A Culture-Proven Case of Community-Acquired Legionella Pneumonia Apparently Classified as Nosocomial: Diagnostic and Public Health Implications by Annalisa Bargellini, Isabella Marchesi, Patrizia Marchegiano, Luca Richeldi, Roberto Cagarelli, Greta Ferranti, Paola Borella

“…According to the established case definition, this woman should have been definitely classified as a nosocomial case (patient spending all of the ten days in hospital before onset of symptoms). …”
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Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenoma That Changed to a Functional Gonadotropinoma by Gerson Geovany Andino-Ríos, Lesly Portocarrero-Ortiz, Carlos Rojas-Guerrero, Alejandro Terrones-Lozano, Alma Ortiz-Plata, Alfredo Adolfo Reza-Albarrán

“…We report the case of a woman who initially had a nonfunctional gonadotropinoma and in the course of her medical condition showed biochemical changes in her hormonal pituitary profile compatible with a functional gonadotropinoma. …”
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Refractory Chronic Diffuse Granular Myringitis with Medial Meatal Stenosis by Siew Wei Ling, Chee Chean Lim, Mohamad Fuad Shah Bin Mohd Damanhuri Shah, Philip Rajan Devesahayam

“…Various treatment modalities have been proposed for the treatment of granular myringitis, but there is no standard treatment regime. A 60-year-old woman had left persistent ear discharge for 4 months. …”
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A Case of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Limited Systemic Sclerosis Overlap Successfully Treated with Tocilizumab for Arthritis and Concomitant Generalized Lymphadenopathy and Primary Bi... by Eiko Saito, Shinji Sato, Shinichi Nogi, Noriko Sasaki, Naofumi Chinen, Kiri Honda, Takayuki Wakabayashi, Chiho Yamada, Naoya Nakamura, Yasuo Suzuki

“…A 57-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and limited systemic sclerosis (lSSc) was suspected to have lymphadenopathy and primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). …”
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A case of sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation with central calcification by Eri Nakamura, MD, Yasutaka Ichikawa, MD, PhD, Kensuke Domae, MD, Yuzuna Aoki, MD, Yoichi Kozaki, MD, Miki Usui, MD, Akito Taniguchi, MD, Motonori Nagata, MD, PhD, Hajime Sakuma, MD, PhD

“…This report describes a case of a 43-year-old woman with SANT presenting multiple calcifications on CT images, and discusses the characteristics and mechanism of the calcification, while reviewing previously reported cases of SANT.…”
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Mirizzi Syndrome with Cholecystobiliary Fistula: Observation of Development from Asymptomatic Cholecystolithiasis to Surgery by Hiroyuki Sugo, Yuuki Sekine, Naoki Iwanaga, Shigefumi Neshime, Michio Machida

“…We report an extremely rare case of Mirizzi syndrome in which it was possible to observe the process of development of cholecystobiliary fistula from asymptomatic cholecystolithiasis until unavoidable surgical intervention 4 years later. A 68-year-old woman presented at our hospital with right upper quadrant pain. …”
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Diagnosing Cardiac Amyloidosis: From Heart Failure to Electrical Storm by Adithya T. Mathews, Abu-Sayeef Mirza, Chandrashekar Bohra, Akshay G. Mathews, Philip Ritucci-Chinni, Jamie L. Weber, William W. Bulkeley, Maqsood Siddique, David Whitaker, Richard Bowerman

“…We present a 71-year-old woman presenting with dyspnea on admission. Echocardiogram revealed diastolic heart failure and left ventricular hypertrophy with strain pattern concerning for an infiltrative process. …”
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Maternal and fetal arrhythmia as a sign of hemodynamic deterioration: a case report by I.V. Lakhno, I.M. Sykal, S.M. Korovai, V.M. Korotych, A.E. Tkachov

“…It is presented the case of sustained several weeks of MA and FA. A pregnant woman aged 36 years was admitted to the division of maternal and fetal medicine at 34 weeks of gestation. …”
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Small cell lung cancer with EML4-ALK fusion: report of a case responding to ALK TKI and literature review by Mingyue Wang, Hongzhi Liu, Ruixin Zhang, Runyu Li, Xiaoyu Qin, Fangling Ning, Lijun Tian

“…Method We report a rare patient with EML4-ALK fusion gene SCLC, a 41-year-old woman with no history of smoking or drinking, who was admitted to the hospital with chest tightness, dyspnea, and cough and sputum. …”
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A Case of Atopic Myelitis with Cervical Cavernous Angioma by Miyuki Fukuda, Hiroaki Manabe, Nobuhiro Sasaki, Masayuki Kuroda, Minoru Hoshimaru, Shigeo Ueda

