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            "original_text": "This is about a 20-year-old woman. She had a kidney problem since age eight that made protein leak into her urine. The problem first showed up when a big blood clot blocked veins in her brain, and a clot also went to her lungs. She took blood thinners and steroid pills. Later she took a medicine that calms the immune system to help her use fewer steroids. Tests showed no inherited blood-clotting problem. She had several flare-ups of the kidney problem. Steroid pills controlled them until 2017. After that she had no relapses. Her doctors stopped the blood thinner and the immune-calming medicine. One year later she had sudden, very bad belly pain all over. She threw up after eating. Both legs were swollen. Tests showed the kidney problem was back. A special X-ray picture (CT scan) showed a new clot in the main artery that feeds the small intestine. It was like a plug in a pipe that stops water. Blood could not reach the intestines. In surgery, most of her small intestine was dead. Taking out that much bowel would not allow life. She died 48 hours later.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Stella fell ill one week after she gave birth to her son on Jan 2, and was admitted into hospital On Jan 24, 2010. After being directly admitted into ICU, she lost consciousness and lapsed into a coma. Tests revealed that she had hyperparathyroidism, a rare disease in which a defective parathyroid gland allows dangerously high calcium levels (hypercalcaemia). Being too weak for an operation to remove her parathyroid, she was placed on an artificial lung and heart machine. After five days and requiring dialysis several times a day, Stella showed signs of improvement. Unfortunately, complications soon developed. A restricted blood-flow to her right leg caused infection and an above-the-knee amputation was required. Soon after the removal of the leg, and with signs of infection having disappeared, Stella's parathyroid gland was then safely removed, ensuring her survival. Stella woke from the coma one month after she was admitted.",
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            "original_text": "A 20\u2011year\u2011old woman had a 12\u2011year history of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome that initially presented with extensive cerebral venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. She was treated with anticoagulation and oral corticosteroids, then mycophenolate mofetil as a steroid\u2011sparing agent. A comprehensive thrombophilia work\u2011up was negative. She experienced multiple relapses controlled with steroids until 2017, then remained in remission; anticoagulation and MMF were discontinued. One year later, she developed sudden diffuse abdominal pain with postprandial vomiting and bilateral leg edema. Laboratory tests confirmed a relapse of nephrotic syndrome. Abdominal CT showed acute superior mesenteric artery thrombosis causing acute mesenteric ischemia. At surgery, there was extensive small\u2011bowel necrosis not compatible with survival. She died 48 hours later.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Signs and symptoms\nMost people will present as nephrotic syndrome, with the triad of albuminuria, edema and low serum albumin (with or without kidney failure).  High blood pressure and high cholesterol are often also present. Others may not have symptoms and may be picked up on screening, with urinalysis finding high amounts of protein loss in the urine. A definitive diagnosis of membranous nephropathy requires a kidney biopsy, though given the very high specificity of anti-PLA2R antibody positivity this can sometimes be avoided in patients with nephrotic syndrome and preserved kidney function",
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            "original_text": "A 20\u2011year\u2011old woman had been followed since age eight for idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (NS) inaugurated by cerebral venous thrombosis extended to the right jugular vein with a massive pulmonary embolism, without sequelae and without personal or family thrombotic history. Kidney biopsy was deferred because there was no kidney failure, gross hematuria, hypertension, or extra\u2011renal signs suggestive of secondary NS at presentation. She was treated with an oral vitamin K antagonist and oral corticosteroids with good evolution. Subsequently, she had multiple steroid\u2011dependent relapses and was started on mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) as background therapy to spare corticosteroids and ensure normal growth. An exhaustive thrombophilia assessment was negative: homocysteine, fibrinogen, protein C, protein S, antithrombin III, factor V Leiden, JAK\u20112, cryoglobulins, anticardiolipin antibodies, lupus anticoagulant, and anti\u2011\u03b22\u2011glycoprotein I antibodies were all normal. Anticoagulation was stopped after nine years. Several relapses occurred but were controlled with oral corticosteroids. NS remission was documented from 2017; MMF was gradually discontinued in 2019, and she remained asymptomatic without relapse.\n\nOne year later, she presented to the emergency department with acute intense diffuse abdominal pain without irradiation, associated with postprandial vomiting and bilateral lower\u2011limb edema for six hours. Examination showed intense epigastric tenderness with normal vital signs (BP 120/70 mm Hg, HR 83 bpm, SpO2 100% on room air) and no fever or neurological impairment. Urinalysis detected proteinuria. Hemogasanalysis showed metabolic acidosis with respiratory compensation. Labs revealed hypoalbuminemia, hypercholesterolemia, prothrombin time 90%, elevated D\u2011dimer, LDH, and creatine phosphokinase, with inflammatory markers (CRP 37 mg/L) and leukocytosis (26.4 \u00d7 10^3/\u00b5L); renal and liver function were normal. Urgent abdominal ultrasound showed a low\u2011to\u2011moderate intra\u2011abdominal effusion. Contrast\u2011enhanced CT demonstrated acute thrombosis of the superior mesenteric artery with acute mesenteric ischemia. She underwent emergency laparotomy: intraoperative exploration confirmed mesenteric ischemia with extensive necrosis of almost the entire small bowel, rendering resection incompatible with life. She died 48 hours later.\n\nThis case illustrates catastrophic arterial thrombosis in the setting of NS despite a negative thrombophilia work\u2011up. NS is a hypercoagulable state with multifactorial mechanisms, including urinary loss of anticoagulant proteins (e.g., antithrombin III, protein S), increased fibrinogen, hemoconcentration, dyslipidemia, and systemic inflammation. While venous thromboembolism is more common in NS, superior mesenteric artery thrombosis is rare but often fatal, underscoring the need for high clinical suspicion and rapid imaging when severe acute abdominal pain occurs in patients with active or relapsing NS.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Cholesterol embolism occurs when cholesterol is released, usually from an atherosclerotic plaque, and travels as an embolus in the bloodstream to lodge (as an embolism) causing an obstruction in blood vessels further away. Most commonly this causes skin symptoms (usually livedo reticularis), gangrene of the extremities and sometimes kidney failure; problems with other organs may arise, depending on the site at which the cholesterol crystals enter the bloodstream. When the kidneys are involved, the disease is referred to as atheroembolic renal disease. The diagnosis usually involves biopsy (removing a tissue sample) from an affected organ. Cholesterol embolism is treated by removing the cause and giving supportive therapy; statin drugs have been found to improve the prognosis.",
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            "original_text": "She is 34 years old and pregnant. She had a seizure and trouble speaking clearly. She was sent right away for a head MRI scan. The scan showed a pattern doctors call the \u201cMedusa head.\u201d This means the veins in her brain are arranged in an unusual way that she was born with. There is a small blood clot at the outer part of this vein pattern. The blood is also moving slowly closer to the main vein.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "At the hospital, Lee takes a memory test and has a CT scan done. The results display a dark spot and the neurologist thinks she has vasculitis. An MRI was done the next morning and Dr. Volpi concluded that she had a left thalamic stroke. The stroke damaged her left thalamus which in turn affects the right. Christine Lee had a hole/flap called patent foramen ovale (PFO) in her heart which was an undiagnosed birth defect. This created a blood clot that went through her body and made its way into her brain. The doctor determined this cause with a bubble test and echocardiogram.",
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            "original_text": "A 34-year-old woman who is 8 weeks pregnant had a first-time generalized seizure with temporary slurred speech. Because she is pregnant and this was her first seizure, doctors obtained an urgent brain MRI. The MRI showed the classic \u201cMedusa head\u201d sign, which indicates a developmental venous anomaly (DVA)\u2014a vein pattern you are born with. Imaging also suggested a partial clot along the peripheral portion of the draining system and slower blood flow closer to the main draining vein. These findings support the diagnosis: a developmental venous anomaly with peripheral partial thrombosis and proximal slow flow.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "While the condition is believed to be due to blood flowing back into pelvic veins as a result of faulty valves in the veins, this hypothesis is not certain. The condition may occur or worsen during pregnancy. The presence of estrogen is believed to be involved in the mechanism. Diagnosis may be supported by ultrasound, CT scan, MRI, or laparoscopy.",
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            "original_text": "A 34-year-old woman, 8 weeks pregnant and without other relevant history, presented with generalized convulsions and postictal dysarthria that resolved within two hours. On examination she was alert, oriented, and without focal language, motor, or sensory deficits; a right lateral tongue bite was noted. Laboratory tests and ECG were unremarkable. Given a first epileptic seizure in pregnancy, an urgent cranial MRI was performed. The protocol included 3D T1 pre- and post-contrast (axial, coronal, sagittal), axial FLAIR, axial T2, VEN BOLD and magnetic susceptibility sequences, as well as axial diffusion and ADC mapping. MRI demonstrated multiple venous cortico-medullary vascular structures converging centripetally to a large central draining vein that emptied via the inferior anastomotic vein into the left transverse sinus, forming the classic \u201cMedusa head\u201d sign. On T1 post-contrast, the drainage vein showed increased signal with central hyphocaptation, suggesting partial thrombosis versus slow flow. On T2 and FLAIR, the parenchyma surrounding the drainage vein was hyperintense, without diffusion restriction, compatible with edema. Overall, the findings are diagnostic of a developmental venous anomaly with signs of partial peripheral thrombosis and more proximal slow flow, causing perilesional edema. Management was initiated with clexane 60 mg every 12 hours and levetiracetam 500 mg every 12 hours, with symptomatic improvement and stability after one week. Contextually, DVAs are typically benign venous variants; however, pregnancy-associated hypercoagulability may predispose to thrombosis. Partial thrombosis and impaired outflow in a DVA can lead to venous congestion and edema, manifesting clinically with seizures.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Perinatal stroke is a disease where an infant has a stroke between the 140th day of the gestation period and the 28th postpartum day, affecting up to 1 in 2300 live births. This disease is further divided into three subgroups, namely neonatal arterial ischemic stroke, neonatal cerebral sinovenous ischemic stroke, and presumed perinatal stroke. Several risk factors contribute to perinatal stroke including birth trauma, placental abruption, infections, and the mother's health. Detection and diagnosis of perinatal stroke are often delayed due to prenatal onset or inadequacy of neonatal signs and symptoms. A child may be asymptomatic in the early stages of life and may develop common signs of perinatal stroke such as seizures, poor coordination, and speech delays as they get older. Diagnostic tests such as magnetic resonance imaging, electroencephalogram, and blood tests are conducted when doctors suspect the patients have developed signs of  a perinatal stroke. The prognosis of this disease is associated with the severity and the development of the symptoms. This disease can be treated by anticoagulant and anticonvulsant drugs, surgical procedures, and therapeutic hypothermia, depending on the condition of the patient.",
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            "original_text": "A 22-year-old woman had painful mouth sores. The sores made eating and drinking hard. The problem started after a fever. Small pimples showed up on her lips. She had been vaping for about one year. The checkup found no spots on the rest of her body. Her lips had crusts with a little blood. The corners of her mouth were raw and bled easily. Inside her mouth there were white sores with yellow edges. The sores were different shapes and sizes and were in several places. A test for the cold-sore virus was negative. The doctor said this was a mouth reaction called oral erythema multiforme. She was treated with salt-water compresses on the lips. She used a mouth rinse with an anti-swelling medicine (dexamethasone) mixed with a coating gel (hyaluronic acid). She put 2% miconazole cream on the sores at the mouth corners. She used petroleum jelly on her dry lips. She was told to stop vaping. Her mouth got better after one week of treatment.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "A cold sore (also known as a fever blister, oral herpes, and herpes labialis) is a type of herpes infection caused by the herpes simplex virus that affects primarily the lip. Symptoms typically include a burning pain followed by small blisters or sores. The first attack may also be accompanied by fever, sore throat, and enlarged lymph nodes. The rash usually heals within ten days, but the virus remains dormant in the trigeminal ganglion. The virus may periodically reactivate to create another outbreak of sores in the mouth or lip.",
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            "original_text": "A 22-year-old woman presented with a month of painful stomatitis that made eating and drinking difficult. The illness began with a fever and pimple-like lesions on the lips. She had been vaping regularly for about one year. Examination showed no skin lesions elsewhere. The lips had serosanguineous crusts and erosions at the labial commissures that tended to bleed. Intraorally, there were multiple irregular white ulcers with yellowish borders on several sites of the oral mucosa. Anti\u2013HSV-1 IgG was non-reactive. The diagnosis was oral erythema multiforme, likely related to vaping. Management included normal saline compresses to the lips, a dexamethasone mouth rinse mixed with hyaluronic acid, 2% miconazole cream applied to the lip corner, petroleum jelly for dry lips, and stopping vaping. Her oral condition improved within one week.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Aphthous stomatitis (canker sores) is the recurrent appearance of mouth ulcers in otherwise healthy individuals. The cause is not completely understood, but it is thought that the condition represents a T cell mediated immune response which is triggered by a variety of factors. The individual ulcers (aphthae) recur periodically and heal completely, although in the more severe forms, new ulcers may appear in other parts of the mouth before the old ones have finished healing. Aphthous stomatitis is one of the most common diseases of the oral mucosa, and is thought to affect about 20% of the general population to some degree. The symptoms range from a minor nuisance to being disabling in their impact on eating, swallowing, and talking, and the severe forms can cause people to lose weight. There is no cure for aphthous stomatitis, and therapies are aimed at alleviating the pain, reducing the inflammation and promoting healing of the ulcers, but there is little evidence of efficacy for any treatment that has been used.",
