J Sousou, T Kronen, J Williams, MC O'Brien, P Reddy
{"title":"85 Heart under siege: malignant pericardial effusion in the setting of acute stroke and metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung","authors":"J Sousou, T Kronen, J Williams, MC O'Brien, P Reddy","doi":"10.1016/S0002-9629(25)00094-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0002-9629(25)00094-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55526,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of the Medical Sciences","volume":"369 ","pages":"Pages S57-S58"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143128257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"79 From pandemic to pump: unraveling the tale of post-COVID cardiomyopathy","authors":"K Qureshi, E Ling, M Nelson, N Rus","doi":"10.1016/S0002-9629(25)00088-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0002-9629(25)00088-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55526,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of the Medical Sciences","volume":"369 ","pages":"Pages S53-S54"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143149977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Severe hyponatremia secondary to syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH): A rare cause of takotsubo (stress) cardiomyopathy","authors":"Asad Mussarat MD , Zachary Stielper MD , Christopher Hayden MD , Shane Guillory MD","doi":"10.1016/j.amjms.2024.08.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.amjms.2024.08.011","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a reversible, stress-induced systolic abnormality of the left ventricular apex.<span><span><sup>1</sup></span></span><sup>,</sup><span><span><sup>2</sup></span></span> It can carry significant morbidity and mortality for patients, largely due to associated complications that can occur in the acute setting. While it is most commonly linked with acute emotional or physical stressors, it is now recognized that many acute medical illnesses can precipitate the syndrome. Severe acute hyponatremia (<120 mmol/L) should be considered as a possible causative condition for Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, however reports of its occurrence in the literature are exceedingly rare.<span><span>3</span></span>, <span><span>4</span></span>, <span><span>5</span></span>, <span><span>6</span></span>, <span><span>7</span></span>, <span><span>8</span></span>, <span><span>9</span></span>, <span><span>10</span></span>, <span><span>11</span></span>, <span><span>12</span></span>, <span><span>13</span></span>, <span><span>14</span></span> We present a case of a 73-year-old woman who was admitted for severe hyponatremia secondary to syndrome of inappropriate anti-diuretic hormone (SIADH) with a sodium level of 105 mmol/L and a concomitant diagnosis of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, as well as a review of the epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical features, diagnosis, treatment and clinical outcomes of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55526,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of the Medical Sciences","volume":"369 2","pages":"Pages 286-291"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142020038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ultrasound-guided lumbar sympathetic nerve block for an intractable abdominal pain and intestinal obstruction","authors":"Heyu Ji, Di Xia, Xulei Cui, Yuguang Huang","doi":"10.1016/j.amjms.2024.06.021","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.amjms.2024.06.021","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55526,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of the Medical Sciences","volume":"369 2","pages":"Pages e4-e5"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141474139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yuan Zeng , Guilin Peng , Jianxing He , Chao Yang , Xin Xu
{"title":"Kartagener's syndrome","authors":"Yuan Zeng , Guilin Peng , Jianxing He , Chao Yang , Xin Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.amjms.2024.06.032","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.amjms.2024.06.032","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55526,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of the Medical Sciences","volume":"369 2","pages":"Pages e6-e7"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141592166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"93 A case of disordered eating emerging amidst tirzepatide use for obesity treatment in an 18-year-old male","authors":"C Lu, A Odulana, E Gray, M Bowden","doi":"10.1016/S0002-9629(25)00102-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0002-9629(25)00102-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55526,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of the Medical Sciences","volume":"369 ","pages":"Page S63"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143149976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"94 A case of graves' thyrotoxicosis with secondary wernicke's encephalopathy","authors":"C Lu, J Ross, A Dye","doi":"10.1016/S0002-9629(25)00103-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0002-9629(25)00103-X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55526,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of the Medical Sciences","volume":"369 ","pages":"Pages S63-S64"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143098217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K Cyrus, S Olister, J Gallois, C Mumphrey, M Skalak
{"title":"33 A case of refractory chylothoraces following ECMO","authors":"K Cyrus, S Olister, J Gallois, C Mumphrey, M Skalak","doi":"10.1016/S0002-9629(25)00042-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0002-9629(25)00042-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55526,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of the Medical Sciences","volume":"369 ","pages":"Page S21"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143098793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"43 Necrotizing enterocolitis in a term infant following rotavirus vaccine","authors":"TC Lu, G Tang, P Lohmann","doi":"10.1016/S0002-9629(25)00052-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0002-9629(25)00052-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55526,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of the Medical Sciences","volume":"369 ","pages":"Page S30"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143100978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mei Luo MD, Xiaoxia Yu MD, Zhongpei Chen MD, Zhenhan Li MD
{"title":"Mixed glandular neuroendocrine carcinoma of the endometrium with hypercalcemic crisis","authors":"Mei Luo MD, Xiaoxia Yu MD, Zhongpei Chen MD, Zhenhan Li MD","doi":"10.1016/j.amjms.2024.08.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.amjms.2024.08.010","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To explore the ideas and research progress in diagnosing and treating hypercalcemic crisis in patients with cancer.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We reviewed the clinical data, diagnosis and treatment of hypercalcemic crisis in a patient with mixed glandular neuroendocrine carcinoma of the endometrium.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The patient had gastrointestinal symptoms and acute renal impairment as the main manifestations, and the blood biochemical indexes suggested a hypercalcemic crisis with elevated parathyroid hormone (PTH). No lesions were seen in the parathyroid glands on imaging and nuclide imaging, but an abnormal pelvic mass was seen in the pelvis and the biopsy of the uterine cervix tissue suggested that it was an adenocarcinoma. Surgery was performed to remove the mass, and postoperative findings suggested endometrial large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma with endometrioid adenocarcinoma. The calcium and PTH decreased to normal after surgery and chemotherapy.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The condition of the hypercalcemia crisis is dangerous, so it is necessary to think from different aspects of the clinical diagnosis and treatment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55526,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of the Medical Sciences","volume":"369 2","pages":"Pages 281-285"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142001630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}