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  1. A spontaneous rupture of an omental vessel can cause severe intraabdominal hemorrhage. We present a case of idiopathic omental hemorrhage caused by a vascular malformation. The literature is systematically rev...

    Authors: Fatemeh Rashidi, Alireza Samimiat, Niloofar Jafarimehrabady and Reza Hajebi
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:368
  2. Deep neck space infections are uncommon in infants. Retropharyngeal abscess (RPA) is a deep space neck infection that can present with subtle signs and symptoms. Delay in diagnosis can lead to life-threatening...

    Authors: Ayaz Ur Rehman, Salman Khan, Awais Abbas, Hamdan Ahmad Pasha, Qalab Abbas and Naveed Ur Rehman Siddiqui
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:367
  3. Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by mononuclear cell infiltration and small and medium-sized blood vessel destruction leading to r...

    Authors: Kazuhiro Kitamoto, Yasushi Tanaka, Tomohiko Kuboyama, Youhei Fujiki, Kodo Tomida, Takao Kamimori and Shigeo Hara
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:366
  4. Intestinal Malrotation is congenital that complicates 1 in every 200 births. It results from abnormal fixation and rotation of the gut tube during fetal development. It is usually asymptomatic and most cases a...

    Authors: Almuntasir beallah Eltayb, Albra Hegazi, Osaman Elhag and Amro Abdelgadir
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:378
  5. Chest X-ray offers high sensitivity and acceptable specificity as a tuberculosis screening tool, but in areas with a high burden of tuberculosis, there is often a lack of radiological expertise to interpret ch...

    Authors: Naomi Glaser, Shannon Bosman, Thandanani Madonsela, Alastair van Heerden, Kamele Mashaete, Bulemba Katende, Irene Ayakaka, Keelin Murphy, Aita Signorell, Lutgarde Lynen, Jens Bremerich and Klaus Reither
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:365
  6. The Warburg effect is a rare condition in tumor biology, illustrated by significant lactate production in the presence of oxygen. The Warburg effect is associated with very poor prognosis in patients with mali...

    Authors: Yenong Cao, Margaret C. Liu, Emma L. Hanlon, York Chen, Muhammad Z. Afzal, Christi A. Hayes and John M. Hill Jr
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:380
  7. Melioidosis is a serious disease caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei which affects humans and animals. It results in a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations, mainly in the respiratory tract, prog...

    Authors: Dilbert Silva Velôso, Samuel Pinheiro da Silva, Conceição Maria Sousa de Coelho, José Miguel Luz Parente, Thaline Alves Elias Veloso, Murilo Moura Lima, Caroline Torres Sampaio, Maria Fátima Alencar Bezerra de Freitas, Dionne Bezerra Rolim, Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos and Marco Aurélio Pereira Horta
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:362
  8. Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), defined by thrombotic events or obstetric complications in the presence of persistently high antiphospholipid antibodies, is characterized by a wide variety of clinical present...

    Authors: Nastaran-Sadat Hosseini, Sharareh Babaei, Hamid Rahimi, Alaleh Gheissari, Banafsheh Sedaghat, Mahsa Pourmahdi-Boroujeni and Bahareh Abtahi-Naeini
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:375
  9. Gorham–Stout disease is a rare condition with fewer than 400 reported cases in the literature. The presentation of Gorham–Stout disease varies on the basis of location, extent, fracture, and accompanying sympt...

    Authors: Sadegh Saberi, Nima Bagheri, Seyyed Hadi Kalantar, Hana Saffar and Seyyed Saeed Khabiri
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:360
  10. A lymphoepithelial cyst of the pancreas is a rare benign lesion that is difficult to diagnose preoperatively and challenging in distinguishing from potentially malignant cystic pancreatic neoplasms. A diagnost...

    Authors: Christian Teske, Jürgen Weitz, Frieder Meier, Jens-Peter Kühn and Carina Riediger
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:359
  11. The purpose of this study is to describe a patient who experienced simultaneous central retinal vein and cilioretinal artery occlusions, as well as perifoveal hemorrhage in the Henle fiber.

