Os convivas da morte no banquete das almas: presença de eguns em um conto de João Antônio by Gilberto Figueiredo Martins

“…In the short story analyzed in this essay - "Eguns" - João Antônio (1937-1996), a writer from São Paulo, presents a narrator who describes in detail an unusual religious celebration held in Bahia, meant for the cult of ances- tors. …”
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Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis Caused by Listeria monocytogenes Associated with Ascitic Fluid Lymphocytosis: A Case Report and Review of Current Empiric Therapy by Todd Yecies, Sanae Inagami

“…This was associated with the unusual finding of ascitic fluid lymphocytosis, which previously had only been associated with tuberculoid or malignant ascites. …”
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Variant PTA Terminating in Cerebellar Artery, Associated with Multiple Aneurysms by Yeong Uk Hwang, Jin Woo Kim

“…In addition, aneurysms of the PTA are unusual in the literature and have not previously accompanied this subtype of PTA connecting cerebellar artery. …”
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Severe Dilatation of Coronary Artery Ostium Complicating Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm: Differential Diagnosis and Review of the Literature by Paul Bamford, Nicholas Collins

“…Subsequent imaging and surgical intervention documented the presence of a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm extending into the ostium of the right coronary artery. This represents an unusual manifestation of a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm. …”
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Gemella Species Bacteremia and Stroke in an Elderly Patient with Respiratory Tract Infection by Sriraksha Jayananda, Narasimha Swamy Gollol-Raju, Nada Fadul

“…As opportunistic pathogens, they can cause life-threatening infection in individuals with risk factors. We present an unusual case of an elderly patient, with no predisposing risk factors, who presented with respiratory tract infection and Gemella species bacteremia and suffered a stroke in the absence of features of endocarditis.…”
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Massive Acquired Renal Cysts Presenting with Bowel Obstruction-Like Symptoms by Chutikarn Teparak, Weeratian Tawanwongsri

“…In addition, retroperitoneal lesions resulting in abdominal pain remain unusual and underrecognized in general practice.…”
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Meniscal Regeneration: A Cause of Persisting Pain following Total Knee Arthroplasty by Hosam E. Matar, Benan Dala-Ali, Henry D. Atkinson

“…Many patients have persisting knee pain following total knee arthroplasty. We report the unusual case of a patient whose chronic lateral and medial knee pain were caused by entrapped regenerated meniscal tissue. …”
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The Changed Route of Anterior Tibial Artery due to Healed Fracture by Kemal Gökkuş, Ergin Sagtas, Nuri Comert, Mehmet Bekir Unal, Murat Baloglu

“…We would like to highlight unusual sequelae of healed distal third diaphyseal tibia fracture that was treated conservatively 36 years ago, in which we incidentally detected peripheral CT angiography. …”
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A Rare Incidental Finding of a Foreign Body in the Nasopharynx during Adenotonsillectomy by Waleed M. Alshehri, Bandar Al-Qahtani

“…Herein, we describe an unusual case in which a foreign body in a child’s nasopharynx went unnoticed for 1 year and was detected intraoperatively.…”
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Challenging Class Barriers in Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park by Yalçın Erden

“…In this article, the novel, Mansfield Park, is analysed to demonstrate how the author interrogates class as a constructed notion by employing unusual techniques which are reminiscent of postmodernist devices. …”
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Pyomyoma as a Rare Source of Postpartum Sepsis by A. DeMaio, M. Doyle

“…In the vast majority of these cases, total abdominal hysterectomy is required to avoid severe morbidity and potential mortality. We present an unusual case of a postpartum pyomyoma that was successfully treated without the need for hysterectomy. …”
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Stroke in the Setting of Giant Cell Arteritis: A Case Report by S. McDermott, N. Casey, D. J. Robinson, K. M. Tan

“…We describe an unusual complication of a common disease: stroke presenting in a man recently diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica. …”
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Broken words, furious wasps. How should we translate the sonic materiality of Araweté ritual singing? by Guilherme Orlandini Heurich

“…These songs are performed in a way that effectively break words into syllables, which are recombined to form unusual and “meaningless” words. Phrased differently, a good amount of these songs’ “meaning” is not in the things to which they are referring. …”
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THE PANDEMIC AND HOMILETICS 101: A REFLECTION by S. Hoezee

“…This article suggests that some of what was discovered during this unusual season provides correctives for the way in which homiletics and preaching have been practised in many places and that some of these correctives should endure in the preaching life of the church long after the pandemic has passed. …”
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Sanjad-Sakati Syndrome and Its Association with Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome by Osamah Abdullah AlAyed

“…This case study focuses on the steps taken to help a patient who was found to have very unusual symptoms and was later found to have superior mesenteric artery syndrome.…”
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Notes sur la part d’imitation dans l’innovation en architecture by Rémi Laporte

“…Does an architect become innovative when they exhibit esthetically creative work, when they use new materials or when they engage unusual methods ? In this article, we hypothesize that an innovation process to which a conception of architecture participates can borrow less overt pathways of imitation, such as those defined by Quatremère of Quincy in the 19th century. …”
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Severe Intraperitoneal Haemorrhage following Suprapubic Catheter Insertion in a Patient Treated with Iloprost by R. A. J. Spence, A. Thwaini, Aidan O’Brien

“…The authors present an unusual case of severe intraperitoneal bleeding following the insertion of an SPC under direct vision, where the use of prostacyclin analogue may have been a contributing factor.…”
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Cognitive Retardation in a Patient with Preservation of Psychomotor Speed by J. R. Willison, E. K. Warrington

“…We describe a patient (R.S.) who after a bout of probable TB exhibited an unusual pattern of response retardation, although given time he was able to score at a satisfactory level. …”
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Tuberculous Dactylitis: An Uncommon Presentation of a Common Infection by G. Nayantara Rao, Jayasri Helen Gali, S. Narasimha Rao

“…Tuberculous dactylitis is an unusual form of osteoarticular tuberculosis involving the short tubular bones of hands and feet, which is uncommon beyond six years of age. …”
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Posttraumatic Fat Necrosis Presented as Cellulitis of the Leg by Einat Haikin Herzberger, Shraga Aviner, Evgenia Cherniavsky

“…Cellulitis, a diffuse inflammation of connective tissue with severe inflammation of dermal and subcutaneous layers of the skin, is a common lesion in children, usually responsive to systemic antibiotic therapy. However, an unusual course of healing or some nontypical features should call the treating physician to consider and investigate for other diagnoses that might prevent unnecessary treatment and alleviate parental stress. …”
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