Maria Lume,Marisa Couto,Luís Lemos et al.
Maria Lume et al.
Acrometastasis, referring to metastases located distal to the elbow and knee, is a rare observation. The most common primary cancer site is the lungs, followed by colorectal, breast and genitourinary tract locations. We present a case of a ...
Zouheir Bitar,Ossama Maadarani,Mohamad Abdelfatah et al.
Zouheir Bitar et al.
The main ultrasound criterion for diagnosing pulmonary infarction is the presence of triangular/wedge-shaped or rounded, hypoechogenic, homogeneous, pleura-based lesions. When used in point-of-care, ultrasonography of several organs can fac...
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in a Psychiatric Patient Mistaken for Indefinite Complaints [0.03%]
误诊为无明确病因的精神病患者的二氧化碳中毒病例报告
Miki Hamashoji,Kotaro Kunitomo,Taro Shimizu et al.
Miki Hamashoji et al.
Introduction: Carbon monoxide (CO) binds to haemoglobin with a much higher affinity than oxygen, forming carboxyhaemoglobin (COHb), which impairs oxygen transport and utilization. As CO concentrations can easily peak in c...
Serotonin Surge: Intravenous Escitalopram as a Rare Cause of Drug-Induced Aplastic Anaemia [0.03%]
五羟色胺水平升高引起的药物性再生障碍性贫血：静脉注射艾司西酞普兰所致罕见病例报告
Murtaza Hussain,Katherine Boyer,Anoosha Ponnapalli et al.
Murtaza Hussain et al.
Escitalopram is a commonly prescribed medication that has infrequently been implicated in drug-induced thrombocytopenia (DITP) but has never been associated with aplastic anaemia in the literature. We present an extremely rare case of hypop...
Herbal Teas and Thrombocytopenia: A Curious Case of Yellow Dock and Burdock-Induced Thrombocytopenia [0.03%]
药用茶与血小板减少症：一种由毛净叶和车前子引起的血小板减少症的罕见病例报告
Asnia Latif,Hardik Fichadiya,Fareeha Abid et al.
Asnia Latif et al.
Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is a bleeding disorder characterized by a decreased number of platelets. It is an immune system-mediated condition, with formation of antibodies against a structural platelet antigen. Although the pathogenesis ...
Clostridioides difficile Bacteraemia and Septic Arthritis in a Sickle Cell Disease Patient [0.03%]
一名镰状细胞病患者出现艰难梭菌菌血症和化脓性关节炎
Moayad Alqurashi,Badr Madani,Mohamed Mursi et al.
Moayad Alqurashi et al.
Extra-colonic Clostridioides difficile infection is rare. Here we describe a sickle cell disease patient with avascular necrosis who presented with persistent bacteraemia due to C. difficile and septic arthritis in a native knee joint, whic...
Use of Midodrine in Heart Failure: Two Case Reports and a Review of the Literature [0.03%]
米多君治疗心力衰竭的疗效观察及文献复习两项病例报告
Adnan Hajjiah,Ossama Maadarani,Zouheir Bitar et al.
Adnan Hajjiah et al.
Hypotension in patients with heart failure is much more frequent in daily clinical practice than the 10-15% reported in clinical trials. In patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), hypotension frequently limits th...
Inês de Sousa Miranda,Leonor Ávila,Luís Castro et al.
Inês de Sousa Miranda et al.
Small bowel tumours are rare, representing about 0.5% of all tumours and about 3% of gastrointestinal tract tumours. The low prevalence contrasts with the vast surface area of the small intestine, which accounts for over 90% of the surface ...
Can Lenalidomide Protect against Severe COVID-19 Symptoms in Multiple Myeloma Patients? A Case Series and Review of the Literature [0.03%]
来那度胺能保护多发性骨髓瘤患者免于出现重症新冠肺炎吗？一组病例及文献回顾
Ali Al Sbihi,Nouraldeen Manasrah,Dahlia Sano
Ali Al Sbihi
We present a case series of three multiple myeloma (MM) patients on lenalidomide for maintenance therapy who were at high risk of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) complications and mortality. However, our patients had minor symptoms afte...
Candida Cardiac Tamponade Secondary to Oesophageal-Pericardial Fistula: A Rare Presentation of Oesophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma [0.03%]
食道鳞状细胞癌致食管心包瘘合并念珠菌心包填塞的罕见病例报告
Monther Ghunaim,Ali Someili,Mohammad Mawardi
Monther Ghunaim
Candida is a rare cause of purulent pericarditis. Oesophago-pericardial fistula is an uncommon and potentially life-threatening complication of both benign and malignant oesophageal tumours. Here we report the case of 40-year-old woman who ...