Terje Forslund, Anna-Mari Koski, Arvo Koistinen, Anu Sikiö
{"title":"Malignant myeloma in a patient after treatment for osteoporosis with teriparatide; a rare coincidence.","authors":"Terje Forslund, Anna-Mari Koski, Arvo Koistinen, Anu Sikiö","doi":"10.4137/ccrep.s1026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4137/ccrep.s1026","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A breakthrough in understanding of mechanisms of bone structure regulation has brought about the introduction of the new synthetic recombinant human parathyroid hormone 1-34 (PTH1-34; Teriparatide) in the treatment of osteoporosis. These mechanisms, involving the RANKL, RANK, and osteoprotegerin system, are also known to be involved in malignant myeloma (MM) and tumor and bone metastasis development. We report a case in which MM was found after treatment of osteoporosis with teriparatide. We were unable to demonstrate any direct association between the MM and teriparatide treatment. However, it seemed intriguing that similar mechanisms are activated in the development of MM as those being working during teriparatide treatment. In the view of our case, we propose that MM by examination of serum protein fraction should be searched for prior to treatment with teriparatide as it is an exclusion criterion in teriparatide treatment of secondary osteoporosis. A search for other metastatic diseases prior to teriparatide treatment should eventually also be considered. The theoretical basis for our proposal is discussed. </p>","PeriodicalId":89909,"journal":{"name":"Clinical medicine. Case reports","volume":"1 ","pages":"119-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4137/ccrep.s1026","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31823991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nizatidine Improves Impaired Salivary Secretion in GERD.","authors":"Yoshihisa Urita, Toshiyasu Watanabe, Kazuo Hike, Makie Nanami, Tadashi Maeda, Yosuke Sasaki, Asuka Nakayama, Takamasa Ishii, Kaoru Domon, Susumu Ishihara, Masaki Sanaka, Hitoshi Nakajima, Motonobu Sugimoto","doi":"10.4137/ccrep.s870","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4137/ccrep.s870","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Unlabelled: </strong>During esophageal acid clearance, salivation plays an important role in defending the esophageal mucosa. Nizatidine, a histamine H2 receptor antagonist, inhibits acetylcholine esterase, with a resultant increase in acetylcholine. We experienced a patient with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and impaired salivary secretion who has been successfully treated with nizatidine.</p><p><strong>Case report: </strong>A 63-year-old female visited our hospital with complaints of heartburn and continuous laryngeal discomfort. Saliva scintigraphy was performed to evaluate the salivary function. Washout ratio was decreased to be 25%-40% in individual salivary gland. After the treatment with nizatidine, salivary scintigraphy demonstrated the increased washout ratios. The values of both parotid glands increased up to 90%, whereas those of submandibular glands improved to be around a normal range. GERD symptoms disappeared completely after treatment. In conclusion, nizatidine may be one of therapeutic options for low salivary excretion.</p>","PeriodicalId":89909,"journal":{"name":"Clinical medicine. Case reports","volume":"1 ","pages":"113-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4137/ccrep.s870","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31823990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ralf-Bodo Tröbs, Christian Geyer, Wolfgang Hirsch, Andrea Tannapfel
{"title":"Surgical anatomy of large retroperitoneal teratomas in infants: report of two cases.","authors":"Ralf-Bodo Tröbs, Christian Geyer, Wolfgang Hirsch, Andrea Tannapfel","doi":"10.4137/ccrep.s907","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4137/ccrep.s907","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report on two infants of 11 and 12 months of age, respectively, with large solid-cystic retroperitoneal tumors. Complete resection was achieved, and both children are doing well over a follow-up of more than 17 months. The presented paper focuses on surgical anatomy of this very rare type of tumor. Teratomas were located mainly within the upper abdominal cavity, and both tumors displaced the pancreas in an anterior position. The following anatomical features were observed (1) displacement of surrounding organs, (2) deformation and elongation of large retroperitoneal vessels, (3) fibrous incorporation of large vessels by the tumor pseudocapsule, (4) wrapping of anterior aortic branches by lobes and fingers of the tumor. </p>","PeriodicalId":89909,"journal":{"name":"Clinical medicine. Case reports","volume":"1 ","pages":"107-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4137/ccrep.s907","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31823989","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Khalid A Al-Anazi, Asma M Al-Jasser, Amal Abdulwahab, Entezam Sahovic, Hadeel Almana, Mohammed A Al Fadda
