abstract：BACKGROUND:Lymphangioma is a benign lesion that rarely involves the gastrointestinal tract, especially in adults. Small bowel lymphangioma is a rare cause of gastrointestinal bleeding. Here, we report a case of an adult diagnosed with jejunal lymphangioma presenting with melena, anemia and hypogammaglobulinemia. We als...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Tan B,Zhang SY,Wang YN,Li Y,Shi XH,Qian JM

更新日期：2020-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We analyzed the main features of an infant diagnosed with temporary neonatal cyanosis in order to strengthen our understanding of the disease. CASE SUMMARY:We report a patient diagnosed with temporary neonatal cyanosis. The main clinical characteristics, gene mutation and treatment are discussed and a revie...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Yuan J,Zhu XP

更新日期：2020-01-06 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：BACKGROUND:Paragonimiasis is a food-borne parasitic infection caused by lung flukes of the genus Paragonimus. Although the most common site of infection is the pleuropulmonary area, the parasite can also reach other parts of the body on its journey from the intestines to the lungs, ending up in locations such as the br...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Oh MY,Chu A,Park JH,Lee JY,Roh EY,Chai YJ,Hwang KT

更新日期：2019-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a rare mesenchymal tumor that is characterized by spindle cells differentiated from muscle fibroblasts and infiltration of various types of inflammatory cells. IMT can occur at any age and at any anatomic site. The most common location of IMT is the bladder in the ...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Zhang GH,Guo XY,Liang GZ,Wang Q

更新日期：2019-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In previous studies, celiomesenteric trunk (CMT) was narrowly defined as a hepato-gastro-spleno-mesenteric (HGSM) trunk, but other possible types were ignored. With the widespread use of multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) angiography, it is easy to collect a large sampling of data on arterial anatomy o...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Tang W,Shi J,Kuang LQ,Tang SY,Wang Y

更新日期：2019-12-06 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：BACKGROUND:Bouveret syndrome is a rare complication of cholelithiasis, with only 315 cases reported in the literature between 1967 and 2016. Delay in diagnosis is associated with a high mortality rate. Diagnosis is based upon clinical manifestations, gastroscopy, and imaging studies such as abdominal computed tomograph...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Wang F,Du ZQ,Chen YL,Chen TM,Wang Y,Zhou XR

更新日期：2019-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is mainly caused by cerebral blood flow disorders, which further leads to ischemic brain necrosis or encephalomalacia. The role of homocysteine (Hcy), an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease, in the development of atherosclerosis is gradually revealed. However, studi...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Li J,Zhou F,Wu FX

更新日期：2019-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Concomitant allergic fungal rhinosinusitis (AFRS) and allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) are extremely rare, with no more than 20 cases reported in the English literature. CASE SUMMARY:A 52-year-old female patient complained of right-sided nasal obstruction, rhinorrhea, sneezing, epistaxis, and ...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Cheng KJ,Zhou ML,Liu YC,Zhou SH

更新日期：2019-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Warthin's tumor (WT) is composed of several cysts that are lined with tall, bilayered oncocytic columnar cells and lymphoid stroma. Within WT, the two components rarely transform into carcinoma or lymphoma, and when it does, carcinoma is the most common type. Approximately 28 cases of lymphoma with WT have b...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Wang CS,Chu X,Yang D,Ren L,Meng NL,Lv XX,Yun T,Cao YS

更新日期：2019-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thyroid gland is an uncommon site for metastases from clear cell renal cell carcinoma (CCRCC) and literature is scarce. Due to the variable and often long lag time before development of metastases in patients with CCRCC, thyroid nodules may be misdiagnosed initially as benign. This systematic review aims at ...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Khaddour K,Marernych N,Ward WL,Liu J,Pappa T

更新日期：2019-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leiomyosarcoma of the stomach is extremely rare, and only 13 cases have been reported in the literature. Before the advent of KIT immunohistochemistry, gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) were misdiagnosed as leiomyomas and leiomyosarcomas. Leiomyosarcoma rarely occurs in organs besides the uterus and is...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Kang WZ,Xue LY,Tian YT

