Antiglomerular Basement Membrane Disease in a Pediatric Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Vimal Master Sankar Raj, Diana Warnecke, Julia Roberts, Sarah Elhadi

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Successful Treatment of Respiratory Failure in a Patient with Prader-Willi Syndrome with Noninvasive Ventilation with AVAPS by Nauras Hwig, Montserrat Diaz-Abad, Victor T. Peng, Jennifer Y. So, Anayansi Lasso-Pirot

“…Due to the development of obesity, there is a high prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) among these patients. This case report presents a patient with PWS with morbid obesity, severe OSA, and obesity hypoventilation syndrome admitted to the hospital for hypoxemic and hypercapnic respiratory failure. …”
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A Challenging Case of Multifocal Mycobacterium marinum Osteoarticular Infection in a Patient with Anorexia Nervosa by Katie Sharff, Zaw Min, Nitin Bhanot

“…Cell mediated immune deficits related to the patient’s anorexia nervosa predisposed her to a severe infection with M. marinum. …”
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Subacute Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation in a Patient with Liver Metastases of a Renal Cell Carcinoma by L. C. van der Wekken, R. J. L. F. Loffeld

“…On the other hand, chronic DIC can be asymptomatic for long periods of time and can be seen in patients with disseminated malignancies. This case report describes a patient who developed DIC within one week and bled profusely from venipuncture wounds. …”
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Unusual Presentation of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease: Female Patient with Deletion of the Proteolipid Protein 1 Gene by Teva Brender, Donna Wallerstein, John Sum, Robert Wallerstein

“…No affected females to date have a deletion like our patient. In addition to this, our patient has skewed X chromosome inactivation which adds to her presentation as her unaffected mother also carries the mutation.…”
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Reexpansion Pulmonary Edema following Tube Thoracostomy in a Pediatric Patient with Anterior Mediastinal Mass by Sung-Wook Choi, Deborah A. Romeo, David A. Gutman, Jennifer V. Smith

“…The patient was 7-year-old Caucasian male with newly diagnosed ambiguous T cell myeloid leukemia. …”
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Patient-reported systemic symptoms in women with silicone breast implants: a descriptive cohort study by Karlinde Amber Spit, Miranda Scharff, Christel JM de Blok, Frank B Niessen, Yara Bachour, Prabath W Nanayakkara

“…We aim to describe the symptoms and characteristics of women with SBI reporting these systemic symptoms and compare the clinical course of women who chose to keep their implants, to women who had their implants removed.Design Observational cohort study.Setting Specialised BII out-patient clinic at Amsterdam UMC, the Netherlands, from 2011 to 2020.Participants All women presenting to the BII clinic with SBI and systemic symptoms.Results 467 women were included for baseline analyses and 398 women for follow-up. …”
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Successful Treatment of Adenovirus Infection with Brincidofovir in an Immunocompromised Patient after Hematological Stem Cell Transplantation by T. Van Genechten, J. van Heerden, T. Bauters, C. Dhooge

“…Immunocompromised patients, including hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), HIV, and malnourished patients, are at increased risk for viral infections with high incidences of morbidity and mortality. …”
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Genome Assembly and Genome Annotation of Leishmania martiniquensis Isolated from a Leishmaniasis Patient in Thailand by Songtham Anuntakarun, Atchara Phumee, Vorthon Sawaswong, Kesmanee Praianantathavorn, Witthaya Poomipak, Rungrat Jitvaropas, Padet Siriyasatien, Sunchai Payungporn

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Osseointegrated Supported Prosthesis and Interdisciplinary Approach for Prosthodontic Rehabilitation of a Young Patient with Ectodermal Dysplasia by Karthik M. Sadashiva, N. Sridhar Shetty, Rakshith Hegde, Mallika M. Karthik

“…Due to rapid growth of the jaws, the patients are rehabilitated using removable prostheses (Tarjan et al. (2005)). …”
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SDHB-Associated Paraganglioma in a Pediatric Patient and Literature Review on Hereditary Pheochromocytoma-Paraganglioma Syndromes by Heather Choat, Kerri Derrevere, Lisa Knight, Whitney Brown, Elizabeth H. Mack

