Articles

A possible new syndrome with growth-hormone secreting pituitary adenoma, colonic polyposis, lipomatosis, lentigines and renal carcinoma in association with familial testicular germ cell malignancy: A case report

Germ-cell testicular cancer has not been definitively linked to any known hereditary cancer susceptibility disorder. Familial testicular cancer in the presence of other findings in affected and unaffected fami...

Authors: Phuong L Mai, Larissa Korde, Joan Kramer, June Peters, Christine M Mueller, Susan Pfeiffer, Constantine A Stratakis, Peter A Pinto, Gennady Bratslavsky, Maria Merino, Peter Choyke, W Marston Linehan and Mark H Greene

Acute small bowel obstruction as a result of a Meckel's diverticulum encircling the terminal ileum: A case report

In the developed world, small bowel obstruction accounts for 20% of all acute surgical admissions. The aetiology for majority of these cases includes postoperative adhesions and herniae. However, a relatively ...

Authors: Avnesh S Thakor, Siong S Liau and Dermot C o'Riordan

The boy who refused an IV: a case report of subcutaneous clodronate for bone pain in a child with Ewing Sarcoma

Bone pain in malignancy can be challenging to treat. Bisphosphonates have been found to be useful in adults with bone pain, but there are no reports of their use in children for this indication. In pediatric p...

Authors: Harold Siden

Acute compartment syndrome of the hand in Henoch-Schonlein Purpura

An eight year old boy with Henoch-Schonlein Purpura (HSP) presented with acute compartment syndrome (ACS) of his left hand following arterial cannulation of his radial artery in intensive care unit. Emergency ...

Authors: Guntur E Luis and Eng-Seng Ng

Toxic shock syndrome responsive to steroids

Toxic Shock Syndrome is a dangerous disease with clinical features mimicking bacterial sepsis. The best management of Toxic Shock Syndrome is not determined.

Authors: Nikhil Vergis and David A Gorard

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis mimicking late CNS relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: case report

Acute encephalomyelopathy occurring after an allogeneic bone marrow transplant for leukaemia is a diagnostic emergency. The diagnosis can be challenging since there is a wide set of alternative diagnoses, incl...

Authors: Ram Kumar, Shobha Nijalingappa, John Grainger and Omar Ismayl

Iatrogenic insertion of impression mould into middle ear and mastoid and its retrieval after 9 years: a case report

The magnitude of hearing loss in Pakistan is enormous. One in twelve children of Pakistan suffers from some form of hearing impairment. Many of them are unable to afford surgical procedures and resort to the u...

Authors: Mohammad Sohail Awan, Moghira Iqbal and Zakariya Imam Sardar

Reactive arthritis developing after pneumococcal conjunctivitis: a case report

S. pneumoniae is a known cause of bacterial conjunctivitis and can be transmitted through contact with infected carriers.

Authors: Amit S Verma and Dorian Dwarika

Introducing Journal of Medical Case Reports

Authors: Michael Kidd and Charlotte Hubbard