Case report: Periorbital pilomatricoma: a rare benign skin tumor misdiagnosed as cellulitis by Rahul Kumar, Jane Z. Spadaro, Jane Z. Spadaro, Alon Kahana, Alon Kahana, Alon Kahana

“…PurposeWe describe an unusual case of a rapidly progressive pilomatricoma along the left brow, which was initially misdiagnosed and treated as preseptal cellulitis. …”
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Young Woman with Unexplained Neutropenia and Neutrophils with Bilobed Nuclei: Marrow Findings by Martin Barnes, Victoria Shklar, Dipen Patel, Harry Staszewski

“…However, our patient’s persistent and worsening neutropenia was unusual for hereditary PHA, so a bone marrow biopsy was performed to rule out MDS and leukemia. …”
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Two Sisters with Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemosiderosis by Mehmet Gencer, Erkan Ceylan, Muharrem Bitiren, Ahmet Koc

“…Both cases had quite unusual presentations. The first patient was 23 years of age, and had suffered from dry cough and progressive dyspnea for four years. …”
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American Studies by V. O. Pechatnov

“…At least as colorful a figure was Professor Leo Izrailevich Zubok - a man of unusual destiny. As a teenager he emigrated to the United States with his parents, where he soon joined the American revolutionary movement in the 1920s and was forced to leave the country. …”
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Small fiber neuropathy: clinical presentation, diagnostic methods, possibly causes and treatment by E. Paulėkas, D. Garšvienė, K. Petrikonis

“…Diagnosis of pure SFN remains difficult in situations when no pathological findings are detected during nerve conduction tests (using standard electroneuromyography) and patients present with unusual subjective symptoms. However, quantitative measurement of intraepidermal nerve fiber density (INFD) in skin biopsy and quantitative evaluation of sensory or autonomic symptoms may facilitate the diagnostic process. …”
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The Noble Suicide: The Case of a Self-Contained Dagger in the Heart and a Literal Raw by Maricla Marrone, Benedetta Pia De Luca, Marco Papalino, Fortunato Pititto, Carlo Angeletti, Roberto Bellacicco, Michela Raino, Giuseppe Pulin, Francesca Tarantino

“…This case report makes an essential contribution to the already existing Literature as it shows a suicide that occurred in an unusual manner.…”
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Particle size distributions and shape identification of pozzolanic materials via various dimensional representations by David Sinkhonde, Tajebe Bezabih, Derrick Mirindi

“…Although pozzolanic materials exhibit unusual particle properties, their particle size distributions and shape identification remain poorly understood. …”
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Intramural Hematoma of the Esophagus Complicating Severe Preeclampsia by Simone Garzon, Giovanni Zanconato, Nicoletta Zatti, Giuseppe Chiarioni, Massimo Franchi

“…Bleeding can be managed medically unless in hemodynamically unstable patients, for whom surgical or angiographic treatment may be attempted; only rarely esophageal obstruction requires endoscopic decompression. We report an unusual case of esophageal hematoma, presenting in a young preeclamptic woman after surgical delivery of a preterm twin pregnancy, with a favorable outcome following medical management.…”
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Subacromial Impingement Syndrome Caused by a Voluminous Subdeltoid Lipoma by Jean-Christophe Murray, Stéphane Pelet

“…This report presents an unusual case of subdeltoid lipoma causing extrinsic compression and subacromial impingement syndrome. …”
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A case of spindle cell squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue complicated by verrucous carcinoma by Yusuke Matsuzaki, Daiki Saito, Saimon Yasuhara, Yukio Watabe, Shiro Shigematsu

“…We report herein a highly unusual case of spindle cell squamous cell carcinoma (SCSCC), a rare form of oral cancer, co-occurring with verrucous carcinoma. …”
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Pseudoaneurysm of the Perforating Peroneal Artery following Ankle Arthroscopy by Ichiro Tonogai, Eiki Fujimoto, Koichi Sairyo

“…The literature, to our knowledge, reports only one case of a pseudoaneurysm involving the peroneal artery after ankle arthroscopy. Here, we report the unusual case of a 48-year-old man in general good health with the absence of the anterior tibial artery and posterior tibial artery. …”
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Spontaneous Subcapsular Renal Hematoma: Strange Case in an Anticoagulated Patient with HWMH after Aortic and Iliac Endovascular Stenting Procedure by Michele Greco, Salvatore Butticè, Filippo Benedetto, Francesco Spinelli, Olivier Traxer, Tzevat Tefik, Rosa Pappalardo, Carlo Magno

“…In this paper we report an unusual case of rupture of a renal cyst of a 66-year-old male patient during an aortic and iliac endovascular procedure for a massive calcified atheroma above the iliac bifurcation. …”
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Splenic Artery Infarct Requiring Surgery: A Rare Complication of COVID-19 Infection by Ioannis Dimitriou, Nikolaos Christodoulou, Kleanthis Chatzimargaritis, Aristidis Kaikis, Eirini Kasti, Georgios Triantos

“…However, arterial thromboembolisms may also occur as visceral infracts in unusual sites, such as the renal, splenic, and intestinal arteries. …”
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Frequent Home Monitoring of ICD Is Effective to Prevent Inappropriate Defibrillator Shock Delivery by Paolo Bifulco, Luigi Argenziano, Maria Romano, Mario Cesarelli, Mario Sansone, Stefano Casella, Stefano Nardi

“…As a practical example, an unusual case of an ICD patient who risked an inappropriate shock while taking a shower is reported. …”
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Two Cases of Delayed Diagnosis of Leprosy in Mauritania by Boushab Mohamed Boushab, Fatima-Zahra Fall-Malick, Leonardo K. Basco

“…Some of its manifestations, such as joint pain, are unusual. Its elimination as a public health problem in many countries seems to lead to a lack of practical knowledge among health care personnel and as a consequence a risk of late diagnosis. …”
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Burkitt Lymphoma Presenting as Unilateral Deafness in an Immunocompetent Patient by Andre Pinto, Offiong Francis Ikpatt, Jennifer Chapman-Fredericks

“…We present herein a case of sporadic Burkitt lymphoma occurring in a previously healthy HIV-negative male. The unusual clinical findings in this case include the relatively older age at presentation (55 years), an immunocompetent patient who had nodal involvement and leukemic phase of Burkitt, coupled with partial deafness. …”
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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Myelofibrosis by Fares Darawshy, Arieh Ben-Yehuda, Karine Atlan, Deborah Rund

“…This case reported here constitutes an unusual situation of CLL characterized by the development of PMF. …”
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Multifocal Multisystem Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Involving Pituitary Masquerading as Crohn’s Disease: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Mohd. Ashraf Ganie, Bhanu Malhotra, Manpreet Saini, Arshiya Dutta, Atul Sharma, Kim Vaiphie, Pinaki Dutta

“…Gastrointestinal involvement by LCH is unusual and only rarely has represented a prominent clinical manifestation. …”
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Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Associated with Antiepileptic Drugs and Cranial Radiation Therapy by Shereen Elazzazy, Taghrid Abu Hassan, Ashraf El Seid, Cicy Mary Jacob

“…Although TEN is a rare toxicity, physicians should pay a special attention to the monitoring of brain tumor patients on antiepileptic prophylaxis during cranial irradiation; furthermore, patients should be counselled to notify their physicians if they develop any new or unusual symptoms.…”
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Alchohol Consumption Practices in the Koryak Community by Lyudmila N. Khakhovskaya

“…It is possible that indigenous communities have difficulties in working out the required social regulations because of the complexities surrounding the non-utilitarian treatment of the unusual materiality of vodka.…”
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