Pulmonary contusion mimicking COVID-19: A case report.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adrenocortical cancer (ACC) is an infrequent and often aggressive malignancy with a very poor prognosis. It can be classified as functional or nonfunctional. Nonfunctional ACC is hampered by the absence of specific signs or symptoms; only abdominal pain with or without incidental adrenal occupation is typica...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Zhou DK,Liu ZH,Gao BQ,Wang WL

更新日期：2019-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pathological complete response (pCR) is rare in hormone receptor-positive (HR+) HER2-negative breast cancer (BC) treated with either endocrine therapy (ET) or chemotherapy. Radical resection of locoregional relapse, although potentially curative in some cases, is challenging when the tumor invades critical s...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Palleschi M,Maltoni R,Barzotti E,Melegari E,Curcio A,Cecconetto L,Sarti S,Manunta S,Rocca A

更新日期：2020-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The gold standard of peripheral nerve repair is nerve autograft when tensionless repair is not possible. Use of nerve autograft has several shortcomings, however. These include limited availability of donor tissue, sacrifice of a functional nerve, and possible neuroma formation. In order to address these deficiencies,...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Gerth DJ,Tashiro J,Thaller SR

更新日期：2015-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postoperative unobstructed drainage is an important measure for avoiding hematoma formation and preventing complications from anterior cervical surgery. AIM:To discuss the characteristics and key points of clinical management of two types of commonly used negative pressure drainage systems in clinical setti...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Su QH,Zhu K,Li YC,Chen T,Zhang Y,Tan J,Guo S

更新日期：2020-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysbetalipoproteinemia is a rare familial dyslipidemia characterized by approximately equally elevated serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels due to accumulated remnant lipoproteins in apolipoprotein E2/E2 homozygotes. It is associated with an increased risk for premature cardiovascular disease. Thus, making a diag...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Kei A,Miltiadous G,Bairaktari E,Hadjivassiliou M,Cariolou M,Elisaf M

更新日期：2015-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Quorum sensing (QS) is cell communication that is widely used by bacterial pathogens to coordinate the expression of several collective traits, including the production of multiple virulence factors, biofilm formation, and swarming motility once a population threshold is reached. Several lines of evidence indicate tha...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Castillo-Juárez I,Maeda T,Mandujano-Tinoco EA,Tomás M,Pérez-Eretza B,García-Contreras SJ,Wood TK,García-Contreras R

更新日期：2015-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Idiopathic adulthood ductopenia (IAD) is a chronic cholestatic liver disease of unknown etiology that usually presents as unexplained jaundice. It is characterized by adult onset, lack of autoantibodies, inflammatory bowel disease and loss of interlobular bile ducts. CASE SUMMARY:This case presents a 27-yea...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Zhang XC,Wang D,Li X,Hu YL,Wang C

更新日期：2020-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Micronodular thymic tumors with lymphoid stroma include micronodular thymoma with lymphoid stroma (MNT) and micronodular thymic carcinoma with lymphoid hyperplasia (MNC), whose micromorphological features are lymphoid stromal hyperplasia and nodular arrangement of tumor epithelial cells. This type of tumor i...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Wang B,Li K,Song QK,Wang XH,Yang L,Zhang HL,Zhong DR

更新日期：2019-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology is an important diagnostic tool in patients with thyroid lesions. Several systems have been proposed for the cyropathologic diagnosis of the thyroid nodules. However cases with indeterminate cytological findings still remain a matter of debate. In this review we analyze all litera...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Misiakos EP,Margari N,Meristoudis C,Machairas N,Schizas D,Petropoulos K,Spathis A,Karakitsos P,Machairas A

更新日期：2016-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is spreading throughout the world. Chest radiography and computed tomography play an important role in disease diagnosis, differential diagnosis, severity evaluation, prognosis prediction, therapeutic effects assessment and follow-up of patients with COVID-19. In this review, we sum...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Tang L,Wang Y,Zhang Y,Zhang XY,Zeng XC,Song B

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perioperative allogeneic blood transfusion is associated with poorer outcomes. AIM:To identify the factors that were associated with perioperative transfusion and to examine the impact of perioperative transfusion in patients undergoing resection of colorectal cancer (CRC) liver metastases. METHODS:The Uni...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Long B,Xiao ZN,Shang LH,Pan BY,Chai J

更新日期：2019-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Knee osteoarthritis is the most prevalent form of osteoarthritis and is becoming the main reason for progressive pain in knee joints. Arthroscopy combined with unicondylar knee arthroplasty (UKA) is one of the effective methods for the treatment of severe unicompartmental knee arthritis. This surgical approa...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Wang HR,Li ZL,Li J,Wang YX,Zhao ZD,Li W

更新日期：2019-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Probiotics are known as "live microorganisms" and have been proven to have a health effect on hosts at the proper dose. Recently, a kind of probiotic mixture including eight live bacterial strains, VSL#3, has attracted considerable attention for its combined effect. VSL#3 is the only probiotic considered as a kind of ...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Cheng FS,Pan D,Chang B,Jiang M,Sang LX

更新日期：2020-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigated the association between the tumor cells' expression of E-cadherin and the numbers of several types of inflammatory cells infiltrating into the invasive portion of gallbladder cancer (GBC). METHODS:We analyzed 50 GBC cases for which a sufficient amount of tumor tissues for tissue microarray (TMA) ha...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Kai K,Masuda M,Aishima S

更新日期：2017-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aortic dissection (AD) is a life-threatening condition with a high mortality rate without immediate medical attention. Early diagnosis and appropriate treatment are critical in treating patients with AD. In the emergency department, patients with AD commonly present with classic symptoms of unanticipated sev...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Yin XB,Wang XK,Xu S,He CY

