Journal of Medical Cases


Editor-in-Chief
Panagis Galiatsatos, MD, MHS, Associate Professor
Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, MD, USA
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ISSN-print: 1923-4155 | ISSN-online: 1923-4163 | Monthly | Open Access | Aims and Scope

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Highlights

  • Renal Function Improvement With Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist in a Patient With Type 2 Diabetes

    Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) includes hypertensive nephrosclerosis, aging, obesity, and atherosclerosis-related renal diseases, in addition to classical diabetic nephropathy. Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) have been approved for diabetic and non-diabetic patients at risk of chronic kidney disease progression.

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  • Idiopathic Hypertrophic Spinal Pachymeningitis

    Hypertrophic pachymeningitis (HP) is a rare presentation with duramater thickening and fibrosis which can result in cranial or spinal compressive disease. Most cases of spinal HP require surgical management.

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  • Multiple Complications of Crohn’s Disease and the Need for Early and Continuous Multidisciplinary Undertaking

    Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory disease that typically affects the bowels but can also have many different extraintestinal manifestations. One of those complications is immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN), which is one of the most encountered renal lesions in the setting of Crohn’s disease.

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  • Synchronous Left Ventricular and Endocranial Mass

    Myocardial cysts represent a miscellaneous and infrequent spectrum of conditions, with each of them coming from a different etiological background. Congenital myocardial cysts, neoplasia, cysts of infectious origin (bacterial, viral, or parasitic).

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  • A Case of Radiation-Associated Vertebral Compression Fracture Mimicking Solitary Bone Metastasis of Lung Cancer

    Radiation therapy plays an important role in the treatment of lung cancer. Although adverse effects of radiation are well known, they are sometimes difficult to be diagnosed. We report a case of a radiation-associated vertebral compression fracture which mimicked bone metastasis of lung cancer.

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Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma Complicated by Skeletal Muscle Metastases

We present a case of a 66-year-old male with severe muscular pain after diagnosis of upper tract urothelial carcinoma, who was found to have extensive metastasis to skeletal muscles including gluteal, sternocleidomastoid, deltoid, vastus lateralis, and gastrocnemius muscles. Full Text

A Rare Case of Coccidioidomycosis Meningitis

Disseminated coccidioidomycosis is a fungal disease endemic to the Southwest United States as well as South and Central America. This dimorphic fungus typically manifests as pulmonary infection; however, there are very rare instances of extrapulmonary disseminated disease especially in immunocompromised hosts. Full Text


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Anesthetic Care During Exploratory Laparotomy and Excision of a Fetus-in-Fetu With a Combined General-Regional Anesthetic Technique Using a Caudal Epidural Catheter
Fetus-in-fetu (FIF) is a rare, congenital anomaly involving the presence of one of a pair of twins within the body of the other. It is postulated that this pathology occurs during embryogenesis of a diamniotic-monochorionic twin pregnancy with unequal division of the blastocele, which results in monozygotic, monochorionic, and diamniotic twins of unequal sizes. Full Text


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Vol. 15, No. 8, Aug 2024

Table of Contents

Case Reports

Synchronous Double Primary Lung Adenocarcinomas With EGFR L858R Point Mutation and MET Exon 14 Skipping Mutation Abstract HTML PDF
Seijitsu Ando, Shinji Futami, Koji Azuma, Kanako Nishimatsu, Takuma Shirasaka, Seigo Minami 153-158
doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jmc4210
A Case With Bilateral Hippocampal Infarction Resembling Transient Global Amnesia Abstract HTML PDF
Tetsuya Akaishi, Mami Asari, Sumireko Sekiguchi, Tomoko Muroya, Makoto Hasebe 159-166
doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jmc4240
Wake-Up Thrombolysis With Negative Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging Abstract HTML PDF
Huma Manjra, Vishal Samboju, Navdeep Sangha 167-170
doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jmc4241
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report of Mortality From a Rare and Potentially Fatal Condition Abstract HTML PDF
Diana Marcela Perea Rojas, Christian David Seni Hernandez, Indiana Luz Rojas Torres, Marianela Olivares Olmos, Camila Maria Garcia Jarava, Dario Jose Gaivao Arciniegas, Sebastian Andre Seni Hernandez, Luis Miguel Corrales Calderon, Luis Enrique Perea Vasquez, Silvia Salva Camano 171-179
doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jmc4228
Primary Hyperparathyroidism and Pulmonary Embolism in Patients With a Fractured Neck of Femur Abstract HTML PDF
Yashar Mashayekhi, Sara Baba-Aissa, Amina Al-Qaysi, Mohammed Eish, Abdulmalik Timamy, Maria Panourgia, Mohamed H. Ahmed 180-185
doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jmc4235
Exploring Atrial Fibrillation: Understanding the Complex Relation Between Lifestyle and Genetic Factors Abstract HTML PDF Suppl1
Rafael Tamayo-Trujillo, Elius Paz-Cruz, Santiago Cadena-Ullauri, Patricia Guevara-Ramirez, Viviana A. Ruiz-Pozo, Rita Ibarra-Castillo, Jose Luis Laso-Bayas, Ana Karina Zambrano 186-194
doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jmc4250
Methylphenidate for the Treatment of Post-COVID Cognitive Dysfunction (Brain Fog) Abstract HTML PDF
Phoebe Clark, Paul Rosenberg, Esther S. Oh, Ann Parker, Tracy Vannorsdall, Alba Azola, Elizabeth Nickles, Panagis Galiatsatos, Mansoor Malik 195-200
doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jmc4254
Navigating Aspirin Hypersensitivity in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Abstract HTML PDF
Kai Shiang Lin, Keston Rattan, Jensen George, Samantha Cavusoglu, Christy Joseph, Varsha Talanki, Sabu John 201-207
doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jmc4239
Anterior Uveitis After Discontinuation of Janus Kinase Inhibitor, Ruxolitinib Abstract HTML PDF
Toshihiko Matsuo, Naoto Ikeda, Yasumasa Monobe, Takehiro Tanaka 208-214
doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jmc4274
 

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