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A 55-year-old man was found unconscious on the street and transferred to the emergency center of our hospital. At admission, the patient’s vital signs were stable, but he was unresponsive, the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score was 4 (eye opening, 1; verbal response, 1; and motor response, 2), both pupils were maximally dilated (diameter, 6.5 mm), and pupillary light reflexes on both sides and vestibulo- ocular reflex (VOR) were absent. There were no visible local head injuries. Head CT revealed massive acute subdural hematoma above the right cerebral convexity causing prominent brain shift with subfalcine and transtentorial herniation, the obliteration of basal cisterns, as well as diffuse subarachnoid hemorrhage [-]. Immediately upon diagnosis, burr hole above the hematoma was made under local anesthesia, dura was opened, and subdural drainage tube was inserted. The patient was transferred to the OR, where large size right-sided decompressive craniotomy with removal of the bone flap was done and subdural hematoma was evacuated. However, prominent swelling of the brain and its protrusion through the bone defect remained, thus it was decided to perform internal decompression with extensive resection of the lateral and medial part of the right temporal lobe. Thereafter, frontal and parietal lobes still remained swollen, thus for the avoidance of brain compression after surgery the bulk of the temporal muscle down to the zygomatic arch was removed from the skull in one piece along with the periosteum. Extensive lax duraplasty with DuraGen® (Integra LifeSciences, Princeton, NJ) was done, probe for ICP monitoring was inserted, and skin was closed. No subdural or subcutaneous drainage was left.
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Immediately after surgery, CT demonstrated significant reduction of the brain shift, “reappearance” of the ambient cistern, large area of infarction within the right parietal and occipital lobes caused by compression of the posterior cerebral artery at the time of herniation, and subcutaneous hematoma [-]. The patient underwent standard treatment in ICU, including normothermia therapy. On the 1st postoperative day, his best motor response was characterized as withdrawal to pain, diameter of the left (contralateral) pupil reduced from 6.5 to 3.5 mm, and VOR has recovered, whereas on the 3rd day, the left pupil started to react to light . Gradual recovery of the patient continued thereafter. On the 45th day after primary surgery, cranioplasty and ventriculoperitoneal shunting were done, and on the 70th day, he was transferred for further treatment to the neurorehabilitation facility. At that time, his GCS score was 4T4 (eye opening, 4; verbal response, tracheostomy; and motor response, 4) and CT demonstrated asymmetric hydrocephalus, extensive infarction of the right parietal and occipital lobes, and small epidural CSF collection in the right temporoparietal area [-]. At 3 months after discharge, the condition of the patient corresponded to the Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) score 3 (severe disability).
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A 6-year-old boy, weighing 18.5 kg, white Kosova-Albanian ethnicity, presented with right groin pain, swelling and redness. Two days before admission the patient was injured during a football game in the right lower abdomen and the next day he complained of pain in the right inguinal area.
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Abdominal pain was permanent and increasing. The child was anorexic, but had no complaints of vomiting and diarrhea or disuria. On admission the patient was sub febrile (38°Celsius) with a painful non-reducible mass in the right inguinal region with signs of cellulitis in this area. There was a marked tenderness on palpation of the right lower abdomen and right hemiscrotum was moderately swollen and painful in palpation.
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Plain abdominal x-ray showed no fluid-air levels, but a metallic foreign body (pin) under right superior pubic bone was apparent [Fig ]. White blood cells were elevated. Surgical exploration was performed under general anesthesia. Inguinal canal is opened through transverse lower abdominal skin crease. Through swollen cremaster muscle and hernia sac we palpated a sharp metallic foreign body. Sharp side came from appendix lumen, two thirds of pin being in its apex. Dividing cremaster muscle we opened swollen hernia sac and we found the inflamed vermiform appendix perforated by a domestic pin [Fig. ]. The base of the appendix and coecum were in the internal ring closing it, thus blocking the fluid from the hernia sac returning to the abdominal cavity. Serous-purulent exudate in hernia sac was aspirated.
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Appendectomy and high ligation of hernia sac was performed. The wound was primary closed, without drainage. Antibiotics (ceftriaxon 500 mg and gentamicin 40 mg) twice a day for two days intravenously were administered. For postoperative analgesia paracetamol suppositories are given. Patient had uneventful postoperative course, and no complications in three years follow up.
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From parents we learned that the boy three weeks before the operation unintentionally ingested a few pins while drinking cola from the glass in a family ceremony.
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A 57-year-old female presented with vision loss in the left eye during the restoration of consciousness after endoscopic DCR surgery for the left eye. In this case, the DCR surgery was performed under general anesthesia. Notably, 2 ml of 1% lidocaine with 1:100,000 epinephrine was injected into the axilla of the middle turbinate and the frontal process of the maxilla using a dental syringe. In this case, the neurosurgical patties soaked in 2 ml of 1:1000 epinephrine were inserted between the inferior turbinate and the nasal septum and in the middle meatus to achieve topical decongestion. In the process of making mucosal flap and incision, the patient had a higher bleeding tendency than was noted with other patients, and a suction diathermy was used meticulously for the incidence of hemostasis. For this reason, it did not lead to a major bleeding in this case.
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The patient’s medical history was notable for thrombocytopenia and MHA. Upon review, the patient denied temporal headache, pain, or flashes. When tested, the patient’s best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was 20/20 in the right eye and light perception in the left eye. Her intraocular pressure (IOP) was 14 mmHg in the right eye and 16 mmHg in the left eye. Her visual field test result was normal for the right eye. However, the test could not be conducted for the left eye due to the incidence of poor vision. When tested with the swinging flashlight maneuver, a relative afferent pupillary defect was found in the left eye of the patient. Her extraocular movements were noted as being full and painless. However, mild periorbital bruising and swelling were detected in the left eye. Additionally, there was mild maxillary sinusitis noted as well. However, it was shown there was no underlying disease in the other sinuses. On the funduscopic examination, there were no obvious abnormal findings in the macula of either eye. The use of a fluorescent angiography did not reveal leakage or a filling defect at the disc. The baseline testing included blood tests to evaluate syphilis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and neuromyelitis optica. Her erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein results were noted as normal. Her pre-operative platelet count was 61 × 103/mm3. A chest x-ray was performed to evaluate sarcoidosis. She was transfused with six units of platelets preoperatively, which increased her platelet count to 123 × 103/mm3. No other cause of optic neuropathy was found in this evaluation.
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The pattern visual evoked potential revealed delayed P100 latency . Her electroretinogram showed normal electrical activity in the retina. The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the orbit revealed a focal hyperintensity within the intra-orbital segment of the left optic nerve on the T2-weighted image (T2-WI) and flair image. At evaluation, the MRI showed an enhancement on the T1 post-contrast imaging . It did not show any demyelinating disease in the brain. The patient was diagnosed with left optic neuropathy and treated with 1 g/day of intravenous methylprednisolone for 3 days, followed by 1 mg/kg/day of oral prednisone with subsequent dose tapering. It is noted that the patient’s BCVA improved to 20/30 after the treatment. Although her vision improved, she was left with a visual field defect in the left eye.
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A 54-year-old right-handed male patient known for RA treated with Methotrexate and anti-TNF-α was referred to a specialized shoulder and elbow clinic for right chronic elbow pain refractory to conservative management, consisting in intra-articular cortisone injection and physical therapy. He complained about posterior joint pain, swelling, and a deficit in extension, causing severe disability in his daily life and professional activities as a firefighter. Pain Visual Analogic Scale (pVAS) was 8/10,[ elbow Single Assessment Numeric Evaluation (SANE) score 25/100,[ Mayo Elbow Performance Score (MEPS) 35/100.[ Physical examination showed joint effusion with tenderness on palpation of the olecranon fossa, painful restricted range of motion (ROM) with 140–20–0° in flexion-extension compared to 150–0–0° on the contralateral side, pronosupination was unrestricted. There were no signs of ulnar nerve entrapment. Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a large intra-articular multilobulated pseudo-tumoral mass causing posterior humeroulnar impingement , with mixed components including lipomatous and synovial fringes , characteristic of LA. Due to the severity and duration of his disease with failed nonoperative measures, the patient underwent arthroscopic synovectomy and posterior humeroulnar decompression.
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A 66-year-old female presented to our clinic with the mixed diagnosis of essential tremor and Parkinson’s disease, as she had both resting and action components of tremor in bilateral upper extremities with bradykinesia and rigidity that were somewhat improved on levodopa. The tremor was largely refractory to medication and interfered with her quality of life. She underwent bilateral DBS lead electrode implantation targeting the dentatorubrothalamic tract, specifically, the ventral intermediate nucleus (Vim), in the thalamus using the standard stereotactic protocol. A trajectory through the ventricle was avoided. Normally, we start by implanting the microelectrodes on the more symptomatic side and then proceed to the other side. In this case, three microelectrodes were simultaneously descended to target the left Vim (as her symptoms were worse in her right hand) first, followed by another three microelectrodes to target the right Vim. Their cannulas were used for macrostimulation to assess for improvement and to choose the best trajectory. Electrode placement (Medtronic 3387 model, Minneapolis, MN, USA) then occurred after confirmed improvement in tremor. The rostral ends of the electrodes were left in a subgaleal pocket to be accessed during a subsequent staged procedure for extension and pulse generator placement. The lead placement was verified in the operating room theater with computed tomography (CT) imaging before closure. Surgery was uncomplicated, and the patient remained interactive and conversant throughout. She was admitted to our neurosurgical ICU as per routine. Head CT performed on early postoperative day (POD) 1 was unremarkable . Physical examination revealed no deficit; the patient complained of headache with some nausea/vomiting. She desired to stay overnight. An examination later on the evening of POD 1 found her to be sleepy, and ultimately lethargic. Stat head CT performed revealed marked left-sided peri-lead edema extending into the centrum semiovale with cystic cavitation and trace right-sided edema . Physical examination on the morning of POD 2 revealed the patient to be alert but with global aphasia (not following commands and not speaking), right-sided neglect, and plegic right upper extremity. Corticosteroids (IV dexamethasone) were begun early on POD 2. She later became increasingly lethargic, and over concerns for airway protection was intubated. Repeat head CT revealed increased edema.
