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  1. Subdural spinous abscess is a rare pathology that carries significant morbidity if not diagnosed and treated early; of the cases reported in the literature, very few are genuinely spontaneous in nature.

    Authors: Oscar James MacCormac, Nabih Berjaoui, Sean Mizzi, Difei Wang, Sabina Patel, Qusai Al Banna and Cristina Bleil
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:116
  2. Moyamoya disease is a chronic progressive cerebrovascular disorder. A proportion of 10–20% of patients with sickle cell disease have associated moyamoya disease and may require surgical revascularization as de...

    Authors: Shankar Lal and Vivienne Larney
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:136
  3. Over the last two decades, several cases of infections caused by Lactococcus lactis have been reported. This Gram-positive coccus is considered non-pathogenic for humans. However, in some rare cases, it can cause...

    Authors: Wahib Lahlou, Abderrahim Bourial, Taib Maaouni, Ahmed Bensaad, Ilham Bensahi, Mohamed Sabry and Mohamed Miguil
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:115
  4. Granulosa tumor is a rare tumor that arises from the mesenchyme and the sexual cord of the ovary. The prognosis is generally excellent, and treatment is mainly based on surgery, followed by chemotherapy depend...

    Authors: Mohamed Kaakoua, Jean Chidiac, Andrianandrasana Notf, Ruiqian Chen, Isabelle Mahe and Sadji Djennaoui
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:135
  5. Dentinogenic ghost cell tumor is a rare benign tumor that accounts for less than 3% of all cases and consists of the stellate reticulum, which is made up of enamel epithelioid and basaloid cells. Although DGCT...

    Authors: Soichiro Toyodome, Tomoko Wakasa, Katsutoshi Hirose, Noriko Iwamoto, Seiya Suzuki, Naoto Nemoto, Satoru Toyosawa and Tetsuji Nagata
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:114
  6. RAD140 (Testalone) is a novel selective androgen receptor modulator with very limited data currently available on adverse effects related to this compound. The first-in-human phase 1 trial was recently publish...

    Authors: Michael Ladna, Kellee Taylor, Adnan Bhat and Bahram Dideban
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:134
  7. Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease, caused by a Gram-negative coccobacillus of Brucella genus, transmitted to humans by animals, especially cattle. It rarely involves the nervous system (neurobrucellosis); only a ...

    Authors: Prem Kumar Sah, Hari Krishna Lamichhane, Ezza Fatima Tariq, K. C. Saroj and Prabhat Adhikari
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:129
  8. Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis is a life-threatening disease heralded by fever, cytopenia, hepatosplenomegaly, and multisystem organ failure. Its association with genetic mutations, infections, autoimmune ...

    Authors: Ali AlAhmari and Haitham Khogeer
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:113
  9. Neuroendocrine tumors of the minor papilla are very rare, and only 20 cases have been reported in the literature. Neuroendocrine carcinoma of the minor papilla with pancreas divisum has not been reported previ...

    Authors: Kenta Saito, Yoichi Matsuo, Yuki Denda, Keisuke Nonoyama, Hiromichi Murase, Tomokatsu Kato, Yuichi Hayashi, Hiroyuki Imafuji, Mamoru Morimoto, Ryo Ogawa, Hiroki Takahashi and Shuji Takiguchi
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:127
  10. Hyalinizing trabecular tumor is a rare follicular cell-derived thyroid neoplasm that is considered to be a borderline tumor with malignant potential rather than a benign tumor. The detection of RET/PTC rearrangem...

    Authors: Yoshiko Umekita, Kazumi Umeki, Fumiaki Kawano, Hiroyuki Tanaka and Hiroaki Kataoka
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:112
  11. Rectal neuroendocrine neoplasms are rare epithelial neoplasms of the rectum. The incidence of these tumors has increased over the past decades. However, many questions remain unanswered regarding their clinico...

