BMJ Case ReportsPub Date : 2025-07-03DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2025-265575
Daniel Boctor, Marina Heskel, Andrew D Leavitt, Janet N Chu
{"title":"Abrupt decrease in haemoglobin A1C as the first hint of autoimmune haemolytic anaemia.","authors":"Daniel Boctor, Marina Heskel, Andrew D Leavitt, Janet N Chu","doi":"10.1136/bcr-2025-265575","DOIUrl":"10.1136/bcr-2025-265575","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Haemolysis shortens erythrocyte life span, thereby reducing the normal accumulation of glycated haemoglobin. We present a case of a patient with diabetes mellitus who, on routine follow-up to the primary care clinic, was found to have a notable decrease in haemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) without changes in medications, diet or exercise habits. A fructosamine assay indicated that the patient's serum glucose was not well-controlled despite the abnormally low HbA1C. Further laboratory evaluation revealed a new normocytic anaemia, secondary to autoimmune haemolytic anaemia, that explained his unexpected low HbA1C. He was diagnosed with B-cell lymphoma.</p>","PeriodicalId":9080,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Case Reports","volume":"18 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144564344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BMJ Case ReportsPub Date : 2025-07-03DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2025-265767
Namita Bellad, Radha Vembu, Monna Pandurangi, N Sanjeeva Reddy
{"title":"Male sex reversal syndrome: a disorder of sexual differentiation (DSD) with infertility.","authors":"Namita Bellad, Radha Vembu, Monna Pandurangi, N Sanjeeva Reddy","doi":"10.1136/bcr-2025-265767","DOIUrl":"10.1136/bcr-2025-265767","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>46,XX male sex reversal syndrome is a rare genetic disorder where individuals with a 46,XX karyotype present with male phenotypic characteristics despite the absence of an Y chromosome. We report a case of a male in his early 30s, presenting with infertility and azoospermia, with bilateral small testes, but no other sexual dysfunction or any signs of hypovirulisation. His hormonal evaluation revealed hypogonadism with normal gonadotropin levels. Genetic testing showed a 46,XX karyotype with the presence of the sex-determining region on the Y chromosome (SRY) gene and microdeletions in the azoospermia factor region, confirming the diagnosis of SRY-positive 46,XX male sex reversal syndrome. As sperm retrieval was not recommended, the couple pursued donor insemination, resulting in conception during the first cycle. The female partner is now in her third trimester of pregnancy. Testosterone replacement therapy was initiated for hypogonadism, and long-term follow-up was recommended for monitoring therapy and neoplastic risk. This case intends to provide an overview focused on improving diagnostic and management strategies for 46,XX male sex reversal syndrome, emphasising the necessity of genetic evaluation for all patients with hypogonadism and azoospermia presenting with infertility, not limited to those with hypergonadotropic hypogonadism. It also highlights the critical role of a multidisciplinary approach in the effective management of this condition.</p>","PeriodicalId":9080,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Case Reports","volume":"18 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144564349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BMJ Case ReportsPub Date : 2025-07-03DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2025-265205
Mohammad Abdullah, May C Ong
{"title":"Multiday intravenous ketamine infusion therapy for the management of central sensitisation syndrome secondary to chronic chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathic pain.","authors":"Mohammad Abdullah, May C Ong","doi":"10.1136/bcr-2025-265205","DOIUrl":"10.1136/bcr-2025-265205","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ketamine infusion therapy is increasingly being used as an effective treatment for chronic pain syndromes, including central sensitisation syndrome (CSS) or nociplastic pain. On the contrary, chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is a common but poorly understood condition arising secondary to cancer treatment complications, which poses significant challenges in its management due to limited therapeutic options. We present a case of a man in his 60s with chronic CIPN, later complicated by CSS and post-COVID-19 symptoms treated with a multiday subanaesthetic ketamine infusion, resulting in a clinically significant and sustained long-term improvement in function and pain control, for pain due to CSS and CIPN.This case highlights the use of multiday ketamine infusion therapy for the management of CSS and post-COVID-19 symptoms in a patient with well-documented severe treatment refractory CIPN. It demonstrates the growing evidence for ketamine as an analgesic agent for chronic pain, with potential considerations to expand its use for other indications. His response to ketamine infusion may implicate the possibility of a unifying mechanism in patients with nociplastic pain or CSS, post- COVID-19 symptoms and chronic CIPN.</p>","PeriodicalId":9080,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Case Reports","volume":"18 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12230284/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144564350","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}
