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  1. The coronavirus disease 2019 syndrome typically consists of respiratory symptoms and other general nonspecific symptoms. Psychotic manifestations of coronavirus disease 2019 attributable to severe acute respir...

    Authors: Nyanyuie Kodjo Lovi, Selase Kofi Kekrebesi, Mary Osei and Eugene Yeboah
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:171
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  2. Cardiac tumors in infants and children are rare. The most common cardiac tumor is rhabdomyoma, which may be associated with tuberous sclerosis. However, not all cardiac rhabdomyomas are pathognomonic for tuber...

    Authors: Mohammed Alsabri, Alejandro Gonzalez, Aaron Sircy, Sai Sarada Policherla and Kemi Mascoll-Robertson
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:166
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  3. Salbutamol is a selective β2-receptor agonist widely used to treat asthma in both emergency and outpatient settings. However, it has been associated with a broad spectrum of side effects. Lactic acidosis and d...

    Authors: Marco Colombo, Anna Plebani, Annalisa Bosco and Massimo Agosti
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:160
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  4. Retinal arterial occlusive events in young patients are rare. However, because of physiological multifactorial adaptations during pregnancy, retinal vascular occlusive disease may occur spontaneously. In addit...

    Authors: L. Jürgens, R. Yaici, C. M. Schnitzler, A. K. Fleitmann, M. Roth, K. Schröder and R. Guthoff
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:167
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  5. Extragonadal choriocarcinoma is rare and can be associated with hyperthyroidism when producing very high levels of human chorionic gonadotropin.

    Authors: Nicole M. Iñiguez-Ariza, Dalia Cuenca, Juvenal Franco-Granillo, Alberto Villalobos-Prieto, Janet Pineda-Díaz and Javier Baquera-Heredia
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:159
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  6. Veillonella species are an opportunistically pathogenic commensal anaerobic Gram-negative coccus commonly found in the oral, genitourinary, respiratory, and intestinal tract of humans and some animals. Infection ...

    Authors: Tobias Richards, Juan Stephen and Chok Lin Lui
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:157
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  7. Penile strangulation is an uncommon urological emergency that requires prompt intervention to avoid potentially serious sequelae including loss of the distal penis secondary to ischemia and subsequent gangrene...

    Authors: Tuan Thanh Nguyen, Xuan Thai Ngo, Quy Thuan Chau, Khac Chuan Hoang, Le Quy Van Dinh, Hoai Tam Ly, Tien Dat Hoang, Ryan W. Dobbs and Minh Sam Thai
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:158
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  8. Although coronavirus disease 2019 affects mainly the respiratory system, as time passes and our understanding of the disease improves, many nonrespiratory clinical manifestations such as thromboembolic events ...

    Authors: Laleh Eslamian, Seyedeh Noushin Ghalandarpoor-Attar, Azadeh Shabani and Seyedeh Mojgan Ghalandarpoor-Attar
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:156
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  9. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus enterocolitis is a rare disease that typically affects immunocompromised adults. Most cases of pediatric enterocolitis are caused by Gram-negative bacteria, Gram-positi...

    Authors: Christopher Loerke, Heather Liebe and Catherine J. Hunter
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:155
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  10. Wisconsin syndrome is a congenital anomaly caused by a 3q interstitial deletion. It is associated with characteristic facies and developmental delays. Only 33 cases with a deletion estimated to be in the assoc...

    Authors: Satomi Okano, Yoshio Makita, Kayano Kimura, Ikue Fukuda, Akie Miyamoto and Hajime Tanaka
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:153
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  12. Ingestion of dental instruments is rare during dental surgery but can result in serious complications. Here we describe a case in which an endodontic hand file was accidentally misplaced in situ during endodon...

    Authors: Ashkun Naderian, Hooman Baghaie and Vysheki Satchithanandha
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:151
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  13. Patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection show various clinical manifestations, including neurological . Altered consciousness due to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus...

    Authors: Triana Ayuningtyas, Ronald Irwanto Natadidjaja, Chyntia Octaviani, Felly Sahli and Hadianti Adlani
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:154
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  14. Giant parathyroid adenoma is a type of parathyroid adenoma weighing > 3.5 g and having a size of more than 2 cm.

    Authors: Rahim Mahmodlou, Amin Sedokani, Apameh Pezeshk and Bita Najafinejad
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:150
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  16. Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae strains have been reported in healthcare facilities with a rising incidence and are a major concern owing to infections that are often severe and can be potentially fatal, ...

    Authors: Marta Leal Bento, Leonor Vasconcelos de Matos, Lídia Alves Ribeiro, Olavo Gomes, Filipa Nogueira, Graça Esteves, Sara Valle, Helena Martins and João Raposo
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:148
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  17. Adolescents and young adults diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia are treated according to pediatric-based regimens to achieve better results. However, implementation of intensive chemotherapy protocols...

