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Elephantiasis Gingivae – A Case Report and Its Management

P. Venkatalakshmi Aparna, S. Leena Sankari, A. Priyadharshini & M. Kasthuri · International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports · 2018

Gingival fibromatosis is a rare, benign, slowly growing heterogeneous group of disorders that develop local or diffuse enlargements of interdental papilla or attached gingiva and marginal gingiva. In advanced cases, the growth of the tissue may cover the occlusal surface of the t...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJMPCR/2018/40157

Epiploic Appendix of the Sigmoid Colon Incarcerated in the Right Femoral Hernial Sac – Case Report

Jurij Janež · International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports · 2018

Femoral hernias are more common in female patients and are prone to incarceration. Incarceration of the colonic appendix epiploicae within the femoral hernia sac is a rare finding and is usually diagnosed during emergency surgery. This paper presents a case of an older female pat...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJMPCR/2018/40605

Multiple Myeloma Presenting in Unusual Extramedullary Sites in a 62 Year Old Female from Kigali, Rwanda: Case Report

Etienne Amendezo, Patrick Kavabushi, Theoneste Nizeyimana, Issa Ngabonziza, Patrick Niyongabo, Kingsley Tobi, Julienne Imuragire, Jean Jacques Nshizirungu & Lynnette Kyokunda-Tumwine · International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports · 2018

Introduction: Multiple myeloma (MM) is a malignant hematological tumor that mainly manifests as osseous lesions in the bone marrow and skeletal bones. It rarely presents in extramedullary sites. Patients with extramedullary disease have been noted to have advanced stage disease w...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJMPCR/2018/39476

Venomous Snake Bite in Children: A Case Report from Nigeria

Blessing I. Abhulimhen-Iyoha, Chinwe Oguejiofor & Ejiro Ogonor · International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports · 2018

Venomous snakebite is a commonly encountered pediatric emergency especially in regions of slums, villages, and forests. It presents with varying clinical features leading to morbidity and mortality. Children are more prone to complications as a result of their physiological vulne...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJMPCR/2018/40082

The Management of Amlodipine-induced Gingival Overgrowth Associated to Generalized Chronic Periodontitis- A Case Report

Guarnieri Renzo, Di Nardo Dario, Gaimari Gianfranco, Miccoli Gabriele & Testarelli Luca · International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports · 2018

This case report describes the management of an 60 years-old female who presented with generalized chronic periodontitis associated with amlodipine-induced gingival overgrowth. The clinical examination showed generalized edematous gingival tissues, with gingival overgrowth, and p...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJMPCR/2018/40060

Hydrangea arborescence and Berbaris vulgaris Ease Ureteric Calculi Emission: Single Case Report

Nazmul Hasan, Md. Emrul Kayes, Md. Jahangir Alom & Md. Kamrul Kayes · International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports · 2018

Renal calculi or nephrolithiasis refers stone in the kidney-ureter-bladder (KUB) region. Calcium oxalate is the chief ingredient to form most of the calculi and kidney stone is one of the most common health problems in Bangladesh as well as in the world. Multiple risk factors pla...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJMPCR/2017/39743

Tarlov Cyst Causing Sacral One Nerve Compression, a Rare Presentation: Case Report and Literature Review

Emmanuel Murwanashyaka, Alex M. Buteera, Emmanuel Bukara, Lynnette Kyokunda-Tumwine & Emmanuel Rudakemwa · International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports · 2018

Aims: We describe the clinical, radiological and pathological characteristics of a symptomatic Tarlov cyst in a female adult patient who presented with severe low back pain of prolonged duration from Kigali, Rwanda. Presentation of Case: We report a 48-year-old Rwandan female pat...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJMPCR/2017/39033

Meningococcal Septic Shock with Polyarticular Arthritis and Hemorrhagic Skin Lesions in a 70-Year-Old Immunocompetent Woman

Gerasimos Eleftheriotis, Sofia Kalantzi, Marina Gkeka, Asimina Protogerou, Constantinos Christopoulos & Chariclia Loupa · International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports · 2018

Aim: To describe a case of meningococcal polyarthritis and hemorrhagic skin lesions in an immunocompetent woman with meningococcal septic shock. Case Presentation: Α 70-year-old woman was presented to the emergency room with fever, chest pain, and purpura. Vital signs: 98 bpm, 26...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJMPCR/2017/39054

Small Bowel Adenocarcinoma in a Nigerian Man: A Case Report

Abiodun Christopher Jemilohun, Alaba Moses Adesina, Mustapha Akanji Ajani & Theophilus Oludare Ajiro · International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports · 2018

Malignancies of the small bowel are a rare occurrence with a worldwide incidence of less than 1.0 per 100,000 populations. Only 2% of the total annual incidence of digestive cancers occurs in the small intestine as compared to approximately 57% in the large intestine. This is in...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJMPCR/2017/39299

Amanita Phalloides Avoids Tumor Growth of Leukocytes with Philadelphia Chromosome: Case Report

Isolde Riede · International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports · 2017

Background: Treatment failure in patients who have chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) using tyrosine kinase inhibitors is common due to development of secondary mutations. Amanita phalloides (Amanita) contains low dose of alpha-amanitin (amanitin),which inhibitis RNA polymerase II (R...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJMPCR/2017/38205

Anesthetic Management of a Pregnant Woman with Limb-girdle Muscular Dystrophy in the Caesarean Section: A Case Study

Javad Sharbaf Javan, Kamran Ameli, Mona Moshref, Mitra Saberi & Horiea Pakniat · International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports · 2017

In a study, we present the case of a 33-year-old obese patient with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) admitted for cesarean section. The patient was successfully managed by emergency caesarean section under spinal anesthesia. On physical examination after the operation, the f...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJMPCR/2017/37824

Laparoscopic Salvage of Obstructed and Displaced Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter - Case Study

Jurij Janež · International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports · 2017

This paper presented a case of a young male patient with end-stage renal failure, treated with chronic peritoneal dialysis, who was referred to our department due to peritoneal dialysis catheter malfunction, which was laparoscopically inserted three month earlier also in our inst...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJMPCR/2017/37981

Implementing the Use of Ultrasonography Screening Markers of the Trisomy 18 in the Clinical Practice, in the Era of Non-invasive Prenatal Test: Case Reports

Csilla Dézsi, Andrea Szöllősi, Kitti Sólya, János T. Szabó, Andrea Szabó, László Párducz, János Szabó, Sándor Nagy & Károly Szili · International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports · 2017

Introduction: Edwards’s syndrome (Tr18) is a genetic disorder caused by trisomy of the chromosome 18, and its penetrance is cc. 1:5000. This Edwards-syndrome or trisomy18 associated with many different conditions and abnormalities, with the opportunity for the ultrasound screenin...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJMPCR/2017/37652