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Renal Function Improvement With Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist in a Patient With Type 2 DiabetesDiabetic 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 PachymeningitisHypertrophic 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 UndertakingCrohn’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 MassMyocardial 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 CancerRadiation 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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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 | 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 |
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Vol. 15, No. 9, Sept 2024
Table of Contents
Case Reports
| Conservative Treatment of Empyema Formation Following Intrathoracic Rib Fixation With Antibiotics and Tissue Plasminogen Activator/Dornase | Abstract HTML PDF |
| Aldin Malkoc, Lana Mamoun, Kendall Vignaroli, Harpreet Gill, Amira Barmanwalla, Alexander Phan, Amanda Daoud, Alexandra Nguyen, Brandon Woodward | 215-221 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jmc4267 |
| Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Secondary to Acute Human Immunodeficiency Virus and COVID-19 | Abstract HTML PDF |
| Selia Chowdhury, Harshavardhan Sanekommu, Paula Gonzalez, Evgeniya Angelova, Swapnil Patel | 222-226 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jmc4226 |
| Bilio-Cecal Stent Migration Presenting as Massive Rectal Bleeding | Abstract HTML PDF |
| Lefika Bathobakae, Shady Geris, Mohita Jariwala, Mansi Patel, Jessica Escobar, Ruhin Yuridullah, Kamal Amer, Yana Cavanagh | 227-230 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jmc4262 |
| Unexpected Rasburicase-Induced Hemolysis in a Patient With Normal Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Activity | Abstract HTML PDF |
| Saba Musleh Ud Din, Khine Shan, Tauseef Ur Rehman, Stanislav Ivanov, Fernando M. Vargas-Madueno | 231-236 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jmc4277 |
| Respiratory Compromise Related to Primary Histoplasmosis Infection in Two Pediatric Patients | Abstract HTML PDF |
| Collin Reeves, Michael P. Tobias, Katherine Bline, Joseph D. Tobias | 237-241 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jmc4279 |
| Intraoperative Takotsubo Syndrome | Abstract HTML PDF |
| Gentian Huti, Filadelfo Coniglione, Alert Drishti, Mustafa Bajraktari, Alert Xhaja, Asead Abdyli, Krenar Lilaj, Diamant Lulaj, Rudin Domi | 242-249 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jmc4293 |
| Clinical, Phenotypic and Molecular Characterization of NUP214-ABL1 Fusion Positive Myeloid Malignancies | Abstract HTML PDF |
| Chelby Wakefield, Mary Hansen Smith, Ulyana Dashkevych, Maria Proytcheva, Sharad Khurana | 250-255 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jmc4286 |