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  1. Atypical insufficiency fractures of the femur in patients on long-term bisphosphonate therapy have been well described in recent literature. The majority of cases are associated with minimal or no trauma and o...

    Authors: Arjuna Mahinda Imbuldeniya, Natasha Jiwa and John Paul Murphy
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:50
  2. There are limited treatment options for people with schizophrenia with cytochrome P450 2D6 ultrarapid metabolizer status who do not respond to amisulpride.

    Authors: Maximilian Gahr, Regina Gastl, Markus A Kölle, Carlos Schönfeldt-Lecuona and Roland W Freudenmann
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:49
  3. A primary hydatid cyst of the adrenal gland is still an exceptional localization. The adrenal gland is an uncommon site even in Morocco, where echinococcal disease is endemic.

    Authors: Fadl Tazi, Mustapha Ahsaini, Abdelhak Khalouk, Soufiane Mellas, Roos E Stuurman-Wieringa, Mohammed Jamal Elfassi and Moulay Hassan Farih
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:46
  4. Hypoplasia of the internal carotid artery is a rare congenital anomaly, with only 24 cases of bilateral internal carotid artery hypoplasia reported to date. Here, we present the case of a 48-year-old woman wit...

    Authors: Arshad A Siddiqui and Zain A Sobani
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:45
  5. A primary ureteral stump tumor after a nephrectomy is rare; urothelial carcinoma of the ureteral stump after a nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma is even rarer. A thorough review of the literature indicated ...

    Authors: Wei-Pin Chang, Tsu-Ming Chien, Yu-Shiuan Wang, Siou-Jin Chiu, Mei-Hui Lee, Wei-Chiao Chang, Yii-Her Chou and Ming-Feng Hou
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:44
  6. Post-infectious cerebellitis is an acute form of inflammatory encephalitis mainly limited to the cerebellum. It is commonly found in children, especially after viral infections such as Epstein-Barr virus. Post...

    Authors: Suneth Karunarathne, Yapa Udayakumara and Harshini Fernando
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:43
  7. Little has been written about the use of non-invasive ventilation in the home care of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-motor neuron disease patients with end-stage respiratory muscle failure. Nocturnal use of non...

    Authors: Eduardo L De Vito, Adrián A Suárez and Sergio G Monteiro
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:42
  8. Chondrosarcoma is well-known to be primarily resistant to conventional radiation and chemotherapy.

    Authors: Jennifer Dallas, Iman Imanirad, Rajiv Rajani, Roi Dagan, Sukanthini Subbiah, Rebecca Gaa, Wayne A Dwarica, Alison M Ivey, Robert A Zlotecki, Robert Malyapa, Daniel J Indelicato, Mark T Scarborough, John D Reith, C Parker Gibbs and Long H Dang
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:41
  9. Tracheobronchial amyloidosis is an uncommon localized form of amyloidosis that can simulate a tracheal tumor. Clinical signs are not specific and the diagnosis is rarely given before performing a bronchoscopy ...

    Authors: Mounia Serraj, Imane Kamaoui, Kawtar Znati, Salma Kouara, Ferdaous Sahnoune, Bouchra Amara, Mohammed El Biaze, Siham Tizniti, Afaf Amarti and Mohammed Chakib Benjelloun
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:40
  10. Systemic B-cell depletion and clinical remission of the systemic effects of cryoglobulins have already been achieved using rituximab in hepatitis C virus-positive immunocompetent patients. Conversely, to the b...

    Authors: Florian Pasquet, François Combarnous, Brigitte MacGregor, Brigitte Coppere, Christelle Mausservey, Jacques Ninet and Arnaud Hot
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:39
  11. In the past, no effective systemic therapy has existed for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. Sorafenib, an oral multikinase inhibitor, has recently been shown to improve overall survival in pati...

