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Google Calendar: A single case experimental design study of a man with severe memory problems
Authors: Victoria N Baldwin, Theresa Powell
Journal: Neuropsychol Rehabil (2015)
Keywords: acquired brain injury, google calendar, prospective memory, single case experimental design
MeSH terms: Brain Injuries / psychology, Cell Phone, Memory Disorders / rehabilitation, Mobile Applications, Case Reports, Adult, Brain Injuries / complications, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Humans, Male, Memory Disorders / etiology, Memory Disorders / psychology, Neuropsychological Tests, Patient Compliance / psychology, Text Messaging

A single case experimental design across behaviours was utilised to explore the effectiveness of Google Calendar text alerts delivered to a mobile phone as a memory aid. The participant was a 43-year-old man (JA) with severe memory problems and executive difficulties caused by a traumatic brain injury (TBI). JA was initially very unwilling to use any memory aid and so a detailed assessment of his beliefs about memory aids, his cognitive difficulties and his social context was performed and a set of specifications for an aid was produced collaboratively. Six weeks of baseline data and six weeks of intervention data were collected for three target memory behaviours and three control memory behaviours. Results were analysed using nonoverlap of all pairs (NAP) analysis which showed a reduction in forgetting in the three target behaviours and no change in two of the three control behaviours. A subjective measure (the revised Everyday Memory Questionnaire) also suggested improvement. This study illustrates that Google Calendar is a highly effective memory aid and emphasises the importance of choosing a memory aid to suit the person's lifestyle and beliefs.
Predicting What Will Happen When You Intervene
Authors: Nancy Cartwright, Jeremy Hardie
Journal: Clin Soc Work J (2017)
Keywords: causation, deliberation, ex ante, prediction, support factor

This paper offers some rules of thumb that practicing social workers can use for case studies that aim to construct, albeit not fully and never entirely reliably, models designed to help predict what will happen if they intervene in specific ways to help this particular client, here and now. We call these 'ex ante case-specific causal models'. 'Ex ante' because they are for before-the-fact prediction of what the likely effects of proposed actions are. 'Case-specific' because we are not concerned with studies that provide evidence for some general conclusion but rather with using what general and local knowledge one can get to predict what will happen to a specific client in the real settings in which they live. 'Causal' because this kind of case study aims to trace out as best possible the web of causal processes that will be responsible for what happens. In this sense our case studies resemble post facto realist evaluations.
Simultaneous occurrence of erythema nodosum in monozygotic twin sisters
Authors: Farhanag Babamahmoodi, Abdolreza Babamahmoodi, Hamidreza Barani, Leila Delavarian
Journal: Case Rep Med (2012)
MeSH terms: Case Reports

Erythema nodosum (EN) is the most frequent clinicopathologic variant of panniculitis with painful red or violaceous nodules on the anterior surfaces of the legs. The condition is a cutaneous reaction that might be associated with a wide variety of disorders or might be caused by medications that produce painful nodules on the shins, and less commonly on the thighs and forearms. In this paper, we describe, for the first time in the world, erythema nodosum as the simultaneous presenting complaint of monozygotic twin sisters after streptococcal pharyngitis. This paper might support the effect of heredity in the occurrence of erythema nodosum.
Cytomegalovirus proctitis as a complication of COVID-19 with immunosuppressive treatments
Authors: François Maillet, Annabelle Pourbaix, Diane le Pluart, Laura Sirmai, Speranta Andreea Postolache, Anne Couvelard, Nadhira Houhou-Fidouh, Lisa Males, Laurène Deconinck, François-Xavier Lescure
Journal: IDCases (2021)
Keywords: anakinra, covid-19, cytomegalovirus infections, dexamethasone, proctitis, rectal diseases
MeSH terms: Case Reports