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Atypical Presentation of Kimura’s Disease in a Male Patient: A Case Report and Review of Literature by Zahra A. Natsha, Islam A. Hamarsheh, Rawan S. Utt, Bassam Abu Alrob, Adnan A. Wahdan

“…The patient was managed with steroids and an immunosuppressant (Azathioprine) with a moderate response for two years. …”
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The analysis of factors influencing patient choice of healthcare providers between tertiary hospitals and community clinics by Silin Wu, Silin Wu, Zhaoxia Lei, Tinglian Liu, Lan Chen, Yang Qin

“…The tiered healthcare delivery system aims to optimize resource allocation and strengthen primary care, yet patient preferences for tertiary hospitals hinder its effective implementation. …”
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The Role of Imaging in Patient Selection, Preoperative Planning, and Postoperative Monitoring in Human Upper Extremity Allotransplantation by Eira S. Roth, David G. Buck, Vijay S. Gorantla, Joseph E. Losee, Daniel E. Foust, Cynthia A. Britton

“…To describe the role of imaging in vascular composite allotransplantation based on one institution’s experience with upper extremity allotransplant patients. Methods. The institutional review board approved this review of HIPAA-compliant patient data without the need for individual consent. …”
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Fifteen-Year Follow-Up of a Patient with Acinar Cystic Transformation of the Pancreas and Literature Review by Xiaoyun Wen, Jela Bandovic

“…For the next fifteen years, the patient was asymptomatic without any complications and had a successful pregnancy. …”
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Patient-Independent Epileptic Seizure Detection with Reduced EEG Channels and Deep Recurrent Neural Networks by Nadine El-Dajani, Tim Friedrich Lutz Wilhelm, Jan Baumann, Rainer Surges, Bernd T. Meyer

“…Epileptic seizures affect around 1% of people worldwide and have an enormous impact on the quality of life as well as the health of each patient. Electroencephalography (EEG) is widely used to diagnose epilepsy and detect seizures. …”
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A Threshold Technique Study to Understand Patient Preference for Smooth Versus Textured Breast Implants by Dallas Wood, PhD, Peyton N. Williams, MPH, Jessica E. Thompson, PhD, Susana Peinado, PhD, Avery A. Tilley, MS, David Gebben, PhD, Jacqueline M. Major, PhD, Jessica P. Weinberg, MPP, Sung W. Yoon, MD, Michelle E. Tarver, MD, PhD

“…We fielded a threshold technique survey to 405 respondents from 4 cohorts: (1) patients with breast cancer who were considering but did not receive reconstruction with implants, (2) patients with breast cancer who had received reconstruction with implants, (3) persons considering breast augmentation with implants, and (4) patients who had received breast augmentation with implants. …”
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A Rare and Potentially Catastrophic Infection: Primary Intestinal Aspergillosis—Case Report in an HIV Patient by Cátia Dias, Filipa Duarte-Ribeiro, Sara Pipa, Margarida Mota

“…The diagnosis was made postmortem once the patient died after fast and progressive deterioration in the postoperative period.…”
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The Comorbidity of Reduplicative Paramnesia, Intermetamorphosis, Reverse-Intermetamorphosis, Misidentification of Reflection, and Capgras Syndrome in an Adolescent Patient by Ozden Arısoy, A. Evren Tufan, Rabia Bilici, Sarper Taskiran, Zehra Topal, Nuran Demir, M. Akif Cansız

“…Delusional misidentification syndromes may be superimposed on neurological or psychiatric disorders and include delusional beliefs that the people, objects, or places around the patient change or are made to change with one another. …”
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Comprehensive case report and literature review on perioperative management of multiple pheochromocytoma in a pediatric patient by Shenghua Yu, Tianxiao Zou, Sisi Wei, Yani Yu, Guili Ding

“…At one-year follow-up, the patient remained normotensive with no signs of recurrence. …”
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