    Authors: Izabela Kranjčec, Nuša Matijašić, Slaven Abdović, Iva Hižar Gašpar, Lavinia La Grasta Sabolić and Filip Jadrijević-Cvrlje
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:147
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  18. Unstable hemoglobinopathies are rare inherited disorders of hemoglobin causing a reduction of hemoglobin molecule solubility. This results in an unstable hemoglobin tetramer/globin polypeptide, which precipita...

    Authors: Cesare Medri, Adriana Méndez, Angelika Hammerer-Lercher, Alicia Rovó and Anne Angelillo-Scherrer
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:145
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  19. Hepatitis B virus infection is a global public health problem. Although hepatitis B virus primarily affects hepatocytes, it sometimes develops disease manifestations outside the liver, such as myopathy, which ...

    Authors: Mehrangiz Zangeneh, Masoomeh Mesgarian and Yasamin Khosravani-Nezhad
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:143
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  20. Uterovaginal prolapse is the descent of the uterus and vagina down the birth canal toward the introitus. The occurrence of uterovaginal prolapse in a primigravida is very rare. It can cause preterm labor, feta...

    Authors: Bezza Kedida Dabi, Demisew Amenu Sori and Fanta Asefa Disasa
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:141
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  21. Congenital bile acid synthesis disorder type 3 caused by oxysterol 7α-hydroxylase deficiency is an extremely rare genetic liver disease. As it may cause rapid progression to end-stage liver disease, a high cau...

    Authors: Weiqian Mo, Feng Wang, Chuanen Zhou, Tinghe Ma, Zhaojun Pan, Min Xie, Haoyan Ren and Yongwu Xie
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:139
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  22. Twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence is a rare complication of monochorionic multifetal pregnancies. In this syndrome, the acardiac twin has a nonfunctional heart, while the other twin, the pump twin, has...

    Authors: Anouk M. van der Schot, Claire Jeltes, Joris van Drongelen, Mallory Woiski, Esther Sikkel and Frank P. H. A. Vandenbussche
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:136
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  25. Pancreatic cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer mortality and one of the most lethal malignant neoplasms worldwide. It is known for its local tumor extension to the liver; other common sites include t...

    Authors: Kyriakos Papadimitriou, Daniel Kiss-Bodolay, Abderrahmane Hedjoudje, Diego San Millan, Alexandre Simonin, Jean-Yves Fournier and Karen Huscher
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:144
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  26. Overlap syndromes account for about 25% of autoimmune diseases. They are many possible combinations of known autoimmune diseases increasingly diagnosed with the identification of of a large number of autoantib...

    Authors: W. S. Weerasinghe and Chandrika Jayasinghe
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:132
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  27. Renal cell carcinoma rarely metastasizes to the bladder, and its biological behavior is not yet fully understood.

    Authors: Masayasu Urushibara, Masakazu Nagata, Taisuke Okumura, Hideto Kano, Yuuki Matsumoto, Shinichiro Tatsuoka, Tsunehiro Nenohi, Takeshi Shirakawa, Daisuke Kato, Masashi Kawamoto, Kazuhiro Ishizaka and Noriyuki Matsutani
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:131
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  29. Hepatocellular carcinoma with osteoclast-like giant cells is very rare and has an extremely poor prognosis. Here, we report a case of hepatocellular carcinoma with osteoclast-like giant cells that had a relati...

    Authors: Mone Tsukimoto, Kazushi Sugimoto, Ryuta Shigefuku, Ryosuke Sugimoto, Hiroto Yuasa, Katsunori Uchida and Norihiko Yamamoto
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:142
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  30. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis is a granulomatous, necrotizing small-vessel vasculitis affecting both children and adults. However, subglottic tracheal stenosis appears more frequently in the pediatric cohor...

    Authors: Alexander Schnell, Renate Ruppel, Christina Tremel, Matthias Galiano, Maria-Elena Meßbacher and Tobias Krickau
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:129
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  31. Primitive neuroectodermal tumors are extremely rare and highly aggressive malignant small round cell tumors that arise from the primitive nerve cells of the nervous system or outside it. These tumors share sim...

    Authors: Alije Keka-Sylaj, Atifete Ramosaj, Arbana Baloku, Leonore Zogaj, Flamur Mushica and Fisnik Kurshumliu
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:128
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  32. Bezoars and polyps are an uncommon cause of mechanical intestinal obstruction. There are four different kinds of bezoars: phytobezoars, made of vegetables and fibers; trichobezoars, resulting from the ingestio...

