Atypical presentation of anorexia nervosa pediatric patient: A multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis and management by Zainab Al Masseri, Afnan Aljawad, Zahrah Alkashi, Nadeer Albaik

“…This case report describes the complex presentation, diagnostic problems, and multidisciplinary therapy of a 13-year-old Syrian girl with an unusual form of anorexia nervosa (AN). The goal is to improve understanding of AN’s varied clinical spectrum while emphasizing the significance of a complete diagnostic approach and multidisciplinary therapy in juvenile cases. …”
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The Rare Coincidence: Nonrecurrent Laryngeal Nerve Pointed by a Zuckerkandl's Tubercle by Emin Gurleyik, Sami Dogan, Omer Gunal, Mevlut Pehlivan

“…Anatomical and embryological variations of the inferior laryngeal nerve (ILN), of the thyroid gland itself and unusual relations between ILN and the gland threaten operation security are discussed. …”
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Subcutaneous Sarcoidosis during Pegylated Interferon Alfa and Ribavirin Treatment for Chronic Hepatitis C by R. Rodríguez-Lojo, M. Almagro, J. M. Barja, F. Piñeyro, L. Pérez-Varela, J. Del Pozo, M. T. Yebra-Pimentel, E. Fonseca

“…We report a new case of sarcoidosis during pegylated interferon alfa and ribavirin treatment with an unusual presentation in a woman with previous episodes of erythema nodusum and nodular vasculitis related to HCV.…”
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Metastases to the Thyroid Presenting as a Metabolically Inactive Incidental Thyroid Nodule with Stable Size in 15 Months by Subhashini Yaturu, Raina A. Patel

“…Though the thyroid gland has a rich vascular supply, incidence of metastatic disease from distant organs is rare. Here we present an unusual case of metastases to the thyroid with several interesting features. …”
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“Looks Can Be Deceiving”: Adrenal Teratoma Causing Diagnostic Difficulty by Mehwash Nadeem, Muhammad Hammad Ather, M. Nasir Sulaiman, Shahid Pervez

“…Teratomas are unusual tumours that derived from totipotent cells with their origin from more than one or usually all three germ cells. …”
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Gas Expansion Three Days after Pars Plana Vitrectomy with Sulfur Hexafluoride 20% Tamponade following Carbon Monoxide Toxicity and Oxygen Therapy by Mojtaba Abrishami, Mehrdad Motamed Shariati, Ali Bolouki, Ghodsieh Zamani

“…Purpose. To report an unusual case of gas expansion following oxygen therapy in a patient with sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) 20% tamponade after pars plana vitrectomy. …”
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Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy with Atypical Symptoms: A Rare Case of Tongue Fasciculation and Facial Muscle Weakness by Shafiq ur Rehman, Saba Zaidi, Mahzareen

“… This case report presents a 55-year-old man, with a history of hypertension, who developed an unusual and atypical presentation of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). …”
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Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis Leading to Abdominal Wall Mass in Young Patient by Mohadeseh Karimi, Ali AtashAbParvar

“…Due to the high number of cases of TB and the development of extrapulmonary forms that can present in an unusual location as an abdominal wall which are difficult to diagnose, it is very important to keep in mind the differential diagnosis of tuberculosis.…”
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Bilateral Facial Palsy in Rapidly Progressive Course of Wegener’s Granulomatosis: A Case Report by Anna Roszkowska, Monika Morawska-Kochman, Hanna Temporale, Małgorzata Sikorska-Żuk, Tomasz Kręcicki

“…The objective of our report was to describe the unusual course of Wegener’s granulomatosis with the bilateral facial nerve paralysis, which subsided after application of steroids and immunosuppressive therapy in combination with surgical treatment. …”
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Root Canal Treatment of Mandibular Second Premolar with Three Separate Roots and Canals Using Spiral Computed Tomographic by V. P. Hariharavel, A. Ashok Kumar, C. Ganesh, Sankar Annamalai, Kavitha Ramar, R. Aravindhan

