Clinical Manifestations of Aortocaval Fistulas in Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Report of Two Cases by Emmanouil D. Psathas, Stella Lioudaki, Mikes Doulaptsis, Petros Charalampoudis, Chris Klonaris, Chris Verikokos

“…Aortocaval fistula (ACF) is an unusual complication of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), involving less than 3–6% of all ruptured cases. …”
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Spontaneous Uterine Rupture in a Preterm Pregnancy following Myomectomy by Claire Sutton, Prue Standen, Jade Acton, Christopher Griffin

“…The patient had an uncomplicated postoperative course and was discharged home three days following delivery. This is an unusual presentation of uterine rupture following myomectomy where the fetal arm had protruded through the uterine wall.…”
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A Case Report of Avian Polyomavirus Infection in a Blue Fronted Parrot (Amazona aestiva) Associated with Anemia by Natalia Azevedo Philadelpho, Marta B. Guimarães, Antonio J. Piantino Ferreira

“…Because the animal was positive for APV in both the feces and the blood, it is likely that these clinical symptoms were due to Polyomavirus infection. Severe anemia is an unusual clinical sign of Polyomavirus, and this study aims to identify novel differential diagnostic criteria for the disease.…”
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Colouterine and Jejunouterine Fistula Secondary to Chronic Diverticulitis by Ilias Galanis, Georgios Floros, Christophoros Theodoropoulos, Myriam Metaxa, Panagiotis Theodoropoulos, Panagiotis Tsintavis, Dimitrios Bartziotas, Georgios Giannos, Georgios Stylianidis, Georgios Papadopoulos

“…This case represents an unusual type of diverticulitis complication and aims to point out the diagnostic and therapeutic issues of such a rare medical condition.…”
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Computer-Controlled Local Anesthesia Complication: Surgical Retrieval of a Broken Dental Needle in Noncooperative Autistic Paediatric Patient by Damian Chybicki, Małgorzata Lipczyńska-Lewandowska, Gaja Torbicka, Anna Janas-Naze

“…The article describes an unusual case of retrieval of 8 mm fragment of a broken 30-gauge 21 mm dental needle in a 6 y.o. noncooperative autistic male patient. …”
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Poststernotomy Osteomyelitis Presenting with Severe Sepsis and Rhabdomyolysis by Eugene M. Tan, Melissa Lyle, Kelly Cawcutt, Zelalem Temesgen

“…Because this patient was improving clinically on antibiotics and did not show external signs of wound infection, there was no compelling indication for sternectomy. This patient’s unusual presentation with osteomyelitis and rhabdomyolysis has never been reported and is crucial for clinicians to recognize in order to prevent delays in diagnosis.…”
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A Rare Complication of Tracheal Intubation: Tongue Perforation by Loreto Lollo, Tanya K. Meyer, Andreas Grabinsky

“…A rare injury occurring during laryngoscopy and endotracheal intubation that resulted in perforation of the tongue by an endotracheal tube and the subsequent management of this unusual complication are discussed. A 65-year-old female with intraparenchymal brain hemorrhage with rapidly progressive neurologic deterioration had the airway secured prior to arrival at the referral institution. …”
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Mandibular Canal Widening and Bell’s Palsy: Sequelae of Perineural Invasion in Oral Cancer by Gopinath Thilak Parepady Sundar, Vishwanath Sherigar, Sameep S. Shetty, Shree Satya, Sourabh M. Gohil

“…Our case highlights an enigmatic presentation of oral submucous fibrosis and its coexistence with oral cancer presenting with unusual neurological disturbance of the inferior alveolar nerve and facial nerve and diffuse widening of the mandibular canal. …”
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Legal principles of the 1982 PIL Act, and filling the legal gaps in the Conflict of Laws matter in Serbian private international law: A different perspective by Marjanović Sanja

“…However, certain international sources of Serbian PIL have engendered an unusual effect of hierarchical relationship with statutory conflict-of-laws rules, thus generating a different perception of gap-fillers (i.e. nationality principle, weaker party protection). …”
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Development of Bullous Disease during Treatment of Pulmonary Marginal Zone B-Cell Lymphoma by S. Ansari, H. Dubaybo, E. Levi, B. A. Dubaybo

