Belkhribchia, Mohamed Reda Chekabab, Abderrahim Naji, Yahya Hadrane, Latifa Hassar, Soufiane Louhab, Nissrine Kissani, Najib
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European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute inflammatory polyradiculoneuropathy. Progressive limb weakness, diminished/absent reflexes, sensory disturbance, and variable autonomic dysfunction are its core clinical manifestations. Bifacial weakness with paraesthesias (BFP) is a rare regional variant of GBS and is characterized by simultaneous facial d...
Kikuchi, Tatsuya Yamasaki, Yasushi Fujimoto, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Shouichi
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European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
An enterolith in Crohn’s disease is an uncommon but serious condition because it can cause intestinal obstruction. Endoscopic treatment to remove the enterolith is attempted first, but is sometimes difficult owing to poor accessibility of the endoscope. In such cases, surgical treatment is inevitable. We successfully overcame poor accessibility and...
Dantis, Klein Kashyap, Yashwant Raju, Aghosh Bhardwaj, Swastik
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European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Background Haemangiomas are uncommon chest wall tumours arising outside the rib cage. Their occurrence in intercostal muscle is extremely rare. Aim We describe a case of intercostal muscle cavernous haemangioma as a differential diagnosis for chest wall swelling. Case description We describe an 18-year-old male patient with an asymptomatic left-sid...
Kawamura, Ren Harada, Yukinori Shimizu, Taro
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European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
We report a case of delayed diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma. A 62-year-old man developed acute abdominal pain in multiple sites. As the distribution pattern of the abdominal pain was not correctly interpreted based on the mechanisms of visceral and referred pain, the patient was not investigated with the best diagnostic test at first presentation. ...
Karvounaris, Stylianos A Sivitanidis, Evaggelos Mavrommatis, Petros P Papaetis, Georgios S
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European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
We describe a 58-year-old Caucasian male weightlifter who presented with acute shortness of breath after finishing his extensive exercise routine. Acute aortic valve regurgitation, due to spontaneous rupture of a bicuspid aortic valve, was diagnosed. Urgent surgical intervention was carried out, during which the bicuspid aortic valve was resected a...
Serrano Martins, Manuel Pimentel, Fabiana Costa, Wildemar Fernandes, Claudia
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European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed new challenges for the scientific community. The behaviour of the virus and outcomes in people living with HIV have not yet been properly studied. We report the case of a 34-year-old man with newly diagnosed HIV infection stage 4 and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection. Although immunocompromised patients are classifie...
Lopes Morgado, Francisco Saraiva, Bárbara Blanco Torres, Celestina Correia, João
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European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Introduction Persistence of the left superior vena cava (LSVC) is a rare anatomical variant in the general population, with an estimated incidence of 0.3–0.5% in healthy individuals. It may be diagnosed incidentally after imaging control of the placement of a central venous catheter (CVC) or other device. Patient and Methods We present the case of ...
Fragkou, Paraskevi C Papadopoulos, Ioannis A Papadopoulos, Antonios Kontoveros, Evangelos-Achilleas Kaltsas, Gregory Vassilara, Foula
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European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (PanNENs) rarely secrete serotonin, which is the main cause of carcinoid syndrome. One of its unusual manifestations is carcinoid heart disease or Hedinger’s syndrome which is seldom accompanied by cardiac arrhythmias. We report the case of an 88-year-old woman who presented with recently experienced episodes of ...
De Vecchis, Renato Paccone, Andrea
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European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Case description A 64-year-old patient with chronic renal failure and persistent hyperkalaemia not corrected by dialysis, was prescribed sodium polystyrene sulfonate (SPS) at a low dose (30 g/day for 2 days a week during the long interdialytic interval). After 3 months of therapy, the patient developed intense abdominal pain with non-specific colit...
Braga, Joana Pereira, Francisca Fernandes, Cristiana Silva, Marinha Boncoraglio, Teresa Oliveira, Carlos
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European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Splenosis is a benign condition which results from the self-implantation of splenic tissue on intra or extraperitoneal surfaces, after splenic trauma or splenectomy. Patients are usually asymptomatic but may present with varied symptoms related to the implantation site. The diagnosis is a challenge because abdominal splenosis can mimic several dise...
