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{ "authors": [ "Orazio Palumbo", "Pietro Palumbo", "Emanuela Ferri", "Francesco Nicola Riviello", "Lea Cloroformio", "Massimo Carella", "Marilena Carmela Di Giacomo" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1186/s13039-015-0119-6", "journal": "Mol Cytogenet", "journal_detail": "2015 Feb 2...
PMC4359789
Background: Pure interstitial duplications of chromosome band 4p16.3 represent an infrequent chromosomal finding with, to the best of our knowledge, only two patients to date reported. Case presentation: We report on a 13-year-old boy showing a set of dysmorphic facial features, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder...
{ "authors": [ "Maria Delio", "Kunjan Patel", "Alex Maslov", "Robert W Marion", "Thomas V McDonald", "Evan M Cadoff", "Aaron Golden", "John M Greally", "Jan Vijg", "Bernice Morrow", "Cristina Montagna" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1371/journal.pone.0133742", "jou...
PMC4516357
Background: While next generation sequencing (NGS) is a useful tool for the identification of genetic variants to aid diagnosis and support therapy decision, high sequencing costs have limited its application within routine clinical care, especially in economically depressed areas. To investigate the utility of a multi...
{ "authors": [ "Alain Rougé", "Jérémie Lemarié", "Sébastien Gibot", "Pierre Edouard Bollaert" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S112050", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2016 Nov 7;9:357-363.", "keywords": [ "c jejuni", "brain death", "electroenceph...
PMC5106230
A 47-year-old man was admitted to the intensive care unit a few hours after presenting to emergency department with acute diplopia and dysphonia. Swallowing disorders and respiratory muscular weakness quickly required invasive ventilation. On day 3, the patient was in a "brain-death"-like state with deep coma and absen...
{ "authors": [ "Ayham M Alkhachroum", "Nayef Kazzaz" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3402/jchimp.v5.26645", "journal": "J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect", "journal_detail": "2015 Apr 1;5(2):26645.", "keywords": [ "agep", "pan", "pustules", "skin lesions", "systemic steroids...
PMC4387336
A patient with a known biopsy of polyarteritis nodosa diagnosis presented with cyclic fevers, acute kidney injury, and progression of rash from macular to pustular, worsening despite being on antibiotics, without evidence of infection on multiple cultures. The patient had a pathological diagnosis from a skin biopsy of ...
{ "authors": [ "Katherine Hughes" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fvets.2019.00254", "journal": "Front Vet Sci", "journal_detail": "2019 Aug 7;6:254.", "keywords": [ "oryctolagus cuniculus", "abdominal pregnancy", "ectopic pregnancy", "extrauterine pregnancy", "lithopedion", ...
PMC6692872
A wild European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus, was diagnosed with an abdominal pregnancy due to the presence of a single abdominal lithopedion attached by a thin fibrovascular stalk to the left uterine horn, which was distorted by the tension of the adhesion. Evidence of mineralized remnants, chronic inflammation, and ...
{ "authors": [ "Timothy L Cannon", "Joel Ford", "Danubia Hester", "Donald L Trump" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1089/crpc.2016.0003", "journal": "Case Rep Pancreat Cancer", "journal_detail": "2016 May 1;2(1):32-35.", "keywords": [ "carcinoma", "pancreatic cancer" ], "license...
PMC6319684
Background: Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is associated with a very poor prognosis, with a 5 year survival of ∼7.2%. Vitamin D has long been evaluated for benefit as a protective agent and treatment for malignancies. Although cancer incidence and outcomes have been tied to vitamin D levels, there is no clear evidence that ...
{ "authors": [ "Hassan Vossoughinia", "Ali Pourakbar", "Samaneh Esfandiari", "Masoud Sharifianrazavi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.15171/mejdd.2016.10", "journal": "Middle East J Dig Dis", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan;8(1):67-72.", "keywords": [ "abdominal pain", "lead toxicity",...
PMC4773087
A 19-year-old woman was referred to the Emergency Surgery Department with severe abdominal pain, icterus, and anemia. The patient's clinical and paraclinical findings in addition to her occupational and social history, convinced us to assay blood lead level (BLL), which was 41/5 μg/dL. Therefore toxicology consult was ...
{ "authors": [ "Hironari Shiwaku", "Haruhiro Inoue", "Satoshi Nimura", "Kanefumi Yamashita", "Toshihiro Ohmiya", "Shinsuke Takeno", "Takamitsu Sasaki", "Yuichi Yamashita" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Ann Gastroenterol", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan-Mar;29(1):9...
PMC4700856
Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) is a revolutionary therapy for achalasia and related disorders. POEM utilizes almost the same myotomy procedure as the Heller myotomy; thus, it would be expected to have the same or greater duration of therapeutic effect. However, to date, there have been no reports to prove the basis ...
{ "authors": [ "Mohammad Natami", "Alireza Makarem", "Faisal Ahmed", "Niloofar Dastgheib", "Ali-Hossein Zahraei" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S192592", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2019 Feb 18;12:43-46.", "keywords": [ "transurethral lithotripsy...
PMC6385762
Giant ureteral calculi are defined as stones greater than 5 cm in length or circumference. These giant calculi can cause blockage of the ureter, dilation of the kidney and also decreased kidney function if not treated in time. The patient in this report presented with complaints of bilateral episodic pain of the bilate...
{ "authors": [ "Lucas Borin Moura", "Bibiana Dalsasso Velasques", "Luis Fernando Machado Silveira", "Josue Martos", "Cristina Braga Xavier" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5152/eej.2017.16060", "journal": "Eur Endod J", "journal_detail": "2017 Jun 7;2(1):1-5.", "keywords": [ "denta...
PMC7757964
Tooth avulsion represents the most complicated dental injury, and the classic treatment is tooth replantation. The most common sequelae are pulp canal calcification (PCC) and pulp necrosis. The presence of pulp necrosis after PCC is reported in up to 30% of the cases and is a challenge due to the difficulty of endodont...
{ "authors": [ "Arun Sadasivan", "K Rakul Nambiar", "Deepu George Mathew", "Elizabeth Koshi", "Roshni Ramesh", "Ashna Mariya Benny" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2022/2667415", "journal": "Case Rep Dent", "journal_detail": "2022 Sep 19;2022:2667415.", "keywords": null, "li...
PMC9553713
Background: Metastatic cancers in the oral cavity are usually very rare and are usually an indication of widespread malignancy. In some cases, oral metastasis was found to be the first presentation of distant site tumours. Even though oral metastatic lesions may be found anywhere in the oral cavity, they commonly prese...
{ "authors": [ "Anusha van Samkar", "Floriaan G C M De Kleermaeker", "Margot G E Te Riele", "Aad Verrips" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.7916/D8QC0FXT", "journal": "Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y)", "journal_detail": "2017 Sep 6;7:500.", "keywords": [ "negative myoclonus", "adve...
PMC5623757
Background: Negative myoclonus is characterized by a brief sudden loss of muscle activity, and can be caused by a variety of acquired factors and epilepsy syndromes. Phenomenology shown: We show a clear video example of a patient with an extensive negative myoclonus that was induced by ciprofloxacin. Educational value:...
