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BMJ Case Rep
December 2024
Department of Psychiatry, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) can cause different types of memory impairments. Here, we report a case of immediate improvement of memory impairment following antiepileptic drug (AED) treatment in a patient with TLE with amygdala enlargement (TLE-AE), who rapidly developed recurrence. The patient was a man in his 60s whose family members complained of his amnesia.
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November 2024
Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JPN.
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have dramatically improved the prognosis of patients with cancers. However, ICIs can provoke systemic toxicities, which are known as immune-related adverse events (irAEs). Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR)-like syndrome induced by ICI is one of the most common rheumatic irAEs.
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December 2024
Department of Pathology, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea.
Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) rarely occurs in the nasolacrimal duct (NLD), and when it does, it has nonspecific manifestations. To the best of our knowledge, one case of ACC in the NLD has been reported in the literature. Herein, we report a second case of ACC in the left NLD, concerning a man in his late 60s.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSinonasal inverted papilloma (SNIP) is less malignant and usually occur in the maxillary sinus. However, cases invading the pterygopalatine fossa are extremely rare. In this article, we describe a rare case of a man in his early 60s who presented with left nasal congestion, headache, epistaxis, and facial numbness.
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December 2024
Trauma and Orthopaedics, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.
Necrotising fasciitis (NF) is a rare surgical emergency characterised by soft tissue necrosis and systemic compromise. Typically it originates following adjacent skin and soft tissue insult; however, our unusual case required a high index of clinical suspicion to avert potential mortality. A man in his 60s with diabetes mellitus presented with 2 weeks of knee pain, swelling and necrotic skin on the posterior calf.
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