Seegobin, Karan Majeed, Umair Lou, Yanyan Zhao, Yujie Manochakian, Rami
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With the advent of targeted therapy for non-small-cell lung cancer, there are many new available treatment options for patients whose cancer harbors an actionable mutation or alteration. These new medications come with numerous side effects, for some of which, the management is not well defined. Alectinib is a second-generation tyrosine kinase inhi...
Mikail, Maria Wilson, Aze
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Pyoderma gangrenosum is an uncommon neutrophilic dermatosis that is highly associated with pathergy in the setting of trauma or surgery, systemic disease, or may be idiopathic. Herein, we present the case of a 68-year-old female with ulcerative colitis who underwent a subtotal colectomy with an end-ileostomy and presented post-operatively with larg...
Daniel, Krupa Goli, Kiran Sargent, Anita
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In our report, we present a case of repeat cesarean section in a 29-year-old Ecuadorian mother who contracted COVID-19 and traveled to the United States during her last trimester of pregnancy. We assembled a multidisciplinary team to safely deliver the mother by cesarean section. She received supportive care for her COVID-19 infection. Infection pr...
Amoah, Kwesi Gunasekaran, Kulothungan Rahi, Mandeep Singh Buscher, Michael G
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Complications that arise in patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia are acute respiratory distress syndrome, often leading to mechanical ventilation, shock requiring vasopressors, acute kidney injury, stroke, thromboembolic phenomena, and myocardial injury. To date, there are four cases of tension pneumothorax in patients with COVID-19, published i...
Michiue, Kana Nishikawa, Yuichi
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The aim of this study was to examine the effect of electrical muscle stimulation on muscle atrophy caused by neuromyelitis optica. Two neuromyelitis optica patients with flaccid paralysis participated. The participants underwent a general rehabilitation program (transfer, balance, and gait training) and electrical muscle stimulation on the quadrice...
Kwok, Kihwan Cho, Hun Po Park, Sangheon Jun, Young Joon
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Foreign bodies in the nasal cavity are rarely seen in adults, and most cases are traumatic in origin. Multiple foreign bodies in adults are particularly rare. Foreign bodies induce pain, bleeding, and infection but are easily removed in most cases. A patient presented with multiple toothpick foreign bodies in the nasal cavity, which were introduced...
Moolasart, Visal Wongsawat, Jurai Phokhom, Priyanut Thienthong, Varaporn
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Coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia in the newborn is a difficult-to-treat condition. Early clinical signs of pneumonia are nonspecific and present as respiratory distress of varying severity, and tachypnea is a predominant clinical sign. A 47-day-old, asymptomatic male newborn of coronavirus disease 2019 infected mother tested positive for coronavi...
Siddiqui, Aisha Singh, Sukhdev Khan, Zohaib Foster, Allison Atere, Muhammed Nfonoyim, Jay M
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The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically affected health care systems globally. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction is currently the preferred method of detecting COVID-19; however, sensitivity of this test remains questionable. Incidental transmission and potential harm to infected individuals are some consequences of the failure to ident...
Foster, Allison Khan, Zohaib Siddiqui, Aisha Singh, Sukhdev Atere, Muhammed Nfonoyim, Jay M
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The SARS-Cov-2/COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 has had a devastating impact on health systems around the world. While viral pneumonia remains the most common complication, reports are surfacing of cases with neurological, cardiac, and renal involvement. Even less is known about the implications in special high-risk populations. In this report, we d...
Mammoto, Takeo Irie, Toshiyuki Takahashi, Nobuyuki Nakajima, Shun Hirano, Atsushi
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Recurrent hemarthrosis after total knee arthroplasty is a rare complication. This usually occurs in osteoarthritis, but is relatively rare in rheumatoid arthritis. This is a report of recurrent hemarthrosis after total knee arthroplasty in a rheumatoid arthritis patient. An 85-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis had received total knee arthrop...
