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The additional genetic diagnosis of homozygous sickle cell disease in a patient with Waardenburg-Shah syndrome: a case report

It is important that multiple genetic diagnoses are not missed. This case report describes the clinical features and management of a patient with co-inheritance of Waardenburg syndrome type 4 or Waardenburg-Sh...

Authors: Angela E. Rankine-Mullings, Graham Serjeant, Zachary Ramsay, Neil A. Hanchard and Monika Asnani

Dynamic hip kinematics during recreational classical ballet and hula dance after total hip arthroplasty: two case reports

The in vivo assessment of the three-dimensional kinematics of the hip during dance activities in patients after total hip arthroplasty has not been previously reported. We evaluated the replaced hip kinematics du...

Authors: Keisuke Komiyama, Satoshi Hamai, Daisuke Hara, Satoru Ikebe, Yifeng Wang, Hirotaka Gondo, Hidehiko Higaki and Yasuharu Nakashima

Computer-assisted anteverting eccentric rotational acetabular osteotomy for recurrent posterior dislocation associated with acetabular retroversion: a case report

Acetabular retroversion is a rotatory abnormality of the entire hemipelvis that includes anterior over-coverage and posterior deficiency of the acetabulum, and is associated with pincer-type femoroacetabular i...

Authors: Hiroshi Imai, Jun Takeba, Akira Maruishi, Joji Miyawaki, Tomomi Kamada and Hiromasa Miura

Doyne honeycomb retinal dystrophy – functional improvement following subthreshold nanopulse laser treatment: a case report

Based on phenotypic similarities between age-related macular degeneration and the autosomal disorder Doyne honeycomb retinal dystrophy, we report on a single nanolaser treatment of a patient with genotype Doyn...

Authors: Andrea Cusumano, Benedetto Falsini, Emiliano Giardina, Raffaella Cascella, Jacopo Sebastiani and John Marshall

An anomalous band originating from the fabella causing semimembranosus impingement presenting as knee pain: a case report

The presentation of patients with knee injuries which can have a significant impact on their ability to work and perform activities of daily living is constantly rising. The posterolateral corner of the knee h...

Authors: V. Adukia, M. Ricks, K. Colquhoun and N. Flynn

A rare cause of back pain and radiculopathy – spinal tophi: a case report

Gout is a monosodium urate deposition disease which is prevalent worldwide. The usual manifestations are crystal arthropathy and tophi deposition in the soft tissues. Spinal tophi may also occur and are rarely...

Authors: S. A. Wan, C. L. Teh, A. T. Jobli, Y. K. Cheong, W. V. Chin and B. B. Tan

Acute exacerbation of chronic osteomyelitis triggered by aggravation of type 2 diabetes mellitus: a case report

Osteomyelitis is an infection in a bone. Acute osteomyelitis is observed mainly in the long leg bones of children and is usually treated with antibiotics. On the other hand, in adults, subacute or chronic oste...

Authors: Shintaro Irie, Takatoshi Anno, Fumiko Kawasaki, Ryo Shigemoto, Hideaki Kaneto, Kohei Kaku and Niro Okimoto

Mesothelial cyst derived from chest wall pleura growing after thoracic surgery: a case report

Intrathoracic mesothelial cysts almost always arise in the mediastinum, and extramediastinal mesothelial cysts are extremely rare. Here we describe a case of mesothelial cyst derived from the chest wall pleura...

Authors: Hiroyasu Matsuoka, Hirochika Matsubara, Aya Sugimura, Tsuyoshi Uchida, Tomofumi Ichihara, Tadao Nakazawa and Hiroyuki Nakajima

Pheochromocytoma presenting with severe hyperglycemia and metabolic acidosis following intra-articular glucocorticoid administration: a case report

There are several reports of pheochromocytoma crisis triggered by systemic glucocorticoid administration. However, pheochromocytoma crisis after intra-articular glucocorticoid administration has been rarely re...

