Acute Respiratory Failure Caused by Lateral Medullary Infarction - An Unknown Condition with Varied Etiology and Requiring Special Vigilance: A Case Series.

Acute respiratory failure (ARF) due to lateral medullary infarction (LMI) can be a fatal condition, although its details remain unclarified. To clarify clinical aspects of ARF due to LMI, we reviewed eight applicable cases treated in a tertiary hospital. Of them, we focused on the detailed clinical course of one case.

An unfavorable and a successful pregnancy outcome during and after treatment of gamma heavy chain disease.

Gamma heavy chain disease (gHCD) is a rare B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder that mostly occurs after childbearing age. Here we report the first case of gHCD in a pregnant patient that was diagnosed in the second trimester, and another pregnancy in the same patient after initial treatment for gHCD. The former pregnancy ended in intrauterine fetal death, believed to be caused by insufficient maternal blood flow due to multiple placental infarcts.

Surgical Treatment of Chondrodysplasia Punctata Tibial-Metacarpal Type Until Skeletal Maturity: A Case Report.

Case: An infant boy with chondrodysplasia punctata tibial-metacarpal type (CDP-TM) was followed up till skeletal maturity. The patient underwent surgeries for bilateral patellar dislocations at the age of 9 years of age, left leg length discrepancy at 12 years, and atlantoaxial subluxation at 14 years. At the final follow-up at 18 years, he had no complaints or limitation of his daily life activities.

Fatal Cerebral Venous Thrombosis in a Pregnant Woman with Inherited Antithrombin Deficiency after BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination.

Antithrombin deficiency is a high-risk factor for venous thromboembolism during pregnancy, whereas cerebral venous thrombosis is rare. Cerebral venous thrombosis related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines has been reported; however, there are a few reports of cerebral venous thrombosis after a messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccination. A 25-year-old female in her sixth week of pregnancy presented with headache 24 days after BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccination.

A low score on the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale with eye movement disorder may indicate a good candidate for acute mechanical thrombectomy for posterior circulation large vessel occlusion: illustrative cases.

Background: Basilar artery occlusion (BAO) accounts for 1% of all strokes, and its natural prognosis is extremely poor. There is no consensus on the treatment strategy for mild BAO.

Observations: Between August 2015 and May 2021, 429 patients received mechanical thrombectomy (MT) in the authors' hospital.