Unsuspected Cause of Respiratory Distress: Unrecognized Esophageal Foreign Body by Naima Baddouh, Lahcen Arjdal, Abdelaziz Raji, Mounir Bourrous

“…Revelation by respiratory distress is a rare and unusual condition. Objective. We describe and discuss the case of an esophageal foreign body, in which the patient presented with respiratory distress. …”
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Seismic Performance Assessment of Ordinary Moment Resisting Frame Equipped with Viscous Dampers under Pulse-Like Earthquakes by Amir Yousefpour, Hamid Mazidababdi Farahani, Mohsen Ali Shayanfar

“…A pulsed movement in the near field records in this system will, however, result in unusual behavior. Technology advances and the creation of vibration control systems have helped control this type of behavior since the earthquake forces are applied indirectly to the structure. …”
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Prenatal Diagnosis of 4p and 4q Subtelomeric Microdeletion in De Novo Ring Chromosome 4 by Halit Akbas, Naci Cine, Mahmut Erdemoglu, Ahmet Engin Atay, Selda Simsek, Aysegul Turkyilmaz, Mehmet Fidanboy

“…Ring chromosomes are unusual abnormalities that are observed in prenatal diagnosis. …”
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Challenges in Medicine: The Odyssey of a Patient with Isolated IgG4-Related Eosinophilic Angiocentric Fibrosis Presenting as a Locally Destructive Sinonasal Mass by Snigdha Nutalapati, Richard O’Neal, William O’Connor, Brett T. Comer, Gerhard C. Hildebrandt

“…We hereby present such an unusual case of a 60-year-old female who presented to us with recurrent sinonasal mass, after a decade long haul of multiple clinical evaluations, biopsies, and debulking surgery without a definitive diagnosis. …”
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COVID-19 Mortality in a Pediatric Patient with Hemoglobin SC Disease and Alpha-Thalassemia Trait by Joshua E. Motelow, Stacie Kahn, Patrick T. Wilson

“…We believe this to be an unusual case of a pediatric patient with HbSC disease and COVID-19. …”
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Delayed Manifestation of Shunt Nephritis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Michael Babigumira, Benjamin Huang, Sherry Werner, Wajeh Qunibi

“…We present an unusual case of shunt nephritis in a 39-year-old male who presented 21 years after placement of a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt. …”
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Disulfiram Induced Psychosis: A Case Report by D. R. Survilaitė, R. Žemaitytė

“…There may be some side effects, the most common of which are drowsiness, unusual tiredness, headache, metallic taste in mouth, skin rashes, decreased libido. …”
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Bioinspired hydrophobic pseudo-hydrogel for programmable shape-morphing by Zhigang Wang, Haotian Hu, Zefan Chai, Yuhang Hu, Siyuan Wang, Cheng Zhang, Chunjie Yan, Jun Wang, Wesley Coll, Tony Jun Huang, Xianchen Xu, Heng Deng

“…This study demonstrates a unusual approach to achieve water-responsive behavior in hydrophobic materials, expanding the possibilities for programmable shape-morphing in soft materials and soft robotic applications.…”
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Anterior clinoid process metastasis with sudden loss of vision: role of emergency optic nerve decompression by Marta Rico-Pereira, Fernando Muñoz-Hernández

“…Abstract Background Anterior clinoid process metastases are rare. We present an unusual case of anterior clinoid process metastasis with sudden deterioration of visual function requiring emergency optic nerve decompression, resulting in visual recovery. …”
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Framing discomfort on YouTube: Narratives of non-binary dysphoria by Letizia Paglialunga

“…As a result, it is not unusual for these individuals to experience discomfort, both in respect of their gender identity and in relation to societal expectations, often leading to gender dysphoria. …”
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Clinical Manifestation, Histopathology, and Imaging of Traumatic Injuries Caused by Brazilian Porcupine (Sphiggurus villosus) Quills by Lívia M. Araújo Jorge, Fred Bernardes Filho, Fabrício Lamy, Laila Klotz A. Balassiano, Loan Towersey, Roderick Hay, Marco Andrey C. Frade