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The critical care team was concerned for fulminant gas- producing bacterial infection as suggested by neuroradiology interpretation of cavitation surrounding one lead and strongly pushed for lead removal, which was resisted. Vancomycin and meropenem were empirically begun. Systemic tests for infection, including C-reactive protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and white blood cell counts, were normal, as well as blood cultures, which were ultimately negative at 24, 48, and 72 h. Such negative infectious workup and lack of change on serial repeat imaging disproved this idea. Magnetic resonance imaging could not be performed due to safety concerns at our institution with an incomplete DBS circuit. Acute venous infarction was also considered a possibility, but the radiological appearance of a cortical- subcortical typically wedge-shaped ischemic pattern was not present. This patient ultimately underwent tracheostomy and percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy placement 6 days later. She was transferred to a rehabilitation facility on a steroid taper and subsequently discharged home on POD 40. She returned to the clinic 3 months after surgery fully recovered and ready for lead extension and pulse generator placement. Follow-up CT scans at the time showed significant resolution of the peri-lead edema and cystic cavitation .
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A 25-year-old male, a worker in a garment factory, presented with complaints of band like feeling in the upper abdomen, not associated with any abdominal or back pain for 3 months duration. Simultaneously he had urinary hesitancy, a feeling of incomplete voiding of urine along with sense of inadequate evacuation of stool. Fifteen days later he developed descending paresthesia from the upper abdomen up to the both feet followed by weakness of trunk muscles, weakness and tightness of both lower limbs over a period of 2 months, which initially started in left lower limb and subsequently involved the right lower limb. There was no loss of perianal sensation. On examination, his higher mental functions and cranial nerves were normal. His upper limb power was 5 on both sides with normal tone and deep tendon reflexes. His lower limb power was 3 with hypertonia, exaggerated reflexes and ill-sustained clonus on the both side. He had sensory impairment below T5 corresponding to vertebral level D3. General physical examination and other system examinations were normal. A provisional diagnosis of thoracic myelopathy was made and patient was investigated. His complete blood count, renal profile, liver function tests, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B surface antigen were negative. His chest X-ray was normal. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate was moderately high and Mantoux was nonreactive. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of whole cord revealed an iso- to hypointense lesion at D3 level on T1-weighted imaging (T1WI). The lesion was iso- to subtle hyperintense with central flow void onT2-weighted imaging (T2WI) , with cord edema rostral to the mass. Contrast-enhanced MRI showed a brilliantly enhancing lesion with hypointense centre at D3 with sharp margins . The oval-shaped lesion measured 16 × 10 mm. The diagnosis was intramedullary spinal cord tumor by MRI. Because of worsening of the patient's neurological examination, surgical removal of the lesion was undertaken. At D3-4, laminectomy was performed, posterior longidutinal myelotomy was executed, and a well-circumscribed pinkish fleshy mass was found to be located 2 mm anterior to posterior aspect of the cord. The lesion was dissected along a readily definable plane and was removed totally by use of the operating microscope. The histopathology showed multiple granulomas comprising of lymphocytes plasma cells, neutrophils, and large number of epitheloid cells in clusters with demonstration of acid fast bacilli (AFB) typical of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Postoperatively the patient was given antituberculus treatment (ATT), started with isoniazid (INH) 300 mg/day, rifampicin (RF) 450 mg/day, pyrazinamide 1500 mg/day, and ethambutol 800 mg/day daily for 2 months, followed by INH and RF for 10 months. Pyridoxine at 40 mg/day was given for all 10 months. Postoperatively, the patient's neurological examination gradually improved and he could sit erect on the bed and able to walk over a period of 3 weeks without support. The follow-up time is 1 ½ year.
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A medically and surgically free 6-year-old boy, with a weight of 22 kg and height of 122 cm, was brought to the ED of our hospital by his teacher with severe shortness of breath. The patient was witnessed ingesting popcorn when he suddenly started to develop cough and shortness of breath.
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In the ED, the patient was agitated, drowsy, and semi-conscious. There was no obvious upper airway obstruction, but auscultation revealed absent air entry in the left lung with subcutaneous emphysema in the right side of the neck. His oxygen saturation was acceptable on oxygen supplementation.
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Shortly after, patient became severely distressed and was intubated using midazolam, ketamine and succinylcholine. Chest x-ray was done after intubation and showed Endotracheal Tube (ETT) in good position, hyperlucent left hemithorax, flatting of ipsilateral hemidiaphragm, mediastinal shift to the right, and a radiopaque areain the left main bronchus . Auscultation after intubation showed minimal flow in the left lung (improved compared to initial presentation) with some episodes of desaturation.
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Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery were contacted for urgent Direct Laryngoscopy and Bronchoscopy (DLB). After the patient was stabilized, he was taken to the operating room for DLB and foreign body removal with consent of the possible complications of bleeding, infection, inability to remove the foreign body, pneumothorax and/or teeth injury.
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In the operating room, patient was intubated on bag mask ventilation. Air entry was diminished bilaterally with scattered wheezing in both sides. There was difficulty in bag mask ventilation with obvious expansion in the left side of the chest. The patient was connected to standard monitors. Initial end tidal CO2 was 104 mm Hg, arterial blood gas showed pH of 6.87, PaCO2 181 mm Hg and PaO2 of 231 mm Hg.
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While maintaining ventilation through the side port of the rigid bronchoscope, a foreign body was seen stuck in the trachea at the level of the carina, and a large right accessory tracheal bronchus was noted above the level of the foreign body . The foreign body was successfully retrieved as one piece under vision using fiberoptic forceps . A second look at the airway was done to exclude any other injuries and revealed a clear airway with no remaining foreign body and confirmed the presence of a right tracheal bronchus .
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After successful foreign body removal, another ETT was inserted and irrigation was done using normal saline. Airway entry improved, and arterial blood gas showed a pH of 6.95, PaCO2 of 141, and PaO2 of 40.3. Portable chest x-ray confirmed the ETT position and the absence of pneumothorax . The patient was shifted from the operating room to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) fully sedated and intubated. The patient was monitored in PICU and was extubated the same day.
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A 33-year-old Chinese man was admitted to our department for sustainable foamy urine for more than one year. He also complained of intermittent hair loss and recurrence of oral ulcers.
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Approximately one year prior, the patient was hospitalized at a local hospital for the same reason, and routine urine tests indicated microscopic hematuria and proteinuria. He did not pay much attention, and there was no further diagnosis or treatment because of a lack of conscious symptoms. One month prior, his blood pressure rose to 145/91 mmHg for unknown reasons; microscopic hematuria and heavy proteinuria were again detected.
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A considerable investigation of family history was performed. The patient’s father had asymptomatic microscopic hematuria and proteinuria, as detected in a routine physical examination approximately 2 years previously. As mentioned above, the patient had a daughter and a son: The former had asymptomatic microscopic hematuria, and the latter had microscopic hematuria and proteinuria; his son had been diagnosed with chronic nephritis at a local hospital. Thus, three relatives had microscopic hematuria. Therefore, a diagnosis of ATS was highly suspected . For a precise conclusive diagnosis, the patient and his children were recommended to undergo genetic testing, and WES was performed. Genomic DNA was extracted from blood samples; WES was performed as previously described. After sequencing, the coverage of the target sequence was over 99.12%, and the mean sequencing depth was approximately 147. The sequencing analysis revealed a heterozygous substitution, NM_000091 c.2657-1G>A (p. V294fs) in intron 22 of the COL4A3 gene, which was confirmed by Sanger sequencing . The mutation was excluded from the single nucleotide polymorphism database but was included in the ClinVar database. As this mutation is located at an evolutionarily conserved splice site, this splicing mutation is thought to lead to the skipping of exon 23. In addition, this variant is classified as “likely pathogenic” according to the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics standards and guidelines .
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A 48-year-old Sudanese lady, coded as F83–581, presented with an abnormal gait as a manifestation of pure hereditary spastic paraplegia. Her condition started in early childhood with tip-toeing that progressed gradually in severity. At the age of 30 years, she could walk only using two sticks. She did not complain of any additional symptoms apart from occasional muscle cramps. Her parents were distantly related and had no family history of similar conditions. She was not on treatment. On examination, her lower limbs were spastic with severe weakness (power grade 3). There were bilateral deformities in the feet (pes equinovarus on the right and hammertoe on the left) and up-going plantar responses. Her upper limbs were normal except for mild spasticity and hyperreflexia on the right side. The patient (F83–581) had neither signs of cerebellar involvement nor evidence of sensory deficit. She was cooperative, oriented, and had no evidence of intellectual alteration. She could barely walk supported by two sticks, and her gait was spastic. Nerve conduction studies were normal. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed periventricular leukomalacia with scattered ischemic foci in the white matter, cerebellum, and right side of the pons. The isthmus of the corpus callosum was thin, but it could be a normal variant. We noted neither cerebral, brain stem, nor cerebellar atrophy, nor acute ischemic changes on the brain MRI .