    Authors: Yusuke Okuwaki, Takahide Nakazawa, Hisashi Hidaka, Akitaka Shibuya and Wasaburo Koizumi
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:38
  12. Kawasaki disease is regarded as systemic vasculitis. Many experts believe that not only coronary arteries but also other small arteries are involved during the period of systemic inflammation. However, the evi...

    Authors: Ming-Chih Lin, Yun-Ching Fu and Sheng-Ling Jan
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:36
  13. Ectrodactyly-ectodermal dysplasia-cleft lip or palate syndrome (OMIM No. 129900) is characterized by the triad of ectrodactyly, ectodermal dysplasia and facial clefting (of the lip and/or palate). Holoprosence...

    Authors: Kotb Abbass Metwalley Kalil and Hekma Saad Fargalley
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:35
  14. Iliocaval fistulas can complicate an iliac artery aneurysm. The clinical presentation is classically a triad of hypotension, a pulsatile mass and heart failure. In this instance, following presentation with mu...

    Authors: Yuigi Yuminaga, Walid Mohabbat, Tam Nguyen, Andrew Michael Thompson and Charles Marshall Fisher
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:33
  15. McCune-Albright syndrome is a complex inborn disorder due to early embryonal postzygotic somatic activating mutations in the GNAS 1 gene. The phenotype is very heterogeneous and includes polyostotic fibrous dyspl...

    Authors: Carl Friedrich Classen, Monika Mix, Ulrike Kyank, Christina Hauenstein and Dieter Haffner
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:32
  16. Pachydermoperiostosis or primary hypertrophic osteoathropathy is a rare genetic disease with autosomal transmission. This disorder, which affects both bones and skin, is characterized by the association of der...

    Authors: Rim Akrout, Samar Bendjemaa, Héla Fourati, Mariem Ezzeddine, Imene Hachicha and Soufiene Baklouti
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:31
  17. Chromosomal aberrations of chromosome 16 are uncommon and submicroscopic deletions have rarely been reported. At present, a cytogenetic or molecular abnormality can only be detected in 55% of Rubinstein-Taybi ...

    Authors: Md A Mohd Fadley, Azli Ismail, Thong Meow Keong, Narazah Mohd Yusoff and Zubaidah Zakaria
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:30
  18. Spontaneous fractures of the spine are a common entity. They usually occur in older people with osteoporosis. This case is presented on account of its rarity. To the best of the authors' knowledge only one cas...

    Authors: Peter Obid, Alexander Richter, Hüseyin Übeyli and Thomas Niemeyer
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:29
  19. Melioidosis, endemic in Thailand and in the Northern Territory of Australia is an emerging infectious disease in India which can present with varied forms. A case of melioidosis, presenting as a rare anterior ...

    Authors: Kavitha Saravu, Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay, Vandana Kalwaje Eshwara, Barkur Ananthakrishna Shastry, Kundapura Ramamoorthy, Sushma Krishna and Vishwanath Sathyanarayanan
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:28
  20. Atlantoaxial rotatory subluxation is rarely caused by trauma in adults. Usually, the treatment of choice is traction using Halo/Gardner-Wells fixation devices for up to six weeks.

    Authors: Luis Enrique Meza Escobar, Georg Osterhoff, Christian Ossendorf, Guido A Wanner, Hans-Peter Simmen and Clément ML Werner
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:27
  21. Primary intracardiac tumors are rare and approximately 50% are myxomas. The majority of myxomas are located in the left atrium and have variable clinical presentation. We report a case of a large myxoma in the...

    Authors: Vinícius JS Nina, Nathalia AC Silva, Shirlyne FD Gaspar, Thaísa L Rapôso, Eduardo C Ferreira, Rachel VAH Nina, Joyce S Lages, Fernando ACC Silva and Natalino Salgado Filho
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:26
  22. Cleidocranial dysplasia is a rare congenital defect of autosomal dominant inheritance caused by mutations in the Cbfa1 gene, also called Runx2, located on the short arm of chromosome 6. It primarily affects bones...

