Henry Journal of Case Reports & Imaging

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What is essential is invisible to the eye

Inês Araújo Oliveira*; Inês Pires Duro; Francisca Strecht Guimarães; Paula Fernandes; Alzira Sarmento

In children, COVID-19 is characterized by generally less severe symptoms and a lower case fatality than in adults. 'Silent hypoxia' is characterized by significant hypoxia with- out important signs of respiratory distress and has been described in adults but not in pediatric patients...

Management of Phlegmasia Cerulea Dolens Caused by a Giant Leiomyoma

Elisabeth Ekkel*, T Chandran, R Qasawa, M Trpkovski and S Hans

This case is of a young female with a large uterine leiomyoma causing phlegmasia cerulean dolens with thrombosis of the left common and left external iliac veins. She underwent mechanical thrombectomy to temporize the condition...

Metastasis in Lung Cancer

Amani Saleh Hadi Saeed*

Brian metastases are common complication in a wide range of cancers, but they are particularly common among patients with lung cancer. Approximately 10 percent of newly diagnosed ...

Hemoophagocitic Lymphohistiocytosis: A Case Report

Marsela Shani*

Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), a rare but life-threatening condition characterized by uncontrolled inflammation, is increasingly recognized in adults. The management of adult onset HLH is challenging, ...

Hemorrhagic Cerebral Metastases Presenting After Complete Resection of Atrial Myxoma: A Case Report with a Favorable Outcome and Review of the Literature

Sara Giannoni*, Chiara Pizzanelli, Daniela Frosini, Silvia Canovetti, Michelangelo Mancuso and Gabriele Siciliano

Cardiac myxoma is the most common benign heart tumor. Its complete resection is usually curative; however, sometimes recurs with metastases, exhibiting a malignant potential through mechanisms which remain unclear. ..

Policy of Free Treatment of Severe Malaria in Children Less Than 5 Years in the Ndop Health District, North West Region of Cameroon

Elvis Chongsi Wam*, Lucy Ambang Agyingi, Leonard Fonkeng Sama, Abel Nkwain Wam, Jean-Wiliane Takougoum Marbou, Hubert Shalanyuy Lukong and Margaret Awah Tita

Malaria is a deadly but preventable and treatable infectious disease transmitted by infected female anopheles mosquitoes. Each year, it kills >1 million people, most of them in Sub-Saharan Africa, where malaria is the highest cause...

Hepatic Blood Flow in Patients with Colorectal Carcinoma Assessed by Perfusion Ct May Represent a Marker of Early Metastases

Asami Satoh*, Kiyohiko Shuto, Shinichi Okazumi, Gaku Ohira, Toshiyuki Natsume, Koichi Hayano, Kazuo Narushima, Hiroshige Saito, Takumi Ohta, Hidesato Miyauchi, Noriyuki Yanagawa and Hisahiro Matsubara

Changes in blood flow of the liver have been shown to be associated with the presence of distant metastases from colorectal cancers. We assessed the potential of Perfusion computed...

Perinatal Sacroiliitis Diagnostic Challenges: A Case Report

Emam MAR Kheder*

Lumbo-Pelvic (LPP) pain is common and non specific problem during pregnancy and post partum. Despite the fact that Perinatal Pyogenic Sacroiliitis (PSI) during this period is rare...

The Study of Factors Affecting Urinary Hippuric Acid Concentrations in Thai Postmortem Cases

Nuttaphon Tungjitrungroat, Darunrat Kaeomun and Peerayuht Phuangphung*

Urinary Hippuric Acid (HA) is one of the biomarkers for toluene abuse. However, HA can be an endogenous compound excreted in normal urine. Background urinary HA concentrations were available for Thai living people but there is still no data...

Novel Combination of Compound Heterozygous PYCR1 Gene Variants in Autosomal Recessive Cutis Laxa: Implications for Prognosis, Management and Counseling

Timothy Tramontana*, Francesco Vetrini, David D Weaver, Erin Conboy, Benjamin Helm and Wilfredo Torres-Martinez

Autosomal Recessive Cutis Laxa (ARCL) is a condition characterized by genetic heterogeneity and variable expressivity. In particular, compound heterozygous or homozygous mutations in the PYCR1 gene are the cause of both...

Inter-Observer Agreement in ASPECTS

Michael Städt*, Michael Lell, Johannes Schwab and Heinz Voit-Höhne

Stroke is the second most common cause of death worldwide. Its reliable assessment and effective subsequent treatment are therefore essential. Non-Enhanced Cranial Computed Tomography (NECT) and Perfusion...

