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  1. Primary psoas tuberculosis is the presence of “Koch’s bacillus’’ within the iliopsoas muscle caused by hematogenous or lymphatic seeding from a distant site. Muscular tuberculosis has relatively low prevalence...

    Authors: Abdul Fattah Mohandes, Bahjat Karam, Ali Alrstom, Lugien Alasadi, Mohammad wahid Rajab Bek, Nizar Daher, Tamim Alsuliman and Raed Abouhareb
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:209
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  2. Collecting duct carcinoma and sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma are tumors with poor prognosis. Immune checkpoint inhibitors have been established as the standard treatment for advanced renal cell carcinoma. So...

    Authors: Takayoshi Fuu, Kazuyoshi Iijima, Yukiko Kusama, Toshiaki Otsuki and Haruaki Kato
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:193
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  3. Incidence of myocarditis following messenger RNA coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination has been widely described, but this clinical scenario after adenoviral vector coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination has only...

    Authors: Apichai Marsukjai, Nonthikorn Theerasuwipakorn, Monravee Tumkosit, Pairoj Chattranukulchai, Panudda Srichomkwun and Somchai Prechawat
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:212
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  4. Timely diagnosis of uterine torsion can lead to acceptable maternal and fetal outcomes. This article presents the case of a 42-year-old pregnant woman, diagnosed with a rare 270° uterine torsion, in whom prope...

    Authors: Seyedeh Noushin Ghalandarpoor-Attar and Seyedeh Mojgan Ghalandarpoor-Attar
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:210
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  6. Inadequate response to corneal laser refractive surgery, e.g., ectatic corneal diseases, may not be identified by conventional examinations, hence creating therapeutic uncertainty. Herein we demonstrate the ap...

    Authors: Andrea Cusumano, Hila Roshanravan, Connie Chao-Shern, Jacopo Sebastiani, Jung Hee Levialdi Ghiron, Larry DeDionisio and Tara Moore
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:207
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  7. Doppler transthoracic echocardiography is routinely performed to measure peak mitral inflow velocities in the assessment of left ventricular diastolic function. The limitations of echocardiography are well doc...

    Authors: Paul Njoku, James Wardley and Pankaj Garg
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:205
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  8. Ocular vascular occlusion is an extremely rare event, especially in the young population. This diagnosis is always associated with active systemic diseases in young adults and needs thrombophilia workup. Never...

    Authors: Mohammadreza Mehrabi Bahar, Seyedeh Noushin Ghalandarpoor-Attar, Azadeh Shabani, Sedigheh Hantoushzadeh, Seyed Ali Tabatabaei and Seyedeh Mojgan Ghalandarpoor-Attar
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:191
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  9. Acute puerperal uterine inversion is rare but may cause massive postpartum blood loss due to uterine atony. Therefore, these patients must be diagnosed, and uterine replacement must be performed as soon as pos...

    Authors: Wataru Isono, Akira Tsuchiya, Asuka Okamura, Michiko Honda, Ako Saito, Hiroko Tsuchiya, Reiko Matsuyama, Akihisa Fujimoto and Osamu Nishii
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:190
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  10. Gaucher disease is an autosomal recessive inborn error of metabolism that causes disorders of blood, bone, and central nervous system as well as hepatosplenomegaly. We present the case of a carrier of Gaucher ...

    Authors: Takako Sugiura, Arisa Fujiwara, Takasugi Yo, Kana Kashinoura, Chihiro Hayase, Yumiko Taura, Yasuhiro Kawarabayashi, Yasuyuki Hasuo and Shinji Ogawa
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:203
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  11. Rhododendron toxicity can be a life-threatening situation when manifested; it results in bradycardia and hypotension. Treatment remains challenging when it is complicated with refractory hypotension involving ...

    Authors: Sushil Baral, Binaya Kumar Baral, Pranit Sharma and Surendra Lal Shrestha
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:189
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  12. Elongation of the styloid process associated with oropharyngeal pain and dysphagia is known as Eagle’s syndrome, a condition whose pathophysiology is still a matter of debate. Given its low prevalence and comp...

    Authors: Yves Boucher, Agatha Mularski, Rufino Felizardo, Frédéric Tankere and Marc Dieb
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:201
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  13. Respiratory and gastrointestinal manifestations are the main causes of mortality and morbidity in cystic fibrosis. Although these symptoms are well recognized, ophthalmic involvement of cystic fibrosis seconda...

    Authors: Nazanin Farahbakhsh, Neda Bagherian, Sajad Shabanpourhaghighi, Soheila Khalilzadeh, Seyed Ahmad Tabatabaii and Ghamartaj Khanbabaee
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:188
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  14. Mutations or polymorphisms of genes that are associated with inflammasome functions are known to predispose individuals to Crohn’s disease and likely affect clinical presentations and responses to therapeutic ...