    Authors: Mehwish Mooghal, Asrar Ahmad, Adnan Safi, Wajiha Khan and Naveed Ahmad
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:124
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  33. We describe a case report of a patient with type 2 diabetes on sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor and metformin therapy fasting for Ramadan (a holy month observed in the Islamic nation) diagnosed with eu...

    Authors: Abrar Alkatheeri and Eiman Alseddeeqi
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:138
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  34. Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral infection that typically occurs in tropical and subtropical countries. The clinical manifestations of dengue infection range from an asymptomatic subclinical course to severe d...

    Authors: V. Thadchanamoorthy and Kavinda Dayasiri
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:123
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  35. Neonates with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection are usually asymptomatic or have mild to moderate symptoms. Acute respiratory distress syndrome due to severe acute respiratory syndrome ...

    Authors: Anne C. Verheijen, Eva E. R. Janssen, Mayke E. van der Putten, Marieke W. P. van Horck, Gijs T. J. van Well, Inge H. M. Van Loo, Matthias C. Hütten and Karen Van Mechelen
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:140
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  36. Cerebral arterial air embolism is often associated with an invasive iatrogenic etiology and a high rate of convulsive seizures. There are only a few descriptions of electroencephalogram findings in convulsive ...

    Authors: Shinichiro Inatomi, Tesseki Izumi, Nobuyuki Eura, Ichiro Sato, Masato Tasaki, Shigeo Muro and Kazuma Sugie
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:137
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  37. Suicides or suicidal attempts with power tools such as band or circular saws are rarely encountered in forensic medicine practice; in the forensic literature, only a few cases have been reported. We present th...

    Authors: Barbara Gualco, Amalia Angelino, Regina Rensi, Gloria Manetti and Martina Focardi
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:122
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  39. Congenital myasthenic syndromes caused by mutations in the COL13A1 gene are very rare and have a phenotype described as severe. We present the first case of congenital myasthenic syndrome described in Algeria and...

    Authors: Mohamed Islam Kediha, Meriem Tazir, Damien Sternberg, Bruno Eymard and Lamia Alipacha
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:134
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  40. Sildenafil citrate is a commonly used medication for the management of erectile dysfunction. Previous studies have described some neuropsychiatric side effects of this medication. So far, however, there has be...

    Authors: Mohammadreza Shalbafan, Maryam Orooji and Leila Kamalzadeh
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:120
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  43. Robotic-assisted surgeries have gradually become the standard of care for many procedures, especially in the field of urology. Despite the widespread use of robotic assistance in surgeries, data on its postope...

    Authors: Preston S. Kerr, Nga T. Nguyen, Andrew Martinez, Aditya Srinivasan, Christopher D. Kosarek and Joseph Nicholas Sreshta
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:126
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  44. Osteosarcoma arising from the bladder is extremely rare, with only 38 cases reported to our knowledge. It is often detected owing to hematuria, and is treated by surgery (for example, total cystectomy), radiat...

    Authors: Toshiki Oka, Kyosuke Matsuzaki, Haruka Izumi, Daichi Nonomura, Kiyoshi Mori and Kensaku Nishimura
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:118
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  46. We report a case of the neonatal interstitial lung disease pulmonary interstitial glycogenosis in a girl with Jacobsen syndrome. While Jacobsen syndrome is caused by a deletion on the long arm of chromosome 11...

    Authors: Marit Lunde Dalen, Natalya Filipchuk Vigerust, Clara Hammarström, Henrik Holmstrøm and Jannicke Hanne Andresen
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:117
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  47. There has been increasing recognition of local and systemic adverse events associated with the release of metal ions and nanoparticles from hip arthroplasty components. Adverse local tissue reactions to metal ...

    Authors: M. Mastel, A. Boisvert, R. Moore, F. Sutherland and J. Powell
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:115
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  48. During the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic, several patient groups are at particular risk. Mortality is higher among cancer patients and may be increased further by thromboembolic even...

    Authors: Alexandra Stefan, Marija Petkovic, Alexander König, Julian Koch, Friederike Hagemann, Rachel Wuerstlein, Nadia Harbeck, Sven Mahner and Till Kaltofen
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:119
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  49. Unregulated use of a variety of drugs and supplements by bodybuilders and athletes is common and can lead to severe adverse complications. Only a small proportion of acute pancreatitis cases are drug induced, ...

    Authors: Seyed Ali Safizadeh Shabestari, Samuel B. Ho, Priyadarshini Chaudhary and Rahul A. Nathwani
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:114
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  50. Thrombocytopenia is often considered a risk factor for bleeding, but conversely may be associated with an increased thrombotic risk in several clinical situations. Here we present a patient with arterial throm...

    Authors: Silvia Maiorano, Wiebke Gulden-Sala, Bernhard Gerber and Guido Ghilardi
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:113
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