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A 41-year-old man with SIT since early childhood was referred to our hospital because of high serum carcinoembryonic antigen levels (6.0 µg/L). The patient had no surgical history. His body mass index was 24.3 kg/m2. Physical examination results were normal. All laboratory data were within the normal range, except for the tumor markers. Colonoscopy revealed a bulge at the orifice of the appendix, but pathological examination did not reveal any malignancy . Abdominal contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) showed complete “mirror-images” of the visceral organs . CT also showed appendiceal wall thickening, a cystic tumor with contrast effect, and an enlarged lymph node close to the tumor . CT and magnetic resonance imaging showed no solid component in the cystic tumor that would strongly suggest mucinous adenocarcinoma. The preoperative diagnosis was an appendiceal mucocele, which was considered a possible tumor such as low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasm (LAMN). We planned a laparoscopic-assisted ileocecal resection with D2 lymph-node dissection since the tumor was located at the root of the appendix with an enlarged lymph node. Preoperatively, we evaluated anatomical variations using 3D-CT, and no vascular anomalies except for completely inverted vessels were observed . In addition, we watched horizontally flipped videos of patients with normal anatomy undergoing similar operations to simulate mirror images and symmetrical procedures.
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A girl, now 20 years old, presented to our hospital for the first time at the age of 7 years and 8 months, with multiple-joint swelling and limited motion for more than 5 years and recurrent fever for 18 months. Her long-term history of arthritis could be traced back to when she started to suffer from symmetrical polyarthritis at the age of 2 years, and her arthritis was in both knees, both wrists, the metacarpophalangeal joints, the proximal and distal phalangeal joints. She presented to the pediatric doctors in the local hospital by her parents and was diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). The doctor treated her mostly with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and methotrexate (MTX). During the following 5 years, her symptoms were not well controlled. At the age of 6 years, she had repeated and unexplained fevers. Anti-infection and symptomatic treatment were given but were ineffective. She was taken to her local pediatrician many times and received steroid treatment for several months. When she was 7 years of age, she complained of attacks of redness in both eyes but denied any history of vision loss. She was diagnosed with anterior uveitis of both eyes and her ocular symptoms disappeared after receiving ophthalmic treatment (tobramycin dexamethasone eye drops). Regarding her complete past medical history, in addition to the above manifestations, she had a squamous rash once at 10 months of age, which was ignored by her parents at that time.
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B ultrasound demonstrated that the right kidney (8.85*3*3.42 cm) was smaller than the left kidney (10.2*3.86*4.05 cm). The difference in length between the two kidneys was 1.35 cm. We searched and summarized all the renal B ultrasound data of the patient in the past 10 years compared with kidney length normative values in children . The sizes of the kidneys did not increase with age, the right kidney gradually decreased in size, and the size difference of both kidneys gradually increased. 99mTc-DTPA renography demonstrated that the right kidney was smaller than the left kidney with poor renal perfusion and impaired renal function . The GFR [ml·min-1·(1.73 m2)-1] of the kidneys was 74.4 (right kidney 30.8, left kidney 43.6). A significant difference was observed in the two splits of renal function: the renal function was 41.4% in the right kidney and was 58.6% in the left kidney. Computed tomography angiography (CTA) of the renal artery illustrated that the branches of the renal artery in the right hilum had mild stenosis , and the right kidney was smaller than the left kidney . No significant abnormalities were observed in the thoracic aorta, abdominal aorta, or cerebrovascular system. No remarkable findings were revealed on echocardiography and during an electrocardiogram. To further clarify the situation of the patients’s renal vessels, we also suggested performing digital angiography. However, her parents refused this invasive examination. The patient was diagnosed with right renal vasculitis through CTA of the renal artery (mild stenosis in the branch of the renal artery of the right renal hilus) and 99mTc-DTPA renography (difference in bilateral renal function and GFR) based on her two unequally sized kidneys (the gradually shrinking right kidney and the normal left kidney).
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In view of the clinical manifestations mentioned above, including recurrent polyarthritis, fever, bilateral panuveitis and kidney involvement in medium-vessel vasculitis, it was obvious that this girl might in fact not have JIA. The diagnosis was likely an autoinflammatory disease. Thus, we performed whole genome sequencing (WGS) for the patient and her family. The results revealed that she had a de-novo heterozygous mutation in the NOD2 gene (c.1538 T > C, p.M513T) , with her parents presenting with the wild type. The M513T (1538 T/C) mutation was a heterozygous mutation and has been reported previously. According to the presentation and genetic test results, she was finally diagnosed with Blau syndrome and renovascular hypertension.
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Considering her ocular lesions and unsatisfactory therapeutic effect, we suggested treating her with an anti-TNF-α monoclonal antibody (adalimumab) based on the previous studies . However, the patient refused the treatment because of financial reasons. Finally, she temporarily accepted a low dose of oral prednisolone, MTX, metoprolol and plendil. Her BP was gradually decreased and was controlled at approximately 130/80 mmHg. The OD and OS corrected vision were gradually restored to 0.6 after approximately 3 months. Her serum creatinine level slightly decreased and remained between 80–90 μmol/L after nearly 3 months of follow-up. In February 2020, she was referred to an adult hospital after reaching the age of 18. In the latest telephone consultation with the patient in December 2022, she stated that she was receiving prednisolone (15 mg/day) and tofacitinib (5 mg bid), and MTX had been discontinued because of abnormal transaminase. There were no new symptoms in the joints or eyes. There were also no rashes. Hematology examinations indicated that the patient’s ESR (25 mm/h) and serum creatinine (138 μmol/L) had increased. Her blood pressure was maintained at approximately 140/90 mmHg without any antihypertensive therapy.
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A 37-year-old Japanese woman had a history of gender identity disorder from childhood and had taken testosterone injections once every 2 weeks since she was 19 years old. She also had untreated high blood pressure. She had worked in the sex industry and had a tattoo on her right arm. In May 2017, she developed a headache and visual field deficits together with elevated blood pressure and was referred to our hospital. On admission, her blood pressure was 165/105 mmHg with regular heart rhythm. She was alert and well oriented. She had left homonymous hemianopia. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a hyperintense lesion in the right parieto-occipital lobe on diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) map, and fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) , which were not enhanced by contrast with gadolinium. MR angiography (MRA) showed steno-occlusive lesions in bilateral middle cerebral arteries (MCAs) . Three-dimensional contrast-enhanced angiography revealed occlusions of bilateral MCAs . She was initially suspected as having PRES related to reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS) and received treatment with an antihypertensive drug and 100 mg of aspirin. Routine blood testing showed the patient was HIV-1 antibody-positive. The CD4+ T-cell count was 140 cells/μl and the HIV viral load detected by PCR was 330,000 copies/ml. She underwent lumbar puncture, and no pleocytosis was found. Furthermore, PCR for herpes simplex virus (HSV), varicella-zoster virus (VZV), and JC virus in cerebrospinal fluid was negative. She had also developed pneumocystis pneumonia when she was diagnosed with AIDS. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) comprising dolutegravir sodium, emtricitabine, and tenofovir alafenamide fumarate was initiated, and she was discharged from the hospital. Two weeks later, she suffered a severe headache and worsening of visual disturbance in bilateral eyes. Her blood pressure was 153/93 mmHg and her visual acuities were finger counting. MRI showed the hyperintense lesion had expanded to bilateral posterior hemispheres . Stenotic lesions in bilateral MCAs remained on MRA and three-dimensional contrast-enhanced angiography . The CD4+ T-cell count at readmission was 189 cells/μl and HIV viral load was 94 copies/ml, indicating that AIDS activity was alleviated after ART. Although she was initially treated with edaravone, a free radical scavenger, and antihypertensive agents after readmission, her visual acuities fluctuated and contrast-enhanced MRI showed multiple punctate and linear gadolinium-enhanced lesions in the occipital and temporal lobes and the cerebellum . Brain biopsy was performed from the right occipital lobe. Histopathology showed severe tissue destruction, astrocytic gliosis, microglial activation, and vasculitis with marked lymphocytic infiltration in the cerebral white matter in the absence of multinucleated giant cells and lymphoma cells . Infiltrated lymphocytes were mostly CD8+ T-lymphocytes, while CD4+ T-lymphocytes were scarce . We finally diagnosed her as having CD8+ encephalitis, with an exacerbation caused by immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) after ART. After brain biopsy, the patient was treated with 1000 mg of methylprednisolone intravenously for 3 consecutive days followed by 0.5 mg/kg/day of prednisolone. Her visual acuities and headache improved after corticosteroid treatment.
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My patient was a 19-year-old man diagnosed in early childhood with ADHD and ASD. He was referred by his local doctor for ongoing treatment as an adult. He had experienced long-term difficulties in establishing and maintaining lasting relationships and reading social cues. His conversations were awkward and restricted to a narrow range of subjects and he was frequently impulsive and insensitive during these interactions. These impairments had contributed to his increasing social isolation and conflict within the family environment. He had a low threshold of irritation and intolerance of noise, light and crowds. There was also a long history of outbursts of anger, physical intimidation and frequent destruction to property at home. He was also disorganized, forgetful and had difficulty completing tasks. He has always been overactive, restless and impulsive. There was no history of pervasive mood disturbance.