    Authors: Harumi Jyonouchi and Lee Geng
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:187
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  15. Teprotumumab is a novel treatment that reduces inflammation and symptoms caused by thyroid eye disease. There are limited data on teprotumumab’s effect on intraocular pressure.

    Authors: Matthew Chu, Jonathan Sung, Michael Song, Alice Song and Julia Song
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:195
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  16. Fungal prosthetic graft infections are associated with high mortality, typically requiring aggressive surgical debridement. We present an alternative, minimally invasive approach to address these challenging c...

    Authors: Ashley T Giammarino, Iam Claire Sarmiento, SJacob Scheinerman, John Winalski, Richard S Lazzaro, Derek R Brinster and Jonathan M Hemli
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:186
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  17. Elderly and frail patients who are unable to call for help in case of vital distress can develop complications during their hospitalization. As a supplement to clinical monitoring by the nursing staff, these p...

    Authors: Daniel Aiham Ghazali, Philippe Kenway, Christophe Choquet and Enrique Casalino
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:185
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  18. Despite some advances, treatment of trigeminal neuralgia remains a significant challenge. This study determines the efficacy and safety of autologous conditioned serum (Orthokine) injection into the foramen ov...

    Authors: Dawood Aghamohammadi, Shahrzad Sharifi, Seyed Kazem Shakouri, Yashar Eslampour and Neda Dolatkhah
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:183
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  19. Many scientists across the world got involved in the race to develop successful anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccines to overcome COVID-19 pandemic. Among the different vaccines developed against SARS-CoV-2, Covishield was...

    Authors: Mukesh Kumar Sah, Bishnu Mohan Singh, Puja Sinha, Prerit Devkota, Sudhira Kumari Yadav, John Shrestha and Ashis Shrestha
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:182
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  20. Cystinosis is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by an accumulation of the amino acid cystine in lysosomes throughout the body. Cystinosis is an inherited disease resulting from the failure of lysos...

    Authors: Sepideh Gholami Yarahmadi, Fatemeh Sarlaki and Saeid Morovvati
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:181
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  21. Bullous pemphigoid is an uncommon dermatologic manifestation seen in squamous cell lung cancer, and evidence guiding optimal treatment, especially in the elderly population, is limited. We report herein a case...

    Authors: Prajwol Shrestha, Mathew K. George, Sweta Baidya and Sunil K. Rai
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:184
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  22. Mutations in the genes encoding the large-conductance calcium-activated potassium channel, especially KCNMA1 encoding its α-subunit, have been linked to several neurological features, including intellectual disab...

    Authors: Olivier Perche, Fabien Lesne, Alain Patat, Susanne Raab, Roy Twyman, Robert H. Ring and Sylvain Briault
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:180
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  23. The present case contributes to the limited literature on delayed chest wall hematomas following blunt trauma. The literature review provides a summary of similar previously reported cases.

    Authors: Anna Maria Florescu, Ane Brøndum Lange, Erik Gudmann Steuble Brandt, Anders Vestergaard Krusenstjerna-Hafstrøm, Henrik Vad and Peter Hallas
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:179
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  24. Acquired hemophilia A is a disorder caused by autoantibodies against coagulation factor VIII that may present with severe bleeding. We report a rare case of acquired hemophilia A presenting with coexisting lup...

    Authors: Victor Chen, Lauren C. Roby, Stephanie Wentzel, Mingjia Li and Nicholas Jones
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:177
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  25. Among all ectopic pregnancies, between 0.5% and 3.5% are ovarian ectopic pregnancies, a potentially life-threatening condition when ruptured due to its serious potential for hemorrhaging. A majority of ovarian...

    Authors: Sara Kasraei, Akram Seifollahi, Faezeh Aghajani, Amin Nakhostin-Ansari, Neda Zarei and Afsaneh Tehranian
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:175
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  26. Neurofibromatosis type 1 is an inherited cancer predisposition syndrome that is caused by a mutation in the NF1 gene that encodes neurofibromin. Patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 have a higher risk of gastro...

    Authors: B. G. Bharath, Sameer Rastogi, Shamim Ahmed and Adarsh Barwad
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:174
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  27. Managing treatment-resistant aggressive giant prolactinoma can be challenging, as the diagnosis is often complex, and treatment beyond dopamine agonists, surgery, and radiotherapy is limited.

    Authors: Marisa Khatijah Borhan and Florence Hui Sieng Tan
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:170
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  28. It is very important to determine the indication of mold radiotherapy for the radical treatment of oral cancer. We investigated eight patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma who were treated by radical irra...