“…Herein, we experienced a case of atopic myelitis developed during the growth of cervical cavernous angioma caused by bleeding. A 37-year-old woman suffered from hand swelling caused by a house cat licking. …”
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Benign mature teratoma of the conus medullaris in a 57-year-old-female: case report and literature review by Daniel Yamba Yamba, Dramane Cissé, Oualid Mohammed Hmamouche, Faycal Lakhdar, Mohammed Benzagmout, Khalid Chakour, Mohammed El Faiz Chaoui

“…Case presentation We present a case of a 57-year-old woman who was referred from the neurology department for sudden weakness of the lower limbs. …”
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COVID-19 and cesarean section rates: A retrospective observational study at our rural tertiary center using robson's classification by Shreya Mor, Shuchi Jain, Poonam Varma Shivkumar, Manish Jain

“…Methodology: Our study was a 6-month retrospective observational study at the Maternal and Child Health Wing where every antenatal woman who was admitted irrespective of gestational age and whether in labor or not was customarily screened for COVID-19 infection. …”
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The impacts of hospital admission in very late‐onset schizophrenia‐like psychosis: A case report by Shigeki Katakami, Yuto Satake, Takashi Suehiro, Daiki Ishimaru, Erina Nakanishi, Hideki Kanemoto, Kenji Yoshiyama, Manabu Ikeda

“…Case Presentation An 87‐year‐old woman, widowed and living alone, developed psychosis, including paranoia, erotomania, and visual hallucinations, at 84 years old during a period when her interactions with others were limited by the COVID‐19 pandemic and osteoarthritis. …”
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An Appendix Origin Burkitt’s Lymphoma Spreading into Genital Tract by Mustafa Ulubay, Fahri Burçin Fıratlıgil, Uğur Keskin, Ulaş Fidan, Mehmet Gamsızkan, Müfit Cemal Yenen, Ali Ergün

“…Here, our aim was also to point out that BL can spread into the genital tract. A 60-year-old woman presented with the complaint of abdominal pain for a few months. …”
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What are the barriers and facilitators to self-management of chronic conditions reported by women? A systematic review by Dawn Dowding, Rohna Kearney, Lucy Dwyer

“…A search of MEDLINE, CINAHL, Embase and PsycInfo will be undertaken to identify relevant articles that meet the eligibility criteria using the search terms ‘Women’, ‘Woman’ ‘Female,’ ‘Chronic’, ‘Long-term’, ‘Disease’, ‘Illness’, ‘Condition’ ‘Health,’ ‘Self-management,’ ‘Qualitative,’ ‘Barrier’ and ‘Facilitator’. …”
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Ruptured Arteriovenous Malformation Presenting with Kernohan’s Notch by Christopher F. Dibble, Michael P. Wemhoff, Tarik Ibrahim, Deanna Sasaki-Adams, Sten Solander, Anand V. Germanwala

“…We present a rare case of a patient with ipsilateral neurological deficits due to Kernohan’s Notch phenomenon resulting from hemorrhage from an AVM. A 31-year-old woman with seizures underwent MR and angiographic imaging which confirmed an unruptured left parietal AVM. …”
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Retraction: Impact of coated phycocyanin and phycoerythrin on antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of soap, anti-acne face wash and hand sanitizer gel by Bahareh Nowruzi, Hossein Hashemi

“…To document unusual complications following a thread-lift procedure and highlight the importance of understanding the complex anatomy of the neck and submental region to prevent such complications. A 40-year-old woman presented with concurrent unilateral weakness and numbness on the right side of her neck, including loss of the platysmal band and paresthesia behind the earlobe. …”
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Femoral hydatid cyst: A rare localization of bone echinococcosis: A case report by Nadia El Mahi, Hajar Siouri, Amal Mojahid, Karim Haddar, Hamid Ziani, Siham Nasri, Imane Kamaoui, Imane Skiker

“…This report presents a case of an extensive hydatid cyst in the femoral bone of a 43-year-old woman, diagnosed late, highlighting the silent nature of bone echinococcosis due to its long latency period. …”
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Knowledge and Attitude on Obstetric Effects of Female Genital Mutilation among Maasai Women in Maternity Ward at Loitokitok Sub-County Hospital, Kenya by Keddy Wanjiru Muchene, Irene Gacheri Mageto, Joyce Jebet Cheptum

“…Most of them, 64% (n=23), disagreed that circumcision made one a respectable woman. Conclusion. Obstetric effects of FGM were fairly known and there was negative attitude towards FGM practice.…”
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Long-Term Survival of More than 5 Years with Maintenance Therapy Using Single-Agent Pemetrexed in a Patient with Diffuse Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma by Yasuo Otsuka, Yoriaki Komeda, Masayuki Takeda, Takayuki Takahama, Masashi Kono, Mamoru Takenaka, Satoru Hagiwara, Naoshi Nishida, Hiroshi Kashida, Masatoshi Kudo

“…A 76-year-old woman presented with lower abdominal pain and nausea and was referred to the gastroenterology department in our institution. …”
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