Transvestism Recognized in Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Report of Two Cases by Hiroki Ishiguro, Naomi Honobe, Takefumi Suzuki, Mariko Tamai, Takaya Nakane

“…The first case was of a man in his mid-30s and the second of a woman in her late 20s. We report on detailed psychosocial data to further discuss the medical management and genetic counseling of such infrequent but challenging conditions. …”
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Surgical Management of Calciphylaxis Associated with Primary Hyperparathyroidism: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Jennifer Bishop, Eric Brown, Augusto Podesta, Cathrine Troy, Xiang (Eric) Dong

“…Here, we present the unusual case of a 56-year-old woman, with extensive medical problems, who developed calciphylaxis in the presence of primary hyperparathyroidism. …”
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Dramatic Autobiography: the Poetic Voice Recreating Itself in Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s ‘The Bride’s Prelude’ by Raphaël Rigal

“…Some of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s poems which can qualify as dramatic monologues use this fictitious autobiography to give a voice to marginalized populations, for instance ‘The Bride’s Prelude’. This poem presents a woman about to be forcefully married to a man who deceived her and abandoned her, as she explains to her sister why she cannot look forward to this marriage. …”
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Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis with Pyoderma Gangrenosum by Adrián Imbernón-Moya, Elena Vargas-Laguna, Antonio Aguilar, Miguel Ángel Gallego, Claudia Vergara, María Fernanda Nistal

“…We introduce a 70-year-old woman who suffered pyoderma gangrenosum associated with peripheral ulcerative keratitis in her left eye. …”
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Free Floating Right Heart Thrombus Associated with Acute Pulmonary Embolism: An Unsettled Therapeutic Difficulty by Clovis Nkoke, Olivier Faucher, Lise Camus, Laurence Flork

“…We present the case of a 74-year-old woman who presented to the emergency department with acute onset dyspnea on minimal exertion which had developed over a period of 1 day. …”
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Rhabdomyolysis Induced by Coadministration of Fusidic Acid and Atorvastatin: A Case Report and Comprehensive Review of the Literature by Dimitrios Patoulias, Theodoros Michailidis, Thomas Papatolios, Rafael Papadopoulos, Petros Keryttopoulos

“…We present a case of a 79-year-old woman who presented to our Emergency Department with a one-week history of limb weakness, myalgia, and inability to stand and walk. …”
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A Case of Stage I Vulvar Squamous Cell Carcinoma with Early Relapse and Rapid Disease Progression by Marta Peri, Antonino Grassadonia, Laura Iezzi, Patrizia Vici, Michele De Tursi, Clara Natoli, Nicola Tinari, Marinella Zilli

“…We report a case of a woman who experienced a rapid, chemorefractory tumor progression after surgery for stage IB vulvar SCC.…”
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Pelvic Tuberculosis Diagnosed during Operative Laparoscopy for Suspected Ovarian Cancer by Daniel Martingano, Kayla Cagle-Colon, Jeanine Chiaffarano, Alan Marcus, Diana Contreras

“…A 67-year-old para 2 African-American woman presented with abdominal pain and shortness of breath. …”
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Conservative treatment of corpus callosum hemorrhage due to a falling coconut in Indonesia: a case report by Hanan Anwar Rusidi, Ferry Wijanarko

“…We report the case of a 54-year-old woman who was admitted to the hospital with symptoms of unconsciousness, headache, and expressive aphasia after being struck by a falling coconut. …”
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FOXE1 Mutation Screening in a Case with Cleft Lip, Hypothyroidism, and Thyroid Carcinoma: A New Syndrome? by Hugo Mendieta-Zerón, Angélica Jiménez-Rosales, Carlos Jhovani Pérez-Amado, Silvia Jiménez-Morales

“…A 26-year-old woman is referred to the Internal Medicine consultation due to increases in laboratory studies associated with Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma (PTC) that was confirmed by histopathological studies. …”
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Nonsurgical Management of a Papillary Fibroelastoma of the Aortic Valve by Antonino M. Grande, Nicoletta Castiglione, Adelaide Iervolino, Francesco Nappi, Antonio Fiore