    Authors: Nagarathna C, Bethur Siddaiah Shakuntala, Somy Mathew, Navin Hadadi Krishnamurthy and Ratna Yumkham
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:25
  23. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) can involve the paratesticular organs as the primary disease, as primary testicular lymphoma that secondarily involves the paratesticular structures, as the initial site of presentat...

    Authors: Vincenzo Tralongo, Gaspare Becchina, Claudia Nagar, Gabriella Ottoveggio, Silvia Mason, Barbara Seno, Francesca Sessa, Milo Frattini and Francesco Genovese
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:24
  24. Squamous cell carcinoma is one of the most common malignant tumors of the skin and oral mucosa. However, squamous cell carcinoma involving near total upper and lower lip and oral commissure is rarely seen in t...

    Authors: Chairat Burusapat and Anont Pitiseree
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:23
  25. Providing information on cancerous tissue samples during a surgical operation can help surgeons delineate the limits of a tumoral invasion more reliably. Here, we describe the use of metabolic profiling of a c...

    Authors: Martial Piotto, François-Marie Moussallieh, Agnès Neuville, Jean-Pierre Bellocq, Karim Elbayed and Izzie Jacques Namer
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:22
  26. A chondrosarcoma originating from the hyoid bone is very rare. Here, we describe a case of low-grade chondrosarcoma of hyoid origin and discuss its preoperative imaging features, including those on positron em...

    Authors: Hirohiko Tachino, Hiroaki Fushiki, Masayuki Ishida and Yukio Watanabe
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:21
  27. Chlamydophila pneumoniae is a respiratory pathogen known to infect the upper and lower respiratory tracts. Infection severity can range from sub-clinical pulmonary infection to acute respiratory distress syndrom...

    Authors: David De Bels, Philippe Gottignies, Marijke Reynders, Sébastien Roques, Stephan Wilmin, Véronique-Yvette Miendje Deyi, Sophie Jamart and Jacques Devriendt
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:20
  28. Kerosene is a freely accessible hydrocarbon used in Sri Lankan (and other Asian) households for cooking and for lighting lamps. Kerosene poisoning is rarely reported among adults and its toxicological effects ...

    Authors: Amila Rathnapala, Thushara Matthias and Saroj Jayasinghe
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:18
  29. Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome is a rare genetic disorder. It is reported to be present in one in eight million and is characterized by severe growth failure, early loss of hair, lipodystrophy, scleroder...

    Authors: Kotb Abbass Metwalley Kalil and Hekma Saad Fargalley
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:17
  30. Chronic relapsing inflammatory optic neuropathy is a recently described form of recurrent isolated subacute optic neuropathy. The condition is highly responsive to systemic steroid treatment and prone to relap...

    Authors: Amrit Samra and Jason Ramtahal
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:15
  31. Superior mesenteric artery syndrome is a rare cause of upper intestinal obstruction resulting from compression of the duodenum by the superior mesenteric artery and abdominal aorta.

    Authors: Atsuhito Ushiki, Tomonobu Koizumi, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Masayuki Hanaoka, Keishi Kubo and Mina Matsushita
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:14
  32. Development of a sarcomatous component in a germ cell tumor is an uncommon phenomenon. Most cases reported have a grim prognosis. Growing teratoma syndrome is also an uncommon phenomenon and occurs in approxim...

    Authors: Usama Al-Jumaily, Maysa Al-Hussaini, Fatenah Ajlouni, Abdulrahman Abulruz and Iyad Sultan
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:13
  33. We report a rare coronary anomaly presenting with aborted sudden death in an octogenarian. An anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery is a rare coronary anomaly which usually presents in the f...

    Authors: Ahmad Separham and Parvaneh Aliakbarzadeh
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:12
  34. We report on a case of autoimmune pancreatitis presenting as pancreatic head cancer, which is extremely rare in Iran. Currently, on the PubMed database, no such cases exist.