Authors: Masako Tomoyasu, Yusaku Mori, Ayako Fukase, Hideki Kushima and Tsutomu Hirano

Ambiguous presentation of an intra-abdominal testicular seminoma in a 40-year-old man: a case report

Cryptorchidism is the most common congenital malformation of the male genitourinary tract. The cryptorchid testis is most often located in the inguinal canal; however, intra-abdominal locations are not rare. T...

Authors: Marius Nkembe Nkembe, Clarence Mbanga Mvalo, Frank Leonel Tianyi and Cisse Demba

Collodion baby treated at a tertiary hospital in Tanzania: a case report

The term “collodion baby” is used to describe a newborn covered with a translucent, parchment-like skin sheet. It is an extremely rare condition with an estimated incidence of 1 in 300,000 live births. Clinica...

Authors: Evance K. Godfrey, Evelyne G Furumbe, Flora Faustine and Helga Naburi

Repeat stent implementation for recanalization of the proximal right coronary artery: a case report

A stent in a false lumen is a common cause of stent occlusion after coronary percutaneous coronary artery intervention therapy, particularly in the culprit lesion of acute myocardial infarction. Here, we prese...

Authors: Yabin Wang, Lei Gao, Ming Zhang, Yundai Chen and Feng Cao

Intravenously administered cloxacillin-induced neutropenia with eosinophilia in a patient with infective endocarditis: a case report

Bacteremia following Staphylococcus aureus is a serious clinical condition which is often associated with distant metastatic infections. One of the most dreaded complications of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia i...

Authors: J. A. A. S. Jayaweera, W. P. H. Abeydeera and G. R. Ranasinghe

Examination of metal mobilization from a gunshot by scanning acoustic microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy: a case report

Projectile foreign bodies are known to cause chronic heavy metal toxicity due to the release of metal into the bloodstream. However, the local effect around the metallic object has not been investigated and th...

Authors: Bukem Bilen, Fatma Ates Alkan, Umit Bora Barutcu, Meltem Sezen, Mehmet Burcin Unlu and Kamran Aghayev

A prospective study of tinea capitis in children: making the diagnosis easier with a dermoscope

Tinea capitis is a scalp infection caused by different fungi. Etiological diagnosis is based on suggestive clinical findings and confirmation depends on the fungus growth in culture. However, it is not always ...

Authors: Niema Aqil, Hanane BayBay, Kaoutar Moustaide, Zakia Douhi, Sara Elloudi and Fatima Zahra Mernissi

Successful contemporary reverse controlled antegrade and retrograde subintimal tracking without contrast medium: a case report

Contrast-induced acute kidney injury is one of the common adverse events related to percutaneous coronary intervention and a predictor for worse outcome. In the setting of percutaneous coronary intervention fo...

Authors: Satoshi Higuchi, Yusuke Miura, Yoshio Nishina, Kohei Koyama, Ken Kongoji, Kenichi Matsushita and Kyoko Soejima

Hypodipsic-hypernatremia syndrome in an adult with polycythemia: a case report

Hypernatremia is a very common electrolyte disorder and is frequently encountered in out-patient as well as in-hospital settings. We describe an adult who was found to have unexplained relative polycythemia an...

Authors: Mogamat-Yazied Chothia, Kiran George, Muhammed Sheik and Mogamat Razeen Davids

Gastric duplication cyst in an adult with autoimmune hemolytic anemia: a case report and review of the literature

Gastric duplication cysts are uncommon congenital anomalies found primarily in children and rarely seen in the adult population. Accurate diagnosis of cysts before resection is difficult even using the most ad...

Authors: Amal Bennani, A. Miry, I. Kamaoui and T. Harroudi

Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in a patient with choroidal melanoma simulating choroidal detachment: a case report

Ophthalmologists and retina specialists may consider choroidal detachment if patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment present with choroidal elevation. That misdiagnosis may lead to inappropriate treatm...

Authors: Satoru Kase, Yuka Suimon, Kan Ishijima and Susumu Ishida

Secondary extramedullary plasmacytoma of sigmoid colon in a patient with multiple myeloma: a case report

Extramedullary plasmacytoma is an uncommon tumor that most often involves the nasopharynx or upper respiratory tract. Extramedullary plasmacytoma is a type of plasma cell neoplasm that can present as a primary...

