Volume 14, 2013 - Table of Content
Published: 2013-6-19

Hypercalcemic crisis resulting from near drowning in an indoor public bath
Ryusaku Matsumoto, Go Yamada, Aya Amano, Tomoko Yamada, Keita Hamamatsu, Hiroyuki Murabe, Toshihiko Yokota
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR210-212
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.889279
Published: 2013-6-17

Strongyloides stercoralis infection in transplanted patient
Seyed-Ali Sadjadi, Chitra Damodaran, Mohammad Sharif
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR205-209
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.889341
Published: 2013-6-14

An unusual case of paradoxical enlargement of lymph nodes during treatment of tuberculous lymphadenitis in immunocompetent patient and literature review
Anil Singh, Habibur Rahman, Viki Kumar, Fnu Anila
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR201-204
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.889013
Published: 2013-6-12

Symptomatic intercostal lung hernia secondary to sternal dehiscence surgery
Sezai Çelik, Cüneyt Aydemir, Onur Gürer, Ömer Işık
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR198-200
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883950
Published: 2013-6-10

Primary aorto-enteric fistula – a unique complication of poorly differentiated large B-cell lymphoma
Oleg Shulik, Kyle Marling, Jill Butler
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR194-197
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.889277
Published: 2013-6-7

A rare case of adverse effects caused by leech bite
Ugur Lok, Selim Bozkurt, Mehmet Okur, Umut Gulacti, Sinan Hatipoglu
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR191-193
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883936
Published: 2013-6-5

Squamous cell carcinoma of the breast
Suresh Bhosale, Ashok Kshirsagar, Sushil Deshmukh, Sunil Jagtap, Yodesh Langade
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR188-190
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883934
Published: 2013-6-3

Malignant pleural effusion in breast cancer 12 years after mastectomy that was successfully treated with endocrine therapy
Tsuyoshi Shinohara, Hiroyuki Yamada, Yoshiro Fujimori, Kiyofumi Yamagishi
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR184-187
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.889249
Published: 2013-5-31

Laparoscopic enucleation of a giant submucosal esophageal lipoma. Case report and literature review
Konstantinos Tsalis, Nikolaos Antoniou, Stavros Kalfadis, Avraam Dimoulas, Alexandros Karolidis, Loukas Dagdilelis, Charalampos Lazaridis
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR179-183
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883928
Published: 2013-5-29

Suicide following an infestation of bed bugs
Stephanie Burrows, Stéphane Perron, Stephanie Susser
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR176-178
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883926
Published: 2013-5-27

Adalimumab (Humira) induced acute lung injury
Ritesh Kohli, Karim Namek
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR173-175
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.889200
Published: 2013-5-23

Sticky platelets syndrome in a young patient with massive pulmonary embolism
Stanislava Darulová, Matej Samoš, Juraj Sokol, Radoslava Šimonová, František Kovář, Peter Galajda, Ján Staško, Peter Kubisz, Marián Mokáň
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR169-172
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883920
Published: 2013-5-22

Malignant papillary glioneuronal tumor of the pineal gland: Case presentation and literature review of a distinct entity
Paul Kaloostian, Han Chen, Hoan Tran
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR164-168
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883919
Published: 2013-5-20

Phaeochromocytoma masquerading as anxiety and depression
Ibrahim Zardawi
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR161-163
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.889063
Published: 2013-5-17

Acute mono-megakaryoblastic leukemia associated with extreme thrombocytosis and complex karyotype abnormalities
Rong Hu, Jia Li, Yanping Hu, Jihong Zhang, Miao Miao, Ke Zhu, Aijun Liao, Wei Yang, Zhuogang Liu
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR157-160
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.889043
Published: 2013-5-15

Cystic adnexal mass in a 16-year-old female: Ovarian pathology or complication of a Müllerian anomaly?
Guido Santacana-Laffitte, Lorell Ruiz, Yasmin Pedrogo, Edgar Colon
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR153-156
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.889050
Published: 2013-5-13

Intertrochanteric fracture under an arthrodesed hip
Fayeq Darwish, Walid Haddad
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR150-152
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883909
Published: 2013-5-10

Metastatic primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of the genitourinary tract: A case report of an uncommon entity
Jacqueline Jaggon, Trudy-Ann Brown, Richard Mayhew
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR147-149
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883908
Published: 2013-5-8

Eosinophilic presentation of acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Azim Rezamand, Ziaaedin Ghorashi, Sona Ghorashi, Nariman Nezami
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR143-146
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883905
Published: 2013-5-6

