Publications by authors named "Narine Mack"

Solitary fibrous tumors (SFT) are mesenchymal cell tumors that may arise from any site throughout the body. A small percentage of patients with SFT develop non-islet cell tumor-induced hypoglycemia (NICTH), eponymously termed Doege-Potter Syndrome (DPS). DPS is characterized by severe, refractory hypoinsulinemic hypoglycemia.

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The interaction between severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and autoimmune thyroid disease is an emerging phenomenon. The present study describes the case of a 28-year-old female who experienced a relapse of Graves' disease following SARS-CoV-2 infection. She was biochemically euthyroid for 2 years prior to COVID-19 infection.

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Kawasaki disease is an acute multisystemic vasculitis occurring predominantly in children and rarely in adults, with sequelae of potentially life-threatening coronary artery aneurysms. "Incomplete" Kawasaki disease is a novel concept and considered a diagnosis of exclusion as it alludes to patients with fever lasting ⩾5 days and 2 or 3 clinical criteria without another reasonable explanation for the illness. The multidisciplinary team should be vigilant for this oligosymptomatic clinical presentation, specifically within this subgroup despite age and ethnicity, and the syndrome should be considered as a differential diagnosis in challenging cases presenting as infectious or autoimmune disease.

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