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  1. Open calcaneal fractures are high morbidity injuries and the risk of complications depends on the concomitant injuries, on the size and the position of the traumatic wound. A 53-year-old male patient with bila...

    Authors: Melih Güven, Namık Kemal Özkan, Murat Çakar, Umut Yavuz, Budak Akman and Barış Kadıoğlu
    Citation: Cases Journal 2008 1:194
  2. Fractures of the subtrochanteric region of the femur provide several challenges to the operating surgeon due to anatomic and biomechanical peculiarities inherent to this region. These challenges are compounded...

    Authors: Shabir Ahmed Dhar, Manzoor Ahmed Halwai, Mohammed Iqbal Wani and Mohammed Farooq Butt
    Citation: Cases Journal 2008 1:193
  3. Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) is a severe acute necrotising infection of the renal parenchyma and perirenal tissue, characterised by gas formation. 90% of cases are seen in association with diabetes melli...

    Authors: Samuel R Vollans, Ranjit Sehjal, James A Forster and Karol M Rogawski
    Citation: Cases Journal 2008 1:192
  4. A 75 year old gentleman who presented with an incarcerated paraumibilical hernia was found intraoperatively to have small bowel perforation due to a piece of china with a synchronous asymptomatic sigmoid carci...

    Authors: Quentin M Nunes, James J Brousil, Alex Hotouras, Abed M Zaitoun and Magdi Shehata
    Citation: Cases Journal 2008 1:190
  5. Various histological variants of neurofibroma have been described. The objective of this paper is to discuss the unusual histological findings seen in two cases of neurofibromas associated with neurofibromatos...

    Authors: Deepti Joshi, Nitin Gangane, Sanjeev Kishore and Sunita Vagha
    Citation: Cases Journal 2008 1:188
  6. The KBG syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant condition, first described by Hermann et al. in 1975. Fundamental findings are: mild development delay, short stature, craniofacial dysmorphism and skeletal anomalies...

    Authors: Ilaria Morghen and Enrico Ferri
    Citation: Cases Journal 2008 1:186
  7. We report a case of metachronous solitary metastasis of renal cell carcinoma to the contralateral adrenal gland treated by laparoscopic transperitoneal adrenalectomy.

    Authors: Evangelos Zacharakis, Maria J Ribal, Emmanouil Zacharakis and Hiten RH Patel
    Citation: Cases Journal 2008 1:185
  8. Renal organized or structured deposits are much less frequent than those with usual type immunocomplex deposits and are encountered in a wide variety of primary and systemic disorders. It has been suggested th...

    Authors: Fabio Fabbian, Nevio Stabellini, Adriana Galdi, Sergio Sartori, Arrigo Aleotti and Luigi Catizone
    Citation: Cases Journal 2008 1:184
  9. Visceral leishmaniasis is caused by a protozoan parasite, Leishmania donovani and transmitted by the bite of female sandflies. India is endemic for this disease. On the other hand, India contributes to the larges...

    Authors: Krishna Pandey, Prabhat Kumar Sinha, Vidya Rabidas, Nawin Kumar, Sanjiva Bimal, Neena Verma, Chandrasekhar Lal and Pradeep Das
    Citation: Cases Journal 2008 1:183
  10. An umbilical metastatic lesion is called 'Sister Mary Joseph's nodule'. It is an uncommon clinical or radiographic finding, and it is rare as the first sign of a malignant disease.

    Authors: Andreas Larentzakis, Dimitrios Theodorou, Klio Fili, Anna Manataki, Vasiliki Bizimi, Michael Tibishrani and Stylianos Katsaragakis
    Citation: Cases Journal 2008 1:182
  11. An air filled lesion can be a diagnostic dilemma and a careful investigation must be following to clarity any underlining pathology.

    Authors: Ioannis Kokkonouzis, Dimitrios Haramis, Ioannis Kornezos, Hippocrates Moschouris, Stamatis Katsenos and Stauroula Bouchara
    Citation: Cases Journal 2008 1:181
  12. We present a case report of an eighteen year old female patient presenting with a psychological trauma related complaint. Part of the manifestation of the complaint included acts of self cutting over a number ...

    Authors: Derek F McLaughlin, Iain W McGowan, Michael C Paterson and Paul W Miller
    Citation: Cases Journal 2008 1:177
  13. There is no awareness about celiac disease (CD) in Mexico. A 2.9 year old mestizo boy was admitted to a Mexican hospital with muscle cramps and fine tremors. He suffered chronic diarrhea, abdominal distention,...

    Authors: Jaime Gabriel Hurtado-Valenzuela, Norberto Sotelo-Cruz, Guillermo López-Cervantes and Ana María Calderón de la Barca
    Citation: Cases Journal 2008 1:176
  14. We present the unusual occurrence of two distinct neoplasms in a 42-year-old woman with an operated pituitary adenoma 18 years ago.

    Authors: Vassilis Samaras, Efstathios Samaras, Ioanna Stergiou, Paraskevi Konstantopoulou, Christos Arnaoutoglou, Marianthi Arnaoutoglou, Vassilis Varsos and Calypso Barbatis
    Citation: Cases Journal 2008 1:175
  15. The rupture of the anterolateral papillary muscle is less common than the posteromedial papillary muscle since the anterolateral muscle has dual blood supplies, while the posteromedial papillary muscle has a s...

    Authors: Suriya Jayawardena, Anne S Renteria, Olga Burzyantseva, Gowda Lokesh and Louis Thelusmond
    Citation: Cases Journal 2008 1:172
  16. Mediastinal widening is a common finding on chest radiograph, and can be caused by numerous conditions. Most of these diseases have grave prognosis if accompanied by chest pain, and require immediate attention...