    Authors: Keng Wee Goh, Hiroshi Yoshida, Ichiro Miura, Chisako Miura, Kazuaki Norita, Takayuki Ii, Hideaki Yamanami and Koju Kobayashi
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:126
  12. In the literature, reported cases of Acquired hemophilia A (AHA) induced by COVID-19 vaccination occurred after Adenoviral Vector Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)- and SARS-CoV-2 Messenger Ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-B...

    Authors: Bouselama Emna, Zahra Kmira, Ben Ismail Hajer, Sassi Nadia, Dhaha Yossra, Bouatay Amina, Ben Youssef Yosra, Regaieg Haifa and Khelif Abderrahim
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:125
  13. Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome is characterized by a short PR interval (delta-wave), long QRS complex, and the appearance of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia. Patients with Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrom...

    Authors: Tetsuya Uemura, Hidekazu Kondo, Tetsuji Shinohara, Masaki Takahashi, Koshiro Akamine, Naoko Ogawa, Kei Hirota, Akira Fukui, Hidefumi Akioka, Kunio Yufu and Naohiko Takahashi
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:111
  14. Oral midazolam is commonly administered to reduce anxiety in children presenting for medical procedures or surgery. It is unclear what volume of medication remains unabsorbed in the stomach when the child pres...

    Authors: Hemanth A. Baboolal and A. Gulati
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:118
  15. Meckel’s diverticulum is a remnant of the omphalomesenteric duct and occurs in only about 2% of people. Mesodiverticular band is the congenital remnant of the vitelline artery and is an even less often occurri...

    Authors: Michał Zieliński, Patryk Kaczor, Grzegorz Jarczyk and Marek Jackowski
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:109
  16. The first cases of coronavirus disease 2019 were officially confirmed in Germany and its European neighbors in late January 2020. In France and Italy, there is evidence that coronavirus disease 2019 was spread...

    Authors: Antonia Petersen, Sebastian Nagel, Bernd Hamm and Matthias Taupitz
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:117
  17. Ewing’s sarcoma is a malignant neoplasm that mainly occurs in skeletal tissue but can rarely arise in soft tissues. Recently, small round cell tumors (including Ewing’s sarcoma) caused by chromosomal transloca...

    Authors: Kaya Atagi, Takashi Karashima, Keisuke Mizutani, Hideo Fukuhara, Satoshi Fukata, Yujiro Miura, Atsuyuki Mitsuishi, Kazuhiro Hanazaki, Sunao Uemura, Ryohei Miyazaki, Takashi Anayama, Mayuka Yamane, Mizu Sakai, Mitsuko Iguchi, Kenji Yorita and Keiji Inoue
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:108
  18. High-dose vitamin E intake is known to inhibit vitamin K-derived coagulation factor synthesis, which can cause serious bleeding events such as gastrointestinal bleeding and intracranial hemorrhage. We report a...

    Authors: Ritika Abrol, Reshma Kaushik, Deepak Goel, Sonu Sama, Rajeev Mohan Kaushik and Mansi Kala
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:107
  19. Abdominal nonfunctional paraganglioma is rare. Malignant potential of paraganglioma is assessed by Grading of Adrenal Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma score and genetic testing, but genetic testing is not co...

    Authors: Takazo Tanaka, Akira Joraku, Sayuri Ishibashi, Keisuke Endo, Masahiro Emura, Yusuke Kikuchi, Akito Shikama, Noriko Kimura and Toru Shimazui
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:106
  20. The ulnar nerve has a long and complex anatomical course, originating from the brachial neural plexus in the neck with nerve trunk formation at the posterior neck triangle, and on to the axilla. This intricate...

    Authors: Y. N. Gashi and Mohamed Eltayeb Abdelrahman Naiem
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:104
  21. Hemangioblastoma of the central nervous system is an uncommon benign neoplasm, with about 25% of cases in patients with von Hippel–Lindau disease. The incidence of metastasis is rare, particularly in patients ...

    Authors: Spencer J. Poiset, Aneesh Reddy, Catherine M. Tucker, Lawrence C. Kenyon, Kevin D. Judy and Wenyin Shi
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:102
  22. Coronavirus disease 2019 was spread worldwide, as a pandemic, from December 2019. Venous thromboembolism events can inflict patients with coronavirus disease 2019 during the hospitalization or convalescent per...