{ "authors": [ "Hidenobu Shozawa", "Akinori Futamura", "Yu Saito", "Motoyasu Honma", "Mitsuru Kawamura", "Michael W Miller", "Kenjiro Ono" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2018.00653", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2018 Aug 10;9:653.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC6095991
Diagonistic apraxia is a corpus callosal disconnection syndrome. Callosal lesions in Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) have been reported, but callosal disconnection syndrome are rare. A 48-year-old woman was treated for fever and a cough before hospitalization. Her fever abated immediately, but she had ba...
{ "authors": [ "Waad Farhat", "Mohamed Ben Mabrouk", "Houssem Ammar", "Abdkader Mizouni", "Mohamed Amine Said", "Sami Lagha", "Yesser Ben Cheikh", "Rahul Gupta", "Makram Moussa", "Ali Ben Ali" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.02.025", "journal": "Int J ...
PMC6580008
Introduction: Gallbladder volvulus (GV) is a rare disease with less than 400 cases reported in the English literature. The pre-operative diagnosis of GV is difficult as none of the imaging modalities are accurate. Once diagnosed, the mainstay of treatment is emergency surgical derotation and cholecystectomy. Presentati...
{ "authors": [ "Rayan Rammal", "Daniel F Marker", "Rana Naous" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2022/1087918", "journal": "Case Rep Pathol", "journal_detail": "2022 May 5;2022:1087918.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35573840/", "major...
PMC9098366
Concomitant schwannomas and benign meningothelial proliferations, including meningothelial hyperplasia or meningioma, rarely occur at the same location outside the setting of neurofibromatosis. Herein, we present a rare case of concurrent schwannoma and benign meningothelial hyperplasia concomitantly occurring in the c...
{ "authors": [ "Li Zhao", "Yan Zhou", "Chuan Wang", "Yifei Li", "Qi Zhu", "Yimin Hua", "Lina Qiao", "Jinlin Wu", "Kaiyu Zhou" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fcvm.2021.759260", "journal": "Front Cardiovasc Med", "journal_detail": "2021 Nov 12;8:759260.", "keywords"...
PMC8636095
A fetal autoimmune-mediated atrioventricular block is a passively acquired autoimmune disease in which maternal autoantibodies enter the fetal circulation via the placenta and subsequently cause inflammation and fibrosis of the atrioventricular node. Once fetal autoimmune-mediated atrioventricular block occurs, it only...
{ "authors": [ "Seung-Joo Nam", "Hyuk Soon Choi", "Eun Sun Kim", "Bora Keum", "Yoon Tae Jeen", "Hoon Jai Chun" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3892/ol.2014.2703", "journal": "Oncol Lett", "journal_detail": "2015 Jan;9(1):165-168.", "keywords": [ "cholangiocarcinoma", "gastr...
PMC4247007
Various cases of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) coinciding with other gastrointestinal malignancies have been reported to date, however, the synchronous occurrence of GIST and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is exceptionally rare and, to the best of our knowledge, has only been reported once. The coincidin...
{ "authors": [ "Hui Zhang", "Yong Wang", "Huaguo Wu", "Shizhen Zhou", "Shuo Li", "Xiangji Meng", "Rongjie Tao", "Jinming Yu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2022.877279", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2022 Apr 14;12:877279.", "keywords": [ "brai...
PMC9047901
Lung cancer patients with brain and leptomeningeal metastases usually have poor prognosis. For those patients with EGFR mutations, osimertinib, a third-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), is the first choice of treatment. However, drug resistance to osimertinib frequently occurs; and to date, the available foll...
{ "authors": [ "Miaomiao Yu", "Yu Yang", "Xianyi Ma", "Yinyin Xie", "Ningning Sun", "Hongmei Meng" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fnins.2020.00331", "journal": "Front Neurosci", "journal_detail": "2020 Apr 15;14:331.", "keywords": [ "hashimoto’s encephalopathy", "anti...
PMC7175777
Hashimoto's encephalopathy (HE) is a rare neuropsychiatric syndrome characterized by elevated levels of anti-thyroid antibodies. Diverse manifestations make timely diagnosis of HE difficult. Herein, we report a case of HE, in which the clinical symptoms and laboratory test results mimicked viral encephalitis. A 59-year...
{ "authors": [ "Ammar Almaghrabi", "Nizar Almaghrabi", "Haneen Al-Maghrabi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/7423642", "journal": "Case Rep Pathol", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:7423642.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28698815/", ...
PMC5494058
Background: Glomus tumors are rare mesenchymal tumors originating from glomus bodies in the skin. Glomus tumors of the kidney are rare tumors and only a few cases have been reported in the medical literature. An extensive search revealed a very limited number of primary renal glomus tumors. Although most of these cases...
{ "authors": [ "Meghan E Fredette", "Lisa Swartz Topor" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/2359205", "journal": "Case Rep Endocrinol", "journal_detail": "2018 Nov 22;2018:2359205.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30595926/", "major_mesh_...
PMC6282132
Introduction: Thyroid hormone is known to accelerate glucocorticoid turnover. In a thyrotoxic state, individuals with adrenal insufficiency are unable to increase endogenous cortisol production to compensate for increased turnover, placing them at risk for symptoms of glucocorticoid deficiency and adrenal crisis. In pa...
{ "authors": [ "Kyi Kyi Zaw", "Sanjiwika L Wasgewatta", "Kin Keung Kwong", "David Fielding", "Subash S Heraganahally", "Bart J Currie" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2019.100894", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019 Jun 29;28:100894.", "keywords":...
PMC6609725
Diagnosis of pulmonary mass lesions can be challenging with several possible differentials. A 41-year-old Caucasian woman presented with intermittent non-specific chest pain on a background of 30 pack years of smoking history. A CT scan of the chest confirmed an opacity in the right lower lobe suspicious for primary pu...
{ "authors": [ "Vaishali Narayen", "Syed Afroz Ahmed", "Charu Suri", "Shahela Tanveer" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2015/243894", "journal": "Case Rep Dent", "journal_detail": "2015;2015:243894.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25...
PMC4397003
Myofibromas are benign uncommon fibroblastic tumors of the soft tissue, bone, or internal organs affecting all ages. These lesions histopathologically may mimic many other soft tissue tumors of the oral cavity such as spindle cell tumors of neurogenic and smooth muscle cell origin, thus leading to misdiagnosis and mist...
{ "authors": [ "Aleezay Asghar", "Benjamin Barnes", "Ahmed Aburahma", "Sabiha Khan", "Gabriella Primera", "Nakul Ravikumar" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ebr.2023.100589", "journal": "Epilepsy Behav Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 21;21:100589.", "keywords": [ "lance...
PMC9898587
Post hypoxic myoclonus (PHM) is considered a poor prognostic sign and may influence decisions regarding withdrawal of treatment. PHM is generally categorized in literature as either acute or chronic (also commonly referred to as Lance-Adams Syndrome) based on the onset of myoclonus. However, it may be more accurate to ...
{ "authors": [ "Henrik Galust", "Justin Seltzer", "Jeremy Hardin", "Nate Friedman", "Alicia Minns" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.toxrep.2023.05.004", "journal": "Toxicol Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 May 17;10:612-614.", "keywords": [ "cardiotoxicity", "ekg", "lith...
