol", "journal_detail": "2024 Jul 25:14:20451253241263714.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC11274017
Gastric malabsorptive conditions may prevent patients from deriving benefit from orally administered medications intended for enteric absorption. While malabsorption is an increasingly common issue, current data on alternative oral options for agitation in these patients are very sparse. Sublingual (SL) asenapine is ab...
{ "authors": [ "Giuleta Jamsari", "Joseph Do Woong Choi", "Benedict Kakala", "Hillary Hu", "Gideon Sandler" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2024/9916070", "journal": "Case Rep Surg", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 6:2024:9916070.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "h...
PMC10864045
Iliopsoas phlegmon/abscess is uncommon, and individuals often present with nonspecific symptoms. Diagnosis is often delayed and almost always requires advanced imaging techniques such as computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging. We report a case of a 51-year-old woman who presented with right lower limb swelli...
{ "authors": [ "Akira Yamamoto", "Hisakazu Nishimori", "Toshiaki Shirai", "Katsuhiro Takano", "Aya Komura", "Yui Kambara", "Takuya Fukumi", "Tomohiro Urata", "Noboru Asada", "Daisuke Ennishi", "Keiko Fujii", "Nobuharu Fujii", "Ken-Ichi Matsuoka", "Kenji Niiya", ...
PMC11272510
Thrombocytopenia, anasarca, fever, renal dysfunction, and organomegaly (TAFRO) syndrome is an inflammatory disorder with an unclear pathogenesis. We herein report a case of TAFRO syndrome in remission in a patient who experienced recurrent intracranial bleeding despite a normal platelet count and coagulation system. A ...
{ "authors": [ "Jay Dinesh Bhanushali" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2024.48.59.43884", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2024 Jun 13:48:59.", "keywords": [ "vasculitis", "abdominal pain", "arthralgia", "hematuria" ], "license": "CC BY", "link": "https:/...
PMC11419571
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{ "authors": [ "Kumi Tamura", "Kazuhiko Nakaharai", "Masaki Yoshida" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2024.e01952", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2024 Apr 15:36:e01952.", "keywords": [ "adverse event", "antifungal", "arrhythmia", "fluconazole", "premat...
PMC11040133
Introduction: Fluconazole is commonly used to treat and prevent fungal infections caused by Candida and Cryptococcus species. Although there have been reports of fatal arrhythmias induced by fluconazole, such as torsades de pointes, there have been minimal reports of mild, non-fatal arrhythmias associated with it, whic...
{ "authors": [ "HuiMin Shan", "ZhenPeng Jiang", "Jin Xu", "JingFa Li", "XuSheng Zhu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2024.1410057", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2024 Jun 18:14:1410057.", "keywords": [ "spect", "tc-99m-mibi", "ectopic parathyroid ad...
PMC11217165
A 54-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital with a left neck mass. Enhanced CT and ultrasound examinations revealed a lesion in the left sternocleidomastoid muscle. The patient undergone right thyroid lobe resection 8 years ago. Interestingly, the lesion on the sternocleidomastoid muscle, along with the left lobe ...
{ "authors": [ "Marcelo Bellini Dalio", "Karoline Evelyn Barbosa Gomes", "Milton Sérgio Bohatch Júnior", "Edwaldo Edner Joviliano" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X231204575", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Oct 10:11:2050313X231204575.", "keywords"...
PMC10566265
The great saphenous vein is the optimal conduit for infrapopliteal bypass surgery in chronic limb-threatening ischemia. A prosthetic bypass graft is an acceptable option when the autologous vein is unavailable and the anatomy is not favorable for endovascular therapy. However, the low patency rate of prosthetic grafts ...
{ "authors": [ "Jane Atallah", "Yarub Al Alousi", "Nehemias Guevara", "Iurii Statnii", "Sameh Nassar", "Ivette Vigoda" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000535636", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 9;17(1):69-74.", "keywords": [ "anemia", "case re...
PMC10776134
Introduction: Pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) is a rare bone marrow failure characterized by normocytic anemia and severe reticulocytopenia. Case presentation: We describe the case of a 38-year-old female who presented with severe anemia. Further investigation revealed the etiology of anemia to be PRCA. She was subsequent...
{ "authors": [ "Chris Mead", "Chad Price", "Logan E Gin", "Ariel D Anbar", "James P Collins", "Paul LePore", "Sara E Brownell" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1371/journal.pone.0288748", "journal": "PLoS One", "journal_detail": "2023 Oct 12;18(10):e0288748.", "keywords": null, ...
PMC10569535
Fully online degree programs are an increasingly important part of the higher education ecosystem. Among the many challenges raised by the growth of fully online courses and degree programs is the question: Are institutions providing online students with disabilities accommodations that are comparable to those provided...
