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  1. Soft tissue sarcomas are rare tumours that are infrequently seen in most surgical practices. They can occur in any anatomic region of the body. The size of a soft tissue sarcoma is an important prognostic vari...

    Authors: Ismaila A Adigun, Kolawole O Ogundipe and Jibril O Bello
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:7267
  2. Autonomic innervation of the bladder is complex and regulated by a hierarchy of mechanisms of the central nervous system. Any dysfunction in these regulatory mechanisms can lead to acute urinary retention.

    Authors: Omer A Raheem, Ronan M Long, Rowan G Casey, Frank T D'Arcy and Thomas H Lynch
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:6757
  3. The association of human immunodeficiency virus and immune dysfunction leading to development of autoimmune markers is well described, but human immunodeficiency virus infection is relatively protective for th...

    Authors: Iain J Abbott, Christina C Chang, Matthew J Skinner, Alison Street, Greg Perry, Catriona McLean, Edwina J Wright and Paul U Cameron
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:7289
  4. Osteoradionecrosis of the mandible and temporal bones has been extensively reported in literature, but cases of avascular necrosis of the cervical spine following radiotherapy to the larynx appear to be extrem...

    Authors: Frederik Carl van Wyk, Manu-priya Sharma and Robert Tranter
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:7262
  5. Burkitt lymphoma and B cell lymphomas in childhood may arise in many atypical locations, which on rare occasions can include gastric mucosa. A case of primary gastric Burkitt lymphoma is described in a child p...

    Authors: Jenny Hui Chia Chieng, John Garrett, Steven Leslie Ding and Michael Sullivan
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:7256
  6. Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a complication of systemic lupus erythematosus. Mortality in pregnant patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension related to connective tissue disease is as high as 56%. Th...

    Authors: Michael Streit, Rudolf Speich, Manuel Fischler and Silvia Ulrich
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:7255
  7. The distant metastases from differentiated thyroid carcinomas are often untreatable. In particular, bone metastasis is significantly related to poor prognosis since radioactive iodine therapy is generally less...

    Authors: Nobuyasu Suganuma, Nobuyuki Wada, Hiromasa Arai, Hirotaka Nakayama, Keita Fujii, Katsuhiko Masudo, Norio Yukawa, Yasushi Rino, Munetaka Masuda and Toshio Imada
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:7259
  8. Radial nerve compression by a ganglion in the radial tunnel is not common. Compressive neuropathies of the radial nerve in the radial tunnel can occur anywhere along the course of the nerve and may lead to var...

    Authors: I-Ming Jou, Hung-Nan Wang, Ping-Hui Wang, Ing-Sing Yong and Wei-Ren Su
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:7258
  9. Paraneoplastic glomerulopathies are rare manifestations of neoplastic disease to be distinguished from iatrogenic renal damage. Solid tumors are preferentially associated with membranous nephropathy, whereas H...

    Authors: Justine Bacchetta, Dominique Ranchère, Frédérique Dijoud and Jean-Pierre Droz
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:7248
  10. A patient with a neglected, compound acutely ruptured false aneurysm of the brachial artery which developed after a periprosthetic fracture of the right humerus, is reported.

    Authors: Elias Panagiotopoulos, Efstratios Athanaselis, Charalampos Matzaroglou, Georgios Kasimatis, John Gliatis and Ioannis Tsolakis
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:6627
  11. According to the International Association for the Study of Pain criteria of 1994, pain is a diagnostic requirement for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome type I. However, other authors have suggested that patient...

    Authors: AJ Shyam Kumar, SKS Wong and JG Andrew
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:7271
  12. Burned-out testicular tumour is a very rare clinical entity. There is no clinical finding in the testicle, because it regresses spontaneously with no treatment, and generally presents with metastases. Abdomina...

    Authors: Mehmet Yucel, Sahin Kabay, Ugur Saracoglu, Soner Yalcinkaya, Namik Kemal Hatipoglu and Erol Aras
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:7266
  13. Ollier's disease is a rare nonhereditary disorder characterized by multiple enchondromas with a predilection for unilateral distribution. Malignant changes in Ollier's disease may occur in adult patients. Radi...

    Authors: Babak Fallahi, Morteza Bostani, Kianoush Ansari Gilani, Davood Beiki and Ali Gholamrezanezhad
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:7759
  14. Bouveret's syndrome is characterized by gastric outlet obstruction due to a gallstone in the duodenum, usually in association with a cholecystoduodenal fistula.

    Authors: Shruti Mittal, Robert P Sutcliffe, Ashish Rohatgi and Simon W Atkinson
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:7301
  15. We report an unusual case of upper airway compromise complicated by thyroid storm in a pregnant woman with Graves' disease, ending with the in utero death of the fetus. This complication might have developed due ...

    Authors: Recep Yildizhan, Mertihan Kurdoglu, Ertan Adali and Ali Kolusari
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:7297
  16. Scrotal lymphedema is common in the tropics and subtropics. The giant variants can cause a lot of physical disability and psychological disturbances.

    Authors: Ganiyu A Rahman, Ismaila A Adigun, Ibrahim F Yusuf, Adebiyi B Aderibigbe and Amarachukwu C Etonyeaku
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:7295
  17. Diverticular disease of the colon is a common benign condition. The majority of patients with diverticular disease are asymptomatic and are managed non-operatively, however complications such as perforation, b...

    Authors: Jacqueline E. Collin, Gurprit S. S. Atwal, William K. Dunn and Austin G. Acheson
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:7075
  18. Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare and aggressive primary cutaneous neuroendocrine malignant tumor. The tumor has a high rate of local recurrence after surgical removal. Spontaneous regression appears to be relat...