“…We describe an unusual case of severe pulmonary bullous disease developing during treatment of marginal zone B-Cell lymphoma (MALT) involving the pulmonary parenchyma. …”
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Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Wegener’s Granulomatosis) Accompanied by Dysuria by Hisashi Takeuchi, Isao Kuroda, Issei Takizawa, Teiichiro Aoyagi, Masaaki Tachibana

“…GPA involving the prostate gland is unusual, and only a few cases have previously been reported.…”
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Thirty Years Later: Evolution of Treatment for Acute Left Main Coronary Artery Occlusion by Moshe Y. Flugelman, Nissan Ben-Dov, Basheer Karkabi, Ronen Jaffe

“…The first patient was treated in 1982 and survived the event without revascularization but developed severe heart failure. His survival was so unusual that it merited a case report at that time. …”
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Życie rodzinne jako forma doświadczenia religijnego by Dariusz Tułowiecki, Anna Czyżkowska

“…Transcendence, spirituality, the reality "beyond" are increasingly seen in encounters with unusual cultural, ecological, virtual or recreational realities. …”
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Extensive Bone Marrow Necrosis: Initial Presentation in Sickle Cell Anemia—A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Sameera A. Alsafwani, Abdulwahed Al-Saeed, Rehab Bukhamsin

“…In this report we present an unusual case of SCD with late onset of the disease whose initial presentation was extensive BMN. …”
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Sclerosus and atrophic genital Lichen or vulvar craurosis. About a case by Graciela Caridad Cabrera Acea, Julia M. Hernández Mompié, Cynthia Gómez Cabrera

“…The presentation of this case was motivated by the unusual appearance of it in our context. A 49 year old white patient with history of hypertension, came to the Dermatology consultation referred by her Family Doctor. …”
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On the path to extinction: Helix godetiana Kobelt, 1878, the only threatened Helix species in Greece by Leonidas Maroulis, Nikos Poulakakis, Konstantinos Proios, Danae Karakasi, Kostas A. Triantis, Moisis Mylonas, Katerina Vardinoyannis

“…We identify potential drivers of its extinction, as Helix godetiana faces several threats across its current range, including competitive exclusion by Cornu aspersum, a species with continuing expansion in the Aegean and climate change disrupting its unusual breeding cycle, which occurs in late spring. …”
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Gold Finger: Metal Jewellery as a Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Therapy! by T. Hlaing, S. Ramteke, K. Binymin

“…The disease can progress rapidly causing joint swelling and damaging cartilage and bone around the joints resulting in severe deformities. We report a very unusual case of a 49-year-old woman who presented with polyarticular psoriatic arthritis affecting all proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joints of both hands except the left ring finger PIP joint. …”
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Pilomatrixoma of the Arm: A Rare Case with Cytologic Diagnosis by Ruchika Gupta, Sarika Verma, Pankaj Bansal, Anup Mohta

“…Pilomatrixoma, a common skin appendageal tumor in head and neck region, should be considered in the cytologic differential diagnoses of subcutaneous masses even in unusual locations like arm. The varied cytomorphology should be remembered to avoid misdiagnosis.…”
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Simultaneous Papillary Carcinoma in Thyroglossal Duct Cyst and Thyroid by Gustavo Cancela e Penna, Henrique Gomes Mendes, Adele O. Kraft, Cynthia Koeppel Berenstein, Bernardo Fonseca, Wagner José Martorina, Andreise Laurian N. R. de Souza, Gustavo Meyer de Moraes, Kamilla Maria Araújo Brandão Rajão, Bárbara Érika Caldeira Araújo Sousa

“…Carcinomas in the TDC are extremely rare and are usually an incidental finding after the Sistrunk procedure. In this report, an unusual case of a 36-year-old woman with concurrent papillary thyroid carcinoma arising in the TDC and on the thyroid gland is presented, followed by a discussion of the controversies surrounding the possible origins of a papillary carcinoma in the TDC, as well as the current management options.…”
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Symptomatic Primary (AL) Amyloidosis of the Stomach and Duodenum by Reidar Fossmark, Espen Skarsvåg, Harald Aarset, Henrik Hjorth-Hansen, Helge L. Waldum

“…Gastric amyloidosis is rarely seen at upper endoscopy in patients without a previously established diagnosis, but the unusual endoscopic findings and bleeding tendency after biopsy should be kept in mind by gastroenterologists.…”
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