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            "original_text": "A 22-year-old woman presented to Oral Medicine with a 1-month history of painful oral ulcers causing difficulty eating and drinking. The episode began with fever followed by pimple-like lesions on the lips. She had used pod-type vapes for approximately one year, often trying different e-liquid flavors; she had never smoked conventional cigarettes. She reported no medication exposure prior to onset (no antibiotics, analgesics, anticonvulsants, NSAIDs, or antifungals), no drug or food allergies, and unhealthy eating habits. Extraorally, there were no lesions elsewhere on the body. The lips exhibited serosanguineous crusts with an erosive area at the right labial commissure that tended to bleed. Intraoral examination showed multiple painful white ulcers with yellowish edges, irregular and variable in size, on the labial and buccal mucosa, lateral and ventral tongue, and floor of mouth. Anti-HSV-1 IgG was non-reactive. Based on isolated oral mucosal involvement, absence of cutaneous lesions, and negative HSV serology, a diagnosis of vaping-related oral erythema multiforme, minor type, was established. Management comprised 0.9% NaCl\u2013moistened gauze compresses to the lips three times daily; a dexamethasone mouthrinse (1 mg in 10 mL hyaluronic acid) three times daily with a 30-minute post-rinse fasting period; 2% miconazole cream applied to the wound at the right labial commissure twice daily; and vaseline album (petrolatum) for dry lips. Adjunctive advice included brushing teeth and tongue twice daily (after breakfast and before bed), cessation of vaping, and avoidance of foods containing monosodium glutamate. At 1-week follow-up, the oral condition had improved. Ethical considerations: written informed consent was obtained; the case conformed to the Helsinki Declaration and had institutional approval. Context: Erythema multiforme is a mucocutaneous hypersensitivity reaction classically triggered by infections (e.g., HSV) or drugs; in this case, vaping exposure and frequent e-liquid flavor changes were considered plausible triggers in the absence of medication exposure and with non-reactive anti-HSV-1 serology.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Primary herpetic gingivostomatitis (PHGS) represents the clinically apparent pattern of primary herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection, since the vast majority of other primary infections are symptomless. PHGS is caused predominantly by HSV-1 and affects mainly children. Prodromal symptoms, such as fever, anorexia, irritability, malaise and headache, may occur in advance of disease. The disease presents as numerous pin-head vesicles, which rupture rapidly to form painful irregular ulcerations covered by yellow\u2013grey membranes. Sub-mandibular lymphadenitis, halitosis and refusal to drink are usual concomitant findings.",
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            "original_text": "At 32 weeks of pregnancy, a routine scan found one small lump inside the baby\u2019s heart. It caused no symptoms. This was the only problem seen. Doctors watched it with clinic visits until 39 weeks plus 1 day. Then the baby was delivered by C-section (a surgery to deliver the baby). After birth, the child had checkups on day 1, day 7, day 30, month 7, and month 12. At each visit, the child\u2019s growth and behavior were healthy for age. The heart lump stayed the same size; it did not grow or shrink. By 1 year old, there were no signs of a related condition called tuberous sclerosis complex.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "It is much more common to find metastasis from an alternate site than a primary heart tumor. However, primary cardiac tumors do occur. One of these is the cardiac rhabdomyoma. Approximately 80-90% of these tumors are found in patients with tuberous sclerosis, a genetic condition causing multiple tumors, with most found prior to the age of one. Although these tumors are most commonly treated with resection, symptomatic tumors in fetuses have been shown to decrease in size after maternal sicrolimus administration. If clinically silent, they can be watched with routine imaging as the tumor will likely spontaneously regress.",
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            "original_text": "This case describes an isolated, asymptomatic fetal cardiac rhabdomyoma first detected at 32 weeks\u2019 gestation. The pregnancy was monitored as an outpatient until 39 weeks plus one day, when delivery occurred by cesarean section. Postnatal follow-up at day 1, day 7, day 30, 7 months, and 12 months showed normal growth and neurodevelopment. The intracardiac mass remained stable in size across all visits. Up to one year of age, the child did not meet any clinical diagnostic criteria for tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC).",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "It is much more common to find metastasis from an alternate site than a primary heart tumor. However, primary cardiac tumors do occur. One of these is the cardiac rhabdomyoma. Approximately 80-90% of these tumors are found in patients with tuberous sclerosis, a genetic condition causing multiple tumors, with most found prior to the age of one. Although these tumors are most commonly treated with resection, symptomatic tumors in fetuses have been shown to decrease in size after maternal sicrolimus administration. If clinically silent, they can be watched with routine imaging as the tumor will likely spontaneously regress.",
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            "original_text": "A 29-year-old gravida V para IV (3 spontaneous vaginal deliveries, prior cesarean for failed induction 4 years earlier) presented for ANC at 32 weeks by LNMP. Maternal labs: VDRL, HBsAg, and urinalysis negative; CBC within normal limits; blood group A Rh-positive. Obstetric ultrasound revealed normal fetal anatomy except the heart. Fetal echocardiography showed normal situs; atria of comparable size; normally positioned atrioventricular and semilunar valves with normal motion; ventricles comparable in size and contractility; left ventricle forming the apex; no ventricular septal defect. Two circumscribed, round, echogenic masses were noted on the left ventricular papillary muscles, measuring 18.2 \u00d7 8.3 mm and 13.5 \u00d7 8.3 mm. LVOT and RVOT anatomy and function were normal on 2D and color flow. Impression: cardiac rhabdomyoma. Given the association with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), detailed neurosonography and systemic evaluation were performed and were unremarkable. She continued routine ANC without complications to 39 weeks. At 39 weeks + 1 day, a cesarean section (repeat on request at term) delivered a 3200 g female, Apgar 10 and 10 at 1 and 5 minutes. Postoperative courses for mother and neonate were uneventful; discharge occurred on postoperative day 3. The neonate was evaluated on days 1, 7, and 30: physical examinations were normal; no seizure activity or new cutaneous lesions; mass dimensions were similar to the antenatal findings. At 7 months, development was age-appropriate; pediatric echocardiography showed well-circumscribed hyperechoic masses on both left ventricular papillary muscles measuring 21.8 \u00d7 9.2 mm and 14.7 \u00d7 8.5 mm, without left ventricular inflow obstruction. At 12 months, anthropometric and neurobehavioral development remained normal. Echocardiography again demonstrated well-circumscribed hyperechoic masses on both left ventricular papillary muscles with no size increment and no left ventricular inflow obstruction. Up to one year of age, apart from the persistent intracardiac rhabdomyomas, the child met none of the clinical diagnostic criteria for TSC. Notably, while cardiac rhabdomyomas often regress spontaneously in infancy, these lesions were stable through 12 months.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "The critical role of echocardiography in prenatal diagnosis is evident, and both the accuracy and safety of the test are now well established. The structures in these images are small, however, and random movements of the fetus make for a challenging and time-consuming examination. Despite these factors, fetal echocardiography has provided clinicians with earlier diagnosis of heart disease and a better understanding of fetal hemodynamics.",
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            "original_text": "This is about a 13-year-old boy. He has had small growths in his throat since he was two years old. The growths were in his voice box and windpipe. They narrowed his breathing tube, so he had trouble breathing. It was like trying to breathe through a pinched straw. A chest scan showed several small cysts in his lungs. Doctors removed the throat growths. They also placed a breathing tube through a small hole in his neck to help him breathe. He got one dose of a medicine called bevacizumab (400 mg) through a vein. He also had breathing therapy. He got better. The problem has not come back during follow-up.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Signs and symptoms \nA common symptom of laryngeal papillomatosis is a change in voice quality. More specifically, hoarseness is observed. As a consequence of the narrowing of the laryngeal or tracheal parts of the airway, shortness of breath, chronic cough and stridor (i.e. noisy breathing which can sound like a whistle or a snore), can be present. As the disease progresses, occurrence of secondary symptoms such as dysphagia, pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, failure to thrive, and recurrent upper respiratory infections can be diagnosed. The risk of laryngeal papillomatosis spreading to the lungs is higher in the juvenile-onset than the adult-onset. In children, symptoms are usually more severe and often mistaken for manifestations of other diseases such as asthma, croup or bronchitis. Therefore, diagnosis is usually delayed.",
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            "original_text": "A 13-year-old boy with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis since age two presented with breathing difficulty, noisy breathing (stridor), and hoarseness. Airway evaluation showed multiple nodules narrowing the larynx and trachea. Chest CT revealed several pulmonary cysts. He underwent surgical removal of the papillomatosis lesions and a tracheostomy. He received a single 400 mg intravenous dose of bevacizumab and respiratory therapy. He recovered well, and there has been no recurrence on follow-up.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Signs and symptoms \nA common symptom of laryngeal papillomatosis is a change in voice quality. More specifically, hoarseness is observed. As a consequence of the narrowing of the laryngeal or tracheal parts of the airway, shortness of breath, chronic cough and stridor (i.e. noisy breathing which can sound like a whistle or a snore), can be present. As the disease progresses, occurrence of secondary symptoms such as dysphagia, pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, failure to thrive, and recurrent upper respiratory infections can be diagnosed. The risk of laryngeal papillomatosis spreading to the lungs is higher in the juvenile-onset than the adult-onset. In children, symptoms are usually more severe and often mistaken for manifestations of other diseases such as asthma, croup or bronchitis. Therefore, diagnosis is usually delayed.",
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            "original_text": "A 13-year-old male from Cusco with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) since age two (tracheostomy at age three) and a maternal history of genital papilloma presented after 16 days of predominantly nocturnal respiratory difficulty, inspiratory laryngeal stridor, and moderate dysphonia. He had previously received azithromycin and supplemental oxygen without improvement. On exam, there was mild subcostal retraction, decreased vesicular breath sounds over the left hemithorax, and scant wheezes predominating on the right; he required 4 L/min oxygen via binasal cannula. Laboratory studies showed WBC 8.03 \u00d7 10^3/\u03bcL, platelets 209 \u00d7 10^3/\u03bcL, hemoglobin 13.2 g/dL, and CRP 36.6 mg/L. Imaging included a chest study and head and neck tomography; chest tomography visualized several pulmonary cysts. Forty-eight hours after admission, he developed worsening stridor and respiratory distress, prompting emergent OR transfer for tracheostomy, microlaryngoscopy, and excision of papillomatous lesions. Intraoperative findings demonstrated extensive papillomatous disease with appendicular tumor-like lesions and ventricular bands involving the epiglottis, glottic surface, vocal cords, subglottis, and trachea to ring 5. Histopathology showed koilocytotic atypia consistent with HPV and mild focal dysplasia. Postoperatively, he was managed in the PICU with respiratory monitoring and was weaned off oxygen within 48 hours. He received a single intravenous dose of bevacizumab 400 mg and showed prompt clinical improvement. He completed a seven-day hospitalization with normalization of oxygen saturation and progressive oxygen weaning, then was transferred for ongoing care. He also received respiratory therapy. On telemonitoring at eight months, there was no evidence of recurrence or intercurrent events. Clinical context: RRP is typically HPV-related (often low-risk types) and can cause multifocal papillomas leading to airway stenosis; anti-VEGF therapy such as bevacizumab is used off-label to reduce angiogenesis and disease recurrence, and in this case was associated with a favorable short- to mid-term outcome.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Signs and symptoms \nA common symptom of laryngeal papillomatosis is a change in voice quality. More specifically, hoarseness is observed. As a consequence of the narrowing of the laryngeal or tracheal parts of the airway, shortness of breath, chronic cough and stridor (i.e. noisy breathing which can sound like a whistle or a snore), can be present. As the disease progresses, occurrence of secondary symptoms such as dysphagia, pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, failure to thrive, and recurrent upper respiratory infections can be diagnosed. The risk of laryngeal papillomatosis spreading to the lungs is higher in the juvenile-onset than the adult-onset. In children, symptoms are usually more severe and often mistaken for manifestations of other diseases such as asthma, croup or bronchitis. Therefore, diagnosis is usually delayed.",
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            "original_text": "This 54-year-old man had long-term kidney disease. He took steroids and other medicines that weaken the body\u2019s defenses for a long time. He came to the lung department with fever, cough with mucus, and trouble breathing. A scan showed many cloudy spots in both lungs, like frosted glass. Blood tests showed a lot of inflammation. This suggested an infection from germs such as bacteria, a virus, or a fungus. A blood test was positive for RSV antibodies. Tests for other germs were not positive. His immune system was weak. His antibody level (IgG) was low. His infection-fighting T cells (CD4 and CD8) were also low. Doctors gave strong medicines for infection and support to help his breathing. His illness got worse quickly. He died from breathing failure.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "In more than 90% of cases, the cause is a viral infection. These viruses may be spread through the air when people cough or by direct contact. Risk factors include exposure to tobacco smoke, dust, and other air pollution. A small number of cases are due to high levels of air pollution or bacteria such as Mycoplasma pneumoniae or Bordetella pertussis. Diagnosis is typically based on a person's signs and symptom. The color of the sputum does not indicate if the infection is viral or bacterial. Determining the underlying organism is typically not needed. Other causes of similar symptoms include asthma, pneumonia, bronchiolitis, bronchiectasis, and COPD. A chest X-ray may be useful to detect pneumonia.",
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            "original_text": "A 54-year-old man with chronic kidney disease on long-term corticosteroids and immunosuppressants was admitted to respiratory medicine with fever, cough with sputum, and shortness of breath. Chest CT showed multiple bilateral ground-glass opacities. Laboratory studies showed elevated inflammatory markers, indicating possible bacterial, viral, or fungal infection. RSV antibodies were positive, while tests for other pathogens were negative. He was immunocompromised from prolonged corticosteroid and immunosuppressant use, with low total IgG and reduced CD4 and CD8 T-lymphocyte counts. Despite intensive anti-infective therapy and escalating respiratory support, his condition deteriorated rapidly, and he died from respiratory failure.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Coccidioidomycosis is amazingly diverse in terms of its scope of clinical presentation, as well as clinical severity. About 60% of Coccidioides infections as determined by serologic conversion are asymptomatic. The most common clinical syndrome in the other 40% of infected patients is an acute respiratory illness characterized by fever, cough, and pleuritic pain. Skin manifestations, such as erythema nodosum, are also common with Coccidioides infection. Coccidioides infection can cause a severe and difficult-to-treat meningitis in AIDS and other immunocompromised patients, and occasionally in immunocompetent hosts. Infection can sometimes cause acute respiratory distress syndrome and fatal multilobar pneumonia. The risk of symptomatic infection increases with age.",