BMJ Case ReportsPub Date : 2025-07-03DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2025-266423
Danielle Victoria Lefebvre, Saihariharan Nedunchezhian, Rohan Srivastava, Ivana Milojevic
{"title":"Long-term radiographic stability of diffuse pulmonary meningotheliomatosis.","authors":"Danielle Victoria Lefebvre, Saihariharan Nedunchezhian, Rohan Srivastava, Ivana Milojevic","doi":"10.1136/bcr-2025-266423","DOIUrl":"10.1136/bcr-2025-266423","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Diffuse pulmonary meningotheliomatosis (DPM) is a rare lung disease characterised by numerous, bilateral, minute pulmonary meningothelial-like nodules that appear as small ground glass opacities which are often asymptomatic and of unclear clinical significance. This case involves a woman in her 80s presenting with progressive dyspnoea on exertion and a complicated medical history including anaemia and multi-valvular heart disease. Her investigations revealed stable radiographic findings of random, diffuse, bilateral ground glass nodules unchanged over 7 years and mild restrictive deficits on pulmonary function tests. Differential diagnoses included malignancy, infection and granulomatous diseases, but the findings favoured DPM due to the stable nature of the nodules. No biopsy was pursued, and the diagnosis was made radiographically after a multidisciplinary discussion. Her subacute symptoms were attributed to iron-deficiency anaemia and resolved with treatment. This case highlights the indolent nature of DPM with years of radiographic and functional stability.</p>","PeriodicalId":9080,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Case Reports","volume":"18 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144564348","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BMJ Case ReportsPub Date : 2025-07-01DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2025-266603
Nicole Phing Jie Hoo, Sin Toun Loh, Ann Li Lo, David Chun-Ern Ng
{"title":"Clival osteomyelitis as a rare complication of paediatric melioidosis.","authors":"Nicole Phing Jie Hoo, Sin Toun Loh, Ann Li Lo, David Chun-Ern Ng","doi":"10.1136/bcr-2025-266603","DOIUrl":"10.1136/bcr-2025-266603","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report a rare case of melioidosis presenting with submandibular and parotid abscesses, complicated by clival osteomyelitis in a child. Diagnosis was confirmed by molecular testing of pus samples and a positive serology for <i>Burkholderia pseudomallei</i> despite negative blood cultures. The patient initially received intravenous ceftazidime and oral trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX). However, she developed hypersensitivity reactions to TMP-SMX, requiring a switch to oral amoxicillin-clavulanate. She responded well with complete resolution of the submandibular and parotid abscesses after 4 weeks of treatment. This case emphasises the importance of a high index of suspicion of melioidosis in endemic regions due to its diverse clinical presentation and diagnostic challenges.</p>","PeriodicalId":9080,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Case Reports","volume":"18 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144538505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Paediatric IgG4-related disease manifesting as recurrent pleural effusion.","authors":"Umaserma Bharathi, Padmasani Venkat Ramanan, Shwetha Amuthan, Vasugi Arumugam Gramani","doi":"10.1136/bcr-2025-265486","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2025-265486","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An adolescent boy presented with breathlessness, loss of appetite and weight, and recurrent pleural effusion for the past 7 months. As tuberculosis, followed by malignancy are the most common disease causes of pleural effusion he was evaluated initially for these two conditions. Pleural fluid cytology was normal and cartridge-based nucleic acid amplification test for tuberculosis was negative. Positron emission tomography CT scan done due to the suspicion of malignancy suggested a large right hydropneumothorax, with diffuse soft tissue thickening and fat stranding. Thoracoscopy-guided pleural biopsy was done, which revealed storiform fibrosis, fragments of fibro-collagenous and fibrofatty tissue with dense lymphoplasmacytic infiltrates, obliterative phlebitis, focal bands of sclerosis and IgG4-positive plasma cells in more than 30% of the plasma cells. A diagnosis of IgG4-related disease was made. The child was treated with steroids and mycophenolate mofetil and the child is doing well.</p>","PeriodicalId":9080,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Case Reports","volume":"18 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144538521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BMJ Case ReportsPub Date : 2025-07-01DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2025-265384
Joseph Crowder, Jeffrey F Spindel, Nathan Shelman, Vasilios Katsadouros, Andrew Kolodziej