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 56-year-old woman with pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PA) discovered during an episode of febrile jaundice. A computed tomography (CT) scan showed a mass in the head of the pancreas with circumferential infiltration of the superior mesenteric vein (SMV) and dilatation of the biliary and pancreatic ...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Jouffret L,Guilbaud T,Turrini O,Delpero JR

更新日期：2018-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the main reasons of tumor-related deaths worldwide. At present, the main treatment is surgery, but the results are unsatisfactory, and the prognosis is poor. The majority of patients die due to liver or lung metastasis or recurrence. In recent years, great progress has been made in th...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Song H,Zhong LP,He J,Huang Y,Zhao YX

更新日期：2019-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inflammatory cytokines play a vital role in the occurrence of osteoarticular injury and inflammation. Whether inflammation-associated factors interleukin-1β (IL-1β), IL-6, tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) are involved in the pathogenesis of keen articular cartilag...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Wang ZW,Chen L,Hao XR,Qu ZA,Huang SB,Ma XJ,Wang JC,Wang WM

更新日期：2019-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most common leukemia in the western world. Despite significant advances in therapy over the last decade CLL remains incurable. Current front-line therapy often consists of chemoimmunotherapy-based regimens, most commonly the fludarabine, cyclophosphamide plus rituximab combina...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Crassini K,Mulligan SP,Best OG

更新日期：2015-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute kidney injury (AKI) after liver transplantation (LT) is a frequent and multifactorial event related to increased morbidity and mortality. Risk factors for AKI after LT still need to be clarified. AIM:To identify the predictors of acute kidney injury after liver transplantation. METHODS:The frequency ...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Mrzljak A,Franusic L,Pavicic-Saric J,Kelava T,Jurekovic Z,Kocman B,Mikulic D,Budimir-Bekan I,Knotek M

更新日期：2020-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Solitary respiratory papilloma is a rare epithelial tumor that can be categorized into multiple subtypes depending on tumor location, histological presentation and number. The glandular type is the rarest, with only 30 cases available within the field. Hence, information on its identification and treatment i...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Wu CW,Chen A,Huang TW

更新日期：2020-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aplasia cutis congenita (ACC) in newborns is a condition in which congenital defects or hypoplasia is present in part of the epidermis, dermis and even subcutaneous tissue (including muscle and bones). First reported by Cordon in 1767, ACC is a rare disease with a low incidence of 1/100000 to 3/10000. Curren...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Lei GF,Zhang JP,Wang XB,You XL,Gao JY,Li XM,Chen ML,Ning XQ,Sun JL

更新日期：2019-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastric signet ring cell carcinoma (GSRCC) is one of the most malignant tumors. It has the features of high invasiveness, rapid progression, and resistance to chemotherapy. However, systematic analyses of mRNAs have not yet been performed for GSRCC. AIM:To identify key mRNAs and signaling pathways in GSRCC....

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Zhao ZT,Li Y,Yuan HY,Ma FH,Song YM,Tian YT

更新日期：2020-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary benign metastatic leiomyoma (PBML), which is very rare, is a type of benign metastatic leiomyoma (BML). Here, we report a case of PBML, finally diagnosed through multidisciplinary team (MDT) discussions, and provide a literature review of the disease. CASE SUMMARY:A 55-year old asymptomatic woman ...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Dai HY,Guo SL,Shen J,Yang L

更新日期：2020-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:A 50-year-old male who underwent a HeartMate II left ventricular assist device placement for ischemic cardiomyopathy presented with discolored urine and hemolysis 3 mo after the operation. His hemolysis was thought to be due to thrombosis within the pump. Imaging studies were not able to visualize a left ventricular t...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Unai S,Hirose H,Entwistle JW 3rd,Samuels LE

更新日期：2014-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe clinical, diagnostic features and follow up of a patient with a vanishing brain lesion. A 14-year-old child admitted to the department of Neurology at September 2009 with a history of subacute onset of fever, anorexia, vomiting, blurring of vision and right hemiparesis since one month. Magnetic resonance i...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Hamed SA,Mekkawy MA,Abozaid H

更新日期：2015-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sweet's syndrome, also known as acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis, is a rare skin disorder that may be associated with cancer. CASE SUMMARY:A 58-year-old female presented with a cholestatic syndrome and significant weight loss three months before admission. Five months earlier, she had abruptly develope...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Lemaire CC,Portilho ALC,Pinheiro LV,Vivas RA,Britto M,Montenegro M,Rodrigues LFF,Arruda S,Lyra AC,Cavalcante LN

更新日期：2020-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To analyze the bacterial community structure and distribution of intestinal microflora in people with and without metabolic syndrome and combined these data with clinical indicators to determine relationships between selected bacteria and metabolic diseases. METHODS:Faecal samples were collected from 20 patients w...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Lin L,Wen ZB,Lin DJ,Dong JT,Jin J,Meng F

更新日期：2018-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ganglioneuroma (GN) is a rare and benign tumor that originates from autonomic nervous system ganglion cells. The most frequently involved sites are the posterior mediastinum, the abdominal cavity, and the retroperitoneal space. It rarely occurs in the cervical area, compressing the spinal cord. Neurofibromat...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Tan CY,Liu JW,Lin Y,Tie XX,Cheng P,Qi X,Gao Y,Guo ZZ

更新日期：2019-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heterotopic pancreas is a common lesion found in the gastrointestinal tract and is usually considered a benign disease. Reports of malignant change of heterotopic pancreas are scarce. CASE SUMMARY:A 44-year-old Chinese female underwent a gastroscopy to assess abdominal distension that had persisted for 2 mo...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Xiong Y,Xie Y,Jin DD,Wang XY

更新日期：2020-05-26 00:00:00