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  1. Phyllodes tumors account for less than 1% of breast tumors in women, and giant phyllodes tumors are those that are larger than 10 cm in diameter. Removal of such large tumors places a huge burden on the surgeo...

    Authors: Romesh Sarvanandan, Ramesh Thangaratnam and Ai Chen Leong
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:44
  2. Pelvic actinomycosis constitutes 3% of all human actinomycosis infections. It is usually insidious, and is often mistaken for other conditions such as diverticulitis, abscesses, inflammatory bowel disease and ...

    Authors: Arife Simsek, Asiye Perek, Ibrahim Ethem Cakcak and Ali Vedat Durgun
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:40
  3. Examples of the spontaneous regression of primary intracranial germinomas can be found in the literature. We present the case of a patient with disseminated lesions of primary intracranial germinoma which sync...

    Authors: Yuichiro Yoneoka, Itaru Tsumanuma, Shinya Jinguji, Manabu Natsumeda and Yukihiko Fujii
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:39
  4. Dubowitz syndrome is a very rare, autosomal recessive disease characterized by microcephaly, growth retardation, a high sloping forehead, facial asymmetry, blepharophimosis, sparse hair and eyebrows, low-set e...

    Authors: Andrea Ballini, Stefania Cantore, Domenica Tullo and Apollonia Desiate
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:38
  5. We describe a case of early and persistent reverse end-diastolic flow in the middle cerebral artery in a fetus with severe ascites. These features are associated with a rare liver malformation known as ductal ...

    Authors: Antonella Giancotti, Antonella Spagnuolo, Valentina D'Ambrosio, Gaia Pasquali, Brunella Muto, Francescantonio Bisogni, Renato La Torre, Maurizio Marco Anceschi and Fabrizio De Gado
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:37
  6. Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma is a rare cancer with poor patient survival. Female gender has been identified as a positive prognostic factor. Recently, it has been suggested that the expression of estrogen...

    Authors: Krishna Pillai, Javed Akhter, Mohammad H Pourgholami and David L Morris
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:36
  7. Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare malignant cutaneous neoplasm that is locally invasive and frequently metastasizes to lymph nodes, liver, lungs, bone and brain. The incidence of Merkel cell carcinoma has increa...

    Authors: Kasim Abul-Kasim, Kristina Söderström and Lennart Hallsten
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:35
  8. Mycetoma is a chronic granulomatous infection caused by environmental fungi or bacteria. It affects dermal and subcutaneous tissues, with putative contiguous extension to muscles or bones. While common in trop...

    Authors: Emilie Bonnet, Xavier Flecher, Sebastien Paratte, Jean-Noël Argenson, Didier Raoult and Pierre-Edouard Fournier
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:32
  9. Juvenile xanthogranuloma is a rare non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis that usually occurs during infancy and early childhood. The presence of single or multiple raised cutaneous lesions characterize this self-h...

    Authors: Alessandro Villa, Umberto Mariani and Francesco Villa
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:30
  10. Little is known about splenic rupture in patients who develop systemic acquired A amyloidosis. This is the first report of a case of atraumatic splenic rupture in a patient with acquired A amyloidosis from chr...

    Authors: Garrett R Roll, Andrew Y Lee, Kayvan Royaie, Brendan Visser, Douglas K Hanks, Margaret M Knudson and Frederick J Roll
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:29
  11. Desmoplastic fibroma is an extremely rare primary benign bone tumor. It occurs most often in the mandible, followed by the femur and pelvis. To the best of our knowledge, fewer than 200 cases have been describ...

    Authors: Konstantinos Stefanidis, Stelios Benakis, Emmanouela Tsatalou, Vasilios Ouranos and Dimitrios Chondros
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:28
  12. Hemobilia is a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. More than 50% of hemobilia cases are related to iatrogenic trauma from hepatobiliary procedures, and needle biopsy of the liver represents the most...

    Authors: Viplove Senadhi, Deepika Arora, Manish Arora and Sudhir Dutta
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:26
  13. Radionecrosis (post-radiotherapy laryngeal submucosal inflammation and necrosis) is a complication of (chemo) radiotherapy for hypopharyngeal cancer that is difficult to differentiate from tumor recurrence.

    Authors: Yuh Baba, Yasumasa Kato and Kaoru Ogawa
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:25
  14. Intravascular lymphoma is rare, and may present as ischemic stroke. Diagnosis is difficult due to the non-specific presentation and lack of lymphadenopathy, thus leading to frequent instances of autopsy-proven...

