Journal of Medical Cases

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Editor-in-Chief
Panagis Galiatsatos, MD, MHS, Associate Professor
Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, MD, USA
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ISSN-print: 1923-4155 | ISSN-online: 1923-4163 | Monthly | Open Access | Aims and Scope

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Highlights

  • Renal Function Improvement With Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist in a Patient With Type 2 Diabetes

    Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) includes hypertensive nephrosclerosis, aging, obesity, and atherosclerosis-related renal diseases, in addition to classical diabetic nephropathy. Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) have been approved for diabetic and non-diabetic patients at risk of chronic kidney disease progression.

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  • Idiopathic Hypertrophic Spinal Pachymeningitis

    Hypertrophic pachymeningitis (HP) is a rare presentation with duramater thickening and fibrosis which can result in cranial or spinal compressive disease. Most cases of spinal HP require surgical management.

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  • Multiple Complications of Crohn’s Disease and the Need for Early and Continuous Multidisciplinary Undertaking

    Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory disease that typically affects the bowels but can also have many different extraintestinal manifestations. One of those complications is immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN), which is one of the most encountered renal lesions in the setting of Crohn’s disease.

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  • Synchronous Left Ventricular and Endocranial Mass

    Myocardial cysts represent a miscellaneous and infrequent spectrum of conditions, with each of them coming from a different etiological background. Congenital myocardial cysts, neoplasia, cysts of infectious origin (bacterial, viral, or parasitic).

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  • A Case of Radiation-Associated Vertebral Compression Fracture Mimicking Solitary Bone Metastasis of Lung Cancer

    Radiation therapy plays an important role in the treatment of lung cancer. Although adverse effects of radiation are well known, they are sometimes difficult to be diagnosed. We report a case of a radiation-associated vertebral compression fracture which mimicked bone metastasis of lung cancer.

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Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma Complicated by Skeletal Muscle Metastases

We present a case of a 66-year-old male with severe muscular pain after diagnosis of upper tract urothelial carcinoma, who was found to have extensive metastasis to skeletal muscles including gluteal, sternocleidomastoid, deltoid, vastus lateralis, and gastrocnemius muscles. Full Text

A Rare Case of Coccidioidomycosis Meningitis

Disseminated coccidioidomycosis is a fungal disease endemic to the Southwest United States as well as South and Central America. This dimorphic fungus typically manifests as pulmonary infection; however, there are very rare instances of extrapulmonary disseminated disease especially in immunocompromised hosts. Full Text


Key Clinical Image

Anesthetic Care During Exploratory Laparotomy and Excision of a Fetus-in-Fetu With a Combined General-Regional Anesthetic Technique Using a Caudal Epidural Catheter
Fetus-in-fetu (FIF) is a rare, congenital anomaly involving the presence of one of a pair of twins within the body of the other. It is postulated that this pathology occurs during embryogenesis of a diamniotic-monochorionic twin pregnancy with unequal division of the blastocele, which results in monozygotic, monochorionic, and diamniotic twins of unequal sizes. Full Text


Current Issue

 


Vol. 15, No. 11, Nov 2024

Table of Contents

Case Reports

Pulmonary Kaposi Sarcoma in the Era of Antiretroviral Therapy: A Case Series Abstract HTML PDF
Michael Alexander Pelidis, Lefika Bathobakae, Arielle Aiken, Katrina Villegas, Malina Mohtadi, Abraam Rezkalla, Nargis Mateen, Hussein Mhanna, Medhat Ismail, Patrick Michael 311-318
doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jmc4251
Ingested Magnets Found Inadvertently During Elective Magnetic Resonance Imaging Abstract HTML PDF
Jennifer R. Sawyer, Lance M. Relland, Molly S. Hagele, Joseph D. Tobias 319-323
doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jmc4280
Tonsillar Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma of Non-Germinal Center Type With Cluster of Differentiation 5 Positive in a Pediatric Girl Abstract HTML PDF
Ibrahim Alharbi, Fay Khalid Salawati, Shaimaa Alnajjar, Ascia Khalid Alabbasi 324-329
doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jmc4288
Transcatheter Closure of a Patent Foramen Ovale With a Small Adjacent Atrial Septal Defect and a Double Interatrial Septum Post Cryptogenic Stroke Abstract HTML PDF
Michaela Kyriakou, Christos Rotos, Thrasos Constantinides, Demetris Taliotis, Christos Eftychiou 330-334
doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jmc4296
Unmasking the Rarity: A Case Report on Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome With Successful Resolution Through Patent Foramen Ovale Closure Abstract HTML PDF
Khurram Arshad, Rabia Latif, Farman Ali, Aman Ullah, William Lim, Mehrun Nisa Ahmed, Ahmad Munir 335-340
doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jmc4257
Rapid Resolution of Delayed Facial Palsy in Miller Fisher Syndrome With Steroid Therapy Abstract HTML PDF
Nithisha Thatikonda, Alexandru Lerint, Vijaya Valaparla, Chilvana Patel 341-346
doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jmc4305
A Rare Case of Systemic Epstein-Barr Virus-Positive Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma With Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in an Immunocompetent Young Man: Potential Diagnostic Pitfall and Therapeutic Challenge Abstract HTML PDF
Shu Yao Liu, Sha Zhao, Yu Wu, Guang Cui He 347-353
doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jmc4314
Epididymo-Orchitis Mimicking Malignancy Resulting From Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Immunotherapy for Bladder Cancer: An Attempt to Understand Pathophysiology, Diagnostic Challenges, Patients Implications and Future Directions Abstract HTML PDF
Sharadchandra K. Prasad, Fahmi Sabr Raza, Sourabh Karna, Nahin M. Hoq, Robert McCormick, Abu Sadiq, Imoh Ibiok, Achamma John, Mohammed Mansoor Raza, Mohamed H. Ahmed, Mohammed Alsheikh 354-358
doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jmc4323
Intravitreal Fluconazole Injection for Fungal Endophthalmitis as Treatment Option in a Patient With End-Stage Liver and Kidney Diseases Abstract HTML PDF
Toshihiko Matsuo, Yasuyuki Kobayashi, Shingo Nishimura, Naoko Yoshioka, Yasushi Takahashi, Yasutaka Iguchi 359-366
doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jmc4302
 

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