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  1. Jejuno-jejunal invagination is a rare condition and is usually caused by a benign lesion. We describe the case of a patient with a jejunal epithelioid sarcoma. Epithelioid sarcoma is a rare histologic subtype ...

    Authors: Ana Bento, Hamilton Baptista, Carlos Pinheiro and Fernando Martinho
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:89
  2. Giant intradural extramedullary schwannomas of the thoracic spine are not common. Schwannomas, that is, tumors derived from neoplastic Schwann cells, and neurofibromas represent the most common intradural extr...

    Authors: Isaac Yang, Elena Paik, Nancy G Huh, Andrew T Parsa and Christopher P Ames
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:88
  3. Brainstem gliomas are rare in adults. They most commonly occur in the pons and are most likely to be high-grade lesions. The diagnosis of a high-grade brainstem glioma is usually reached due to the presentatio...

    Authors: Shaheen E Lakhan and Lindsey Harle
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:87
  4. Rectal mucosal prolapse syndrome, histologically characterized by fibromuscular obliteration in the lamina propria, hyperplastic glands and thickened muscularis mucosa, causes rectal bleeding. Sjögren's syndro...

    Authors: Hideki Koga, Kayoko Shimizu, Ken-ichi Tarumi, Yoshito Sadahira, Takayuki Matsumoto, Mitsuo Iida and Ken Haruma
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:85
  5. Myopia has become a big public health problem in certain parts of the world. Sight-threatening complications like choroidal neovascularisation membranes occur in up to 10% of pathological myopia, and natural h...

    Authors: Neruban Kumaran, Dawn A Sim and Adnan Tufail
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:84
  6. Peripheral T-cell lymphoma of the unspecified variant is a highly aggressive subtype of T-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. This is the first reported case of this type of lymphoma presenting as an ischemic stroke ...

    Authors: Mariantina Fragou, Dimitrios Karakitsos, Alexandros Kalogeromitros, George Samonis and Andreas Karabinis
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:83
  7. Nutcracker syndrome (NCS) is caused by a compression of the left renal vein between the aorta and the superior mesenteric artery (SMA). It results in left renal venous hypertension, and the subsequent developm...

    Authors: Danfeng Xu, Yushan Liu, Yi Gao, Lei Zhang, Junkai Wang, Jiangping Che and Youhua Zhu
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:82
  8. Renal cysts presenting in childhood are rare. Historically, renal cysts have been subject to variable nomenclature which has contributed to diagnostic difficulties. They can occur as solitary, unilateral or mu...

    Authors: Gaural Patel, Muhammad Choudhry and Kokila Lakhoo
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:79
  9. There are currently 23 missense point mutations and one 4 basepair deletion spanning different mitochondrial genes associated with mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS)...

    Authors: Khaled K Abu-Amero, Hesham Al-Dhalaan, Saeed Bohlega, Ali Hellani and Robert W Taylor
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:77
  10. Bordetella bronchiseptica can be a cause of virulent pneumonia in humans with impaired immune systems. Few cases have been reported in the medical literature where Bordetella bronchiseptica has been the only pat...

    Authors: Michal Galeziok, Ingram Roberts and Jo-Anne Passalacqua
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:76
  11. While biliary cystadenoma and biliary cystadenocarcinoma involving the liver are not uncommon, biliary cystadenocarcinoma of the gall bladder is an extremely rare lesion and can be very difficult to diagnose.

    Authors: Sarath Chandra Sistla, Gomati Sankar, Debadutta Basu and Bhuvaneswari Venkatesan
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:75
  12. Organising pneumonia is a distinct histopathological entity characterized by intra-alveolar buds of granulation tissue, called Masson bodies, which mainly comprise of activated fibroblasts and loose connective...

    Authors: Argyris Tzouvelekis, Anastasios Koutsopoulos, Anastasia Oikonomou, Marios Froudarakis, Pavlos Zarogoulidis, Paschalis Steiropoulos, Dimitrios Mikroulis, Antonis Antoniades and Demosthenes Bouros
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:74
  13. The authors report a rare case of primary spinal ependymomatosis in a young adult man. Multiple primary ependymomatous lesions were seen on magnetic resonance imaging and no anaplasia was identified on the sur...

    Authors: Chandrasekaran Kaliaperumal, Nigel Suttner, Brian Herron and Kishor A Choudhari
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:72
  14. Selection of the K103N mutation is associated with moderately reduced in vitro fitness of HIV. Strains bearing K103N in vivo tend to persist, even in the absence of additional drug pressure, as minority quasis...

