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pmc-8677995-1
An eighty year-old female presented with bleeding from the prolapsed uterus. The patient was admitted to the department of Gynaecology/Obstetrics and Gynaecological Oncology of Hospital in Dębica, Poland. In an obstetric history, she reported 3 vaginal births, the last one at the age of 30. Last menstruation was at the...
pmc-8678009-1
A 43-year-old woman, who presented with a 6-month history of hoarseness, was diagnosed with bilateral vocal cord polyps after laryngoscopy. Preoperative evaluation using chest computed tomography (CT) showed an intact tracheal wall with no abnormalities. Hence, vocal cord polyp resection via TLM was performed. Before t...
pmc-8678014-1
The proband (III-3) (32 year-old, male) visited the Department of Neurology of our hospital for “unsteady steps for more than 7 months” More than 7 months prior to admission, the patient gradually had unsteady steps with no obvious predisposing causes, manifested as walking with a rolling gait. The patient's condition ...
pmc-8678019-1
A 35-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a 1-month history of epigastric pain, nausea, and vomiting. On admission, his vital signs were normal. He denied any previous medical history, including gastrointestinal disease, abdominal surgery, or significant medical illness. In addition, he was not taking any med...
pmc-8678019-2
A 33-year-old man presented at the outpatient clinic with a 1-month history of epigastric pain. Physical examination revealed mild abdominal tenderness in the epigastrium. Laboratory evaluation revealed normal hemoglobin, hematocrit, white blood cell count, and hepatic and renal function. The serum treponema pallidum h...
pmc-8678022-1
A 27-year-old male patient was admitted to the emergency room of this hospital with shortness of breath that started a week before admission. A chest x-ray performed at emergency room showed a left-sided pneumothorax (Fig. A), and the patient was referred to the department of thoracic surgery. The left lung of the pati...
pmc-8678023-1
A 6-month-old male child was referred to our hospital with a mass on the anterior alveolar ridge of the mandible. The patient's parents noticed this mass at the age of 4 months, which rapidly increased in size thereafter. At his first visit to our hospital, his face was symmetrical, but the lower lip was protruded. A r...
pmc-8678027-1
A 25-year-old man was diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy 12 years ago, which was treated with carbamazepine and zonisamide. Subsequently, valproate and lacosamide were added 5 and 3 years ago, respectively, due to poor seizure control. During a regular visit, a neurologist noticed that the patient's serum creatinine...
pmc-8679662-1
A 36-year-old male patient presented with anorexia, easy fatigability, and melena for 3 months. His clinical examination was largely unremarkable. We found melena on a digital rectal examination. An upper GI endoscopy revealed a large mass projecting into the gastric lumen ( ), arising from the posterior gastric wall. ...
pmc-8679997-1
A 76-year-old Asian man with a 55-year history of type 2 diabetes mellitus was referred to our hospital for right intermittent claudication of 3 years. He had diabetic retinopathy and had been treated with insulin for 3 years. Vascular examination revealed right femoral bruit and diminished right popliteal pulse, sugge...
pmc-8679997-2
A 66-year-old Asian man with a 28-year history of type 2 diabetes mellitus was referred to our hospital for bilateral intermittent claudication of 6 months and exertional dyspnea. He had diabetic retinopathy and was being treated with insulin. He was an ex-smoker with a history of 40 pack-years. Vascular examination re...
pmc-8680031-1
A 37-year-old Hispanic male was hospitalized after being involved in a motorcycle crash. The patient suffered blunt chest and abdominal trauma as well as concussion without loss of consciousness. Upon arrival, the patient had a Glasgow Coma scale score of 15 and was hemodynamically stable. His abdomen was soft, nondist...
pmc-8680034-1
A 76-year-old woman (para [P] 1) referred to our hospital with a chief complaint of abdominal distension and postmenopausal bleeding for 4 months consulted a gynecologist and was found to have a bulky uterus with a 132-mm subendometrial mass on vaginal ultrasonography. Adenosarcoma was suspected on the basis of finding...
pmc-8680034-2
A 57-year-old woman (P 3) with complaint of low abdominal pain and abnormal uterine bleeding for 3 months consulted a gynecologist. Menstrual cycle length ranged from 30 to 40 days. She had no significant past medical history. Endometrial biopsy indicated atypical endometrial hyperplasia. Vaginal ultrasonography showed...