    Authors: Hamid Riazi-Esfahani, Nazanin Ebrahimiadib, Nikoo Hamzeh, Kaveh Fadakar and Elias Khalili Pour
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:355
  12. Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare disease characterized by progressive accumulation of the alveolar surfactant. Whole lung lavage (WLL) using a high volume of warmed saline remains the standard th...

    Authors: Tatsuya Fujihara, Atsuko Shono, Nozomi Katayama, Tetsuro Nikai, Yohei Shiratsuki, Yoshihiro Amano and Yoji Saito
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:353
  13. Uterine fibroids incarcerated in abdominal wall hernias during pregnancy are rare, with only six cases reported in umbilical hernias. This case report presents the first reported case of an incarcerated uterin...

    Authors: Souhaib Atri, Mahdi Hammami, Meriem Ben Brahim, Houcine Maghrebi and Montassar Kacem
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:370
  14. At the time of benign gynecological surgery, a prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy or salpingectomy is increasingly being performed concurrently to reduce the risk of future ovarian and fallopian tube cancer. W...

    Authors: Hikaru Murakami, Satoe Fujiwara, Ruri Nishie, Shoko Ueda, Shinichi Terada, Takashi Yamada and Masahide Ohmichi
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:351
  15. Hydrocele, an abnormal fluid collection between parietal and visceral layers of the tunica vaginalis, is the commonest cause of scrotal swelling, and it affects all age groups. Calcification of hydrocele sac/w...

    Authors: Yohannis Derbew Molla, Desyibelew Chanie Mekonnen, Cheru Lilay Gebrehiwot, Amanuel Kassa Tadesse, Samuel Addisu Abera and Lidetu Temeche
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:363
  16. Calcified chronic subdural hematoma is a rare and infrequent diagnosis made in clinical practice according to the literature. Calcification of chronic subdural hematoma is found more frequently in children and...

    Authors: Esayas Adefirs Tefera, Mezgebu Alemneh Assefa and Yohannis Derbew Molla
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:348
  17. Air rifle injuries can cause significant vascular injuries. This air rifle injury has resulted in a penetrating neck trauma traversing the common carotid artery. There is debate around the need for radiologica...

    Authors: Summer Hassan and Sergei Tchijov
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:358
  18. Persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) is the most common variant of systemic venous drainage. In the absence of the right superior vena cava (RSVC), implantation of a right ventricular pacing lead may be ...

    Authors: Jiří Plášek, Jiří Vrtal, David Šipula, Tomáš Grézl and Jan Václavík
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:346
  19. Necrotizing fasciitis is an aggressive disease that causes necrosis in the muscular fascia and subcutaneous tissues. The infection spreads rapidly along the fascia and perifascial planes, followed by extension...

    Authors: Radwan El Othman, Fatima Allaw, Antoine Kharsa and Souheil Hallit
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:345
  20. Endomyocardial fibrosis is a grim disease. It is the most common restrictive cardiomyopathy worldwide, but the exact etiology and pathogenesis both remain unknown. Endomyocardial fibrosis is recurrently associ...

    Authors: Raquel Reis Soares, Maria Clara Martins Avelar, Sofia Lucena Zanetti, Joao Victor Tavares Mendonça Garreto, Vinicius Dinelli Guimaraes, Elisa Soares Ferber, Mayumi de Oliveira Drumond, Matheus Ferber and Leonardo Ferber
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:361
  21. Ureteral metastasis from gastric cancers are rare and can be a cause of ureteral obstruction. There have been few published case reports in the literature. In this paper, we report an additional case and a rev...

    Authors: Meriem Ait Alla, Tarik Chekrine, Zineb Bouchbika, Nadia Benchakroun, Hassan Jouhadi, Nezha Tawfiq, Houda Chaouki, Farida Marnissi, Mehdi Karkouri and Souha Sahraoui
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:357
  22. There is a high prevalence of somatoform disorders and medically unexplained symptoms. When it comes to deciding whether a patient is able to work, it is essential to differentiate a somatoform disorder from a...

