Gallstone Ileus Decades after Cholecystectomy and Pylorus-Preserving Whipples by Miho Mugino, Takako Eva Yabe, Bruce Ashford

“…We report a case of small bowel obstruction due to gallstone ileus found in a patient with previous pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure). …”
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Riedel’s Thyroiditis: Report of Two Cases and Literature Review by Victor Manuel Blanco, Camilo Andrés Páez, Angela María Victoria, Luis Guillermo Arango, Ana María Arrunategui, Juliana Escobar, Veline Martínez, Guillermo Edinson Guzmán

“…Riedel’s thyroiditis is a rare entity consisting of a fibrotic process of the thyroid which can generate gland destruction, infiltration of cervical structures and even airway obstruction. It has been associated with systemic fibrotic disorders, autoimmune diseases, and more recently with spectrum of diseases related to excess of Immunoglobulin G type 4 (IgG4). …”
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Quincke’s disease, a rare clinical disorder: a case report by Zikry Gifari

“…Early diagnosis with appropriate management can prevent life-threatening airway obstruction and hypoxemia. Treatment depends on airway symptom severity. …”
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Heterozygous de novo and inherited mutations in the smooth muscle actin (ACTG2) gene underlie megacystis-microcolon-intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome. by Michael F Wangler, Claudia Gonzaga-Jauregui, Tomasz Gambin, Samantha Penney, Timothy Moss, Atul Chopra, Frank J Probst, Fan Xia, Yaping Yang, Steven Werlin, Ieva Eglite, Liene Kornejeva, Carlos A Bacino, Dustin Baldridge, Jeff Neul, Efrat Lev Lehman, Austin Larson, Joke Beuten, Donna M Muzny, Shalini Jhangiani, Baylor-Hopkins Center for Mendelian Genomics, Richard A Gibbs, James R Lupski, Arthur Beaudet

“…The cause of this syndrome has remained a mystery since Berdon's initial description in 1976. No genes have been clearly linked to MMIHS. …”
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Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency in Children: Case Series by Svetlana I. Melnik, Nikolay N. Vlasov, Marina V. Pinevskaya, Elena A. Orlova, Svetlana V. Starevskaya, Irina Y. Melnikova

“…It is shown that in patients with A1AT deficiency the onset of the destruction of lung tissue was at the age of 2 with the signs of recurrent bronchial obstruction and at the age of 7 in the form of emphysema. …”
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Wrong signs are alright by David E. Kaplan, Surjeet Rajendran, Francesco Serra

“…Thus, there is no obvious low-energy obstruction to the existence of these operators.…”
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Thrombosis of the superior vena cava in a patient with an implanted cardioverter–defibrillator: A case report by Elena V. Paranina, Petr A. Lebedev, Albina V. Yakunina, Maxim A. Elizarov, Pavel O. Paranin

“…BACKGROUND: Superior vena cava syndrome results from the occlusion of blood flow in the superior vena cava due to external compression, internal obstruction, or infiltration of the vessel wall by a tumor. …”
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Meconium Peritonitis in the Newborn with Cystic Fibrosis and Negative Neonatal Screening for Immunoreactive Trypsinogen: Clinical Case by Naila R. Pimenova, Elena I. Kashirskaya, Diana F. Sergienko, Dmitry A. Molev, Olga A. Tyurina, Anastasia V. Alekseeva, Sergey V. Chukarev

“…The issues of early diagnosis of cystic fibrosis, management of newborns with meconium ileus and negative neonatal screening for immunoreactive trypsinogen (IRT), as well as IRT decrease causes and mechanisms in patients with meconium ileus require further study. Clinical case description. Routine ultrasound examination at the 33rd week of gestation has shown signs of colon obstruction and meconium peritonitis in the intrauterine child. …”
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Simulation of Pharyngeal Airway Interaction with Air Flow Using Low-Re Turbulence Model by M. R. Rasani, K. Inthavong, J. Y. Tu

“…An Arbitrary Eulerian-Lagrangian description for the fluid governing equation is coupled with the Lagrangian structural solver via a partitioned approach, allowing deformation of the fluid domain to be captured. …”
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INI1-Intact Sinonasal Carcinoma with Rhabdoid Features by Erin Mulry, Danielle M. Blake, Poornima Hegde, Todd E. Falcone

“…Included in this report is a detailed description of both the patient’s medical course and this pathologically novel sinonasal neoplasm. …”
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Post‐RSV Bronchial Web Formation in a Lung Transplant Recipient: A Case Report by Nathan Harb, Alexander Mullin, Celeste Mar, Rebecca Pearson, Adrian Havryk, Marshall Plit