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There were early concerns about a potential developmental delay and he was referred for a pediatric assessment at age two years. He received speech therapy prior to school and also repeated his pre-school year. Although he was of average intellect, his significant and specific learning, behavioral and communication difficulties warranted a placement in a special education unit to manage his needs. He experienced difficulties in both reading and writing and he performed below all national standards of literacy and numeracy. Reading remained effortful and unrewarding, with difficulties focusing on and reading along a line of text. At the age of seven he had an occupational therapy assessment, which reported difficulties with coordination, fine motor control, planning and sequencing. In the classroom he was reported to be distracted and restless, presented with extreme outbursts of anger and frequently ran away. He had poor interpersonal skills, established few friendships, had odd idiosyncratic language and repetitive hand flapping, and had a history of being bullied.
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During the three months following his initial assessment there was no alteration to his pharmacotherapy and no improvement in his behavior. As a consequence of his persistent social difficulties the option of a trial of low-dose phenytoin was discussed. It was explained to my patient and his mother that improvements in social functioning had been observed by myself and been reported by other patients who also had taken low-dose phenytoin; although, these effects had not been demonstrated outside the clinic nor was this an approved indication for the medication. My patient and his mother signed a disclosure and informed consent document and a trial of medication was organized for the following consultation.
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The patient was a 55-year-old woman with a history of smoking and prolonged opium inhalation, referred to Ghaem clinic in Mashhad with dysphonia, hoarseness, and occasional aspiration since last year. No sign of odynodysphagia, stridor, and dyspnea was observed in the case.
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The patient did not previously undergo any treatment. In laryngoscopy, prior to surgery, left arytenoid, aryepiglottic fold, left false vocal cord, true vocal cord, anterior commissure, and subglottic region were tumoral. In addition, other parts of the larynx and hypopharynx were normal. The left vocal cord was fixed. In the preoperative computed tomography scan, there was a transglottic involvement on the left side, and cervical lymphadenopathy was not detected. Laryngeal cartilage and hyoid bone were reported to be normal. The right paraglottic space was involved, and the epiglottis was normal. The tongue, esophagus, trachea, and thyroid were normal. The biopsy of the affected areas represented the well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. Furthermore, chest X-rays and liver function tests were normal. The patient was ultimately diagnosed with a transglottic squamous cell carcinoma of the T3N0M0 stage. Moreover, total laryngectomy with total thyroidectomy (due to subglottic involvement) and bilateral elective cervical lymph node dissection level I-IV were performed. The tumor was macroscopically removed, and the surgical margin was checked with a frozen section for the presence of the tumor. The neopharynx was closed with the suturing technique. The patient diagnosed with salivary fistula was initially treated with conservative management, including total parenteral nutrition, pressure dressing, and broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy .
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A 74-year-old male was admitted to our hospital for the treatment of esophageal cancer. The patient had no symptoms with normal temperature at the time of admission. His past medical history included diabetes mellitus for 24 years. He underwent endoscopic submucosal dissection for early gastric cancer 4 years ago and video-assisted thoracic surgery for pulmonary adenocarcinoma in the right upper lobe 5 years ago. He occupation was making metal molds. He was ex-smoker: Brinkman index was 980. Laboratory studies showed white blood cells of 10.0 × 103/L, C-reactive protein of 6.07 mg/dL, hemoglobin A1c test of 8.8%, fasting blood sugar of 237 mg/dL on admission. Serum tumor markers, including CEA, CA19–9, SCC, CYFRA, were unremarkable. He underwent esophago-gastro-duodenoscopy for follow-up after endoscopic submucosal dissection for early gastric cancer. The upper endoscopy showed a 0-IIa lesion with relatively large granular nodules on the lower thoracic esophagus . The pathologic assessment of the biopsy revealed squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus. The esophageal 0-IIa lesion with relatively large granular nodules let us consider the depth of esophageal cancer was deeper than M3/SM1. Chest X-Ray was normal, however, chest CT revealed a 1.3 cm × 0.9 cm pulmonary mass in the lower lobe of the right lung a month before admission . PET/CT showed the pulmonary mass had maximal standardized uptake value (SUVmax) of 3.88 (arrow) and part of the lower thoracic esophagus had SUVmax of 2.37 (arrowhead) 2 weeks before admission . Because the image of pulmonary mass had not changed between CT and PET/CT for 2 weeks and because he had no fever, even though he had inflammation reaction on laboratory studies, pulmonary mass was considered to be unlikely due to infection. Thus, he was initially diagnosed with esophageal cancer with a pulmonary metastasis or recurrence of a pulmonary adenocarcinoma. Considering the both possibilities, we started chemotherapy with cisplatin (CDDP) 70 mg/m2 day1 plus 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) 700 mg/m2 day1–4 on the day 4 after admission. On the day 8, CT revealed a slight pleural effusion in the right side . On the day 9, to rule out carcinomatous pleurisy, an ultrasound-guided aspiration of pleural effusion was performed. The effusion was serous and contained no malignant cells. After the aspiration, the patient got a high fever. Laboratory test showed white blood cells of 18.6 × 103/L (90.8% of Neutrophil), CRP of 25.87 mg/dL. Considering that fever was due to respiratory infection after the aspiration, intravenous Sulbactam/Ampicillin (6 g/day) was administered. On the day14, his fever was persistent and he also had a cough. Because CT revealed an increased amount of pleural effusion , we considered the mass was lung abscess. By the second ultrasound-guided aspiration of the pleural effusion, we got a 50 ml of white suppurative effusion. The effusion turned out to contain Actinomyces israelii , and proved pulmonary mass-like lesion was pulmonary actinomycosis. The patient received intravenous penicillin G (24 million units/day) for 4 weeks, followed by oral amoxicillin 2250 mg/day for 6 months. The patient received four courses of chemotherapy (CDDP/5-FU) and curative radiotherapy (1.8Gy/total 50.4Gy) as esophageal cancer deeper than M3/SM1. The pulmonary actinomycosis disappeared six months after the treatment with antibiotics . After the chemoradiation therapy without any complications, the esophageal cancer was in complete remission.
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A 73-year old male with progressive impairment of gait, persisting neuropathic pain in his legs, dizziness due to postural changes, and unexplained weight loss of 20 kg (BMI 26.8 kg/m2) during the last 2–3 years presented to our outpatient clinic. Three years ago diagnosis of lumbar spinal stenosis was made and decompression surgery was performed to alleviate neuropathic pain. As symptoms progressed, 1 year before the first presentation a second surgical procedure was scheduled and it was only in the preoperative diagnostic workup that echocardiography revealed left ventricular hypertrophy suspected to represent cardiac amyloidosis (see Fig. ). Endomyocardial biopsy showed extensive amyloid deposition in Congo red stained tissue with a typcial apple green birefringence and fluorescence signal, which could be classified immunohistochemically as TTR derived amyloid (see Fig. ). Regarding the cardiac manifestation and the patient’s age and sex ATTRwt amyloidosis was suspected and treatment with tafamidis (61 mg daily) was initiated.
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The clinical examination showed a severe impairment of gait due to sensory ataxia, bilateral distal paralyses of the lower extremities (ankle dorsiflexion MRC grade 2/5, plantar flexion MRC grade 2–3/5 on the right side, MRC grade 3–4/5 on the left side). A slight weakness of both hands (MRC grade 4/5) was evident, as well as moderate atrophy of distal limb muscles, distal symmetric hypesthesia, and lost tendon reflexes. Nerve conduction studies (NCS) confirmed a severe axonal sensorimotor neuropathy with bilaterally unobtainable sural and tibial nerve amplitudes. Corneal confocal microscopy (CCM) showed a highly reduced corneal nerve fiber density (7 fibers/mm2, reference: > 24 fibers/mm2) indicating prominent small fiber involvement. Extensive laboratory testing for potential causes of the neuropathy including HbA1c, vitamin B1, B6, B12, folic acid, TSH, ANA, ANCA, rheumatid factor, hepatitis serology, serum electrophoresis and immunofixation did not yield any relevant abnormalities. There was no history of alcohol abuse or any other exposure to neurotoxic agents. However, molecular genetic analysis (Sanger sequencing, bioinformatic analysis of collected data by means of Mutation Surveyor Version 3.10 and Alamut Visual Version 2.6.1) revealed a heterozygous sequence variant in exon 2 of the TTR gene (NM_000371.3 (TTR): c.194C > T, p.Ala65Val, s. Table and Fig. ), classified as likely pathogenic (class 4) according to the American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) classification system, which had been reported in ClinVar twice (ClinVar Accession: VCV000448841.4, ClinVar Variation ID: 448841). In ClinVar, the variant is classified as a variant of uncertain significance (two submissions) and once with the condition amyloidogenic transthyretin amyloidosis, but there is no literature on individuals with TTR-related conditions with this genotype. ACMG criteria PM1 (variant located in a mutational hot spot), PM2 (variant absent from general population in databases gnomAD/ExAC), PM5 (novel missense change at an amino acid residue where a different missense change determined to be pathogenic has been seen before), and PP3 (multiple lines of computational evidence supported a deleterious effect on the gene product) were fulfilled . Presuming this genotype to be amyloidogenic, the patient’s brother underwent targeted genetic testing by Sanger sequencing that revealed the same heterozygous sequence variant.