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            "original_text": "A 54-year-old male with membranous nephropathy II and nephrotic syndrome on long-term oral glucocorticoids and immunosuppressants (immunocompromised) presented to the Department of Respiratory Medicine with 5 days of fever, cough, expectoration, and progressive dyspnea. He had a 20 pack-year smoking history and no family history of hereditary disease. A chest x-ray one month prior was normal. On admission (August 8, 2016): BMI 24.5 kg/m2, T 39.0\u00b0C, tachypnea 35 breaths/min, severe hypoxemia (SaO2 86%). Auscultation revealed good bilateral air entry with scattered diffuse crackles and rhonchi. Chest CT demonstrated multiple bilateral ground-glass opacities. Initial labs showed a normal WBC count with elevated neutrophils and increased inflammatory markers (CRP, ESR) and elevated (1\u21923)-\u03b2-D-glucan. Serology was positive for RSV antibodies on hospital day 4; other pathogen testing was negative. He had laboratory evidence of immunosuppression with decreased total IgG and reduced CD4 and CD8 T-lymphocyte counts, consistent with chronic exposure to corticosteroids and immunosuppressants.\n\nManagement: Immediate respiratory monitoring and supplemental oxygen were initiated. Empiric anti-infective therapy included antibiotics (moxifloxacin for 4 days, then cefminoxine for 8 days) and antifungal therapy (voriconazole for 10 days). The glucocorticoid and immunosuppressant doses were largely unchanged. After 10 days, clinical status and oxygenation worsened with radiographic progression. He was transferred to the Emergency ICU for noninvasive mechanical ventilation, broad-spectrum antibiotics (i.v. meropenem, oral moxifloxacin, cotrimoxazole), antifungal therapy (micafungin), systemic corticosteroids (methylprednisolone 40 mg bid i.v.), and supportive care. Ganciclovir was added for possible viral coinfection (e.g., CMV). Five days later, chest x-ray showed further aggravation. Despite escalation to invasive ventilator-assisted ventilation, higher-dose methylprednisolone (80 mg bid), additional antibacterials (cefoperazone-sulbactam, tigecycline, cotrimoxazole), and continued micafungin, he developed rapid progression culminating in respiratory failure and death two days later.\n\nInterpretation: The presentation is consistent with severe viral pneumonia due to RSV in an immunocompromised host, with imaging showing multifocal ground-glass opacities and laboratory evidence of systemic inflammation. Elevated (1\u21923)-\u03b2-D-glucan prompted antifungal coverage, while broad-spectrum antibacterial and antiviral regimens addressed possible coinfections. Profound immunosuppression (low IgG, reduced CD4/CD8 T cells) likely contributed to rapid deterioration and refractory hypoxemic respiratory failure despite intensive anti-infective therapy and advanced respiratory support.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "The anti\u2013glomerular basement membrane (GBM) antibodies primarily attack the kidneys and lungs, although, generalized symptoms like malaise, weight loss, fatigue, fever, and chills are also common, as are joint aches and pains. 60 to 80% of those with the condition experience both lung and kidney involvement; 20-40% have kidney involvement alone, and less than 10% have lung involvement alone. Kidney symptoms usually include blood in the urine, protein in the urine, unexplained swelling of limbs or face, high amounts of urea in the blood, and high blood pressure. Lung symptoms usually antedate kidney symptoms and usually include: coughing up blood, chest pain (in less than 50% of cases overall), cough, and shortness of breath. Some other signs and symptoms that could be used to identify Goodpasture syndrome during a physical exam include an increased respiratory rate, cyanosis, crackles, hepatosplenomegaly, and hypertension.",
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            "original_text": "A 34-year-old woman had new lower back pain. She saw blood in her urine. She also had a big bruise under the skin on her right buttock. She had never had bleeding problems before. Because these bleeding signs were serious, she was sent to the emergency room. Doctors did blood-clotting tests. One test mixed her blood with normal blood to see how it clotted. Another test looked for a blocker against a clotting protein called factor eight. These tests confirmed the diagnosis.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Thrombocytopenia usually has no symptoms and is picked up on a routine complete blood count. Some individuals with thrombocytopenia may experience external bleeding, such as nosebleeds or bleeding gums. Some women may have heavier or longer periods or breakthrough bleeding. Bruising, particularly purpura in the forearms and petechiae in the feet, legs, and mucous membranes, may be caused by spontaneous bleeding under the skin.",
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            "original_text": "A 34-year-old woman with no prior bleeding history developed lower back pain, passed a kidney stone, and then had three days of haematuria. She later developed painful thigh and right gluteal bruising after an intramuscular injection. Because the bleeding was extensive, she was transferred to the emergency department. Her coagulation work-up showed a markedly prolonged aPTT. A mixing study only partially corrected the aPTT, and factor VIII activity was very low with a measurable factor VIII inhibitor (8.64 BU/mL), confirming acquired haemophilia A, likely postpartum. She was treated with prednisone and cyclophosphamide, and received bypassing therapy (initially FEIBA, then switched to recombinant factor VIIa due to side effects). Her bleeding improved and she was discharged.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Alfredo Pavlovsky (24 November 1907 \u2013 26 April 1984) was an Argentinian physician who discovered that haemophilia has two types (A and B). Pavlovsky graduated with his medical degree in 1931, then worked as Bernardo Houssay's assistant professor in physiology. In 1947 he reported in Buenos Aires that \"occasionally (in vitro) the blood of some of the haemophilic patients with a greatly prolonged clotting time ... when added to other haemophilic blood possessed a coagulant action nearly as effective as normal blood\". This was later shown to be due to the blood of people with haemophilia B providing the clotting factor factor VIII to correct the defect in those with the more common haemophilia A.",
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            "original_text": "A 34-year-old female, 2 months post\u2013cesarean section (37 weeks) with persistent postoperative wound bleeding and no childhood/adolescent bleeding history, presented with a 4-week illness. The clinical course began with lower back pain attributed to bilateral renal lithiasis; after spontaneous passage of a stone she had 3 days of haematuria and was given tranexamic acid q12h. Three weeks later she developed progressive pain and induration of the left distal thigh. Following intramuscular diclofenac for persistent pain, she developed ecchymosis and ongoing bleeding in the gluteal area despite compression. An outside \u201cparticular Doppler ultrasound\u201d reportedly showed deep venous thrombosis (left lower limb), and she was started on enoxaparin 30 mg SC q24h plus morphine and hospitalized. The next day she developed epigastralgia, blurred vision, HR 117 bpm, BP 113/85 mmHg, and SpO2 93%; enoxaparin was discontinued. Hemoglobin fell from 10.4 g/dL (day prior to admission) to 6.4 g/dL, prompting 2 units of packed red cells. With a working diagnosis of vasculitis, methylprednisolone was started and she was referred for further evaluation.\n\nOn admission she had severe pallor, extensive ecchymosis of the left thigh and lateral knee, and a right thigh haematoma. Hemogram: Hb 9.8 g/dL, normocytic, normochromic. Chemistry notable for glucose 160 mg/dL; AST 52 U/L, ALT 86 U/L. Coagulation profile showed isolated prolongation of the activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) to 91.2 s; the remainder of hemogram, biochemistry, electrolytes, liver profile, and coagulation parameters were within reference limits. Soft-tissue ultrasound of the right gluteal region revealed a subcutaneous collection (TCSC) with oedema extending to the upper third of the thigh. Repeat Doppler ultrasound of the left lower limb showed normal flow without thrombosis in the common femoral, superficial, or deep venous systems. Blood and urine cultures were negative. ANA, C3, C4, and ferritin were within reference ranges.\n\nGiven suspected acquired haemophilia, a mixing test demonstrated partial correction of the aPTT. Factor VIII activity was <1.0 U/dL, and a factor VIII inhibitor was detected at 8.64 Bethesda units/mL, confirming acquired haemophilia A, likely postpartum in onset. Therapy included prednisone 50 mg PO at breakfast plus 10 mg at lunch, cyclophosphamide 50 mg (2 tablets) PO q24h, and FEIBA for haemostasis. After 5 days, FEIBA was discontinued due to chest tightness, dyspnoea, and nausea (suspected adverse drug reaction) and replaced with activated recombinant factor VII (rFVIIa; NovoSeven). Clinical evolution was favourable, with decreasing ecchymoses and no new symptoms, and she was discharged.\n\nContext: Postpartum acquired haemophilia A is mediated by autoantibodies to factor VIII and typically presents with isolated aPTT prolongation, low FVIII activity, and an inhibitor measured in Bethesda units. Partial correction on mixing supports an inhibitor pattern. First-line immunosuppression (e.g., prednisone with or without cyclophosphamide) and bypassing agents (FEIBA or rFVIIa) are standard to control bleeding while eradicating the inhibitor.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Presentation \nIn a study of 32 individuals diagnosed with hypodysfibrinogenemia, 41% presented with episodic bleeding, 43% presented with episodic thrombosis, and 16% were asymptomatic, being detected by abnormal blood tests. Bleeding and thrombosis generally begin in adulthood with the average age at the time of presentation and diagnosis being 32 years. Bleeding is more frequent and severe in women of child-bearing age; these women may suffer miscarriages, menometrorrhagia, and excessive bleeding during child birth and/or the postpartum period. Excessive bleeding following major or minor surgery, including dental extractions, occurs in both females and males with the disorder. Thrombotic complications of the disorder are often (~50%) recurrent and can involve central and peripheral arteries, deep and superficial veins. Thrombotic events may be serious and involve occlusion of a cerebral artery leading to stroke, splanchnic venous thrombosis, and pulmonary thrombosis presumptively secondary to deep vein thrombosis.",
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            "original_text": "This is about a 2-day-old newborn boy. He was born at full term by C-section at a private hospital. He came to the children\u2019s hospital because the right side of his scrotum (the sack that holds the testicles) was swollen since birth. In the emergency room, he looked well. His skin was pink and warm. His blood flow looked good. On exam, the right testicle was big and tight. It was not sore when touched. The skin was red and looked rubbed. A light test did not shine through the right side. The light did shine through the left side. There were no signs of a hernia. An urgent ultrasound scan was done. The scan showed the right testicle was larger and looked uneven inside. No blood was flowing to it. The doctors took him quickly to surgery to look inside the scrotum. In surgery, the right testicle was dead because it had twisted, like a kinked hose that stops flow. There was a small amount of fluid. They removed the right testicle. They fixed the left testicle in place to help prevent twisting.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Trauma to the testes can cause severe pain, bruising, swelling, and/or in severe cases even infertility. In most cases, the testes\u2014which are made of a spongy material\u2014can absorb some impact without serious damage. A rare type of testicular trauma, called testicular rupture, occurs when a testicle receives a direct blow or is squeezed against the hard bones of the pelvis. This injury can cause blood to leak into the scrotum and possibly even infertility and other complications. In severe cases, surgery to repair the rupture\u2014and thus save the testicle\u2014may be necessary.",
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            "original_text": "A full\u2011term male newborn, 2 days old and delivered by cesarean section, presented with a congenital right scrotal swelling. On arrival he appeared well perfused and stable. Examination showed the right testis was enlarged, tense, non\u2011tender, and visibly reddish with excoriated overlying skin. Transillumination was negative on the right and positive on the left; both hernia openings were normal. Doppler ultrasound showed the right testis was enlarged with a heterogeneous, darker appearance and no detectable blood flow; the left testis looked normal, with only a small amount of fluid. He was taken urgently to surgery. Intra\u2011operatively, the right testis was frankly nonviable due to intravaginal torsion, with minimal hydrocele. Surgeons removed the right testis (orchidectomy) and fixed the left testis in place (contralateral orchidopexy) to reduce the risk of future twisting.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Torsion\nThe appendix of testis can, occasionally, undergo torsion (i.e. become twisted), causing acute one-sided testicular pain and may require surgical excision to achieve relief. One third of patients present with a palpable \"blue dot\" discoloration on the scrotum.  This is nearly diagnostic of this condition. If clinical suspicion is high for the serious differential diagnosis of testicular torsion, a surgical exploration of the scrotum is warranted. Torsion of the appendix of testis occurs at ages 0\u201315 years, with a mean at 10 years, which is similar to that of testicular torsion.",
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            "original_text": "A 2\u2011day\u2011old term male neonate, delivered by cesarean section at a private hospital, was referred for a congenital right scrotal swelling and presented to our children\u2019s hospital one day later. On ED arrival he was well hydrated, pink on room air with good perfusion. Physical exam: right hemiscrotum with an enlarged, tense, non\u2011tender, visibly reddish testis and overlying skin excoriation; transillumination negative on the right and positive contralaterally; both hernial orifices normal. Laboratory studies were obtained, and urgent inguinoscrotal Doppler ultrasonography demonstrated an enlarged right testis measuring 15.6 \u00d7 9.4 mm with heterogeneous hypoechoic echotexture, prominent rete testis, and absent intratesticular color Doppler flow. The left testis was normal in size, shape, and echotexture; there was minimal hydrocele. The patient underwent urgent scrotal exploration. Intra\u2011operatively there was frank necrosis of the right testis secondary to intravaginal testicular torsion, with minimal hydrocele. A right orchidectomy and contralateral orchidopexy were performed. Contextually, perinatal testicular torsion often presents at or shortly after birth and Doppler evidence of absent flow with heterogeneous hypoechoic parenchyma correlates with nonviability; salvage rates are low when presentation is delayed. Contralateral orchidopexy is commonly performed to mitigate future torsion risk.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Imaging technique\nFor any scrotal examination, thorough palpation of the scrotal contents and history taking\nshould precede the sonographic examination. Patients are usually examined in the supine\nposition with a towel draped over their thighs to support the scrotum. Warm gel should\nalways be used because cold gel can elicit a cremasteric response resulting in thickening of\nthe scrotal wall; hence a thorough examination is difficult to be performed. A high\nresolution, near-focused, linear array transducer with a frequency of 7.5\u00a0MHz or greater is\noften used because it provides increased resolutions of the scrotal contents. Images of both\nscrotum and bilateral inguinal regions are obtained in both transverse and longitudinal\nplanes. Color Doppler and pulsed Doppler examination are subsequently performed,\noptimized to display low-flow velocities, to demonstrate blood flow in the testes and\nsurrounding scrotal structures. In evaluation of acute scrotum, the asymptomatic side\nshould be scanned first to ensure that the flow parameters are set appropriately. A\ntransverse image including all or a portion of both testicles in the field of view is obtained to\nallow side-to-side comparison of their sizes, echogenicity, and vascularity. Additional views\nmay also be obtained with the patient performing Valsalva maneuver.",
