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Am J Case Rep
January 2025
Department of Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
BACKGROUND Acalculous cholecystitis is a rare form of gallbladder inflammation that occurs without the presence of gallstones. It primarily affects critically ill patients and warrants prompt treatment given its association with high mortality. Pericarditis, an inflammation of the pericardium, typically arises from viral infections but can also be secondary to rheumatological, malignant, or bacterial causes.
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January 2025
Cardiology Department, Schoen Hospital Neustadt, Holstein, Germany.
Primary cardiac tumors are a rare disease, with 20% of the cases being malignant. Among them, angiosarcoma is characterized by a short clinical course and poor prognosis, even after surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. We present a 67-year-old woman diagnosed with a primary malignant tumor (angiosarcoma) infiltrating the right atrial myocardium.
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September 2022
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine Padjajaran University, Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Bandung, Indonesia.
Anti-M antibody is one of the causes of severe fetal anemia and intrauterine death despite its relatively low frequency. A G3P2 26-year-old pregnant woman referred to our hospital at 29 weeks gestational age (WGA) with fetal hydrops. Her second pregnancy results in intrauterine fetal death at 35 WGA due to fetal hydrops.
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December 2024
Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Fetal and neonatal cardiac tumors are rare and often benign. Clinical presentation is primarily related to mass effect, pericardial effusion or arrhythmia. Prenatal detection can assist with risk assessment and inform optimal delivery plan and postnatal management.
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December 2024
Cardiology Hospital, XXI Century National Medical Center, Mexican Social Security Institute, Mexico City, Mexico.
Pericardial and cardiac masses in patients with established malignant neoplasms represent a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. We present the case of a 66-year-old woman with history of myxoid liposarcoma of the left thigh who had an unexpected recurrence in the pericardium 12 years later.
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