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Several laboratory and imaging examinations were performed immediately. Given the relatively large number of COVID-19 patients during this period, our main differential diagnoses were either a splenic rupture or a splenic artery thrombosis, due to COVID-19. Therefore, a nasopharyngeal swab specimen was collected for COVID-19 testing.
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A 23 year old male patient presented to the orthopaedic clinic with complaints of an isolated scapular swelling (right) since 5 years . The swelling was also associated with crepitus and snapping of the right shoulder and slight restriction and pain on abduction. The patient reported no increase in size of the swelling over the years and demonstrated no increase in symptoms as well. There was no history of antecedent trauma, weight loss, loss of appetite or any other constitutional symptom. The patient wanted the swelling to be removed due to cosmetic reasons mainly as he was about to get married. Local examination of the swelling revealed increased prominence of superior angle of scapula. The skin overlying the same was normal. There were no signs of inflammation etc present. The swelling was non painful on touch. However, snapping and crepitus/grating could be demonstrated on scapulothoracic movements and restriction in abduction was evident. An antero posterior skiagram of the right shoulder revealed a pedunculated mass arising from the supero medial angle of the scapula .
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A 44-year-old Guatemalan woman presented to our outpatient clinic with a chief complaint of left knee pain for the last 6 months. One month prior our patient had consulted with an outside physician, who prescribed her with 300 mg of carbamazepine, 5 mg of prednisone every 24 hours, and ibuprofen every 8 hours as needed. The symptoms did not resolve and our patient increased the dose to 600 mg of carbamazepine and 20 mg of prednisone 7 days before consulting. She suddenly interrupted prednisone 3 days before consulting, because she felt this was making her pain worse. At the consultation, our patient complained of left knee pain, fatigue, and bilateral lower limb cramps. No pertinent medical, surgical, allergic, family, and psychosocial history was recorded and her vital signs were within normal limits (blood pressure of 118/64 mmHg; heart rate of 75/minute; respiratory rate of 14 beats/minute; temperature at 98.9 °Fahrenheit). Our patient was on day 12 of her menstrual cycle. A physical examination revealed mild facial edema, multiple port-wine stains on her upper and lower extremities associated with mild hypertrophy of the calves , more prominent on the right side with mild edema, the rest of the physical examination was non-contributory. Imaging and routine blood studies were requested. Our patient was seen the next day at the office with the laboratory results .
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A 62-year-old previously healthy Sri Lankan native male from Gampaha, in the Western Province of Sri Lanka presented with high fever associated with chills and rigors for 17 days. He also complained of malaise, myalgia and arthralgia for the same duration but denied any urinary, respiratory or abdominal symptoms. Until he presented to us, he had obtained treatment froma local hospital for the illness with no clinical improvement. He had received co-amoxyclav, clarythromicin and paracetamol for 4 days. He had not been consuming any medication prior to the illness and had not received any drug that would result in extrapyramidal features. Around the 5th day of the clinical illness he had developed intermittent resting tremor in his right arm and leg. By the time he presented to us he had stiffness and very frequent intermittent resting tremor (Additional file : Video). This resulted in difficulty to carry out normal work with the right hand. He also found it difficult to walk due to unusual stiffness and heaviness of the right leg. Furthermore, he found it difficult to smile with others and felt very distressed. He denied similar previous episodes. There was no associated hearing impairment, seizures, or altered level of consciousness. There were no symptoms to suggest involvement of cerebellar system or autonomic nervous system. There was no family history of movement disorders. He had been working in his garden 7 days prior to the onset of fever and rest of the past medical history was unremarkable. Examination revealed intermittent high amplitude low frequency resting tremor in his right hand (Additional file : Video) and a mask like face where he found difficult to smile or show his teeth . He also had increased muscle tone limited to the right side with normal tendon reflexes.The rest of the central nervous system was unremarkable. His blood pressure was 140/90 mmHg in both supine and standing positions, pulse rate 88 beats per minute and there were no cardiac murmurs. The respiratory system revealed few basal crackles and the abdominal examination was unremarkable except for a superficial crater like lesion suggestive of an eschar. He did not have lymphadenopathy or a rash.
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A 28-year-old Nigerian woman of Igbo ethnicity presented with a 6-week history of neck pain associated with paroxysmal tonic spasms of the left upper and lower limbs. She had no sphincter dysfunction or constipation. There was a positive Lhermitte's sign with neck flexion and severe burning sensation of the right lower limb. There was no prior neck trauma, cough, night sweats or weight loss and she did not complain of visual blurring. She was not hypertensive or diabetic but her father was hypertensive and her mother had diabetes. She was para 1 + 2 (1 alive) and had recurrent pregnancy losses twice in the mid-trimester period. She delivered a live male neonate 4 months before presentation and had a tetanus toxoid injection 3 days before presentation in addition to the three doses she had during antenatal care. She had a previous history of anterior neck swelling a month after delivery.
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In April 2017, a 72-year-old homeless male patient was admitted to the emergency department at the Ramos Mejia Hospital, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina. The patient was in very poor hygienic condition, malnourished and dehydrated. He presented a deep necrotic ulcer in the anterior aspect of his left tibia of 9-months’ evolution, with exposure of both tibia and fibula, complete loss of muscle mass, severe ischaemia, foul discharge and heavy burden myiasis. Unfortunately, maggots had been rapidly discarded, allowing neither bacterial analysis nor entomological identification.
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The proband, female of 1 year and 3 months old, was referred to the Research Centre for Medical Genetics because of severe failure to thrive. She was born from a first pregnancy. Parents were nonconsanguineous and had normal growth. The threat of miscarriage took place at 27 weeks. Delivery was emergent at 38 weeks and 5 days by cesarean section. The condition at birth was severe. Respiratory failure was increasing. The child was on a ventilator for five days. In total, respiratory support was required for five months. The patient was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension.
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Neither variant had been registered in either the GnomAD database (v.2.1.1), the clinical databases (Clinvar, HGMD Professional (v.2021.1)), or the database of variants obtained by exome sequencing (WES, CES) in the Research Center for Medical Genetics – RuExac (1337 samples). The exon 3 nucleotide sequence variant of the CDC6 gene (chr17:38447363C>T) results in a premature translation termination site (p.(Gln78Ter), NM_001254.3). According to the pathogenicity criteria, ACMG is classified as pathogenic (PVS1, PS3, PM2). The criterium PS3 was used due to the previously functional study that demonstrated pathogenicity of LoF variants in the CDC6 gene. A variant in exon 3 of the CDC6 gene (chr17:38447361A>G), resulting in a missense replacement of (p.(Lys77Arg), NM_001254.3), is classified as a variant with uncertain clinical significance (ACMG: PM2, PM3).
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A 64-year-old man presented with a dark red palpable mass in the bulbar conjunctiva (diameter: 0.5 cm) at the medial canthus of the right eye. The mass was reported to be present for at least three months . The past medical history was uneventful and in particular no B-symptoms were reported. CT scans of the right orbit showed a limited bulbar conjunctival mass not involving the lacrimal gland or orbital septum of the eyelids.
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Histologic examination of an incisional biopsy showed infiltration by a monomorphic cell population composed of small-to-medium-sized lymphocytes with irregular, indented, or cleaved nuclei, 3/10 HPF mitotic rate and partially nodular growth pattern, beneath the simple cuboidal cell layer of surface conjunctival epithelium .
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Immunohistochemical staining was performed on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue sections, according to the manufacturers’ protocols. The primary antibodies used, the methods of antigen retrieval, and the dilution rates were as follows: CD20 (L26) (Novocastra, Newcastle, UK; microwave in 0.01 molar citrate buffer; 1:50), CD3 (PS1) (Novocastra, Newcastle, UK;microwave in 0.01 molar citrate buffer; 1:200), CD5 (4C7) (Novocastra, Newcastle, UK; microwave in RE7113 solution; 1:100), CD10 (56C6) (Novocastra, Newcastle, UK; microwave in citrate buffer; 1:100), CD23 (1B12) (Novocastra, Newcastle, UK; microwave in 0.01molar citrate buffer; 1:100), BCL-2 (3.1) (Novocastra, Newcastle, UK; microwave in citrate buffer; 1:100), cyclin D1 (P2D11F11) (Novocastra, Newcastle, UK; Trypsin digestion; 1:50), Ki-67 (MM1) (Novocastra, Newcastle, UK; microwave in citrate buffer; 1:100) and SOX11 (Atlas Antibodies, Stockholm, Sweden; heat-induced retrieval with ER2 BondMax buffer; 1:100) as previously described . The tumor cells were positive for CD20 , CD5, BCL-2, cyclin D1 , and SOX-11 and negative for CD3, CD10, and CD23. The Ki-67 proliferation index was 12%. By fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue sections using commercially available LSI IGH/CCND1 XT dual color, dual fusion and LSI CCND1 BAP break apart probes (Abbott-Vysis), juxtaposition of IGH and CCND1 and a breakpoint in the CCND1 locus were detected in 85% and 97% of nuclei, respectively, indicating presence of the MCL hallmark translocation t(11;14)(q13;q32) . The histopathologic and genetic findings confirmed the diagnosis of conjunctival mantle cell lymphoma.
