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Inferior vena cava thrombosis during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a case report and review of the literature

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is an effective cardiopulmonary support therapy, which can provide temporary cardiopulmonary support for critically ill patients whose condition cannot be reversed by...

Authors: YouLian Chen, HuaiSheng Chen, XueYan Liu, ChengYing Hong and HuaDong Zhang

A desmoplastic fibroblastoma that developed in the anterior mediastinum: a case report

Desmoplastic fibroblastoma (also known as collagenous fibroma) is a benign, slowly growing soft-tissue tumor. Most desmoplastic fibroblastomas develop in the limbs, neck, or trunk. A mediastinal origin is quit...

Authors: Tai Hato, Hiroaki Kashimada, Masatoshi Yamaguchi, Ato Sugiyama, Yoshiaki Inoue, Kohei Aoki, Hiroki Fukuda, Masatoshi Gika, Jun Kikuchi, Takashi Fujino, Takehiko Yamaguchi, Jun-ichi Tamaru, Mitsutomo Kohno and Mitsuo Nakayama

Neuropsychological and psychological dysfunctions associated with coronavirus disease 2019: a case report

Patient’s account of personal experiences of having lived through coronavirus disease 2019 is important for understanding the magnitude of the debilitating impact of the infection. There is increasing recognit...

Authors: Maria Damianova

Sharp pain in a normal Achilles tendon of a professional female football player was related to a plantaris tendon in a rare position: a case report

Plantaris tendinopathy and plantaris-associated Achilles tendinopathy can be responsible for chronic pain in the Achilles tendon midportion, often accompanied by medial tenderness. As conservative treatments a...

Authors: Håkan Alfredson, Lorenzo Masci and Christoph Spang

Micronodular basal cell carcinoma of the scrotum: a case report and review of the literature

Basal cell carcinoma is the most common nonmelanotic skin cancer. It has variable clinical and histological subtypes that vary in their aggressiveness and liability to recurrence and metastasis. Chronic ultrav...

Authors: Mohammad Younes, Lamia Kouba, Hanaa Almsokar and Ayham Badran

Severe re-expansion pulmonary edema despite incomplete re-expansion of the lung: a case report

Re-expansion pulmonary edema is a rare but potentially fatal (mortality up to 20%) complication of the rapid removal of air, fluid, or other space-occupying lesion from the pleural cavity. This case report hig...

Authors: Alicja Zabielna

Myocarditis as an immune-related adverse event following treatment with ipilimumab and nivolumab combination therapy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma: a case report

Immune checkpoint inhibitors are new immunotherapy drugs globally used for many malignancies, including renal cell carcinoma. Myocarditis as an immune-related adverse event is rare but highly fatal, suggesting...

Authors: Yasuyuki Miyauchi, Hirohito Naito, Hiroyuki Tsunemori, Ryosuke Tani, Yusuke Hasui, Yuichi Miyake, Tetsuo Minamino, Ryo Ishikawa, Yoshio Kushida, Reiji Haba and Mikio Sugimoto

Low-grade intracranial meningioma with bilateral pulmonary metastases incidentally detected postpartum: a case report and review of the literature

Meningiomas are the most commonly encountered intracranial tumors, usually showing indolent behavior. Extra-axial spreading and distant metastases are seldom detected in these tumors, and lung metastasis from ...

Authors: Parviz Mardani, Arash Safarian, Anita Ashari, Sarina Pourjafar, Mohammad Hossein Anbardar, Negar Azarpira, Masoud Vafabin and Shahaboddin Yousefi

Ruptured middle cranial fossa arachnoid cysts after minor trauma in adolescent boys presenting with subdural hygroma: two case reports

Intracranial arachnoid cysts are common, cerebrospinal fluid-filled, innocent lesions that are usually detected incidentally on brain imaging. They may rupture and complicate due to subdural hematoma or hygrom...

Authors: Mohammad Farouq Hamidi and Hidayatullah Hamidi

Intraabdominal and ganglionic desmoplastic small round cell tumor: a case series

Desmoplastic small round cell tumor is a rare malignancy with poor prognosis, affecting young male patients. It frequently presents as a large abdominal mass with widespread peritoneal involvement at diagnosis...