    Authors: Pornpong Jitpratoom, Patcharawan Yuckpan, Panitta Sitthinamsuwan, Wattanachai Chotinaiwattarakul and Yingyong Chinthammitr
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:24
  15. Brucellosis is a zoonosis with worldwide distribution, which is particularly endemic in many countries of the Mediterranean basin. Cardiovascular complications of this disease, such as endocarditis, myocarditi...

    Authors: Nikolaos K Gatselis, Konstantinos P Makaritsis, Ioannis Gabranis, Aggelos Stefos, Konstantinos Karanikas and George N Dalekos
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:22
  16. Giant lymph cysts are a relatively frequent complication after surgical procedures in the abdomen, often after kidney transplantation, but there are also cases after pelvic surgery such as lymphadenectomy and ...

    Authors: Thorsten H Ecke, Holger Gerullis, Christoph J Heuck, Steffen Hallmann, Carsten Lange and Jürgen Ruttloff
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:21
  17. Posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy syndrome refers to a constellation of neurologic symptoms related to temporary white matter changes. The disease typically presents in the context of an abrupt and dras...

    Authors: Pascal O Zinn, Rivka R Colen, Ekkehard M Kasper and Clark C Chen
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:20
  18. We describe a case of non-small cell lung cancer that was found to stain positive for beta-human chorionic gonadotropin on immunohistochemistry. Only a few case reports have described lung cancers that secrete...

    Authors: Saakshi Khattri, Abhirami Vivekanandarajah, Seema Varma and Frank Kong
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:19
  19. Energy drinks and highly caffeinated drinks comprise some of the fastest growing products of the beverage industry, often targeting teenagers and young adults. Cardiac arrhythmias in children related to high c...

    Authors: Jennifer R Di Rocco, Adelaide During, Peter J Morelli, Marybeth Heyden and Thomas A Biancaniello
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:18
  20. Acute thromboembolic occlusion of the superior mesenteric artery is a condition with an unfavorable prognosis. Treatment of this condition is focused on early diagnosis, surgical or intravascular restoration o...

    Authors: Nicola Romano, Valerio Prosperi, Giancarlo Basili, Luca Lorenzetti, Valerio Gentile, Remo Luceretti, Graziano Biondi and Orlando Goletti
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:17
  21. Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular protozoan that infects up to one-third of the world's population. Although this case is not the first of its kind, it is clinically important since it will help doc...

    Authors: Aneta K Taila, Ameet S Hingwe and Laura E Johnson
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:16
  22. Extragenital malignant mixed Müllerian tumor is an extremely rare presentation of malignant mixed Müllerian tumor, especially when combined with a synchronous ovarian cancer.

    Authors: Chuang-Chi Huang, Cheng-Jen Ma, Wan-Ting Huang, Te-Fu Chan and Jaw-Yuan Wang
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:15
  23. Uterine rupture is an obstetric complication associated with significant maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. This disorder usually occurs with a scarred uterus, especially in a uterus with prior Cesare...

    Authors: Shigeki Matsubara, Kazuhiko Shimada, Tomoyuki Kuwata, Rie Usui and Mitsuaki Suzuki
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:14
  24. Although several studies did not demonstrate that daptomycin may cause significantly higher rates of pulmonary adverse effects when compared with vancomycin or penicillinase-resistant penicillins, there have b...

    Authors: Andreas S Kalogeropoulos, Sotirios Tsiodras, Dionysios Loverdos, Panagiotis Fanourgiakis and Athanasios Skoutelis
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:13
  25. We present a case of nonseminomatous germ cell tumor of the testes with acute urinary retention secondary to urethral metastasis. This presentation, and similar cases of urethral metastasis from this tumor, ha...

    Authors: Vijay Agarwal, Tze Wah, Sameer Chilka, Johnathan Joffe and Dan Stark
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:12
  26. Oncocytic carcinoma is a rare proliferation of cytomorphologically malignant oncocytes mainly found in glandular tissue, accounting for 0.5% of all epithelial salivary gland malignancies and 0.18% of all epith...

    Authors: Lorena Gallego, Luis García-Consuegra, Eduardo Fuente, Nicolás Calvo and Luis Junquera
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:11
  27. Chryseobacterium indologenes is an uncommon human pathogen. Most infections have been detected in hospitalized patients with severe underlying diseases who had indwelling devices implanted. Infection caused by C...