    Authors: Reza Zolfaghari Emameh and Jalal Heshmatnia
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:101
  23. Resistance to dopamine agonists is not uncommonly seen in prolactinomas. However, development of resistance to dopamine agonists after an initial period of robust treatment response is rare, and only 39 cases ...

    Authors: Eng-Loon Tng, Ada Ee Der Teo and Aye Thida Aung
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:96
  24. Lymphangiomas are lesions attributed to congenital malformations of the lymphatic system, or acquired chronic obstruction of the lymphatic network due to trauma, radiation, surgical manipulation, inflammation,...

    Authors: Hamid Asadzadeh Aghdaei, Amirhassan Rabbani, Amir Sadeghi, Hamid Rezvani, Ghazal Sherkat, Naghmeh Salarieh and Pardis Ketabi Moghadam
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:93
  25. Perigastric abscess caused by delayed perforation after endoscopic submucosal dissection is a very rare complication. In principle, delayed perforation after endoscopic submucosal dissection is treated surgica...

    Authors: Shinya Nagae, Yoshiaki Kimoto, Rikimaru Sawada, Koichi Furuta, Yohei Ito, Nao Takeuchi, Syunya Takayanagi, Yuki Kano, Rindo Ishii, Takashi Sakuno, Ryoju Negishi, Kohei Ono, Yohei Minato, Takashi Muramoto and Ken Ohata
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:92
  26. Melanoma is usually discovered from an irregular skin patch or a modification of a preexisting patch. Cutaneous and lymph node metastases are common. Muscle metastases are rare. We report a case of melanoma wi...

    Authors: Ny Ony Tiana Florence Andrianandrasana, Rova Malala Fandresena Randrianarisoa, Patty Navoly, Mirana Andoniaina Christiana Ranaivoson, Hanta Marie Danielle Vololontiana and Florine Rafaramino
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:90
  27. Patients with Down syndrome are at a higher risk of developing autoimmune disorders such as thyroiditis, diabetes, and celiac disease compared with the general population. Although some diseases are well known...

    Authors: Houda Ajmi, Chahra Bouafsoun, Nadia Arifa, Jalel Chemli and Saoussen Abroug
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:105
  28. Elevated plasma cholesterol and/or plasma triglyceride levels in nephrotic syndrome patients are the result of impaired lipoprotein clearance and a compensatory increase in hepatic lipoprotein synthesis. Plasm...

    Authors: Tanawan Kongmalai, Nalinee Chuanchaiyakul, Yuttana Srinoulprasert and Nuntakorn Thongtang
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:89
  29. In December 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 spread worldwide, causing acute respiratory distress syndrome. Coronavirus disease 2019 presents from an asymptomatic infection to severe disease causing multiorgan f...

    Authors: Payman Asadi, Saba Maleki, Seyyed Mahdi Zia Ziabari and Nazanin Noori Roodsari
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:88
  30. Retinoblastoma is an intraocular cancer of infancy and childhood, which has been treated with radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Radiation on growing patients can cause deterioration in maxillofacial growth a...

    Authors: So-Hyun Kim, Tae-Hyun Choi, You-Sun Lee, Young-Kyun Kim, Deuk-Won Jo, Baek-Kyu Kim, He-Li Choi and Nam-Ki Lee
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:103
  31. Absolute polycythemia can be primary or secondary. Erythropoietin-producing diseases (for example, hypoxia) are the major cause of secondary polycythemia. There are reports of polycythemia secondary to hydrone...

    Authors: Yuriko Hajika, Yuji Kawaguchi, Kenji Hamazaki and Yasuro Kumeda
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:87
  32. Fluorouracil-induced leukoencephalopathy is a rare complication and has been reported to present as confusion, oculomotor abnormality, ataxia, and parkinsonism; however, there is no previous report of a presen...