PMC10209118
Lithium induced cardiotoxicity is associated with several electrocardiographic (ECG) findings. The most commonly observed cardiac effects include QT prolongation, Twave abnormalities, and to lesser extent SA node dysfunction and ventricular arrythmias. We present a case of a 13-year-old female with acute lithium overdo...
{ "authors": [ "Hong Tang", "Hongyan Wang", "Shaoyan Xi", "Chunyu He", "Yuxi Chang", "Qiming Wang", "Yufeng Wu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OTT.S160565", "journal": "Onco Targets Ther", "journal_detail": "2018 May 7;11:2557-2563.", "keywords": [ "cisplatin", "l...
PMC5944445
Background: Pulmonary large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC) is associated with poor prognosis, and its treatment strategy is still controversial, especially regarding chemotherapy regimens. Case report: We present the case of a 49-year-old Chinese male with primary pulmonary LCNEC treated with neoadjuvant and adj...
{ "authors": [ "A Chawla", "S Shikhare", "D Singh" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/ijn.IJN_15_17", "journal": "Indian J Nephrol", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan-Feb;28(1):79-80.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC-SA", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29515308/", "major_me...
PMC5830816
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{ "authors": [ "Niraj Kumar Keyal", "Niru Pokharel", "Sudesh Khanal" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.31729/jnma.4552", "journal": "JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc", "journal_detail": "2020 Jan;58(221):48-51.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32335640/"...
PMC7580483
Thyroid storm is a rare endocrine emergency that rarely presents with septic shock. It occurs in thyrotoxic patients and is manifested by decompensation of multiple organs, triggered by severe stress. The diagnosis and response to treatment is made by Burch-Wartofsky point scale or Japanese thyroid association criteria...
{ "authors": [ "Dariusz Uczkowski", "Hamza Ashraf", "Mohamad Cherry", "Nikolay Dimov" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.lrr.2023.100372", "journal": "Leuk Res Rep", "journal_detail": "2023 May 27;19:100372.", "keywords": [ "chemotherapy", "grey", "hodgkin", "immunother...
PMC10242558
Gray zone lymphoma is a very rare liquid malignancy that possesses intersecting features between primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma and classic Hodgkin Lymphoma. In the case presented and accompanying literature review, we will discuss a patient with a chief complaint of shortness of breath and was found to have a med...
{ "authors": [ "W Louis Cleveland", "Robert L DeLaPaz", "Rashid A Fawwaz", "Roger S Challop" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2009/768398", "journal": "Neural Plast", "journal_detail": "2009;2009:768398.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.g...
PMC2825652
This paper describes an individual who was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) at age 17 when education was discontinued. By age 19, he was housebound without social contacts except for parents. Adequate trials of three selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, two with ...
{ "authors": [ "Min Zhou", "Ningjie Shi", "Juan Zheng", "Yang Chen", "Siqi Wang", "Kangli Xiao", "Zhenhai Cui", "Kangli Qiu", "Feng Zhu", "Huiqing Li" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fendo.2021.770871", "journal": "Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": ...
PMC8734028
Woodhouse-Sakati syndrome (WSS) (OMIM#241080) is a rare multi-system autosomal recessive disease with homozygous mutation of the DCAF17 gene. The main features of WSS include diabetes, hypogonadism, alopecia, deafness, intellectual disability and progressive extrapyramidal syndrome. We identified a WSS family with a no...
{ "authors": [ "T Ishigaki", "R Kawasaki", "H Matsuda", "N Mukohara" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ejvssr.2017.11.003", "journal": "EJVES Short Rep", "journal_detail": "2017 Dec 6;38:1-3.", "keywords": [ "aneurysm", "arteries", "case reports", "neurofibromatosis 1"...
PMC5730433
Introduction: Vasculopathy, such as an aneurysm, stenosis, rupture, or arteriovenous fistula, in patients with neurofibromatosis type I (NF-1; von Recklinghausen disease) is well recognised. However, there has been no report regarding treatment for a ruptured lumbar artery aneurysm associated with NF-1. We present the ...
{ "authors": [ "Arockia Doss" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12688/f1000research.2-23.v1", "journal": "F1000Res", "journal_detail": "2013 Jan 24;2:23.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24826209/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh_terms": [], "pmci...
PMC4015560
This is a case report on excellent clinical outcome and neotendon infilling at one year follow up in a degenerative rotator cuff full thickness tear following percutaneous tenotomy and platelet rich plasma injection.
{ "authors": [ "Temesgen Mekonnen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4314/ejhs.v28i1.14", "journal": "Ethiop J Health Sci", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan;28(1):103-107.", "keywords": [ "congenital duplication of lower limb", "pseudo tail", "vestigial parasitic twin" ], "license": "NO-CC CO...
PMC5866296
Background: Congenital duplication of lower extremity, either complete or incomplete is extremely rare. Only 26 cases had been reported till 2010, of which only 5 cases had feature of complete duplication. Theories have been proposed that the cause of this abnormality includes maternal factors like diabetes and usage o...
{ "authors": [ "Caiyun Luo", "Liucheng Yang", "Zhaorong Huang", "Yuqian Su", "Yi Lu", "Daiyue Yu", "Mengzhen Zhang", "Kai Wu" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2023.1098273", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2023 Mar 23;11:1098273.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC10076629
Objective: This article aims to explore the diagnosis, molecular characteristics, treatment, and prognosis of epidermolysis bullosa with pyloric atresia (EB-PA). Methods: The clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment, and genetic characteristics of a patient with EB-PA admitted to our hospital were analysed. The...
{ "authors": [ "Pranitha Reddy Arrabyru", "Ihtesham Aatif Qureshi", "Lauren Skalomenos", "Gustavo Jose Rodriguez" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2019.32.131.17967", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2019 Mar 20;32:131.", "keywords": [ "hypoglycemia", "icu",...
PMC6561004
We present the case of a 69-year old man who was brought to the hospital after being found unconscious; last seen at baseline 9 hours prior. On admission he was found to be severely hypoglycemic and received prompt glucose administration, with no immediate neurological improvement. Stroke was suspected. A brain MRI rev...
{ "authors": [ "S P Trașcă", "E V Goanță", "G C Târtea", "P L Ciurea" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.12865/CHSJ.45.01.02", "journal": "Curr Health Sci J", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan-Mar;45(1):19-27.", "keywords": [ "cabg", "pci", "risk factors", "left main coronary artery...
PMC6592670
The aim of our study was to identify the cardiovascular risk factors present in patients with left main coronary artery disease (LMCAD), which influenced the progression of these patients in both percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). We performed a clinical observational d...
{ "authors": [ "Bernard Ofoe Tetteh", "Florence-Barbara Yebuah", "Maame-Boatemaa Amissah-Arthur", "Dzifa Dey" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2021/3600451", "journal": "Case Rep Rheumatol", "journal_detail": "2021 Nov 24;2021:3600451.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link"...
PMC8635928
Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare, severe connective tissue disease of unknown etiology affecting cartilaginous and proteoglycan-rich structures in an episodic and inflammatory manner. Approximately a third of RP cases occur in conjunction with another disease usually systemic autoimmune rheumatic disease, or mye...
{ "authors": [ "Matteo Bassetti", "Alessia Carnelutti", "Elda Righi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2018.02.011", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2018 Mar 1;12:7-9.", "keywords": [ "aspergillosis", "drug interactions", "isavuconazole", "non-neutropenic", ...