{"title":"Successful management of multifactorial colitis in a recipient of hematopoietic stem cell transplant: a case report.","authors":"Khalid A Al-Anazi, Asma M Al-Jasser, Amal Abdulwahab, Entezam Sahovic, Hadeel Almana, Mohammed A Al Fadda","doi":"10.4137/ccrep.s838","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4137/ccrep.s838","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recipients of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant can develop life-threatening complications at any time following their transplants. These complications require repeated clinical assessment, appropriate and thorough screening as well as a comprehensive management approach. We report a young adult male who received a sibling allograft in the second complete remission of his acute lymphoblastic leukemia at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre in Riyadh. The patient developed severe colitis which was caused by: acute exacerbation of chronic graft versus host disease of the lower gastrointestinal tract, cytomegalovirus disease of the colon and a superadded Salmonella infection caused by food poisoning. The multifactorial colitis was properly investigated and successfully managed. To our knowledge, this is the first case of multifactorial colitis in a recipient of hematopoietic stem cell transplant. </p>","PeriodicalId":89909,"journal":{"name":"Clinical medicine. Case reports","volume":"1 ","pages":"101-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4137/ccrep.s838","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31823988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multiple complications in a sickle cell disease patient: a case report.","authors":"J A Olaniyi","doi":"10.4137/ccrep.s812","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4137/ccrep.s812","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Summary This case report illustrates the multiple complications experienced by a sickle cell anaemia patient. Although he enjoyed fairly good health till age 16 years; he subsequently suffered grade four bilateral femoral head necrosis, cerebella infarct and cerebral atrophy from cumulative effect of repetitive vasoocclussion, recurrent overwhelming septicaemia, fixed flexion deformities and decubitous ulcer as a sequelae of earlier complications. He eventually became bed ridden. Financial constraint seriously compounded these problems. The determinants, of which type of the wide-ranging complications of SCD a particular patient will eventually develop, remain elusive. </p>","PeriodicalId":89909,"journal":{"name":"Clinical medicine. Case reports","volume":"1 ","pages":"97-100"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4137/ccrep.s812","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31823987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dissecting aneurysms of bilateral anterior cerebral artery complicated by subarachnoid hemorrhage after cerebral infarction: a case report.","authors":"Akihiro Kurosu, Shizuo Hatashita, Hideo Ueno","doi":"10.4137/ccrep.s833","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4137/ccrep.s833","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Intracranial dissecting aneurysms have been increased due to recent advancements in diagnostic imaging. However there have been little article with subarachnoid hemorrhage and cerebral infarction occurring almost at the same time. We performed the surgical treatment and obtained good result.</p><p><strong>Case presentation: </strong>A 47-year-old male presented to our hospital with chief complaints of sudden headache and mild paralysis of the left lower extremity. Brain imaging at admission revealed cerebral infarction in the right frontal lobe and subarachnoid hemorrhage in the frontal convexy and anterior interhemispheric fissure. The left and right internal carotid angiography showed a bulging cerebral aneurysm at the left A1-A2 junction and stenosis and arterial dissections in the peripheral of the bilateral anterior cerebral artery. Wrapping was performed for the dissecting aneurysm of the left anterior cerebral artery. For the right anterior cerebral artery, trapping was performed at the A2 segment without vascular anastomosis. The patient's postoperative course was uneventful.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>A consensus has not been reached on the treatment for intracranial dissecting aneurysms. Proximal trapping without vascular reconstruction was performed for the right anterior cerebral artery without vascular anastomosis to prevent rebleeding. However no symptoms of neurological deficiency were observed. Proximal trapping of dissecting aneurysm seems to be a good option when patient's functional and life prognosis are taken into account in case that vascular reconstruction will be anticipated difficulty.</p>","PeriodicalId":89909,"journal":{"name":"Clinical medicine. Case reports","volume":"1 ","pages":"93-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4137/ccrep.s833","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31823986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Terje Forslund, Arvo Koistinen, Jorma Anttinen, Bodo Wagner, Marja Miettinen