Authors: S. Slim, I. Zemni, A. Bouida, M. Bouhani, N. Boujelbene, K. Mrad, R. Chargui and K. Rahal

Median 10 years follow-up of patients with covert Cushing’s syndrome: a case series

Ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone secretion syndrome occurs in 10% of all patients with adrenocorticotropic-hormone-dependent hypercortisolism. It is usually associated with overt malignancies or with occult...

Authors: Farzad Najafipour, Amir Bahrami, Mitra Niafar, Jalil Houshyar, Monireh Halimi and Vahideh Sadra

Bipolar disorder with Melnick–Needles syndrome and periventricular nodular heterotopia: two case reports and a review of the literature

Melnick–Needles syndrome and periventricular nodular heterotopia are two usually mutually exclusive phenotypes of F-actin-binding cytoskeletal phosphoprotein Filamin-A mutations. Melnick–Needles syndrome is a ...

Authors: Maria Pia Riccio, Giuseppe D’Andrea, Emilia Sarnataro, Maria Marino, Carmela Bravaccio and Umberto Albert

A relapsed Pseudomonas stutzeri prosthetic valve endocarditis: a case report and review of the literature

Pseudomonas stutzeri is a nonfluorescent denitrifying bacterium widely distributed in the environment, and it has also been isolated as an opportunistic pathogen from humans. It is a Gram-negative bacterium and a...

Authors: Mayyadah Alabdely, Mohammed Alazmah, Bandar Alamro, Mohamad S. Alabdaljabar and Magid Halim

Primary biliary cirrhosis associated with myasthenia gravis after postpartum: a case report

Autoimmune diseases refers to a class of diseases involving abnormal immune response of human body and tissue damage caused by the dysregulation of autoimmune balance or destruction of immune tolerance. Recent...

Authors: Lulu Zhang, Dongxue Ding, Liqiang Yu, Huan Qi, Chunru Han, Jianhua Jiang and Juean Jiang

Cesarean scar pregnancy treatment: a case series

Cesarean scar pregnancy is a complicated and potentially life-threatening type of ectopic pregnancy. This study reports two women with cesarean scar pregnancy who were successfully treated with systemic methot...

Authors: Zahra Heidar, Shahrzad Zadeh Modarres, Zhila Abediasl, Arezo Khaghani, Ensieh Salehi and Tayebeh Esfidani

Gallbladder volvulus:  a case report

Gallbladder volvulus is a rare pathology first reported by Wendel in 1898. Although the main pathological process associated with gallbladder volvulus is not known, there is clinical evidence suggesting that l...

Authors: Phillip Croce and Samuel Licata

Fulminant H1N1 and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 infections with a 4-year interval without an identifiable underlying cause: a case report

The clinical presentation of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 infection is highly variable from asymptomatic infection to fulminant disease. The reasons for the variation are only starting to un...

Authors: Terese L. Katzenstein, Sofie E. Jørgensen, Jann Mortensen, Marie Helleberg, Anna Kalhauge and Trine H. Mogensen

Philadelphia chromosome-positive B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia with e1a3 BCR-ABL1 transcript in a Nigerian with sickle cell anemia: a case report

The occurrence of acute leukemia in patients with sickle cell anemia is uncommon. The Philadelphia chromosome is the hallmark of chronic myeloid leukemia. However, it may also be associated with acute lymphobl...

Authors: Ibrahim O. Ahmed, Lauretta O. Ochogwu, Temilola O. Owojuyigbe, Norah O. Akinola and Muheez A. Durosinmi

The impact of a coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic-related interruption of regular physical rehabilitation on functional abilities in a patient with two chronic neurological diseases: a case report

Regular outpatient rehabilitation is prescribed for many patients with chronic neurological disorders, such as Parkinson’s disease or multiple sclerosis, to constantly support patients and their proxies in dis...

Authors: Tobias Braun, Raphael Weidmann, Jens Carsten Möller, Anissa Ammann and Detlef Marks

Correction to: Locked twins—remote from term: a case report

Authors: Abraham Fessehaye, Ferid A. Abubeker and Mekdes Daba

Orbital myeloid sarcoma misdiagnosed for subperiostal hematoma: a case report

Myeloid sarcoma is a solid tumor that consists of immature myeloid cells occurring at an extramedullary site. It can present before, concurrent with, or after the diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia or other m...