{ "authors": [ "Mehrosadat Alavi", "Maryam Abdinejad", "Mehdi Rezaei", "Alireza Moaref" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1002/ccr3.8396", "journal": "Clin Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Dec 29;12(1):e8396.", "keywords": [ "18‐f‐fdg pet/ct scan", "bentall surgery", "vascular ...
PMC10756944
Key clinical message: After a Bentall surgery, there is a small chance of developing a serious complication called vascular graft infection. 18F-FDG PET/CT, a new and accurate diagnostic tool, can help detect it early, especially if the symptoms are unusual. Abstract: A 14-year-old boy who had undergone Bentall surgery...
{ "authors": [ "James Brunswick", "Jeffrey Spiro", "Piotr Wisniewski" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2024.e01995", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2024 May 24:36:e01995.", "keywords": [ "antibiotic susceptibility", "blast injury", "vagococcus fluvialis", "...
PMC11176958
Vagococcus, a bacterium generally isolated from fish and domestic animals, is a rarely reported human pathogen whose clinical characteristics and antimicrobial susceptibility remain uncertain. In this case report we describe a 19-year-old active-duty military sailor who suffered a blast injury to the left foot from a f...
{ "authors": [ "Marouane Hammoud", "Dramane Cisse", "Khalid Chakour", "Mohamed El Faiz Chaoui" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_291_2024", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2024 May 24:15:169.", "keywords": [ "congenital epidermoid cyst", "limited dorsal mye...
PMC11152525
Background: Epidermoid cysts (ECs) are rare benign tumors arising from epidermal cells, associated with congenital abnormalities or acquired through trauma, surgery, or lumbar punctures. They represent <1% of all intraspinal tumors and may be associated with limited dorsal myeloschisis (LDM). Case description: A 7-year...
{ "authors": [ "Yasuhiro Honda", "Kensaku Nishihira", "Mitsuhiro Yano", "Atsuko Yokota", "Yujiro Asada" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1093/ehjimp/qyae011", "journal": "Eur Heart J Imaging Methods Pract", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 12;2(1):qyae011.", "keywords": [ "st‐segment ele...
PMC11195725
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{ "authors": [ "Ahmad Alnasarat", "Rasheed Musa", "Asaiel Makahleh", "Mohammad N Kloub" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2024/4823396", "journal": "Case Rep Gastrointest Med", "journal_detail": "2024 May 24:2024:4823396.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubm...
PMC11142857
Malignant rectal strictures are uncommon, but they may pose a diagnostic challenge in clinical practice. We report the case of an 85-year-old male with an initially puzzling presentation of abdominal distention and discomfort. The patient was ultimately diagnosed with a rectal stricture caused by a plasmacytoid variant...
{ "authors": [ "Qingyu Li", "Jingya Li", "Menglan Zhou", "Ying Ge", "Zhengyin Liu", "Taisheng Li", "Li Zhang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fimmu.2024.1354349", "journal": "Front Immunol", "journal_detail": "2024 Apr 19:15:1354349.", "keywords": [ "covid-19", "an...
PMC11066154
Antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) are both laboratory evidence and causative factors for a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), with thrombotic and obstetric events being the most prevalent. Despite the aPL-triggered vasculopathy nature of APS, vasculitic-like manifestations rar...
{ "authors": [ "Ilaria Salvi", "Aurora Parodi", "Emanuele Cozzani", "Martina Burlando" ], "case_amount": 5, "doi": "10.3389/fimmu.2024.1432233", "journal": "Front Immunol", "journal_detail": "2024 Aug 5:15:1432233.", "keywords": [ "jak inhibitor", "dermatology", "psoriasiform e...
PMC11330832
Immune-mediated comorbidities in patients with psoriasiform eczema are common. It can be challenging to manage multiple immune-mediated diseases, especially considering that biologic treatments are prone to causing paradoxical effects. The aim of this retrospective observational case series was to describe the course o...
{ "authors": [ "Sumika Ouchida", "Kaitlyn Parratt", "Armin Nikpour", "Greg Fairbrother" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2024/1299282", "journal": "Case Rep Neurol Med", "journal_detail": "2024 May 6:2024:1299282.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi...
PMC11090674
Background: Ictal arrhythmia is a rare condition that causes arrhythmic manifestations induced by epileptic seizures, including asystole or bradycardia. Ictal asystole (IA) is a very rare condition found in patients undergoing video-encephalography (EEG) monitoring. It is often related to temporal lobe epilepsy and can...
{ "authors": [ "J H van Snick", "B van Leer", "M W N Nijsten", "J Pillay", "R H J A Slart", "A W J M Glaudemans", "N D van Rijsewijk" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2023.1347791", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 4:10:1347791.", "keyword...
PMC10794769
The introduction of new long axial field of view (LAFOV) scanners is a major milestone in positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) imaging. With these new systems a revolutionary reduction in scan time can be achieved, concurrently lowering tracer dose. Therefore, PET/CT has come within reach for group...