    Authors: Pasin Hemachudha, Wanakorn Rattanawong, Thanakit Pongpitakmetha and Warongporn Phuenpathom
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:86
  33. Simultaneous bilateral quadriceps tendon rupture is rare, particularly in young individuals with no prior medical history. We present the case of a young man who presented with bilateral quadriceps tendon rupt...

    Authors: Ryo Sasaki, Masaki Nagashima, Noriyuki Aibara, Shuji Aomatsu, Shinsuke Aida, Kenichiro Takeshima and Ken Ishii
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:85
  34. Multiple sclerosis is a diffuse chronic demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. It is relatively uncommon in the Asian population and even more so in males. Despite the usual involvement of the br...

    Authors: Xin Ying Lim, Yong Zheng Wai, Yun Xiu Yong and Lik Thai Lim
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:99
  35. Infection by the monkeypox virus classically causes a cutaneous rash that is preceded by fever and lymph node swelling, as well as other nonspecific systemic symptoms. A recent outbreak occurred and spread in ...

    Authors: Florian Desgranges, Emmanouil Glampedakis, Vanessa Christinet, Sara Encarnação, Cândida Fernandes, Gilbert Greub, Onya Opota and Matthias Cavassini
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:94
  36. Carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common focal mononeuropathy which presents with pain in the wrist and hand, paresthesia, loss of sensation in the distribution of the median nerve, and in more severe cases, ...

    Authors: Mohammad Rahbar and Neda Dolatkhah
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:84
  37. Smartwatches offering electrocardiogram recordings advertise the benefits of supporting an active and healthy lifestyle. More often, medical professionals are faced with privately acquired electrocardiogram da...

    Authors: Michael Zenzes, Philip Seba and Bettina Portocarrero Vivero-Fäh
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:79
  38. Chylothorax is a rare condition due to leakage of chyle in the thoracic cavity. When large amounts of chyle leak into the thoracic cavity, it can lead to severe respiratory, immune, and metabolic complications...

    Authors: M. Ünal, E. Ünal and A. L. T. Imholz
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:75
  39. Coronavirus disease 2019 makes patients more susceptible to superinfection of fungal disease as a consequence of immunological system impairment. Mucormycosis is a fungal infection that is rare but has a high ...

    Authors: Hossein Khoshkhou, Mahboube Hasheminasab, Daryoush Goudarzi Pour, Raika Jamali, Ghazal Morshedzadeh Tehrani and Neda Moslemi
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:74
  40. Denosumab is known to cause abnormalities in calcium homeostasis. Most of such cases have been described in patients with underlying chronic kidney disease or severe vitamin D deficiency. Previous bariatric su...

    Authors: Mohd Hazriq Awang, Sharifah Faradila Wan Muhamad Hatta, Aimi Fadilah Mohamad and Rohana Abdul Ghani
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:73
  41. Adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas is a rare variant, with a worse prognosis than pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; moreover, it has characteristic clinical and histopathological features. Studies have me...

    Authors: Hirozumi Sawai, Yuka Kiriyama, Hiromasa Kuzuya, Yoshiaki Fujii, Shuhei Ueno, Shuji Koide, Masaaki Kurimoto, Kenji Yamao, Yoichi Matsuo, Mamoru Morimoto, Hajime Koide and Atsushi Kamiya
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:72
  42. Musculoskeletal manifestations are common extraintestinal manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease. Tofacitinib is a Janus kinase inhibitor approved for treating rheumatoid arthritis and ulcerative colitis...

    Authors: Muhammad Shoaib Momen Majumder, Syed Atiqul Haq and Johannes J. Rasker
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:71
  43. Spontaneous retroperitoneal hematoma is defined as bleeding in the retroperitoneal space without any triggers such as trauma, invasive procedures, and abdominal aortic aneurysm.

    Authors: Takuma Kurotaki, Naoya Okada, Yasuo Sakurai, Takumi Yamabuki, Minoru Takada, Kentaro Kato, Takeshi Yokoyama, Yoshiyasu Ambo, Yoshihiro Kinoshita, Fumitaka Nakamura and Nobuichi Kashimura
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:70

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