We report a case of reactivated biopsy-proven cytomegalovirus proctitis complicating the course of severe COVID-19 pneumonia treated with dexamethasone, anakinra and lopinavir/ritonavir. No other contributing factor was found than iatrogenic immunosuppression and COVID-19 immune dysregulation. We draw attention to the immunosuppressive risk when treating severe COVID-19 pneumonia with immunomodulators.
Giant Urinary Bladder and Bilateral Giant Hydronephrosis due to Bladder Neck Obstruction: One Case Report and Literature Review
Authors: Mohammed Fadl Tazi, Omar Riyach, Youness Ahallal, Soufiane Mellas, Abdelhak Khallouk, Mohammed Jamal El Fassi, Moulay Hassan Farih
Journal: Case Rep Urol (2012)
MeSH terms: Case Reports

Bilateral hydronephrosis secondary to urinary obstruction leads to a buildup of back pressure in the urinary tract and may lead to impairment of renal function. Cases of giant hydronephrosis are rare and usually contain no more than 1-2 litres of fluid in the collecting system. Here, we report a rarely seen case with giant urinary bladder and bilateral giant hydronephrosis due to bladder neck obstruction which contains 4000 mL fluid in the collecting system of the kidney mimicking an ascites in an adult male.
Epidemiological Chronicle of the First Recovered Coronavirus Disease Patient From Panama: Evidence of Early Cluster Transmission in a High School of Panama City
Authors: Augusto Hernandez, Paul Muñoz, Jose C Rojas, Gilberto A Eskildsen, Julio Sandoval, K S Rao, Rolando A Gittens, Jose R Loaiza
Journal: Front Public Health (2020)
Keywords: covid-19, panama city, sars-cov-2, anosmia, dysgeusia, epidemiological investigation
MeSH terms: COVID-19, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Dysgeusia, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Panama, SARS-CoV-2, Schools

The first patient infected by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Panama was reported on March 9, 2020. Here, we describe the first case of recovery from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the country. The patient was a 49-year-old male high school teacher, who did not show any primary symptoms of COVID-19 described by health authorities as the signs for medical attention. Nonetheless, he became severely ill over the course of 2 weeks and almost lost the battle against COVID-19. The identification of the first cluster of SARS-CoV-2 community transmission in the secondary school where the patient of this case report taught, led to the closure of the school and, a day after, the shutdown of the national education system, which may have prevented the spread and slowed the transmission rate of COVID-19 during the early stages of invasion. This case report highlights the need to increase awareness among healthcare professionals in Latin America to consider symptoms such as anosmia and dysgeusia as the sentinel signs of COVID-19 infection in order to prevent deaths, especially in high-risk patients.
Functional foveal splitting: evidence from neuropsychological and multimodal MRI investigations in a Chinese patient with a splenium lesion
Authors: Benyan Luo, Chunlei Shan, Renjing Zhu, Xuchu Weng, Sheng He
Journal: PLoS One (2011)
MeSH terms: Dyslexia / etiology, Fovea Centralis / physiopathology, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Aged, 80 and over, Asian People, Corpus Callosum, Diagnostic Imaging, Dyslexia / diagnosis, Fovea Centralis / ultrastructure, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Neuropsychological Tests, Reading, Stroke / complications, Visual Fields

It remains controversial and hotly debated whether foveal information is double-projected to both hemispheres or split at the midline between the two hemispheres. We investigated this issue in a unique patient with lesions in the splenium of the corpus callosum and the left medial occipitotemporal region, through a series of neuropsychological tests and multimodal MRI scans. Behavioral experiments showed that (1) the patient had difficulties in reading simple and compound Chinese characters when they were presented in the foveal but left to the fixation, (2) he failed to recognize the left component of compound characters when the compound characters were presented in the central foveal field, (3) his judgments of the gender of centrally presented chimeric faces were exclusively based on the left half-face and he was unaware that the faces were chimeric. Functional MRI data showed that Chinese characters, only when presented in the right foveal field but not in the left foveal field, activated a region in the left occipitotemporal sulcus in the mid-fusiform, which is recognized as visual word form area. Together with existing evidence in the literature, results of the current study suggest that the representation of foveal stimuli is functionally split at object processing levels.
Pleomorphic Pulmonary Manifestations of IgG4-Related Disease
Authors: Srikanth Naramala, Sharmi Biswas, Sreedhar Adapa, Vijay Gayam, Romeo C Castillo, Srinadh Annangi, Venu Madhav Konala
Journal: Case Rep Rheumatol (2019)
MeSH terms: Case Reports

Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a fibroinflammatory disorder which has been first reported in 2001 by Hamano and colleagues in a patient with autoimmune sclerosing pancreatitis. Almost every organ in the human body can be affected by IgG4-RD from infiltration with IgG4-positive plasma cells. Involvement of lungs with IgG4 is reported previously, but still, there is no clear picture of the pathophysiology behind lung involvement. Here, we are presenting a patient who has IgG4-RD presenting as pseudotumor of the lungs.
Pandoraea pnomenusa Isolated from an Australian Patient with Cystic Fibrosis
Authors: Mark Ambrose, Roslyn C Malley, Sanchia J C Warren, Sean A Beggs, Oliver F E Swallow, Belinda McEwan, David Stock, Louise F Roddam
Journal: Front Microbiol (2016)
Keywords: pandoraea, anaerobe, cystic fibrosis, infection, lung
MeSH terms: Case Reports

Pandoraea species are considered as emerging pathogens in people with cystic fibrosis (CF). The contribution of these organisms to disease progression in CF patients is not fully understood owing in large measure to the scant reports in clinical and research literature describing their colonization of CF patients and their associated virulence determinants. In an effort to increase awareness and evidence for Pandoraea spp. infection in people with CF, and to stimulate research aimed at unraveling the pathogenic properties of Pandoraea, we report a case of a 26-year-old Australian (Tasmanian) man with CF who was chronically infected with Pandoraea pnomenusa for at least one year prior to his death from respiratory failure. In addition, we describe for the first time evidence suggesting that this bacterium is a facultative anaerobe and report on the availability of a whole genome sequence for this organism. To the best of our knowledge, this report represents only the second clinical case study of P. pnomenusa infection in the world, and the first in an Australian CF patient.
Stauffer's Syndrome in Patient with Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Authors: Andris Romašovs, Aldis Puķītis, Viktorija Mokricka, Elina Frolova
Journal: Case Rep Urol (2019)
MeSH terms: Case Reports

Cholestasis is a symptom that can be present in many conditions, such as bile duct obstruction by malignant mases, obstruction by gallstone, acute and chronic viral hepatitis, and autoimmune disorders, such as primary biliary and sclerosing cholangitis. Stauffer syndrome is a rare type of paraneoplastic syndrome that presents as cholestasis with absence of underlying disease. Classically Stauffer syndrome has been described in renal cell cancer patients. In literature cholestasis as manifestation of paraneoplastic syndrome has also been described in patients with prostate adenocarcinoma and pancreatic and bronchogenic carcinoma. Conclusions. Stauffer syndrome should be kept in mind in patients who present with cholestasis with no underlying cause. We advise to exclude any possible causes of cholestasis, for example, obstruction of bile duct.
Untreated Congenital Hypothyroidism Mimicking Hirschsprung Disease: A Puzzling Case in a One-Year-Old Child
Authors: Soraia Tahan, Adriana Aparecida Siviero-Miachon, Maria de Fatima de Faria Soares, Elaine Cristina Soares Martins-Moura, Fabio Luis Peterlini, Mauro Batista de Morais, Angela Maria Spinola-Castro
Journal: Case Rep Pediatr (2018)
MeSH terms: Case Reports

Congenital hypothyroidism is a clinical emergency due to its potential risk of mental retardation. Constipation might be present in hypothyroid children. However, Hirschsprung disease is rarely associated with congenital hypothyroidism. Herein, a case of congenital hypothyroidism in a one-year-old child mimicking Hirschsprung disease is described. Adequate treatment with levothyroxine sodium tablets controlled intestinal dysmotility that mimicked congenital intestinal aganglionosis due to the critical influence of thyroid hormones on bowel motility.
A Quandary of Cuprum - Wilson's Disease Disguising as Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy
Authors: Monika Sachan, Suman Kushwaha, Shah Faisal Ahmad Tarfarosh, Vineet Banga, Ashutosh Gupta
Journal: Cureus (2017)
Keywords: cognition, cognitive decline, cuprum, myoclonic jerks, progressive myoclonic epilepsy, wilson's disease
MeSH terms: Case Reports

