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  1. Endometriosis is a well-recognized gynecological condition in the reproductive age group. Surgical texts present the gynecological aspects of the disease in detail, but the published literature on unexpected m...

    Authors: Styliani Laskou, Theodossis S Papavramidis, Angeliki Cheva, Nick Michalopoulos, Charilaos Koulouris, Isaak Kesisoglou and Spiros Papavramidis
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:144
  2. Femoroacetabular impingement leads to limited hip motion, pain and progressive damage to the labrum. Assessment of the amount and location of excessive ossification can be difficult, and removal does not alway...

    Authors: Peter R Krekel, Anne JH Vochteloo, Rolf M Bloem and Rob GHH Nelissen
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:143
  3. Fat embolism syndrome with respiratory failure after intramedullary nailing of a femur fracture is a rare but serious complication in trauma patients.

    Authors: Franz Mueller, Christian Pfeifer, Bernd Kinner, Carsten Englert, Michael Nerlich and Carsten Neumann
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:142
  4. Itraconazole is an anti-fungal agent widely used to treat various forms of mycosis. It is particularly useful in allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis and severe asthma with fungal sensitization. Side effect...

    Authors: Rangaprasad L Karadi, David Gow, Mark Kellett, David W Denning and Ronan B O'Driscoll
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:140
  5. Desmoplastic fibroblastoma (collagenous fibroma) is a recently described tumor thought to arise predominantly from subcutaneous tissue or skeletal muscle. The natural evolution of this tumor on magnetic resona...

    Authors: Yusaku Kamata, Ukei Anazawa, Hideo Morioka, Takeshi Morii, Keiko Miura, Makio Mukai, Hiroo Yabe and Yoshiaki Toyama
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:139
  6. Over the last few years the use of anabolic steroids has become increasingly common amongst amateur athletes and for aesthetic purposes. As a result, the adverse events related to their use are being seen more...

    Authors: Greg A Rosenfeld, Albert Chang, Michael Poulin, Peter Kwan and Eric Yoshida
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:138
  7. Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome is characterized by headache, nausea and vomiting, seizures and visual disturbances. It has certain characteristic radiological features, which allow diagnosis in t...

    Authors: Zakareya Gamie, Akheel Rizwan, Frances G Balen, Michael Clarke and Mohammed M Hassoon
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:137
  8. Adrenal lipomas are rare, small, benign, non-functioning tumors, which must be histopathologically differentiated from other tumors such as myelolipomas or liposarcomas. They are usually identified incidentall...

    Authors: Stylianos Kapetanakis, Ioannis Drygiannakis, Anastasios Tzortzinis, Nikolaos Papanas and Aliki Fiska
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:136
  9. Adrenal pseudocysts are rare cystic masses that arise from the adrenal gland and which are usually non-functional and asymptomatic. Adrenal pseudocysts consist of a fibrous wall without an epithelial or endoth...

    Authors: Masashi Momiyama, Kenichi Matsuo, Kenichi Yoshida, Kuniya Tanaka, Hirotoshi Akiyama, Shoji Yamanaka and Itaru Endo
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:135
  10. We present the case of a patient with two tumors in his left kidney and a synchronous colon cancer. While coexisting tumors have been previously described in the same kidney or the kidney and other organs, or ...

    Authors: Alexandros E Papalampros, Athanasios S Petrou, Eleftherios I Mantonakis, Konstantinos I Evangelou, Lambros A Giannopoulos, Georgios G Marinos and Athanasios L Giannopoulos
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:134
  11. High-resolution ocular coherence computed tomography enables unprecedented visualization of the retinal microarchitecture. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of high-resolution ocular coher...

    Authors: Ahmad M Mansour, Muhammad H Yunis and Walid A Medawar
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:133
  12. The influenza virus infection may be severe in non-immune people. Common complications of influenza virus include upper and lower respiratory tract infections, otitis media, myocarditis, acute respiratory dist...

    Authors: Rocco Urso, Nazario Bevilacqua, Marco Gentile, Daniele Biagioli and Francesco Nicola Lauria
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:132
  13. Laparoscopic port-site metastasis is a rare but well recognized outcome following surgery in urological cancers, with its etiology not clearly understood. Additionally, vaginal metastasis in clear cell renal c...

    Authors: Xue En Chuang, Hwai Liang Loh, Hong Gee Sim, Kah Leng Fong and Min-Han Tan
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:131
  14. Autism is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder in which the interactions of genetic, epigenetic and environmental influences are thought to play a causal role. In humans, throughout embryonic and fetal life, ...