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The patient did not show up in his follow up Ophtholmology visit, however after two months was referred to an oncologist. Extensive clinical staging was performed and cervical lymph node and bone marrow involvements were discovered. Gastroscopy and laboratory workups such as liver function test, ESR, BUN, creatinine, β2 microglobulin, LDH, leukocyte count and serum protein electrophoresis were in normal ranges. The patient was allocated to the low-risk group with the MCL International Prognostic Index. Combined chemotherapy with Fludarabine, Cyclophosphamide and Rituximab (FCR) was administered. After five cycles (approximately 5 months) patient showed clinical response as a decrease in neck lymph-node sizes and shrinkage of the conjunctival lesion , however complete remission workup is pending after the sixth cycle.
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A 42-year-old man was referred to our hospital due to an abnormal shadow on a chest X-ray, which was found during a physical examination. CT scan revealed numerous vascular structures in the left chest wall , anomalous arteries in the left lower lobe superior segment of lung (Lt. S6) , and a filling defect in the left apical segmental pulmonary artery of the left lower lobe (Lt. A6), which indicated a blood flow regurgitation from the dilated left 4th intercostal artery to the Lt. A6 . No other abnormalities were found by CT scan, laboratory tests and pulmonary function test, and a diagnosis of SPAS was established. The patients was asymptomatic, but based on the potential risk of future hemoptysis, we decided to treat him with TAE followed by S6 segmentectomy after a careful informed consent. On preoperative TAE, the 4th and 5th intercostal arteries and the left thyrocervical artery were identified as systemic arteries and all were embolized with microcoils . After the TAE, S6 segmentectomy was performed on the same day. First, interlobar fissure was dissected and A6 was ligated and transected to reduce blood flow of the pulmonary artery, followed by the dissection of the adhesions between S6 and parietal pleura, containing abundant blood vessels . Finally, Lt. S6 segmentectomy was performed using indocyanine green (ICG) . Intraoperative blood loss was 30 g. The patient had an uneventful postoperative course, and he was discharged on the 6th day after surgery. Histological examination of the resected left S6 showed a pleural thickening and large muscular arteries and adjacent dilated pulmonary arteries in the subpleural area, suggesting communications between them .
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A 27-year-old woman visited our gynecology department because of abdominal pain and genital bleeding. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a cystic mass in the left retrorectal area, and she was referred to our department for detailed examinations and treatment. Her medical history was unremarkable. Her laboratory results, including serum tumor biomarkers, such as α-fetoprotein (AFP), carcinogenic embryonic antigen (CEA) and carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9), were within normal limits. Computed tomography (CT) showed a 3-cm-sized multilocular cystic mass in the anterior sacrum on the left dorsal side of the rectum. The mass showed a gradual contrast effect on the margin and was suspected to have a solid component. No obvious calcification was observed . MRI showed no obvious fat in the area . Fluorodeoxyglucose-position emission tomography (FDG-PET) showed no abnormal uptake. Lower gastrointestinal endoscopy showed no abnormalities in the rectal mucosa. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) showed a 3-cm-sized extraintestinal cyst near the rectum. No obvious calcification was found inside .
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With the above tests, it was difficult to confirm the preoperative diagnosis of the presacral cystic mass. Teratoma, tailgut cyst, dermoid cyst, epidermoid cyst, etc., were considered in the differential diagnosis. Because there have been reports of malignant cases, we decided to perform surgical mass removal as a diagnostic treatment.
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The operation was conducted with the patient in the jack-knife position. A skin incision measuring approximately 3 cm was made from the coccyx to the anus. We made an incision in the mural fascia to reach the tumor and enable detachment without damaging the tumor. Since it was difficult to confirm the deep part of the tumor through direct visualization, we attached a GelPOINT® Path (Applied Medical, USA) placed two 10-mm trocars and a AirSEAL® (CONMED, USA) trocar in a triangular fashion to the incision and insufflated it at 12 mmHg with the AirSEAL® System to remove the tumor endoscopically while confirming the boundary between the tumor and the anterior coccyx/posterior rectal wall. The operative time was 171 min, with minimal blood loss .
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A 25-years-old male of Afghani origin with a history of recurrent acute pancreatitis was referred to the intensive care unit of the Jena University Hospital in November 2019.
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Abdominal pain debuted two years ago when the patient was 23 years old. The family history revealed that the patient’s brother and sister similarly suffer from abdominal pain and have been hospitalized several times. His niece died at the age of three due to acute pancreatitis. The patient’s whole family resides in Afghanistan, so neither clinical nor genetic investigation of relatives was possible in our clinic.
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On physical examination, the patient’s BMI was 23.4 kg/m2, blood pressure, and heart rate were 146/83 mm Hg and 95/min, respectively. He showed no xanthomas but did have lipemia retinalis on retinal examination. Examination of the abdomen revealed pain in the upper left area and an enlarged spleen. No other abnormalities were observed.
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TG levels were at 29 mmol/L, and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL) cholesterol were within reference ranges. According to the previous records, TGs were as high as 82 mmol/L in the past. Inflammation markers (C-reactive protein and white blood cells) were remarkably elevated. There were no clinical symptoms or laboratory indicators of secondary (pancreoprivic) diabetes mellitus (HbA1c 5.1%, blood glucose 5.8 mmol/L). Other laboratory parameters are shown in Table .
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A panel screening for HTG-related genes (Additional file ) was performed. The sequencing was performed using the next-generation sequencing on Illumina-Sequencer (NextSeq500/NovaSeq6000) with a > 98% coverage of regions of interest. The analysis revealed homozygosity for a frameshift mutation of APOA5 (c427delC, p.Arg143Alafs*57) with a minor allele frequency of 0.006%. This mutation causes an alteration in the translational reading frame and results in a premature stop of protein synthesis due to the introduction of a stop codon at position 57. The patient was also a homozygous carrier of haplotype APOA5*2.
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Acute pancreatitis was treated with aggressive fluid resuscitation and therapeutic plasma exchange (Spectra Optia, Terumo BCT, Inc. Lakewood USA). The patient was then put on a low-fat diet and a combination of ezetimibe (10 mg daily) and fenofibrate (160 mg micronized daily). Shortly after the discharge, another episode of acute pancreatitis occurred. The patient was prescribed omega-3 fatty acids; however, the inability to obtain reimbursement for omega-3 fatty acids in Germany hindered their usage. The patient was regularly followed up at our outpatient clinic. A satisfactory range of TG, between 9.2 and 11.2 mmol/L , was maintained through a combination of stringent dietary measures and consistent intake of fibrates. After two years, another episode of pancreatitis occurred, with TG elevation up to 18.8 mmol/L. The patient was started on weekly injections of volanesorsen. On this regimen, TG levels were stably under 4 mmol/L . The platelet count decreased from 201,000 to 114,000/µL. Therefore, according to recommendations, we switched to biweekly administrations. As a result, the platelet count stabilized (at ~ 150,000/µL). The patient had no episodes of bleeding. Volanesorsen therapy was continued with regular assessment of platelet count.
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A 67 year-old female patient presented with left chest wall sinus one year ago. Local redness, pain and persistent purulent discharge occurred around the sinus orifice. Reviewing the medical history, the patient had undergone left mastectomy 20 years ago due to the diagnosis of left breast cancer, followed by regular radiotherapy and chemotherapy for several times. At the same time, she suffered from coronary heart disease, hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases. She underwent coronary stent implantation in 2017, 2019 and 2020 respectively. Currently, she regularly takes anticoagulant drugs (Aspirin Enteric-coated Tablets 100 mg QD) and antihypertensive drugs (Nifedipine Sustained Release Tablets 30 mg QD). Due to repeated non-healing of chest wall wound and formation of chest wall defect, ulcer and fistula caused by debridement, the patient was admitted to our hospital for further treatment. Chest CT scan showed partial defect of left chest wall with sinus formation, high-density shadow of left clavicle and some ribs. According to the patient's symptoms and imaging examination, we diagnosed chest wall sinus with infection and chronic osteomyelitis.
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After admission, the patient continued to be given local cleaning and dressing changes on the wound surface. The purulent secretions at the sinus orifice were subjected to microbial culture and drug susceptibility tests. The results of the three secretion cultures were all suggestive of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Her BMI was 18.4 kg/m2 and albumin was 24.5 g/L. We chose sensitive antibiotics for systemic anti-infective treatment. At the same time, nutritional support and correction of hypoalbuminemia were given. Enhanced chest CT and three-dimensional reconstruction were performed. Before chest CT examination, 50% meglumine solution was injected into sinus orifice through a thin drainage tube to fully understand the shape, scope and adjacent conditions of sinus. Due to the long course of disease and lack of confidence in treatment, the patients were given necessary psychological counseling and appropriate anti anxiety drug treatment.
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The operation was divided into two stages, both under general anesthesia. Before first-stage operation, we injected methylene blue solution from sinus orifice to make sinus wall fully stained to guide the scope of surgical curettage, which could not only ensure the complete removal of the diseased sinus wall tissue, but also avoided too much damage to the normal tissue and even the important organs behind the sternum. Taking the sinus orifice of chest wall as a center, a fusiform incision with a length of about 8 cm was made along the 1 cm around sinus orifice. The direction and length of the incision were determined according to the sinus shape (the sinus starts at the level of the left first rib and ends at the level of the left fourth rib, without communication with the thoracic cavity) shown on preoperative chest CT and the position of the myocutaneous flap to be filled. After incision of the skin, the sternum and infected area were fully exposed, sinus wall tissue was fully scraped with a curette, and then necrotic bone was completely removed with a rongeur (It starts from the junction of the left first rib and the manubrium cartilage. Part of the first rib, part of the lower edge of the left clavicle, and the adjacent medial end of the sternum are removed in sequence from near to far, from top to bottom, until the bone stump is fresh). When the chest wall wound tissue was fresh and there was no dye attached, we first rinse it with 1000 ml normal saline, then rinse it with diluted iodophor water (100 ml iodophor water and 400 ml normal saline) and 100 ml 3% hydrogen peroxide for one time, and then rinse it with 1000 ml normal saline again. Due to the huge wound defect after debridement, in order to ensure the cleanliness of the wound, improve local blood supply and prepare for the second-stage operation, vacuum sealing drainage (VSD) were performed after the operation . We adjusted the pressure scale of the VSD device to 0.04 Mpa, and the device was removed after 7 days.