PMC5966628
Background: Almost half of all cases of invasive aspergillosis (IA) occur in the intensive care unit (ICU), with mortality rates of 70-80% for probable or proven cases. IA has become a major concern among non-neutropenic patients in the ICU with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) but although prompt, appropri...
{ "authors": [ "Fangyuan Zhang", "Jieying Zhang", "Lei Zhao", "Menglan Zhai", "Tao Zhang", "Dandan Yu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fimmu.2021.759250", "journal": "Front Immunol", "journal_detail": "2021 Dec 7;12:759250.", "keywords": [ "mss", "pd-l1", "advanced...
PMC8688253
Background: It was widely accepted that programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) positive, tumor mutational burden-high (TMB-H) or microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) tumor are prone to have better treatment response to immune checkpoint blockade. The value of immune checkpoint blockade in PD-L1 negative gastric cancer pa...
{ "authors": [ "Jiha Kim", "Seung Jin Lee" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S254160", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2020 Jun 26;13:237-241.", "keywords": [ "posterior communicating artery", "traumatic rupture", "traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage" ], ...
PMC7326191
Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), a common finding following head trauma, is usually a benign condition with a favorable outcome, seldom requiring surgical intervention. Unlike nontraumatic aneurysmal SAH, most cases of traumatic SAH occur in the sulci of the cerebral convexities, and only rarely arise at the ba...
{ "authors": [ "Ankit Mangla", "Hussein Hamad", "Udit Yadav", "Margaret Telfer" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1159/000381305", "journal": "Case Rep Gastroenterol", "journal_detail": "2015 Apr 17;9(1):93-100.", "keywords": [ "alcohol abuse", "alcoholic liver cirrhosis", "spont...
PMC4427135
Alcohol abuse is associated with both potentiating and antagonizing hemostatic states. Liver cirrhosis is an independent causal factor for many bleeding complications. The long-term effects of alcohol abuse coupled with advanced liver cirrhosis are additive in favor of bleeding. We report the case of a patient with a h...
{ "authors": [ "Surasak Faisatjatham", "Noppacharn Uaprasert", "Kroonpong Iampenkhae", "Suwasin Udomkarnjananun" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X221140648", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2022 Dec 5;10:2050313X221140648.", "keywords": [ "cryoglobul...
PMC9726840
Cryoglobulinemia is the presence of circulating cryoglobulin which can cause systemic vasculitis and glomerulonephritis. Monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance is strongly associated with type I cryoglobulinemia, but the role of detectable serum monoclonal gammopathy in mixed (type II) cryoglobulinemia is not clea...
{ "authors": [ "Subramanian Vaidyanathan", "Bakul M Soni", "Tun Oo", "Peter L Hughes", "Gurpreet Singh" ], "case_amount": 6, "doi": "10.1155/2010/461514", "journal": "Case Rep Med", "journal_detail": "2010;2010:461514.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed...
PMC2892669
Neuropathic urinary bladder is often colonised by multidrug-resistant bacteria. We report a 64-year-old male spinal cord injury patient with paraplegia, who received gentamicin on empirical basis before undergoing suprapubic cystostomy, as antibiotic sensitivity report of urine was not available. This patient developed...
{ "authors": [ "Sebahat Yılmaz Ağladıoğlu", "Zehra Aycan", "Havva Nur Peltek Kendirci", "Nilgün Erkek", "Veysel Nijat Baş" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.4274/jcrpe.369", "journal": "J Clin Res Pediatr Endocrinol", "journal_detail": "2011;3(4):219-21.", "keywords": null, "license": ...
PMC3245498
Hyponatremia and hyperpotassemia occurring in the first few weeks of life primarily indicate aldosterone deficiency due to salt-losing congenital adrenal hyperplasia (SL-CAH), while mineralocorticoid deficiency and insensitivity are the main causes of hyponatremia and hyperpotassemia in older infants. Some patients who...
{ "authors": [ "Benjamin Arthurs", "Kathy Wunderle", "Maylee Hsu", "Suil Kim" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.03.011", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2017 Mar 20;21:27-29.", "keywords": [ "aspergillus", "bal, bronchoalveolar lavage", "btk,...
PMC5369366
We report a case of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in a patient taking ibrutinib, a Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor used to treat refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia. We hypothesize that ibrutinib promoted this infection by suppressing innate immune responses against Aspergillus. Clinicians should be aware of ...
{ "authors": [ "Patrick S Kilday", "David S Finley" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1089/cren.2015.0029", "journal": "J Endourol Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan 1;2(1):3-5.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27579400/", "major_mesh_terms":...
PMC4996573
Background: Urachal remnants are a group of rare anatomical anomalies that include cysts, diverticula, and tumors. We present a case of a young female patient with dyspareunia and dysorgasmia related to a urachal cyst. Case: A patient with unique presentation of urachal cyst treated robotically. Patient had complete re...
{ "authors": [ "Nazneen Hussain", "Samuel O Igbinedion", "Richie Diaz", "J S Alexander", "Moheb Boktor", "Kurt Knowles" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2018/8645068", "journal": "Case Reports Hepatol", "journal_detail": "2018 Oct 22;2018:8645068.", "keywords": null, "license...
PMC6217883
Liver involvement is a known feature of secondary syphilis. The prevalence of hepatitis in secondary syphilis ranges broadly from 1 to 50%. We report a case of a 37-year-old man with type 1 diabetes mellitus and sickle cell trait presenting with jaundice and acute liver cholestasis. Abdominal ultrasound revealed mild h...
{ "authors": [ "Eva Krishna Sutedja", "Trustia Rizqandaru", "Kartika Ruchiatan", "Endang Sutedja" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S369726", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2022 Jun 15;15:293-298.", "keywords": [ "cutaneous metastases", "immunohistoche...
PMC9207123
Cutaneous metastases (CM) are neoplastic lesions of the skin originating from a primary tumor elsewhere. CM originating from primary thymic carcinoma is rare, and its incidence remains uncertain. A case of CM from thymic carcinoma in a 57-year-old man was reported. The patient complained about lumps on the skin of the ...
{ "authors": [ "Khalid Khoshhal", "Hamdy M Abdelmotaal", "Rayan Alarabi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.12659/AJCR.883871", "journal": "Am J Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2013 Apr 5;14:94-8.", "keywords": [ "obturator externus", "obturator internus", "obturator pyomyositis", "...
PMC3700476
Background: Pyomyositis is a rare condition in immune competent patients and is usually seen in tropical countries. Pyomyositis of obturator muscles in particular is an extremely rare condition, which causes hip pain and mimics septic arthritis. Case report: This is a case report of a 9-year-old boy without an underlyi...
{ "authors": [ "Yongjia Shao", "Qian Xi", "Ailan Cheng", "Minghui Qian", "Shuguang Chu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2022.1071632", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan 10;13:1071632.", "keywords": [ "children", "cranial-orbital", "dumbbell-s...
PMC9873306
Orbital schwannomas are rare in children, especially those with intracranial extension. Herein, our report refers to a 12-year-old boy who had a cranial-orbital mass with a dumbbell-like appearance. The total neoplasms was successfully removed via a transcranial approach, and the pathological diagnostic result was schw...