{ "authors": [ "Yen-Ting Liu", "Yi-Hsing Chen", "Chen-Han Chang", "Hsiang-Kuang Tony Liang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1093/noajnl/vdae072", "journal": "Neurooncol Adv", "journal_detail": "2024 May 14;6(1):vdae072.", "keywords": [ "fgfr3 fusion", "neuro-oncology", "pemigat...
PMC11154143
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{ "authors": [ "Ying Wang", "Youhong Wang", "Ping Xu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fphar.2024.1453034", "journal": "Front Pharmacol", "journal_detail": "2024 Aug 28:15:1453034.", "keywords": [ "alopecia", "case report", "cyclosporine", "drug adverse event", "immune"...
PMC11387167
Cyclosporine is a potent immunosuppressive drug for various immune-mediated diseases in children. Cyclosporine's expected therapeutic effect also carries a wide range of side effects. One of the most common and intriguing dermatological side effects is hypertrichosis. However, recent reports have recognized alopecia as...
{ "authors": [ "Kara Bragg", "Michael Albus", "Bradley Bragg", "Rachelle M Beste", "Leslie V Simon" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/MDER.S451439", "journal": "Med Devices (Auckl)", "journal_detail": "2024 Mar 19:17:135-142.", "keywords": [ "iv safelock", "accidental death"...
PMC10961239
Background: The United States has an opioid abuse crisis that has been increasing exponentially since 2013. In 2021, there were 220 deaths each day from opioid overdoses in the United States alone. Patients suffering from addiction often present to the emergency department (ED) anticipating that an intravenous (IV) cat...
{ "authors": [ "Yelei Ren", "Weihao Chen", "Mengni Zhang", "Xuhui Zhang", "Jiaojiao Zhou", "Yongzhong Li", "Diming Cai" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2024.1348797", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2024 Apr 11:14:1348797.", "keywords": [ "magnetic re...
PMC11043519
Prostatic malakoplakia (PMP) is a rare inflammatory disease, and misdiagnosis on imaging is a major reason for unnecessary punctures; however, information on imaging is even rarer. Five patients with PMP between May 2022 and February 2023 were enrolled in this study to summarize the imaging manifestations. All patients...
{ "authors": [ "Niccolò Giuseppe Armogida", "Luigi Esposito", "Elena Calabria", "Mariangela Cernera", "Gianrico Spagnuolo", "Flavia Iaculli" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2023/5583749", "journal": "Case Rep Dent", "journal_detail": "2023 Oct 11:2023:5583749.", "keywords": nu...
PMC10586405
Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are abnormal connections between blood vessels that bypass the normal capillary bed. To avoid the invasiveness of the gold standard surgical excision, the use of dye laser has been suggested as an alternative. A 53-year-old man in good overall health presented with a large bluish-red ...
{ "authors": [ "Tomoki Aoyama", "Mari Matsuoka" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.52120", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 11;16(1):e52120.", "keywords": [ "adolescent and young adult", "cancer survivor", "chronic pain", "mindset", "osteonecrosis of th...
PMC10858799
A 26-year-old woman previously treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) 14 years ago faced challenges in managing chronic pain resulting from right femoral head necrosis, a complication of her earlier ALL treatment. Ultimately, the persistent chronic pain was successfully treated via a comprehensive rehabilitatio...
{ "authors": [ "Korcan Aysun Gonen", "Hadi Sasani", "Sami Acar", "Ender Dulundu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.14744/SEMB.2023.45578", "journal": "Sisli Etfal Hastan Tip Bul", "journal_detail": "2024 Jun 28;58(2):249-253.", "keywords": [ "abscess", "biliary cystadenocarcinoma", ...
PMC11249983
Biliary cystadenomas are uncommon lesions with clinical and radiological characteristics that overlap with other cystic liver lesions. Here, we intended to discuss a biliary cystadenoma found in a 37-year-old female patient who had been treated for a liver abscess and had been sent to our clinic with a long-term hydati...
{ "authors": [ "T V Murali", "Reshma Sara Thomas", "Manjusha Narayana Pilllai", "Anitha Gopal" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/jmh.jmh_47_23", "journal": "J Midlife Health", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan-Mar;14(1):53-55.", "keywords": [ "inferior vena cava", "intracardiac leiomy...
PMC10482015
A 37-year-old lady, when being evaluated in gynecology for pain in the abdomen, was found to have a pelvic mass suspicious of ovarian cancer with markers negative. There was an ovarian vein thrombosis extending to the right atrium in the contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan. A fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission...
{ "authors": [ "Ying Wang", "Shaohua Bi", "Xiaoqing Shi", "Liying Dai" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/TACG.S465244", "journal": "Appl Clin Genet", "journal_detail": "2024 May 27:17:63-69.", "keywords": [ "copy number variations", "neonatal diseases", "optical genome mappi...