pmc-8680036-1
A 9-year-old female patient arrived at the emergency room because of a 36-h history of intermittent right lower abdominal pain, anorexia, vomit, and quantified high-grade fever. She had no pathological personal or family history of interest. On examination, the right iliac fossa was tender to palpation and no frank per...
pmc-8680040-1
A 31-year-old man with UC was presented to a local hospital due to diarrhea and hematochezia. The young man was diagnosed with UC 3 years ago but didn’t receive regular treatment as prescribed. After the treatment of mesalazine, anti-infection medicines of amoxicillin, parenteral nutrition supplementation and protectin...
pmc-8680048-1
A 39-year old woman with a history of irritative LUTS with macrohematuria and recurrent proven urinary infections (4–5 per year) over more than 10 years was directed to us by her attending urologist. During cystoscopy diffuse atypical flat black pigmented bladder tumors were seen throughout the bladder. An initial tent...
pmc-8680332-1
A 57-year-old man presented to the gastroenterology department of our hospital with refractory ascites for two years. He had no history of metabolic syndrome or alcohol consumption. He had a history of hypertension, hypothyroidism, and chronic nephritis, who was treated with nifedipine tablets and thyroxine tablets. He...
pmc-8680372-1
A 45-year-old female of Han nationality presented to a cirneal clinic in August, 2017 with a history of pain, redness, and decreased vision in her right eye 1 week after being exposed to river water. Corneal scrapings and confocal microscopy in vivo were performed instantly. A mass of hyphae was found in the 10% KOH we...
pmc-8680372-2
A 51-year-old female of Han nationality was referred to our hospital in September 2018 with complications of pain, redness, and hyperemia in her right eye after entry of some cigarette ash 1 week ago. Corneal scraping was performed, and Gram staining, KOH preparation, and cultures were negative. Antifungal and antibact...
pmc-8680372-3
A 55-year-old male of Han nationality presented with irritation, pain, and hyposia in the left eye for 3 days after facial washing with contaminated river water. He went to a local ophthalmic clinic and was diagnosed with viral keratitis. After 4 days of antiviral therapy, the symptoms were not improved, so the patient...
pmc-8683699-1
A 54-year-old medically free Saudi gentleman presented to our clinic complaining of a gradual painless decrease in vision of his left eye over one year. He also reported mild pain, photophobia, and redness from time to time. The patient underwent uneventful cataract surgery of both eyes 13 years prior to his presentati...
pmc-8683972-1
A 40-year-old woman was admitted for evaluation of critical limb ischemia of the right leg. Medical history is significant for human immune deficiency virus (HIV) infection with undetected viral load, coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, and polysubstance abuse. Vascular surgery performed bilateral low...
pmc-8684064-1
A 40-year-old gravida 1 para 0 Caucasian woman presented at 39 + 6 weeks gestational age with a 3-day history of new onset pain in an otherwise uncomplicated pregnancy. At 39 + 1 weeks gestation she had started outpatient cervical ripening with dinoprostone (Cervidil) because of her advanced maternal age. She described...
pmc-8684096-1
Patient: a 55-year-old Japanese female. None of the factors contributing to lateral compartment knee disease, such as obesity, complications, or psychiatric disorders, were present in the patient. During hyaluronic acid (HA) treatment, although we prescribed strength training to the patient, she did not perform it freq...
pmc-8684121-1
An obese 32-year-old Middle Eastern man with a body mass index (BMI) of 33 presented to the emergency department (ED) with a 6-day history of severe, worsening, generalized abdominal pain and vomiting. He had undergone LSG 13 days prior to the current admission at a private hospital. He was prescribed a protein pump in...
pmc-8684161-1
A 63-year-old woman visited a clinic for a palpable right axillary mass. US showed a 2.5-cm irregular hypoechoic mass in the right axilla, which was considered to be a malignant lymph node such as metastasis (Fig. ). Similar to physical examination and mammography, US revealed no remarkable findings in both the breasts...
pmc-8684169-1
A 77-year-old Japanese woman, para 7, who went through menopause at age 48, suffered sudden onset of left lower abdominal pain and visited a primary care doctor. Computed tomography (CT) revealed torsion of a left ovarian cyst, and she was transferred to our hospital for surgery. She had a history of left-side breast c...
