37 articles in this issue
Carlos G. Teran, Sunitha Sura, Peminda Cabandugama, Casey Berson
Silver nitrate is commonly recognized for the toxic effects followed by the direct contact with the skin and mucosa known as argyria, but there is surprisingly little information about the adverse effects of silver nitrate after ingestion. Since only a fe... see more
M. Jesús Fernández-Aceñero, Marta Abengózar Muela, Sara Chaves Portela, Peter Wolfgang Vorwald
We have reviewed the electronic biopsies database files of the Department of Surgical Pathology, Fundación Jiménez Díaz in Madrid (Spain). In this time period (1998-2010) we have found 3 pancreatic metastasis and 5 splenic metastasis. Two of the pancreati... see more
Giuseppe Cocco, Armen Yuri Gasparyan
A 69-year-old woman suffered from Ribbing disease, a hereditary X autosomal dominant disease with multiple sclerosing dysplasias. However, it is less known that the genetic mutation can often induce cardiovascular complications. The patient had a hyperten... see more
Eric G. Johnson, Everett B. Lohman, Abel Rendon, Ektaben G. Dobariya, Shubhada S. Ramani, Lissie E. Mayer
This case report describes the immediate effects of a new rehabilitation tool on gait in a chronic stroke patient. Specifically, we measured step length symmetry and gait velocity in a 47 year-old male stroke patient who was currently receiving outpatient... see more
Sait Ozbir, Mehmet Cengiz Girgin, Cengiz Kara, Cetin Dincel
Schwannomas are usually benign rare tumors that originating from Schwann cells of peripheral nerve sheaths. Presentation is generally varied and changed in a non-specific range from abdominal mass, flank pain to incidental findings. Herein we report 2 cas... see more
Lorenzo Giammattei, Homajoun Maslehaty, Athanasios K. Petridis, Hubertus Maximilian Mehdorn
A rare case of infundibulo-neurohypophysitis mimicking a pituitary adenoma is presented. A 69-years-old female patient developed polyuria and polydipsia. Laboratory analysis revealed central diabetes insipidus. No hormonal abnormalities. Cranial-magnetic ... see more
Vipul Yagnik
Fibroadenomas are benign solid tumor associated with aberration of normal lobular development. Juvenile giant fibroadenoma is usually single and >5 cm in size /or >500 gms in weight. Important differential diagnoses are: phyllodes tumor and juvenile... see more
Sarwan Kumar, Syed F. Zafar, Ali M. Raufi, Elisabeth Heath
Apocrine carcinoma (AC) is a rare tumor with heterogeneous presentation. The disease has a highly morbid course and little is known about it. We present an otherwise healthy, 62- year-old Asian male who originally presented with chronic swelling of his le... see more
Vishalkumar G. Shelat, Kaiwen Kelvin Li, Anil Rao, Tay Sze Guan
Meckel’s diverticulum occurs in 2% of the general population and majority of patients remain asymptomatic. Gastrointestinal bleeding is the most common presentation in the paediatric population. While asymptomatic and incidentally found Meckel’s diverticu... see more
Takafumi Nishizaki, Norio Ikeda, Shigeki Nakano, Takanori Sakakura, Masaru Abiko, Tomomi Okamura
Intraventricular rupture of a brain abscess is still associated with a high mortality rate. Here, we report such a case in a patient with normal immunity that was treated successfully using neuroendoscopic approach. A 69-yearold man who had presented with... see more
Antonello Nicolini, Cornelius Barlascini
Lobar fiberoptic lung lavage is a well-known procedure used in primary pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP); the use of this procedure has increased in the recent years. This procedure has also been used in other pulmonary diseases such as desquamative in... see more
Sarwan Kumar, Lynn F. Carter
Giant cell tumor of soft tissue originally described in 1972 in two different series by Salm and Sissons is a rare entity, which is clinically and histopathologically indistinguishable from giant cell tumor of bone. Usually involve thigh, trunk, and lower... see more
Casper Q. Kammeijer, Robert A. De Man, Christianne J.M. De Groot