    Authors: Mohammad-Reza Ghadir, Farshad Sheikhesmaili, Fatemeh Attari, Reza Safdari, Amirhossein Ghanooni and Maryam Vaez-javadi
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:11
  35. Enteropathic arthritis is one of the recognized extraintestinal manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease and affects up to 25% of patients. The treatment options for refractory disease were rather limited ...

    Authors: Mohd Shahrir Mohamed Said, Sazliyana Shaharir, Sakthiswary Rajalingham, Sheikh Anwar Abdullah, Aizan bin Hassanudin, Ngiu Chai Soon and Mohd Shahdan Shahid
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:10
  36. Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding is the most frequently performed bariatric procedure for the treatment of morbid obesity and is associated with low morbidity and mortality. Complications related to obe...

    Authors: Liza BK Tan, Jimmy BY So and Asim Shabbir
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:9
  37. Horner's syndrome has a variety of etiologies ranging from benign to serious life-threatening conditions and has been infrequently reported as a presenting symptom of patients with lymphoid neoplasms. Only one...

    Authors: Saoraya Lueangarun and Chirayu U Auewarakul
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:8
  38. Aqueductal stenosis may be caused by a number of etiologies including congenital stenosis, tumor, inflammation, and, very rarely, vascular malformation. However, aqueductal stenosis caused by a developmental v...

    Authors: David Paulson, Steven W Hwang, William E Whitehead, Daniel J Curry, Thomas G Luerssen and Andrew Jea
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:7
  39. An 82-year-old Caucasian woman had remained in a persistent vegetative state after a coma of seven months duration, which occurred after a stroke with hemiplegia, nine years previously. The persistent vegetati...

    Authors: Barbara Fellerhoff, Barbara Laumbacher and Rudolf Wank
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:6
  40. Treatment with various biological agents in disease states such as rheumatoid arthritis has been associated with multiple side effects. Whereas many of these are frequently reported in the literature, hypoglyc...

    Authors: Jadwiga B Czajkowska, Brandon Shutty and Susan Zito
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:5
  41. Herniation of the liver through an anterior abdominal wall hernia defect is rare. To the best of our knowledge, only three cases have been described in the literature.

    Authors: Carlos M Nuño-Guzmán, José Arróniz-Jáuregui, Ismael Espejo, Jesús Valle-González, Hernán Butus, Alejandro Molina-Romo and Rodrigo I Orranti-Ortega
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:4
  42. Prosthetic joint infection due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis is occasionally encountered in clinical practice. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a prosthetic joint infection due to Mycobac...

    Authors: Pasquale De Nardo, Angela Corpolongo, Aristide Conte, Elisa Gentilotti and Pasquale Narciso
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:3
  43. Pegvisomant-related lipohypertrophy may revert when changing the site of injection, but the lipohypertrophy may recur at the new site of injection. The strength of evidence, however, is weak and comes from inf...

    Authors: Vincenzo Rochira, Lucia Zirilli, Chiara Diazzi, Stefania Romano and Cesare Carani
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:2
  44. Until now, studies on paracetamol given intravenously have mainly been performed with the pro-drug propacetamol or with paracetamol in preterm babies above 32 weeks of gestation. Studies in these babies indica...

    Authors: Christ-jan JLM van Ganzewinkel, Thilo Mohns, Richard A van Lingen, Luc JJ Derijks and Peter Andriessen
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:1
  45. Multiple system atrophy is a late, adult-onset α-synucleinopathy with no data on the effect of pregnancy on the disease course. Early stage multiple system atrophy can be difficult to distinguish from Parkinso...

    Authors: Lirong Zhu, Nigel J Cairns, Samer D Tabbal and Brad A Racette
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:599
  46. Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura-hemolytic uremic syndrome is a life-threatening condition with various etiopathogeneses. Without therapy approximately 90% of all patients die from the disease.

    Authors: Daniel Patschan, Peter Korsten, Arne Behlau, Radovan Vasko, Malte Heeg, Nadera Sweiss, Gerhard A Müller and Michael Koziolek
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:598

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