更新日期：2019-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fetal akinesia deformation sequence (FADS) is a broad spectrum disorder with absent fetal movements as the unifying feature. The etiology of FADS is heterogeneous and mostly still unknown. A prenatal diagnosis of FADS relies on clinical features obtained by ultrasound and fetal muscle pathology. However, the...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Li N,Qiao C,Lv Y,Yang T,Liu H,Yu WQ,Liu CX

更新日期：2019-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anti-D antibody is not the common cause of Rh-isoimmunization in Chinese neonatal jaundice. Recent change in national population policy has followed by an increase in Rh-isoimmunization related hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN). Unfortunately, regional status of Rh-HDN is unavailable. We hypothesize tha...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Bi SH,Jiang LL,Dai LY,Zheng H,Zhang J,Wang LL,Wang C,Jiang Q,Liu Y,Zhang YL,Wang J,Zhu C,Liu GH,Teng RJ

更新日期：2019-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systemic amyloidosis in which multiple systems can be involved has become a common clinical disease. When the liver is affected, symptoms such as abdominal distension, fatigue, edema, liver, and jaundice could appear. To date, hepatic amyloidosis combined with hepatic venular occlusive disease and Budd-Chiar...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Li TT,Wu YF,Liu FQ,He FL

更新日期：2019-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast cancer (BCa) is one of the most common malignancies in women; however, ureteral metastasis of BCa has rarely been reported in the literature. CASE SUMMARY:A 55-year-old Chinese woman with an 8-year history of BCa presented with lower back pain that had persisted for 3 mo. The patient underwent bilate...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Zhou ZH,Sun LJ,Zhang GM

更新日期：2019-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains a major contributor to the number of cancer-related deaths that occur annually worldwide. With the development of molecular biology methods, an increasing number of molecular biomarkers have been identified and investigated. CRC is believed to result from an accumulation of epigenetic c...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Zhan YX,Luo GH

更新日期：2019-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Uterine myomas are the most common benign gynecological soft tissue tumors in women but polycythemia associated with these tumors is rare. Polycythemia is significantly associated with risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), which is further increased in case of a large pelvic mass and obesity. Here we report ...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Macciò A,Chiappe G,Lavra F,Sanna E,Nieddu R,Madeddu C

更新日期：2019-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Synovial sarcoma, a rare mesenchymal tumor type with unclear histological origin and direction of differentiation, accounts for 6%-10% of soft tissue tumors. It is mainly located near the joints and tendons of the limbs, and occurs primarily in children or young adults. Primary renal synovial sarcoma (PRSS) ...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Cai HJ,Cao N,Wang W,Kong FL,Sun XX,Huang B

更新日期：2019-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sinusoidal obstruction syndrome (SOS) is a kind of rare liver disease which is characterized by damage to small hepatic vessels, affecting particularly the sinusoidal endothelium. Due to the special etiology and high mortality, early diagnosis of SOS is significant for clinical survival and prognosis. AIM:T...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Zhang Y,Jiang HY,Wei Y,Song B

更新日期：2019-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Femoral shaft fractures are a common type of fracture among adults and have high union rates. However, clinical decisions are difficult to make because of the different types of nonunions. Atrophic nonunion usually requires revision surgery combined with bone grafting. Furthermore, no study of teriparatide a...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Tsai MH,Hu CC

更新日期：2019-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bortezomib is a first-line drug approved for patients with multiple myeloma (MM) and has significantly increased their overall survival. However, bortezomib-induced peripheral neuropathy (PN) remains a significant side effect that has led to its discontinuation in some patients. Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS)...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Xu YL,Zhao WH,Tang ZY,Li ZQ,Long Y,Cheng P,Luo J

更新日期：2019-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spontaneous peritonitis is one of the most common infectious complications in cirrhotic patients with ascites. Spontaneous fungal peritonitis (SFP) is a type of spontaneous peritonitis that is a less recognized but devastating complication in end-stage cirrhosis. Although high mortality was previously noted,...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Huang CH,Pang LT,Xu LC,Ge TT,Xu QM,Chen Z

