Unusual Initial Presentation of Herpes Simplex Virus as Inguinal Lymphadenopathy by Sarah A. Fleming, John G. Strickler

“…We conclude that an initial diagnosis of genital HSV infection may be established by inguinal lymph node biopsy.…”
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Sagging Eye Syndrome or Nemaline Rod Myopathy? Divergence Insufficiency with Levator Dehiscence as an Overlapping Symptom between Two Diagnoses by Stephanie S. L. Cheung, Larissa K. Ghadiali, Thomas H. Brannagan III, Gul Moonis, Phyllis L. Faust, Jeffrey G. Odel

“…This case aims to highlight the importance of integrating clinical findings during the diagnostic process and serves as a reminder that diplopia can be a common symptom for an uncommon diagnosis.…”
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Giant Cell Tumor of the Pes Anserine Bursa (Extra-Articular Pigmented Villonodular Bursitis): A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Haitao Zhao, Aditya V. Maheshwari, Dhruv Kumar, Martin M. Malawer

“…As with other rare lesions, clinical and radiographic findings in addition to histological examination are essential for correct diagnosis.…”
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Retrorectal Schwannomas: Atypical Presentation and Controversial Surgical Management by Wided Trimech, Farouk Ennaceur, Hiba Ben Hassine, Hanen Zneti, Faouzi Noomen, Khadija Zouari

“…Imaging (CT, MRI) and fine needle biopsy can often help orient the diagnosis. The treatment of choice is monoblock resection of the mass. …”
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IgG4-Related Disease Presenting as Isolated Scleritis by Eran Berkowitz, Ella Arnon, Alona Yaakobi, Yuval Cohen, Beatrice Tiosano

“…Ocular examination together with ancillary testing led to the diagnosis of nodular scleritis. Since the patient did not show apparent improvement after one week of systemic steroidal treatment, she underwent a biopsy of the affected area revealing histopathological characteristics of IgG4-RD. …”
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Primary Angiosarcoma of the Spleen: An Oncological Enigma by Myoteri Despoina, Dellaportas Dionysios, Ayiomamitis Georgios, Strigklis Konstantinos, Kouroumpas Efstratios, Zizi-Sermpetzoglou Adamantia

“…Classic open splenectomy was performed and angiosarcoma of the spleen was the final histopathological diagnosis, which was primary since no other disease site was revealed. …”
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Unusual Case of Superior Vena Cava Syndrome Caused by Intravascular Thyroid Metastasis by Vanesa Varela Pose, María Patricia Fierro Alanis, Anaberta Bermudez Naveira, Oskarina Lourdes Silva Gonzalez, Jorge Fernandez Noya, Urbano Anido Herranz, Rafael Lopez Lopez

“…Superior cava venous obstruction use to show a typical clinical presentation and a CT scan or even an ultrasonography can be sufficient to achieve an accurate diagnosis, but in this case, to obtain the final diagnosis, a multimodal assessment is needed. …”
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Postoperative Airway Obstruction by a Bone Fragment by Patrick Schober, K. Hakki Karagozoglu, Stephan A. Loer, Lothar A. Schwarte

“…In summary, this case demonstrates that the differential diagnosis of postoperative airway obstructions should include foreign bodies derived from surgery, including tissue and bone fragments.…”
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Pancreatic pseudocyst and complicated internal hernia. A case report by Miguel Licea Videaux, Iván Ulises Palacios Morejón, Orlando Zamora Santana, Josué Vázquez Arizmendi, Richard Juan Chacón Melcón

“…The 45-years-old patient with a pancreatic pseudocyst diagnosis presented symptoms of abdominal pain accompanied by vomiting during his admission, which led to suspicion of rupture of the pseudocyst. …”
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Aerococcus viridans Native Valve Endocarditis by Wenwan Zhou, Vanessa Nanci, Andreanne Jean, Amir H Salehi, Fahad Altuwaijri, Renzo Cecere, Jacques Genest

