Vol 3, No 1 (2016)

Case Reports in Internal Medicine, Vol. 3, No. 1, March 2016

Table of Contents

CASE REPORTS

Failure of expansion of covered self-expanding metal stent during tracheal stenting: Case report
Chee Kiang Phua, Elmer Algoso Reyes, John Abisheganaden, Albert Y H Lim, Goh Soon Keng, Akash Verma
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A 48-year-old man with dyspnea, hypoxia and diplopia after gastrectomy
Jianhong Liu, Weizhong Jin
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Obstructive sleep apnea and heart failure-an often over-looked association
Nakul C Sharma, Rajat C Sharma, Jonathan Howlett
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease associated with peripheral neuropathy
Mario Casmiro
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Development of de novo hepatitis B in patient during follow-up of liver-graft-versus-host disease associated with allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation
Yosuke Michikawa, Hiroki Ikeda, Chiaki Okuse, Miki Okano, Ryuta Shigefuku, Nobuhiro Hattori, Moriaki Hatsugai, Hideaki Takahashi, Kotaro Matsunaga, Tsunamasa Watanabe, Nobuyuki Matsumoto, Hiroshi Yotsuyanagi, Michihiro Suzuki, Fumio Itoh
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Numb chin: A simple sign of a catastrophic illness
Catarina R. Oliveira, Ana C. Cabral, Ana P. Oliveira, Maria I. Seixas, Rui André, Cláudia Martins, Jorge M. Correia, Luís Costa-Matos, A. Monteiro
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Vitamin C or not to see: A diagnostic dilemma
Zachary M. Zemore, Nathaniel C. Warner
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Reflections on common medication reconciliation practices impacting a case of discounted thyroid replacement hormone
Christopher Trautman, Jed C. Cowdell, Nancy Dawson, Michael Maniaci
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New onset atrial fibrillation after initiating amphetamine-dextroamphetamine therapy for ADHD: A case report
Aimee Wehber, Jeffrey Hirsh
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Febrile rhabdomyolysis in African migrants coming to Italy through the Mediterranean Sea: A report of four cases
Tony Sabatini, Antonella Begni, David Belli, Alida Filippini
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Acute occlusion of the ductus pancreaticus due to abdominal aortic aneurysm: Uncommon cause of silent severe acute pancreatitis - a case report and review of the literature
Helmut Raphael Lieder, Matthias Buechter, Johannes Grueneisen, Guido Gerken, Ali Canbay, Alisan Kahraman
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Failure of postpartum lactogenesis due to isolated prolactin deficiency
Bridget M. Akel, Barbara L. Feuerstein, Jayne R. Charlamb, Marisa E. Desimone
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A 21-year-old male with throat swelling and difficulty swallowing
Patrick K. Gleeson, Theodore E. Kelbel, Timothy J. Craig
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Chemotherapy induced pseudo-cirrhosis in a breast cancer patient with liver metastasis: A case report and review of the literature
Ziv Lahav, Mohamed Mowaswes, Bashar Fteiha, Ilia Davarashvili, Saleh Daher, Ayman Abu Rmeileh, Tawfik Khoury
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Systemic amyloidosis as a cause of cerebral thrombo-embolic stroke: A case report
Yu Zhang, Jiaping Xu, Shoujiang You, Yongjun Cao
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Pylephlebitis: An infrequently recognized complication of intra-abdominal infection in the absence of detectable pathogens
Ekie G. Vázquez, Antonio R. Soto, Doris H. Toro
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An unusual cause of right lower abdominal pain in young female: A case report and review of literature
Priya Priyambada, Krishna Prasad Joshi, Gohar Azhar
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Haemolytic crisis in G6PD-deficiency triggered by recreational use of synthetic cannabis
Amy J Halliday, Khai Li Chai, Kate H Hurley, Slavisa Ninkovic, Aaron Bloch, Hang Quach
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Pneumomediastinum, pneumoperitoneum, and pneumoretroperitoneum secondary to afferent loop perforation after upper endoscopy in patient with Billroth II gastrectomy
Hao-Ai Hou, Szu-Ying Chen, Chi-Min Shih
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