Authors: Dimitris Fagkrezos, Konstantinos Manes, Konstantina Paraskeva, Michalis Lenos, Charikleia Triantopoulou, Dimitra Apessou and Petros Maniatis

An epidermal cyst of the penis after distal hypospadias surgery: a case report

Epidermoid cyst is a benign tumor that can occur anywhere in the body but is rarely seen in the penis. Congenital and previous penile surgeries have been reported to be involved in the etiology of the disease,...

Authors: Yavuz Guler, Zeynep Tatar, Burak Ucpinar and Akif Erbin

Episcleritis in a patient with mucosal melanoma treated with interferon alfa-2b and radiotherapy: a case report

Mucosal melanoma of the head and neck is a rare malignant tumor associated with a poor prognosis. Surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and biotherapy are common strategies for treating mucosal melanoma of the ...

Authors: Li Yang, Shaofei Ji, Liping Wang and Yi Zhang

Sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation of the spleen (SANT) in a patient with clear cell carcinoma of the uterus: a case report

Sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation of the spleen is a very rare benign vascular lesion recently described. Usually, sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation of the spleen is an incidental findi...

Authors: Boubacar Efared, Ibrahim S. Sidibé, Fatimazahra Erregad, Nawal Hammas, Laila Chbani and Hinde El Fatemi

Cardiac arrest associated with pneumorrhachis and pneumocephalus after epidural analgesia: two case reports

Epidural analgesia has become a common procedure to provide excellent pain relief with few complications. Pneumorrhachis and pneumocephalus are rare complications of unintentional dural puncture and injection ...

Authors: Hyungoo Shin, Hyuk Joong Choi, Changsun Kim, Inhye Lee, Jaehoon Oh and Byuk Sung Ko

Masson’s tumor of the kidney: a case report

Intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia (known also as Masson’s tumor) is a benign vascular lesion that commonly occurs in the skin and is rarely found in solid organs, especially in the kidney. In wha...

Authors: Mohamed Ali Essid, Abderrazak Bouzouita, Ahlem Blel, Maroua Gharbi, Marouen Chakroun, Aycha Ben Miled, Haroun Ayed, Mohamed Cherif, Mohamed Riadh Ben Slama, Amine Derouiche and Mohamed Chebil

Coil embolization of intralobar pulmonary sequestration - an alternative to surgery: a case report

Pulmonary sequestration is a congenital lung disease characterized by nonfunctioning pulmonary tissue that lacks normal communication with the bronchial tree and is supplied by a nonpulmonary systemic artery. ...

Authors: John Ellis, Sumir Brahmbhatt, Daniel Desmond, Brian Ching and Jordanna Hostler

Glioblastoma multiforme presenting as postpartum depression: a case report

Alterations of mental status are characteristic of psychiatric disorders but may also result from a multitude of organic causes. Generally, physical examination and blood analysis are a part of basic psychiatr...

Authors: Johannes Petzold, Emanuel Severus, Shirin Meyer, Michael Bauer, Dirk Daubner, Dietmar Krex and Tareq A. Juratli

Female urethral dilatation (bougierung): a case report

Primary bladder neck obstruction is a rare clinical entity, reported to be responsible for 2.7–8% of lower urinary tract symptoms. It can lead to various urinary storage and voiding symptoms. The mainstay of t...

Authors: Balint Farkas and Miklos Szakacs

Exogenous estrogen therapy, testicular cancer, and the male to female transgender population: a case report

Over the last 40 years, there has been a significant increase in the incidence of testicular cancer. The epidemiologic evidence to understand this phenomenon is unclear, however exogenous estrogen exposure is ...

Authors: Gursimran Chandhoke, Bobby Shayegan and Sebastien J. Hotte

Undiagnosed hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy during transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a case report

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement is indicated for severe symptomatic aortic stenosis in patients who have a very high or prohibitive surgical risk as assessed pre-procedurally by the Society of Thoracic ...