Idiopathic Benign Tumoral Calcinosis: A Case Report

Delaune Leïlani*, Reymond Nils, Buchegger Thomas, Pache Thierry, Bauer Stefan and Heutschi-Özturk Hafize

Benign tumoral calcinosis is a rare disorder, often secondary to end-stage disease, hypercalcemia, hyperparathyroidism of hyperphosphatemia. Our case report presents...

Rhabdomyoma of Abdominal Wall: A Case Report

Abdou Niasse*, Papa Mamadou Faye, Abdourahmane Ndong, Ousmane Gueye, Ibrahima Sitor Souleymane Sarr, Ahmed Diouf, Mamadou Ndiaye, Mohamadou Lamine Gueye, Ousmane Thiam, Alpha Oumar Toure, Mamadou Seck, Ngoné Diaba Diack, Abdoulaye Leye, Mariama Néné Sow, Mamadou Cisse and Madieng Dieng

Rhabdomyomas are benign tumors of the striated muscles. Localized mainly in the heart, extracardiac forms in adults are often seen in the neck and head. Rhabdomyomas of the abdominal wall are rare often posing the problem...

A Mixed Presentation of Paucibacillary and Multibacillary Leprosy

Alexis E Carrington* and Raja K Sivamani

Leprosy or Hansen's disease is a chronic granulomatous infection caused by M. Leprae and M. Lepromatosis transmitted primarily through respiratory droplets. Although it has been classified under two distinct groups, Multibacillary...

Primary Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Sigmoid with a Colovesical Fistula: A Rare Case during the COVID 19 Pandemic

Anthony Paolo T Siguan* and Joseph Alfred B De Leon

Primary colonic squamous cell carcinoma is an exceptionally rare clinical pathology with an overall estimated incidence of 0.06%. This is a case of a 62 year old female with a three-month history of left lower quadrant pain associated with weight loss....

Bacterial Endocarditis and Aortic Root Abscess Complicated with Multiple Septic Brain Emboli and Abdominal Visceral Infarcts: Case Report and Review

Mohamed N Ibrahim*

Bacterial endocarditisis a complex disease that is associated with cardiac-localized infection and multiorgan complications resulting from septic emboli. The diagnosis is defined radiologically and laboratory usually with positive blood culture.....

Utility of Endoscopic Trans-Bronchial Needle Aspiration, Coupled With Rapid On-Site Evaluation (Without EBUS), In the Diagnosis of Thoracic Metastasis of Polypoid Melanoma: A Case Report

Elena Lio, Corrado Pelaia, Achille Gaudio, Giuseppina Marrazzo and Girolamo Pelaia*

Whenever an adequate diagnostic material is available, Rapid On-Site Evaluation (ROSE) has proven to be an important, easy and cost-effective adjunct in the diagnosis of thoracic lesions, so that for example cytology may even outperform histology....

Giant Aortic Arch Aneurysm in Elderly Patient

Stefano Sechi*, Angelo De Luca, Tommaso Dezi, Maurizio Taurino and Riccardo Sinatra

Here we present you a Type II of Crawford classification aortic aneurysm. Our patient 89-year-old woman with history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, smoking habits and polyposis of descending/sigmoid colon came to our attention...

What is the Essence of Medicine?

Yulong Xie*, Hui Wang1, Bin Ni, Donghong Jiang, Guangxuan Hu, Fangzhou Wang and Rui Miao

The author analyzes the problem of "what is medicine and what is the essence of medicine", From China's six medical academicians' understanding of medicine and finally thinks that the essence of medicine should be: To keep the sick person healthy...

Parental Alienation-A Worldwide Health Problem

Wilfrid von Boch-Galhau*

Parental Alienation is a serious mental condition that professionals who work with children, adolescents and adults should know. Parental Alienation is to be found mainly in situations of high conflict separation and divorce, however...

Memory Storage Difficulties from Partial Brain Damage

Antonis T Theofilidis*

Memory deficits, both short-term and long-term, as well as post-traumatic amnesia, are very common in patients who have undergone TBI, but rarely reflect a classic amnesia syndrome. Memory difficulties can be the result of many...

Patch Test Diagnosis of Carbamazepine-Induced Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS): Case Report

Teodorikez W Jimenez-Rodriguez, María Purificación Gonzalez-Delgado, Maria Ruano-Zaragoza, Víctor Soriano-Gomis, Laura Greco-Bermudez, María Niveiro-de-Jaime, Ange Esteban-Rodríguez, Seira Climent-Ballester and Javier Fernandez-Sanchez*

Carbamazepine (CBZ),often used as a first-line agent for epilepsy, is considered one of the most common causes DRESS, especially in white people carrying the HLA-A*31:01 allele....

