HLA-A*24:02 increase the risk of allopurinol-induced drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms in HLA-B*58:01 carriers in a Korean population; a multicenter cross-sectional case-control study.

Background: HLA-B*58:01 is a well-known risk factor for allopurinol-induced severe cutaneous adverse reactions (SCARs). However, only a minority of HLA-B*58:01 carriers suffer SCARs after taking allopurinol. The aim of this study was to investigate subsidiary genetic markers that could identify those at further increased risk of developing allopurinol-induced drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) in subjects with HLA-B*58:01.

Isolated chest wall tuberculosis in immunocompetent patients.

Chest computed tomography scan demonstrated inflammatory lesion in and around the right sixth rib costochondral junction.

Primary pulmonary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in a young female patient.

Even if the patient is young or female, a primary pulmonary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma could be considered as a differential diagnosis of multifocal consolidation in the lung.

Large infected pulmonary cyst mimicking empyema thoracis.

Infected pulmonary cyst could be misdiagnosed as empyema thoracis. Here, we report an infected pulmonary cyst in a middle-aged male patient. This report could serve as a reminder for differential diagnosis of infected pulmonary cyst, for which surgical approach would be more safe and effective method.

Multiple small bowel metastasis of primary non-small cell lung cancer.

Gastrointestinal metastasis could be considered in the differential diagnosis of melena in the patient with NSCLC history.

Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography identifying pericardial metastasis from early-stage p16-positive oropharyngeal cancer.

Pericardial metastasis from HPV-positive oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) without local recurrence is extremely rare. We report about a 69-year-old man exhibiting pericardial metastasis on positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT). There are currently no reports on the use of PET/CT in patients with pericardial metastasis from p16-positive OPSCCs.

Cortical morphology in patients with transient global amnesia.

Objective: This study evaluated alterations in cortical morphology in patients with transient global amnesia (TGA).

Materials And Methods: Diagnoses of TGA occurred at our hospital. Evaluation involved a structured interview to obtain clinical information and a brain magnetic resonance imaging scan.

Can we predict drug response by volumes of the corpus callosum in newly diagnosed focal epilepsy?

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate whether volumes of the corpus callosum could predict a response to antiepileptic drugs in patients with newly diagnosed focal epilepsy.

Methods: Fifty-three patients with newly diagnosed focal epilepsy of unknown etiology and healthy subjects were enrolled in this study. First, we analyzed the differences in the volumes of the corpus callosum between patients with epilepsy and healthy subjects.

Citation classics in central nervous system inflammatory demyelinating disease.

Objectives: To identify and analyze the characteristics of the most influential articles about central nervous system (CNS) inflammatory demyelinating disease.

Materials And Methods: The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) Web of Science database and the 2014 Journal Citation Reports Science Edition were used to retrieve the top 100 cited articles on CNS inflammatory demyelinating disease. The citation numbers, journals, years of publication, authorships, article types, subjects and main issues were analyzed.

A Case of Acute Vestibular Neuritis Visualized by Three-Dimensional FLAIR-VISTA Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

A 72-year-old man presented with vertigo and unsteady gait. The three-dimensional fluid-attenuated inversion recovery-volume isotopic turbo spin echo acquisition (3D-FLAIR-VISTA) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed high signal intensity in the cisternal segment of the right vestibular nerve. The video-based oculography with caloric test revealed spontaneous left-beating nystagmus and canal paresis in the right ear.