    Authors: Ennio Polilli, Giustino Parruti, Luana Cosentino, Federica Sozio, Annalisa Saracino, Augusta Consorte, Gioacchino Angarano, Francesco Di Masi, Elena Mazzotta and Paolo Fazii
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:9132
  15. Primary malignant pericardial mesothelioma is a very rare pericardial tumor of unknown etiology.

    Authors: Thomas Butz, Lothar Faber, Christoph Langer, Jan Körfer, Oliver Lindner, Andrea Tannapfel, Klaus-Michael Müller, Axel Meissner, Gunnar Plehn, Hans-Joachim Trappe, Dieter Horstkotte and Cornelia Piper
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:9256
  16. Mesenteric lymphatic malformations are rare, benign tumors that are most commonly found in children. The presentation of these tumors is variable and may either be innocuous or life threatening. It has been su...

    Authors: Catherine Hunter, Meghan Connelly, Steven Lee, Larry Wang and Nam Nguyen
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:9030
  17. Hepatic encephalopathy may be initiated by many factors such as gastrointestinal bleeding, infections, fluid and electrolyte disturbances. Hypokalemia is one of the most commonly encountered electrolyte abnorm...

    Authors: Muge Ustaoglu, Tulay Bakir, Ahmet Bektas, Osman Cure and Bulent Gungor
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:7315
  18. Primary localized laryngeal amyloidosis is an extremely rare condition. It usually presents with hoarseness, pain and/or difficulty in breathing.

    Authors: Ioannis Yiotakis, Alexandros Georgolios, Alexandros Charalabopoulos, Panagiotis Hatzipantelis, Christos Golias, Konstantinos Charalabopoulos and Leonidas Manolopoulos
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:9049
  19. We present a case of herpes zoster infection (shingles) precipitated by surgical manipulation of the trigeminal nerve root during an attempted microvascular decompression procedure. The pathogenesis of this ph...

    Authors: Nassir Mansour, Chandrasekaran Kaliaperumal and Kishor A Choudhari
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:7813
  20. Iatrogenic inferior hypogastric plexus neuropathy is a well-reported side effect of rectal prolapse surgery. This case report emphasizes the importance of careful evaluation of surgical strategy in pelvic surg...

    Authors: Sébastien Romy, Maurice JC Matter, Christian Felley and Nicolas Demartines
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:9214
  21. Synovitis-acne-pustulosis-hyperostosis-osteitis (SAPHO) syndrome is a rare disorder. The etiology remains unknown and the treatment is still empirical. Synovitis is one of the major manifestations, but informa...

    Authors: Koichiro Komiya, Harumoto Yamada, Nobuki Terada, Yoshikazu Mizoguchi, Mitsuko Yamada, Masashi Suzuki and Shinichi Kato
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:9123
  22. Targeted therapies may impact the natural history of bladder cancer based upon their pharmacokinetics. The Her2/neu receptor tyrosine kinase, overexpressed by half of all primary urothelial carcinomas, has recent...

    Authors: Oscar B Goodman Jr, Matthew I Milowsky, Jodi Kaplan, Maha Hussain and David M Nanus
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:9110
  23. Chronic pyelonephritis is associated with progressive renal scarring and occurs, most of the time, in patients with major anatomical anomalies, including urinary tract obstruction, calculi, renal dysplasia or ...

    Authors: Georgios I Papadopoulos, Ioannis G Mountanos, Stylianos I Manolakakis, Georgios Chrysanthakopoulos, Eugenia Papaliodi and Antonios D Farmakis
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:9054
  24. Despite the high incidence of pulmonary embolism its diagnosis continues to be difficult, primarily because of the vagaries of symptoms and signs in presentation. Conversely, syncope is a relatively easy clini...

    Authors: Ahmet Demircan, Gulbin Aygencel, Ayfer Keles, Ozgur Ozsoylar and Fikret Bildik
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:7440
  25. Cat scratch disease is an infectious disease transmitted by young cats, in which the principal causative factor is Bartonella henselae. The typical course of cat scratch disease is usually benign and self-limited...

    Authors: Ilias Kantas, Michael Katotomichelakis, Marinos Vafiadis, Zografia V Kaloutsa and Chariton E Papadakis
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:7405
  26. Bilateral thalamic infarcts are rare presentations of stroke. They are the result of a complex combination of risk factors and a predisposing vessel distribution. The artery of Percheron, characterized by a si...