pmc-8684173-1
A 48-year-old G3/P2 woman presented to the Department of Gynecology with a physical examination. Ultrasonography (Fig. A) and enhanced computed tomography (ECT) (Fig. B) revealed pelvic masses. She was recommend to undergo laparoscopic ovarian cystectomy for a borderline ovarian tumor eight years before. During the eig...
pmc-8684194-1
Our patient was a 13-year-old Caucasian female with a history of anxiety, depression, and anorexia nervosa. She was admitted twice to our hospital. The first admission was in September 2019, when her parents brought her for losing 16 kg over 3–4 months. She was weighing 40 kg (BMI 16.0 kg/m2, 8.7%ile, z = − 1.4) and ha...
pmc-8684204-1
A 41-year-old Ukrainian male [body mass index (BMI) 37.4] presented with complaints of numbness and cramping in the lower extremities, periodic numbness of fingers I–III of both hands, headache, and general weakness that gradually increased over 8 years. Over the past 2 years, the patient noted complete hair loss in th...
pmc-8684250-1
A 70-year-old male, diagnosed with CTEPH, was hospitalized for PEA. He had post-exercise exhaustion and shortness of breath for almost 2 years, and experienced a sudden dizziness with visual rotation and syncope. Despite the medical therapy, the clinical symptoms gradually worsened. Echocardiogram showed a dilated and ...
pmc-8684262-1
A three-month-old male infant presented with stridor and failure to thrive. He was delivered vaginally at full-term (birth weight 3.5 kg) and had an uncomplicated neonatal course. His parents reported that he had noisy and difficult breathing a few days after birth, which worsened over time and was associated with epis...
pmc-8684306-1
A 56-year-old hypertensive gentleman presented with worsening right eye pain, redness, and lid swelling associated with double vision for six weeks (Figure ). He was initially treated as conjunctivitis at a primary care center with topical antibiotics, but then later referred to the ophthalmologist for persistent right...
pmc-8684306-2
A 65-year-old diabetic, hypertensive lady with hyperlipidemia presented with right eye blurring of vision associated with redness, lid swelling, and double vision for one month (Figure ). She was first treated for conjunctivitis by a private practitioner with topical antibiotics, who then referred to us for worsening o...
pmc-8684306-3
A 49-year-old woman with underlying hypertension, was initially treated for right eye infective conjunctivitis. She was then referred for persistent and worsening eye redness for three weeks (Figure ). She denied any blurring of vision, lid swelling, or trauma. Her vision was 6/9 in both eyes with normal IOP. The dilat...
pmc-8684330-1
We present the case of a 74-year-old man who presented with a sudden onset of painless horizontal diplopia worse with a left-directed gaze. The double vision was aborted by occluding either eye. With eye-straining, he developed a dull bitemporal headache. He denied any vision loss, dysarthria, dysphagia, chewing diffic...
pmc-8684331-1
Chief complaint Our patient is a 65-year-old male who reported severe and progressive abdominal pain of three days’ duration. History of present illness The patient was admitted for stomach pain and lack of bowel movements for three days. The patient’s abdominal pain became progressively worse over the two days prior t...
pmc-8684351-1
This is an otherwise healthy 35-year-old male who was brought to our emergency department by ambulance after being crushed underneath a car; while performing some repairs on the undercarriage the jacks failed and the vehicle fell directly onto his head. Emergency personnel at the scene reported he was alert and coheren...
pmc-8684351-2
This is an otherwise healthy 25-year-old male who was brought to our emergency department by ambulance after a fall of 8-10 meters; while leaning against the railing of a third-story balcony he lost balance and fell backward over the rail to the ground below. Emergency personnel at the scene found him comatose and puls...
pmc-8684352-1
A 54-year-old male with a history of alcohol abuse presented to the emergency with acute-onset, diffuse, cramping abdominal pain, worst in the epigastrium and lasting one day. He denied fever, vomiting, loss of appetite or weight loss, diarrhea, constipation, or rectal bleeding, or any prior similar episodes. He had no...
pmc-8684359-1
The patient is an 81-year-old male with medical comorbidities of hypertension, coronary artery disease, and non-melanoma skin cancer who presented with a new cutaneous manifestation. He reported a two-week history of a progressively enlarging asymptomatic lesion on his left chest. Five months prior he had a CABG proced...
