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  1. Corneal damage associated with abuse of topical anesthetics is a rare clinic entity. Topical anesthetic abuse is one of the causes of ring keratitis. Ring keratitis is easily overlooked because it can mimic ac...

    Authors: Ayse Asyali Altinok, Melike Balikoglu, Emine Sen and Kurtulus Serdar
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:262
  2. The lateral periodontal cyst, as the name implies, occurs on a lateral periodontal location and is of developmental origin, arising from cystic degeneration of clear cells of the dental lamina. A botryoid odon...

    Authors: Vitor H Farina, Adriana AH Brandão, Janete D Almeida and Luiz AG Cabral
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:260
  3. The potential complications of an abdominal aortic aneurysm include rupture, compression of surrounding structures, thrombo-embolic events and fistula. The most common site of arterio-venous fistula is the inf...

    Authors: Mélanie Faucherre, Nader Haftgoli-Bakhtiari, Markus Menth, Julien Gaude and Beat Lehmann
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:255
  4. Guillain-Barré syndrome is an immune-mediated polyneuropathy that is routinely initially treated with either intravenous immunoglobulin or plasmapheresis. To the best of our knowledge, no association between p...

    Authors: Mary L Stevenson, Louis H Weimer and Ilya V Bogorad
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:253
  5. Cold agglutinin disease usually develops as a result of the production of a specific immunoglobulin M auto-antibody directed against the I/i and H antigens, precursors of the ABH and Lewis blood group substanc...

    Authors: Gianluca Lodi, Daniela Resca and Roberto Reverberi
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:252
  6. Management of the biliary ducts during liver resection is one of the most important challenges for hepatobiliary surgeons. Here, we report the case of a left hepatic trisectionectomy for hilar cholangiocarcino...

    Authors: Nobuhisa Akamatsu, Yasuhiko Sugawara, Masahiko Komagome, Takashi Ishida, Nobuhiro Shin, Narihiro Cho, Fumiaki Ozawa and Daijo Hashimoto
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:250
  7. The most common cause of parotid fistula is trauma, followed by malignancy, operative complications (parotidectomy or rhytidectomy) and infection. Acute suppurative parotitis can rarely produce parotid fistula...

    Authors: Amith I Naragund, Vijayanand B Halli, Ramesh S Mudhol and Smita S Sonoli
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:249
  8. Gastric variceal bleeding due to splenic vein thrombosis is a life-threatening situation and is often difficult to manage by endoscopy. In the worst cases, an emergency splenectomy may be required to stop vari...

    Authors: Bernd Saugel, Jochen Gaa, Veit Phillip, Roland M Schmid and Wolfgang Huber
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:247
  9. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is an indolent disease that often presents with complaints of lymphadenopathy or is detected as an incidental laboratory finding. It is rarely considered in the differential diagno...

    Authors: Elaine Lin, Adrienne Boire, Vagish Hemmige, Aliya N Husain, Matthew Sorrentino, Sandeep Nathan, Shahab A Akhter, Jerome Dickstein and Stephen L Archer
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:246
  10. The main clinical manifestations of Whipple's disease are weight loss, arthropathy, diarrhea and abdominal pain. Cardiac involvement is frequently described. However, endocarditis is rare and is not usually th...

    Authors: Vincent Gabus, Zita Grenak-Degoumois, Severin Jeanneret, Riana Rakotoarimanana, Gilbert Greub and Daniel Genné
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:245
  11. To the best of our knowledge, soft tissue sarcomas have not prevously been reported as a complication during pregnancy.

    Authors: Frédéric Amant, Kristel Van Calsteren, Maria Debiec-Rychter, Liesbeth Heyns, Katya Op De Beeck, Xavier Sagaert, Bart Bollen and Ignace Vergote
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:243
  12. Postoperative pulmonary embolism is considered a complication of major surgery. However, thromboembolism can also occur following minor procedures. We report a case of a major embolic event following a straigh...

    Authors: David A Cooke and Philip Zazove
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:242
  13. Prosthetic valve thrombosis is a rare but life-threatening condition that requires careful evaluation and prompt treatment. While surgical intervention remains the gold standard, thrombolytic therapy is now em...

    Authors: Nael Al-Sarraf, Fahad Al-Shammari, Jamal Al-Fadhli and Emad Al-Shawaf
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:241
  14. Ecstasy (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamin), a hallucinogenic amphetamine, is often used by young people, especially at 'raves'. This illicit drug can cause many metabolic changes and its use, when associated w...

