Treatment of Sclerosing Mesenteritis with Corticosteroids and Azathioprine by Anand Bala, Sylvain P Coderre, Douglas RE Johnson, V Nayak

“…Sclerosing (idiopathic) mesenteritis is a rare disease that may present with abdominal pain or bowel obstruction. …”
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Esophageal Motility Disorders: Current Concepts of Pathogenesis and Treatment by Peter J Kahrilas

“…Diffuse esophageal spasm (DES), an equally rare disease, is defined by non-propagated esophageal contractions. …”
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Scimitar syndrome: A case report by Xiang Zhao, Junyang Huang, Junke Yang, Bingkui Cen

“…Scimitar syndrome is a rare disease has an incidence of approximately 1-3 per 100,000 live births. …”
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A Huge Cystic Retroperitoneal Lymphangioma Presenting with Back Pain by Mahir Gachabayov, Kubach Kubachev, Elbrus Abdullaev, Valentin Babyshin, Dmitriy Neronov, Abakar Abdullaev

“…The clinical presentation of this rare disease is nonspecific, ranging from abdominal distention to sepsis. …”
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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

“…Goodpasture’s syndrome (GPS) remains a very rare disease entity in the pediatric population characterized by the presence of pulmonary hemorrhage and rapidly evolving glomerulonephritis. …”
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Systemic Capillary Leak Syndrome as an Initial Presentation of ALK-Negative Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma by Laura S. Lourdes, Samer Z. Al-Quran, Nam H. Dang, Merry-Jennifer Markham

“…Systemic capillary leak syndrome (SCLS) is a rare disease characterized by third spacing of plasma into the extravascular compartment, leading to anasarca, hemoconcentration, and hypovolemic shock. …”
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Missense BICD2 variants in fetuses with congenital arthrogryposis and pterygia by Layla Masuda, Akihiro Hasegawa, Hiromi Kamura, Fuyuki Hasegawa, Michihiro Yamamura, Kosuke Taniguchi, Yuki Ito, Kenichiro Hata, Osamu Samura, Aikou Okamoto

“…This report provides further insights into the genetics of this rare disease.…”
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HAV Infection Associated with Hemophagocytic Syndrome by H. Aamri, R. Elqadiry, H. Nassih, A. Bourrahouat, I. Ait Sab

“…Hemophagocytic syndrome is a rare disease that can cause severe illness and death. …”
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Abscess Formation after Septic Arthritis in the Sternoclavicular Joint of Two Healthy Men by Jeppe Henriksen, Mariann Tang, Vibeke Hjortdal

“…The cases differ in diagnostic procedures and delay of diagnosis and broach the issues of handling a rare disease.…”
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A Challenging Case of Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease Associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Review of the Literature by Mihaela Găman, Ana-Maria Vlădăreanu, Camelia Dobrea, Minodora Onisâi, Cristina Marinescu, Irina Voican, Daniela Vasile, Horia Bumbea, Diana Cîşleanu

“…Kikuchi–Fujimoto disease (KFD) or histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis is a rare disease that is frequently underdiagnosed due to clinical features that are similar to those of non-Hodgkin lymphomas, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), or infectious reactive lymphadenopathy. …”
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Open Questions in the Management of Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma by Marguerite Tyran, Laurence Gonzague, Reda Bouabdallah, Michel Resbeut

“…Localized Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma is a rare disease with an overall good prognosis but frequent late relapses. …”
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Building support for children and families affected by stroke (BUILD CARE): Study protocol. by Maja Kevdzija, Lisa Bartha-Doering, Ruth Heying, Ann Heylighen, Andrea Jelić, Pleuntje Jellema, Anna Franziska Kalhorn, Sophie Mandl, Gesine Marquardt, Birgit Moser, Magdalena Muszynska-Spielauer, Els Ortibus, Anna-Theresa Renner, Anne-Sophie Schoß, Piet Tutenel

“…Findings are expected to deliver information on their design to improve the life of children affected by this rare disease and their families.…”
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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

“…Our case interestingly also had T-cell clonality and isolated isocitrate dehydrogenase 2 enzyme mutation on next-generation sequencing, suggesting a possible role of novel molecular-targeted therapies in this rare disease. This case highlights the clinical challenges physicians face towards diagnosing and treating EAF-IgG4RD, emphasizing the need for high clinical suspicion and the possible role of targeted therapies for this rare disease.…”
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Gemella morbillorum Endocarditis by Serap Ural, Sureyya Gul Yurtsever, Bahar Ormen, Nesrin Turker, Figen Kaptan, Sibel El, Zehra Ilke Akyildiz, Nejat Ali Coskun

“…Infective endocarditis caused by Gemella morbillorum is a rare disease. In this report 67-year-old male patient with G. morbillorum endocarditis was presented. …”
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Amyand's Hernia. Case Report by Joel Ramos Rodriguez, Javier Cruz Rodríguez, Carlos Ramírez León, Marcia O´Farril Hernández

“…Amyand's hernia is a rare disease generally diagnosed during the surgical act. …”
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Disseminated Nocardiosis: A Successful Blind Strategy of Treatment in an HIV Infected Patient by Ana C. Guerra, Dário Batista, Maria J. Aleixo, Paulo Saraiva, Maria J. Aguas

“…Background. Nocardiosis is a rare disease that mainly affects severely immunocompromised patients. …”
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Aortic Arch Floating Thrombus Complicated by Distal Embolization in a Patient with Malignancy by Konstantinos Tigkiropoulos, Dimitrios Karamanos, Marianthi Tympanidou, Nikolaos Saratzis, Ioannis Lazaridis

“…Free floating thrombus of aortic arch in a minimally atherosclerotic or nonaneurysmal aorta is a rare disease entity which carries a potential risk of distal embolization with catastrophic consequences. …”
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Peritoneal Lipomatosis: A Case Report of a 12-Year-Old Boy by L. Fotis, J. Koglmeier, N. Shah

“…Peritoneal lipomatosis is a rare disease in childhood with only two cases previously described in children. …”
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A Curious Case of Rowell Syndrome by Seetharaman Venugopalan Iyer, Delnaz Palsetia, Alka A. Subramanyam

“…Rowell syndrome is a rare disease consisting of erythema multiforme-like lesions coexisting with lupus erythematosus along with characteristic immunological findings. …”
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Olmsted Syndrome by Renata Elise Tonoli, Damiê De Villa, Renata Hübner Frainer, Luana Pizzarro Meneghello, Nelson Ricachnevsky, Maurício de Quadros

“…The diagnosis of this rare disease depends on clinical features like symmetrical involvement of keratoderma of the palms and soles and the symmetrical hyperkeratotic plaques around the body orifices. …”
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