    Authors: Juan A Ortega García, Mario G Angulo, Elías J Sobrino-Najul, Offie P Soldin, Alberto Puche Mira, Eduardo Martínez-Salcedo and Luz Claudio
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:129
  15. Primary intestinal tuberculosis is a rare variant of tuberculosis. The preferred treatment is usually pharmaceutical, but surgery may be required for complicated cases.

    Authors: Antonis Michalopoulos, Vassilis N Papadopoulos, Stavros Panidis, Theodossis S Papavramidis, Anastasios Chiotis and George Basdanis
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:128
  16. Portal vein thrombosis is an uncommon post-operative complication following abdominal surgery. Although therapeutic anticoagulation is recommended, this treatment may be questionable when the patient has an as...

    Authors: Dilip Dan, Kevin King, Shiva Seetahal, Vijay Naraynsingh and Seetharaman Hariharan
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:126
  17. Myositis is a rare bacterial muscle infection. Involvement of the piriformis muscle has been rarely reported in the literature. In this report we describe a case of piriformis myositis due to Brucella melitensis,...

    Authors: Pantelis Kraniotis, Markos Marangos, Alexandra Lekkou, Odysseas Romanos and Ekaterini Solomou
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:125
  18. Budd-Chiari syndrome is a very rare pathological entity that ultimately leads to liver failure. Several therapeutic modalities, including percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, have been attempted to save the ...

    Authors: Yusaku Shirai, Hitoshi Yoshiji, Saiho Ko, Masaharu Yamazaki, Yasuhide Ikenaka, Ryuichi Noguchi, Chie Morioka, Kosuke Kaji, Yosuke Aihara, Keisuke Nakanishi, Junichi Yamao, Masahisa Toyohara, Akira Mitoro, Masayoshi Sawai, Motoyuki Yoshida, Masao Fujimoto…
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:124
  19. To the best of our knowledge, a trifocal, diaphyseal fracture of the radius associated with ipsilateral mid-shaft fracture of the ulna in an adult has not been reported in the literature to date. The AO classi...

    Authors: Mazin Ibrahim, Jenny Cwilewicz, Osman H Khan and Anthony Gibbon
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:123
  20. The incidence of damage to the individual cranial nerves and their branches associated with laryngeal mask airway use is low; there have been case reports of damage to the lingual nerve, hypoglossal nerve and ...

    Authors: Deepak Hanumanthaiah, Sarmad Masud and Anil Ranganath
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:122

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  21. Küttner's tumor is characterized through histology by peri-ductal fibrosis, dense lymphocytic infiltration with lymphoid follicles, loss of acini, and occasional marked sclerosis of the salivary gland. On occa...

    Authors: Yumi Mochizuki, Ken Omura, Kou Kayamori, Kei Sakamoto, Hiroaki Shimamoto and Akira Yamaguchi
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:121
  22. Systemic reactions to inhaled drugs are rare. To the best of our knowledge, we report the first case of generalized itching related to the use of tiotropium bromide, a long acting inhaled anti-cholinergic agen...

    Authors: Cristoforo Incorvaia, Nicola Fuiano, Raffaella Megali and Gian Galeazzo Riario-Sforza
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:119
  23. Type 4 renal tubular acidosis is an uncommon clinical manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus and has been reported to portend a poor prognosis. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case repor...

    Authors: Haldane Porteous, Nadia Morgan, Julio Lanfranco, Monica Garcia-Buitrago, Larry Young and Oliver Lenz
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:114
  24. From antiquity to present day, the act of recording and publishing our observations with patients remains essential to the art of medicine and the care of patients. Neurology is rich with case reports over the...

    Authors: Richard A Rison
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:113
  25. The mainstay of pharmacologic therapy for rheumatoid arthritis includes the use of disease-modifying agents like sulfasalazine and methothrexate, and more recently, anti-tumor necrosis factor-α agents. Depress...

    Authors: Rajeev Krishnadas, Ranjit Krishnadas and Jonathan Cavanagh
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:112
  26. The abscopal effect is the effect of radiation therapy at a site distant to the area of irradiation. This is not a common event and has not been clearly defined, resulting in few reported cases in the literatu...

    Authors: Kae Okuma, Hideomi Yamashita, Yuzuru Niibe, Kazushige Hayakawa and Keiichi Nakagawa
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:111
  27. Gastrointestinal relapse in patients with multiple myeloma is very rare and, when reported, always associated with a poor prognosis.