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            "original_text": "A 4-year-old boy had blood in his pee and swelling for 5 days. He then had headaches, nausea, and vomiting. He came to the hospital with seizures and very high blood pressure. Blood tests showed a low level of a protein called C3 and signs of a recent strep infection. This meant his kidney filters were inflamed after strep. His brain was affected by the very high blood pressure. Doctors suspected a problem called PRES, which is brain swelling from high pressure. A brain MRI confirmed this. His immune system also attacked his red blood cells. This made his blood level drop very low, to 5 g/dL. He was treated with medicines to lower his blood pressure, steps to protect his brain, and steroid medicines. He left the hospital after 31 days. Six months later, he had no symptoms.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Shunt nephritis is a rare disease of the kidney that can occur in patients being treated for hydrocephalus with a cerebral shunt. It usually results from an infected shunt that produces a long-standing blood infection, particularly by the bacterium Staphylococcus epidermidis. Kidney disease results from an immune response that deposits immune complexes in the kidney. The most common signs and symptoms of the condition are blood and protein in the urine, anemia, and high blood pressure. Diagnosis is based on these findings in the context of characteristic laboratory values. Treatment includes antibiotics and the prompt removal of the infected shunt. Over half of individuals with shunt nephritis recover completely; most of the remainder have some degree of persistent kidney disease.",
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            "original_text": "A 4-year-old boy presented after 5 days of visible blood in the urine and leg swelling, plus new headaches, nausea, and vomiting. He developed seizures with a hypertensive emergency. Labs showed low complement C3 and a high anti-streptolysin O (ASO) titer, consistent with acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis. He developed encephalopathy, and MRI confirmed posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) secondary to the hypertensive crisis. He also developed autoimmune hemolytic anemia, with hemoglobin falling to 5 g/dL. Treatment included antihypertensive therapy, neuroprotective measures, and corticosteroids. He was discharged after 31 days and remained asymptomatic at 6-month follow-up.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Hypertensive encephalopathy (HE) is general brain dysfunction due to significantly high blood pressure. Symptoms may include headache, vomiting, trouble with balance, and confusion. Onset is generally sudden. Complications can include seizures, posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome, and bleeding in the back of the eye.",
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            "original_text": "A 4-year-old male, two weeks post nasal impetigo treated with topical mupirocin and oral cefadroxil (dose/duration/adherence unknown), presented with 5 days of macroscopic glomerular haematuria and lower-extremity oedema, followed by 12 hours of headache, nausea, and vomiting, and arrived to the ED in convulsive status after 20 minutes of generalized tonic\u2013clonic seizures. On ED arrival he was afebrile, with non-evaluable BP, depressed consciousness, generalized hypertonia, and bilateral pretibial oedema. He was intubated and loaded with phenobarbital 10 mg/kg. In the ICU, BP was 134/94 mmHg (p95 for age 108/66; p95+12 120/78), consistent with hypertensive emergency. Initial labs: urinalysis with haematuria (>100 RBC/hpf), proteinuria 3+, leucocyturia 10\u201325/hpf; creatinine 0.3 mg/dL; anaemia Hct 21%, Hb 7 g/dL with normocytic, normochromic indices; leukocytosis 23,900/mm3; thrombocytosis 756,000/mm3; no elevation of acute-phase reactants; hypocomplementemia with C3 25 mg/dL (VN 80\u2013150) and normal C4. Throat rapid antigen for group A Streptococcus was positive and ASO positive. Non-contrast head CT was unremarkable. Renal ultrasound showed bilateral nephromegaly with increased cortical echogenicity and decreased corticomedullary differentiation. The working diagnosis was nephritic syndrome due to complicated GNAPE with hypertensive emergency and status epilepticus. He required mechanical ventilation and phenobarbital; EEG the next day was normal; CSF was normal. Cefotaxime was started for Streptococcus pyogenes eradication and furosemide for diuresis. By day 2 he developed AKI (creatinine 0.99 mg/dL), hypertension, and 24-hour proteinuria 36.6 mg/m2/h without oliguria. Antihypertensive therapy included amlodipine and IV labetalol with initial control. After extubation at 48 hours, he deteriorated neurologically within 24 hours (GCS 8) with BP > p95+12 despite labetalol infusion up to 3 mg/kg/h, amlodipine 10 mg/day, and furosemide, necessitating reintubation and sodium nitroprusside infusion up to 3 mcg/kg/min with a planned gradual BP reduction of 25% per day to mitigate secondary neurologic injury. Given acute neurologic deficits with severe HTN in GN, PRES was suspected and confirmed by brain MRI on day 5 showing increased subcortical T2/FLAIR signal in bilateral symmetric occipital regions without diffusion restriction, consistent with vasogenic edema. Ophthalmologic exam was normal; repeat EEG showed occasional generalized voltage depression. Enalapril was added. Over 10 days, BP normalized with slow pharmacologic weaning; follow-up MRI on day 12 showed radiologic regression, and he was successfully extubated after 5 days. During the ICU course, Hb fell to 5 g/dL with normocytic, normochromic indices and no thrombocytopenia; hemolytic anemia was diagnosed given a positive direct Coombs test and hemoglobinuria. He required two packed RBC transfusions. Methylprednisolone 1 mg/kg/day was given for 72 hours. Stool culture and urinary antigen for Streptococcus pneumoniae were negative. Serologies for EBV and Parvovirus B19, ENA profile, ANCA, anti-dsDNA, anti-\u03b22 glycoprotein I, anticardiolipin, and lupus anticoagulant were all negative; all cultures (blood, urine, endotracheal aspirate, pharyngeal) were negative. ANA was positive at 1:160. Clinical status improved with BP control, rising complement levels, and resolution of proteinuria and haematuria; the direct Coombs remained positive on hospital day 9. He was discharged on day 31 normotensive, non-anaemic, with preserved renal function, no proteinuria or haematuria, normalized C3, and asymptomatic neurologically. Discharge medications: prednisone, amlodipine, enalapril, and folic acid. He remained asymptomatic with no recurrence at 6 months. Overall, the case represents GNAPE with hypocomplementemia (low C3) and elevated ASO complicated by hypertensive emergency causing encephalopathy and secondary PRES, plus autoimmune hemolytic anemia with Hb nadir 5 g/dL, successfully managed with antihypertensives, neuroprotective measures, and corticosteroids, with full clinical and radiologic recovery.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Conivaptan is most commonly used in the hospital in cases of euvolemic and hypervolemic hyponatremia, conditions where the sodium level in the blood falls significantly below normal. In the United States hyponatremia affects about four percent of hospitalized patients. Although many patients do not show symptoms, extreme cases may result in brain swelling, respiratory arrest and even death. Hypervolemic hyponatremia specifically is when the body\u2019s serum sodium levels fall below the total body water increase, which results in edema. This is associated with congestive heart failure, liver disease and kidney failure.",
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            "original_text": "This 69-year-old man had heart bypass surgery in the past. For 2 months, he got very short of breath with light activity. Tests\u2014a heart tracing, a blood test, and an X-ray movie with dye of the heart arteries\u2014showed heart failure from poor blood flow after a bypass vein to the right heart artery failed. Doctors first opened a totally blocked artery on the left side of his heart. Then they used tiny natural detours between heart arteries to reach the right heart artery from the far end and open it. His breathing was better when he left the hospital. Six months later, his shortness of breath had not come back.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Breakthrough cases\nSome of the rare surgeries performed at Asian Heart Institute by a team of doctors under the leadership of Dr. Ramakanta Panda:\nMan survived 17 blocks in heart through a record number of 12 grafts. Mithalal Dhoka, a businessman from Yadagiri district of Karnataka, had 17 blockages in arteries of his heart. Dr Ramakanta Panda used a record number of 12 arterial grafts to restore blood flow -to fix Dhoka's heart. \nA first-of- its -kind surgery performed at AHI -Dipesh Shah suffered from a major heart problem and doctors described his case as 'extremely rare' with a risk of developing permanent infections. But 39-year-old shah's heart valve was successfully repaired without serious repercussions after a first-of-its-kind surgery. \n10-hour-long complicated heart surgery on a 76-year-old man, Jaswantrai Ajmera, with a very weak heart that involved 5 bypass grafts and a valve replacement procedure. \n65-year-old's third bypass surgery at Asian Heart Institute. Having had two bypass surgeries already, 65-year-old Uma Charan Patra did not imagine that he would need yet another bypass surgery to keep his heart beating. \n6 heart procedures performed on Omani citizen undergoing a heart operation for the third time. After having had his heart cut open twice in two different countries, Alriyani was finally gifted a second lease of life by the doctors in the city who performed six procedures on him at a go. \nIraqi boy's rare heart surgery at Asian Heart Institute. A seven-year-old Iraqi boy underwent a successful open heart surgery to fix a hole in his heart. \n6 hour surgery conducted to remove rare heart tumor and correct 3 blocks-62 year old not only suffered from three blockages but also had a tumor growing in his heart  \nGiant bulge removed from aorta-18 hour surgery saved a 30-year-old with aneurysm of 8.5\u00a0cm diameter in artery. \n10 Bypass grafts give man fresh lease of life-10 bypass grafts created to bypass clogged arteries through an eight hour long procedure. \nAHI cardiac surgeons use girl's own heart to fix her valve-13 year old was suffering from rheumatic heart, a condition in which the heart valves are damaged. \n67 year old undergoes five times valve replacement surgery-Dr. Ramakanta Panda performed 12 hour long surgery on Saraf who removed the valve that slipped inside her heart chambers. She had undergone 4 times heart operations in the past.",
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            "original_text": "A 69-year-old man with prior coronary bypass surgery presented with two months of severe shortness of breath with mild activity (NYHA class III). He was diagnosed with heart failure due to ischemia after failure of a saphenous vein graft to the right coronary artery. This was supported by an abnormal ECG, elevated NT-proBNP, and a coronary angiogram; echocardiography also showed reduced pumping function. The team reopened a chronic total occlusion in the native right coronary artery using a retrograde approach through septal channels (septal surfing). To enable that route, they first re-opened the totally occluded left coronary artery. After the procedure, his dyspnea improved before discharge, and at 6 months he had no recurrence of shortness of breath.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Recently, an operation was carried out by the SQUH medical team of surgeons headed by Dr. Hilal Al Sabti.  The patient, who is a mother of three, was suffering from a rare heart condition known as automatic coronary dissection, which disease affects the coronary arteries of the heart and occurs more often in women under the age of 50 years. The woman was having elevated heart enzymes and the dissection in coronary arteries are expanding to the branch arteries. The surgical team successfully performed an operation by replacing three arteries in the heart. The procedure was accompanied by the use of a new technique that demonstrated the advanced skills of the surgical team.  A medical team at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital has managed to save the patient's life.  SQUH added that \u201cThe surgery will be documented and published as a scientific paper in a refereed international scientific journal, so that the benefit is widespread among specialists in cardiothoracic surgery around the world,\u201d.",
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            "original_text": "A 69-year-old male with prior CABG presented with 2 months of severe dyspnea on mild exertion (NYHA III). ECG showed ST depression in II, III, aVF, and V4\u20136; NT-proBNP was 2640 pg/mL. Echocardiography demonstrated LV systolic dysfunction with LVEF 30%. His history included an inferior STEMI in 2009 with severe 3-vessel disease (proximal LAD CTO, 90% mid/distal LCx stenoses, 95% mid RCA stenosis) treated with CABG (LIMA\u2013LAD; sequential SVG to OM1, OM2, and PL). Current angiography via 6 Fr left radial access showed patent LIMA\u2013LAD and SVG\u2013OM1/OM2, but complete occlusion of the sequential SVG to PL. The native LM was occluded at the ostium and the native RCA was occluded in the mid segment with bridging collaterals. The strategy was to treat the native RCA CTO. Dual arterial access was obtained with an additional 6 Fr right femoral sheath. The right and left coronaries were engaged with 6 Fr AL 0.75 (Launcher; Medtronic) and 6 Fr EBU 3.5 (Launcher; Medtronic) guide catheters, respectively. An antegrade approach from the left radial artery failed: neither a Fielder XTR nor a Gaia 3 with a Finecross microcatheter could enter the distal true lumen. A parallel wire technique with a Crusade microcatheter and two Gaia 3 wires also failed. The team then switched to a retrograde approach via septal channels from the LAD through the occluded left coronary system. A Gaia 3 crossed the occluded LM and LAD to reach the distal LAD true lumen. A Sion wire was exchanged via a Finecross into the distal LAD, followed by dilation of the LM and proximal LAD with a 2.0 \u00d7 15 mm balloon. Septal surfing technique (SST) was then used to identify a viable septal channel. A Sion wire, supported by a 150-cm Finecross, was advanced retrogradely through a distal septal branch into the distal RCA. A Gaia 3 traversed the RCA CTO retrogradely into the proximal RCA true lumen and was advanced into a Guidezilla guide extension catheter positioned in the antegrade guide. The Finecross was delivered to the antegrade guide and an RG3 wire was externalized. The CTO segment was predilated with a 2.0 \u00d7 15 mm balloon and stented with two overlapping DES (2.5 \u00d7 38 mm and 3.0 \u00d7 38 mm), achieving an excellent angiographic result with TIMI 3 flow in all distal branches. Dyspnea was relieved at discharge, and at 6-month follow-up there was no recurrence of dyspnea.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Background\nCoronary artery disease is a condition in which the blood vessels to the heart become clogged.\nIt often leads to heart attacks and is one of the leading causes of death in the United States. Beginning in the mid-1960s, the leading treatment consisted of invasive bypass surgery, in which a healthy blood vessel from another part of the body is grafted onto the coronary artery, forming a detour around the afflicted region. Due to the high cost and risk of this procedure, an alternative was in high demand. In 1977, Andreas Gruentzig performed the first successful percutaneous coronary angioplasty. In this procedure, a catheter attached to a small balloon is inserted into the afflicted artery. The balloon is subsequently expanded, compressing the accumulated plaque to allow increased blood flow. This was a substantial improvement over bypass surgery in terms of invasiveness, but unfortunately restenosis, a recurrence of arterial clogging, occurred in nearly 50% of patients after the balloon was removed.",
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            "original_text": "A 51-year-old man came to us with sudden, painful vision loss in his left eye for three days. His right eye could see clearly (20/20). His left eye could only see hand movements. The back of his left eye showed swelling of the seeing nerve, a bulge in the layer under the retina, several patches of fluid under the retina, and wrinkles in the thin lining there. An MRI scan with contrast dye of the eyes and brain showed a small lump behind the eye where the eye nerve meets the white part of the eye. Tests for cancer and immune diseases were normal. The doctors diagnosed inflammation in the back part of the eye\u2019s white coat that forms a small lump (nodular posterior scleritis). They started high-dose steroid pills by mouth (prednisolone).",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "It begins with infection of epithelial cells on the surface of the eye and retrograde infection of nerves serving the cornea. Primary infection typically presents as swelling of the conjunctiva and eyelids (blepharoconjunctivitis), accompanied by small white itchy lesions on the corneal surface. The effect of the lesions varies, from minor damage to the epithelium (superficial punctate keratitis), to more serious consequences such as the formation of dendritic ulcers. Infection is unilateral, affecting one eye at a time.  Additional symptoms include dull pain deep inside the eye, mild to acute dryness, and sinusitis. Most primary infections resolve spontaneously in a few weeks.  Healing can be aided by the use of oral and topical antivirals.",