“…Given the aggressive nature of A viridans endocarditis and the variable time to diagnosis (a few days to seven months), prompt recognition of symptoms and echocardiography, in addition to blood cultures, should be performed when symptoms persist.…”
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Rat Bite Fever Resembling Rheumatoid Arthritis by Ripa Akter, Paul Boland, Peter Daley, Proton Rahman, Nayef Al Ghanim

“…Infection was complicated by discitis, a rare manifestation. We discuss the diagnosis and management of this rare zoonotic infection. …”
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Adult-onset spinal teratoma: a case report and review by K. Blank, G. Terbetas, L. Neverauskienė, J. Ušinskienė

“…Histopathologic examination is the gold standard for definite diagnosis. Teratomas are diagnosed when remnants of all three germ layers are present. …”
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Mesenchymal Hamartoma in Children: A Diagnostic Challenge by Muhammad Rehan Khan, Larry A. Binkovitz, Thomas C. Smyrk, D. Dean Potter, Katryn N. Furuya

“…Pathology confirmed the diagnosis of mesenchymal hamartoma.…”
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Reactive Lymphoid Hyperplasia of the Liver Incidentally Found in a 55-Year-Old Woman with a History of Ulcerative Colitis by Noritoshi Mizuta, Takuya Kikuchi, Shunsuke Kusano, Nobuya Sano

“…A 55-year-old woman with UC went to the outpatient clinic with abdominal pain, and antibiotics were prescribed with diagnosis of acute appendicitis. Imaging study detected a mass in the liver but ruled out appendicitis. …”
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Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report by Ozlem Ece Basaran, Emine Seda Guvendag Guven, Suleyman Guven

“…The clinicians should keep in mind the diagnosis of peripartum cardiomyopathy in young woman with twin pregnancy in third trimester who presents with symptoms of heart failure even after delivery. …”
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Case Report: Gastric Carcinoma Diagnosed at the Second Trimester of Pregnancy by Tayfur Cift, Begüm Aydogan, Murat Akbaş, Burcu Aydın, Fuat Demirkiran, Dogu V. Bakkaloglu, Sennur Ilvan

“…Gastric cancer is very rare in pregnancy, and therefore it may be left out of differential diagnosis by physicians. Diagnosis may be further delayed because of overlapping symptoms occurring during normal pregnancy (nausea, vomiting, and fatigue). …”
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Uterine Smooth Muscle Tumors of Unknown Malignant Potential (STUMP): A Dilemma for Gynecologists and Pathologists by Derman Başaran, Nejat Özgül, İlker Selçuk, Gökhan Boyraz, İbrahim Kulaç, Alp Usubütün, Kunter Yüce, Sinan Beksaç

“…For clinicians, STUMPs are difficult tumors to manage since they clinically present as ordinary fibroids. For pathologists, diagnosis of these tumors could be difficult because these tumors are rare and a certain level of expertise in gynecological pathology is required to make a correct diagnosis. …”
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Paraduodenal Pancreatitis: A Deceptive Abdominal Mass with Unique Histologic Findings by Jonathan Zadeh, Anthony Andreoni, Christopher Febres-Aldana, Kritika Krishnamurthy, Jyotsna Kochiyil, Cristina Vincentelli, Kfir Ben-David

“…Paraduodenal pancreatitis (PP) is an uncommon abdominal pathology characterized by scarring of the pancreaticoduodenal space. Diagnosis of this inflammatory process is challenging as its clinical presentation is similar to that of pancreatic cancer. …”
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Low-Energy Traumatic Obturator Hip Dislocation with Ipsilateral Femoral Shaft Fracture in a Patient with Omolateral Knee Arthroplasty by G. Gazzotti, L. Patrizio, S. Dall’Aglio, E. Sabetta

“…We could not find a similar case in the literature. An early diagnosis of the dislocation is crucial in order to obtain good results. …”
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Surgical Management of an Aspergillus Empyema in a 3-Year-Old Child by Meletios A. Kanakis, Konstantinos Th. Petsios, Nicholas M. Giannopoulos, Dimitrios Bobos, Sofia Hatzianastasiou, Lida C. Sianidou, Achilleas Lioulias

“…After surgical intervention and the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis, intravenous therapy with voriconazole was initiated. …”
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