Authors: Kevin R. Olsen, Joseph E. LaGrew, Caleb A. Awoniyi and J. Christopher Goldstein

Scrofuloderma with disseminated tuberculosis in an Ethiopian child: a case report

Cutaneous tuberculosis represents only 1–2% of extrapulmonary forms of tuberculosis. Scrofuloderma is an endogenous form of cutaneous tuberculosis and can present as isolated or coexist with pulmonary and diss...

Authors: Henok Tadele

Hereditary cardiac amyloidosis associated with Pro24Ser transthyretin mutation: a case report

Transthyretin amyloidosis is a systemic disorder caused by extracellular deposition of insoluble amyloid fibrils in peripheral and autonomic nerves, heart, kidney, gastrointestinal tract, and other organs. Her...

Authors: Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Toru Hashimoto, Shunji Kawamura, Michiaki Hiroe, Taro Yamashita, Yukio Ando and Tomoki Yokochi

Pancreatic carcinoma underlying a complex presentation in late pregnancy: a case report

Gestational diabetes mellitus is strongly related to the risk of pancreatic cancer in pregnant women, but gestational diabetes can precede a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer by many years. Women with a history o...

Authors: Ai-Wu Shi, Xiao-Feng Shen, Hong-Juan Ding, Yao-Qiu Liu, Li Meng and Bill Kalionis

Acquired partial lipoatrophy as graft-versus-host disease and treatment with metreleptin: two case reports

Acquired partial lipoatrophy has been reported after bone marrow transplantation during childhood; however, no adult cases have previously been reported. We herein report two adult cases of acquired partial li...

Authors: Yusuke Shibata, Atsuko Nakatsuka, Jun Eguchi, Satoshi Miyamoto, Yukari Masuda, Motoharu Awazawa, Akinobu Takaki, Ryuichi Yoshida, Takahito Yagi and Jun Wada

Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess: a case report

Liver abscess has formerly been a polymicrobial infection. Currently, liver abscess due to Klebsiella pneumoniae is increasingly reported, predominantly in Southeast Asia for unknown reasons. Liver abscess due to...

Authors: P. N. S. Premathilake, W. K. S. Kularatne, J. P. K. Jayathilake and S. D. N. Senadhira

Idiopathic calcinosis cutis of the scrotum: a case report and review of the literature

Abnormal deposition of calcium in the skin or subcutaneous tissue is termed calcinosis cutis. Idiopathic calcinosis cutis of the scrotum is an uncommon entity. The pathogenesis of idiopathic calcinosis cutis o...

Authors: M. M. Aarif Syed, Aasiya Rajbhandari and Upama Paudel

Epithelioid cell granuloma with caseating necrosis possibly caused by periapical periodontitis: a case report

Epithelioid cell granuloma with caseating necrosis is a typical pathological finding in tuberculosis. While specific inflammation, including that related to tuberculosis, can induce caseating granuloma formati...

Authors: Risa Shimizu, Kae Tanaka, Yu Oikawa, Hirofumi Tomioka, Kou Kayamori, Tohru Ikeda, Takatomo Yoshioka, Arata Ebihara and Hiroyuki Harada

Difficult-to-diagnose diabetes in a patient treated with cyclophosphamide – the contradictory roles of immunosuppressant agents: a case report

Cyclophosphamide may induce autoimmune diabetes through a decrease in suppressor T cells and increase of proinflammatory T helper type 1 response in animal models. In humans, this association is not as clear d...

Authors: Manuel García-Sáenz, Daniel Uribe-Cortés, Claudia Ramírez-Rentería and Aldo Ferreira-Hermosillo

Mitral valve myxoma presenting with transient ischemic attack: a case report and review of the literature

Myxomas account for approximately half of all primary cardiac neoplasms. Most occur in the left atrium and only rarely are attached to the mitral valve, with just over 30 such cases reported in the literature....

Authors: Kendra J. Grubb, Vasa Jevremovic and Edgar G. Chedrawy

Surgical outcome of jejunum-jejunum intussusception secondary to Rapunzel syndrome: a case report

Adult intestinal intussusception is a rare condition caused by the mechanical disruption of bowel motility. A bezoar is defined as indigestible material inside the gastrointestinal tract that develops into a t...