Authors: Bahaa Razem, Mohamed Raiteb, Sanaa El Mrini and Faiçal Slimani

Massive aspiration syndrome: a possible indication for “emergent” veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation?: a case report

Veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) is usually performed in cases of severe respiratory failure in which conventional and advanced mechanical ventilation strategies are ineffective in ach...

Authors: Emiliano Gamberini, Venerino Poletti, Emanuele Russo, Alessandro Circelli, Marco Benni, Giovanni Scognamiglio, Domenico Pietro Santonastaso, Costanza Martino, Linda Domenichini, Romina Biondi, Giorgia Bastoni, Etrusca Brogi, Luca Ansaloni, Federico Coccolini, Paola Fugazzola, Martina Spiga…

Retinal artery occlusion as a probable idiosyncratic reaction to topical minoxidil: a case report

Minoxidil hair formulation is commonly used for the treatment of male or female androgenic alopecia. This over-the-counter product is considered safe, but should be used with caution. Ocular side effects follo...

Authors: Ramesh Venkatesh, Arpitha Pereira, Nikitha Gurram Reddy and Naresh Kumar Yadav

Macrophage activation syndrome triggered by systemic lupus erythematosus flare: successful treatment with a combination of dexamethasone sodium phosphate, intravenous immunoglobulin, and cyclosporine: a case report

Macrophage activation syndrome is classified as a secondary form of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. It is a hyperinflammatory complication observed to be comorbid with a variety of autoimmune diseases, inc...

Authors: Wesam Gouda, Faisal Alsaqabi, Abdelhfeez Moshrif, Awad S. Abbas, Tarek M. Abdel-Aziz and Md Asiful Islam

Chronic intracranial subdural hematoma after spinal anesthesia for a cesarean section: a case report

Subdural hematoma is a rare, potentially devastating, yet curable complication of spinal anesthesia. Differentiation between post-dural puncture headache and subdural hematoma can be difficult, resulting in a ...

Authors: Delayehu Bekele, Mehari Bayable and Alemayehu Bedane

Diffuse prothrombotic syndrome after ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine administration: a case report

Vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia is emerging as one of the most relevant side effects of adenoviral-based vaccines against coronavirus disease 2019. Given the novelty of this disease, the med...

Authors: Nicole Ceschia, Valentina Scheggi, Anna Maria Gori, Angela Antonietta Rogolino, Francesca Cesari, Betti Giusti, Franco Cipollini, Niccolò Marchionni, Brunetto Alterini and Rossella Marcucci

Simultaneous surgical resection of cardiac myxoma and atypical thymic carcinoid: a case report

Cardiac myxoma is the most common type of primary cardiac tumor, and thymic carcinoid is a rare neuroendocrine tumor. No previous reports have described surgical management of concomitant occurrence of these n...

Authors: Ryohei Matsushima, Kosuke Fujino, Eri Matsubara, Yoshiko Masuda, Koei Ikeda, Makoto Suzuki and Toshihiro Fukui

Renal cell carcinoma with unusual metachronous metastasis up to 22 years after nephrectomy: two case reports

Renal cell carcinoma is the third most common malignant tumor in the urogenital tract. An estimated 25% of renal cell carcinomas are in stage IV when diagnosed. The 5-year-survival with stage IV is about 20%. ...

Authors: F. Bruckschen, C. D. Gerharz and A. Sagir

Melkersson–Rosenthal syndrome in the context of sarcoidosis: a case report 

Melkersson–Rosenthal syndrome is a rare disease characterized by the triad of recurrent orofacial swelling with facial paralysis and fissured dorsal tongue. Histologically, noncaseating granulomatous inflammat...

Authors: J. Casper, S. Mohammad-Khani, J. J. Schmidt, J. T. Kielstein, T. Lenarz, H. Haller and Annette D. Wagner

Uterine cervix metastasis from primary colon adenocarcinoma: a case report and review of the literature

Metastases to the female genital tract from extragenital primary tumors are unusual. We report a rare case of uterine cervix metastasis from colon adenocarcinoma and discuss diagnostic and therapeutic issues.

