Download full-text PDF |
Source |
---|---|
http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2016.07.017 | DOI Listing |
Rev Gastroenterol Peru
January 2025
Centro de Gastroenterología, Bogotá, Colombia; Gastroenterología y endoscopia digestiva, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia; Gastroenterología, Hospital Universitario Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
In this article, we present an exceptionally rare and challenging clinical case. It concerns a 65-year-old woman who, while eating, accidentally ingested a thorn. This foreign body, after being swallowed, migrated from the proximal esophagus, until it penetrated the left internal jugular vein.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDiagn Microbiol Infect Dis
January 2025
Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown, 2193, Johannesburg, South Africa; Department of Microbiology Laboratory, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, National Health Laboratory Service, 17 Jubilee Road, Parktown 2193, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Infections by non-O1/non-O139 serogroups of Vibrio cholerae (NOVC) are increasing worldwide. Infected patients usually display self-limiting diarrhoea or external ear and wound infections. We present a rare case of bacteraemia secondary to NOVC infection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDiagn Microbiol Infect Dis
January 2025
Department of Radiology, Bichat Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 46 rue Henri Huchard, 75018 Paris, France; INSERM U1148, Paris, France; Paris University, Paris, France. Electronic address:
Unusual course of Serratia marcescens (SM) infectious endocarditis (IE) and literature review (2016-2024; 26 cases). A 44-year-old man, with chronic venous ulcers, presented 21/2 years after a MSSA tricuspid valve IE, a tricuspid and aortic valves SM IE . After 6 weeks of antibiotherapy (meropenem i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJACC Case Rep
January 2025
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Papillary fibroelastomas (PFEs) followed by cardiac myxomas (CM) are the 2 most common primary benign cardiac tumors. Although typically asymptomatic, they can manifest with nonspecific symptoms such as dyspnea and dizziness or more acute manifestations such as embolic events. We describe an unusual location of a PFE typically seen with a CM.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJACC Case Rep
January 2025
Department of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Hôpital Privé Jacques Cartier, Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud, Massy, France.
Although relatively rare, cardiac metastases represent a significant clinical challenge because of their impact on cardiac function and overall patient prognosis. This case presents a rare and atypical presentation of a patient with ventricular arrhythmia revealing a metastatic cancer in the heart. A 59-year-old man with lung cancer was admitted for chest tightness and episodes of syncope.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!