Authors: Martín Adrián Bolívar-Rodríguez, Rodolfo Fierro-López, Adrián Pamanes-Lozano, Marcel Antonio Cazarez-Aguilar, Benny Alonso Osuna-Wong and José Cándido Ortiz-Bojórquez

Correction to: Giant nonfunctioning adrenal tumors: two case reports and review of the literature

In the publication of this article [1], there is an error in the Family Name and Given Name of the authors since these were interchanged.

Authors: George Chatzoulis, Ioannis Passos, Dimitra-Rafailia Bakaloudi, Dimitrios Giannakidis, Alexandros Koumpoulas, Konstantinos Ioannidis, Ioannis Tsifountoudis, Dimitrios Pappas and Panagiotis Spyridopoulos

Giant prolactinoma, germline BRCA1 mutation, and depression: a case report

Giant prolactinomas are very rare pituitary tumors that may exhibit an aggressive behavior and present with a life-threatening condition.

Authors: Rita Bettencourt-Silva, Joana Queirós, Josué Pereira and Davide Carvalho

Perindopril-induced angioedema of the lips and tongue: a case report

Ace inhibitor-induced angioedema, characterized by sudden-onset swelling of the mucous membrane, skin, or both, is a rare occurrence in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Because of its safety and efficacy, perindop...

Authors: Fawaz Abdullah Alharbi, Abdulwahab Awadh Alharthi and Faisal Nuefa Alsaadi

Swept-source optical coherence tomography and optical coherence tomography angiography in acquired toxoplasmic chorioretinitis: a case report

To describe swept-source optical coherence tomography and optical coherence tomography angiography retinal changes in a case of acute toxoplasmic chorioretinitis both at the time of diagnosis and after healing.

Authors: Diego Vezzola, Davide Allegrini, Alfredo Borgia, Paolo Fogagnolo, Luca Mario Rossetti, Mario R. Romano and Stefano De Cillà

Optic neuritis as the initial clinical presentation of limbic encephalitis: a case report

Limbic encephalitis is characterized by rapid onset of working memory deficit, mood changes, and often seizures. The condition has a strong paraneoplastic association, but not all cases are invariably due to t...

Authors: Stephanie S. L. Cheung, Gary K. K. Lau, Koon-Ho Chan, Ian Y. H. Wong, Jimmy S. M. Lai, Wai Kiu Tang and Kendrick C. Shih

Optic neuritis following diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, and inactivated poliovirus combined vaccination: a case report

Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, and inactivated poliovirus combined vaccine is widely used in young children as part of a series of immunizations before they start attending school. Case studies of demyelinati...

Authors: Preston O’Brien and Robert W. Wong

Pallister–Hall syndrome with orofacial narrowing and tethered cord: a case report

Pallister–Hall syndrome is a rare, autosomal dominant, genetic disorder characterized by different congenital abnormalities: hypothalamic hamartoblastoma, bifid or shortened epiglottis, polydactyly, renal anom...

Authors: Femia Hayek

A family with PTEN mutations with malignancy and an unusually high number of offspring with autism spectrum disorder: a case report

Cowden’s syndrome (OMIM:158350), a rare genetic disorder (incidence ~ 1:250,000), is caused by mutations of the tumor suppressor gene PTEN. In this report, we describe clinical manifestations of a 56-year-old pat...

Authors: Sabrina L. Gruhl, Pankaj Sharma and Thang S. Han

Case reports: old-timers and evergreens

Authors: C. A. Koch and T. Fülöp

Innominate artery bifurcation pseudoaneurysm repair by “kissing stent-grafts technique”: a case report

We introduce the “kissing stent-grafts technique” for a patient who suffered from a pseudoaneurysm in bifurcation of innominate artery. This technique repaired an innominate artery bifurcation pseudoaneurysm; ...

Authors: Xin Li, Chang Shu, Quan Ming Li, Kun Fang, Ming Li and Wenwu Cai