Although metals are indispensable for the production of articles in our daily usage, the deposition of these metals in human tissue is known to cause disease. However, it is not always the ingestion of abnormal amounts of lead, iron, or copper that makes our tissues morbid; our hereditary and metabolic issues are to be blamed as well. Wilson's disease is one such hereditary disease that creates chaos in tissues, usually the brain and liver, via deposition of abnormal amounts of copper in them. While Wilson's disease almost seems to bring a picture of a young patient with dystonia and other extrapyramidal symptoms in our imagination, seizures are very uncommon in this disorder. Non-stimulus-sensitive myoclonic jerks along with cognitive decline as the initial presentation of this disease have never been reported until now. In fact, such a presentation would make the neurologist believe that the patient has some type of progressive myoclonic epilepsy (PME), thus, creating a dilemma. We report two such dilemmatic cases of Wilson's disease that disguised as PME.
Should all excised surgical specimens be examined microscopically? A case report
Authors: Thomas M Raymond, Sam Ibrahim, Pradeep S Basnyat
Journal: Cases J (2010)

Background:
Microscopic examination of all surgical specimens is controversial.
Case presentation:
We report two cases where examination has revealed unexpected results that have changed patient management and treatment.
Conclusions:
Histopathological examination of all tissue should be considered. The benefits and disadvantages of routine examination of tissue are discussed.
Percutaneous coronary intervention-associated Actinomyces oris
Authors: Walaa Saeed, Mohammad Adam, Tasneem A Abdallah, Ali S Omrani
Journal: IDCases (2020)
Keywords: actinomyces oris, actinomycosis, cardiac, pci
MeSH terms: Case Reports

Coronary artery interventions are safe procedures yet have a risk of stent infection, bacteremia and sepsis, events that are rare but with high morbidity and mortality sequel. A few prior cases had reported post percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) infections, abscesses and sepsis due to Staphylococcus aureus, followed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Cardiac Actinomyces infections are extremely rare. Here we report a case of a 50 year old patient who developed a post intervention Actinomyces oris epicardial abscess occluding right coronary artery with subsequent bacteremia eventually requiring open heart surgery. He was treated during and thereafter with IV penicillin and ceftriaxone for almost 8 weeks. We highlight during this review the available literature regarding risk factors, the possible theories of acquiring such bacterium at this unusual site as well as our patient's course and treatment outcome.
Pregnancy following laparoscopic hysteropexy-a case series
Authors: Helen Jefferis, Natalia Price, Simon Jackson
Journal: Gynecol Surg (2017)
Keywords: fertility-preserving prolapse surgery, hysteropexy, pregnancy

Background:
Uterine-preserving prolapse surgery offers the chance to retain fertility; however, limited data is available for the safety of pregnancy following surgery and the effect of pregnancy on surgical outcome. Our operative technique involves mesh encircling the cervix and uterine arteries, which raises concerns that compromise of uterine blood flow during pregnancy may lead to foetal growth restriction. We also think this necessitates delivery by caesarean section. We report on six pregnancy outcomes following laparoscopic hysteropexy. Primary outcomes were live birth and birth weight. Secondary outcomes were integrity of mesh and immediate effect on prolapse.
Results:
All patients had successful pregnancy outcomes with birth weights on or above the 10th centile. There was no effect on mesh integrity seen in any of the cases. There was no deterioration in apical prolapse when assessed post delivery, but two patients had new onset anterior vaginal wall prolapse.
Conclusions:
We think our technique of hysteropexy is safe for those wishing to conceive. Larger numbers are needed to allow robust evidence-based guidance for patients and clinicians.
Successful magnetic resonance imaging-guided focused ultrasound surgery for recurrent uterine fibroid previously treated with uterine artery embolization
Authors: Sang-Wook Yoon, Kyoung Ah Kim, Sang Heum Kim, Jong Tae Lee
Journal: Obstet Gynecol Int (2010)
MeSH terms: Case Reports