Chronic Asthenia Revealing a Complete AV Block on a Congenitally Corrected Transposition of Great Vessels: A Case Report and Brief Literature Review

Zakaria Qechchar*, Zaid Ammouri, Imad Nouamou, Abdenasser Drighil and Rachida Habbal

Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries CCTGA is an uncommon congenital heart defect, often coupled to numerous cardiac morphological abnormalities and conduction defects....

Aberrant Dermal Pigmentation-Nevus of Ota Recapitulated

Anubha Bajaj*

Nevus of Ota is an extensive, blue-tinged patch arising due to melanocytic dissemination amidst dermal collagen fibres engendering dermal pigmentation. Eyelids, bulbar and palpebral conjunctiva, sclera, forehead, alae nasi,...

Extensive Meningioma of the Posterior Cerebral Fossa Presenting as a Serous Otitis Media

Laachoubi M*, Beghdad M, Mallouk S, Oukessou Y, Rouadi S, Abada R, Roubal M and Mahtar M

Meningiomas are benign tumors originating from the arachnoid villi of the meninges. Meningiomas extending to the internal auditory canal are very rare and can imitate serous otitis media with a highrisk of misdiagnosis. The diagnosisis based ...

Hypoglosso-Facial Anastomosis: Case Study and Review of the Literature

Ardhaoui H, Beghdad M*, Choukry K, Oukessou Y, Rouadi S, Abada R, Roubal M and Mahtar M

Facial paralysis is defined as a partial or total deficit of the motor function of the facial nerve responsible for asymmetry of the face; Hypoglosso-facial anastomosis is a classic method of rehabilitating the paralyzed ...

Neonatal Thyrotoxicosis and Massive Goiter Secondary to Maternal Hyperthyroidism: Ultrasound and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings

Gunes Orman*, Jesus Beltran-Perez, Thierry AGM Huisman and Bruno P Soares

Graves' Disease (GD) is the most common cause of clinically significant hyperthyroidism during pregnancy. Neonatal hyperthyroidism results from transplacental passage of thyrotropin receptor antibodies from mother to fetus. ...

Epidermal Cyst of the Submandibular Gland: A Case Report

Beghdad M*, Laachoubi M, Choukry K, Mkhatri A, Oukessou Y, Rouadi S, Abada R, Roubal M and Mahtar M

Epidermal cysts are common skin lesions. There are only few case reports of epidermal cyst in submandibular gland that have been reported in the literature. Histopathological examination is required for confirmation of diagnosis. ...

Laryngeal Tuberculosis Mimicking Supraglottic Carcinoma: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Sana Mallouk*, Hafed Radi, Mohamed Baghdad, Youssef Oukessou, Sami Rouadi, Reda AlahAbada, Mohamed Mahtar and Mohamed Roubal

Tuberculosis is one of the world's leading causes of death. Laryngeal tuberculosis is one of the extrapulmonary tuberculosis affecting different parts of the larynx with or without pulmonary involvement. Laryngeal carcinoma, which shares ...

Pyocele of the Concha Bullosa Revealed by an Intranasal Mass: A Case Report

Omar Iziki*, Khadija El Bouhmadi, Najib Zouhair, Sami Rouadi, Redallah Abada, Mohamed Roubal and Mohamed Mahtar

The concha bullosa is the most common anatomic variation of the middle turbinate of the paranasal sinuses. As a result, the middle meatus get narrowed by the pneumatization of a turbinate, blocking the sinus draining, and its mucosal ...

Laparoscopic Repair of Traumatic Diaphragmatic Injury in a District Hospital: Our Humble Experience in a Northern Region of Sarawak

Adam Othman, Vincent Ngu, Khairunnisa Che Ghazali*, Ahmad Junaidi Ahmad Hamidi, Karthigesu Aimanan and Aisah Munirah Wahi

Traumatic diaphragmatic hernia is a rare sequela following blunt abdominal trauma, which can also be a life-threatening condition. Subtle presentation may cause delay in diagnosis. However, respiratory distress itself can be a nonspecific presenting ...

Sacroiliac Fixation with the Aid of a Personalized Navigational Guide in a Patient with Currarino Syndrome

Janez Mohar*

A sacral agenesia with insufficient bone stalk can pose a surgical problem of implant positioning when performing a spinal stabilization procedure. Additive Manufacturing Technology (AMT) has been increasingly used in the recent decade ...

