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  1. Bizarre leiomyoma is a rare leiomyoma variant that requires a precise histopathological evaluation. Especially when diagnosed in a younger woman, this tumor leads to challenging treatment issues involving fert...

    Authors: Akihiro Takeda, Sanae Imoto, Masahiko Mori and Hiromi Nakamura
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:344
  2. Cochlear implants known to provide support in individuals with bilateral hearing loss may also be of great benefit for individuals with unilateral hearing loss. This case report demonstrates the positive effec...

    Authors: Yvonne Stelzig, Roland Jacob and Joachim Mueller
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:343
  3. Intramedullary spinal cord metastasis is very rare. The majority are discovered incidentally during autopsy. Most symptomatic patients present with rapidly progressive neurological deficits and require immedia...

    Authors: Mohammed A Kaballo, Darren D Brennan, Mazen El Bassiouni, Stephen J Skehan and Rajnish K Gupta
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:342
  4. Capsule endoscopy has, over the last few years, become a first-line test to visualize the mucosa of the small intestine. This technique is generally considered safe and does not cause discomfort for patients. ...

    Authors: Alessandro Pezzoli, Nadia Fusetti, Alessandra Carella and Sergio Gullini
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:341
  5. If strict criteria for the diagnosis of carcinoma are used and all patients with granulosa cell tumors are considered, the best estimate of the incidence of associated endometrial carcinomas is under 5%. In pa...

    Authors: Cornelius O Ukah, Okechukwu C Ikpeze, George U Eleje and Ahizechukwu C Eke
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:340
  6. Chordomas are rare tumors of the skeletal system that arise from an intra-osseous benign precursor of notochordal cells. They are mainly locally aggressive. However, metastases to other sites, including the hu...

    Authors: Negar Azarpira, Said Solooki, Sepideh Sepidbakht and Ramin Mardani
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:339
  7. Adrenocortical carcinomas are rare aggressive tumors. Their annual incidence is approximately one to two per million among the population of the United States of America. Patients with active endocrine tumors ...

    Authors: Wisit Cheungpasitporn, John M Horne and Charles B Howarth
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:337
  8. Ear piercing is a common practice among Korean adolescents and young women and usually is performed by nonmedical personnel, sometimes under suboptimal hygienic conditions. Consequently, ear piercing has been ...

    Authors: So-Yun Nah, Moon-Hyun Chung, Jae Eun Park, Areum Durey, Mijeong Kim and Jin-Soo Lee
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:336
  9. The complete absence of the chiasm (chiasmal aplasia) is a rare clinical condition. Hypoplasia of the optic nerve and congenital nystagmus are almost invariably associated characteristics. Microphthalmos or an...

    Authors: Stefano Pensiero, Paolo Cecchini, Paola Michieletto, Gloria Pelizzo, Maurizio Madonia and Fulvio Parentin
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:335
  10. Primary gallbladder neuroendocrine tumors are extremely rare, representing 0.2% of all neuroendocrine tumors. The diagnosis is incidental in most cases.

    Authors: Silvia Mezi, Vincenzo Petrozza, Orazio Schillaci, Valentina La Torre, Barbara Cimadon, Martina Leopizzi, Errico Orsi and Filippo La Torre
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:334
  11. Azoles, and specifically itraconazole, are often prescribed for the treatment of fungal diseases or empirically for persistent sepsis in patients who are neutropenic or in intensive care. Occasional cardiovasc...

    Authors: Angeliki M Tsimogianni, Ilias Andrianakis, Alex Betrosian and Emmanouil Douzinas
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:333
  12. The Diphyllobothrium genus belongs to the Diphyllobothridea order of tapeworms. Diphyllobothrium spp., which is commonly known as fish tapeworm, is generally transmitted in humans, but also in other species, such...

    Authors: KV Ramana, Sanjeev Rao, Moses Vinaykumar, M Krishnappa, Rajeshwar Reddy, Mohammed Sarfaraz, Vamshikrishna Kondle, MS Ratnamani and Ratna Rao
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:332
  13. Bilateral quadriceps tendon rupture is not common in the absence of systemic disease. Patients with chronic systemic diseases such as uremia and systemic lupus erythematosus and patients who are being treated ...

    Authors: Shanaka Senevirathna, Sarkell Radha and Aysha Rajeev
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:331
  14. Eosinophilic meningitis, a potentially fatal disease caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is considered an emerging infectious disease.

    Authors: Bárbara Padilla-Docal, Alberto J Dorta-Contreras, Raisa Bu-Coifiu-Fanego, René H Martínez-Alderete, Olga Susana de Paula-Almeida, Hansotto Reiber and Jens Christian Jensenius
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:330
  15. Prader-Willi syndrome is a complex genetic disease caused by lack of expression of paternally inherited genes on chromosome 15q11-q13. The prevalence of Prader-Willi syndrome is estimated to be one in 10,000 t...