Authors: I. Sassi, M. Ghalleb, M. Chemlali, M. Mbarek, L. Charfi, R. Chargui and K. Rahal

Neuromyelitis optica with brain stem involvement in a middle-aged Ethiopian woman: a case report and review of literature

Neuromyelitis optica is a demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that predominantly affects the optic nerves and spinal cord. In neuromyelitis optica, white blood cells and antibodies primarily at...

Authors: Rodas Asrat Kassu, Hailu Abera Mulatu, Sisay Gizaw, Henok Fisseha, Amir Musema, Ayube Keder, Semere Negash, Fithanegest Tefera, Adugna Lissanwerk and Lemlem Tamrat

Recurrent neck myxofibrosarcoma: a case report 

Myxofibrosarcoma (MFS) is a rare soft tissue sarcoma with a high recurrence rate and a low risk of distant metastasis. It occurs mainly in the extremities of elderly men. Head and neck MFS is extremely rare. S...

Authors: Chiara Pagnoni, Luca Improta, Rossana Alloni, Francesco Mallozzi Santa Maria, Irene Aprile, Beniamino Brunetti, Carlo Greco, Bruno Vincenzi, Alessandro Gronchi and Sergio Valeri

Live ascaris in urinary bladder: a case report

Ascaris in urinary bladder is an extremely rare phenomenon. It may occur after fistula formation between urinary and gastrointestinal tract or by retrograde migration of adult worm, and is associated with comp...

Authors: Gashaw Mesele and Zelalem Mengistu

Challenges in treatment of renal echinococcosis with gross hydatiduria and unsalvageable kidney: a case report

Renal echinococcosis is of rare occurrence, and although often asymptomatic, it can present with various mild to drastic presentations, of which hydatiduria is pathognomonic. Diagnosis can be preliminarily est...

Authors: Sameera Shuaibi, Abdelrahman AlAshqar, Munirah Alabdulhadi and Wasl Al-Adsani

Challenge of coexisting type 2 diabetes mellitus and insulinoma: a case report

Insulinomas are rare clinical entities, but concurrent diabetes mellitus is even more uncommon, and the combination is easily missed. Recurrent hypoglycemia could be misconstrued as improved glycemic control. ...

Authors: Joseph Singbo, Michael Locketz and Ian Louis Ross

Large-vessel vasculitis in graft-versus-host disease: a case report

Graft-versus-host disease is a common complication seen with allogenic stem cell transplant, which is used to treat a variety of hematological malignancies. Graft-versus-host disease is an allogenic syndrome a...

Authors: Anmar Al-Heilfi, Champa Nataraja, Helen Cooley and Tracey Batt

Successful use of extended cardiopulmonary resuscitation followed by extracorporeal oxygenation after venlafaxine-induced takotsubo cardiomyopathy and cardiac arrest: a case report

Severe venlafaxine intoxication may cause arrhythmias, cardiac failure, and even cardiac arrest.

Authors: Sune Forsberg, Lis Abazi and Pär Forsman

A renal angiomyolipoma with a challenging presentation: a case report

Renal angiomyolipoma is considered a benign mesenchymal tumor composed of fat, smooth muscle, and blood vessels. It represents 1–3% of solid renal tumors. Despite this tumor’s benignity, it can be aggressive w...

Authors: H. Bouaziz, M. Ghalleb, N. Tounsi, N. Riahi, H. Bouzaiene, J. Ziadi, J. Ben Hassouna, M. Slimane and K. Rahal

A rare association in a patient with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer: ureteral fibroepithelial polyp and ipsilateral renal cell carcinoma: a case report

Fibroepithelial polyps located in the ureter constitute 2–6% of all benign tumors in the urinary system. Distinguishing these lesions from transitional cell carcinoma is essential to avoid unnecessary nephrour...

Authors: Serkan Akan and Caner Ediz

Graves’ disease coexisted with resistance to thyroid hormone: a case report

Resistance to thyroid hormone is a rare autosomal dominant disorder characterized by reduced responsiveness to thyroid hormone and can cause syndrome of inappropriate secretion of thyroid stimulating hormone. ...