PMC11141715
Optical Genome Mapping (OGM) technology has garnered growing interest for the identification of chromosomal structural variations (SVs), particularly complex ones that are implicated in genetic diseases in humans. In this study, we performed genetic diagnostics on a neonatal patient who presented with feeding difficult...
{ "authors": [ "Sankalp Yadav" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.51835", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 8;16(1):e51835.", "keywords": [ "cbnaat/ xpert/ rif assay", "line probe assays (lpa)", "multi-drug resistant tb (mdr tb)", "paravertebral abscess", "p...
PMC10847897
Tuberculosis is prevalent in high-burden countries. Extrapulmonary drug-resistant tuberculosis is exceedingly rare. Simultaneous involvement of the spine with psoas muscles in the absence of pulmonary seeding with a drug-resistant strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in an adult female is never reported. A 33-year-old ...
{ "authors": [ "Nicholas Chang", "Kate Lennard", "Amshuman Rao", "Michael Elliott", "Nila Dharan", "Johnny Wong" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2024.e01960", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2024 Apr 15:36:e01960.", "keywords": [ "arcanobacterium haemolytic...
PMC11059456
Objective: This article describes a case of polymicrobial Arcanobacterium haemolyticum pharyngitis and sinusitis complicated by intracranial complications and reviews similar cases in the literature. Case summary: A 21-year-old immunocompetent male presented with symptoms of sore throat, rhinorrhoea, lethargy, headache...
{ "authors": [ "Boumeriem Khaoula", "Bourekba Iliass", "Allali Nazik", "Chat Latifa", "El Haddad Siham" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2333794X241234733", "journal": "Glob Pediatr Health", "journal_detail": "2024 Mar 3:11:2333794X241234733.", "keywords": [ "dyke davidoff mass...
PMC10910876
Dyke Davidoff-Masson syndrome is a rare neurological condition that results from brain injury during early childhood stages. The precise incidence of this condition is unknown, with a slight male predominance, and adult forms have been documented. Imaging findings reveal hemisphere atrophy along with ipsilateral compen...
{ "authors": [ "Zeran Yu", "Junhui Qi", "Lei Wang", "Xiang Yang", "Zhengqiao Liu", "Xu Chen", "Hongling Xu", "Yajie Li", "Yuyun Chen", "Chengguo Dai", "Zhen Gu" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2024.1382793", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": ...
PMC11220115
Background: Endoscopic transnasal optic canal decompression is widely used in the treatment of traumatic optic neuropathy (TON) following head and craniofacial trauma. Intraoperative hemorrhage is a catastrophic surgical complication during optic canal decompression. Case description: We present two cases of patients w...
{ "authors": [ "Tetsuya Ioku", "Keisuke Imai", "Takehiro Yamada", "Masanori Cho", "Toshi Sai", "Takuma Kato" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.5797/jnet.cr.2023-0081", "journal": "J Neuroendovasc Ther", "journal_detail": "2024;18(4):126-129.", "keywords": [ "carotid artery stenti...
PMC11076145
Objective: Infection after carotid artery stenting (CAS) is rare. We report two dialysis cases of delayed stent infection associated with a carotid dual-layer stent (DLS), which occurred several months after deployment of the stent. Case presentations: Case 1: A 74-year-old man receiving dialysis underwent CAS with DL...
{ "authors": [ "Mahboobeh Gholipour", "Pirooz Samidoost", "Mani Moayerifar", "Golshan Ghasemzadeh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X241233432", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 20:12:2050313X241233432.", "keywords": [ "remdesivir", "sars-...
PMC10880539
Remdesivir is a nucleotide prodrug of an adenosine analog. It binds to the viral Ribonucleic Acid (RNA)-dependent RNA polymerase and inhibits viral replication by terminating RNA transcription prematurely. Remdesivir has demonstrated in vitro and in vivo activity against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2;...
{ "authors": [ "Jian Zha", "Yong Chen", "Fangfang Cao", "Yanghong Yu", "Ruiyan Wang", "Jianmin Zhong" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2024.1328063", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2024 Jul 4:12:1328063.", "keywords": [ "mettl23", "developmental del...
PMC11254747
METTL23 belongs to a family of protein lysine methyltransferases that methylate non-histone proteins. Recently, the METTL23 gene has been reported to be related to an intellectual developmental disorder, autosomal recessive 44. Patients present with developmental delay, intellectual disability (ID), and variable dysmor...
{ "authors": [ "Jiequn Weng", "Jie Lin", "Chong Sun" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.3389/fnume.2024.1446780", "journal": "Front Nucl Med", "journal_detail": "2024 Aug 14:4:1446780.", "keywords": [ "18f-fdg pet/ct", "chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy", "monoclonal g...
