Vol 1, No 2 (2014)

Case Reports in Internal Medicine，Vol. 1, No. 2, September 2014

Table of Contents

CASE REPORTS

Isolated hyperphosphatemia as an early manifestation in asymptomatic multiple myeloma
Monica Gupta, Pritam Singh
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Chronic eosinophilic leukemia transformation into acute myeloid leukemia with monocytic differentiation
James J. Driscoll, Mohamed A.Y. Abdel Malek, Douaa M. Sayed, Youseryeia A. Ahmad
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Small cell lung carcinoma in a patient with previously diagnosed Ménétrier’s disease: Is this another neuroendocrine manifestation of the neoplastic potential of this condition?
Eleanor Gerada, Jurgen Gerada, Lianne Camilleri, Darko Babic, Josef Micallef
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A rare case of May-Thurner-like syndrome in an elderly lady
Kapil Sahnan, Chris Pui Yan Yee, Robert Hywel Thomas, Kaji Sritharan
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Parathyroid hormone independent hypercalcemia in the setting of non metastatic leiomyosarcoma
Jennifer Swenski, Rod Marianne Arceo-Mendoza, Radhika Gogoi, Mikhail Signalov
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More than meets the eye: Monocular syphilis in an HIV-negative patient
Nichole E Strickland, Amanda L. Strickland, Mark Feldman
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Takayasu arteritis in an HIV infected woman
Guillermo Ojeda-Burgos, Susana Gómez-Rámirez, Rafael Aguilar-Cuevas, Manuel Marquez-Solero
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A naturally occurring TIPS?
Laura A. Thomas, Kyle R. Brownback
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Partial diaphragmatic eventration and liver herniation
Emily Morris, Duncan G. Fullerton, Gerhard C. Bockeler, Dilip Nazareth
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A case of coxsackie B virus infection leading to multi-organ inflammation: Myopericarditis and acute liver failure
Samad Zaheeruddin, Najeebah A. Bade, Sandeep Jani, Monvadi B. Srichai
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Right-sided endocarditis in an adult patient with hyperimmunoglobulin-E syndrome successfully treated with high-dose daptomycin
Natalia G. Vallianou, Penny Gounari, Alex Skourtis, John Panagos, E. Sioula
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Hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma: Report of two cases
Ekarat Rattarittamrong, Lalita Norrasethada, Charin Ya-In, Lertlakana Bhoopat, Adisak Tantiworawit, Chatree Chai-Adisaksopa, Weerasak Nawarawong
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Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and membranous glomerulonephritis: A pregnancy-induced case
Edyta Golembiewska, Grażyna Dutkiewicz, Joanna Stepniewska, Katarzyna Bobrek-Lesiakowska, Jarosław Przybyciński, Anita Kosiarkiewicz, Elżbieta Urasinska, Maciej Domanski, Iza Mituła, Kazimierz Ciechanowski, Marek Myslak
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A case report of chronic interstitial nephritis associated with Chinese herbal supplement Zi Xiu Tang Bee Pollen
Hiren J. Joshi, Reginald Obi
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First case reported of transcatheter aortic valve implantation in a patient affected by Fabry’s Disease and severe low-flow low-gradient aortic valve stenosis
Gennaro Giustino, Alaide Chieffo, Matteo Montorfano, Pietro Spagnolo, Vasileios F. Panoulas, Chiara Bernelli, Azeem Latib, Eustachio Agricola, Remo Daniel Covello, Ottavio Alfieri, Antonio Colombo
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What is essential is invisible to the eye
Valeria Bisogni, Daniele Piazza, Massimo Puato, Gian Paolo Rossi
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Donepezil overdose - trending levels and symptoms
Allan R. Mottram, Elise ter Haar
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A case of refractory Hashimoto’s encephalopathy demonstrating improvement with plasmapheresis
Sarah E. Nelson, Yasir N. Jassam, Lynne P. Taylor
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Ulcerative colitis in a neovagina
Anas Alsaleh, Ramy Eid, Michael Idowu, John F. Kuemmerle
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Gastrointestinal hemorrhage and gynecomastia as first signs of metastatic testicular choriocarcinoma
Marianna Salemme, Riccardo Nascimbeni, Andrea Tironi, Regina Tardanico, Giampaolo Cengia, Claudio Simeone, Piero Foccoli, Gabrio Bassotti, Vincenzo Villanacci
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Leukocytoclastic vasculitis induced by Nateglinide
Sourabh Aggarwal, Kevin Kavanaugh
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Unstable angina due to spontaneous left internal mammary artery dissection seventeen years after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: A case report and literature review
Vincenzo Infantino, Claudio Moretti, Pierluigi Omedè
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Strongylodiasis infestation in a non-endemic area
MB Monereo-Muñoz, E González-Reimers, Álvavez-Argüelles H, Martín-Ponce E, Pérez-Ramirez A, González-Pérez. JM, Jorge Ripper C, García-Hérnandez S, Hernández-González I
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Eptifibatide induced acute profound thrombocytopenia and compartment syndrome during the treatment course of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
Meng Kuang Lee, Wen-Hsien Lee, Chen-An Chiu, Ho-Ming Su, Tsung-Hsien Lin, Wen-Chol Voon, Wen-Ter Lai, Sheng-Hsiung Sheu, Po-Chao Hsu
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Fulminant myocarditis complicated with cardiac arrest and subsequent acute respiratory distress syndrome formation rescued by Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation – A rare case report