Primary sclerosing cholangitis is a progressive disease, and coincidentally in pregnancy it is rare. It is characterized by progressive inflammation and destruction of bile ducts finally resulting in liver failure. A rare case of primary sclerosing cholan... see more
Yuya Sato, Ayaka Kokubu, Keitaro Fukushima, Mayuko Okuya, Susumu Hagisawa, Hidemitsu Kurosawa, Kenichi Sugita, Osamu Arisaka, Kentaro Okamoto, Takashi Tsuchioka
We observed the changes in serum levels of interleukin 6 (IL-6) and C-reactive protein (CRP) in a patient with hepatoblastoma exhibiting thrombocytosis. The concomitant changes of IL-6 and CRP concentrations after the initiation of chemotherapy, in the ab... see more
Tanmay H. Shah, Manasi S. Badve, Kowe O. Olajide, Havyn M. Skorupan, Jonathan H. Waters, Manuel C. Vallejo
Patients with Klippel-Feil Syndrome (KFS) have congenital fusion of their cervical vertebrae due to a failure in the normal segmentation of the cervical vertebrae during the early weeks of gestation and also have myriad of other associated anomalies. Beca... see more
Rana Sherwani, Kafil Akhtar, Murad Ahmad, Abrar Hasan
A rare case of acinic cell carcinoma of minor salivary gland with cervical lymph node metastasis in a 50-year-old man is reported and the literature regarding this type of tumor is reviewed. These tumors arise from either an intercalated duct stem cell or... see more
Ku Chui Yong, Tan Aik Kah, Faridah Hanom Annuar
We report the first case of supernumerary puncta and canaliculi presented with canaliculitis. A-59 year-old gentleman presented with painful swelling of the left lower lid for a week, which was associated with epiphora. The swelling was confined to the na... see more
Zalilawati Mohmad, Tan Aik Kah, Ku Chui Yong, Wan Haslina Wan Abdul Halim, Then Kong Yong
The clinical features, autofluorescence, Bscan ultrasonography, optical coherence tomography and fluorescein angiography of the lesion were described. Multiple investigation modalities are needed to confirm the benign nature of the lesion. Careful evaluat... see more
Mehran Mahvash, Majid Hashemi, Homajoun Maslehaty, Alexandros Doukas, Athanasios K. Petridis, Hubertus Maximilian Mehdorn
A rare case of a posttraumatic extensive ganglion cyst of the anterolateral thigh with connection to the knee joint is presented. A 54- year-old man presented a palpable mass in the anterolateral region of his right thigh with a 15 months existing sense o... see more
Christoph Roehrer, Michael Ertl, Mathias Altmann, Piotr Kasprzak, Ulrich Bogdahn, Gerhard Schuierer, Felix Schlachetzki
We present a rare case of internal carotid artery pseudoocclusion (ICAPO) in a 60-yearold male Caucasian patient who experienced a reversible sudden loss of vision of the right eye for 10 min followed by recurrent blurring of vision as well as dysarthria ... see more
Davran Cicek, Seher Gokay, Tonguc Saba, Ismail Sapmaz, Haldun Muderrisoglu
Ventricular septal rupture (VSR) complicating acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a serious clinical problem with high mortality rate due to cardiogenic shock or prolonged hemodynamic compromise. Despite multiple improvements in medical, interventional a... see more
Shiva Shirazian, Farzaneh Agha-Hosseini
The dentigerous cyst is one of the most common developmental odontogenic cysts in the jaw. Occurrence of the bilateral dentigerous cyst is uncommon, and frequently associated with syndromes like basal cell nevus syndrome or cleidocranial dysplasia. There ... see more
Athanasios K. Petridis, Ulf R Krause-Titz, Alexandros Doukas, Hubertus Maximilian Mehdorn
We present a case of a child suffering of hydranencephaly. The interesting fact in the case is that there were no embryological examinations during pregnancy and therefore could the anomaly, which would have been easily avoided by regular visits to the ob... see more
Johan M. van Rooijen, Gerritje S. Mijnhout, Tom T.A. Aalders, R.B.J. de Bondt
A 36-week-pregnant woman developed a symptomatic hydrocephalus. Chest imaging showed bihilar lymphadenopathy and histological examination of a mediastinal lymph node revealed non-caseating granulomas. After delivery, her neurologic complaints progressed. ... see more