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            "original_text": "A 51-year-old man presented with 3 days of sudden, painful vision loss in the left eye. Visual acuity was 20/20 in the right eye and hand motion in the left eye. Left fundus findings included optic nerve head swelling, choroidal bulging, multiple areas of subretinal fluid, and RPE corrugations. Orbital/brain MRI with gadolinium showed a retrobulbar nodular mass enhancing at the junction of the optic nerve and sclera. Oncology and rheumatology evaluations were unremarkable. The clinical diagnosis was nodular posterior scleritis, and oral prednisolone was started.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Signs and symptoms \nThe onset of ocular symptoms are usually preceded by episode of viral or flu-like symptoms such as fever, cough or sore throat (however this is not always the case). Patients can typically present erythema nodosum, livido reticularus, bilateral uveitis, and sudden onset of marked visual loss associated with the appearance of multiple lesions in the retina. These lesions may be colored from grey-white to cream-shaded yellow.\nOther symptoms include scotomata and photopsia. In weeks to a month times the lesions begin to clear and disappear (with prednisone) leaving behind areas of retinal pigment epithelial atrophy and diffuse fine pigmentation (scarring). Rarely choroidal neovascularization occur as a late onset complication.",
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            "original_text": "A 51-year-old male presented with acute, painful visual loss of the left eye (LE) for 3 days. Best-corrected distance visual acuity (BCDVA) was 20/20 OD and hand motion (HM) OS. Ocular motility and anterior segment were unremarkable OU. Fundus OS showed optic nerve head (ONH) swelling, choroidal bulging, multiple patches of subretinal fluid (SRF), and retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) corrugations; OD fundus was unremarkable.\n\nMultimodal imaging was obtained: OCT (OptoVue, Inc., Fremont, CA, USA; software version 2018.0.0.18) demonstrated mild RPE and choroidal bulging, RPE hyper-reflectivity with back shadowing, subretinal and intraretinal fluid, and mild retinal thickening. Indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) showed a geographic macular hypocyanescent area OS. Blue-autofluorescence (BAF) revealed a geographic macular area with speckled autofluorescence. B-scan ultrasonography showed optic nerve enlargement. Fluorescein angiography (FA) demonstrated vascular leakage at the ONH (hot disc) and a geographic patchy hypofluorescent area with speckled hyperfluorescent margins measuring approximately three disc diameters. Orbital and brain MRI with gadolinium revealed a retrobulbar nodular enhancing mass at the optic nerve\u2013sclera junction. Oncology consultation was unremarkable.\n\nGiven concern for malignancy and the enhancing orbital nodule, the patient underwent transconjunctival lateral orbitotomy one week after presentation. Intraoperatively, a pink localized scleral nodule with edematous Tenon was identified. With a clinical diagnosis of nodular posterior scleritis, sub-Tenon triamcinolone acetonide was administered. The patient declined admission and intravenous corticosteroids; oral prednisolone 50 mg/Kg was initiated. Rheumatologic and infectious work-up, including PPD (tuberculosis), chest X-ray, serum ACE (sarcoidosis), and C-ANCA (Wegener granulomatosis), was unremarkable.\n\nAt the one-week postoperative follow-up, BCDVA was 20/20 OD and counting fingers at 2 meters OS. SRF had resolved, and the macula was atrophic. Oral prednisolone was tapered over three months.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "First stage: This is the initial phase of the condition, and it takes place from birth to the age of 14 years old; it is characterized by the appearance of a large, perforated chorioretinal atrophic lesion at the central part of the macula which contains the vascular arch, alongside extra-macular white deposits and localized areas of hyperpigmentation in the retinal pigment epithelium. The heads of the optic nerve start taking a vertical ovaloid shape during this stage.\nSecond stage: This stage of the condition takes place from the age of 15 to 45 years old. In this phase of the condition, the previously mentioned macular perforation starts growing outside its original starting point, beyond the vascular arch, with relatively new spots of atrophy in the nasal retina starting to join into one, making one white, chorioretinal atrophic lesion as a result. Patients also start reporting visual hallucinations of flashing lights (photopsias) during this stage. Myopia, which is previously absent in affected patients, starts becoming apparent during one's 20th years of life.\nThird stage: This is the final stage, and it takes place at the age of 46 years old and later. In this stage, the previously mentioned atrophic lesions of the macula and the nasal retina expand and grow towards the optic disc, which consequently results in a narrow bridge of intact retina that passes through the optic disc in a vertical manner. During this stage, patients are more likely to report having difficulties seeing in low-light conditions.",
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            "original_text": "A 78-year-old man from the Amhara region of Ethiopia had a permanent heart pacemaker because of a complete heart block. He was scheduled for prostate surgery. Before surgery, the anesthesia and heart doctors advised switching his pacemaker to a steady, fixed beat to lower the chance of problems. He could not afford that change. He chose to go ahead with the operation. He signed consent for the plan. After surgery, he also gave permission to share his case. For anesthesia, he got a numbing injection in the lower back (a combined spinal\u2013epidural). The team used 2.5 ml of strong numbing medicine (0.5% bupivacaine) and a tiny dose of fentanyl (50 micrograms). Standard monitors were used, and his heart was watched closely. His vital signs stayed steady, with only small changes. His blood pressure stayed good with IV salt water. After surgery, he went to the recovery room. He got pain medicine after 4 hours and an extra dose through the epidural. Six hours after surgery, he moved to the ward in stable condition. The epidural pain control continued for 72 hours. He went home in stable condition about 88 hours after surgery.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Methods\nProtocols vary depending on local standard procedures and the extremity being operated on. A vast majority of practitioners begin by exsanguinating the limb as Bier did with an elastic bandage (Esmarch bandage), squeezing blood proximally toward the heart, then pneumatic tourniquets are applied to the limb and inflated 30mmHg above arterial pressure to occlude all blood vessels and then the elastic bandage is removed. A high dose of local anesthetic, typically lidocaine or prilocaine without adrenaline, is slowly injected as distally as possible into the exsanguinated limb. The veins are filled with the anesthetic, with the anesthetic setting into local tissue after approximately 6\u20138 minutes, after which the surgery, reduction, or manipulation of the region may begin. It is important that the region is isolated from active blood flow at this time. Analgesic effect typically remains for up to two hours depending on the dosage and type of anesthetic agent being used. The wait time and isolation of blood flow from the region is important for avoiding an overdose of the anesthetic agent in the blood which can lead to hypotension, convulsions, arrhythmia and death. Cardiotoxic local anesthetic agents like bupivacaine and etidocaine are strictly contraindicated.",
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            "original_text": "A 78-year-old man from the Amhara region, Ethiopia, with a permanent pacemaker placed for complete heart block was scheduled for retropubic prostatectomy. The anesthesia and cardiology teams recommended switching his dual-chamber, rate\u2011modulated pacemaker to an asynchronous mode perioperatively to reduce the risk of electromagnetic interference during surgery. He could not afford reprogramming and chose to proceed with the existing plan after informed consent; permission to publish the case was obtained after the operation. He received combined spinal\u2013epidural anesthesia at L3\u2013L4 using 0.5% isobaric bupivacaine 2.5 ml (12.5 mg) plus fentanyl 50 \u00b5g. Standard ASA monitoring was applied with special attention to cardiac stability. Intraoperatively, he remained stable with minimal changes in vital signs; blood pressure was supported with isotonic saline as needed. Postoperatively, he was monitored in the PACU, received analgesia at 4 hours with an epidural top\u2011up, and was transferred to the ward about 6 hours after surgery in stable condition. Epidural analgesia was continued for 72 hours. He was discharged at the 88th postoperative hour in good condition.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "The reflex can be blocked by intravenous injection of an anti-muscarinic acetylcholine (ACh) antagonist, such as atropine or glycopyrrolate.  If bradycardia does occur, removal of the stimulus is immediately indicated. This often results in the restoration of normal sinus rhythm of the heart. If not, the use of atropine or glycopyrrolate will usually be successful and permit continuation of the surgical procedure. Caution should be used with fast-push, intravenous opioids and dexmedetomidine which exacerbate the bradycardia.  In extreme cases, such as asystole, cardiopulmonary resuscitation may be required.",
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            "original_text": "A 78-year-old male from the Amhara region of Ethiopia with a 7-year history of a permanent pacemaker for complete heart block was scheduled for retropubic prostatectomy for BPH after prior TURP 3 months earlier. Comorbidities included long-standing hypertension (amlodipine 5 mg daily, enalapril 10 mg BID, atorvastatin 10 mg daily) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (metformin 500 mg BID; NPH insulin 20 IU AM/10 IU PM). Preoperative evaluation showed complete bundle branch block on ECG; electrophysiology assessment demonstrated LVH due to hypertensive heart disease with mild diastolic dysfunction and an EF of 62%. Abdominal ultrasound showed an 82-ml prostate; AP chest X-ray was normal with a left-sided pacemaker in situ; electrolytes and troponin were normal. He had a frailty score of 5.5, METs 3.4, and an RCRI class III, indicating an estimated 10.1% risk of major adverse cardiac events within 30 days and intermediate surgical risk. Multidisciplinary planning recommended reprogramming the dual-chamber, rate\u2011modulated pacemaker to an asynchronous mode to mitigate intraoperative electromagnetic interference risk. Due to financial and logistical constraints, reprogramming was not performed; risks were disclosed, and he consented to proceed. Preoperatively, usual medications were continued (with a lower morning NPH dose at two\u2011thirds); diazepam 5 mg PO was given at midnight for anxiolysis. On the day of surgery, random blood glucose was checked and managed with a sliding scale. Team communication emphasized CIED precautions (electrosurgery pad positioned away from the device; emergency drugs and defibrillator immediately available). Dexamethasone was given for PONV prophylaxis and paracetamol for preemptive analgesia. ASA standard monitoring was applied and baselines recorded. An L3\u2013L4 combined epidural\u2013spinal anesthetic was performed using 0.5% isobaric bupivacaine 12.5 mg (2.5 ml) plus fentanyl 50 \u00b5g, achieving a sensory level to T7. The procedure used a midline infraumbilical incision; monopolar cautery at low voltage (20 mA) with bipolar low\u2011voltage cautery for hemostasis. Intraoperative hemodynamics remained within 10% of baseline without cardiorespiratory events; blood pressure was maintained with isotonic saline. Postoperatively, he was transferred to PACU with vigilant monitoring; analgesia was administered at 4 hours with an epidural top\u2011up, and he was transferred to the ward approximately 6 hours after surgery in stable condition. Epidural analgesia was continued for 72 hours. He was discharged at the 88th postoperative hour in stable condition, with cardiology follow\u2011up advised. Informed consent was obtained, and permission for case report publication was granted after the operation.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "The objective of the trial was to identify whether, in patients with a systolic blood pressure (SBP) of 130\u00a0mm Hg or higher and an increased cardiovascular risk, but without diabetes, treating to a systolic blood pressure target of less than 120\u00a0mm Hg is superior to a target of 140\u00a0mm Hg. The primary outcome being measured was myocardial infarction, other acute coronary syndromes, stroke, heart failure, or death from cardiovascular causes. The study implies that patients receiving \"standard\" therapy were controlled similarly to all adults being treated for hypertension and that patients receiving \"intensive\" therapy had a lower mean SBP compared to all adults being treated for hypertension, but neither conclusion is true when compared to the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.",
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            "original_text": "A 52-year-old woman had burning when she peed and had to pee very often for a long time. She tried many treatments for bladder infections, but the problem did not go away. Regular scans and lab tests looked normal. A camera test that looked inside her bladder showed the lining was red and irritated, with tiny bits floating in the urine. Later, the lab saw a live larva (a baby insect) in her urine under the microscope. That finding explained her symptoms. She was told to keep very clean. She was also told to drink plenty of water every day.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Diagnosis\nThe clinician should also look for physical findings of fever, rash, direct tenderness over the bladder area, and joint pain. Physical findings of increased temperature, increased pulse, low blood pressure in the presence of dysuria can indicate systemic infection. Urological obstruction due to stone or tumor can result in findings of hematuria, decreased urination, and bladder spasms. All these physical findings should be looked for carefully while obtaining history. History regarding recent sexual activity is crucial.",
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            "original_text": "A 52-year-old woman had ongoing dysuria and urinary frequency despite multiple treatments for presumed infections. Cystoscopy showed bladder redness and debris, while imaging and routine lab tests were unremarkable. Eventually, a live larva was identified in the urine, confirming the cause of her symptoms. Management focused on better personal hygiene and increased fluid intake.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Urine cytology is a test that looks for abnormal cells in urine under a microscope. The test commonly checks for infection, inflammatory disease of the urinary tract, cancer, or precancerous conditions. It can be part of a broader urinalysis. If a cancerous condition is detected, other tests and procedures are usually recommended to diagnose cancers, including bladder cancer, ureteral cancer and cancer of the urethra. It is especially recommended when blood in the urine (hematuria) has been detected.",