    Authors: Chethan Puttarajappa and Abhijeet Dhoble
    Citation: Cases Journal 2008 1:171
  17. False aneurysm or pseudo aneurysm of an artery in close proximity to fractured bone is a well-recognized entity, and fewer various cases, involving different sites have been reported in the literature. We repo...

    Authors: A Amrani, MA Dandane, Z El Alami, T El Madhi, H Gourinda and A Miri
    Citation: Cases Journal 2008 1:170
  18. The development of esophageal stricture is not an uncommon side effect of radiation and chemotherapy for neck and thoracic malignancies. Depending on the study, it may occur anywhere from 2–3 weeks to 4–8 mont...

    Authors: Michael A Zhang and Christina M Trillis
    Citation: Cases Journal 2008 1:169
  19. Humeral biepicondylar fracture dislocation is a very rare injury reported only once in English literature by G R Taylor et al. We report a case of humeral biepicondylar fracture dislocation in a 13-year-old gi...

    Authors: Naseem Ul Gani, Abdul Qayoom Rather, Bashir Ahmed Mir, Manzoor Ahmed Halwai and Mudassir Maqbool Wani
    Citation: Cases Journal 2008 1:163
  20. A 54-year-old man was admitted to the hospital presenting with a 3-month history of sclerosing dermal lesion in the external genitalia. A scrotal skin biopsy revealed a poorly-differentiated adenocarcinoma, im...

    Authors: Kiyoshi Mori, Riko Kitazawa, Takeshi Kondo and Sohei Kitazawa
    Citation: Cases Journal 2008 1:162
  21. Parapelvic cysts are uncommon conditions that are usually found during autopsy. Their ultrasonographic appearance is similar to hydronephrosis. We report the case of a 46-year-old female with a 4-year history ...

    Authors: Mohammad Kazem Tarzamni, Narges Sobhani, Nariman Nezami and Faramarz Ghiasi
    Citation: Cases Journal 2008 1:161
  22. An eight month old male infant with protein energy malnutrition was admitted in the hospital with the history of repeated attacks of convulsion since four months of age. He was also suffering from frequent att...

    Authors: Asok K Datta, Taraknath Ghosh, Kaustav Nayak and Mrinalkanti Ghosh
    Citation: Cases Journal 2008 1:158
  23. Adrenal disease is an uncommon manifestation of hepatitis C infection and its related treatment regimen. This is a case of subclinical hypoadrenalism, probably induced by hepatitis C infection and further exac...

    Authors: Huy A Tran, Shuzhen Song, Robert J Lojewski and Glenn E Reeves
    Citation: Cases Journal 2008 1:157
  24. Lithium is a widely used mood stabilizer, which may cause cardiac side effects. In this article, we present the case of a 39-year-old woman who had presented with pre-syncope and developed multiple ECG abnorma...

    Authors: Fatih Canan, Ahmet Kaya, Serkan Bulur, Enver Sinan Albayrak, Serkan Ordu and Ahmet Ataoglu
    Citation: Cases Journal 2008 1:156
  25. Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection is the major viral complication in solid organ transplant recipients. Seronegative recipents (R-) of organs from seropositive donors (D+) appear to be at higher risk of deve...

    Authors: Fausto Baldanti, Giovanna Lucchini, Daniele Lilleri and Marco Lanzetta
    Citation: Cases Journal 2008 1:155
  26. Chronic abdominal pain (CAP) may be a manifestation of diseases involving many intra-abdominal organs. Beside diseases affecting subjects without diabetes mellitus, diabetic patients may have CAP due to diabet...

    Authors: George Panagoulias, Nicholas Tentolouris and Spiros S Ladas
    Citation: Cases Journal 2008 1:154
  27. Osteoarthritis is a common condition that is typically associated with older adults. Other causes of osteoarthritis, such as those cases resulting from childhood Perthes disease, can affect younger people and ...

    Authors: Jane C Richardson, Christian D Mallen and Helen S Burrell
    Citation: Cases Journal 2008 1:153
  28. In this report we briefly describe a patient with a dual chamber implantable cardioverter defibrillator in the context of severe ischemic cardiomyopathy who developed persistent atrial fibrillation. After appr...

    Authors: Panagiotis Korantzopoulos, George Grekas, Thomas Pappas and John A Goudevenos
    Citation: Cases Journal 2008 1:152
  29. The loss of trial femoral head in the soft tissues is a rare per operative complication in total hips replacement. We report the loss of the femoral head in surrounding hip joint soft tissues and unsuccessful ...

    Authors: Arunas Vertelis, Linas Vertelis and Sarunas Tarasevicius
    Citation: Cases Journal 2008 1:151
  30. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage (DAH) is a serious pulmonary complication characterised by a high mortality rate and the absence of specific treatment. The intrapulmonary administration of activated recombinant f...

    Authors: Ángel Estella, Antonio Jareño and Luis Perez-Bello Fontaiña
    Citation: Cases Journal 2008 1:150
  31. A 15 years old patient was taken to the operative room for an explorative laparotomy due to abdominal pain and a pelvic spleen at preoperative computed tomography: was pointed out the absence of all splenic li...

    Authors: Francesco Feroci, Egidio Miranda, Luca Moraldi and Renato Moretti
    Citation: Cases Journal 2008 1:149
  32. Primary osteosarcoma of the breast is a rare malignant tumour. It is typically a poor prognosis tumour, which has some interesting features worthy of discussion. We report a case of primary osteosarcoma of the...

    Authors: Shabuddin Khan, Ewen A Griffiths, Nigam Shah and Srinivasan Ravi
    Citation: Cases Journal 2008 1:148