    Authors: Mirnaluci Paulino Ribeiro Gama, Bárbara Vicente de Souza, Ana Carolina Ossowski and Rafaela Cristina Perraro
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:240
  15. Small supernumerary marker chromosomes are still a problem in cytogenetic diagnostic and genetic counseling. This holds especially true for the rare cases with multiple small supernumerary marker chromosomes. ...

    Authors: Joaquín Fernández-Toral, Laura Rodríguez, Ana Plasencia, María Luisa Martínez-Frías, Elisabeth Ewers, Ahmed B Hamid, Monika Ziegler and Thomas Liehr
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:239
  16. Coronary artery aneurysm is an uncommon disease. It is defined as a coronary artery dilatation, exceeding the diameter of the normal adjacent segment or the diameter of the patient's largest coronary vessel by...

    Authors: Gian Battista Danzi, Guido Angelo Pomidossi, Filippo Casolo, Marco Centola, Roberto Ferraresi and Chaim Lotan
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:238
  17. Anti-glomerular basement membrane disease is a rare autoimmune disorder characterized by pulmonary hemorrhage, crescentic glomerulonephritis and the presence of circulating anti-glomerular basement membrane an...

    Authors: Dhruval Patel, Noel Nivera and Allan R Tunkel
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:237
  18. Quadratus femoris tear is an uncommon injury, which is only rarely reported in the literature. In the majority of cases the correct diagnosis is delayed due to non-specific symptoms and signs. A magnetic reson...

    Authors: Artan Bano, Apostolos Karantanas, Dritan Pasku, George Datseris, George Tzanakakis and Pavlos Katonis
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:236
  19. Tracheostomy is a common airway procedure for life support. The fracture of the tracheostomy tube is a rare complication. We report a case of a 14-year-old boy whose fractured stainless steel tracheostomy tube...

    Authors: Patorn Piromchai, Piyawadee Lertchanaruengrit, Patravoot Vatanasapt, Teeraporn Ratanaanekchai and Sanguansak Thanaviratananich
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:234
  20. Alveolar soft-part sarcomas are rare, slow-growing tumors that metastasize commonly via vascular routes to the lungs, bones, lymph nodes and brain, causing morbidity and mortality. To the best of our knowledge...

    Authors: Olugbenga A Silas, Adeyi A Adoga, Agabus N Manasseh, Godwin O Echejoh, Raymond A Vhriterhire and Barnabas M Mandong
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:233
  21. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report in the literature of development of neurogenic diabetes insipidus in a patient with subacute liver failure.

    Authors: Manu Shankar Hari, Anthony K Parsons, Andy K Burroughs, Steve Shaw, James O'Beirne and Banwari Agarwal
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:232
  22. Acquired factor VIII deficiency is a rare entity that can lead to severe and life-threatening bleeding. We describe a case of severe bleeding from the tongue secondary to acquired hemophilia and discuss treatm...

    Authors: Theodoros Kelesidis, Jonelle Raphael, Elizabeth Blanchard and Rekha Parameswaran
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:231

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  23. Primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease is a rare cause of adrenocorticotropic hormone-independent Cushing's syndrome. We report an uncommon primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease case prese...

    Authors: George N Zografos, Theodora Pappa, Spiros Avlonitis, Athina Markou, Dimosthenis T Chrysikos, Gregory Kaltsas, Chrysanthi Aggeli and George Piaditis
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:230
  24. Ulcerative colitis is a chronic disease characterized by diffuse mucosal inflammation limited to the colon. It mostly affects young adults, yet a large number of middle-aged and older patients with ulcerative ...

    Authors: Marco Santangelo, Raffaele Lanteri, Maria D'Angelo, Santo A Carnazzo, Agostino Ragalbuto, Vincenzo Minutolo and Antonio Licata
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:229
  25. Ovarian cancer ascitic fluid, which contains malignant cells, is usually present in women with an advanced stage disease. There are currently no effective therapies for the treatment of ovarian cancer ascitic ...

    Authors: Aya Mizrahi, Abraham Czerniak, Patricia Ohana, Smadar Amiur, Jennifer Gallula, Imad Matouk, Rasha Abu-lail, Tatiana Birman, Abraham Hochberg and Tally Levy
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:228
  26. There are no known case reports of hepatic steatosis caused by oral fluoropyrimidines such as capecitabine. With increasing use of capecitabine since its approval for the treatment of metastatic colon cancer i...

    Authors: Sheray N Chin, Tae K Kim and Lillian L Siu
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:227
  27. Ectopic pelvic kidneys represent an anatomic variant that remains clinically asymptomatic in most patients. While there is some literature to suggest that ectopic kidneys may be more predisposed to blunt traum...