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            "original_text": "A 52-year-old woman presented with a three-year history of urinary frequency, dysuria, and dribbling, along with intermittent passage of red and black thread-like material in the urine. Episodes with these discharges were associated with headache, fever, and chills, and she reported intermittent periurethral and genital pruritus. She had been repeatedly treated for recurrent urinary tract infections without clinical improvement. She denied recent travel, camping, hiking, farming, swimming, or insect bites. Past surgical history included pilonidal sinus surgery (8 years prior) and hysterectomy (7 years prior). Two years before the current visit, she was hospitalized for evaluation. Examination revealed a well-appearing patient with normal vital signs. Laboratory testing, including complete blood count, urinalysis, and serum chemistries, was within normal limits. Abdominopelvic CT was unremarkable. Cystoscopy demonstrated erythema and hyperemia of the bladder mucosa, suspended intravesical debris, and dilatation of the left ureteral orifice. Schistosomiasis was suspected and she received praziquantel at appropriate dose and duration, without improvement. A second infectious diseases consultation raised suspicion for urinary myiasis, and ivermectin was prescribed, again without benefit. She underwent bladder irrigation with polyethylene glycol; no visible larvae were recovered from the washings, and she experienced self-limited hematuria for two days post-procedure. A subsequent random urinalysis was normal. However, a 24-hour urine collection demonstrated a live larva on light microscopy. The specimen was isolated and identified morphologically by an entomologist as Sarcophaga spp. Final management emphasized personal hygiene measures and liberal oral hydration.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Clinical features\nPatients with urinary tract infections caused by S. saprophyticus usually present with symptomatic cystitis.  Symptoms include a burning sensation when passing urine, the urge to urinate more often than usual, a 'dripping effect' after urination, weak bladder, a bloated feeling with sharp razor pains in the lower abdomen around the bladder and ovary areas, and razor-like pains during sexual intercourse. Flank pain may occur due to infection of the upper urinary tract, such as pyelonephritis. Signs and symptoms of renal involvement are also often registered.",
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            "original_text": "A 36-year-old woman had a long-term bowel disease (ulcerative colitis). She came in with chest pain that kept getting worse. She also had shortness of breath, sweating, and felt sick to her stomach. For months she had felt very tired and had night sweats. Her heart test (EKG) showed signs of a heart attack in the lower part of the heart. Doctors did a dye X-ray to look at the heart arteries. It showed bad blockages in two heart pipes. They opened the most blocked pipe right away with a balloon and a tiny mesh tube (stent). While looking, the team worried the main body artery (aorta) was swollen. Blood tests showed mild inflammation. A special CT scan showed the aorta wall looked thick and scarred, with tight narrow spots in several arteries. This pointed to a rare illness that causes swollen big arteries, called Takayasu arteritis. She started strong anti-inflammatory and immune medicines (prednisone and methotrexate). Later she had heart bypass surgery to improve blood flow. She did well after treatment.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Those with the disease often notice symptoms between 15 and 30 years of age. In the Western world, atherosclerosis is a more frequent cause of obstruction of the aortic arch vessels than Takayasu's arteritis. Takayasu's arteritis is similar to other forms of vasculitis, including giant cell arteritis which typically affects older individuals. Due to obstruction of the main branches of the aorta, including the left common carotid artery, the brachiocephalic artery, and the left subclavian artery, Takayasu's arteritis can present as pulseless upper extremities (arms, hands, and wrists with weak or absent pulses on the physical examination) which may be why it is also commonly referred to as the \"pulseless disease.\" Involvement of renal arteries may lead to a presentation of renovascular hypertension.",
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            "original_text": "A 36-year-old woman with ulcerative colitis developed a week of worsening chest pressure with autonomic symptoms (such as sweating and nausea). Her electrocardiogram showed ST-segment elevation in the inferior leads, consistent with an inferior-wall heart attack. She also reported several months of fatigue and night sweats.\n\nUrgent coronary angiography found severe two-vessel coronary artery disease. The right coronary artery was the culprit lesion and was opened successfully with a stent. Because the interventional team suspected inflammation of the aorta (aortitis), additional workup was done. Inflammatory markers were mildly elevated, and CT angiography showed fibrotic thickening around the aorta with significant narrowing in multiple arteries, pointing to Takayasu arteritis.\n\nShe started treatment with prednisone and methotrexate. After stabilization, she underwent delayed coronary bypass surgery and did well.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Coronary artery disease is caused when coronary arteries of the heart accumulate atheromatous plaques, causing stenosis (narrowing) in one or more arteries and risking myocardial infarction, the interruption of blood supply to the heart. CAD can occur in any of the major vessels of coronary circulation: the left main stem, left ascending artery, circumflex artery, and right coronary artery, and branches thereof. CAD symptoms vary from none, to chest pain only when exercising (stable angina), to chest pain even at rest (unstable angina). It can even manifest as a myocardial infarction; if blood flow to the heart is not restored within a few hours, whether spontaneously or by medical intervention, the blood-deprived part of the heart becomes necrotic (dies) and is scarred. It may lead to other complications such as arrhythmias, rupture of the papillary muscles of the heart, or sudden death.",
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            "original_text": "A 36-year-old female with ulcerative colitis (well controlled on sulfasalazine, ferrous fumarate, and intermittent prednisone for flares) presented with 1 week of progressive oppressive precordial pain associated with dyspnea and neurovegetative symptoms. On admission, the ECG was in sinus rhythm with ST-segment elevation in the inferior wall. She endorsed a 6-month history of general malaise, fatigue, and night sweats, and had experienced exertional precordial pain that progressed to occur at rest. Physical examination revealed no murmurs or peripheral pulse abnormalities.\n\nEmergency coronary angiography demonstrated severe 2-vessel coronary disease: a severe 90% ostial lesion in the left coronary trunk (left main) and a severe 99\u2013100% subocclusive ostial lesion in the right coronary artery (culprit vessel). Primary angioplasty of the right coronary artery was performed with successful placement of a drug-eluting stent. The hemodynamicist noted possible aortitis given arch involvement and vessel friability during balloon advancement and recommended an inflammatory/etiologic evaluation prior to definitive management of the left main lesion.\n\nLaboratory testing showed mild anemia (hemoglobin 11.6 g/dL), mild leukocytosis (13,800/mm3), elevated ESR 42 mm/h, CRP 4.9 mg/L (normal <1), and elevated high-sensitivity troponin. Autoimmunity panel: normal complement C3/C4, negative ANA, anti-DNA, and ENA profile; non-reactive VDRL. Cardiac MRI with contrast demonstrated acute non-transmural infarction of the left ventricular inferior wall and subendocardial ischemia in the anteroseptoapical region at rest, with mild aortic and mitral insufficiency and preserved biventricular systolic function.\n\nComputed tomographic angiography of the chest/abdomen/pelvis showed periaortic fibrotic wall thickening involving the aortic root, arch, and abdominal aorta, with severe left coronary trunk stenosis, mild left subclavian and left vertebral artery stenoses, and severe inferior mesenteric artery stenosis. The differential included IgG4-related disease versus Takayasu arteritis. Total IgG was 1,600 mg/dL (ref 700\u20131,600) with IgG1 1,024 mg/dL (elevated) and normal IgG2 456 mg/dL, IgG3 98.8 mg/dL, and IgG4 13.6 mg/dL, findings not supportive of IgG4-related aortitis. Takayasu arteritis was diagnosed clinically and by imaging.\n\nImmunosuppression was initiated with prednisone 60 mg daily and methotrexate 20 mg weekly (parenteral) with folic acid 1 mg daily. After 3 weeks of therapy, she underwent myocardial revascularization surgery using the left internal mammary artery graft to the descending anterior artery (LAD) and an aortocoronary bypass to the circumflex artery. Intraoperatively, the aortic root and ascending aorta appeared healthy. She was discharged home in good general condition and remains under ambulatory follow-up.\n\nContext: Takayasu arteritis is a large-vessel granulomatous vasculitis affecting the aorta and its major branches that can produce aorto-ostial coronary lesions (as in this case, involving the left main and right coronary ostia), leading to myocardial ischemia/infarction. The mildly elevated inflammatory indices, periaortic fibrotic thickening, and multifocal arterial stenoses on CTA are characteristic, and the lack of IgG4 elevation argues against IgG4-related aortitis. The staged approach\u2014urgent culprit-vessel PCI followed by immunosuppression and delayed CABG\u2014is consistent with management principles aiming to control vascular inflammation before definitive surgical revascularization.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "There is a weak relationship between severity of angina and degree of oxygen deprivation in the heart muscle, however, the severity of angina does not always match the degree of oxygen deprivation to the heart or the risk of a myocardial infarction (heart attack). Some people may experience severe pain even though there is little risk of a heart attack. Others may have a heart attack and experience little or no pain. In some cases, angina can be quite severe. Worsening angina attacks, sudden-onset angina at rest, and angina lasting more than 15 minutes are symptoms of unstable angina (usually grouped with similar conditions as the acute coronary syndrome). As these may precede a heart attack, they require urgent medical attention and are, in general, treated similarly to myocardial infarction.",
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            "original_text": "A 36-year-old woman had trouble swallowing. Tests found she was born with an unusual shape of the main body artery in her chest. The artery curves to the right in a mirror-image pattern. It wraps around a main branch of the airway. The side branches of the artery come off in the reverse order from normal. Most people with this have no symptoms. Problems happen only if the artery squeezes the space in the middle of the chest. This can press on the food pipe or the windpipe. Surgery may be needed if there is strong pressure on these tubes, a bulge or a tear in the chest artery, or a pouch on the artery bigger than 2 cm. There is no one-size-fits-all treatment. Care is tailored to the person\u2019s symptoms and body anatomy. This patient did not receive any treatment.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Complications\nComplications are not common but include infection, lung abscess, and bronchopleural fistula (a fistula between the pleural space and the bronchial tree).  A bronchopleural fistula results when there is a communication between the laceration, a bronchiole, and the pleura; it can cause air to leak into the pleural space despite the placement of a chest tube.  The laceration can also enlarge, as may occur when the injury creates a valve that allows air to enter the laceration, progressively expanding it.  One complication, air embolism, in which air enters the bloodstream, is potentially fatal, especially when it occurs on the left side of the heart.  Air can enter the circulatory system through a damaged vein in the injured chest and can travel to any organ; it is especially deadly in the heart or brain. Positive pressure ventilation can cause pulmonary embolism by forcing air out of injured lungs and into blood vessels.",
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            "original_text": "A 36-year-old woman had dysphagia due to a congenital right aortic arch with mirror-image branching.\nIn this rare pattern, the aorta runs to the right, wraps around the right main bronchus, and the head-and-arm arteries branch in the reverse order of normal.\nMost people have no symptoms unless the aorta or an associated bulge compresses the esophagus or trachea.\nSurgery is considered for major airway or esophageal compression, aneurysmal disease, thoracic aortic dissection, or a Kommerell diverticulum larger than 2 cm.\nThere is no standard operation; treatment is tailored to the person\u2019s anatomy and symptoms.\nIn this case, imaging showed external compression of the upper esophagus with a small Kommerell diverticulum (about 1.3 cm), so no intervention was performed and her symptoms improved.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Diagnosis\nIn patients who have dysphagia, testing may first be done to exclude an anatomical cause of dysphagia, such as distortion of the anatomy of the esophagus.  This usually includes visualization of the esophagus with an endoscope, and can also include barium swallow X-rays of the esophagus. Endoscopy is typically normal in patients with nutcracker esophagus; however, abnormalities associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, which associates with nutcracker esophagus, may be seen. Barium swallow in nutcracker esophagus is also typically normal, but may provide a definitive diagnosis if contrast is given in tablet or granule form. Studies on endoscopic ultrasound show slight trends toward thickening of the muscularis propria of the esophagus in nutcracker esophagus, but this is not useful in making the diagnosis.",
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            "original_text": "A 36-year-old female presented with dysphagia and longstanding cervical and upper thoracic pain; she also had a multinodular goiter with no other significant history. Esophagogastroduodenal transit after barium ingestion showed a posterior and lateral right impression on the proximal esophagus extending 3.5 cm craniocaudally, with an estimated maximal esophageal stenosis of 60%. Cervical and thoracic CT revealed a congenital anomaly of the aortic arch: a right aortic arch with mirror-image branching. The arch originated from the aortic root, coursed above the right stem bronchus, and gave rise to the three supra-aortic trunks as follows: (1) left brachiocephalic artery (giving rise to the left common carotid artery and the left subclavian artery), (2) right common carotid artery, and (3) right subclavian artery. The aortic arch then passed posterior to the esophagus and exhibited a small anterior saccule measuring 1.3 cm, consistent with a Kommerell diverticulum. This configuration formed a vascular ring around the tracheo-esophageal pair, bounded posterolaterally on the right by the aortic arch, posterolaterally on the left by the Kommerell diverticulum, laterally on the left by the arteriosum ligamentum (or arterial ligament), and anteriorly by the left brachiocephalic artery. Gastroscopy confirmed endoluminal impact of extrinsic compression. Given minimal clinical repercussions and absence of nutritional disorders, no surgical cure was performed. The evolution was favorable with patient-reported spontaneous amelioration of symptoms.\n\nContext: Right aortic arch with mirror-image branching is a rare anomaly of embryologic development. The vast majority of patients are asymptomatic unless mediastinal structures are compressed. Indications for surgery include major compression of the esophagus or trachea, aneurysmal disease, thoracic aortic dissection, or a Kommerell diverticulum larger than 2 cm. There is no standardized treatment; management is individualized according to clinical presentation and anatomic configuration.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "The thoracic aorta is part of the descending aorta, which has different parts named according to their structure or location. The thoracic aorta is a continuation of the descending aorta and becomes the abdominal aorta when it passes through the diaphragm. The initial part of the aorta, the ascending aorta, rises out of the left ventricle, from which it is separated by the aortic valve. The two coronary arteries of the heart arise from the aortic root, just above the cusps of the aortic valve. The aorta then arches back over the right pulmonary artery. Three vessels come out of the aortic arch: the brachiocephalic artery, the left common carotid artery, and the left subclavian artery. These vessels supply blood to the head, neck, thorax and upper limbs.",