    Authors: Tamara Turk, Zeljka Crncevic Orlic, Ivana Smoljan, Antica Nacinovic, Irena Seili Bekafigo, Jelena Radic and Gordana Zamolo
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:7270
  19. Triploid pregnancies have an increased risk of early preeclampsia. Twin pregnancies consisting of one healthy fetus and one complete or partial molar, with or without a triploid fetus, are rare and management ...

    Authors: Clasien van der Houwen, Tineke Schukken and Mariëlle van Pampus
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:7311
  20. Many different prosthetic materials have been used for repair of large posterolateral congenital diaphragmatic hernias, which cannot be primarily repaired. Almost 50% of patch repaired diaphragmatic hernias wi...

    Authors: Basil Bekdash, Baljit Singh and Kokila Lakhoo
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:7237
  21. The spontaneous rupture of a parathyroid adenoma accompanied by extracapsular hemorrhage is a rare, potentially fatal, condition and is a cervicomediastinal surgical emergency.

    Authors: Isabella Merante-Boschin, Matteo Fassan, Maria Rosa Pelizzo, Eric Casal Ide and Massimo Rugge
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:7404
  22. The frequency of ovarian cysts in pregnancy is reported to be 1 in 1000 pregnancies. Laparoscopic ovarian cystectomy has been described in the literature as case series but this is the first case where an ovar...

    Authors: Fawzia Sanaullah and Ashwini K Trehan
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:7257
  23. Varenicline is widely used for smoking cessation. It has shown efficacy over placebo and bupropion in manufacturer-sponsored trials. Those with mental illness were excluded from these trials. There are case re...

    Authors: B Mahendri Raidoo and Eric C Kutscher
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:7560
  24. We present a previously undescribed entity: trigger finger secondary to a leiomyoma. This is the first time such a case has been reported and highlights the fact that common conditions can sometimes present se...

    Authors: Ziad Harb, Quamar Bismil and David M Ricketts
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:7284
  25. Polymicrobial endocarditis is a well-recognized problem in intravenous drug users and it accounts for 1 to 3% of endocarditis cases overall and up to 9% in other series. The most common combinations of organis...

    Authors: Hanady Daas, Fadi Abuhmaid and Marcus Zervos
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:6598
  26. Cystic lesions of the upper abdomen normally develop from pancreatic tissue. The differential diagnoses include neoplastic and non-neoplastic lesions. Pseudocystic tumors that secondarily involve the pancreas ...

    Authors: Ursula Pauser, Sebastian Hinz, Hartmut Merz and Alfred C Feller
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:7592
  27. Due to high rates of response and durable remissions, imatinib (Glivec®, or Gleevec® in the USA; Novartis Pharma AG) is the standard of care in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia. Recently, a non-authorized p...

    Authors: Hadi Alphonse Goubran
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:7112
  28. A case of massive facial edema and airway obstruction secondary to an acute sialadenitis is described that occurred a few hours after a neurosurgical procedure performed in the prone position. Literature on th...

    Authors: Franco Cavaliere, Giorgio Conti, Maria Giuseppina Annetta, Angelo Greco, Alessandro Cina and Rodolfo Proietti
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:7073
  29. The combination of neurofibromatosis and liposarcoma is very rare. We present a case of a dedifferentiated liposarcoma in the forearm, as a complication in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1.

    Authors: Markus Dietmar Schofer, Mohammed Yousef Abu-Safieh, Jürgen Paletta, Susanne Fuchs-Winkelmann and Bilal Farouk El-Zayat
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:7071
  30. Although Meckel's diverticulum is the most common congenital abnormality of the gastrointestinal tract and modern imaging techniques are available, its diagnosis remains problematic.

    Authors: Michael Pitiakoudis, George Vaos, Michael Kirmanidis, Stefanos Gardikis, Evanthia Tsalkidou and Constantinos Simopoulos
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:6981
  31. Peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumors of the urinary bladder are rare and tend to occur in an older age group than do their counterparts in bones and soft tissue.

    Authors: Mohd Khaled Al Meshaan, Marwan Nayef, Talal Kwaider, Wolfgang Otto and Ken C Katchy
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:6840
  32. Infarctions of the greater omentum and appendices epiploicae are uncommon, but well documented causes of acute abdominal pain. We present a rare case of torted fat on the parietal peritoneum over the anterior ...

    Authors: Kamal Sanjiva Hapuarachchi, Edward Douglas Courtney, Szabolcs Gergely and Tjun Yip Tang
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:6980
  33. Intrauterine contraceptive devices may at times perforate and migrate to adjacent organs. Such uterine perforation usually passes unnoticed with development of potentially serious complications.

    Authors: Maulana Mohammed Ansari, Syed Hasan Harris, Shahla Haleem, Rehan Fareed and Mohammed Feroz Khan
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:7007
  34. Lemierre's syndrome is an extremely rare and almost universally fatal disease characterized as thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular venous system with subsequent metastatic infection. Fusobacterium necrophoru...

    Authors: Che M Harris, Micean Johnikin, Hope Rhodes, Theresa Fuller, Sohail R Rana, Hasan Nabhani, Dulara Hussain, Mohan Kurukumbi, Annapurni Jayam-Trouth, Jhansi Gajjala, Faria Farhat and Vinod Mody
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:6658
  35. Although pharmacologic treatment remains the mainstay for treating rheumatoid arthritis, there is an increasing need for a method that biologically regenerates arthritic knee lesions as patient longevity conti...

    Authors: Seok-Jung Kim, Cheong-Ho Chang, Dong-Sam Suh, Hyun-Kwon Ha and Kyung-Hwan Suhl
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:6619

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