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When the patient's general condition was good after first-stage operation, after the vacuum sealing drainage device was removed, the daily incision dressing change, anti-infection, nutritional support and other treatments were continued. When the granulation of sinus wound was fresh, the secretion was significantly reduced, the re-culturing of the wound secretion was negative, and the infection was preliminarily controlled, we were ready for the second-stage operation. Continue to appropriately expanded the wound along the original incision, thoroughly debrideed the necrotic tissue until the wound was fresh, and measured the size of the chest wall defect was about 15 × 8 cm. After hemostasis, rinsed the wound with a large amount of iodophor, hydrogen peroxide, and normal saline alternately. The patient's body position was changed to 90° lateral lying position. According to the preoperative planned flap incision, the pedicled latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap was selected as the living tissue to fill the defect wound. The computed tomography angiography (CTA) examination of the subclavian artery showed that there were internal thoracic artery and thoracodorsal artery on the affected side without malformation. During the operation, first of all, an incision was made along the outer edge of latissimus dorsi muscle, starting from the proximal axillary apex, and the proximal and distal ends of latissimus dorsi muscle were dissociated and fully exposed in turn to protect the thoracodorsal artery and vein. Finally, a latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap with thoracodorsal neurovascular bundle of sufficient length was formed. The size of the latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap was about 30 × 8 cm, while the skin island of about 16cmx8cm was reserved. During harvesting of the myocutaneous flap, the blood supply should be preserved as much as possible, while avoiding excessive distortion of the pedicle of the myocutaneous flap. We first made a subcutaneous tunnel between the acquisition site of the myocutaneous flap and the sternal wound, transferred the myocutaneous flap to the chest wall defect wound, then sutured and fixed it with the soft tissue around the wound, closely combined the myocutaneous flap with the bottom of the chest wall wound to eliminate the dead space, and finally placed a drainage tube . The patient was treated with anti infection (Cefoperazone Sodium and Sulbactam Sodium + Levofloxacin and Sodium Chloride Injection), anti spasm (Raceanisodamine Hydrochloride Injection) and anticoagulation (Enoxaparin Sodium Injection) after operation. The color and temperature of the myocutaneous flap was closely observed and tested. The transplanted myocutaneous flap was kept warm, and the incision was avoided from compression to protect the smooth blood flow. The patient pulled out the chest tubes on the 4th postoperative day and was discharged from the hospital on the 7th day. At present, the patient was followed up for 6 months after the operation, the incision healed well and no malignant tumor tissue was found in the routine pathology after the two operations. Repeat chest CT showed that the chest wall sinus disappeared completely, and the pedicled myocutaneous flap fully survived.
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A 34-year-old male patient presented to our hospital with multiple yellowish elevated masses in different locations of the body, including the dorsum of the hands, elbows, buttocks and feet. In addition, the patient also had bilateral arcus cornealis and Achille tendon masses . The total number of masses was 15, and the size of masses varied from 1 × 1 × 1 cm to 8 × 8 × 5 cm. The masses were initially asymptomatic; they appeared 10 years ago, and then they increased progressively in size. The patient complained of discomfort and difficulty dressing and sitting due to large masses in the buttocks. In addition, patients also reported difficulty wearing sandals due to the masses in the feet. The patient's hygiene was affected, and especially the masses made the patient feel inferior when in contact with others. Even the patient decided to divorce because of psychological influences related to abnormalities in the body. The results of the chest X-ray, abdominal ultrasound, electrocardiogram and echocardiogram of the patient were normal. The patient's family medical history was not taken because the patient did not wish to disclose it. The low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level of the patient was 10.04 mmol/L (reference value, <2.6 mmol/L). Based on a high level of LDL-C, arcus cornealis and presence of xanthomas, the patient was diagnosed with Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) based on the Simon Broome Criteria.
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After receiving the consultation, the patient agreed to be admitted to the hospital for surgery to remove the masses. Lipid-lowering therapy was immediately administered for the patient with Atorvastatin 40 mg/day. After 4 days of hospitalization, the patient then underwent surgery to remove the masses. The resected masses had a surface of normal skin. The core of the masses looked yellowish-colored uniform, relatively solid, without necrosis, and localized in the subcutaneous layer without invading the muscle or joint capsule . The skin incision was oval around the circumference of masses with the longitudinal axis parallel to the Langer's line. The excision margins were normal skin. After removing masses, all defects were sutured directly . A total of 13 masses were removed; the remaining 2 masses on the finger were not removed because the patient still had to use the fingers to take care of himself. The remaining 2 masses would be removed during the next surgery. Histopathology showed a typical xanthoma with infiltration of foam cells . The healing process was normal. All sutures were removed 14 days after surgery. The patient was discharged and continued treatment with atorvastatin 40 mg/day. Gene sequencing test (on the Nextseq, Illumina system) showed homozygous LDL-C receptor gene mutation on chromosome 19. Due to difficult economic conditions, the patient's family members did not undergo gene sequencing to find mutations causing FH. Follow-up at 1.5 months postoperatively, the LDL-C level of the patient was reduced to 8.8 mmol/L and the wounds healed well and no re-appearance of masses was observed .
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A 7.6-year-old boy was referred for investigation of short stature. He was born after 39 weeks of gestation, with a birth weight of 3.38 kg (0.0 SD) and birth length of 47 cm (− 1.8 SD). Since the age of 1 year, height SD had gradually decreased from − 1.7 to − 3.3 SD, whereas the mid-parental height was − 0.8 SD. He did not have polydipsia or polyuria. The boy had previously been diagnosed with an autistic spectrum disorder, but his clinical examination was otherwise unremarkable; he had normal genitalia and there were no signs of puberty (Tanner stages A1 P1 G1, testes 1/1 ml). There was no familial history of constitutional delay. Endocrine results were suggestive of partial GH deficiency (circulating insulin-like growth factor-I 48 μg/L (− 2.5 SD) ; peak GH of 8.9 μg/L after glucagon). TSH was borderline elevated but free T4 was normal (TSH 5.3 mIU/L, free T4 14.6 pmol/L), and basal concentrations of circulating cortisol (8.8 μg/dL), dehydroepiandrosterone-sulphate (DHEAS 0.6785 μmol/L), luteinizing hormone (LH < 0.1 IU/L), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH 0.8 IU/L) and prolactin (4.7 μg/L) were unremarkable. MRI of the brain revealed a lipoma on the midline adjacent to the hypothalamus . The appearance of the anterior and posterior pituitary gland was normal. GH replacement treatment significantly increased height velocity from 5.2 cm/year to 9.4 cm/year in the first year of catch-up growth .
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A 74-year-old Caucasian Greek man was referred to our surgical clinic for repair of a left inguinal hernia. The patient had noticed a gradually enlarging mass 10 years prior to presentation. His physical examination revealed an elastic, hard, slightly mobile mass that was initially confused with a scrotal hernia, although reduction maneuvers produced no result, even after the intramuscular administration of pethidine. No abnormal dermal findings were observed.
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Ultrasonography showed the presence of a large (9 cm × 4 cm), rigid, inhomogeneous structure starting from the left inguinal space under the skin but not penetrating the corresponding hemiscrotum. Doppler sonography demonstrated prominent, rich vasculature. On computed tomography (CT), the lesion was observed to be round, with a diameter of 13 cm, inhomogeneous to the surrounding fat tissue of the anterior abdominal wall at the level of the left spermatic cord, and pushing away the left testis . No intravenous contrast medium was used because of allergy of the patient.
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Intra-operatively, the mass was found to be oval-shaped with dimensions 8 cm × 7 cm × 3 cm, well encapsulated, resembling fat tissue with rich vasculature, and it seemed to arise from the scrotal part of the spermatic cord without adherence to the ipsilateral testis . The mass was excised, and, because of the parallel presence of an inguinal hernia, typical mesh repair was performed.
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Microscopically, the specimen consisted of loose fibrous tissue in which we found a large number of fibroblasts (vimentin- and CD34-positive and actin-, desmin-, and S100P-negative), inflammatory infiltration of lymphocytes, plasma cells, mast cells, and abundant capillaries, many of which with regenerating and degenerating forms . The walls of some tissues were thickened and those of others were hyalinized .
