Pancreas-protective effect of rituximab for acute-onset type 1 diabetes in the honeymoon period: a case report [0.03%]
利妥昔单抗对蜜月期突发1型糖尿病患者胰腺保护作用的个案报告
Akira Kurozumi,Yosuke Okada,Tadashi Arao et al.
Akira Kurozumi et al.
A randomized controlled study of rituximab demonstrated that the drug protects pancreatic function in patients with acute-onset type 1 diabetes mellitus (AOT1DM). However, the mechanism of this protective effect is poorly understood. We exa...
A thymic neuroendocrine tumour in a young female: a rare cause of relapsing and remitting Cushing's syndrome [0.03%]
年轻女性胸腺神经内分泌肿瘤——库欣综合征反复发作和缓解的罕见病因
M J Trott,G Farah,V J Stokes et al.
M J Trott et al.
We present a case of a young female patient with a rare cause of relapsing and remitting Cushing's syndrome due to ectopic ACTH secretion from a thymic neuroendocrine tumour. A 34-year-old female presented with a constellation of symptoms o...
Dimitrios Haidopoulos,George Bakolas,Lina Michala
Dimitrios Haidopoulos
Turner syndrome (TS) has been linked to a number of autoimmune conditions, including lichen sclerosus (LS), at an estimated prevalence of 17%. LS is a known precursor to vulvar cancer. We present a case of vulvar cancer in a 44-year-old wom...
Spontaneous resolution of avascular necrosis of femoral heads following cure of Cushing's syndrome [0.03%]
库欣综合征治愈后的股骨头缺血性坏死的自发吸收
A Pazderska,S Crowther,P Govender et al.
A Pazderska et al.
Avascular necrosis (AVN) is a rare presenting feature of endogenous hypercortisolism. If left untreated, complete collapse of the femoral head may ensue, necessitating hip replacement in up to 70% of patients. The majority of the described ...
The McKittrick-Wheelock syndrome: a rare cause of curable diabetes [0.03%]
McKittrick-Wheelock综合征：一种可治愈糖尿病的罕见病因
Benjamin G Challis,Chung Thong Lim,Alison Cluroe et al.
Benjamin G Challis et al.
McKittrick-Wheelock syndrome (MWS) is a rare consequence of severe dehydration and electrolyte depletion due to mucinous diarrhoea secondary to a rectosigmoid villous adenoma. Reported cases of MWS commonly describe hypersecretion of mucino...
Thyroid lipomatosis in a 36-year-old patient with rheumatoid arthritis and a kidney transplant [0.03%]
一名接受肾脏移植并患有类风湿性关节炎的36岁患者的甲状腺脂肪瘤病
Soledad Bell,Gabriela Alejandra Sosa,Ana Del Valle Jaen et al.
Soledad Bell et al.
Thyroid lipomatosis is a rare disease, as a total of 20 cases have been described in the literature. It is characterized by diffuse infiltration of the stroma by mature adipose tissue and by progressive growth that produces different degree...
Is radioiodine administration in patients with papillary thyroid multifocal microcarcinoma unnecessary? [0.03%]
乳头状甲状腺多灶微小癌患者需要放射性碘治疗吗？
Eva Krčálová,Jiří Horáček,Lubomír Kudlej et al.
Eva Krčálová et al.
Radioiodine (RAI) has played a crucial role in differentiated thyroid cancer treatment for more than 60years. However, the use of RAI administration in patients with papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (even multifocal) is now being widely dis...
Combined treatment with sitagliptin and vitamin D in a patient with latent autoimmune diabetes in adults [0.03%]
联合使用西格列汀和维生素D治疗成人隐匿性自身免疫糖尿病患者病例报告
E Rapti,S Karras,M Grammatiki et al.
E Rapti et al.
Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) is a relatively new type of diabetes with a clinical phenotype of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and an immunological milieu characterized by high titers of islet autoantibodies, resembling the immunologic...
Alessandro Mantovani,Maddalena Trombetta,Chiara Imbriaco et al.
Alessandro Mantovani et al.
Vertebral osteomyelitis (or spondylodiscitis) is steadily increasing in Western countries and often results from hematogenous seeding, direct inoculation during spinal surgery, or contiguous spread from an infection in the adjacent soft tis...
Ya-Wun Guo,Chii-Min Hwu,Justin Ging-Shing Won et al.
Ya-Wun Guo et al.
A functional lesion in corticotrophin (ACTH)-independent Cushing's syndrome is difficult to distinguish from lesions of bilateral adrenal masses. Methods for distinguishing these lesions include adrenal venous sampling and (131)I-6β-iodome...