    Authors: Manabu Yanagita, Hiroyuki Hirano, Mariko Kobashi, Takenori Nozaki, Satoru Yamada, Masahiro Kitamura and Shinya Murakami
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:329
  16. We report a case of bilateral herpetic keratitis developing after rapid oral corticosteroid tapering in a patient with pemphigus foliaceus, which was followed by unilateral neurotrophic keratitis that was trea...

    Authors: Hee K Yang, Young K Han, Won R Wee, Jin H Lee and Ji W Kwon
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:328
  17. Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome during anti-retroviral treatment of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) -associated gastrointestinal Kaposi's sarcoma has rarely been reported.

    Authors: Jyotirmoy Pal, Ankit Shrivastav, Hari Shankar Pathak and Dipendra Kumar Sarkar
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:327
  18. Desmoid tumors are rare lesions without any metastatic potential but a strong tendency to invade locally and to recur. These tumors are associated with women of fertile age, especially during and after pregnancy.

    Authors: Athanasios Economou, Xanthi Pitta, Efstathios Andreadis, Leonidas Papapavlou and Thomas Chrissidis
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:326
  19. Salmonella enterica ssp. arizonae is an uncommon human pathogen with serious infections reported in immunocompromised hosts. In Europe, only a few cases have been described. Patients with this infection usually ...

    Authors: Stefano Di Bella, Alessandro Capone, Eugenio Bordi, Emma Johnson, Maria Musso, Simone Topino, Pasquale Noto and Nicola Petrosillo
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:323
  20. Ganglioneuroblastoma is a rare peripheral neuroblastic tumor that is derived from developing neuronal cells of the sympathetic nervous system, and is found mostly, but not exclusively, in babies and young chil...

    Authors: Saulat H Fatimi, Samira A Bawany and Awais Ashfaq
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:322
  21. Extremity lipomas may occur in any location, including the proximal forearm. We describe a case of a patient with an intramuscular lipoma presenting as an unusual posterior elbow mass.

    Authors: Peter Lewkonia, Shaun AC Medlicott and Kevin A Hildebrand
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:321
  22. Endometriosis is a clinical entity which presents with functioning endometrial tissue at sites outside the uterus. Bowel endometriosis is usually asymptomatic, but it may show non-specific symptoms. The presen...

    Authors: N Katsikogiannis, AK Tsaroucha, K Dimakis, E Sivridis and CE Simopoulos
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:320
  23. Common variable immunodeficiency encompasses a group of heterogeneous conditions linked by a lack of immunoglobulin production and primary antibody failure. Although primary immunodeficiencies are typically ch...

    Authors: Angel P Sempere, ML Tahoces, Susana Palao-Duarte and Alfonso Garcia-Perez
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:319
  24. We describe the case of a patient with small cell lung cancer and dual paraneoplastic syndromes involving adrenocorticotropic hormone and calcitonin. To the best of our knowledge, dual paraneoplastic syndromes...

    Authors: Kristin Conners, Scott E Woods and Michael Webb
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:318

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  25. Combination antituberculosis drug therapy remains the mainstay of treating tuberculosis. Unfortunately, antituberculosis drugs produce side effects including (toxic) impaired visual function, which may be irre...

    Authors: Abdulkabir A Ayanniyi and Rashidat O Ayanniyi
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:317
  26. Well-documented cases of untreated cervical intra-epithelial dysplasia resulting in fatal progression of invasive cervical cancer are scarce because of a long pre-invasive state, the availability of cervical c...

    Authors: Stephan Braun, Daniel Reimer, Isolde Strobl, Ulrike Wieland, Petra Wiesbauer, Elisabeth Müller-Holzner, Siegfried Fessler, Arthur Scherer, Christian Marth and Alain G Zeimet
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:316
  27. Myocarditis is rarely reported as an extra-pulmonary manifestation of influenza while pregnancy is a rare cause of cardiomyopathy. Pregnancy was identified as a major risk factor for increased mortality and mo...

    Authors: Karen Chan, David Meek and Indranil Chakravorty
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:314
  28. Benign gastro-colic fistula is a rare occurrence in modern surgery due to the progress in medical management of gastric ulcer disease. Here we report the first case of benign gastro-colic fistula occurring whi...

    Authors: Kate Barrett, Michael W Hii and Richard J Cade
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:313
  29. Chronic hypokalemia is the main finding in patients with Gitelman's syndrome. Exogenous factors can trigger deterioration of the patient's condition and provoke clinical symptoms. We discuss the pathophysiolog...