{ "authors": [ "Zhigao Liu", "Shuya Wang", "Yu Wang", "Aihua Ma", "Bojun Zhao" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2021.793054", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2021 Dec 24;8:793054.", "keywords": [ "ilm peeling", "macular hole (mh)", "retinal ar...
PMC8739263
Background: This study aimed to report a case of vitrectomy with peeling the internal limiting membrane for the treatment of macular hole (MH) following ruptured retinal arterial macroaneurysm (RAMA). Case Presentation: A 65-year-old woman noticed a sudden decrease in vision in the left eye. She had no other ocular pro...
{ "authors": [ "Shaik Subhani", "Amar N Patnaik", "Ramachandra Barik", "Lalita Nemani" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1016/j.ihj.2015.07.048", "journal": "Indian Heart J", "journal_detail": "2016 Sep;68 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S267-S270.", "keywords": [ "in-hospital habitat", "infective ...
PMC5067447
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is known for nosocomial habitat. Infective endocarditis due to this organism is rare and challenging because of resistance to multiple broad-spectrum antibiotic regimens. Early detection and appropriate antibiotic based on culture sensitivity reports are the key to its management. We report...
{ "authors": [ "Yuki Minamisawa", "Mutsumi Sato", "Yoshiaki Saito", "Fumikazu Takeuchi", "Hidehito Miyazaki", "Mao Odaka", "Ayako Yamamoto", "Yoshitaka Oyama", "Yoshihiro Watanabe", "Saoko Takeshita", "Yukitoshi Takahashi" ], "case_amount": 5, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.20...
PMC10288866
During her first year of junior high school, a 12-year-old Japanese girl with Down syndrome experienced dizziness, gait disruption, paroxysmal weakness in her hands, and sluggish speaking. Regular blood tests and a brain MRI revealed no abnormalities, and she was tentatively diagnosed with adjustment disorder. Nine mon...
{ "authors": [ "Farah Olleik", "Talar Telvizian", "Steven Liskov", "Bahij Kreidieh", "Douglas Esberg" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.hrcr.2022.10.006", "journal": "HeartRhythm Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2022 Oct 7;9(1):23-24.", "keywords": [ "cardiac implantable electron...
PMC9845545
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{ "authors": [ "Mohinder Kumar Malhotra" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/1117-6806.95486", "journal": "Niger J Surg", "journal_detail": "2012 Jan;18(1):27-9.", "keywords": [ "gossypiboma", "iatrogenic", "ileal perforation", "intraluminal migration" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-SA",...
PMC3716248
Forgotten foreign bodies, such as cotton sponges, gauze, or instruments, after any surgical procedure is considered a misadventure but avoidable complication. "Gossypiboma" denotes a mass of cotton that is accidentally retained in the body postoperatively. This study's goal was to systematically review the literature o...
{ "authors": [ "Achmad Fahmi", "Heri Subianto", "Nur Setiawan Suroto", "Budi Utomo", "Riyanarto Sarno", "Agus Turchan", "Abdul Hafid Bajamal" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.06.008", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020;72:229-232.", "keyw...
PMC7298528
Introduction: Minimally invasive techniques such as stereotactic aspiration of spontaneous intracerebral hematoma (SICH) evacuation can minimize brain tissue damage due to surgery. We share our experience of adopting stereotactic aspiration of SICH in our center without compromising safety. Presentation of cases: Three...
{ "authors": [ "Wenqi Geng", "Lijia Cui", "Tao Li", "Xueqing Liu", "Yong Yao", "Xia Hong", "Huijuan Zhu", "Lin Lu", "Jing Wei" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1190899", "journal": "Front Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2023 Apr 27;14:1190899.", "keywords...
PMC10174326
Diagnosing and treating secondary psychiatric symptoms with accuracy can be challenging in clinical settings. In this case study, we report on a female patient with Cushing's disease who was misdiagnosed with anxiety disorder during her first psychiatric visit. Following initial ineffective psychiatric intervention, un...
{ "authors": [ "Hiroki Ishiguro", "Naomi Honobe", "Takefumi Suzuki", "Mariko Tamai", "Takaya Nakane" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/7472301", "journal": "Case Rep Psychiatry", "journal_detail": "2019 Aug 6;2019:7472301.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "ht...
PMC6699327
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) comprises a series of rare hereditary connective tissue diseases characterized by musculoskeletal, skin, and cardiovascular involvements. EDS may be associated with physical as well as psychological pain that can lead to psychiatric problems. EDS imposes substantial psychological burden on ...
{ "authors": [ "Farhan Syed", "Edward Jenner", "Mohammad Faisal" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2015/635082", "journal": "Case Rep Orthop", "journal_detail": "2015;2015:635082.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26543657/", "major_mesh_...
PMC4620392
Metal allergy is an unusual complication of joint replacement that may cause aseptic loosening and necessitate joint revision surgery. We present the case of nickel allergy causing aseptic loosening following patellofemoral joint replacement (PFJR) in a 54-year-old male. Joint revision surgery to a nickel-free total kn...
{ "authors": [ "Haonan Liu", "Qian Xu", "Xin Xiang", "Danan Liu", "Shengyong Si", "Lan Wang", "Ying Lv", "Yidong Liao", "Hua Yang" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fmed.2022.752076", "journal": "Front Med (Lausanne)", "journal_detail": "2022 Apr 26;9:752076.", "keyw...
PMC9086612
Background: There are no long-term (>10 years) follow-up evaluations of the effects of handstand exercise or studies on the use of equipment for passive handstand exercise. Objective: To report a 40-year follow-up investigation of a Chinese man who has been practicing passive handstand for 40 years. Design: This observ...
{ "authors": [ "Toshimitsu Tanaka", "Hiroyuki Suzuki", "Tomoyuki Ushijima", "Sachiko Nagasu", "Yoshito Akagi", "Takumi Kawaguchi", "Keisuke Miwa" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2022.947013", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2022 Aug 30;12:947013.", "keywo...
PMC9468777
The global incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) in patients receiving hemodialysis is steadily rising. However, current information on the clinical use of chemotherapy for patients undergoing hemodialysis with CRC is limited. Herein, we describe a clinical course of a 74-year-old patient undergoing hemodialysis with un...
{ "authors": [ "Manon Levêque", "Nadim Cassir", "Fanny Mathias", "Cindy Fevre", "Florence Daviet", "Julien Bermudez", "Geoffrey Brioude", "Florence Peyron", "Martine Reynaud-Gaubert", "Benjamin Coiffard" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/IDR.S413900", "journal": "Inf...
PMC10319284
Recipients transplanted for bronchiectasis in the context of a primary immune deficiency, such as common variable immunodeficiency, are at a high risk of severe infection in post-transplantation leading to poorer long-term outcomes than other transplant indications. In this report, we present a fatal case due to chroni...
{ "authors": [ "Morton Scheinberg", "Luis Antônio Machado", "Luiz Guilherme M Castro", "Sineida Berbert Ferreira", "Nilceo Michalany" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.jtauto.2021.100099", "journal": "J Transl Autoimmun", "journal_detail": "2021 Apr 15;4:100099.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC8100614
Pyoderma gangrenosum manifests as an ulceration of the skin often associated with several systemic diseases. The diagnosis is usually made by exclusion criteria with suggestions made by clinical findings and histological features. It can occur any site but more common in the legs. Advances in translational medicine led...