“…This paper reports an unusual case of a mandibular second premolar with atypical canal pattern that was successfully treated endodontically.…”
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Intralabyrinthine Schwannoma Mimicking Posterior Canalithiasis by Jonathan Olsgård Hansen, Niels Cramer West, Per Cayé-Thomasen

“…As hearing loss was not developed until late in the disease course, the patient was not properly diagnosed until magnetic resonance imaging revealed an intralabyrinthine schwannoma, which was not discovered on earlier imaging. In addition to the unusual clinical presentation, we describe the audio-vestibular profile of our patient. …”
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Interaction between bacterial adhesins leads to coaggregation by the oral bacteria Veillonella parvula and Streptococcus gordonii by Jack C. Leo

“…ABSTRACT Veillonella parvula is an unusual diderm firmicute that plays a central role in the formation of dental biofilm formation through coaggregation with many other oral bacteria. …”
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Association of Immune Thrombocytopenia and T-Lymphoblastic Lymphoma in a Pediatric Patient by Ryan A. Denu, Daniel R. Matson, Matthew J. Davis, Natalie J. Tedford, Christine E. Brichta, Carol A. Diamond, Margo L. Hoover-Regan

“…This case highlights an unusual co-occurrence of hematologic malignancy and chronic ITP in an otherwise healthy child. …”
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Systemic Steroid Treatment for Severe Expanding Pneumococcal Pneumonia by Eran Lavi, David Shoseyov, Natalia Simanovsky, Rebecca Brooks

“…There is no available data regarding the use of steroids in CAP in children. We present an unusual case of a child with severe respiratory distress, on the brink of mechanical ventilation, due to a rapidly expanding pneumococcal pneumonia. …”
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Fetal Limb Ischaemia in Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome by Mark Kilby, Rachel Pounds, Paul Mannix

“…Conclusion. This case is unusual in that it affected the upper limb and there was no evidence of polycythaemia, which is a suggested pathological mechanism. …”
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Simultaneous Coexistence of Thyrotropin-Prolactin-Secreting Adenoma and Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma by Somaya Safi, Yousra Benabdelfedil, Sara Derrou, Faycal El Guendouz

“…After surgery and lanreotide treatment failures, we noted a complete response (TSH < 0.5) with cabergoline treatment (3 mg/week). Conclusion. The unusual association of thyroid adenocarcinoma and TSHoma enriches the hypothesis of a potential link between thyrotropic hypersecretion and thyroid carcinogenesis. …”
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Case Report: Unveiling the unexpected: a rare case of adult-type rhabdomyoma in a 9-year-old boy by Li Wang, Shan Li, Lingling Sun

“…This report highlights the unusual age of presentation for this variant and underscores the need for heightened clinical awareness to ensure accurate diagnosis and effective management of such rare occurrences.…”
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Abnormal chirality in antiferromagnetic resonance modes of van der Waals 2D magnets by Chao Chen, Cuixiu Zheng, Shanshan Hu, Hao-Hsuan Chen, Jianwei Zhang, Yaowen Liu

“…Beyond the typical observations of a linear increase in high-frequency resonance mode and a linear decrease in low-frequency resonance mode, we have identified a distinct magnetization precession chirality in the CrI3 bilayer at low magnetic fields: Spins in different layers exhibit opposite precession chirality. This unusual chirality phenomenon is attributed to the weak interlayer coupling inherent in vdW materials, which can be adjusted by tuning their interlayer coupling and perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. …”
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Panniculitis Is an Important Feature of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Pathology by Khalifa E. Sharquie, Ammar Faisal Hameed

“…We report two cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis with unusual histological finding of panniculitis. Case 1: a 36-year-old male presented with multiple ulcerative nodules involving the left leg for two months duration which was greatly responsive to antimony intralesional therapy. …”
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Rare Objects and the Rhapsodic World of Yoruba Elite Art Collectors: Preliminary Notes by Aderonke Adesola Adesanya

“…While I examined both public and private archives, I found the private archives particularly those in the cities in southwestern Nigeria to be surprisingly rich in objects that are rare, new, and sometimes with unusual subject matter. The archives belong to notable elite collectors who are the de facto shapers of the art industry in Nigeria today. …”
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