pmc-8684360-1
The patient is a 28-year-old male with prior history of a grade 3 astrocytoma, who presented to our emergency department (ED) after having a general tonic-clonic seizure (GTC). Initially, his disease was appreciated four years prior when he presented with a GTC and was found to have a grade 3 astrocytoma of the left oc...
pmc-8684363-1
A 60-year-old female was referred from the emergency department with a foreign body sensation in the throat, dysphagia, and odynophagia. The symptoms developed while the patient was having her lunch. She had no other related gastrointestinal complaints (i.e., hematemesis, drooling, or vomiting) or airway-related compla...
pmc-8684398-1
A 67-year-old male with a past medical history of coronary artery disease (CAD) with two stents in the first diagonal branch of the left anterior descending artery six years before admission, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, glaucoma, and previous anaphylaxis to nuts presented to the emergency department (ED) with anaphyl...
pmc-8684410-1
A 74-year-old male with a history of two transient ischemic attacks was brought into our facility for altered mental status after being found unconscious by a relative. His social history was significant for 55 pack-years of smoking. Due to his mentation on arrival, no further history was obtained. Vital signs were nor...
pmc-8684438-1
A 45-year-old transgender male with a history of Guillain Barre Syndrome and heterozygous Factor V Leiden underwent gender reassignment surgery, including phalloplasty, mastectomy, and vaginal eversion. The phalloplasty was complicated by postoperative penile artery thrombosis, recurrent episodes of extended-spectrum b...
pmc-8684444-1
Chief complaint A 50-year-old male presented to the clinic with ongoing RLQ abdominal pain of one-month duration, associated with mild fever. History of present illness The patient was referred to the surgery clinic by his primary care physician (PCP) after experiencing ongoing RLQ pain and showing evidence of lymph no...
pmc-8684528-1
A 38-year-old woman presented with a 16-year history of ulcerative colitis being treated with mesalazine and infliximab. She had been undergoing routine colonoscopy examinations. Multiple random biopsies performed from the transverse colon to the rectum during colonoscopy suggested rectal cancer, for which she was refe...
pmc-8684541-1
A 77-year-old male, with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diagnosed with left shoulder melanoma in 2015, treated by wide excision along with radiation therapy, had a relapse locally at the original site with lung metastasis (stage IIA; pT4, N0, M1b) and was BRAF negative in 2017. He was starte...
pmc-8684541-2
A 64-year-old female undergoing chemotherapy and radiation for malignant mucosal lentiginous melanoma of the left gingiva (stage III; pT3, N1, M0) presented in February 2020 with fatigue and worsening shortness of breath for the last two months. She had a left modified radical neck dissection with resection of the left...
pmc-8684541-3
A 65-year-old female diagnosed with non-small cell adenocarcinoma of the right middle lobe, as seen on chest CT (stage IIA, pT2B, pN0, M0) in 2017, underwent right middle lobectomy and mediastinal node dissection three months later. The pathology report showed moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma with visceral pleu...
pmc-8684541-4
A 53-year-old female was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma (cTx, pN1b, M1) in February 2019. She originally presented with left inguinal swelling of four months duration in October 2018. Her ultrasound at that time had only shown a prominent left inguinal lymph node for which core biopsy was done in February 2019, con...
pmc-8684581-1
A 71-year-old lady initially presented with gradual onset of painless lower limb weakness for one week “off legs”, lower limb paresthesias and increased urinary frequency. Patient denied any recent symptoms of infective etiology. There was no recent or past history of trauma or accidents. Patient’s past medical history...
pmc-8684629-1
The patient was a 79-year-old Caucasian male with a 7-year history of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and a complaint of abdominal pain. The pain started in the evening of the day before and was accompanied by fever, oral intolerance, nausea, and vomiting. He did not complain of bowel habit changes, although he had a hi...
pmc-8684637-1
A 72-year-old man presented to emergency room with 8-h fatigue and 4-h mild exertional dyspnea, palpitation, and blurred vision. He was a nonsmoker and denied previous history of cardiovascular disease. Physical examination showed sinus tachycardia (117 bpm) and normal blood pressure (120/70 mmHg). The position and ran...
pmc-8684643-1
In 2017, an 83-year-old Japanese woman presented to our department with a chief complaint of a mass in her right maxillary premolar region. She had initially noticed a painless mass in her right maxillary premolar region in 2002. After she had first noticed of the mass, it grew gradually in size, but she sought no trea...
