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  1. Wilson disease is rarely reported among African children. This report describes the second case report of a Nigerian child with Wilson disease in three decades.

    Authors: Christopher Imokhuede Esezobor, Nora Banjoko, Adekunle Rotimi-Samuel and Foluso Ebun Afolabi Lesi
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:200
  2. Testicular germ cell tumors are the most common malignancies in men. Testicular torsion is also a scrotal phenomenon seen in adolescence and adulthood. The co-occurrence of these two scrotal disorders is extre...

    Authors: Kazumi Taguchil, Takahiro Yasui, Taku Naiki, Yukihiro Umemoto, Yoshiyuki Kojima, Noriyasu Kawai, Keiichi Tozawa, Yutaro Hayashi and Kenjiro Kohri
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:199
  3. Isolated hepatic tuberculosis is an uncommon manifestation of one of the most common infections worldwide, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Extremely high serum ferritin, which is regarded as a marker of adu...

    Authors: Edirisooriya Maddumage Manoj, Rajini Srigrishna and Murugapillai K. Ragunathan
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:195
  4. We previously reported on the effectiveness of ureteroscopy-assisted retrograde nephrostomy during percutaneous nephrolithotomy and report two cases of lower calyx calculi in horseshoe kidney that were success...

    Authors: Takashi Kawahara, Hiroki Ito, Hideyuki Terao, Katsuyuki Tanaka, Takehiko Ogawa, Hiroji Uemura, Yoshinobu Kubota and Junichi Matsuzaki
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:194
  5. In malignant lymphoma, cardiac involvement, which usually forms pathologically focal and firm nodules in the cardiac walls, is considered to be a late manifestation of the disease.

    Authors: Toshiji Ishiwata, Norihiro Harada, Ryo Ko, Munechika Hara, Mitsuaki Sekiya, Makoto Sasaki, Bunsei Nobukawa and Kazuhisa Takahashi
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:193
  6. Injury to the ulnar nerve following humerus shaft fracture is a very rare entity because the ulnar nerve is well protected from the bone by muscle and soft tissue, and thus remains unaffected in these fracture...

    Authors: Ritesh Pathak, Piyush Kalakoti, Duppala Venkateswara Prasad, Duppala Peeyuusha and Ragav Sharma
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:192
  7. Granulomatous lesions are commonly encountered abnormalities in pulmonary pathology, and often pose a diagnostic challenge. We report an unusual case of granulomatous lung disease with uncommon characteristics...

    Authors: Aki Sakurai, Shinichi Shimizu, Shinichiro Morioka, Tetsuo Fujita, Ryogo Ema, Yoshihiro Miki, Kazuhiro Tomita, Toru Nakamura, Futoru Toyoda, Yoshiro Otsuki, Hiroshi Kobayashi and Hidenori Nakamura
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:191
  8. Congenital insensitivity to pain, a rare neurological entity, is characterized by varying degrees of sensory loss and autonomic dysfunction. Orthopedic manifestations of congenital insensitivity to pain includ...

    Authors: Mehmet Erdil, Kerem Bilsel, Yunus Imren, Hasan Huseyin Ceylan and Ibrahim Tuncay
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:190
  9. Central vein stenosis is not a rare problem in patients on dialysis. Placement of a central vein catheter for dialysis access substantially increases the risk of central vein stenosis. However, even in patient...

    Authors: Uwe Gottmann, Maliha Sadick, Kathrin Kleinhuber, Urs Benck, Kurt Huck, Bernhard K Krämer and Rainer Birck
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:189
  10. Bevacizumab is a monoclonal antibody against vascular endothelial growth factor. It is widely used in the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer. It has some specific side effects including severe bleeding,...

    Authors: Mukremin Uysal, Sema Sezgin Goksu, Hasan Senol Coskun, Burhan Savas, Mustafa Ozdogan and Hakan Bozcuk
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:188
  11. Sudden severe hemorrhage from locally advanced fungating breast carcinoma and its associated cutaneous lesions is rarely reported. Transcatheter arterial embolization has been used widely in the setting of int...

    Authors: John M. Moriarty, Minzhi Xing and Christopher T. Loh
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:186
  12. Air guns, either modern or traditional models, are powerful weapons that are capable of causing serious or life-threatening injuries.