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            "original_text": "This story is about a 62-year-old white North African woman. She was diagnosed in 2021 with a rare condition called Von Hippel\u2013Lindau disease. This condition caused growths in several parts of her body. She had a tumor in a bone near her left ear. She had a tumor in the left adrenal gland, which sits above the kidney. She had cancer in her left kidney. Her right kidney had many cysts. She also had growths in her pancreas. She received several treatments. She had radiation treatment. She had surgery to remove the left adrenal gland. She had surgery to remove the left kidney. She had major surgery on the pancreas and nearby small intestine. Later, ultrasound and MRI scans showed a lump with both fluid and solid parts near the left ovary and tube. Keyhole surgery looked inside the pelvis. It found cyst-type tumors in the thin support tissue next to both fallopian tubes. Doctors then removed the uterus and both ovaries and tubes. The lab checked the tissue. It showed tumors of the same type on both sides in the thin support tissue around the tubes and the uterus. These findings fit with Von Hippel\u2013Lindau disease.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Pelvic lipomatosis is a rare disease that is most often seen in older obese black men with hypertension. In pelvic lipomatosis, abnormally dense deposits of otherwise apparently normal fat may be observed in the spaces of the pelvic area. It is associated with cystitis glandularis, a precursor to adenocarcinoma of the urinary bladder. It is associated with deposition of mature unencapsulated fat in the retroperitoneal pelvic space producing the typical \"pear-shaped\" appearance of the bladder on CT scan. This condition also causes a straightening and tubular appearance of the rectum.",
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            "original_text": "A 62-year-old white North African woman with Von Hippel\u2013Lindau (VHL) disease diagnosed in 2021 developed several VHL-related tumors: a left petrous bone tumor, a left pheochromocytoma, left renal cell carcinoma, a multicystic right kidney, and pancreatic masses. She was treated with radiotherapy to the petrous bone lesion, left adrenalectomy, left nephrectomy, and cephalic duodenopancreatectomy for the pancreatic tumors. During surveillance, ultrasound and MRI showed a solid\u2013cystic mass in the left adnexal (ovary/tube) region. Laparoscopy then identified cystic tumors in the mesosalpinx on both the right and left sides. She underwent hysterectomy with removal of both adnexa. Pathology confirmed bilateral clear-cell papillary cystadenomas of the mesosalpinx and broad ligament, a pattern consistent with VHL.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Most cysts are small and asymptomatic. Typical sizes reported are 1 to 8\u00a0cm in diameter. PTCs may be found at surgery or during an imaging examination that is performed for another reason. Larger lesions may reach 20 or more cm in diameter and become symptomatic exerting pressure and pain symptoms in the lower abdomen. Large cysts can lead to torsion of the adnexa inflicting acute pain.",
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            "original_text": "A 62-year-old Tunisian Arab postmenopausal woman with Von Hippel\u2013Lindau (VHL) disease (diagnosed 2021) had multisystem involvement. In 2021 she had a 6 cm left petrous bone endolymphatic sac tumor managed with radiotherapy; a 6 cm left pheochromocytoma treated with left adrenalectomy (pathology: pheochromocytoma); and a ruptured left renal mass treated with left nephrectomy (microscopy: multifocal clear-cell renal cell carcinoma, nuclear grade 2). In 2022 she underwent cephalic duodenopancreatectomy for a pancreatic mass; histology showed three serous cystadenomas and two well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors. In January 2021, surveillance abdominal\u2013pelvic CT incidentally identified a 4 cm solid\u2013cystic left adnexal mass suspected to be malignant; this was confirmed on transvaginal ultrasound and pelvic MRI and classified O-RADS 5. Gynecologic exam was unremarkable. At laparotomy via a midline infraumbilical incision, a well-defined solid\u2013cystic mass was found in the left adnexa. There was no ascites, no peritoneal carcinomatosis, and the right adnexa appeared grossly normal without exocystic vegetations. Peritoneal cytology was obtained. Left adnexectomy was performed and the specimen sent for frozen section, which was inconclusive, raising the differential of a borderline tumor versus a VHL-associated tumor. Given her postmenopausal status, total hysterectomy with right adnexectomy was completed. Final histology demonstrated bilateral clear-cell papillary cystadenomas of the Fallopian tubes and broad ligament, measuring 0.5 cm on the right and 4 cm on the left. The tumors were composed of tightly packed papillae with fibrous cores lined by monolayered epithelium, consistent with VHL-associated mesosalpinx/broad ligament lesions. The postoperative course was uneventful; 1-month postoperative evaluation was normal. She has been followed every 4 months with normal pelvic ultrasound for 2 years, and was recently readmitted to neurosurgery for recurrence of a brain tumor.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "On renal ultrasonography, a solid renal mass appears in the US exam with internal echoes, without the well-defined, smooth walls seen in cysts, often with Doppler signal, and is frequently malignant or has a high malignant potential. The most common malignant renal parenchymal tumor is renal cell carcinoma (RCC), which accounts for 86% of the malignancies in the kidney. RCCs are typically isoechoic and peripherally located in the parenchyma, but can be both hypo- and hyper-echoic and are found centrally in medulla or sinus. The lesions can be multifocal and have cystic elements due to necrosis, calcifications and be multifocal (Figure 8 and Figure 9). RCC is associated with von Hippel\u2013Lindau disease, and with tuberous sclerosis, and US has been recommended as a tool for assessment and follow-up of renal masses in these patients.",
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            "original_text": "A 59-year-old man with type 1 diabetes came to the hospital with heart failure. A heart ultrasound showed big clumps of germs stuck to two heart valves, the mitral and the aortic valves. His blood test grew a germ called Staphylococcus warneri. This is a kind of staph that usually lives on the skin and is normally harmless. Doctors found he had an infection on his own heart valves (native valve endocarditis). He later had surgery to replace both the mitral and the aortic valves. Looking back, small lab changes and weight loss that began about four months earlier may have been early warning signs. He had not been on immune-weakening medicines and did not have any implanted medical devices.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Infective endocarditis is an infection of the inner surface of the heart, usually the valves. Signs and symptoms may include fever, small areas of bleeding into the skin, heart murmur, feeling tired, and low red blood cell count. Complications may include backward blood flow in the heart, heart failure \u2013 the heart struggling to pump a sufficient amount of blood to meet the body's needs, abnormal electrical conduction in the heart, stroke, and kidney failure.",
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            "original_text": "A 59-year-old man with long-standing type 1 diabetes presented with acute heart failure. An echocardiogram showed large vegetations on the mitral and aortic valves. Blood cultures were positive for Staphylococcus warneri, a coagulase\u2011negative staphylococcus commonly found on the skin. He was diagnosed with native valve endocarditis. After medical stabilization, he ultimately underwent replacement of both the mitral and aortic valves. In retrospect, mild laboratory abnormalities and several months of weight loss beginning about four months earlier were likely early signs of endocarditis. He had no history of immunosuppressive therapy and no implanted medical devices.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Underlying structural valve disease is usually present in patients before developing subacute endocarditis, and is less likely to lead to septic emboli than is acute endocarditis, but subacute endocarditis has a relatively slow process of infection and, if left untreated, can worsen for up to one year before it is fatal. In cases of subacute bacterial endocarditis, the causative organism (streptococcus viridans) needs a previous heart valve disease to colonize. On the other hand, in cases of acute bacterial endocarditis, the organism can colonize on the healthy heart valve, causing the disease.",
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            "original_text": "A 59-year-old Japanese man with a 28-year history of type 1 diabetes on intensive multiple-dose insulin therapy (BMI 18.4 kg/m2, undetectable C\u2011peptide, HbA1c ~9.0%) and remote, asymptomatic chronic severe (grade III) aortic regurgitation (diagnosed 16 years earlier without subsequent follow\u2011up) presented with acute decompensated heart failure. He had never undergone surgery or prosthetic device implantation and had no history of immunosuppressive therapies.\n\nEight days after a routine visit, he developed dyspnea and fever >38\u2103. On arrival: BP 192/82 mmHg, HR 118/min, orthopnea, SpO2 80%. Exam: Levine 3/6 systolic murmur; no Osler nodes, Janeway lesions, or conjunctival petechiae. Labs: WBC 20,800/\u03bcL, CRP 6.06 mg/dL, CK\u2011MB 6.0 IU/L, troponin T negative. CXR showed pulmonary congestion with cardiomegaly (CTR 55%). ECG had ST elevation in V1\u2013V4, but emergent echocardiography showed no systolic dysfunction. He was diagnosed with acute heart failure due to valvular disease and treated with non\u2011invasive positive pressure ventilation and nitrates.\n\nTransthoracic echocardiography demonstrated severe aortic regurgitation and severe mitral regurgitation with a mobile mitral vegetation. Transesophageal echocardiography identified a 16.5\u00d76\u2011mm mobile vegetation on the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve and an 11.2\u00d75\u2011mm nonmobile vegetation on the noncoronary cusp of the aortic valve, raising strong suspicion for native valve endocarditis (NVE). Head CT and MRI showed no cerebral infarction or hemorrhage.\n\nRetrospective review revealed subtle abnormalities starting four months pre\u2011admission: mildly elevated WBC, albumin decreased to 3.0 g/dL the following month, and gradual hemoglobin decline over two months, with a 4\u2011kg weight loss. EGD and whole\u2011body CT were unrevealing. He partially regained weight and labs nearly normalized except for a CRP of 0.54 mg/dL. At the last pre\u2011admission visit (8 days prior), WBC was 9,300/\u03bcL, Hb 13.1 g/dL, Alb 3.0 g/dL, CRP 4.18 mg/dL, and diastolic BP had fallen; he remained afebrile and asymptomatic aside from weight loss.\n\nEmpiric antibiotics were initiated with ampicillin\u2013sulbactam 12 g/day plus gentamicin 120 mg/day. Three admission blood culture sets all grew Staphylococcus warneri, a coagulase\u2011negative staphylococcus (CoNS) and resident skin flora (MICs: ABPC/S \u22648 \u03bcg/mL; GM \u22641 \u03bcg/mL; CEZ \u22642 \u03bcg/mL), confirming S. warneri IE. Per Japanese Circulation Society guidance, emergency surgery is generally recommended for NYHA III\u2013IV heart failure or urgent surgery for NVE with mobile vegetation >10 mm and severe valve dysfunction. Because heart failure improved rapidly and appropriate antibiotics were started (reducing embolic risk), and given poorly controlled type 1 diabetes increasing operative risk, elective surgery was planned after stabilization of infection and glycemia. Antibiotics were narrowed to cefazolin 6 g/day; dental evaluation showed no periodontitis.\n\nAfter four weeks of antibiotics, surgery revealed a bicuspid aortic valve with intact aortic and mitral annuli and no abscess. Large vegetations were exenterated, and both valves were replaced with mechanical prostheses. The postoperative course was uneventful; he was discharged on postoperative day 22 without apparent embolism and has remained recurrence\u2011free for over two years. This case represents NVE due to the resident CoNS S. warneri in a patient without prosthetic material or immunosuppression, with prodromal laboratory abnormalities and weight loss evident up to four months before presentation.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Diabetic cardiomyopathy is a disorder of the heart muscle in people with diabetes. It can lead to inability of the heart to circulate blood through the body effectively, a state known as heart failure(HF), with accumulation of fluid in the lungs (pulmonary edema) or legs (peripheral edema). Most heart failure in people with diabetes results from coronary artery disease, and diabetic cardiomyopathy is only said to exist if there is no coronary artery disease to explain the heart muscle disorder.",
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            "original_text": "A 27-year-old woman had many cancers in her large intestine and rectum. She also had an inherited condition that causes many polyps.\n\nShe had robot-assisted surgery to remove the entire colon and rectum. The team also removed lymph nodes from the whole area. They used a surgical robot called Hugo RAS.\n\nThe robot work had three steps.\n\nStep 1: Her head was tilted down. The team removed the right side of the colon with its nearby tissue, up to the bend near the liver.\n\nStep 2: They removed the left side of the colon with its nearby tissue. They also removed the rectum with the tissue around it. They took deeper lymph nodes.\n\nStep 3: Her body was kept flat. The team tied off the main blood vessels along the main artery that feeds the intestines.\n\nAfter the robot part was finished, they took the removed bowel out through the anus. Through a small cut at the belly button, they made a pouch from the small intestine. They connected this pouch to the anus.\n\nThe surgery took about 10 and a half hours. Blood loss was very small. Recovery after surgery went smoothly.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Small bowel resection \nOnce the abdomen is accessed, the surgeon \"runs\" the small bowel, viewing the entire small bowel from the ligament of treitz to the ileocecal valve. This allows for total evaluate of the small bowel to identify any and all pathologic sections. Once the area of concern is located, two small holes are created in the mesentery on either end of the segment. These holes are used to place a surgical stapler across the bowel and separate the segment of injured bowel from the healthy bowel on each end. Then bowel is then dissected away from the mesentery. Following this the remaining bowel is observed to verify continued blood flow. After resection the surgeon will create an anastomosis between the two ends of the bowel. Following this the hole in the mesentery created by removing the section of bowel is closed with sutures to prevent internal herniation. The resected section of bowel will then be removed from the abdomen and the abdomen closed. This concludes the procedure.",
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            "original_text": "A 27-year-old woman with familial adenomatous polyposis and multiple colorectal cancers underwent robot-assisted total proctocolectomy with complete lymph node dissection using the Hugo RAS system. The robotic work was organized into three steps: 1) in Trendelenburg position, ascending colon complete mesocolic excision up to the hepatic flexure; 2) descending colon complete mesocolic excision and total mesorectal excision with D3 lymph node dissection; and 3) in a flat position, central vessel ligation along the superior mesenteric artery. After undocking, the specimen was removed transanally. An ileal pouch was created through a small umbilical incision and then connected to the anus (ileal pouch\u2013anal anastomosis). The operation lasted 632 minutes with minimal blood loss, and the postoperative course was uneventful.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "During a total proctocolectomy, a surgeon removes a person's diseased colon, rectum, and anus.  For the ileostomy, the end of the small intestine is brought to the surface of the body through an opening in the abdominal wall for waste to be removed.  People with ileostomies wear an external bag, also known as an ostomy system or stoma appliance, to collect waste which can be emptied and changed as needed.",