Shin-Hao Yu, Chong-Chao Hsieh, Ho-Ming Su, Tsung-Hsien Lin, Wen-chol Voon, Wen-Ter Lai, Sheng-Hsiung Sheu, Po-Chao Hsu
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A Variant form of Takotsubo Syndrome secondary to Sumatriptan: A case report
Sulaiman A Rathore, Dexter deLeon
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Pancreatic cancer or autoimmune pancreatitis: Endosonography as a diagnostic reviser
Viktória Terzin, Mariann Dobra, Csaba Góg, Edit Zábrák, Éva Makula, László Tiszlavicz, Tamás Kiss, Tamás Molnár, Ferenc Nagy, László Czakó, Tibor Wittmann, Zoltán Szepes
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Associated risk factors and arterial occlusions in patients with von Willebrand disease: Analysis of the literature and report of two cases
Girolami A, Ferrari S, Bertomoro A, Peroni E, Sambado L, Casonato A
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Sigmoid looping is not always benign
Yasir M. Khayyat, Khaled M. Gabr, Ramy G. Makary
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Splenic lesion of IgG4-related disease in FDG-PET/CT
Yoshinori Taniguchi, Koji Ogata, Yoshiko Shimamura, Shimpei Fujimoto, Yoshio Terada
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Late diagnosis of MDMA-related severe hyponatremia
Julia Chia-Yu Chang, Jiin Ger, Chen-Chang Yang
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Adult-onset Still’s disease in an elderly woman with atypical presentation
Takashi Kumano, Hiromi Ishibashi, Yumiko Kubota, Yasuhiro Ono, Yoshifumi Tada, Kohei Nagasawa, Masaya Yamaguchi
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Successful renal transplantation in the setting of Alcaligenes xylosoxidans peritonitis treatment
Amanullah Bilal, Satcha Borgella, Nirav Jasani, Hsiao Lai
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The hepatitis B vaccine and autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants: Relationship with Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Carlo Perricone, Serena Colafrancesco, Yehuda Shoenfeld
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Left ventricular outflow tract thrombus detected by echocardiography in a young man with a structurally normal heart: Case report and literature review
Rahul Gokhroo, Shruti Bhandari, Jonathan D Dubin
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Prolapse of posterior leaflet of tricuspid valve presenting as an undulating artifact in right atrium: A rare case report
RK Gokhroo, Kamal Kishor, Bhanwar Ranwa, A. Avinash, Devendra Singh Bisht, Sajal Gupta
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Lost gallstones mimicking a gastric pylorus tumour
Andrew KY Fung, Beverly CB Lim, Michael Ashcroft, Ronald P Coggins
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A case of chylothorax due to primary renal lymphoma
Onur Turan, Hayri Ozsan, Oguz Dicle, Atila Akkoclu
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Esophageal atresia and hypertrofic pyloric stenosis: An association to consider
María Elena Carazo Palacios, Jorge Cortes Sanz, Anna Betlem Domènech Tàrrega, Carlos Gutiérrez San Roman, Juan José Vila Carbó
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Diffuse lipoatrophic panniculitis: A disfiguring disease
Fatima zahra Elfatoiki, MD Vignon Pennamen, V Saada, A Petit, M Bagot, F Cordoliani
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Intrathoracic Nocardia-abscess as a cause of haemodynamic instability
A. A. E de Joode, W. L. Manson, W. J. van Son
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A case of infectious mononucleosis in a patient with ulcerative colitis on infliximab
Angela C. Bien, Kasiah Banks, Jill K. J. Gaidos, John F. Kuemmerle
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Ventilation/perfusion tomography – V/P-SPECT vs planar technique
Amela Begic, Emina Opanković, Sadžida Begović-Hadžimuratović, Miran Konjić, Senahid Krekić
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An unusual case of chylous ascites: A case report
Louise Madeleine Risør, Christian Mortensen, Ulla Engel, Flemming Bendtsen, Søren Møller
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Resolution of chronic ocular sarcoidosis with antimycobacterial therapy
Bradley W. Richmond, Kyra Richter, Lloyd E. King, Wonder P. Drake
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Safety of combined lumbar and sacral plexus block in high risk patients undergoing fractured neck of femur repair under general anaesthesia
T. Dixit, A. Banerjee, S. Singh
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A germinating seed found in human ear: A case report
Nwosu J. N., Ohaneme A.O, Mgbafulu D. I
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Crescentic glomerulonephritis complicating fibrillary glomerulonephritis: Response to Euro Lupus protocol treatment
Ananda Gurram, Nirav Jasani, Reginald Obi, Karlene Hewan-Lowe
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Synchronous diagnosis of a hodgkin lymphoma and a papillary carcinoma of the thyroid
Jamale Joseph Rizkallah, Sélim S Jambart, Georges Daniel Maalouli
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Usefulness of a novel active fixation left ventricle lead in cardiac resynchronization therapy
Antonio Hernandez Madrid, Roberto Matía, Gonzalo Sánchez Huete, Eduardo Franco, Giuseppe Lumia, David del Val, Javier Moreno, Jose Zamorano
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Strongyloides hyperinfection in a case of post- cadaveric solid organ transplantation
Nasir M Akhtar, Kimberly J Fairley, Andrew D Mowery, Kimberly J Chaput, Anil Kotru, Shaobo Zhu, David L Diehl, Michael Komar
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