pmc-8684656-1
A 19-years-old female was first found with occupation about 6.2 cm × 5.7 cm in the right adrenal five years ago based on CT scan at a regular physical examination, accompanied with fever and headache with high blood pressure. Tumor resection was performed, and pathological diagnosis was right pheochromocytoma. The pati...
pmc-8684675-1
A 57-year-old Caucasian woman was recently diagnosed with advanced stage ovarian cancer. Otherwise healthy, she had initially consulted her general practitioner simply for abdominal distension. Further investigations [abdominal computed tomography (CT), serum CA125determination and laparoscopy] revealed a peritoneal ca...
pmc-8684807-1
A 31-year-old man categorized as New York Heart Association Class IV was admitted to the hospital after suffering from anorexia for 2 weeks and dyspnoea for 1 week in August 2001. He had previously undergone surgery for appendicitis and had on other past medical history. He exhibited mild intellectual disability, and e...
pmc-8684816-1
A 62-year-old Caucasian man was admitted to our department in June 2020. He was diagnosed with follicular lymphoma in 2010 and treated with an R-CHOP regimen (rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisolone) for six cycles, achieving complete response; in 2017, because of a disease recurrence, he wa...
pmc-8685210-1
In December 2017, a 19-year-old female was referred to our hospital with a recent diagnosis of histiocytic sarcoma. The patient had presented as pharyngeal pain and left neck mass with fever for 2 months. She had received tracheotomy because of airway obstruction resulting from the large mass arising from the left para...
pmc-8685408-1
A 43-year-old primipara presented with severe hypertensive disorder of pregnancy and fetal growth restriction (FGR) at 19 gestational weeks. At 23 6/7 gestational weeks, an emergency cesarean section was conducted due to worsened hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) and a non-reassuring fetal status. “En caul” del...
pmc-8685408-2
A 40-year-old primipara woman was diagnosed with FGR at 19 gestational weeks. She was transferred to our hospital at 22 gestational weeks due to severe HDP. A female infant was born at 22+6/7 gestational weeks with a birthweight of 279 g after an emergency en caul cesarean section due to maternal HDP. Endotracheal intu...
pmc-8685493-1
A 53-year-old female participant in the BCG-DENMARK-COVID trial was included in early June 2020 and randomized to BCG, which was applied intradermally in the right deltoid region. A rather strong local skin reaction to the vaccine followed, with clear, yellowish serous secretion from the injection site lasting 4 to 5 m...
pmc-8685493-2
A 49-year-old female participant was enrolled and randomized to BCG in June 2020. The vaccine was applied intradermally in the right deltoid region. She was not aware of having received a BCG vaccination as a child. However, when she was included in the trial, a BCG scar was noted on the right arm. In October 2020, she...
pmc-8685498-1
We hereby report the case of a 16-year-old Caucasian female who has been followed at our Allergy Unit of Meyer Children's University Hospital in Florence for allergic asthma since the age of 6. At the physical examination, she presented a history of respiratory clinical manifestations such as cough and shortness of bre...
pmc-8685724-1
Our case concerns a 48-year-old male with a history of syphilis and heterozygous AS sickle cell trait. Mantle cell lymphoma with multiple lymphomatous polyposis had been diagnosed based on a bone marrow biopsy. The patient received three cycles of R-Maxi CHOP and three cycles of R-High Dose-Ara-C (Nordic protocol ) wit...
pmc-8685794-1
A 38-year-old woman, 32+ 2 weeks pregnant, previous smoker with a past history of one miscarriage and livedo reticularis was admitted to the emergency department (ED) of her local hospital due to a sudden onset of pain, cold and functional impotence of the lower limbs. During the obstetric evaluation, fetal death was o...
pmc-8685809-1
A 24-year-old man was admitted to our hospital 48 h after developing an acute retrosternal chest pain that was radiated to the upper back, associated with multiple episodes of vomit (food content), and progressive dyspnea. Additionally, he describes intermittent difficulty swallowing solid food. His medical history is ...
pmc-8686213-1
A 50 years old male long-distance truck driver presented to our Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with severe constant retrosternal chest pain, diaphoresis and vomiting of ingested matter for the previous two days. The patient had a history of hypertension and elevated blood cholesterol levels. He was brought to the em...