    Authors: Tadahide Noguchi, Yasushi Sugiura, Akihiro Dohi, Manabu Yamada, Naruo Okada, Ken-ichi Sasaguri, Satoru Takahashi and Yoshiyuki Mori
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:178
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  29. Bardet–Biedl syndrome is a rare multisystem autosomal recessive disorder that falls under the spectrum of ciliopathy disorders. It is characterized by rod–cone dystrophy, renal malformations, polydactyly, lear...

    Authors: Omer Ali Mohamed Ahmed Elawad, Mumen Abdalazim Dafallah, Mohammed Mahgoub Mirghani Ahmed, Ahmed Abdalazim Dafallah Albashir, Sahar Mohammed Abbas Abdalla, Habiballa Hago Mohamed Yousif, Anwar Ali Elamin Daw Elbait, Moawia Elbalal Mohammed, Hassan Ismail Hassan Ali, Mohamed Mutasim Mohamed Ahmed, Najla Fouad Nassir Mohammed, Fadwa Hashim Mohamed Osman, Mussab Alnazeer Yousif Mohammed and Ejlal Ahmed Ebrahim Abu Shama
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:169
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  30. Mandible can be the site of benign or malignant lesions of different origins, including odontogenic and non-odontogenic lesions. Cartilage-forming tumors have been rarely reported at this site. Chondrosarcoma ...

    Authors: Ayman Ismail, Imane Boujguenna, Koussay Hattab, Nadia Mansouri, Najat Cherif Idrissi El Ganouni, Mariem Ouali Idrissi, Fatima Ezzahra Hazmiri and Hanane Rais
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:176
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  31. The most common complication of pelvic organ prolapse is stress urinary incontinence, whereas hydronephrosis or stasis ulcers are quite rare and typical of severe stages. The best treatment for this unusual pr...

    Authors: Vito Leanza, Alessandra Di Stefano, Erika Carlotta Paladino, Luca Rivoli, Rosario Emanuele Carlo Distefano and Marco Palumbo
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:173
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  32. This review highlights the rising prevalence of methamphetamine use in pregnancy in North American and the difficulty of managing active human immunodeficiency virus infection in a pregnant woman while activel...

    Authors: Suzanne Turner, Maya Nader and Erin Lurie
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:165
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  33. Our patient presents with a novel presentation of a fungated ulcerated skin lesion as the initial presentation of lung cancer. The literature describes skin metastases from lung cancer as nodular, papular, and...

    Authors: Rose Chisenga, Tasneem Adenwala, William Kim, Daniel Mujuni and Rachel Samuel
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:172
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  34. Giant ovarian tumors are rarely seen with severe obesity. There are few reports of perioperative management of giant ovarian tumors and severe obesity. Here, we report the perioperative management of physiolog...

    Authors: Shoko Yamochi, Mao Kinoshita and Teiji Sawa
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:164
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  35. Capecitabine is widely used in chemotherapy for breast, colorectal, and gastric cancers. The frequent adverse reactions of capecitabine mainly include gastrointestinal side effects, anemia, and cardiovascular ...

    Authors: Qiaoling Yang, Chuping Chen and Jianmin Ran
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:163
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  36. We describe the outcome of ultra-low-dose radiotherapy plus intravitreal methotrexate and rituximab injections for a patient with primary choroidal lymphoma who presented with nodular conjunctival salmon patch...

    Authors: Zahra Mahdizad, Elias Khalili Pour, Mohammadreza Mehrabi Bahar, Amirreza Esfandiari, Babak Masoomian, Hamid Riazi-Esfahani, Ahmad Mirshahi and Fariba Ghassemi
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:162
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  37. Endometriomas are a type of ovarian cyst composed of degenerated blood products from hemorrhage of ectopic endometrial tissue. Endometriomas can rupture, causing hemoperitoneum, and present with signs and symp...

    Authors: Hayley Young, Thanh-Lan Bui, Scott E. Cramer, Ryan O’Connell and Roozbeh Houshyar
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:161
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  38. 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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  39. Renal adenomatosis is a rare disease that presents as multiple papillary adenomas in the bilateral kidneys. Moreover, papillary adenoma is considered a precursor to papillary renal cell carcinoma. Therefore, p...

    Authors: Yi-Chen Chou, Wen-Ying Lee, Steven K. Huang, Reng-Hong Wu and Yu-Ting Kuo
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:168
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  40. 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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  41. 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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  42. 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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  43. 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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  44. 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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  45. 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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  46. 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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  47. 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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  48. 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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  50. 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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