{"title":"Combined cellular and antibody-mediated rejection of orthotopic heart transplant following influenza A infection.","authors":"Joseph Crowder, Jeffrey F Spindel, Nathan Shelman, Vasilios Katsadouros, Andrew Kolodziej","doi":"10.1136/bcr-2025-265384","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2025-265384","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Viral infections have been associated with acute allograft rejection in solid organ transplant recipients. Influenza infection upregulates host proinflammatory cytokines, suggesting the host immune response can precipitate graft rejection. Pandemic influenza, specifically, was associated with rejection in multiple renal allograft recipients. However, cardiac allograft rejection has not been reported in association with endemic influenza. We present the case of a man in his mid-30s, transplanted 5 years prior, who developed new heart failure 4 weeks after PCR-confirmed influenza A infection. Endomyocardial biopsy revealed concomitant high-grade acute cellular rejection and antibody-mediated rejection. Despite a pretransplant panel reactive antibody of 0%, a negative virtual crossmatch and consistently therapeutic tacrolimus levels, de novo donor-specific antibodies developed. Even with aggressive therapy, he died as a result of graft failure. Transplant recipients must be regularly vaccinated, and clinicians should maintain a high degree of suspicion of graft failure in the immediate aftermath of influenza infection.</p>","PeriodicalId":9080,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Case Reports","volume":"18 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144538506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BMJ Case ReportsPub Date : 2025-07-01DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2025-265702
Ranoji V Shinde, Pradeep Kumar, Karthik G, Venkiteswaran Muralidhar
{"title":"Peritonitis due to ruptured adnexal abscess seven years post tubal ligation.","authors":"Ranoji V Shinde, Pradeep Kumar, Karthik G, Venkiteswaran Muralidhar","doi":"10.1136/bcr-2025-265702","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2025-265702","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9080,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Case Reports","volume":"18 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144538523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BMJ Case ReportsPub Date : 2025-07-01DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2024-264532
Sanele Dean Lia, Preekesh Patel, Yee Chen Lau
{"title":"Perianal Paget's disease: an isolated extramammary manifestation of Paget's.","authors":"Sanele Dean Lia, Preekesh Patel, Yee Chen Lau","doi":"10.1136/bcr-2024-264532","DOIUrl":"10.1136/bcr-2024-264532","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Perianal Paget's disease (PPD) is a rare condition which is often associated with underlying malignancy. To definitively rule out malignancy, excision biopsy is required. Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for this condition. A male patient in his 70s was referred to the colorectal outpatient clinic by a dermatologist with a punch biopsy result demonstrating PPD. His only presenting complaint was pruritus ani. Repeat biopsies confirmed the diagnosis of PPD and flexible sigmoidoscopy excluded luminal pathology. With complete preoperative work-up, a wide local excision was performed with a concurrent defunctioning colostomy to reduce local contamination and facilitate healing of delayed closure with both VY and mucosal advancement flaps. Delayed closure allows time to confirm histology results prior to definitive closure. We conclude that PPD is a rare condition which requires extensive and complete preoperative workup to diagnose underlying malignancy, which has significant implications on treatment and prognosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":9080,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Case Reports","volume":"18 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12214454/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144538522","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":"Gossypiboma: the hidden surgical threat - delayed diagnosis and management.","authors":"Preeti Gattani, Sakshi Heda, Avinash Rinait, Ayush Heda","doi":"10.1136/bcr-2025-265456","DOIUrl":"10.1136/bcr-2025-265456","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gossypiboma (retained surgical sponge) is a rare, unwanted, avoidable and embarrassing medical event that can complicate the favourable evolution of any surgery. It is a rare but serious complication seldom reported due to its medicolegal implications. Gossypiboma increases the cost of treatment, negatively affects the otherwise good prognosis of the index surgery, and also increases the patient's morbidity and mortality.It can occur after any surgery that requires the use of swabs. Intra-abdominal gossypiboma can migrate into the ileum, stomach, colon or bladder without any apparent opening in the wall of these luminal organs.We present an exceptionally rare case of a retained surgical sponge that had transmigrated into the ileum in a patient who had undergone a caesarean section. She presented 1½ years later with vomiting after solid foods and significant weight loss. During laparotomy, the sponge was successfully retrieved from the small intestine.</p>","PeriodicalId":9080,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Case Reports","volume":"18 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144538519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}