{ "authors": [ "Pegah Soleiman", "Hadi Moradi", "Bijan Mehralizadeh", "Hamed Ameri", "Rosa I Arriaga", "Hamid Reza Pouretemad", "Negin Baghbanzadeh", "Leila Kashani Vahid" ], "case_amount": 6, "doi": "10.3389/frobt.2023.1088582", "journal": "Front Robot AI", "journal_detail":...
PMC10190599
21st century brought along a considerable decrease in social interactions, due to the newly emerged lifestyle around the world, which became more noticeable recently of the COVID-19 pandemic. On the other hand, children with autism spectrum disorder have further complications regarding their social interactions with ot...
{ "authors": [ "Pravin Salunke", "Sushanta K Sahoo", "Mandeep S Ghuman" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2152-7806.133642", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2014 May 31;5:82.", "keywords": [ "bilateral", "injury prevention", "operative steps", "persistent fi...
PMC4093733
Background: Anomalous vertebral arteries (VAs), commonly involving the persistent first intersegmental artery (FIA), are often seen with congenital atlantoaxial dislocations (AAD). Here we describe an unusual variant consisting of bilateral VAs with normal loops but passing below the C1 (inverted VA) arch, distinctly d...
{ "authors": [ "Majd Alfreijat" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2017/3848963", "journal": "Case Rep Infect Dis", "journal_detail": "2017;2017:3848963.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28553552/", "major_mesh_terms": [], "mesh_terms": [ "...
PMC5434259
Infections that are caused by Kluyvera bacteria have been previously reported in the medical literature; however, they seem to be less common. Herein, we report a case of urinary tract infection and severe sepsis caused by Kluyvera ascorbata in a 73-year-old female. We also did a brief literature review of infections c...
{ "authors": [ "Huseyin Y Bircan", "Bora Koc", "Umit Ozcelik", "Ozgur Kemik", "Alp Demirag" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4137/CCRep.S16512", "journal": "Clin Med Insights Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2014 Aug 6;7:75-7.", "keywords": [ "gallstone", "ileus", "laparoscopy"...
PMC4133753
Gallstone ileus is a rare complication of cholelithiasis that has high morbidity and mortality. An intestinal obstruction can be caused by migration of a large gallstone through a biliary enteric fistula or by impaction within the intestinal tract. In this study, we present the case of an 81-year-old woman with a mecha...
{ "authors": [ "Amrita Kumari", "Malvika B Bansal", "Karan H Asrani", "Ashish Yadav" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.5005/jp-journals-10005-1933", "journal": "Int J Clin Pediatr Dent", "journal_detail": "2021 Jan-Feb;14(1):158-160.", "keywords": [ "gingival enlargement", "gingival ...
PMC8311769
Idiopathic gingival fibromatosis is a genetic rare disorder, which is characterized by a progressive enlargement of the gingiva. Gingival enlargement is an overgrowth of the gingiva, which can be caused by various etiological factors such as poor oral hygiene, plaque accumulation, inadequate nutrition, hormonal stimula...
{ "authors": [ "Thomas P Toohey", "Alma Corker", "Mitchell B Lee", "Giselle Kidson-Gerber" ], "case_amount": 4, "doi": "10.2147/IMCRJ.S408404", "journal": "Int Med Case Rep J", "journal_detail": "2023 May 27;16:319-322.", "keywords": [ "diffuse large-b cell lymphoma", "hyperleukocy...
PMC10231445
A woman in her 50's was diagnosed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) after presenting to hospital in a critical condition, characterised by marked hyperleukocytosis (white cell count 290 x109/L). She subsequently developed painless blurred vision bilaterally, and was diagnosed with bilateral central retinal vein occ...
{ "authors": [ "Pratibha Mane", "Jyoti Sangwan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/2249-4863.184655", "journal": "J Family Med Prim Care", "journal_detail": "2016 Jan-Mar;5(1):166-7.", "keywords": [ "hymenolepis diminuta", "intermediate host", "parasite" ], "license": "CC BY-NC-S...
PMC4943128
Hymenolepis diminuta (H. diminuta) is primarily a parasite of rats and mice. Humans are infected by eating meal contaminated with these arthropods. This infection is not seen commonly in Indian population. We present here a case report of infection with H. diminuta in a young boy from a rural area of the North India.
{ "authors": [ "Abdulhkam Aljarbou", "Ahmed Jamal Abdo", "Mohammed Ali Almosa", "Albara Hariri" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/ua.ua_109_22", "journal": "Urol Ann", "journal_detail": "2023 Jan-Mar;15(1):95-97.", "keywords": [ "foreign bodies", "nephroscopy extraction", "p...
PMC10062505
Transurethral foreign bodies (FBs) in the urinary tract are rare findings in a clinical setting. The most common cases are reported for FBs in the urinary bladder. The present report similarly aimed to examine a whole pen as a FB with a discussion about symptoms and complexities. Here, we significantly reported the man...
{ "authors": [ "Nicolás Rivera-Valdivia", "Hiroshi Maeda-Yasunaga", "Pablo Cabal-López", "Carlos Salgado-Cerrate", "Carlos Abdala-Caballero" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.22336/rjo.2022.16", "journal": "Rom J Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2022 Jan-Mar;66(1):79-83.", "keywords": [ ...
PMC9022146
Objective: To describe the development of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) atrophy after uncomplicated pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with epiretinal membrane (ERM) and/or internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling in 2 patients. Cases description: Case 1: A 79-years-old female with diagnosis of a full-thickness macular hol...
{ "authors": [ "Laura Spencer", "Matthew S Metcalfe", "Andrew D Strickland", "Elisabeth J Elsey", "Gavin S Robertson", "David M Lloyd" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2008/458137", "journal": "HPB Surg", "journal_detail": "2008;2008:458137.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC...
PMC2495020
Objective: This series describes a developing experience in laparoscopic liver surgery presenting results from 40 procedures including right hemihepatectomy, left lateral lobectomy, and microwave ablation therapy. Methods: Forty patients undergoing laparoscopic liver surgery between September 1997 and November 2006 wer...
{ "authors": [ "Windinmanégdé Pierre Djiguimdé", "Ibrahim Abib Diomandé", "Nicolas Bonnin", "Nicolas Saroul", "Abdoulaye Touré", "Jérôme Sanou", "Paté Sankara", "Marc Russier", "Laurent Gilain", "Ahgbatouhabéba Ahnoux-Zabsonré", "Nonfounikoun Meda", "Franck Bacin" ], ...
PMC4755470
The authors report a case of a malignant melanoma of the nasal cavity that is a rare tumor and very aggressive, constituting 1% of all melanomas. It appeared in a patient 54 years after he was treated for a hereditary retinoblastoma. Its symptoms are nonspecific, and often marked by epistaxis. Its diagnosis is histolog...
{ "authors": [ "Mikio Sakurai", "Hiroki Nagasawa", "Ikuto Takeuchi", "Youichi Yanagawa" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.1155/2020/8895785", "journal": "Case Rep Emerg Med", "journal_detail": "2020 Oct 24;2020:8895785.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi...