    Authors: Raúl López-Serna, Patricia González-Carmona and Manuel López-Martínez
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:7392
  27. Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) is a live attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis that has been used to treat urothelial carcinoma since 1976, and has been reported to eradicate disease in more than 70% of patien...

    Authors: Miguel Álvarez-Múgica, Jesús M Fernández Gómez, Verónica Bulnes Vázquez, Antonio Jalón Monzón, José M Fernández Rodríguez and Laura Rodríguez Robles
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:7323
  28. Although the adverse effects of cocaine use in pregnancy are well recognised, we believe this case highlights the importance of considering the route of administration, and suggests the possibility of multifoc...

    Authors: Ben C Reynolds, Dawn KM Penman, Allan G Howatson, Lesley A Jackson and Charles H Skeoch
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:9259
  29. Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma is a rare form of tumor of the lymph nodes or lymphoid tissue. In this report we describe an unusual presentation of angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma consisting of giant ki...

    Authors: Ori Argov, Gideon Charach, Moshe Weintraub and Alexander Shtabsky
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:9258
  30. Simultaneous involvements of multiple cranial nerve ganglia (geniculate ganglion and peripheral ganglia of cranial nerves VIII, IX and X) by varicella-zoster virus and its subsequent activation may result in t...

    Authors: Mazyar Hashemilar, Kamyar Ghabili, Mohammadali Mohajel Shoja, Dariush Savadi-Oskouei and Hossein Keyvani
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:9134
  31. Intramural dissection of the esophagus is a rare disorder characterized by a lesion between the submucosa and mucosa dividing the esophagus into a false and true lumen. The etiology of esophageal dissection re...

    Authors: Andreas Krieg, Christoph Vogt, Uwe Ramp, Ludger W Poll, Martin J Brinkmann, Edwin Bölke, Wolfram T Knoefel and Matthias Peiper
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:9213
  32. While infectious peritonitis is a common occurrence in patients with liver cirrhosis, Mycoplasma is rarely identified as a causative agent.

    Authors: Luc Biedermann, Dominik J Schaer, Matteo Montani, Rudolf Speich and Beat Müllhaupt
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:9211
  33. Psychiatric side effects of deep brain stimulation are not uncommon. It is often limited to transient mood alterations. We report for the first time a case of acute stimulation-dependent fear during intraopera...

    Authors: Michael Sabolek, Ingo Uttner, Klaus Seitz, Eduard Kraft and Alexander Storch
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:9136
  34. Enterobacter cloacae is responsible for 65-75% of all Enterobacter infections, bacteremia being the most common syndrome. The majority of infections are nosocomially acquired and in patients with predisposing fa...

    Authors: Guillermo Isasti, Laura Mora, Victoria García, Jesus Santos and Rosario Palacios
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:7417
  35. Endometrial ossification is an uncommon disease related to secondary infertility and its etiology and pathogenesis are controversial. More than 80% of reported cases occur after pregnancy.

    Authors: Julio César Rosa-e-Silva, Ionara Diniz Barcelos, Paula Andrea Navarro, Ana Carolina Japur de Sá Rosa-e-Silva, Antonio Alberto Nogueira and Rui Alberto Ferriani
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:7427
  36. Anton's syndrome describes the condition in which patients deny their blindness despite objective evidence of visual loss, and moreover confabulate to support their stance. It is a rare extension of cortical b...

    Authors: Mohana Maddula, Stuart Lutton and Breffni Keegan
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:9028
  37. Survival after severe electrocution is uncommon but chronic pain after such trauma is rare. We present a case report of an individual in whom the only modality providing objective evidence of pain related inju...

    Authors: John Jarrell and Chris Spanswick
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:8992
  38. Infective aortitis has become uncommon since the advent of antibiotic therapy. Aortitis, presenting as a localised perforation in a non-aneurysmal aorta, is extremely rare. We report the case of an 82-year-old...

    Authors: Manoj Kumar, Tariq Barakat, Grace Timmons and Ahmed Mudawi
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:8958
  39. An aneurysmal bone cyst is a benign, but expansile tumor like lesion that generally occurs in the long bones including the vertebral column. An aneurysmal bone cyst arising from the rib, especially in the elde...

    Authors: Murat Yasaroglu, Bulend Ketenci, Hatice Demirbag, Mehmet Yildirim and Ilgaz Dogusoy
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:8457

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