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            "original_text": "A 27-year-old woman with multiple colorectal cancers on a background of familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) underwent robot-assisted total proctocolectomy (TPC) with lymph node dissection of the entire colorectal region using the Hugo RAS system. Preoperative CT showed multiple nodal swellings along the inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) and middle colic artery without distant metastases. After multidisciplinary review, robot-assisted TPC was performed under approvals from the Evaluating Committee for Highly Difficult New Medical Technologies (H-0051) and the Kyoto University IRB.\n\nUnder general anesthesia in lithotomy with arms tucked, a 5-cm vertical umbilical incision was made and a wound protector placed. After pneumoperitoneum, 4 robotic and 2 assistant trocars were inserted. Instruments included a camera, monopolar curved shears (right hand), bipolar fenestrated forceps (left hand), and Cadiere/double-fenestrated forceps (reserve arm). Two table positions (Trendelenburg and flat) were used with specific docking tilts; arm cart angles were unchanged. The robotic procedure comprised three steps, followed by transanal specimen extraction, ileal pouch construction via a small umbilical laparotomy, and ileal pouch\u2013anal anastomosis (IPAA).\n\nStep 1: Ascending colon complete mesocolic excision (CME) from a caudal approach, completed through hepatic flexure mobilization.\n\nStep 2: Central vessel ligation (CVL) of the IMA, descending colon CME to completion of splenic flexure mobilization, and total mesorectal excision (TME) to full exposure of the intersphincteric space. This corresponds to a D3 lymph node dissection of the left colon/rectum.\n\nStep 3: After undocking and repositioning the patient flat, CVL along the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) was performed, ligating the ileocolic, right colic, and middle colic vessels; the inferior mesenteric vein (IMV) was ligated at its root (exposed in Step 2).\n\nTransanal and small laparotomy procedures: After transection of the terminal ileum, a transanal specimen extraction was performed with complete rectal mucosectomy from just below the dentate line due to multiple adenomas in the anal canal. An ileal pouch was constructed via the small umbilical incision, its reach to the anal canal confirmed, and a transanal hand-sewn IPAA was completed. No diverting ileostomy was created.\n\nAll three steps were completed without conversion. Following undocking after Step 3, laparoscopy confirmed hemostasis, specimen extraction, and anastomotic integrity. Total operative time was 632 minutes (Step 1: 36 min; Step 2: 160 min; Step 3: 188 min; positioning/docking/specimen extraction/anastomosis: 248 min). Estimated blood loss was 20 mL. Postoperatively, the course was uneventful: flatus and initiation of liquids on POD 1, advancement to a solid diet on POD 3, with a functional ileal pouch and satisfactory anal function.\n\nFinal pathology identified two sigmoid cancers (S1: Type 0-Ip, 55 \u00d7 50 mm, tub1, T1b, ly0, v0; S2: Type 0-Isp, 55 \u00d7 50 mm, tub1, Tis, ly0, v0) and one rectal cancer (R1: Type 0-Ip, 40 \u00d7 35 mm, tub1, Tis, ly0, v0). Lymph node status: 18/89 positive, all in sigmoid/rectosigmoid stations (#241, #242, #251), yielding UICC pT1bN2b stage.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Total mesorectal excision (TME) is a standard surgical technique for treatment of rectal cancer, first described in 1982 by Professor Bill Heald at the UK's Basingstoke District Hospital. It is a precise dissection of the mesorectal envelope comprising rectum containing the tumour together with all the surrounding fatty tissue and the sheet of tissue that contains lymph nodes and blood vessels. Dissection is along the avascular alveolar plane between the presacral and mesorectal fascia, described as holy plane (Heald's \"holy plane\"). Dissection along this plane facilitates a straightforward dissection and preserves the sacral vessels and hypogastric nerves and is a sphincter-sparing resection and decreases permanent stoma rates. It is possible to rejoin the two ends of the colon; however, most patients require a temporary ileostomy pouch to bypass the colon, allowing it to heal with less risk of infection, perforation or leakage.",
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            "original_text": "A 65-year-old man had a swollen right middle finger after a motorcycle crash 6 months earlier. The middle joint stayed bent, and the fingertip bent backward. He could not fully straighten the finger. An X-ray showed no broken bones. The problem was in the soft tissues and tendon on top of the finger. Before surgery, the middle joint could bend from 45 to 110 degrees but could not straighten. The doctors repaired the top tendon using a small strip from another tendon in the same finger. They put the middle joint in a straight splint for 2 weeks. After 2 weeks, he started gentle bending and straightening exercises for that joint. One month after surgery, the middle joint moved from 0 to 90 degrees. Two months after surgery, movement went back to normal. His hand function score (DASH) improved from 50 to 4.2.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Treatment is generally with a splint that holds the fingertip straight continuously for 8 weeks. The middle joint is allowed to move. This should be begun within a week of the injury. If the finger is bent during these weeks, healing may take longer. If a large piece of bone has been torn off surgery may be recommended. Without proper treatment a permanent deformity of the finger may occur.",
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            "original_text": "A 65-year-old man developed persistent swelling and a boutonniere deformity of the right middle finger after a motorcycle fall six months earlier. He could not fully extend the finger. On exam, the finger showed edema with flexion at the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint and hyperextension at the distal interphalangeal (DIP) joint. Active PIP range of motion (ROM) was 45\u2013110 degrees. X\u2011rays of the right hand (AP/oblique) showed no bone injury, indicating a soft-tissue problem consistent with a central slip injury. The patient underwent reconstruction of the central slip using a partial ulnar slip of the flexor digitorum superficialis (FDS) tendon. A PIP extension splint was used for 2 weeks. Active and passive PIP ROM exercises began after 2 weeks. One month after surgery, PIP ROM improved to 0\u201390 degrees, and by 2 months it returned to normal. Hand function, measured by the DASH score, improved markedly from 50 to 4.2.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "It is important to check for viability of the affected limb post trauma. Clinical parameters such as temperature of the limb extremities (warm or cold), capillary refilling time, oxygen saturation of the affected limb, presence of distal pulses (radial and ulnar pulses), assessment of peripheral nerves (radial, median, and ulnar nerves), and any wounds which would indicate open fracture. Doppler ultrasonography should be performed to ascertain blood flow of the affected limb if the distal pulses are not palpable. Anterior interosseus branch of the median nerve most often injured in postero-lateral displacement of the distal humerus as the proximal fragment is displaced antero-medially. This is evidenced by the weakness of the hand with a weak \"OK\" sign on physical examination (Unable to do an \"OK\" sign; instead a pincer grasp is performed). Radial nerve would be injured if the distal humerus is displaced postero-medially. This is because the proximal fragment will be displaced antero-laterally. Ulnar nerve is most commonly injured in the flexion type of injury because it crosses the elbow below the medial epidcondyle of the humerus.",
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            "original_text": "A 65-year-old male presented with six months of swelling and boutonniere deformity of the right digit III following a motorcycle accident on January 1, 2023. He initially self-managed with analgesics and did not seek care. He reported inability to fully extend the right middle finger. Examination demonstrated edema and a boutonniere posture (PIP flexion, DIP hyperextension). Active PIP ROM was 45\u2013110 degrees, with passive PIP ROM within normal limits. Radiographs of the right hand (AP/lateral) revealed no osseous pathology, supporting a soft-tissue etiology consistent with a central slip injury. \n\nSurgical technique: Central slip defect reconstruction was performed using the partial ulnar slip of the flexor digitorum superficialis (FDS) tendon. Under anesthesia and tourniquet control in the supine position, a midlateral incision was made on the ulnar aspect of the middle phalanx centered at the PIP joint with dorsal oblique extension, and a transverse incision was made over the MCP flexion crease proximal to the A1 pulley. The ulnar digital neurovascular bundle was identified and protected. Full-thickness dorsal flaps were elevated to expose the central slip and extensor mechanism to the PIPJ. Scar and pseudotendinous tissue were excised. The central slip was not amenable to primary repair; therefore, the ulnar slip of the FDS was selected for reconstruction. The ulnar neurovascular bundle was mobilized to visualize the periosteal insertion of the A3 pulley. The extensor tendon was mobilized and tenolyzed; the dorsal PIP capsule was incised with removal of interposed tissue. The A3 pulley periosteal insertion and the volar capsule of the PIP joint were incised longitudinally. A 2\u20130 non-absorbable monofilament suture was placed around the ulnar FDS slip at the PIP level. Through the proximal incision, the flexor sheath and A1 pulley were incised longitudinally to expose the FDS; the ulnar slip was isolated and transected, preserving the radial slip. The previously placed 2\u20130 suture facilitated delivery of the distally based ulnar FDS slip distally. A 2.8\u2011mm dorsal-to-volar bone tunnel was drilled at the base of the middle phalanx; an elevator protected the FDP, volar plate, and volar structures. With the PIP reduced in full extension, the FDS slip was passed through the tunnel and routed through the intact proximal segment of the central slip/extensor tendon. A tendon weaver completed a Pulvertaft weave under appropriate tension with the PIP in full extension and reduction, secured with 3\u20130 non-absorbable suture. The capsule and central slip reconstruction margins were approximated; adhesions were released and lateral bands mobilized. Tenodesis effect, posture, stability, and motion were assessed. Wounds were irrigated, the tourniquet deflated, hemostasis obtained, and capillary refill confirmed. Skin was closed with horizontal mattress sutures. A sterile dressing and a well-padded PIP extension splint were applied to allow early DIP and MCP motion.\n\nPostoperative course: First wound check at postoperative day 4; the patient received meloxicam 7.5 mg PO BID and doxycycline 100 mg PO BID for 3 days. A second wound visit occurred 3 days later. At 2 weeks, the back slab and external sutures were removed, and active and passive PIP ROM exercises were initiated. By 3 weeks, the wound had healed and PIP ROM was 0\u201390 degrees. At 1 month, PIP ROM improved to 0\u2013100 degrees, with continued functional gains. After 7 weeks of rehabilitation, he returned to work with PIP ROM 0\u2013110 degrees. Overall function improved substantially, with the DASH score decreasing from 50 to 4.2.\n\nInterpretation: Clinical and radiographic findings were concordant with a chronic central slip injury producing boutonniere deformity (PIP flexion, DIP hyperextension due to dorsal apparatus disruption and volar migration of lateral bands). Reconstruction using an ulnar FDS slip via bone tunnel and Pulvertaft weave restored PIP extension and yielded progressive ROM gains and marked functional recovery.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "Injuries to the arm, forearm or wrist area can lead to various nerve disorders. One such disorder is median nerve palsy. The median nerve controls the majority of the muscles in the forearm. It controls abduction of the thumb, flexion of hand at wrist, flexion of digital phalanx of the fingers, is the sensory nerve for the first three fingers, etc. Because of this major role of the median nerve, it is also called the eye of the hand. If the median nerve is damaged, the ability to abduct and oppose the thumb may be lost due to paralysis of the thenar muscles. Various other symptoms can occur which may be repaired through surgery and tendon transfers. Tendon transfers have been very successful in restoring motor function and improving functional outcomes in patients with median nerve palsy.",
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            "original_text": "A 23-year-old man came to the emergency room with a sudden, very bad headache. He also felt sick, threw up, and felt heavy pressure in his chest. His blood pressure was high and he was breathing fast. A quick heart test looked like a major heart attack. He was rushed for a procedure to check and open the heart arteries. The heart arteries looked normal. A head CT scan then showed bleeding in the space around his brain. A team of specialists cared for him, but he got worse quickly. He went into cardiac arrest and died.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "On 21 May 2014, while at a local hospital for check-ups, he suffered an aortic aneurysm and underwent emergency open-heart surgery. Despite initially showing signs of improvement, two days later he suffered complications including a brain hemorrhage from which he never recovered, and he died on the evening of 23 May at the age of 49.",
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            "original_text": "A 23-year-old man came to the emergency department with a sudden severe headache, nausea, vomiting, and chest heaviness. His initial vital signs showed high blood pressure and a fast breathing rate. An emergency ECG showed a heart attack pattern (STEMI), so he was urgently sent for percutaneous coronary intervention; the angiogram revealed normal coronary arteries. Further evaluation with a brain CT identified a cisternal subarachnoid hemorrhage (bleeding around the brain). Despite coordinated care by multiple teams, his condition rapidly worsened, leading to cardiac arrest and death.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "30% of intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) are primary, confined to the ventricular system and typically caused by intraventricular trauma, aneurysm, vascular malformations, or tumors, particularly of the choroid plexus. However 70% of IVH are secondary in nature, resulting from an expansion of an existing intraparenchymal or subarachnoid  hemorrhage. Intraventricular hemorrhage has been found to occur in 35% of moderate to severe traumatic brain injuries.  Thus the hemorrhage usually does not occur without extensive associated damage, and so the outcome is rarely good.",
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            "original_text": "A 23-year-old male with a 23 pack-year smoking history, no alcohol use, and no illicit drug use presented with 2 hours of sudden severe frontal headache, nausea, vomiting, and chest heaviness. He was distressed but alert and oriented. Vitals: BP 178/103 mmHg, RR 26/min, T 38.9\u00b0C, HR 87/min, SpO2 94%. Exam: normal vesicular breath sounds; cardiovascular and abdominal exams inconclusive; neurological exam notable for neck stiffness, dilated but light-reactive pupils, normal plantar reflexes, and no focal deficits. ECG showed ST-segment elevation >2 mm in V2\u2013V5, consistent with STEMI; he received a 300 mg aspirin load and was urgently transferred for PCI. Troponin was elevated at 1.48 mg/dl (normal <0.16 mg/dl). Femoral-access coronary angiography demonstrated normal coronary arteries with TIMI 3 flow. Post-angiography ECG showed normal sinus rhythm with LVH; echocardiography revealed normal ventricular function without RWMA. Subsequent workup found lymphocytosis and mildly elevated CRP. Non-contrast CT brain demonstrated a cisternal subarachnoid haemorrhage with extension anterior to the right temporal lobe. Abdominal ultrasound was negative for polycystic kidney disease; cerebral CT angiography was planned to exclude aneurysm. Nimodipine 60 mg q4h was initiated with a BP target of 160/100 mmHg. On day 2, he acutely deteriorated with cardiac arrest; after CPR, GCS was 6, and he was intubated and mechanically ventilated in the ICU. Owing to instability, repeat CT brain and planned cerebral CTA were not performed. He received multidisciplinary ICU care with NG feeding, IV fluids, antibiotics, a proton pump inhibitor, and nimodipine. On day 8, he developed ventricular fibrillation and, despite CPR and more than five defibrillation attempts, could not be resuscitated and died.",
            "selected_wiki_anchor": "A medical history, physical examination, and electrocardiogram (ECG) are the most effective ways to determine the underlying cause. The ECG is useful to detect an abnormal heart rhythm, poor blood flow to the heart muscle and other electrical issues, such as long QT syndrome and Brugada syndrome. Heart related causes also often have little history of a prodrome. Low blood pressure and a fast heart rate after the event may indicate blood loss or dehydration, while low blood oxygen levels may be seen following the event in those with pulmonary embolism. More specific tests such as implantable loop recorders, tilt table testing or carotid sinus massage may be useful in uncertain cases. Computed tomography (CT) is generally not required unless specific concerns are present. Other causes of similar symptoms that should be considered include seizure, stroke, concussion, low blood oxygen, low blood sugar, drug intoxication and some psychiatric disorders among others. Treatment depends on the underlying cause. Those who are considered at high risk following investigation may be admitted to hospital for further monitoring of the heart.",
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