A 45-year-old premenopausal woman was referred to our clinic due to recurring symptoms of uterine fibroids, nine years after a uterine artery embolization (UAE). At the time of screening, the patient presented with bilateral impairment and narrowing of the uterine arteries, which increased the risk of arterial perforation during repeated UAE procedures. The patient was subsequently referred for magnetic resonance imaging-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) treatment. Following the treatment, the patient experienced a significant improvement in symptoms (symptom severity score was reduced from 47 to 12 by 1 year post-treatment). MR images at 3 months showed a 49% decrease in fibroid volume. There were no adverse events during the treatment or the follow-up period. This case suggests that MRgFUS can be an effective treatment option for patients with recurrent fibroids following previous UAE treatment.
Development of eosinophilic pneumonia from eosinophilic bronchiolitis without asthma: A case report
Authors: Erika Mikami, Kenichiro Atsumi, Hirokazu Iso, Takahiro Suzuki, Satoru Matsuki, Kakeru Hisakane, Koji Nagata, Masahiro Seike, Takashi Hirose
Journal: Respir Med Case Rep (2023)
Keywords: bronchial asthma, eosinophilic bronchiolitis, eosinophilic pneumonia, hypereosinophilic obliterative bronchiolitis
MeSH terms: Case Reports

Eosinophilic bronchiolitis is a disease concept reported in Japan in 2001, that presents with bronchiolitis accompanied by eosinophilia in the blood and lungs. In 2013, hypereosinophilic obliterative bronchiolitis, as a group of disease presenting with eosinophilic bronchiolitis, was proposed in France. The relationship between eosinophilic bronchiolitis and other eosinophil-related diseases has not been clarified. Herein, we report the case of a 56-year-old female patient with eosinophilic bronchiolitis without asthma, which developed into eosinophilic pneumonia. Treatment with oral prednisone improved the respiratory function. According to the clinicopathological findings in this case, eosinophilic bronchiolitis may be a different disease from asthma.
Anti-e alloimmunization: a rare cause of severe fetal hemolytic disease resulting in pregnancy loss
Authors: An-Shine Chao, Angel Chao, See-Yin Ho, Yao-Lung Chang, Reyin Lien
Journal: Case Rep Med (2009)
MeSH terms: Case Reports

We report a case of severe intrauterine hemolysis caused by sole anti-E alloimmunization. A 36-year-old multipara woman presented with hydrops fetalis at 27 weeks of gestation. She had a history of previous neonatal death. In this pregnancy, she was found to have very high titer of anti-E antibody. Ultrasonography detected marked skin edema, cardiomegaly, hepatosplenomegaly, pleural effusion, ascites, placentomegaly, and polyhydramnios. The Doppler peak systolic velocity in the middle cerebral artery was 0.8 m/s, indicating severe fetal anemia. Multiple intrauterine transfusions for the anemic fetus were administered. However, persistent severe fetal anemia and placentomegaly caused poor neonatal death and mirror syndrome in the mother. Uncommon red blood cell alloimmunization has to be watched for early in any population, especially in a woman with a history of unexplained perinatal loss.
Case report of retroperitoneal ectopic pancreas with adrenal adenoma
Authors: Zhaochen Sun, Tao Chen, Xuefeng Zhu, Jie Geng, Chaofan Sui, Nan Zhang, Lingfei Guo
Journal: Front Surg (2022)
Keywords: accessory spleen, adrenal adenoma, ectopic pancreas, imaging features, magnetic resonance imaging, retroperitoneum
MeSH terms: Case Reports

Background:
Ectopic pancreas is a congenital anomaly in which pancreatic tissue is anatomically separated from the main gland and without vascular or ductal continuity. A case of retroperitoneal ectopic pancreas with adrenal adenoma has never yet been reported.
Case presentation:
A 54-year-old man presented three masses in the left retroperitoneum, and two of them were resected. The pathologic findings were a retroperitoneal ectopic pancreas with adrenal adenoma.
Conclusion:
We report an extremely rare case of a retroperitoneal ectopic pancreas and its characterization with dynamic gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).