Ahmad, Hadia Shubair, Swhaeb M. Kruer, James Hatoum, Chehada Anthony
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The American Journal of Case Reports
Patient: Female, 76-year-old Final Diagnosis: Lower limb ischemia Symptoms: Leg pain Medication: — Clinical Procedure: — Specialty: General and Internal Medicine Objective: Unusual clinical course Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which has become a global pandemic. ...
Oladiran, Oreoluwa Areoye, Gabriel Oladunjoye, Adeolu O. Oladunjoye, Olubunmi O. Elgin, Eric Licata, Anthony
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The American Journal of Case Reports
Patient: Female, 52-year-old Final Diagnosis: Paravalvular leak Symptoms: Abdominal discomfort • Early satiety • lower extremity edema • nausea • orthopnea • shortness of breath Medication: — Clinical Procedure: Percutaneous closure of mitral paravalvular leak Specialty: Cardiology Objective: Unusual clinical course Background: Paravalvular leaks (...
Gendelman, Hannah K. Sabha, Marwa Gryaznov, Anton A. Siaton, Bernadette C.
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The American Journal of Case Reports
Patient: Male, 68-year-old Final Diagnosis: Sarcoidosis • vasculitis Symptoms: Syncope Medication:— Clinical Procedure: — Specialty: Rheumatology Objective: Rare co-existance of disease or pathology Background: Cardiac sarcoidosis and large-vessel vasculitis are both rare diseases with a variety of presenting symptoms. Both can result in high morbi...
Miyasaka, Akio Kumagai, Ichirou Masda, Tomoyuki Takikawa, Yasuhiro
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The American Journal of Case Reports
Patient: Female, 51-year-old Final Diagnosis: Drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome, consistent with DRESS • human herpesvirus 6 reactivation Symptoms: Liver dysfunction • appearance of a skin rash • eosinophilia • fever Medication: — Clinical Procedure: — Specialty: Allergology • Infectious Diseases Objective: Rare disease Background: Infection w...
Ezeagu, Raphael Olanipekun, Titilope Santoshi, Ratnam Seneviratne, Chanaka Kupfer, Yizhak
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The American Journal of Case Reports
Case series Patients: Male, 71-year-old • Female, 58-year-old Final Diagnosis: Pulmonary barotrauma Symptoms: Pneumomediastinum Medication: — Clinical Procedure: Chest tube Specialty: Critical Care Medicine Objective: Unusual clinical course Background: Invasive mechanical ventilation can cause pulmonary barotrauma due to elevated transpulmonary pr...
Vivod, Gregor Merlo, Sebastjan Kovačević, Nina
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The American Journal of Case Reports
Patient: Female, 31-year-old Final Diagnosis: Small cell ovarian cancer • hypercalcemic type Symptoms: Abdominal pain • bloating Medication: — Clinical Procedure: Surgery • adjuvant chemotherapy • adjuvant radiotherapy Specialty: Oncology Objective: Rare disease Background: Small cell ovarian carcinoma, hypercalcemic type is an uncommon malignant o...
Al-Essa, Rakan S. Alkatan, Hind Manaa Arafah, Maria A. Al-Faky, Yasser H.
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The American Journal of Case Reports
Patient: Male, 11-month-old Final Diagnosis: Microphthalmos with massive retinal gliosis Symptoms: Microphthalmos with no useful vision, left eye Medication: — Clinical Procedure: Enucleation, left eye Specialty: Ophthalmology • Pathology Objective: Congenital defects/diseases Background: Massive retinal gliosis (MRG) is a rare benign intraocular t...
Soetisna, Tri Wisesa Buana, Andhika Citra Tirta, Edward Suryadi Ardiyan, Ardiyan Aligheri, Dicky Herlambang, Bagus Tjubandi, Amin Hanafy, Dudy Arman Sugisman, Sugisman
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The American Journal of Case Reports
Patient: Male, 48-year-old Final Diagnosis: Chronic kidney disease • coronary artery disease • COVID-19 Symptoms: Chest pain • fever • shorthness of breath Medication: — Clinical Procedure: Coronary artery bypass graft surgery Specialty: Cardiac surgery Objective: Rare co-existance of disease or pathology Background: This is of the first fatal case...
Pansuriya, Tusharkumar Nguyen, Trung Sadat, Mir Ali Raza, Syed A. Sarva, Siva T.
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The American Journal of Case Reports
Patient: Male, 78-year-old Final Diagnosis: Skin necrosis Symptoms: Cough • SOB Medication: — Clinical Procedure: N/A Specialty: Cardiology • Critical Care Medicine • Dermatology • Hematology • General and Internal Medicine • Pharmacology and Pharmacy • Pulmonology Objective: Unusual clinical course Background: Apixaban is one of the newer direct o...
Smith, Brittany Lew, Sungyub Manes, Prabhjot
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The American Journal of Case Reports
Patient: Male, 58-year-old Final Diagnosis: Pneumothorax Symptoms: Chest pain Medication: — Clinical Procedure: Chest tube Specialty: General and Internal Medicine• Pulmonology Objective: Unusual clinical course Background: The prevalence of chronic medical conditions continues to rise, as does the number of patients seeking alternative treatments ...