    Authors: Mostafa Hosseini, Mohammad Reza Keramati, Afshin Heidari and Mohammad Kazem Olad-Ghobad
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:184
  13. Because well-documented cases of mucoepidermoid carcinomas that are of minor salivary gland origin and occur in children and adolescents have rarely been reported, little information regarding their clinical f...

    Authors: Priyanshi Ritwik, Kitrina G. Cordell and Robert B. Brannon
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:182
  14. Pericatheter calcifications are unusual and rare after removal of indwelling central venous catheters with few reports in the literature. We present a case of a woman with calcifications in her left innominate...

    Authors: James van Bastelaar, Caroline H. C. Janssen, Eveline de Bont, Nicole M. Blijlevens and Robertine van Baren
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:180
  15. Neurofibromatosis type 1 is a common heritable neurocutaneous disorder. Neurofibromatosis type 1 may be associated with tumors of the central nervous system and pheochromocytoma. However, papillary thyroid car...

    Authors: Bu Kyung Kim, Young Sik Choi, Sangeon Gwoo, Yo Han Park, Song I. Yang and Jeong Hoon Kim
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:179
  16. Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy is an opportunistic infection occurring in patients with severe cellular immunodeficiency. This case highlights the role of cellular immunodeficiency in the reactivat...

    Authors: Martina Troppmann, Roland Büttner, Michael Boewer and Bernd Salzberger
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:177
  17. The majority of ovarian cancer recurrences are in the abdomen. However, some cases relapse as isolated lymph node metastases, mostly in pelvic or para-aortic nodes. Peripheral isolated lymph node metastasis is...

    Authors: Tomohito Tanaka and Masahide Ohmichi
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:176
  18. Robinsoniella peoriensis was recently identified as a Gram-positive, spore-forming, anaerobic bacillus originally isolated from swine manure storage pits. Seven isolates have been subsequently reported from huma...

    Authors: Nadim Cassir, Laurine Laget, Aurélie Renvoisé, Jean-Marie Gennari and Michel Drancourt
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:174
  19. Matrix-assisted autologous chondrocyte implantation is a well-known procedure for the treatment of cartilage defects, which aims to establish a regenerative milieu and restore hyaline cartilage. However, much ...

    Authors: Tahsin Beyzadeoglu, Ayberk Onal and Alan Ivkovic
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:173
  20. Infectious disease in an immunosuppressed patient is a diagnostic challenge. The clinical presentation and the body’s immune response may be quite different from those seen in an immunocompetent patient with t...

    Authors: Thashi Chang, Chaturaka Rodrigo, Nuwan Ranawaka and Inoshi Atukorala
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:172
  21. Congenital hypoplasia of the atlas has rarely been reported. Myelopathy caused by the complete absence of the posterior arch of the atlas has not been reported. This case report describes the diagnosis and suc...

    Authors: Tadanori Ogata, Tadao Morino, Masayuki Hino and Hiromasa Miura
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:171
  22. Cryptococcal infections pose a diagnostic challenge in an immunocompetent host. Asbestos exposure has been associated with pulmonary aspergillosis. This case highlights an interesting presentation of cryptococ...

    Authors: Judah P. Guy, Shahzad Raza, Elliot Bondi, Yale Rosen, Dong-Sung Kim and Barbara J. Berger
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:170
  23. Spontaneous closure of traumatic macular holes is described as a common event in the peer-reviewed literature. However, the spontaneous closure of stage III and IV full-thickness idiopathic macular holes has b...

    Authors: Miriam García Fernández and Joaquín Castro Navarro
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:169
  24. Thrombocytopenia with absent radii is a rare congenital defect with hypomegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia and bilateral radial aplasia that may have additional anomalies. We report the case of a girl baby with t...

    Authors: Ahmed Omran, Shaimaa Sahmoud, Jing Peng, Usman Ashhab and Fei Yin
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:168
  25. The Abernethy malformation is a rare anomaly with a widely variable clinical presentation. Many diagnostic dilemmas have been reported. Nowadays, with the evolution of medical imaging, diagnosis can be made mo...

    Authors: Caroline D. M. Witjes, Jan N. M. Ijzermans, Anton Vonk Noordegraaf and T. C. Khe Tran
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:167
  26. Renal cell carcinoma associated with Xp11.2 translocations is frequently reported in children, but adult-onset is rare. Here, the case of an adult male who developed a renal cell carcinoma associated with Xp11...