Nine-year follow-up of local implantation of autologous skeletal myoblasts in a patient with coronary heart disease
Dingguo Zhang, Liansheng Wang, Fumin Zhang, Chunjian Li, Tiebing Zhu, Kejiang Cao, Wenzhu Ma, Zhijian Yang
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR139-142
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883903
Published: 2013-5-3

Pediatric Moyamoya disease
Mohamed Nagiub, Iqbal Allarakhia
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR134-138
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.889170
Published: 2013-4-29

Intriguing bronchoalveolar lavage proteome in a case of pulmonary langerhans cell histiocytosis
Bijar Ghafouri, Lennart Persson, Christer Tagesson
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR129-133
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.889037
Published: 2013-4-26

Cronkhite-Canada syndrome complicated with multiple gastric cancers and multiple colon adenomas
Taro Isobe, Teppei Kobayashi, Kousuke Hashimoto, Junya Kizaki, Motoshi Miyagi, Keishiro Aoyagi, Kikuo Koufuji, Kazuo Shirouzu
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR120-128
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.889083
Published: 2013-4-23

Successive immunosuppressive treatment of fulminant myocarditis that is refractory to mechanical circulatory support
Hiroshi Nakashima, Yasuhiro Umeyama, Kazutoshi Minami
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR116-119
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.889109
Published: 2013-4-19

A rare cause of hypocalcemia
Islam Elgendy, Timi Omokehinde
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR113-115
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883889
Published: 2013-4-16

Complicated and delayed diagnosis of tuberculous peritonitis
Massimo Bolognesi, Diletta Bolognesi
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR109-112
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883886
Published: 2013-4-12

A rare case of hepatic duct injury from blunt abdominal trauma
Nahidh Hasaniya, Shyamal Premaratne, Ishani Premaratne, Joseph McNamara
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR106-108
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883881
Published: 2013-4-10

Co-incidental Plasmodium Knowlesi and Mucormycosis infections presenting with acute kidney injury and lower gastrointestinal bleeding
Arunachalam Ramaswami, Jayakrishnan Pisharam, Hla Aung, Ghazala Kafeel, Khalil Maboud, Vui Heng Chong, Jackson Tan
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR103-105
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883879
Published: 2013-4-8

Cavernous sinus thrombophlebitis complicating sinusitis
Adnane Berdai, Abdelkarim Shimi, Mohammed Khatouf
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR99-102
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883875
Published: 2013-4-5

Primary obturator internus and obturator externus pyomyositis
Khalid Khoshhal, Hamdy Abdelmotaal, Rayan AlArabi
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR94-98
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883871
Published: 2013-4-2

Intrathoracic giant solitary fibrous tumor
Bülent Aydemir, Sezai Çelik, Tamer Okay, Ilgaz Doğusoy
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR91-93
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883867
Published: 2013-3-29

Two difficulty diagnosis cases of severe veno-occlusive disease
Hisamitsu Miyaaki, Tatsuki Ichikawa, Naota Taura, Takuya Honda, Hidetaka Shibata, Taro Akashi, Shinobu Yamamichi, Shotaro Turuta, Akihiko Soyama, Masaaki Hidaka, Mitsuhisa Takatsuki, Sadayuki Okudaira, Susumu Eguchi, Osamu Nakashima, Masayoshi Kage, Kazuhiko Nakao
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR86-90
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883864
Published: 2013-3-25

An interesting case of systemic lupus erythematosus presenting with hypercalcemia: A diagnostic dilemma
Abdul Halim Abdul Gafor, Rizna Abdul Cader, Srijit Das, Noraidah Masir, Fadilah Abdul Wahid
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR83-85
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883849
Published: 2013-3-20

Appearance of ANCA – associated vasculitis under Tumor necrosis factor-alpha inhibitors treatment
Tatiana Reitblat, Olga Reitblat
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR80-82
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883841
Published: 2013-3-18

Coronary spasm after the topical use of cocaine in nasal surgery
Guy Lenders, Philippe Jorens, Tim De Meyer, Tom Vandendriessche, Walter Verbrugghe, Christiaan Vrints
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR76-79
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883837
Published: 2013-3-15

Metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma with absence of tumor focus in thyroid gland
Anil Singh, Radu Butuc, Ricardo Lopez
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR73-75
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883834
Published: 2013-3-12