PMC11440967
Peripheral neuropathy is a prevalent complication in plasma cell disorders, posing significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. This study presents three cases initially diagnosed with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). Despite initial symptom regression post-immunomodulatory treatment, the...
{ "authors": [ "Marine Najmaoui", "Martina Pezzulo", "Denis Franchimont", "Frédéric Vandergheynst", "Maxime Ilzkovitz" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12890/2023_004085", "journal": "Eur J Case Rep Intern Med", "journal_detail": "2023 Oct 16;10(11):004085.", "keywords": [ "segmenta...
PMC10619532
This case report addresses segmental arterial mediolysis (SAM), a rare non-inflammatory vasculopathy. A 51-year-old man presented at the emergency department for epigastric and left upper quadrant pain. He had a history of arterial hypertension and had recently received methylprednisolone for knee pain. Blood tests rev...
{ "authors": [ "Kevan English", "Mercedes Erpelding", "Sandra Kaldas", "Sabrine Semoin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5339/qmj.2024.7", "journal": "Qatar Med J", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 15;2024(1):7.", "keywords": [ "anal cancer", "adenocarcinoma", "anal canal", "huma...
PMC10867331
Introduction: Anal carcinoma is a relatively uncommon tumor that accounts for less than 2% of large bowel malignancies and approximately 1-6% of anorectal tumors. Most anal cancers originate in the mucosa between the anorectal junction and the anal verge. Risk factors for anal carcinoma include human papillomavirus (HP...
{ "authors": [ "Andrea Amalfitano", "Patricia Obando", "Rana Ismail", "Francis Akenami" ], "case_amount": 5, "doi": "10.51894/001c.115618", "journal": "Spartan Med Res J", "journal_detail": "2024 Mar 27;9(1):115618.", "keywords": [ "abstracts", "college of osteopathic medicine", ...
PMC11191887
The Spartan Medical Research Journal (SMRJ) is pleased to publish abstracts from the First Annual Research Day hosted by the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine (MSUCOM), held in Novi, Michigan, on May 15, 2023. Sponsored by MSUCOM, the Statewide Campus System (SCS), and Research, Innovation, and ...
{ "authors": [ "Gauri Gajabe", "Akash More", "Jarul Shrivastava", "Namrata Choudhary", "Shilpa Dutta", "Krushnali S Kadu", "Ritesh Jadhav" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7759/cureus.53268", "journal": "Cureus", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 31;16(1):e53268.", "keywords": [ "...
PMC10905051
Infertility, defined as the inability to conceive after 12 months of unprotected sexual activity, affects millions globally. Approximately 80% of cases have identifiable causes, including endometriosis, tubal obstruction, ovulatory dysfunction, and male sperm abnormalities. Lifestyle factors, such as smoking and obesit...
{ "authors": [ "Morteza Valaei", "Azita Ganji", "Marieh Alizadeh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.22037/ghfbb.v17i2.2898", "journal": "Gastroenterol Hepatol Bed Bench", "journal_detail": "2024;17(2):206-211.", "keywords": [ "chronic granulomatous disease", "gastric outlet obstruction",...
PMC11234485
Background: Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a rare disorder normally diagnosed in infancy. Case presentation: A 27-year-old man admitted with non-specific symptoms of CGD first underwent endoscopy, and colonoscopy procedures as primary evaluation of clinical presentation. Eighteen months after the first admissio...
{ "authors": [ "Suravi Raychaudhuri", "Zhao Ming Dong", "Scott Knowles", "Solomon Graf" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2024/8810646", "journal": "Case Rep Hematol", "journal_detail": "2024 Sep 10:2024:8810646.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.n...
PMC11407883
EBV-positive primary nodal T-cell/NK cell lymphoma (TNKL) is a rare diagnosis with a poor prognosis. No relationship with follicular lymphoma (FL), classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL), or other non-Hodgkin lymphomas is established. We describe a case of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-positive cHL and EBV-positive primary nodal TN...
{ "authors": [ "Yasaman Navari", "Efosa Bazuaye", "Philip J McDonald" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12890/2024_004643", "journal": "Eur J Case Rep Intern Med", "journal_detail": "2024 Jun 27;11(7):004643.", "keywords": [ "b-cell lymphoma", "cardiac arrest", "hypocalcemia" ], ...
PMC11229467
Calcium plays a crucial role in the heart's electrical conduction system and facilitating the contraction of cardiac muscles. Hypocalcemia can result in electrocardiogram findings such as a prolonged QTC interval and eventually torsade de pointes, which in severe cases can progress to cardiac arrest. In cases of B-cell...
{ "authors": [ "Habib Azimi", "Seyed Mohammad Tabibzadeh", "Abbas Khalilpour", "Mohsen Akbaribazm" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1002/ccr3.8412", "journal": "Clin Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 2;12(1):e8412.", "keywords": [ "ear", "otolaryngology", "otoscope", "t...