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A 19-year-old woman noticed blurred vision with photopsia of the left eye. The patient had no notable medical or family history. Her best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was 1.0 OD and 0.9 OS with myopia of −9.0 diopters OU. Visual examination of the right eye showed no abnormality. Slit-lamp biomicroscopy revealed mild cells in the anterior vitreous OS. Funduscopic examination revealed multiple punctate yellow-white exudates at the level of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) in the posterior pole but not the midperiphery OS (Figure A). These exudates appeared as initial hyperfluorescence with late staining on fluorescein angiography (FA, Figure B) and hypofluorescence during the initial phase of ICGA (Figure C). SD-OCT images showed a loss of photoreceptor inner/outer segment junction (IS/OS) integrity corresponding to the nasal fovea (Figure D), accompanied by a moderately reflective, nodule-like lesion extending from the outer nuclear layer to the choroid, which corresponded to the exudates described above (Figure E). Humphrey threshold 30–2 perimetry showed an area of decreased sensitivity corresponding to the lesion area. Multifocal electroretinography (mfERG) showed decreased amplitudes at the posterior pole wider than the lesion area OS and normal amplitudes OD. The patient received a diagnosis of PIC OS. A regimen of oral prednisolone (30 mg/day) was initiated then gradually tapered for 4 months. Three months after treatment, BCVA increased to 1.2 OS. The areas of exudate scarred as IS/OS line integrity recovered. Twelve months after treatment, some of the scar lesions developed hyperpigmentation (Figure F), whereas BCVA and OCT findings remained stable.Twenty months after the initial visit, the patient complained again of central blurred vision in the left eye. Her BCVA was 1.2 OS. A punctate subretinal yellowish-white lesion nasal to the fovea OS (Figure A, F) appeared to have increased in size (Figure A, arrow), although the number of PIC lesions remained unchanged. The area of hyperfluorescence on late-phase FA (Figure B, arrow) or hypofluorescence on initial-phase ICGA (Figure C, arrow) corresponding to the lesion had expanded since the patient’s initial visit (Figure B, C). The patient was diagnosed with recurrent PIC. Treatment with oral prednisolone (30 mg/day) was restarted and continued for 3 months with tapering. Three months after this second round of treatment, BCVA remained unchanged, and the recurrent lesion had scarred with an associated improvement of the patient’s subjective symptoms.
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A 68-year-old man with a history of hypertension, diabetes, and chronic kidney failure was undergoing treatment as an outpatient for angina pectoris and atrial fibrillation that was diagnosed 2 years prior to the carcinosarcoma. He reported a history of heavy smoking for approximately 40 years; moreover, his father had a history of lung cancer. The patient did not have any clinical symptoms of cancer, and no remarkable changes were noted on physical examination. However, a routine blood test done 3 months earlier indicated anemia (hemoglobin: 9.6 g/dL), and the patient’s stool sample tested positive for occult blood. We tested for tumor markers and found the squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) antigen was slightly elevated at 3.3 ng/mL, but the carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and CA 19–9 were within the reference range. An upper GI endoscopy showed a bleeding, irregular, protruding lesion located on the posterior wall of the lesser curvature within the body of the stomach ; the lesion was biopsied and identified as a poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma. Moreover, at the lower part of the esophagus, there was a slightly concave lesion that was entirely separate from the gastric tumor. Biopsy specimens from the esophageal lesion indicated SCC. The patient was scheduled for surgical tumor excision. First, en bloc resection via endoscopic submucosal dissection was performed for the esophageal cancer, and the pathological diagnosis was well-differentiated SCC with negative margins and slight infiltration of the mucosal lamina propria. At a later date, segmental gastrectomy was performed for the gastric tumor. The proximal gastric surgical margin was confirmed to be negative by rapid assessment. The resected gastric tumor was subjected to histopathological examination. Macroscopically, the gastrectomy specimen had a protruding lesion measuring 41 × 29 × 18 mm3 . The cross-section showed a grayish-white tumor with growth mainly on the mucous membranous surface as well as areas with a cystic appearance and a translucent cartilage-like matrix in parts . Histologically, the tumor was a carcinosarcoma with mixed adenocarcinomatous and sarcomatous components . Tumor invasion was limited to the submucosa. The adenocarcinomatous component exhibited tubular, papillary, and, in some parts, solid growth patterns. The adenocarcinoma cells were acidophilic and cylindrical; however, some regions comprised adenocarcinoma cells with clear cytoplasm. The adenocarcinomatous component resulted in diffuse lymphatic and venous invasion. The sarcomatous portion showed proliferation of atypical spindle cells and atypical round cells with a high nucleus-to-cytoplasm (N/C) ratio . In the sarcomatous portion, some parts showed chondrogenesis, and dyskaryosis was observed in chondrocyte-like cells . Immunohistochemically, the adenocarcinomatous component with clear cytoplasm comprised areas with alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)- and Sal-like protein 4 (SALL4)-positive AFP-producing gastric carcinoma . Moreover, there were synaptophysin- and chromogranin A-positive adenocarcinomatous regions that showed neuroendocrine differentiation . The sarcomatous portion was predominantly composed of undifferentiated areas as indicated by unstained regions, but included smooth muscle actin-positive leiomyosarcomatous areas composed of spindle cells with acidophilic cytoplasm as well as areas of desmin- and MyoD1-positive atypical round cells with rhabdomyosarcomatous differentiation . Furthermore, a proliferative focus with atypical “bare nucleus” cells that was partly composed of SALL4-positive germ cell-like cells did not indicate any specific differentiation in immunostaining . Histopathological analysis of the background stomach revealed chronic gastritis with intestinal metaplasia and negativity for Helicobacter pylori. There was no dysplasia around the gastric tumor.
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Approximately 1 month following the post-gastrectomy, a chest CT showed a ground glass opacity in the inferior lobe of the patient’s right lung; after 6 months, the lung lesion grew, and therefore the patient underwent a right lower lobectomy. Histopathology of the resected tumor indicated a lepidic growth pattern rather than a gastric tumor metastasis. Further examination revealed that the tumor was a primary lung adenosquamous carcinoma with a well-differentiated lung adenocarcinoma component, positive for thyroid transcription factor 1 (TTF-1) on immunohistochemical staining, that was admixed with an SCC component . Fourteen months after the segmental gastrectomy, a flat, protruding lesion appeared in the anastomotic region of the patient’s remaining stomach portion. This lesion was identified as a local recurrence, and a total gastrectomy was carried out . Examination of the resected specimen from the local recurrence showed the growth of only the adenocarcinomatous component, without a sarcomatous component . The recurrent tumor extended into the subserosa, and we observed 1 very small site of lymph node metastasis . The patient started adjuvant chemotherapy by TS-1, and at the time of writing this report, the patient had survived for 3 months after the total gastrectomy. Although he had been diagnosed with three independent cancers, he did not undergo further evaluations for inherited cancer syndrome.
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A 78-year-old woman with an unremarkable past medical history presented to the clinic with symptoms of progressively worsening myelopathy including gait dysfunction and impairment of upper extremity fine motor skills. Noncontrast MRI of the cervical spine demonstrated multilevel degenerative disease and a dorsal intradural extramedullary lesion extending from C3-C6.
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The patient underwent an elective posterior C3-7 decompression, C3-T1 instrumented fusion, and resection of intradural tumor. Final pathology was psammomatous meningioma. The patient tolerated the procedure well and postoperatively was transferred to the neurological ICU for close monitoring.
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The patient was initially discharged from the hospital to an inpatient rehabilitation facility on POD 6. At the time of discharge, she was awake, oriented, and followed commands in all extremities with some mild weakness in the right deltoid and biceps, graded 4/5; the remaining muscle groups were 5/5. On POD 10, the patient developed progressive lethargy and was readmitted to the hospital for further evaluation. Upon readmission, she opened her eyes to verbal command, had incomprehensible speech, and would move all extremities spontaneously with strength 3/5 but did not follow commands. She was afebrile with WBC = 6.9 and no metabolic abnormalities. Given her recent intradural surgery, a lumbar puncture was performed. CSF cytology demonstrated 397 WBC, 20 RBC, 291 protein, and 40 glucose. CSF PCR was positive for HSV 1. Interestingly, intracranial imaging did not demonstrate the typical findings associated with herpes encephalitis . She was initially placed on broad spectrum antibiotics in addition to antiviral therapy. She was also connected to continuous EEG monitoring, found to be in status epilepticus, and required escalating therapy to the point of intubation with midazolam infusion. Seizure control was ultimately achieved, and she was maintained on levetiracetam 1500 mg q12H for 30 days and lacosamide 200 mg q12H for 7 days. The remainder of her infectious work-up was unremarkable, allowing her to be narrowed to only a 21-day course of IV acyclovir 500 mg q12H. Due to acute respiratory failure from encephalopathy, she underwent tracheostomy and PEG placement (POD 29); she underwent repeat MRI approximately 2 weeks after HSV diagnosis which still lacked typical findings of HSV . However, she continued to improve clinically; at the time of discharge, she would open her eyes spontaneously and followed simple commands in all extremities. Approximately 3 months out from being diagnosed with HSV encephalitis, she was oriented twice and followed commands in all 4 extremities with 5/5 strength in the bilateral upper and 3/5 in the bilateral lower extremities.
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At a three-month follow-up, the patient presented no new symptoms. The PEG was still in place and EEG revealed excessive theta waves during wakefulness and bilateral midtemporal delta slowing (left more prevalent than right). Though the patient had dysarthria and poor attention/processing, she followed commands in all 4 extremities consistent with her last evaluation. Vimpat 200 BID and 1500 mg of Keppra were prescribed for ongoing clonus spasticity. All other medications were continued as prescribed. In the following month, the patient had a normal LOC, very slight dysarthria, and improved situational awareness. No recent seizures had occurred. Lacosamide was reduced to 150 mg every 12 hours and Vimpat was reduced to 150 BID. Upon final examination, she followed commands in all 4 extremities with 5/5 strength in the bilateral upper and 4-/5 in the bilateral lower extremities.
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