    Authors: Beatriz Pozuelo Moyano, Catherine Duquenne, Bernard Favrat, Borruat Francois-Xavier, Ioannis Kokkinakis and Konstantinos Tzartzas
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:340
  23. Systemic lupus erythematosus is an autoimmune disease that can have cutaneous and systemic manifestations. Lupus panniculitis, also known as lupus mastitis, is a subset of chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus...

    Authors: Lauren J. He, Laarni C. Quimson, Oluwakemi Onajin and Kimberly C. Trotter
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:356
  24. Leishmaniasis is a rare infectious disease observed in subtropical and tropical areas. This disease that demonstrates different clinical characteristics is caused by intracellular Leishmania protozoan. One of the...

    Authors: Sasan Moogahi, Fateme Tadi Beni, Mehdi Tavalla, Maryam Fasihi-Karami and Forough Kazemi
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:352
  25. Nocardia are aerobic Gram-positive bacilli that can invade multiple organ systems, including the brain and lungs. It is most frequently found in patients who are immunocompromised. Invasive nocardial disease is a...

    Authors: Noelle Boctor and Paul Aronowitz
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:336
  26. Metanephric adenoma is a rare benign renal tumor of the kidney, uncommonly observed in children. It is often misdiagnosed preoperatively as a malignant neoplasm, leading to an unnecessary nephrectomy. The chal...

    Authors: S. Mosbahi, S. Ben Youssef, A. Zouaoui, M. Abdelali, M. Ben Fredj, N. Ben Abdejelil, S. Belhassen, S. Hidouri, I. Chabchoub, A. Ksia, L. Sahnoun, M. Mekki, A. Zakhama, A. Zrig and M. Belghith
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:354
  27. Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis is a rare complication of prothrombotic states such as neoplasms that can cause valvular dysfunction and life-threatening complications. Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditi...

    Authors: Abdolhamid Bagheri, Mohammad Khani, Tooba Akbari, Erfan Ghadirzadeh, Elham Charkazi and Parastoo Ghorbani
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:334
  28. Acromegaly can be diagnosed by a growth hormone value ≥ 1 µg/L following an oral glucose tolerance test. However, normal growth hormone suppression following oral glucose tolerance test may not exclude acromeg...

    Authors: Wen-Hsuan Tsai, Ming-Nan Chien, Shuen-Han Dai and Yun-Kai Chan
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:333
  29. Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is an inflammatory mycosis of the central nervous system caused by meninge infection or brain parenchyma with Cryptococcus species. It is associated with high morbidity and mortality,...

    Authors: Jianhua Lan, Luyi Lv, Ling Ye, Tao Wang, Zhiyu Wu, Shugen Wu, Chunxian Peng, Weili Lu and Tao Lu
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:332
  30. Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma is an uncommon subtype of peripheral T-cell lymphoma in children with fewer than 20 cases reported in literature.

    Authors: Dima Abla, Abeer Al-Battashi, Khalil Albiroty, Khuloud Abu Qasida, Nasser Al-Rahbi and Salah Al-Awaidy
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:347
  31. Abrupt visual impairment constitutes a medical urgency, necessitating an interdisciplinary diagnostic and therapeutic approach owing to the broad spectrum of potential etiologies, thereby engaging numerous med...

    Authors: Mirco Schapher, Jacob Bruegel, Fabian Guener, Bastian Volbers, Philip Eichhorn, Abbas Agaimy, Magdalena Berger, Christian Mardin, Arnd Doerfler and Stefan W. Hock
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:331
  32. Progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity and myoclonus (PERM) is a rare neurological condition with paraneoplastic etiology in about 20% of cases, usually presenting before or shortly after the oncological ...