Automated Mechanical Chest Compression as a Bridge to Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Case Report

Bebiana Faria*, Marina Fernandes, Sílvia Ribeiro and António Lourenço

In a peripheral hospital without primary angioplasty or invasive mechanical circulatory support, therapeutic options in patients with myocardial infarction complicated with cardiogenic shock or refractory cardiopulmonary resuscitation are very limited. ...

When the Liver Tells you to Look at the Lungs

Ana Margarida Campos Cerqueira*, Tiago de Melo Seco and Jorge Cotter

Here in we present you a clinical image of a metastatic liver. Our patient was a 58 year old male, with past smoking habits, that went to our ER complaining about vomiting and asthenia within the last week. While oh the Internal Medicine ...

Bradycardia and Hypotension Due to Co-Administration of Intramuscular Olanzapine and Lorazepam in a Schizophrenic Patient

Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, Jeffrey Metzner, Austin Cusick, Pankaj Bansal and Amandeep Goyal*

Schizophrenia is a prevalent psychiatric disease classically considered one of the top 15 leading causes of disabilities worldwide. The prevalence of this disease, societal burden, and economic burden is not to be taken lightly. In the emergency ...

Jet Phenomenon in Enterovesical Fistula from Crohn's Disease

Sarv Priya* and Simon C Kao

A 19-year-old female with Crohn's disease (diagnosed at 11 years of ages) presented with history of lower abdominal pain, night sweats, urinary urgency, and urethral burning sensation. A month ago, she complained of alternating right ...

Robotic Myomectomy After Failed Uterine Artery Embolization

Afaf Felemban*, Jawaher Alsahabi, Reem Alblewi, Hanan Alanizi, Asem Alfagih, Abdullah Felemban and Mohammed Almoaiqel

A 48 years old, presented with menorrhagia due to intramural fibroid, with History of uterine artery embolization bilaterally done using Embozene of same site uterine fibroid (Figure 1) 6 years prior to presentation. The uterine fibroid ...

Sudden Deafness due to Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Responding to Rituximab

Desmond Alexander Jackson*, Hassan Imtiaz Ahmad1, Ali Doodeh Askari

Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA) is an anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic auto anti body (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) that can have different systemic presentations, with a limited form that can isolate to upper respiratory tract ...

Cavernous Hemangioma within the Internal Auditory Meatus: a Small Lesion Makes Severe Neurological Deficit

Huang CC, Chen YN, Lin YW, Tai SH, Chang CC and Lee EJ*

Most cavernous hemangiomas occur in the supratentorial compartment, the incidence of cavernous hemangiomas in the Internal Auditory Meatus (IAM) is very low in adults. Herein we present a 53-year-old male suffering from left ...

Extraordinary Manifestation of Cavernous Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis in an Immunocompetent Patient

Fabian Gardin, Maurice Roeder, Katja Mende, Othmar Schöb, Christian Ruef, Jürg Barandun*

The fungus of the kind Aspergillus fumigatus is environmentally ubiquitous and can lead to various pulmonary diseases, often depending on the patient's immune status. Patients with sensitization to the fungus's antigens can develop ...

Automatic Segmentation and Tracking of Interventional Tools in Coronary Angiographies

Petkov S*, Radeva P, Carrillo X and Gatta C

In this paper we present a fully automatic method to detect, segment and track interventional tools in sequences of coronary angiography images. Our work is motivated by several possible applications that would enhance the job of cardiologists ...

Stafne's Bone Cavity: Report of Two Cases

Tuğçe Naime Gedik, Rüştü Gedik* and Saadet Gedik

Stafne's bone defects are asymptomatic lingual bone depressions of the lower jaw. There are two variant of Stafne's bone defects, the common variant exists at the third molar region posterior of the mandible and the other anterior variant is relatively uncommon and is located in the premolar region ...

False Negative Cryptococcus Latex Agglutination Test Despite Correcting for Conventional Reasons: A Case Report

Srinadh Annangi, Snigdha Nutalapati and Mesfin Fransua*

Cryptococcus meningitis needs high index of suspicion given its subtle presentation. Though the gold standard for diagnosis is culture of cerebrospinal fluid, given the delay in culture results, treatment is usually initiated with positive ...

Diaphragmatic Excursion Studied by M-Mode Ultrasonography in Singers. A Preliminary Study

Torres-Gallardo B*, Sala-Blanch X, Gimeno-Aragón E and Prats-Galino A

Ultrasound scan is an image instrument that allows the assessment of diaphragmatic function and it does not have any side effects for patients. We have not found any literature about the use of M-mode ultrasonography to assess ...