Susceptibility Weighted Imaging as a Useful Imaging Adjunct in Hemichorea Hyperglycaemia by Ferry Dharsono, Andrew Thompson, Jolandi van Heerden, Andrew Cheung

“…Hyperglycaemia with hemichorea (HGHC) is an unusual clinical entity that can be associated with corpus striatum hyperintensity on T1-weighted (T1W) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequences. …”
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Vibrations and Heat Transfer in Glasses: The Role Played by Disorder by Tanguy, Anne

“…The temperature dependence of thermal conductivity, unusual for common interpretations of solid-state physics, gave rise to a lot of debates. …”
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Brown Dog Tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus Latreille (Arachnida: Acari: Ixodidae) by Cynthia C. Lord

“… The brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus Latreille, is unusual among ticks, in that it can complete its entire life cycle indoors. …”
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Atypical Histiocyte-Rich Sweet’s Syndrome by Sharon Chi, Marcia Leung, Mark Carmichael, Michael Royer, Sunghun Cho

“…Other organ systems can be involved with varying degrees of severity. An unusual case of Sweet’s Syndrome associated with myopericarditis, acral involvement, and atypical histological findings with predominance of histiocytes is described here.…”
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Calcium Apatite Deposition Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment by Nicholas M. Beckmann

“…However, CADD has typical imaging characteristics that usually allows for a correct diagnosis to be made without additional imaging or laboratory workup, even when presenting in unusual locations. This is a review of the common and uncommon presentations of CADD in the appendicular and axial skeleton as well as an updated review of pathophysiology of CADD and current treatments.…”
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A Case of a 34-Year-Old Female with Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure and Proximal Muscle Weakness by Alex Diaz, Surit Sharma

“…Wound associated botulism is an unusual presentation. Early detection of this potentially life-threatening illness can significantly shorten length of hospital stay and improve prognosis. …”
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Cutaneous Mucormycosis in a Diabetic Patient following Traditional Dressing by Zahra Ahmadinejad, Hamideh Khazraiyan, Fahime Ghanbari, Bahram Ahmadi, Mohsen Gerami Shoar

“…Early diagnosis and treatment are vitally important in improving outcome. We report an unusual case presenting with progressive necrotizing fasciitis due to mucormycosis following trauma and dressing by man-made herbal agents.…”
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Endovascular Management of Middle Aortic Syndrome Presenting with Uncontrolled Hypertension by Owen S. Glotzer, Kathryn Bowser, F. Todd Harad, Sandra Weiss

“…The authors present an unusual case of Middle Aortic Syndrome attributed to Takayasu’s arteritis in a 60-year-old female who presented to the emergency department with uncontrolled hypertension. …”
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Synovial Chondromatosis of the Ankle Joint: Clinical, Radiological, and Intraoperative Findings by Sedeek Mohamed Sedeek, Q. Choudry, S. Garg

“…Nevertheless, ankle involvement is unusual. The diagnosis is commonly made following a thorough history, clinical, physical, and radiographic examination. …”
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Trouble in Anatolia by Nick R Anthonisen

“…Mesothelioma in Anatolia is unusual in that it is very common, with an approximately equal sex distribution, and frequently occurs in relatively young people. …”
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Dengue fever presenting with cerebellitis: A case report by Santhirasekaram Sathees, Deepa Amarasekara, Pubudu Jayasekara, Peumini Rajapakse, L.F. Sumaiya

“…Lesson: Dengue cerebellitis is an unusual neurological manifestation of dengue infection.…”
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Cutaneous metastasis as a breast carcinoma presentation. A case report by Daymi Martínez Rodríguez, Elizabet Fernández López, Susana Graciela Hernández Delgado

“…This case is presentation due to the need to highlight the importance of the differential diagnosis that the dermatologist must perform, given the real possibility of metastatic skin lesions, in patients who consult with unusual skin lesions.…”
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Apocalypse and Sensibility: The Role of Sympathy in Jeff Lemire’s Sweet Tooth by André Cabral de Almeida Cardoso

“…The cause for world-wide disaster, a deadly disease, is a traditional element of dystopian fiction. What is more unusual about Sweet Tooth is that its protagonist seems particularly ill-suited to face the challenges that confront him in a violent post-apocalyptic world, either because he is too sensitive or because he is too vulnerable. …”
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Bilateral Glaucoma as Possible Additional Feature for PGAP3-Associated Hyperphosphatasia by Osama Obaid, Reem Batawi, Heba Alqurashi, Thana Ewis, Ahmad A. Obaid

“…Whole exome sequencing revealed a possible pathogenic variant of PGAP3 in a homozygous state (c.320C > T, p.Ser107Leu) which supported the diagnosis of HPRMS type-4. We report an unusual presentation for HPMRS and suggest adding this syndrome to the list of differential diagnoses of syndromic congenital glaucoma.…”
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Nasal Chondromesenchymal Hamartoma: Rare Case Report in an Elderly Patient and Brief Review of Literature by Kanish Mirchia, Rana Naous

“…To our knowledge, less than 50 cases of sinonasal hamartomas have been reported in the English literature so far with NCMH being very rare and primarily a tumor in infancy, with only 2 cases reported in individuals older than 16 years of age. We report a highly unusual case of a NCMH in the right maxillary sinus of a 70-year-old female.…”
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Oral and Lower Extremity Ulcers as the Initial Presentation of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis by Mohammed Omar Al Salihi, Bianca Dominguez, Viresh Mohanlal, S. J. Carlan

“…The role of the sickle cell trait in this patient is undefined, but this combination of gender, race, and presenting symptoms in GPA is extremely unusual.…”
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Wedge-Shaped Beetles (suggested common name) Ripiphorus spp. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae) by David Owens, Ashley N. Mortensen, Jeanette Klopchin, William Kern, Jamie D. Ellis

“… Ripiphoridae are a family of unusual parasitic beetles that are thought to be related to tumbling flower beetles and blister beetles. …”
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Delftia Acidovorans: A Rare Pathogen in Immunocompetent and Immunocompromised Patients by Huseyin Bilgin, Abdurrahman Sarmis, Elif Tigen, Guner Soyletir, Lutfiye Mulazimoglu

“…The present report indicates that unusual pathogens may be clinically significant in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients. …”
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Éclairage sur le rôle des moines chartreux du Val-Saint-Esprit dans le démantèlement du château comtal de Gosnay (comté d’Artois, Pas-de-Calais) au début du xvie siècle by Mathieu Béghin

“…Historiography having mainly covered the destructions led by princes as sentences, or to a smaller extent as a preventive policy for territorial defense, this case is unusual as the dismantling is a private action whose purpose is to defend the access to a monastery. …”
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Hepatocellular Carcinoma Masquerading as a Large Renal Mass with Hepatic Invasion by Joseph R. N. Zabell, Kenneth G. Nepple, Neal W. Wilkinson, Laila Dahmoush, Richard D. Williams

“…Large masses are evaluated with imaging to assess primary origin and tumor spread. We present the unusual case of a 53-year-old male with a 17-cm right upper quadrant mass suspected to be renal or adrenal in origin based on radiographic findings. …”
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