Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510056

Chondrodermatitis Nodularis Chronica Helicis Mimicking Metastazis

Ali Cengiz, Hasan Erdogan, Muhsin Nuh Aybay, Mehmet Sedat Durmaz, Fatma Zeynep Arslan, Ozgur Oner and Arzu Cengiz

Article Type: Case Study | First Published: November 18, 2016

A 66-year-old male patient who underwent operation on the left temporal region due to squamous cell cancer and has been followed for a year admitted to our hospital for right ear swelling and ear pain which is worse at night....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510055

Free Floating Ball Thrombus in the Left Atrium in a Child with Restrictive Cardiomyopathy

Iyad Al-Ammouri

Article Type: Clinical Image | First Published: November 15, 2016

A large free floating ball thrombus was diagnosed in an 8-year-old girl with severe restrictive cardiomyopathy following transient loss of vision....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510054

Giant Malignant Phyllodes Tumor of the Breast: A Case Report

Gianluca Franceschini, Danilo Di Giorgio, Sabatino D'Archi, Alba Di Leone, Alejandro Martin Sanchez and Riccardo Masetti

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: November 11, 2016

Phyllodestumours (PTs) of the breast are rare fibroepithelial neoplasms with risks of local recurrence and uncommon metastases....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510053

A Giant Calcified Hepatic Hemangioma

Cheng-Yi Wang, Wu-Hsien Kuo, Chen-Yi Liao and En-Hua Huang

Article Type: Case Study | First Published: August 20, 2016

A 57-year-old Taiwanese hepatitis B carrier female presented with a one-week history of epigastric pain, anorexia, malaise, intermittent nausea and vomiting in the preceding 6 months....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510052

A Two Valve Fungic Endocarditis in a Lupic Patient

Filipa Brito Mendes, Ana Paula Silva, Nelson Tavares and Pedro Neves

Article Type: Case Study | First Published: August 18, 2016

A 38-years-old female patient, with the diagnosis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). Under hemodialysis for the last 3 years (by a humerus-cefalic arteriovenous fistula) after an 8 years period of peritoneal dialysis which started 4 years after renal transplantation in a patient with Lupus Nephritis....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510051

A Rare Cause of Persistent Dysphagia: Dysphagia Lusoria

Ali Cengiz, Serdar Arslan, Mehmet Sedat Durmaz , Ender Alkan, Hasan Erdogan, Aysegul Kayhan and Arzu Cengiz

Article Type: Case Presentation | First Published: August 15, 2016

A 50-year-old woman referred to our internal medicine clinic complaining of recurrent solid food dysphagia at her upper-middle chest for a year. The patient's history and laboratory test results were unremarkable....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510050

Vascular Calcifications in Calcific Uremic Arteriolopathy

Filipa Brito Mendes, Andre Fragoso, Ana Paula Silva and Pedro Neves

Article Type: Case Study | First Published: August 13, 2016

Calcific Uremic Arteriolopathy (CUA) or Calciphylaxis, is a severe morbid and life-threatening condition 1. Ischemic subcutaneous necrosis with vulnerable skin ulcerations are some of the characteristics of this rare but global spread disease....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510049

Occlusive Intestinal Invagination as First Presentation of Melanoma

Enrico Pinotti, Silvia Frassani, Giulia Lo Bianco, Luca Degrate and Fabrizio Romano

Article Type: Case Presentation | First Published: July 24, 2016

Intestinal metastasis are a common finding in patients affected with melanoma; only exceptionally they can cause enteric intussusceptions and present clinically as bowel obstruction....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510048

Lemierre's Syndrome: A Case Report with Fatal CNS Complications

Jocelyn Zee, Manuel Lois and Donna Cota

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: June 24, 2016

Lemierre's syndrome is a rare disorder of young adults, usually caused by the anaerobic bacterium, Fusobacterium necrophorum and occasionally by other Fusobacterium species....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510047

Elephantiasis neuromatosa in Type 1 Neurofibromatosis

Haber R, Kechichian E and Tomb R

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: June 16, 2016

Type 1 neurofibromatosis (NF-1), or Von Recklinghausen disease, is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder. It is characterized by the presence of multiple neurofibromas....