PMC10762331
Key clinical message: Oto-tricho is associated with the symptoms of gag reflex and non-neuropathic tinnitus, which can be treated by removing the hair and its follicle. Abstract: Oto-tricho refers to a disorder of hair growth in the tympanic membrane (TM). In its early stages, it can manifest as symptoms such as tinnit...
{ "authors": [ "Yue Shang", "Yuanyuan Ren", "Lipeng Liu", "Xia Chen", "Fang Liu", "Xiaolan Li", "Yang Wan", "Wenbin An", "Wenyu Yang", "Xiaofan Zhu", "Ye Guo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fimmu.2024.1396260", "journal": "Front Immunol", "journal_detail": "...
PMC11165047
Background: Encephalitozoon hellem (E. hellem) infection is a zoonotic disease, rarely observed in individuals, causing various clinical manifestations including diarrhea, keratoconjunctivitis, cystitis, etc. E. hellem infection after hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) is a rare, serious complication. Case ...
{ "authors": [ "Carlos Neblett", "Kenneth Appiah", "Tahjeme Lawrence", "Malik Graham", "Daynalee Wilson", "Rory Thompson" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1093/jscr/rjad719", "journal": "J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan 10;2024(1):rjad719.", "keywords": [ "back", ...
PMC10781939
Pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumour (PHAT) is a very rare low-grade indeterminate neoplasm of connective and other soft tissue, which is not known to metastasize though local recurrence has been documented. It most commonly presents in the lower extremities, but other anatomical locations have been described. Th...
{ "authors": [ "Jessica Sawaya", "Paras Savla", "Tanya Minasian" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_27_2024", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2024 Apr 5:15:123.", "keywords": [ "case report", "dural defect", "laminectomy", "spinal arachnoid cyst" ], ...
PMC11090601
Background: Spinal extradural arachnoid cysts comprise <1% of all spinal lesions and are rare findings in pediatric patients. The pathogenesis of spinal extradural arachnoid cysts is not well known but is thought to most commonly be due to congenital dural defects. Other origins include trauma, inflammation, or infecti...
{ "authors": [ "Chaoyang Wang", "Nan Wei", "Moyuan Zhang", "Xiaoju Zhang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2024.1357714", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2024 Apr 17:11:1357714.", "keywords": [ "aeromonas", "aeromonas dhakensis", "antibiotic", ...
PMC11064645
Background: Aeromonas dhakensis is a gram-negative bacterium. In recent years, Aeromonas dhakensis has gradually attracted increasing attention due to its strong virulence and poor prognosis. Clinical reports of pulmonary infection caused by Aeromonas dhakensis are rare. Case presentation: A patient with acute T lymph...
{ "authors": [ "Josef Finsterer" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.22551/2023.41.1004.10264", "journal": "Arch Clin Cases", "journal_detail": "2023 Nov 21;10(4):153-156.", "keywords": [ "sars-cov-2 vaccination", "side effect", "skin biopsy", "small fiber neuropathy", "sweat gland ner...
PMC10660248
Small fiber neuropathy (SFN) has not been reported after the third dose of BNT162b2 in a previously healthy vaccinee. A 44-year-old previously healthy female developed pain and sensory disturbances in varying locations after the third BNT162b2 dose. Additionally, she developed recurrent tinnitus, headaches, arthralgia,...
{ "authors": [ "Aleksandr Kormiltsyn", "Chibuzor Udokwu", "Vimal Dwivedi", "Alex Norta", "Sanam Nisar" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.30953/bhty.v6.276", "journal": "Blockchain Healthc Today", "journal_detail": "2023 Dec 14:6.", "keywords": [ "blockchain", "conflict management...
PMC10770803
Integrating personal health records (PHRs) and electronic health records (EHRs) facilitates the provision of novel services to individuals, researchers, and healthcare practitioners. Simultaneously, integrating healthcare data leads to complexities arising from the structural and semantic heterogeneity within the data....
{ "authors": [ "Yunsen He", "Ye Tao", "Jing Tian", "Mingbin Bao", "Mengjun Zhang", "Qinjiang Huang", "Hongliang Li", "Xinxin Chang", "Kun Li", "Ping Liu", "Lili Guo", "Xiaohong Qin", "Caiquan Huang", "Bo Wu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2024....
PMC11153792
Background: The disruption of intracranial fluid dynamics due to large unruptured cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM) commonly triggers a domino effect within the central nervous system. This phenomenon is frequently overlooked in prior clinic and may lead to catastrophic misdiagnoses. Our team has documented the...
{ "authors": [ "Suresh K Tulsan", "Rona Laila", "Harshkumar Patel", "Vyapti Dave", "Rabeya M Mary", "Sunder Sham", "Fnu Anjali", "Soumya Jaladi", "Sanjay Kirshan Kumar", "Priya Singhania", "Vivek Podder", "Md Ferdous Rahman", "Isheka Agarwala" ], "case_amount": ...