    Authors: Aaron B Becker, Mirza B Baig and Adam M Becker
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:224
  28. Patent paraumbilical and abdominal subcutaneous veins are found frequently as collaterals in patients due to portal hypertension mainly in liver cirrhosis.

    Authors: Wolfgang J Schnedl, Pia Reittner, Robert Krause, Rainer W Lipp, Erwin Tafeit and Sandra J Wallner-Liebmann
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:223
  29. Malignant change in a leiomyoma or uterine fibroid is termed leiomyosarcoma. It arises from smooth muscle of the uterus and is a rare tumor that accounts for 2% to 5% of all uterine malignancies. Very few cases a...

    Authors: Venkata Sujatha Vellanki, Meghana Rao, Chinna Babu Sunkavalli, Rao N Chinamotu and Shailaja Kaja
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:222
  30. Ethylene glycol poisoning may pose diagnostic difficulties if the history of ingestion is not volunteered, or if the presentation is delayed. This is because the biochemical features of high anion-gap metaboli...

    Authors: Fiona Baldwin and Hersharan Sran
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:220
  31. Thrombosis in myeloproliferative thrombocytosis occurs usually in the microvessels and medium-sized arteries and veins and only rarely in the aorta. Aortic thrombosis is usually treated with thrombectomy. Repo...

    Authors: Hidesuke Yamamoto, Haruaki Nishimaki, Norikazu Imai, Masakazu Nitta and Osami Daimaru
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:219
  32. Colorectal cancer is one of the most common human diseases worldwide, and metastases are detected in approximately 20% of patients at diagnosis. Brain metastases occur in only 4% of cases, however, and usually...

    Authors: Eduardo Hortelano, Christian Perea, Esther Uña, Amelia Cebayos, Patricia Diezhandino and Montserrat González
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:218
  33. Wernicke's encephalopathy is an acute, potentially fatal, neuropsychiatric syndrome resulting from thiamine deficiency. The disorder is still greatly under-diagnosed, and failure to promptly identify and adequ...

    Authors: Laura Saad, Luiz FAL Silva, Claudio EM Banzato, Clarissa R Dantas and Celso Garcia Jr
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:217
  34. Paragangliomas that originate from the urinary bladder are extremely rare. In most series, bladder paragangliomas often cause micturitional attacks. Treatment modalities include transurethral resection and cys...

    Authors: Dan-Feng Xu, Ming Chen, Yu-Shan Liu, Yi Gao and Xin-Gang Cui
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:216
  35. A unicornuate uterus with a rudimentary horn is the most uncommon uterine anomaly of the female genital tract. It has an estimated frequency of one in 100,000 among the fertile female population. This anomaly ...

    Authors: Ignacio Zapardiel, Pilar Alvarez, Tirso Perez-Medina and Jose M Bajo-Arenas
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:215
  36. Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome is a well-known complication in HIV-infected patients after initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy resulting in rapid CD4+ cell count recovery and suppressi...

    Authors: Christian Oelschlaeger, Rainer Dziewas, Doris Reichelt, Jens Minnerup, Thomas Niederstadt, Erich B Ringelstein and Ingo W Husstedt
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:214
  37. Small bowel adenocarcinoma is a rare malignancy associated with a poor prognosis and there is little evidence of effective treatment. Recurrent small bowel adenocarcinoma is an intractable disease for which th...

    Authors: Tomoki Yamano, Eiichi Morii, Isao Arai, Toshiaki Takada and Katsuyuki Aozasa
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:213
  38. Conservative treatment of a heterotopic cervical pregnancy was performed with a modification of the fixation of a Foley catheter at the level of the external cervical os, followed by the ligature of the descen...

    Authors: Tomislav Hafner, Ivana Erceg Ivkosic, Alan Serman, Renato Bauman, Boris Ujevic, Sanja Vujisic, Daria Hafner and Berivoj Miskovic
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:212
  39. The frequency of intra-orbital metastasis in systemic cancer is a controversial topic. Of all metastatic tumors to the orbit of the eye, breast carcinoma is considered to be the most prevalent. Orbital finding...

    Authors: Elisa Francone, Federica Murelli, Alessandro Paroldi, Cecilia Margarino and Daniele Friedman
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:211
  40. A rare case of optic disc edema associated with cutaneous larva migrans is presented. To the best of our knowledge, this has not been previously reported in literature. Joint management by ophthalmology and tr...

    Authors: Luna Dhir, Tim O'Dempsey and Mark T Watts
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:209

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