{"title":"Forty years abuse of baking soda, rhabdomyolysis, glomerulonephritis, hypertension leading to renal failure: a case report.","authors":"Terje Forslund, Arvo Koistinen, Jorma Anttinen, Bodo Wagner, Marja Miettinen","doi":"10.4137/ccrep.s888","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4137/ccrep.s888","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a patient who had ingested sodium bicarbonate for treatment of alcoholic dyspepsia during forty years at increasing doses. During the last year he had used more than 50 grams daily. He presented with metabolic alkalosis, epileptic convulsions, subdural hematoma, hypertension and rhabdomyolysis with end stage renal failure, for which he had to be given regular intermittent hemodialysis treatment. Untreated hypertension and glomerulonephritis was probably present prior to all these acute incidents. Examination of the kidney biopsy revealed mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis and arterial wall thickening causing nephrosclerosis together with interstitial calcinosis. The combination of all these pathologic changes might be responsible for the development of progressive chronic renal failure ending up with the need for continuous intermittent hemodialysis treatment. </p>","PeriodicalId":89909,"journal":{"name":"Clinical medicine. Case reports","volume":"1 ","pages":"83-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4137/ccrep.s888","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31823984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fulminant klebssiella pneumoniae pneumonia in immunocompetent non alcoholic patient.","authors":"Z Benyashvili, A Djirbe, N Assy","doi":"10.4137/ccrep.s761","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4137/ccrep.s761","url":null,"abstract":"We describe a case of fulminant community acquired bacteremic K. pneumoniae pneumonia in non alcoholic (<20 gr/day) patient. A previously healthy 36-year-old man presented with fever (39 C), malaise, dyspnea and a nonproductive cough. On physical examination, he had tachycardia (120/min), tachypnea (31/min) and hypotension (85/67 mm Hg). A chest radiograph displayed symmetric bilateral and voluminous hyperdense lung infiltrates with bulging interlobar fissure.","PeriodicalId":89909,"journal":{"name":"Clinical medicine. Case reports","volume":"1 ","pages":"81-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4137/ccrep.s761","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31823983","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Insufficiency fracture in the para-acetabulum, with features mimicking those of a malignant bone tumor.","authors":"Akio Sakamoto, Takuaki Yamamoto, Kazuhiro Tanaka, Shuichi Matsuda, Tatsuya Yoshida, Yukihide Iwamoto","doi":"10.4137/ccrep.s803","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4137/ccrep.s803","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Para-acetabular insufficiency fractures are rare and exceedingly difficult to diagnose without a high index of suspicion, since the images mimic those of bone tumors. We herein present the case of a 55-year-old woman who suffered from hip pain with subacute onset. She had undergone a hysterectomy-ovariectomy due to endometriosis when she was 41 years old. Her bone mineral density was normal due to supplemental treatment with female hormones. About 3 months after onset, she was referred to our institute with a diagnosis of pelvic bone tumor. Plain radiographs and computed tomography showed irregular osteosclerosis in the para-acetabulum. Bone scintigraphy demonstrated uptake in the para-acetabulum. Magnetic resonance imaging showed abnormal signal with low-signal intensity on T1-weighted images and high-signal intensity on T2-weighted images throughout the entire hemipelvic bone. Since the pain continued for more than 3 months, open biopsy was undertaken and the lesion was found to be non-neoplastic. Six months after onset, the pain disappeared. The clinical course suggested a diagnosis of insufficiency fracture in the para-acetabulum. Para-acetabular insufficiency fractures should always be considered in cases of hip pain, even in patients with prolonged symptoms. </p>","PeriodicalId":89909,"journal":{"name":"Clinical medicine. Case reports","volume":"1 ","pages":"73-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4137/ccrep.s803","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31823981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}