Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum, Pneumoperitoneum, and Subcutaneous Emphysema beyond the Inguinal Ligament Secondary to Inversion Maneuvers by Keegan Plowman, David Lindner, Jose Ruben Valle-Giler

“…He exercises frequently and performs chin-up pullovers and will often hold his breath during this movements. He uses an inversion table but denies any valsalva maneuvers or straining while inverted. …”
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Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance (MGUS) in a Man with Fragile X-associated Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome by Tanjung A. Sumekar, Aneel A. Ashrani, Tri I. Winarni, Randi J. Hagerman

“…We report the clinical presentation and laboratory findings of a 69-year-old man with fragile X-associated tremor ataxia syndrome (FXTAS), a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, who was noted to have monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS), a plasma cell proliferative disorder and a precursor disease of multiple myeloma. …”
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Primary Pleomorphic Liposarcoma of Liver: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by P. R. Thippeswamy Naik, Prem Kumar, P. Vinod Kumar

“…We present the thirteenth case, which occurred in an adult male patient. A 42-year-old male patient came to our outpatient department with complaints of pain abdomen, mass per abdomen, and weight loss. …”
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Child with Deletion 9p Syndrome Presenting with Craniofacial Dysmorphism, Developmental Delay, and Multiple Congenital Malformations by Nirmala D. Sirisena, U. Kalpani S. Wijetunge, Ramya de Silva, Vajira H. W. Dissanayake

“…A 4-month-old Sri Lankan male child case with a de novo terminal deletion in the p22→pter region of chromosome 9 is described. …”
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Activity of tissue enzymes of the liver and peripheral blood lymphocytes at children with chronic hepatitis B by V. G. Bulygin, N. A. Aksenova, G. V. Bulygin

“…Intensity of reactions of metabolism of liver cells and lymphocytes in 12–15 years old children with CVH B, depends on stage of chronization of infectious process. …”
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Tacrolimus Toxicity due to Biliary Obstruction in a Combined Kidney and Liver Transplant Recipient by Samuel Chan, Michael T. Burke, David W. Johnson, Ross S. Francis, David W. Mudge

“…We report the case of a 26-year-old combined liver and kidney transplant recipient, who developed acute biliary obstruction leading to tacrolimus toxicity with very high blood tacrolimus levels. …”
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Ethiopian Indigenous Traditional Fermented Beverage: The Role of the Microorganisms toward Nutritional and Safety Value of Fermented Beverage by Niguse Hotessa, Jedala Robe

“…Ethiopia is one of the countries where a wide variety of traditional fermented beverages are produced and consumed for a long time. …”
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Cardiac Myxoma Presenting as Dyspnea after Cesarean Delivery by Allison Wyman, William Hurd, Justin Lappen

“…Case Presentation. 42-years old G7P1051 presented with acute dyspnea postoperatively after an elected uncomplicated repeat cesarean section and tubal ligation. …”
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A Challenging Case of Limb Salvage Requiring a Combination of Composite Fixation and Masquelet Technique to Address Significant Segmental Bone Loss by C. Blair, A. T. Simela, B. J. Cross

“…We present a case of significant segmental femur loss in a 19-year-old male opting for limb salvage in which a 17-centimeter segmental loss of bone was essentially regrown using a combination of the Masquelet technique with supplemental endosteal fixation.…”
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Multiple Coronary Artery Microfistulas in a Girl with Kleefstra Syndrome by Euthymia Vargiami, Athina Ververi, Hamda Al-Mutawa, Georgia Gioula, Spyridon Gerou, Fotios Rouvalis, Marios Kambouris, Dimitrios I. Zafeiriou

“…It is caused by 9q34.3 microdeletions or EHMT1 mutations. Herein a 20-month-old girl with Kleefstra syndrome, due to a de novo subterminal deletion, is described. …”
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Synchronous Collagenous Sprue and Enteropathy-Type T Cell Lymphoma: Variants of the Same Disease by SAC Medlicott, PL Beck, S Loken, T Crabtree

“…A 64-year-old man with treated hypothyroidism had 10 months of diarrhea, abdominal pain, anorexia and recent involuntary 13.6 kg weight loss. …”
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An Unusual Case of Kidney Injury in a Young Woman with a Connective Tissue Disease by Roberto Rivera, Salvador Vila

“…Our case illustrates the co-occurrence of 2 distinct clinical entities, one common for the patient’s age, sex, and foremost clinical findings, while the other uncommon and unexpected, but both associated to kidney injury. …”
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Ovarian Sclerosing Stromal Tumour Associated with Hirsutism in an Adolescent by Mehmet Dolanbay, Mehmet Serdar Kütük, Semih Uludağ, Mahmut Tuncay Özgün, Hülya Akgün, Bülent Özçelik

“…Herein, we describe a case of 17 year-old adolescent girl presented with hirsutism and abdomino-pelvic palpable mass. …”
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Spontanous Vulvar Endometriosis: Report of A Case by Coşkun Ümit, Mahmut Kuntay Kokanalı, Selçuk Erkılınç, Melike Doğanay

“…We report a case of a 44-year-old multiparous woman, referred to our clinic with the complaints of having a vulvar mass and cyclic swelling of the mass during menstruation. …”
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Stevens-Johnson Syndrome following Failure of Genetic Screening prior to Carbamazepine Prescription by Suraya Ahmad Nasir, Huann Lan Tan, Hui Jan Tan, Haizal Mohd Hussaini, Roszalina Ramli

“…We report a case of a 27-year-old Malay female who was treated with carbamazepine following the diagnosis of trigeminal neuralgia without a genetic screening. …”
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Recurrent “transient ischemic attacks” caused by pulmonary arteriovenous malformation by Jorrit B.A. Welling, Mascha Schuurmans, T. David Koster

“…This case report describes a 39-year-old woman who presented with recurrent transient ischemic attacks (TIAs). …”
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Rare Presentation of Self-Limiting Kikuchi–Fujimoto Disease in Relapsing Nature by Karo Servatyari, Hero Yazdanpanah, Chamara Dalugama

“…Although the rate of recurrence of the disease is very low, the treating physician should consider the possibility and confirm it histologically.…”
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A Rare Case of Paraneoplastic Aortitis Associated with Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia by Sylwia Sasinowska, Pamela Traisak, Michael McCormack, Hala Eid

“…We describe a rare case of a large-vessel arteritis occurring in association with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML). A 68-year-old female with recent diagnosis of CMML presented to our office for evaluation of abnormal chest computed tomography (CT) that showed inflammation surrounding the entirety of thoracic and abdominal aorta, consistent with aortitis. …”
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Letter to Editor: a giant peritoneal loose body in the pelvic cavity by Ke Wu, Qiu-Ling Wang, Wei Ren, Wu-Bin Guo

“…A 68-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with abdominal pain. …”
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Bilateral Sclerosing Stromal Ovarian Tumor in an Adolescent by Anjani Naidu, Betty Chung, Mitchell Simon, Ian Marshall

“…Sclerosing stromal tumor of the ovary is a rare, benign, sex cord stromal tumor occurring predominantly in younger women in the 2nd and 3rd decades of life. …”
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