pmc-8686214-1
A 55-year-old man presented with sudden onset of dizziness, diplopia, difficulty of closing eyes, and trouble of chewing after lifting heavy goods 3 days prior to admission. He had a history of mild hypertension for 1 year with treatment of amlodipine 2.5 mg/d and poorly-controlled asthma. On examination, he showed com...
pmc-8686221-1
A 69-year-old Han man complained of chest distress and shortness of breath after stress for four months. He was diagnosed with hypertension for four months, and he felt that these symptoms were accompanied by high blood pressure. The maximum blood pressure measured was 200/110 mmHg. Benidipine hydrochloride (4 mg twice...
pmc-8686233-1
A 14-month-old Congolese male child with oculocutaneous albinism visited the Mbujimayi pediatric clinic with fever and fatigue. He was originally from Kasai Oriental, a region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was the youngest in a family of five children, three of whom had oculocutaneous albinism. He himself...
pmc-8686241-1
A girl presented with asymptomatic proteinuria, which was revealed by a urinary screening test performed in Japan when she was 3 years old. She had no family history of renal or neurological disorders. The urine protein to creatinine ratio (UPCR) was 1.0–1.5 g/gCr (reference range < 0.2 g/gCr) at that time. Ultrasonogr...
pmc-8686261-1
A 71-year-old male was admitted to the hospital due to productive cough along with low grade fever, chest pain and shortness of breath. His past medical history included hypertension and glaucoma, and he took irbesartan regularly (150 mg per day). The patient did not smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol or use recreational ...
pmc-8686295-1
A 13-year-old male patient had a history of progressive subungual melanosis in the hallux of the right foot for over 4 years, but no pseudo-Hutchinson signs (Fig. A). After resection, the tumor was pathologically diagnosed as a subungual melanocytic nevus. The defect of the nail matrix was repaired with a lateral toe p...
pmc-8686295-2
A 5-year-old female patient had a history of progressive subungual melanosis for more than 2 years and intermittent pain in the fifth toe of her right foot for more than half a year (Fig. A). After resection, the tumor (total nail matrix) was pathologically diagnosed as a subungual melanocytic nevus of the fifth toe. T...
pmc-8686295-3
A 1-year-old boy was pathologically diagnosed with a subungual melanocytic nevus on his right index finger (Fig. A). The patient had been suffering from progressive subungual melanosis for over half a year. After removing the nail plate, split-thickness excision of the pigmented nail bed lesions was performed under a m...
pmc-8686371-1
This boy, born at 30+ 1 weeks of gestation to a 32-year-old mother, was the first child of non-consanguineous Caucasian parents. The mother was overweight before pregnancy, with a BMI of 30. Elevated maternal serum biochemical markers in the first trimester of pregnancy prompted a prenatal noninvasive test for trisomy ...
pmc-8686532-1
A 25-year-old woman, without previous medical history, presented for infertility lasting for more than one year. Clinical examination was normal but abdominal and pelvic computed tomodensitometry (CT) revealed a cyst of the left ovary associated with abundant peritoneal ascites that could correspond to mucinous materia...
pmc-8686539-1
A 45-year-old woman presented to pulmonary clinic for evaluation of worsening dyspnea, cough, and hypoxemia. Her medical history was significant for limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis (lcSSc), pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), and interstitial lung disease (ILD) (Fig. A). She had no history of atopy or food alle...
pmc-8686560-1
A 36-year-old woman presented to a local hospital with a history of neck pain. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated a tumor arising from the anterior elements of the C1 and C2 vertebrae. Cervical spine fusion and mass reduction surgery were performed. The resected specimen showed d...
pmc-8686567-1
In May 2021, a 19-year-old caucasian male patient was referred to the university hospital of Brandenburg owing to a severe decline of excretory kidney function. The serum creatinine concentration was 649 µmol/l (normal range 62–106 µmol/l) at the time of admission (Fig. ). The patient suffered from mild dyspnea, lack o...
pmc-8686569-1
A 58-year-old Japanese woman with a 3-year history of genital ulcers and oral aphthae was admitted to our hospital. She had a history of uterine fibroids and thrombocytopenia during pregnancy. Her family history included hypertension and diabetes in her mother and MDS in her offspring. A year ago on admission, she deve...