PMC7605928
An 80-year-old man with flu symptoms collapsed at his house and had a backache worsened over time. His family called for an ambulance. On arrival, chest X-ray showed reduced permeability of the right lung field, and truncal computed tomography (CT) suggested right multilobular empyema and right iliopsoas abscess. A blo...
{ "authors": [ "Vinodharan Nagaretnam", "Sanjiv Rampal", "Razif Abas", "Suresh Chopra", "Teh Hak Lian" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.52312/jdrs.2021.203", "journal": "Jt Dis Relat Surg", "journal_detail": "2021;32(3):775-778.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY-NC", "link": "ht...
PMC8650644
A 43-year-old male patient with underlying diabetes mellitus presented with lower abdominal pain radiating to left thigh. He was hemodynamically stable, but appeared lethargic. Both iliac fossae were tender, and crepitus appreciated along the anteromedial aspect of the left thigh. The patient initially responded well t...
{ "authors": [ "N Basara", "F-M Rasche", "T Schwalenberg", "C Wickenhauser", "M Maier", "J Ivovic", "D Niederwieser", "T H Lindner" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2010/297358", "journal": "J Transplant", "journal_detail": "2010;2010:297358.", "keywords": null, "lice...
PMC2948899
We report here a case of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission presenting a late-onset bilateral hydronephrosis probably due to polyoma BK virus-induced proliferation of bladder endothelium on both ostii. The diagnosis was made virologically by BK virus Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) detection in the absence of an...
{ "authors": [ "Tianhao Su", "Zhiyuan Zhang", "Meishan Zhao", "Gangyue Hao", "Ye Tian", "Long Jin" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2022.916787", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2022 Jul 12;12:916787.", "keywords": [ "computed tomography", "endophytic ...
PMC9316585
Small, totally endophytic renal masses present a technical challenge for surgical extirpation due to poor identifiability during surgery. The method for the precise localization of totally endophytic tumours before nephron-sparing surgery could be optimized. An asymptomatic 70-year-old male presented with a right-sided...
{ "authors": [ "Amr AbdelHamid AbouZeid", "Shaimaa Abdelsattar Mohammad", "Marco Rady Sos", "Nader Nassef Guirguis", "Heba A Mahmoud", "Manal El-Mahdy" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1055/s-0042-1750409", "journal": "European J Pediatr Surg Rep", "journal_detail": "2022 Jul 27;10(1)...
PMC9329137
"Cloaca" is a term used to describe an anomaly in the female where a single orifice is located in the perineum draining both urogenital and gastrointestinal tracts. Few reports used the same term "cloaca" to describe the counterpart anomaly in the male. We present two "male" cases of anorectal anomalies associated with...
{ "authors": [ "Imane El Mezouar", "Fatema Zahra Abourazzak", "Samia Mansouri", "Taoufik Harzy" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.11604/pamj.2014.18.149.4421", "journal": "Pan Afr Med J", "journal_detail": "2014 Jun 17;18:149.", "keywords": [ "septic arthritis", "osteomyelitis", ...
PMC4236770
Septic arthritis of the pubic symphysis, so called osteomyelitis pubis is the infection which involves pubic symphysis and its joint. It is a rare condition, representing less than one percent of all cases of osteomyelitis. It affects most frequently young athletes and women undergoing gynecologic or urologic surgery. ...
{ "authors": [ "Takayuki Fujii", "Ryuichi Shimono", "Aya Tanaka", "Hiroto Katami" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1155/2019/3101357", "journal": "Case Rep Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2019 Apr 30;2019:3101357.", "keywords": null, "license": "CC BY", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih...
PMC6515074
Generalized lymphatic anomaly (GLA) is characterized by diffuse or multicentric proliferation of dilated lymphatic vessels resembling common lymphatic malformation, and thoracic lesions can be related to a poor prognosis. Sirolimus, an inhibitor of the mammalian target of rapamycin, is effective against vascular anomal...
{ "authors": [ "Izumi Mine", "Sho Ishikawa", "Masaru Takeuchi" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.2147/OPTH.S77844", "journal": "Clin Ophthalmol", "journal_detail": "2015 Feb 26;9:399-402.", "keywords": [ "vzv", "multiplex polymerase chain reaction", "uveitic glaucoma", "varicella...
PMC4348141
Aim: The aim of this report was to present a case of varicella zoster virus (VZV)-associated anterior uveitis, which developed in an adult who was seronegative for anti-VZV antibodies. Case presentation: A 66-year-old male patient was referred to the National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa City, Japan with iridocy...
{ "authors": [ "Ismaeel Aghaways", "Rawa Bapir", "Tahir A Hawrami", "Nishtman M Thahir", "Mohammed Abed Al Kadum Hassan", "Karzan Mohammed Salih Hassan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.04.050", "journal": "Int J Surg Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2019;59:31-34.", ...
PMC6525288
Introduction: Bladder injury is an uncommon complication of cesarean delivery (CD) with an incidence ranging from 0.0016% to 0.94%. The risk factors are emergency CDs, subsequent CDs, trial of normal delivery after CD and whether adhesions are present or not. The presentation is either immediate intraoperative event or...
{ "authors": [ "Qin Wang", "Lu Wang", "Lisha Lian", "Xiaofeng Pu", "Lu Tang", "Yanmei Li", "Yuan Liu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fcimb.2023.1160831", "journal": "Front Cell Infect Microbiol", "journal_detail": "2023 Jun 28;13:1160831.", "keywords": [ "corynespora ...
PMC10338080
Objective: The aim of this study is to identify the pathogen causing ocular infection in a Chinese patient and to describe its morphological characteristics. Methods: Samples from the patient's intraoperative pus were collected for microscopic examination and culture. Morphology and drug sensitivities of the isolated f...
{ "authors": [ "Isabelle Schrauwen", "Szabolcs Szelinger", "Ashley L Siniard", "Ahmet Kurdoglu", "Jason J Corneveaux", "Ivana Malenica", "Ryan Richholt", "Guy Van Camp", "Matt De Both", "Shanker Swaminathan", "Mari Turk", "Keri Ramsey", "David W Craig", "Vinodh ...
PMC4503302
A 3-year-old female patient presenting with an unknown syndrome of a neonatal progeroid appearance, lipodystrophy, pulmonary hypertension, cutis marmorata, feeding disorder and failure to thrive was investigated by whole-genome sequencing. This revealed a de novo, heterozygous, frame-shift mutation in the Caveolin1 gen...
{ "authors": [ "Kohei Oyamada", "Hidenori Ohbuchi", "Kae Nishiyama", "Daisuke Imazato", "Mayuko Inazuka", "Shinji Hagiwara", "Yuichi Kubota" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.25259/SNI_553_2022", "journal": "Surg Neurol Int", "journal_detail": "2022 Oct 28;13:495.", "keywords": [...
PMC9699840
Background: Meningiomas associated with acute subdural hematoma (ASDH) are rare. The rapid growth of meningiomas has been shown to be one of the mechanisms underlying bleeding. We report the first case of ASDH during an imaging follow-up for the rapid growth of a falx meningioma. Case description: A 77-year-old woman w...
{ "authors": [ "Eustaquio Maria Onorato", "Josephal Salvia", "Mariano Becchina", "Tommaso Cipolla", "Gian Paolo Anzola" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fneur.2022.1079959", "journal": "Front Neurol", "journal_detail": "2022 Dec 15;13:1079959.", "keywords": [ "transcranial dopp...