“…Herein we report two unusual cases of accidents involving humans and the South American porcupine. …”
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The "hypnotic state" and eye movements: Less there than meets the eye? by Etzel Cardeña, Barbara Nordhjem, David Marcusson-Clavertz, Kenneth Holmqvist

“…Responsiveness to hypnotic procedures has been related to unusual eye behaviors for centuries. Kallio and collaborators claimed recently that they had found a reliable index for "the hypnotic state" through eye-tracking methods. …”
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Keratoacanthoma of the Nasal Septum Secondary to Ranibizumab Use by Jason E. Cohn, Hilary M. Caruso Sales, Giang Huong Nguyen, Harvey Spector, Kenneth Briskin

“…KA of the nasal septum has only been reported once in the literature. This case is unusual because it normally presents on sun-exposed areas. …”
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EBV-Negative Monomorphic B-Cell Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder with Marked Morphologic Pleomorphism and Pathogenic Mutations in ASXL1, BCOR, CDKN2A, NF1, and TP53 by Agata M. Bogusz

“…This report describes an unusual case of a 33-year-old woman that developed a monomorphic EBV-negative PTLD consistent with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) 13 years after heart-lung transplant. …”
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Adult Congenital Permanent Bilateral Dislocation of the Patella with Full Knee Function: Case Report and Literature Review by Alessandro Bistolfi, Giuseppe Massazza, David Backstein, Stefano Ventura, Raul Cerlon, Maurizio Crova

“…This report presents an unusual case of a 51-year-old man with bilateral congenital permanent dislocation of the patella. …”
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Detection of a Left Superior Vena Cava during a Pacemaker Implantation in Cotonou by A. Sonou, M. Hounkponou, L. Codjo, P. M. Adjagba, C. Houehanou, H. Dohou, S. Assani, Y. Tchabi, M. Houenassi

“…During the procedure of pacemaker implantation, the probe followed an unusual LSVC-coronary sinus-right atrium path and it was not easy to pass through the tricuspid orifice. …”
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Adult Neuroblastoma Complicated by Increased Intracranial Pressure: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Patrick L. Stevens, Douglas B. Johnson, Mary Ann Thompson, Vicki L. Keedy, Haydar A. Frangoul, Kristen M. Snyder

“…Our case report documents metastatic neuroblastoma occurring in a healthy 29-year-old woman whose course was complicated by an unusual presentation of elevated intracranial pressures. …”
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Rapid Hip Osteoarthritis Development in a Patient with Anterior Acetabular Cyst with Sagittal Alignment Change by Yasuhiro Homma, Tomonori Baba, Nobuhiko Sumiyoshi, Hironori Ochi, Hideo Kobayashi, Mikio Matsumoto, Takahito Yuasa, Kazuo Kaneko

“…Rapidly destructive coxarthrosis (RDC) is rare and develops unusual clinical course. Recent studies suggest multiple possible mechanisms of the development of RDC. …”
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Spatiotemporal Distribution Characteristics of Mesoscale Convective Systems Producing Short-Duration Heavy Rainfall over the Tianshan Mountain Area by Jiangang Li, Lianmei Yang, Wen Liu, Cailian Jiang

“…In terms of tracks, most MCSs moved eastward under the influence of the westerlies and the MαCSs moved faster but in a more scattered manner than the MβCSs. Additionally, some unusual tracks appeared because of the effects of the underlying surface topography and environmental wind.…”
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Revisiting Controls on Shale Oil Accumulation in Saline Lacustrine Basins: The Permian Lucaogou Formation Mixed Rocks, Junggar Basin by Chenjia Zhang, Jian Cao, Erting Li, Yuce Wang, Wenyao Xiao, Yang Qin

“…In addition, local accumulations of calcareous organisms and adjacent carbonate components on terrigenous sediments (in situ mixing) are also conducive to shale oil enrichment. This is an unusual and special feature of saline lacustrine shale oils, which is different from freshwater lacustrine and marine shale oils. …”
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