Tan Aik Kah, Ku Chui Yong, Faridah Hanom Annuar
We report a case of 10-year-old Indian girl with history of multiple superficial angiomyxoma, presented with three months history of painless right upper lid swelling. There were no visual dysfunctions. Previously, the patient had multiple superficial ang... see more
Nikolaos S Salemis, Konstantinos Nisotakis
Testicular atrophy is a rare but distressing complication of inguinal hernia repair. Apart from the postsurgical etiology, ischemic orchitis and subsequent testicular atrophy may occur secondary to compression of the testicular vessels by chronically inca... see more
Nicolas Lagoutte, Olivier Facy, Boris Guiu, Claire Favier, Nicolas Cheynel
The celiac trunk and the mesenteric arteries may present variations with different clinical significance. A celiacomesenteric trunk was discovered in a patient with mesenteric ischemia and a history of aortic bypass without inferior mesenteric artery reim... see more
Santhiya Govindaraj, Stalin Viswanathan
We report pneumomediastinum, bilateral pneumothorax and acute respiratory distress syndrome in a victim of near drowning who was intoxicated and did not have thoracic or neck trauma. Chest radiograph revealed the above findings, later confirmed by compute... see more
Xun Liang, Xu-Lin Chen, Fei Wang, Feng Guo
An unusual burn case caused by hot wormwood leaf water was discussed. A 29-year-old woman sustained a 7% second-degree burn on both buttocks and left thigh. This case report highlights a rare cause of a chemical burn that may become more common with incre... see more
Jen Li Looi, Andrew J. Kerr
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) demonstrated a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (SVA) with severe dilatation of the right coronary sinus in association with a congenital bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) and subaortic membrane. The SVA had not been apparent ... see more
Anika Amritanand, Sheeja S. John, Swetha S. Philip, Deepa John, Sarada David
Retained intraocular graphite foreign bodies are uncommon. Although they are generally inert, they have been reported to cause severe inflammatory reaction and progressive damage to intraocular structures. We report a case of a six-year-old girl with a re... see more
Gabriel O. Igberase
The aim of the study is to show that long standing forgotten intrauterine device contributes to infertility, reporting three cases presented at Central Hospital Warri, Nigeria, a government tertiary health center. Three cases of forgotten intrauterine con... see more
Christopher Pearce, Raymond Chung
We report the case of a 14-year-old boy who sustained a displaced triplane fracture of the distal radius. This was treated with closed reduction and application of a cast with good clinical and radiological results. We discuss (for the first time) the rea... see more
Ewa Konik, Brent Bauer, Mark Lee
Septic arthritis of the pubic symphysis is a rare disease. Typical clinical features include fever, pubic or groin pain, pain with hip motion, and painful or waddling gait. Identified predisposing factors to develop an infection in pubic joint include fem... see more
Evren Ustuner, Ebru Dusunceli Atman, Cemil Yagci, Zafer Nida Tokatli, Caglar Uzun
Herein we present a rare ureteric duplication anomaly; blind ending bifid ureter with calculi which is asymptomatic unless complicated by infection, reflux, calculi or malignancy. The diagnosis is often missed at intravenous urography (IVU) and US because... see more
Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Amiko Ishii, Akiko Hayakawa, Mutsuko Yasuda, Seiji Inoshita, Fumiatsu Yakushiji
We report the pleural fluid values of thyroid hormones and their carrier proteins in a patient who suffered from nephrotic syndrome with renal insufficiency and transient hypothyroidism. The pleural effusion was transudate. The concentrations of thyroxine... see more
Carlo Pafumi, Vito Leanza, Antonio Carbonaro, Gianluca Leanza, Alessandra Iemmola, Giusi Abate, Maria Grazia Stracquadanio, Alfio D’Agati