    Authors: Urs Knobel, Goli Modarres, Markus Schneemann and Christoph Schmid
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:312
  30. Currently there is no generalized approach to treating patients with intra-medullary spinal metastasis. High cervical spinal cord lesions can be particularly challenging cases, and may even be considered inope...

    Authors: Amrendra S Miranpuri, Sharad Rajpal, M Shahriar Salamat and John S Kuo
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:311
  31. Pheochromocytoma is a rare cause of hypertension but it could have severe consequences if not recognized and treated appropriately. The association of pheochromocytoma and thrombosis is even rarer but signific...

    Authors: Runhua Hou, Ann M Leathersich and Brenda Temke Ruud
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:310
  32. Osteochondrosis of the second or third metatarsal head is a rare condition called Freiberg's disease. To relieve foot pain, conservative treatment with a foot orthosis to reduce weight-bearing and immobilize t...

    Authors: Issei Nagura, Hiroyuki Fujioka, Takeshi Kokubu and Masahiro Kurosaka
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:308
  33. Gastric outlet obstruction is a clinical syndrome caused by a variety of mechanical obstructions. Peptic ulcer disease used to be responsible for most gastric outlet obstruction, but in the last 40 years the p...

    Authors: Filippo Mocciaro, Gabriele Curcio, Ilaria Tarantino, Luca Barresi, Gaetano Burgio, Salvatore Gruttadauria, Settimo Caruso and Mario Traina
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:306
  34. The high incidence of transient synovitis in early childhood makes it the first suspected pathology in a limping child. Trauma, which has long been regarded as a causative factor for transient synovitis, may b...

    Authors: Aksel Seyahi, Serkan Uludag, Burak Altıntaş and Mehmet Demirhan
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:305
  35. The exercise treadmill test is widely used in the evaluation of patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease. The typical ischemic response used to be ST-segment depression.

    Authors: Ana Testa-Fernández, Ramón Rios-Vazquez, Juan Sieira-Rodríguez-Moret, Raúl Franco-Gutierrez, Carlos Peña-Gil, Ruth Pérez-Fernández, Victor Puebla-Rojo, Margarita Regueiro-Abel and Carlos Gonzalez-Juanatey
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:304
  36. Endophthalmitis is a sight-threatening condition defined as any inflammation of the internal ocular spaces. It is classified as either endogenous or exogenous depending on the route of infection. Exogenous end...

    Authors: Paul P Connell, Sanj Wickremasinghe, Uma Devi, Mary Jo Waters and Penelope J Allen
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:303
  37. We report the case of a 24-year-old Greek woman with histologically proven osseous and pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis whose lesions had progressively regressed with a "switch on and off" mode. This is...

    Authors: Georgia Karpathiou, Anastasios Koutsopoulos and Marios E Froudarakis
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:302
  38. Primary growth hormone resistance or growth hormone insensitivity syndrome, also known as Laron syndrome, is a hereditary disease caused by deletions or different types of mutations in the growth hormone recep...

    Authors: Oana R Cotta, Libero Santarpia, Lorenzo Curtò, Gianluca Aimaretti, Ginevra Corneli, Francesco Trimarchi and Salvatore Cannavò
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:301
  39. Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia is a heritable disease of the heart muscle characterized by fibrofatty degeneration of cardiomyocytes. Patients present with ventricular arrhythmias or congestive hea...

    Authors: Nilgün Güdücü, Salih Serdar Kutay, Ebru Özenç, Çavlan Çiftçi, Alin Başgül Yiğiter and Herman İşçi
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:300
  40. Legionellosis is a systemic disease that primarily affects the lungs. However, dysfunction in many organ systems, including the kidneys, has also been described. There are only a few reported cases of renal dy...

    Authors: Dieter Scholtze, Zsuzsanna Varga and Alexander Imhof
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:299
  41. Adrenal myelolipoma is a rare, benign neoplasm that is usually asymptomatic, unilateral and nonsecreting. It develops within the adrenal gland and is composed of mature adipose tissue with elements of the hema...

    Authors: Alfio Brogna, Giuseppe Scalisi, Rosario Ferrara and Anna M Bucceri
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:298
  42. Peritoneal loose bodies, or peritoneal mice, are rare asymptomatic lesions that are usually found as an incidental finding during abdominal surgery or autopsy. Giant loose bodies, measuring more than 5 cm, are...

    Authors: Ajit Sewkani, Aruna Jain, KK Maudar and Subodh Varshney
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:297
  43. 18-Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography can detect the pulmonary involvement of intravascular lymphoma that presents no abnormality in a computed tomography scan.

    Authors: Tomiharu Niida, Kikuo Isoda, Koji Miyazaki, Soichiro Kanoh, Hideo Kobayashi, Ayako Kobayashi, Fumihiko Kimura, Katsumi Hayashi, Masatoshi Kusuhara and Fumitaka Ohsuzu
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:295

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