“…ABSTRACT Bronchial webs (BW) are fibrinous membranes which obstruct the airway lumen. A 33‐year‐old female presented with acute lung allograft dysfunction following a recent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection, having undergone bilateral lung transplant 2 years prior. …”
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Case Report: Hydronephrosis and nephrogenic adenoma secondary to Stevens-Johnson syndrome by Chuan Wang, Yidong Huang

“…In this case, we describe a 10-year-old boy with hydronephrosis and nephrogenic adenoma secondary to Stevens–Johnson syndrome.Case descriptionA boy was admitted to our hospital after a CT scan revealed bilateral hydronephrosis. …”
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All That Wheezes Is Not Asthma: A Case of Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma of the Larynx by Bushra Rahman, Jawad Bilal, Qurat Ul Ain Riaz Sipra, Irbaz Bin Riaz

“…We hope that the discussions ensuing from case reports regarding uncommon presentations of laryngeal lymphoma may spur the formation of regional/international databases for the description of lymphomas with unusual presentations. …”
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Symmetrical Hollenhorst Emboli with Branch Retinal Artery Occlusion by Sanjay Kumar Mishra, Ashok Kumar

“…Emboli in supero-temporal retinal had lead to obstruction of artery with pale retina in its distribution and superior part of macula. …”
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Kaposiform Hemangioendothelioma of the GI Tract: An Exception to Occam’s Principle in an Adult with SBO by Luis E. Aguirre, Robert A. Ali, Darcy A. Kerr, Mahsa Khanlari, Gilberto Lopes

“…Approximately 200 cases have been reported since its original description in 1993, with the vast majority presenting at an early age as raised ill-defined lesions with a red-blue hue mainly involving the skin and soft tissues in the extremities. …”
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Small guide in therapetic management of inflamation and colics in ecvines (Ro.) by Adrian Gurban - Marcu, Romeo T. Cristina

“…There are many conditions that can trigger the colic syndrome, however, the widely recognized primary cause of the colic symptoms in horses is considered the stomach dilatation and / or of intestines, that will lead to obstruction of blood flow. In this sense, the review can be am useful remembrance, we believe, conceived in three chapters, for practitioners of the main elements related to inflammation and colic. …”
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Case report of metastatic colorectal cancer associated with <i>KRAS</i> A146V and A59G mutations by O. I. Kit, N. N. Timoshkina, D. Yu. Gvaldin, N. V. Soldatkina, Yu. A. Gevorkyan

“…In colorectal cancer (CRC) in addition to the most common mutations in the second exon of KRAS, there are rarer mutations that are not well understood as prognostic markers.Description of cases. We describe two clinical cases of moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma (low-grade, G2), which manifested a complicated course in a 67-year-old woman – intestinal obstruction (case 1) and in a 62-year-old man – paratumorous abscess (case 2). …”
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Two cases of Kawasaki disease: Clinical characteristics and onset of fever and gastrointestinal symptoms by Hui‐Qiong Liu, Xiao‐Ya Shi, Pei‐Sheng Jia, Yu‐Feng Huo, Man‐Man Mu, Lei Xie, Huai‐Li Wang

“…It is challenging to promptly diagnose and treat such children in clinical practice. Case Description A 10‐year‐old girl was admitted to the hospital due to fever and abdominal pain. …”
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Endoscopic Treatment of Symptomatic Septum Pellucidum Cyst in an Adult Patient—Case Report and Technical Notes by Daniel Ilie Rotariu, Bogdan Florin Iliescu, Razvan Buga, Bogdan Costachescu

“…Controversy persists in the therapy of symptomatic cases, mostly due to the challenge of establishing a correlation between the symptomatology and the presence of the cyst. Case description: We present the case of a 64-year-old female known with type—1 neurofibromatosis that associated a midline cyst. …”
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Pedunculated oral fibroma in an 11-year-old patient: A case study by Issa Saad, Maya Jokhadar, Mohamad Salem Rkab, Ahmad Al Manadili, Marwan Al-Raeei, Chadi Azmeh, Mohamad Kamel Alhariri, Mohamad Hasem, Rgena Khalil, Yussef Kalo, Ammar Nasser Agha, Waad Omran

“…Traumatic fibromas can affect individuals of any age and gender, potentially leading to obstruction or enlargement.…”
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