Authors: Hiroshi Akahori and Rika Usuda

Concomitant familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia and single parathyroid adenoma: a case report

Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is a common endocrine disorder and the most frequent benign cause of hypercalcemia. PHPT is characterized by autonomous hypersecretion of parathyroid hormone (PTH), regardles...

Authors: Simone Diedrichsen Marstrand, Charlotte Landbo Tofteng, Anne Jarløv, Line Borgwardt and Peter Schwarz

Correction to: Avascular femoral necrosis as part of Cushing syndrome presentation: a case report

Authors: Daniela Salazar, César Esteves, Maria João Ferreira, Jorge Pedro, Tiago Pimenta, Raquel Portugal and Davide Carvalho

Tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome following meningitis and systemic lymphadenopathy with persistent Toxoplasma immunoglobulin M: a case report

Tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome is a rare lymphocyte-related oculorenal inflammatory disease presumed to be associated with drug use and infectious agents. Toxoplasma gondii is one of such patho...

Authors: Yoshihiro Oya, Hidekazu Futami, Takuya Nakazawa, Kazuyuki Ishijima, Keiko Umemiya, Fumiyoshi Takizawa, Naoki Imai, Hiroshi Kitamura and Ryutaro Matsumura

First case of childhood Takayasu arteritis from Syria: a case report

Takayasu arteritis is a systemic granulomatous inflammation affecting the large- and medium-sized vessels such as aorta, its main branches, and pulmonary and renal arteries. Childhood Takayasu arteritis is a s...

Authors: Wafa Alwattar, Rawan Al khudari, Judy Naameh, Jia Batha, Raghad Almajzoub and Basheer Khalil

Unilateral Urrets-Zavalia syndrome after Implantable Collamer Lens implantation: a case report and review of the literature

Fixed dilated pupil after ophthalmic surgery or Urrets-Zavalia syndrome occurs after anterior segment surgery and usually relates to postoperative elevation of intraocular pressure. Urrets-Zavalia syndrome res...

Authors: Duangratn Niruthisard and Ngamjit Kasetsuwan

Sorafenib-related generalized eruptive keratoacanthomas (Grzybowski syndrome): a case report

Sorafenib is an oral multikinase inhibitor that targets Raf serine/threonine receptor tyrosine kinases and inhibits tumor cell growth and angiogenesis. Cutaneous toxicities of sorafenib are common, including ...

Authors: M. Nazim Abbas, Wei Son Tan and Ganessan Kichenadasse

Scrotal wall leiomyosarcoma: a case report and review of the literature

Up to 30% of all scrotal masses are sarcomas. Leiomyosarcoma of the scrotal wall is rare, and its clinical significance and prognosis have not been well defined, since the most reported cases have little or no...

Authors: Zahra Erfani, Aileen Azari-yam and Seyed Reza Yahyazadeh

Megaloblastic anemia-related iron overload and erythroid regulators: a case report

In ineffective erythropoiesis, hepcidin synthesis is suppressed by erythroid regulators, namely erythroferrone and growth differentiation factor-15. For the first time, the hypothesis that iron overload in meg...

Authors: Nicolas Vallet, Jean-Baptiste Delaye, Martine Ropert, Amélie Foucault, Noémie Ravalet, Sophie Deriaz, Thomas Chalopin, Hélène Blasco, François Maillot, Olivier Hérault and Emmanuel Gyan

Severe sequelae in bilateral acute iris transillumination syndrome secondary to the use of oral moxifloxacin: a case report

Moxifloxacin is a fourth-generation fluoroquinolone used as a second-line treatment for multiple bacterial infections. Uveitis has been described as an adverse effect related to this medication. Although sever...

Authors: Nicolás Rivera-Valdivia, Karla Arteaga-Rivera, Juliana Reyes-Guanes, Natalia Neira-Segura and Alejandra de-la-Torre

Use of CytoSorb therapy to treat critically ill coronavirus disease 2019 patients: a case series

Acute respiratory distress syndrome is an important clinical presentation of respiratory complications caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, a novel coronavirus responsible for the ongoing...

Authors: Yatin Mehta, Chitra Mehta, Saurabh Nanda, Gaurav Kochar, Joby V. George and Manish Kumar Singh