更新日期：2019-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ovarian tumors are common gynecological diseases in children, and the most commonly seen ovarian tumors are germ cell tumors. Robotic surgery is the new access for children ovarian tumors. CASE SUMMARY:From June to October 2017, 4 children with ovarian tumors were admitted and treated in the Department of P...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Xie XX,Wang N,Wang ZH,Zhu YY,Wang JR,Wang XQ

更新日期：2019-09-06 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：: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:Allergy to cow's milk is the most frequent allergy occurring in infants and young children. The dietary management of these patients consists of the elimination of any cow's milk proteins from the diet, and for formula-fed infants, the substitution of the usual infant formula with an adapted formula that is ...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Rossetti D,Cucchiara S,Morace A,Leter B,Oliva S

更新日期：2019-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgical treatment for large carotid body tumor (CBT), particularly the Shamblin III type, is challenging and rarely reported. CASE SUMMARY:In July 2014, a 63-year-old woman presented to our hospital with a large CBT (130 mm × 60 mm × 70 mm). The lesion was hypervascular, spanned from the first to the seven...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Li MQ,Zhao Y,Sun HY,Yang XY

更新日期：2019-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myocardial bridge (MB) will compress the mural coronary artery (MCA) during the systole and cause myocardial ischemia. In the diagnosis of coronary heart disease (CHD), because the structure of MB is difficult to be observed by coronary angiography (CAG), the clinical study of the influence of MB on CHD is l...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Zhao DH,Fan Q,Ning JX,Wang X,Tian JY

更新日期：2019-08-06 00:00:00

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：:Biliary tract cancer, or cholangiocarcinoma, comprises a heterogeneous group of malignant tumors that can emerge at any part of the biliary tree. This group is the second most common type of primary liver cancer. Diagnosis is usually based on symptoms, which may be heterogeneous, and nonspecific biomarkers in serum an...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Huguet JM,Lobo M,Labrador JM,Boix C,Albert C,Ferrer-Barceló L,Durá AB,Suárez P,Iranzo I,Gil-Raga M,de Burgos CB,Sempere J

更新日期：2019-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Metastases to adrenal glands originate principally from lung, breast, or gastrointestinal cancers, followed by malignant melanoma and thyroid neoplasms. We present an unusual case of uterine cancer metastasizing to the adrenal glands with a review of the English literature on the management of this rare dise...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Da Dalt G,Friziero A,Grego A,Serafini S,Fassina A,Blandamura S,Sperti C

更新日期：2019-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) is now increasing rapidly. The tumor grade of PNETs significantly affects the treatment strategy and prognosis. However, there is still no effective way to non-invasively classify PNET grades. Machine learning (ML) algorithms have shown potential in i...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Zhou RQ,Ji HC,Liu Q,Zhu CY,Liu R

更新日期：2019-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Synchronous multiple primary cancers (SMPC) mean two or more malignant tumors occurring simultaneously and with different origins no matter what types they are or where they are located. The carcinogenesis of SMPC often involves variations of some specific genes. However, the correlation between CDH1 mutatio...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Hu MN,Lv W,Hu RY,Si YF,Lu XW,Deng YJ,Deng H

更新日期：2019-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a serious health and social problem leading to a considerable decrease in the quality of life of patients. Among the risk factors associated with reflux symptoms and that decrease the quality of life are stress, overweight and an increase in body weight. The concept...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Gorczyca R,Pardak P,Pękala A,Filip R

更新日期：2019-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Premonitory urges (PUs) was defined as the uncomfortable physical sensations of inner tension that can be relieved by producing movement responses. Nearly 70%-90% patients with Tourette syndrome reported experiences of PUs. CASE SUMMARY:In this paper, we present two cases of young patients with PUs located ...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Li Y,Zhang JS,Wen F,Lu XY,Yan CM,Wang F,Cui YH

更新日期：2019-06-26 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：BACKGROUND:Basal cell adenoma (BCA) is a rare benign tumour that has unique histological characteristics and primarily arises in the parotid glands. According to published reports, nearby tissue destruction by BCA seems impossible. CASE SUMMARY:We presented a case of a 54-year-old woman with a mass in the deep lobe of...

journal_title：World journal of clinical cases

authors： Du LY,Weng XH,Shen ZY,Cheng B

更新日期：2019-06-06 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