pmc-8686580-1
A 36-year old woman was referred to a tertiary unit at 29+5 weeks of gestation due to fetal cardiomegaly and mild ascites (Fig. a, b), which was detected on a scan undertaken for suspected small for gestational age. The woman was nulliparous with a low-risk first trimester combined screening test and unremarkable anoma...
pmc-8686586-1
We report a 31-year-old Saudi male patient who presented initially to the neurology clinic at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Jeddah, to evaluate reversible recurrent rhabdomyolysis. The patient was healthy and had no medical background prior to this presentation. He denied the use of any medicatio...
pmc-8686601-1
An 80-year-old Japanese woman presented with a history of TTS complicated by ischemic enteritis (Fig. ). She was previously admitted to our hospital, where she presented with bloody stools due to ischemic enteritis, and was treated with hydration of 1500–2500 mL/day and dobutamine. The patient was subsequently discharg...
pmc-8686604-1
A 63-year-old female patient was admitted to our hospital with intermittent epigastric abdominal pain for the past three months. Results of the physical examination on admission indicated no icteric sclera. The abdomen was soft with no palpable abdominal mass. The patient had experienced a weight loss of about five kg ...
pmc-8686613-1
In 2009, a 29-year-old Peruvian male presented with a 3-month history of a chronic cough productive of yellow/green coloured sputum with occasional haemoptysis, associated with significant fatigue, diminished appetite, weight loss (7 kg in two months), night sweats and back pain. A chest X-ray demonstrated right-sided ...
pmc-8686613-2
In 2008, a 64-year-old Peruvian male presented with a 3-month history of a productive cough with haemoptysis and shortness of breath. A sputum smear was positive for acid fast bacilli. MODS testing did not indicate drug resistance. A chest radiograph demonstrated apical cavitation of the left upper and middle lung lobe...
pmc-8686832-1
The proband, a 2-year-old Russian girl at the time of the last clinical evaluation, was admittedto the neurological department with repeated, prolonged myoclonic, and generalized seizures responsive only to intravenous injection of diazepam. She was the fourth child of healthy parents from a non-consanguineous marriage...
pmc-8687813-1
The patient is a 7-year-old boy born and raised in the Central-West region of Brazil (Cuiabá) from nonconsanguineous parents. He exhibited odontogenic abscesses associated with unexplained sinusitis at age 4 with resolution of the condition after standard treatment. At the age of 5 years, a low-impact trauma in the rig...
pmc-8687820-1
A 45-year-old Caucasian male visited his gastroenterologist for follow-up on Crohn's disease, which was limited to the terminal ileum. Three months prior to the present episode, treatment with 6-mercaptopurine was discontinued due to elicited leukopenia. There were no clinical signs of activity of Crohn's disease, but ...
pmc-8687828-1
A 72-year-old female presented to the emergency room after injuring her left eye during a syncopal episode. A computed tomography scan performed in the emergency department revealed disorganization of the left globe with blood in the vitreous humor. Her medical history included hypertension, systemic lupus erythematosu...
pmc-8687841-1
An 11-year-old female soccer player presented to the office with left knee pain that she first noticed 5 years ago after falling off a bike. Since that time she had a low level of pain in the knee, which was now significantly worse over the last month as soccer activities increased, the pain was worse with stairs, runn...
pmc-8687844-1
The patient was a previously healthy 6-year-old girl of northern European descent whose only concerns had been enlarged tonsils, chronic constipation, and slow growth. She had no other health problems. There was no family history of endocrine or immunologic diseases. While watching television, she developed a grand mal...
pmc-8570624-1
A 3-year-old boy was admitted with severe respiratory distress and tachypnea after upper respiratory tract infection. He had dyspnea, cough, orthopnea, respiratory rate about 43 /min, and mild plethora of the face. He was the only child of family, and his parents were not relatives. He was born through normal vaginal d...
pmc-8570626-1
The patient was a 7-year old boy from Miandoab, a city in the south of West Azarbaijan province, Iran. He exhibited no history of prenatal and postnatal diseases and had a normal growth. His healthy parents were cousins. He had successfully passed the first grade of the primary school. The patient suddenly experienced ...
pmc-8570629-1
A 10-year-old girl was referred to our center due to a lack of balance and urinary incontinence from three weeks ago. The patient was the third child of consanguineous parents. Nervous development of the patient was normal before the onset of disease. The disequilibrium had progressed gradually and was consistent with ...