PMC10931869
Background: Insulin therapy errors can have life-threatening consequences in patients with diabetes. Given the increasing prevalence of diabetes and insulin therapy in Bangladesh, it is crucial to identify and prevent these errors. This study uses case-based clinical experiences to thematically analyze insulin therapy ...
{ "authors": [ "Humzah Iqbal", "Aalam Sohal", "Kanana Aburayyan", "Bandhul Hans", "Juliana Yang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X241232262", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 14:12:2050313X241232262.", "keywords": [ "acute cholecystitis",...
PMC10865939
Acute cholecystitis is a common cause of Emergency Department presentation and hospital admission. It is usually treated with early surgical removal of the gallbladder; however, some patients may not be fit to undergo the procedure due to critical illness or comorbidities. In these patients, options are limited. Endosc...
{ "authors": [ "Georgios Tsalimas", "Eleni Pappa", "Konstantinos Zygogiannis", "Spiridon Antonopoulos", "Fotios Kakridonis", "Ioannis Chatzikomninos" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_506_2024", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2024 Aug 16:15:290.", "keyword...
PMC11380811
Background: Few studies discuss the complication of pulmonary cement embolism (PCE) due to cement augmented pedicle screw instrumentation (CAPSI) of the thoracolumbar spine. Case description: A 62 female with a history of multiple myeloma and Sjogren's syndrome on chronic steroids developed an osteoporotic L1 compressi...
{ "authors": [ "Ali Jaan", "Zouina Sarfraz", "Sheza Malik", "Erik Olson", "Karin Dunnigan", "Patrick Okolo" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.55729/2000-9666.1264", "journal": "J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect", "journal_detail": "2023 Nov 4;13(6):54-57.", "keywords": [ "case...
PMC11000828
Sodium polystyrene sulphonate (SPS), employed in the management of severe hyperkalemia, is typically combined with sodium sorbitol to avert potential intestinal obstruction. Nonetheless, the administration of Kayexalate, even in the presence of minimal sorbitol, can lead to the grave complication of colonic necrosis. W...
{ "authors": [ "Toshiyuki Nakanishi", "Taku Harada", "Mori Nakai", "Satoshi Kutsuna" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2024.e02056", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2024 Aug 8:37:e02056.", "keywords": [ "anaphylaxis", "antihistamines", "cefmetazole", "cep...
PMC11379583
Disulfiram-like reactions occur when alcohol is consumed concurrently with certain drugs and can sometimes be fatal. Some cephalosporins such as cefoperazone could cause disulfiram-like reaction, known as cephalosporin-induced disulfiram-like reactions (CIDLRs). We describe a case of cefmetazole (CMZ)-treated CIDLR tri...
{ "authors": [ "Kazunori Karasawa", "Ken-Ichi Akiyama", "Taro Akihisa", "Yoei Miyabe", "Kosaku Nitta", "Junichi Hoshino" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000531015", "journal": "Case Rep Nephrol Dial", "journal_detail": "2023 Aug 8;13(1):104-112.", "keywords": [ "diabetic n...
PMC10601886
The number of patients with diabetic nephropathy is increasing worldwide and it is important to understand the underlying pathological mechanisms of the disease. In early stage diabetic nephropathy, the hyperglycemic environment leads to vascular endothelial cell damage, resulting in overexpression of vascular endothel...
{ "authors": [ "Samra Jabbar", "Omer Bin Khalid Jamil", "Rabbiya Ali", "Imrana Zulfikar", "Zoaib Habib Tharwani" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X231200120", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Sep 19:11:2050313X231200120.", "keywords": [ "intra...
PMC10510337
Intramuscular Myxomas are rare benign soft tissue tumors which usually occur between the ages 40 and 70 years and are more common among females. A thorough history and examination can help with diagnosis and it can be confirmed via histological examination. A 40-year-old female presented with a swelling in the medial a...
{ "authors": [ "Woo Suk Choi", "Seul Ki Lee", "Jee-Young Kim", "Jun-Ho Kim" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3348/jksr.2023.0029", "journal": "J Korean Soc Radiol", "journal_detail": "2024 Jan;85(1):240-246.", "keywords": [ "bone", "hemangiosarcoma", "magnetic resonance imaging"...
PMC10864153
Epithelioid angiosarcoma is a rare variant of angiosarcoma characterized by an epithelioid morphology that mimics carcinoma. Therefore, multicentric epithelioid angiosarcoma is easily misdiagnosed as bone metastasis from carcinoma and has an aggressive clinical course. Here, we present a rare case of a 61-year-old male...