Clostridium perfringens meningitis, Plesiomonas shigelloides sepsis: A lethal combination
Emmanuel Okon, Eliahu Bishburg, Sandra Ugras, Trini Chan, He Wang
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR70-72
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883830
Published: 2013-3-5

Primary pediatric endobronchial Ewing sarcoma family of tumors
Akira Hayakawa, Satoshi Hirase, Natsuki Matsunoshita, Nobuyuki Yamamoto, Ikuko Kubokawa, Takeshi Mori, Tomoko Yanai, Yoshimasa Maniwa, Kazumoto Iijima
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR67-69
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883821
Published: 2013-3-1

Multiloculated pleural effusion detected by ultrasound only in a critically-ill patient
Mohammad Esmadi, Nazir Lone, Dina Ahmad, John Onofrio, Ruth Govier Brush
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR63-66
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883816
Published: 2013-2-25

A forgotten vascular disease with important clinical implications. Subclavian steal syndrome
Fernando Alcocer, Mariam David, Rachel Goodman, Sachin Kumar Amruthlal Jain, Shukri David
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR58-62
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883808
Published: 2013-2-22

Medical management of acute type a aortic dissection in association with early open repair of acute limb ischemia may prevent aortic surgery
Michalis Gionis, George Kaimasidis, Emmanouel Tavlas, Nikolaos Kontopodis, Marina Plataki, Alexandros Kafetzakis, Christos Ioannou
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR52-57
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883793
Published: 2013-2-20

Subcutaneous application of levothyroxine as successful treatment option in a patient with malabsorption
Jan Groener, Daniel Lehnhoff, David Piel, Peter Nawroth, Jurik Schanz, Gottfried Rudofsky
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR48-51
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883788
Published: 2013-2-18

Fixation tack penetration into the maxillary sinus: A case report of a guided bone regeneration procedure complication
Kevin Harrison, Irma Iskandar, Hua-Hong Chien
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR43-47
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883785
Published: 2013-2-14

A forgotten devil; Rupture of mitral valve papillary muscle
Sachin Kumar Jain, Timothy Larsen, Saba Darda, Souheil Saba, Shukri David
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR38-42
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883779
Published: 2013-2-13

Primary pediatric stage III renal diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
Akira Hayakawa, Nobuya Shimotake, Ikuko Kubokawa, Yoshihiro Mitsuda, Takeshi Mori, Tomoko Yanai, Mototsugu Muramaki, Hideaki Miyake, Masato Fujisawa, Kazumoto Iijima
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR34-37
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883775
Published: 2013-2-9

An 80-year-old female with double positive disease: Case report and brief review of literature
Tarek Almouradi, Peter Hart, Talia Muram-Zborovski
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR30-33
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883761
Published: 2013-2-9

Bleichner’s hernia – lumbar hernia
Katherine Petersen, Jacklyn Snikeris, Timothy Hall
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR26-29
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883760
Published: 2013-1-28

Situs inversus and cystic kidney disease: Two adult patients with this Heterogeneous syndrome
Tamehito Onoe, Tadashi Konoshita, Koichi Tsuneyama, Ryoko Hamano, Ichiro Mizushima, Yasushi Kakuchi, Kazunori Yamada, Kenshi Hayashi, Masahiro Kuroda, Satoshi Kagitani, Hideki Nomura, Masakazu Yamagishi, Mitsuhiro Kawano
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR20-25
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883751
Published: 2013-1-24

Recovery of locked-in syndrome following liver transplantation with calcineurin inhibitor cessation and supportive treatment
Walid El Moghazy, Boris Gala-Lopez, Winnie Wong, Norman Kneteman
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR16-19
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883748
Published: 2013-1-15

Spontaneous splenic rupture: A rare life-threatening condition; Diagnosed early and managed successfully
Helen Weaver, Vishal Kumar, Kate Spencer, Mohamed Maatouk, Sohail Malik
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR13-15
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883739
Published: 2013-1-11

Megaloblastic hematopoiesis in a 20 year old pregnant female
Evan Trivette, Kyle Hoedebecke, Cristóbal Berry-Cabán, Brandy Jacobs
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR10-12
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883734
Published: 2013-1-8

Rewarming for accidental hypothermia in an urban medical center using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
David Morley, Kentaro Yamane, Rika O'Malley, Nicholas Cavarocchi, Hitoshi Hirose
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR6-9
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883728
Published: 2013-1-7

Sacrococcygeal teratoma – case report and review of the literature
Krzysztof Szyllo, Natalia Lesnik
Am J Case Rep 2013; 14:CR1-5
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883727
