Severe Congenital Toxoplasmosis: A Case Report and Strain Characterization by Bahador Sarkari, Samaneh Abdolahi Khabisi

“…We report a fatal congenital toxoplasmosis case in an Iranian woman in the south of Iran. A pregnant mother had been admitted at the 15th week of her pregnancy on account of a febrile illness, symptoms of common cold, and enlargement of submandibular lymph nodes. …”
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Solitary Fibrous Tumour of the Pleura: A Case Report by George Rakovich, Maxime Laflamme, Denise Ouellette, Gilles Beauchamp

“…A case involving a 62-year-old woman who underwent surgical resection of a solitary fibrous tumour of the pleura measuring 25 cm in size is described.…”
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Intestinal Necrosis due to Giant Ovarian Cyst: A Case Report by Ali Duran, Fulay Yilmaz Duran, Fevzi Cengiz, Ozgur Duran

“…We report here a terminal ileum necrosis case due to compression by an ovarian cyst with 11 × 10 × 7 cm size in an 81-year-old woman.…”
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Fibrosarcoma of Mandible: A Case Report by Monal B. Yuwanati, J. V. Tupkari

“…In this paper, a case of fibrosarcoma in the posterior area of mandible in a 44-year-old woman is described. Clinical examination revealed a growth on right mandibular third molar region extending on the buccal and the lingual side. …”
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Late Onset Takayasu Arteritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis by K. E. Verweij, A. M. E. van Well, J. W. vd Sluijs, A. Dees

“…We encountered the rare case of a 48-year-old Caucasian woman who developed Takayasu arteritis (TA) while suffering from seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA). …”
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“An Unusual Pattern of Metastasis” Metastatic Malignant Thymoma Presented with Breast Lump: A Case Report and Literature Review by Kah-Seng Khoo, Kavinya Diana T. Nadesalingam, Diana Bee-Lan Ong, Li-Ying Teoh, Mei-Sze Teh, Suniza Jamaris, Mee-Hoong See

“…Distant metastasis of thymoma is even rarer, especially to extrathoracic regions. We reported a woman with invasive malignant thymoma postneoadjuvant and resection of the thymoma, who developed breast metastasis 7 years later. …”
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Legionella-Associated Lung Abscess: Critical Pathogen or Minor Isolate? by Gordon CK Dow, Anthony W Chow

“…In the second case, Legionella micdadei and several other respiratory bacterial pathogens were identified in a 74-year-old woman with a lung abscess. The patient later died with multisystem failure despite adequate antimicrobial therapy. …”
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Iatrogenic Ascending Aorta Dissection during Diagnostic Coronary Angiography: Rare but Life-Threatening by Marc Lambelin, Luc Janssens, Luc Haenen

“…We present a case of an elderly woman who underwent an elective diagnostic coronary angiography, complicated with an iatrogenic ascending aorta dissection that did not involve the coronary arteries but originated 4 cm distal of the aortic valve. …”
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Chiari Malformation and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder by Anaïs DuBow, Aurélie Mourot, Smadar Valérie Tourjman

“…We present the case of a 28-year-old woman with ADHD and concurrent Chiari malformation type I (CM-I) that was diagnosed by CT scan. …”
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An Uncommon Side Effect of Bupropion: A Case of Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis by Hasan Tak, Cengiz Koçak, Gülben Sarıcı, Nazlı Dizen Namdar, Mehtap Kıdır

“…Here, we present a case of AGEP, in a woman, that developed 1 day after starting bupropion for smoking cessation, as a rare side effect of the treatment.…”
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Acute Heart Failure Caused by Parvovirus B-19 Myocarditis Treated with Human Immunoglobulin by Luca Alberti, Marco Loffi, Gabriele Fragasso, Roberto Spoladore, Carlo Ballarotto, Alberto Margonato

“…We describe the case of a 42-year-old woman developing cardiogenic shock with cardiac tamponade due to an acute myo-pericarditis caused by Parvovirus B19 (PVB19), successfully treated with intravenous (iv) immunoglobulin administration.…”
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A Rare Case of Unrecognized and Uncommon Bladder Perforation after Transobturator Tape Procedure by Ercüment Kılınç, Yaşam Kemal Akpak

“…Here, we present a case report about the treatment of a 48-year-old woman patient with unrecognized and uncommon bladder perforation after TOT procedure, 5 months postoperatively. …”
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Rapid Progression of Plasmacytoma to Multiple Myeloma after Cervical Laminectomy by Dudung Lupito, Paulus Budiono Notodipuro, Raissa Manika Purwaningtyas

“…This case report describes a case of solitary plasmacytoma that develops into multiple myeloma after cervical laminectomy. A 55-year-old woman came to the hospital with complaints of pain in the neck approximately 5 years ago, and the complaint felt worse during activity and improved when resting. …”
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The link between prenatal stress and indicators of fatness in children – literature review by Ewa Bryl, Tomasz Hanć

“…Aim of the study: The aim of this systematic review was to analyze the studies that examined the effects of stress experienced by a pregnant woman on the child’s adiposity rates in postnatal life. …”
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A Narrowing Diagnosis: A Rare Cause of Adult Croup and Literature Review by Jayshil J. Patel, Emily Kitchin, Kurt Pfeifer

“…We present a case of an otherwise healthy young woman that presented in the winter with 3 days of increasing dyspnea, cough, and fever. …”
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Mulheres, arte e poder: uma narrativa de contrapoder? by Ana Gabriela Macedo

“…I propose to extend Nochlin’s analysis somehow further and, without twisting her premises, to introduce a shift of focus in this debate, from the analysis of the repre- sentation of women by male artists, to the role of the woman artist in contempo- rary art scene, i.e., from women as objects of representation, to women as agents and subjects of the representation. …”
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A Case of Pulmonary Infarction Resembling Pneumonia during Immunosuppressive Treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis by Toshiki Kido, Koichiro Shinoda, Kazuyuki Tobe

“…A 67-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) presented with fever and dyspnea. …”
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A case of mania presenting with hypersexual behavior and gender dysphoria that resolved with valproic acid by Michelle R. Heare, Maria Barsky, Lawrence R. Faziola

“…This case report describes a young homosexual man presenting in a manic episode with co-morbid amphetamine abuse whose mania was marked by hypersexuality and the new onset desire to be a woman. Both of these symptoms resolved with the addition of valproic acid to antipsychotics. …”
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Associations of the levels of adipokines and cytokines in individual follicles with in vitro fertilization outcomes in women with different ovarian reserves by Xuelan Li, Chujun Li, Jie Yang, Min Lin, Xianli Zhou, Ziyang Su, Yuting Zhang, Xinning Li, Xin Chen

“…Abstract Background To a large extent, the ovarian reserve determines a woman’s reproductive potential. The etiological and pathological mechanisms of diminished ovarian reserve (DOR) remain unclear, and no reliable treatment is currently available for DOR. …”
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Use of flavor capsule cigarettes and their preliminary impact on smoking cessation in Mexico: an exploratory study by Rosibel Rodríguez-Bolaños, Paula Ramírez-Palacios, Katia Gallegos-Carrillo, Arlette Chávez-Iñiguez, Daimarelys Lara, Deborah J. Ossip, Ana Paula Cupertino, Francisco Cartujano-Barrera

“…Conclusions Younger age and being a woman were associated with using FCCs. Self-reported smoking abstinence at Month 3 was comparable between participants who smoke FCCs and non-FCCs. …”
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