    Authors: Gema Calderón, Esther García, Pilar Rojas, Elisa García, Marisa Rosso and Antonio Losada
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:10
  28. Encephalocele is a rare congenital abnormality of the central nervous system, where brain tissue protrudes from a defect in the skull. Some anomalies are associated with encephalocele. However, the association...

    Authors: Farid Radmanesh, Farideh Nejat, Fatemeh Mahjoub and Mostafa El Khashab
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:9
  29. Tn polyagglutination syndrome is a rare disorder that has been reported on only a few occasions in the literature, and, to the best of our knowledge, never before in the context of febrile neutropenia.

    Authors: Arturo Loaiza-Bonilla, Daniel Horowitz, Sheenu Sheela, Anupa Baral, Gabriel Tinoco and Christos Kyriakopoulos
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:8
  30. Leptospirosis has recently come to international attention as a globally important re-emerging infectious disease. Our case is unusual given the season, location and setting in which leptospirosis occurred. Ac...

    Authors: Elias Maroun, Anurag Kushawaha, Elie El-Charabaty, Neville Mobarakai and Suzanne El-Sayegh
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:7
  31. Pheochromocytomas are rare, potentially fatal, neuroendocrine tumors of the adrenal medulla or extra-adrenal paraganglia. Their clinical presentation varies greatly from the classic triad of episodic headache,...

    Authors: Roisin T Dolan, Joseph S Butler, Gerard P McEntee and Maria M Byrne
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:6
  32. The majority of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders in renal transplant patients are of the B-cell phenotype, while the T-cell phenotype is rare. We report a case of Epstein Barr Virus-positive, T-ce...

    Authors: Shiva K Ratuapli, Shishir Murarka, Karen A Miller, James C Ferraro and Haider Zafar
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:5
  33. Ductal adenocarcinoma is a rare variety of the common acinar adenocarcinoma. It usually presents with refractory symptoms, and during cystoscopy, it is seen as an exophytic lesion at the area of the verumontanum.

    Authors: Stavros Sfoungaristos, Ioannis S Katafigiotis, Stavros I Tyritzis, Adamantios Kavouras, Panagiotis Kanatas and Anastasios Petas
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:4
  34. Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome or unilateral hyperlucent lung syndrome is a rare entity associated with postinfectious bronchiolitis obliterans occurring in childhood. It is characterized by hypoplasia and/or ag...

    Authors: Carlos Capela, Paulo Gouveia, Marco Sousa and Maria J Regadas
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:2
  35. Percutaneous or endocavitory drainage of a diverticular abscess under radiological guidance often enables one to perform a one-staged resection and anastomosis (without stoma formation) instead of a two-staged...

    Authors: Bobby VM Dasari, John Lawson and Jack Lee
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:1
  36. Breast cancer is one of the most important health problems in the world and affects a great number of women over the entire globe. This group of tumors rarely presents as bilateral disease and, when it does ha...

    Authors: Ramon Andrade de Mello, Paulo Figueiredo, Mariela Marques, Gabriela Sousa, Teresa Carvalho and Helena Gervásio
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:414
  37. Hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is a rare malignancy arising from the vascular endothelial cells within the liver. Historically, the disease is characterized as being poorly responsive to both chemoth...

    Authors: Claire Raphael, Emma Hudson, Leslie Williams, Jason F Lester and Philip M Savage
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:413
  38. Twin reversed arterial perfusion (TRAP) sequence is a rare complication of multiple pregnancy caused by defects in early embryogenesis. The pump twin supplies the acardiac recipient twin with blood, and althou...

    Authors: Sharan Athwal, Katherine Millard and Kokila Lakhoo
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:411
  39. Dysvascular amputations are increasingly performed in patients with underlying cardiac and pulmonary disorders. A limb prosthesis is rarely offered to patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...

    Authors: Jasdeep Sohal, Amarjit Arneja and Sat Sharma
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:410
  40. We describe a case of rapidly progressive and severely debilitating polyneuropathy in a patient with confirmed hypovitaminosis B1, consistent with dry beriberi. Crucially, this is a treatable condition, althou...

    Authors: Anthony J Howard, Omesh Kulkarni, Godwin Lekwuwa and Hedley CA Emsley
    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:409

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