    Authors: Patrick R Benusiglio, Thomas A McKee, Xavier Montet, Jean-Marc Dumonceau, Laurence Favet, Anne-Claude George and Pierre-Yves Dietrich
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:110
  28. Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease of unknown etiology which may affect any part of the bowel. Fistulas are a common and often serious complication of Crohn's disease. The treatment for fi...

    Authors: George Kouklakis, Eleni I Efremidou, Peter Zezos, Nikolaos Liratzopoulos, Vassilios D Souftas, Anthia Gatopoulou, Konstantinos Simopoulos and Konstantinos J Manolas
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:109
  29. In 25 to 35% of cases, the aetiological agent of scalp eschar and neck lymphadenopathy after a tick bite remains undetermined. To date, Rickettsia slovaca, Rickettsia raoultii and more recently Bartonella hensela...

    Authors: Sophie Edouard, Khira Gonin, Yves Turc, Emmanouil Angelakis, Cristina Socolovschi and Didier Raoult
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:108
  30. Neurofibromatosis type-1 is a common genetic disorder which often affects the skeleton. Skeletal manifestations of neurofibromatosis type-1 include scoliosis, congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia and intraos...

    Authors: John G Galbraith, Joseph S Butler and James A Harty
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:106
  31. Parkinsonism puts a high direct cost burden on both patient and caregiver. Several reports of drug-induced parkinsonism have been published, but to the best of our knowledge, there has not been any report of q...

    Authors: Solomon O Ugoya, Emmanuel I Agaba and Comfort A Daniyam
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:105
  32. We present a case of ciprofloxacin-associated pseudotumor cerebri in a 22-year-old African American woman. Withdrawal of ciprofloxacin in our patient resulted in complete resolution of ciprofloxacin-associated...

    Authors: Rajeev R Fernando, Niraj N Mehta and Morgan G Fairweather
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:104
  33. Retrievable plastic biliary stents are usually inserted endoscopically. When endoscopic placement fails, radiological percutaneous transhepatic placement is indicated. We report the occurrence of a case of del...

    Authors: Ioanna Papadopoulou, Nicos I Fotiadis, Irfan Ahmed, Peter Thurley, Robert R Hutchins and Tim Fotheringham
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:103
  34. Only ten cases of primary pyogenic spondylitis following vertebroplasty have been reported in the literature. To the best of our knowledge, we present the first reported case of primary pyogenic spondylitis an...

    Authors: Markus D Schofer, Stefan Lakemeier, Christian D Peterlein, Thomas J Heyse and Markus Quante
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:101
  35. Intracranial tuberculomas are a rare complication of tuberculosis occurring through hematogenous spread from an extracranial source, most often of pulmonary origin. Testicular tuberculosis with only intracrani...

    Authors: Godwin I Ogbole, Oku S Bassey, Clement A Okolo, Samson O Ukperi and Ayotunde O Ogunseyinde
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:100
  36. The co-occurrence of ring chromosome 13 syndrome and 47, XYY syndrome in the same individual is rare. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of the co-existence of this kind of chromosome aberr...

    Authors: Can Liao, Fang Fu and Liang Zhang
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:99
  37. Odontogenic necrotizing fasciitis of the neck is a fulminant infection of odontogenic origin that quickly spreads along the fascial planes and results in necrosis of the affected tissues. It is usually polymic...

    Authors: Rubi Lopez-Fernandez, Jorge Ramirez-Melgoza, Nora Ernestina Martinez-Aguilar, Alicia Leon-Chavez, Daniel Martinez-Fong and Juan Antonio Gonzalez-Barrios
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:98
  38. Post-traumatic stress disorder is defined as a mental disorder that arises from the experience of traumatic life events. Research has shown a high incidence of co-morbidity between post-traumatic stress disord...

    Authors: Ricardo Coentre and Paddy Power
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:97
  39. This case report describes an esophagojejunal anastomotic leak following total gastrectomy for gastric cancer. The leak was treated successfully with endoscopic application of n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate. This is the...

    Authors: Manousos-Georgios Pramateftakis, Georgios Vrakas, Ioannis Kanellos, Ioannis Mantzoros, Stamatis Angelopoulos, Efthymios Eleftheriades and Charalampos Lazarides
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:96
  40. Contrary to its name, synovial sarcoma does not arise from the synovial membrane but from multipotent stem cells and can present in any part of the body. Very few cases of vulval synovial sarcoma have been rep...

    Authors: Viren Asher, Gerhard van Schalkwyk and Anish Bali
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:95

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