    Authors: Akihiro Morii, Yasuyoshi Fujiuchi, Kazuhiro Nomoto, Akira Komiya and Hideki Fuse
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:164
  27. Chylothorax and chylous ascites are uncommon and usually associated with trauma or neoplasms. To the best of our knowledge, constrictive pericarditis leading to chylothorax and chylous ascites in a person infe...

    Authors: Sarawut Summachiwakij, Wiwun Tungsubutra, Pornpan Koomanachai and Suchai Charoenratanakul
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:163
  28. Ovarian tumors are the least common cause of sexual precocity in girls. Mixed germ cell-sex cord-stromal tumors associated with a yolk sac tumor of the ovary are rare neoplasms, of which only a small number of...

    Authors: Kotb Abbass Metwalley, Dalia Ahmed Elsers, Hekma Saad Farghaly, Hanaa Abdel-Lateif and Mohamed Abdel-Kader
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:162
  29. Several different foods have been implicated in inducing the delayed and very significant vomiting and sometimes diarrhea that occurs in food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome. While immunoglobulin E is n...

    Authors: Amolak S Bansal, Sree Bhaskaran and Rhea A Bansal
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:160
  30. Fulminant cardiopulmonary failure is a severe complication of hand, foot and mouth diseases due to enterovirus 71 infection, with a high mortality rate. The treatment is mainly supportive with aggressive cardi...

    Authors: Phuc Huu Phan, Hung Viet Dau, Son Thanh Chu, Thuy Bich Phung, Thang Van Pham, Tu Van Nguyen and Liem Thanh Nguyen
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:159
  31. Retroperitoneal neoplasms are rare and easily misdiagnosed. These tumors are often discovered incidentally during imaging studies performed for other reasons. Paragangliomas are tumors that arise from extra-ad...

    Authors: Wei-Chen Lin, Horng-Yuan Wang, Chen-Wang Chang, Jiun-Lu Lin and Chung-Hsin Tsai
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:158
  32. Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration is a rare non-metastatic manifestation of malignancy. In this report, to the best of our knowledge we describe for the first time a diagnosis of paraneoplastic cerebellar...

    Authors: Peter K Panegyres and Angela Graves
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:155
  33. We report an instructive case of incidental renal cell carcinoma in a patient with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease who underwent simultaneous bilateral native nephrectomy and living donor renal tr...

    Authors: Toshihiro Misumi, Kentaro Ide, Takashi Onoe, Masataka Banshodani, Hirofumi Tazawa, Yoshifumi Teraoka, Ryuichi Hotta, Masahiro Yamashita, Hirotaka Tashiro and Hideki Ohdan
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:154
  34. Renal infarct is rare and often misdiagnosed because the symptoms are misleading. The mechanisms are various, mainly thrombotic and embolic.

    Authors: Khaireddine Bouassida, Wissem Hmida, Amira Zairi, Adnen Hidoussi, Mehdi Jaidane, Adel Slama, Nebil Ben Sorba, Khaled Hani and Ali Faouzi Mosbah
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:153
  35. Subarachnoid hemorrhages of spinal origin are extremely rare during pregnancy. We present the case of a patient with hemolytic anemia, elevated liver enzymes and low platelet count (the so-called HELLP syndrom...

    Authors: Hisako Fujimaki, Toshiyuki Nakazawa, Masaki Ueno, Takayuki Imura, Wataru Saito, Naonobu Takahira and Masashi Takaso
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:152
  36. Transverse colon volvulus is an uncommon acute surgical presentation associated with a higher rate of mortality than volvulae at other locations along the colon. Surgical resection or correction is the only tr...

    Authors: Mark J Sage, Jenan Younis, Katie E Schwab and Keith A Galbraith
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:151
  37. Mechanical valves in the tricuspid position may be prone to thrombosis with even brief lapses in anticoagulation. The management of patients with a history of recurrent mechanical tricuspid valve thrombosis wh...

    Authors: Amena Hussain and Tudor Vagaonescu
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:150
  38. Teratoma refers to a neoplasm that recapitulates all three germ layers. Teratomas may be histologically mature and oncologically benign. Teratomas may also be histologically immature while being oncologically ...

    Authors: Ibrahim Cukurova, Murat Gumussoy, Aytekin Yaz, Umit Bayol and Orhan Gazi Yigitbasi
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:147

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