    Authors: Amanuel Hassen Ali, Anna Benterud, Trygve Holmøy and Aija Zuleron Myro
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:330
  33. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis and relapsing polychondritis are rare, multisystemic and potentially life-threatening connective tissue diseases. We present two cases of severe endobronchial obstruction in th...

    Authors: Rushab Shah, Lisa Lim and Mandana Nikpour
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:329
  34. Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors are rare benign supratentotrial epilepsy-associated glioneuronal tumors of children and young adults. Patients have a long history of seizures. Proper surgical resectio...

    Authors: Shabina Rahim, Nasir Ud Din, Jamshid Abdul-Ghafar, Qurratulain Chundriger, Poonum Khan and Zubair Ahmad
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:327
  35. Bronchiolar obstruction, which causes airway obstruction in hyperresponsive airways, often results from the contraction of the airway's smooth muscles, increased viscid mucous secretions, and mucosal oedema co...

    Authors: Beatrice N. Ezenwa, Abdou Gai, Ellen Kujabi, Abdoulie Garba, Yarreh Suso, Abdulwahab Sallah and Egbuna O. Obidike
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:326
  36. Antisynthetase syndrome is an inflammatory myopathy that is characterized by the presence of anti-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase antibodies. Only 30% of those who suffer from the disease can be identified. We prese...

    Authors: Juan Estrada-Maya, María de los Ángeles Cuellar, Lina Patricia Vargas, Carmen Cecilia Gómez, Andrés Bonilla, Pedro Felipe Burgos, Sergio Alejandro Bedoya, María Valentina Oliver, Nicolás Molano and Juan Sebastián Linares
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:325
  37. Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a lifelong diagnosis that involves immune-mediated damage of pancreatic beta cells and subsequent hyperglycemia, manifesting as: polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia, and weight ...

    Authors: Taylor M. Meyers, Patrick T. Reeves, Jamie L. Lombardo, Sarah K. Anisowicz, Noelle S. Larson and Philip L. Rogers
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:342
  38. Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the sigmoid colon is an exceedingly rare subtype of colorectal cancer (CRC) associated with chronic inflammatory conditions. Due to its variable clinical presentation ranging f...

    Authors: Alonso Garro-Mendiola, David Guevara-Lazo, Willian Pinto Samanez and Juan Carlos Lizarzaburu-Robles
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:324
  39. Panic disorder and panic attacks are two of the most common problems in psychiatry. A psychoimmunological correlation between allergic diseases and panic disorder has been strongly suggested. Histamine H1 rece...

    Authors: Hyuk Soon Kim and Geunwoong Noh
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:341
  40. Acute hypocalcemia is generally caused by a sudden drop in serum calcium ion and presents with a mild or severe form of tetany. Even though the occurrence of hypocalcemia is well documented with certain drugs ...

    Authors: Yihienew M. Bezabih, Mekides A. Bimrew and Woldesellassie M. Bezabhe
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:337
  41. SERPINC1 is a glycoprotein that regulates blood coagulation. SERPINC1 congenital or acquired deficiencies represent a significant risk factor for thromboembolic disease. SERPINC1 acquired defects are observed ...

    Authors: D. Denora, M. V. Di Rosa, N. Altamura, F. Pellicori, P. Vinci, U. G. Sisto, F. Spanò, F. G. Di Girolamo, N. Fiotti and G. Biolo
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:323
  42. Knee arthroplasty is an orthopedic surgical procedure in which a damaged joint is replaced with an artificial one. It is estimated that 1–2% of knee arthroplasties will encounter infection over their lifetime....

    Authors: Masoud Mardani, Jafar Mohammadshahi and Roghayeh Teimourpour
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:339
  43. Hemorrhage is an uncommon complication of liposuction that may be trauma-induced by the cannula on the subcutaneous perforators. It usually resolves spontaneously with external compression and results in mild ...

    Authors: Pierre Tawa, Tom Boeken, Curtis L. Cetrulo Jr. and Alexandre G. Lellouch
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:321

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