{ "authors": [ "Ahmet Bozer" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5334/jbsr.3532", "journal": "J Belg Soc Radiol", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 20;108(1):21.", "keywords": [ "bile duct injury", "gadolinium dtpa", "luschka’s duct", "mri", "contrast agent" ], "license": "CC BY", "lin...
PMC10885843
Post-laparoscopic cholecystectomy bile duct injuries, especially involving Luschka's duct, are concerning. Biliary tree anomalies and the efficacy of intravenous administration of Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in detecting bile leakage are reported based on a case. Teaching Point: Hepatobiliary-...
{ "authors": [ "Jonatan Escobar-Herrera", "Gibran Raymundo León-Gallegos", "Omar E Valencia-Ledezma", "Rafael García-Rascon", "Nicolás Santiago-González" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2024/6728600", "journal": "Case Rep Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2024 Sep 26:2024:6728600.", ...
PMC11449551
Delusional parasitosis is a psychotic disorder where the patient has the delusion of being infested with some insect or parasite. In contrast, shared paranoid disorder or folie à deux is described when the same delusions affect two or more closely related people. It is common for these two situations to cause comorbidi...
{ "authors": [ "Atsuhiko Suenaga", "Naoki Sawa", "Yuki Oba", "Daisuke Ikuma", "Akinari Sekine", "Masayuki Yamanouchi", "Eiko Hasegawa", "Hiroki Mizuno", "Tatsuya Suwabe", "Hideki Tsuji", "Kei Kono", "Keiichi Kinowaki", "Motoaki Miyazono", "Yutaka Yamaguchi", ...
PMC10901715
A 48-year-old woman visited our hospital because of bilateral lacrimal gland enlargement. Her serum immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) level was high, and positron emission tomography-computed tomography showed significant positive findings in the bilateral lacrimal gland. A biopsy revealed a considerable increase in IgG4/CD138,...
{ "authors": [ "Peng Huang", "Feng Wen", "Xin Wang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fphar.2024.1431542", "journal": "Front Pharmacol", "journal_detail": "2024 Aug 13:15:1431542.", "keywords": [ "her2", "multiline treatments", "pyrotinib", "radiotherapy", "rectal cancer...
PMC11347432
Metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) is characterized by significant phenotypic heterogeneity at the molecular level and presents a poor prognosis. Chemotherapy is commonly employed as the primary treatment option. Nevertheless, the advantages of chemotherapy are constrained, underscoring the critical necessity for nove...
{ "authors": [ "Mario Alamilla-Sanchez", "Juan Daniel Diaz Garcia", "Valeria Yanez Salguero", "Fleuvier Morales Lopez", "Victor Ulloa Galvan", "Francisco Velasco Garcia-Lascurain", "Benjamin Yama Estrella" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.3389/fneph.2024.1384208", "journal": "Front ...
PMC11043590
Acquired tubulopathies are frequently underdiagnosed. They can be characterized by the renal loss of specific electrolytes or organic solutes, suggesting the location of dysfunction. These tubulopathies phenotypically can resemble Bartter or Gitelman syndrome). These syndromes are infrequent, they may present salt loss...
{ "authors": [ "Farah Aliyah Mohd Nasri", "Nemer Osman", "Shane O'Sullivan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000539257", "journal": "Case Rep Oncol", "journal_detail": "2024 Jun 19;17(1):658-665.", "keywords": [ "carcinoid heart disease", "case report", "heart failure", "ne...
PMC11250385
Introduction: Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (GEP-NETs) are a relatively rare, heterogenous group of malignancies originating from secretory cells of the neuroendocrine system. Carcinoid syndrome is a complication of neuroendocrine tumours, characterized by a triad of flushing, bronchospasm, and diarrhoe...
{ "authors": [ "Lelio Guida", "Kevin Beccaria", "Sandro Benichi", "Manoelle Kossorotof", "Olivier Naggara", "Marie Bourgeois", "Franck Bourdeaut", "Samuel Abbou", "Volodia Dangouloff-Ros", "Nathalie Boddaert", "Thomas Blauwblomme" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/...
PMC10748471
Background: The co-occurrence of moyamoya vasculopathy and extra-optic pathway tumors is rare in neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), with only four cases described in the literature. Brain surgery in these patients may be challenging because of the risk of brain infarction after skin and dural incision. Given its percutane...
{ "authors": [ "Letizia Corbi", "Simone Frediani", "Ivan Pietro Aloi", "Arianna Bertocchini", "Antonella Accinni", "Valerio Pardi", "Alessandro Inserra" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2024.1334562", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2024 Feb 6:12:1334562."...
PMC10880186
Introduction: One of the most prevalent congenital wall abnormalities in children, umbilical hernias are often linked to premature or small-for-gestational-age babies. In cases of intestinal malrotation or if the cecum is very movable, generalized peritonitis may facilitate the imprisonment of these hernias. Case repor...