PMC9797860
A pulmonary arteriovenous fistula (PAVM) is an abnormal blood vessel that creates a direct connection between a pulmonary artery and its tributary vein bypassing capillary filter, establishing as a consequence of a low-resistance right-to-left shunting (RLS). The vast majority of PAVMs are congenital appearing more oft...
{ "authors": [ "Rashmi Advani", "Benjamin T Galen" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.11.002", "journal": "Respir Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2017 Nov 11;23:21-22.", "keywords": [ "giant left atrium", "rheumatic heart disease", "thoracentesis", "ultrasound" ],...
PMC5709343
Giant left atrium is an uncommon pathology to encounter during bedside chest ultrasound, but is an important structure to be aware of when considering thoracentesis. This cardiac structure could easily be mistaken for loculated pleural fluid. This case also supports growing evidence that expert users can safely perform...
{ "authors": [ "Bingyan Cao", "Meijuan Liu", "Yun Zhao", "Chunxiu Gong" ], "case_amount": 2, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2022.1001290", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2022 Oct 11;10:1001290.", "keywords": [ "stat1", "case report", "chronic mucosal candidiasis", "di...
PMC9595572
Background: Signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 (STAT1) gain-of-function (GOF) mutations are characterized by chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis and autoimmune diseases. Type 1 diabetes mellitus is one of the well-characterized autoimmune conditions. Case presentation: We reported a 5-year-old boy who pre...
{ "authors": [ "Suria Hussin", "Siti Suhaila Mohd Yusoff", "Faridah Mohd Zin", "Ab Rahman Izaini Ghani" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_157_17", "journal": "J Family Med Prim Care", "journal_detail": "2018 Jan-Feb;7(1):252-254.", "keywords": [ "atypical psychiatric sym...
PMC5958580
Frontal meningioma is often asymptomatic and patient may present with psychiatric symptoms. We report a case of 45- year-old female patient with no premorbid medical illness presented with 6 months history of depressive symptoms and changes in personality. Her worsening cognitive impairment brought her to psychiatry cl...
{ "authors": [ "S J Cameron", "U Daimee", "R C Block" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci", "journal_detail": "2015;19(14):2628-2633.", "keywords": null, "license": "author_manuscript", "link": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26221893/", "major_mesh_t...
PMC5096402
Cholesterol ester storage disease is an exceptionally rare dyslipidemia with less than 150 cases reported in the medical literature. The diagnosis of Cholesterol Ester Storage Disease is often missed by virtue of the fact that the symptoms mimic both inborn metabolic defects and hepatic steatosis. Patients with Cholest...
{ "authors": [ "Khalid Murrad", "Alohali Rand", "Jarman Abdulaziz", "Mohamed Amir Mrad" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": null, "journal": "Eplasty", "journal_detail": "2016 Dec 27;16:e37.", "keywords": [ "congenital", "hand", "heterotopic", "newborn", "ossification" ], "...
PMC5360091
Introduction: Heterotopic ossification is defined as the formation of trabecular bone that forms outside the normal sites of the skeletal structure, materializing in soft tissue where it does not usually exist. Methods/Case Report: This is a case report of a 27-day-old baby with a diagnosis of DiGeorge syndrome who dev...
{ "authors": [ "Baha Abdalhamid", "Nasreldin Elhadi", "Khaldoon Alsamman", "Reem Aljindan" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1016/j.idcr.2016.06.004", "journal": "IDCases", "journal_detail": "2016 Jun 30;5:34-6.", "keywords": [ "chryseobacterium gleum", "levofloxacin", "multiple ...
PMC4941117
Introduction: Chryseobacterium gleum is commonly distributed in the environment. It can cause a wide variety of infections in immunocompromised patients in hospital setting. Case presentation: A 6 month old infant with nephrotic syndrome was admitted to the emergency room for an acute onset of fever, difficulty breathi...
{ "authors": [ "Erhe Xu", "Huiqing Dong", "Milan Zhang", "Min Xu" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2012.03.012", "journal": "Neural Regen Res", "journal_detail": "2012 Jan 25;7(3):224-8.", "keywords": [ "notch 3", "cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy", ...
PMC4353120
The present study enrolled a Chinese family that comprised 34 members and spanned three generations. Eight members were diagnosed with cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy, and disease diagnoses corresponded with autosomal incomplete dominance inheritance. The prima...
{ "authors": [ "Marco Götze", "Sandra Elisabeth Hasmann", "Ulf Krister Hofmann", "Christian Walter", "Falk Mittag" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1590/1413-785220192701174203", "journal": "Acta Ortop Bras", "journal_detail": "2019 Jan-Feb;27(1):16-19.", "keywords": [ "hallux valgu...
PMC6362694
Objective: This is a descriptive study to report our method of operative correction for patients with hallux valgus deformities. Methods: From 2006 to 2012, 516 consecutive patients (601 feet) with hallux valgus deformities were treated surgically in our department after conservative treatments were exhausted. The hall...
{ "authors": [ "Victoria E Goldman", "Juan C Espinoza", "Alaina P Vidmar" ], "case_amount": 3, "doi": "10.3389/fped.2023.1095144", "journal": "Front Pediatr", "journal_detail": "2023 Feb 13;11:1095144.", "keywords": [ "case report", "inpatient hospitalization", "obesity", "weig...
PMC9970259
Pediatric obesity rates continue to rise steeply with significant adverse effects on health outcomes across the lifespan. Significant obesity can affect the efficacy, side effects, and ability to use certain treatment, medication, or imaging modalities needed in the evaluation and management of acute pediatric conditio...
{ "authors": [ "Konstantin Kireev", "Vadim Genkel", "Alla Kuznetsova", "Rifat Sadykov" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.1177/2050313X20975989", "journal": "SAGE Open Med Case Rep", "journal_detail": "2020 Nov 27;8:2050313X20975989.", "keywords": [ "acute coronary syndrome", "case re...
PMC8826099
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is characterized by heterogeneity of possible cardiovascular manifestations. Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a rare cause of acute coronary syndrome, the development of which in patients with COVID-19 has been described and studied insufficiently. A 35-year-old male patient...
{ "authors": [ "Latifa Jackson", "Caitlin Kuhlman", "Fatimah Jackson", "P Keolu Fox" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fdata.2019.00019", "journal": "Front Big Data", "journal_detail": "2019 Jun 28;2:19.", "keywords": [ "african americans", "compas", "samoa", "algorithmi...
PMC7931941
Data science has made great strides in harnessing the power of big data to improve human life across a broad spectrum of disciplines. Unfortunately this informational richesse is not equitably spread across human populations. Vulnerable populations remain both under-studied and under-consulted on the use of data derive...
{ "authors": [ "Jianfeng Peng", "Xianguang Zhao", "Kaikai Zhao", "Xiangjiao Meng" ], "case_amount": 1, "doi": "10.3389/fonc.2021.731429", "journal": "Front Oncol", "journal_detail": "2021 Sep 23;11:731429.", "keywords": [ "egfr mutation", "egfr-tkis", "biomarkers", "immunot...
PMC8495127
Background: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have been clinically proven to be efficient in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, it has also been found that immunotherapy is not effective for all patients. For instance, some patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation tumors have a low ove...