“…We report the case of a 63-year-old woman who had an incidental echocardiographic diagnosis of papillary fibroelastoma (PFE) of the right coronary cusp of the aortic valve. …”
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Minimally invasive treatment of the cyst of the canal of Nuck with the laparoscopic total extraperitoneal approach by Ülkü Mete Ural, Neriman Şengül, Elif Betül Esmer, Elif Aydın, Selma Erdoğan Düzcü

“…In this report, we aimed to discuss the treatment of CCN with a minimally invasive method. A 33-year-old woman diagnosed with the CCN was treated with a laparoscopic total extraperitoneal approach with the best postoperative recovery. …”
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Pregnancy and Healthy Childbirth in a 37 Year-Old Patient with Diverticular Disease by P. S. Andreev, S. E. Katorkin, O. E. Davydova

“…In recent years, DD is more frequently observed in younger patients. A 37-yo woman manifested the symptoms of periodic intense abdominal pain and constant abdominal discomfort. …”
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Influence of Poverty on Female Youth Prostitution in Uganda: The Experiences of Young Women Residing in Kigongi Ward, Kabale Municipality. by Mbabazi, Ruth, Adebayo, Sanni T

“…Results: It was found that a majority of 30% of the respondents reported that a woman might live a simple life or earn a lot of money as a prostitute, while 20% of the respondents mentioned parental neglect and youth laziness as the factors that push female youth into prostitution. …”
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A Case of Apoplexy of Rathke’s Cleft Cyst Followed by Cerebral Infarction by Yu-ichiro Ohnishi, Yasunori Fujimoto, Koichi Iwatsuki, Toshiki Yoshimine

“…We report a case of apoplexy of an RCC followed by cerebral infarction. A 67-year-old woman was found lying on the street unconscious. …”
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Pregnancy after Prosthetic Aortic Valve Replacement: How Do We Monitor Prosthetic Valvular Function during Pregnancy? by Nicole Sahasrabudhe, Nickolas Teigen, Diana S. Wolfe, Cynthia Taub

“…A 22-year-old nulliparous woman with an aortic valve replacement 18 months prior to her pregnancy presented to prenatal care at 20-week gestation. …”
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Fetal Sacrococcygeal Teratoma: A Case Report of a Giant Tumor with an Excellent Outcome by Anna Kornete, Diana Bokucava, Natalija Vedmedovska

“…We present the case of a 19-year-old woman who was in good health and had no relevant family or medical history. …”
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Real-Time Evaluation of Breast Self-Examination Using Computer Vision by Eman Mohammadi, Elmer P. Dadios, Laurence A. Gan Lim, Melvin K. Cabatuan, Raouf N. G. Naguib, Jose Maria C. Avila, Andreas Oikonomou

“…The first stage of the algorithm presents a method for detecting and tracking the nipples in frames while a woman performs BSE; the second stage presents a method for localizing the breast region and blocks of pixels related to palpation of the breast, and the third stage focuses on detecting the palpated blocks in the breast region. …”
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Hodgkin Lymphoma Mimicking Inflammatory Breast Carcinoma: A Rare Case with Diagnostic Challenge and Novel Treatment by Eleni Thodou, Maria Befani, George Triantafyllidis, Theodosia Choreftaki, George Kanellis, Nikolaos Giannakoulas

“…We present a Hodgkin lymphoma mimicking inflammatory breast carcinoma in a 57-year-old woman. The diagnosis was performed by fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of the breast lesion and the axillary lymph nodes with rapid on-site evaluation followed by immunocytochemistry, and it was confirmed by histology. …”
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A Case Report of a Patient with Turner Syndrome, Multiple Comorbidities, and Pustular Psoriasis: Correlation or Coincidence? by Andjela Egger, Andrea Maderal, Hadar Lev-Tov, Olivera Stojadinovic

“…We present a case of a 53-year-old Hispanic woman with a mosaic TS and multiple comorbidities who presented with pustular psoriasis. …”
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