Journal of Medical Case Reports

Journal of Medical Case Reports (JMCR) is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal that will consider any original case report that expands the field of general medical knowledge. All articles are indexed in PubMed and archived in PubMed Central, and all articles are openly accessible and available for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution License. See: http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/about/license.

Vitamin-C Induced Hyperglycemia in a Dialysis Patient High-dose vitamin C is increasingly used for sepsis and recently for treating COVID-19, but the adverse effects of this treatment in vulnerable patients may be underreported, as seen in this case.
Journal of Medical Case Reports, July 22, 2021
Anaphylaxis Caused by Artisanal Honey in a Child This case of anaphylaxis in a 5-year-old boy highlights the potentially serious consequences of honey allergy, especially in patients sensitized to weed pollens.
Journal of Medical Case Reports, July 15, 2021
Cardiac Manifestations 6 Months After Resolution of COVID-19 This case of a patient with exertional dyspnea and ventricular tachycardia months after COVID-19 recovery suggests possible long-term cardiac involvement after resolution of even a mild case of COVID.
Journal of Medical Case Reports, July 08, 2021
Durvalumab-induced Myocarditis, Myositis, and Myasthenia Gravis This case reviews the diagnostic workup and management of a patient with severe immune-related adverse effects due to the immune checkpoint inhibitor durvalumab.
Journal of Medical Case Reports, July 01, 2021
Cervical Spine Injury After Virtual Reality Gaming This unusual case presents a patient who fractured a cervical vertebra while playing a virtual reality game, highlighting the potential for injury caused by rapid movements during VR gaming.
Journal of Medical Case Reports, June 24, 2021
Esophageal Cancer Responsive to Immune Cell Therapy + Nivolumab This report suggests that a combination of adoptive immune cell therapy and an immune checkpoint inhibitor might be a possible treatment strategy for advanced esophageal cancer.
Journal of Medical Case Reports, June 17, 2021
Sleep Apnea After COVID-19: Possible Cause for Chronic Fatigue? Might sleep apnea account for the chronic fatigue that affects some patients after COVID-19 infection?
Journal of Medical Case Reports, June 10, 2021
AIDP or Guillain-barre Syndrome Associated With COVID-19 Was this patient's Guillain-Barre Syndrome a sequela of COVID-19? This case highlights the need for physicians to be aware of this possible complication when evaluating COVID-19 patients.
Journal of Medical Case Reports, June 03, 2021
COVID-19 Presenting With Bizarre Behavior and Encephalopathy This case of a patient who presented with bizarre behavior and found to have COVID-19 calls attention to encephalopathy and encephalitis as a potential presentation of COVID-19 disease.
Journal of Medical Case Reports, May 27, 2021
Pembrolizumab-induced Myasthenia Gravis-like Disorder This case suggests that concomitant use of low-dose steroids and pembrolizumab might prevent neurocomplications of checkpoint inhibitor therapy.
Journal of Medical Case Reports, May 20, 2021
Spontaneous Resolution of Atopic Dermatitis With Benralizumab This patient experienced spontaneous resolution of atopic dermatitis while participating in a trial of benralizumab for severe asthma, highlighting the potential shared mechanisms of these conditions.
Journal of Medical Case Reports, May 13, 2021
SARS-CoV-2-induced Acute Aortic Occlusion As revealed by this case of fatal acute aortic occlusion in a patient with COVID-19, both venous and arterial thrombotic complications may be associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Journal of Medical Case Reports, May 06, 2021
SARS-CoV-2- or Pregnancy-related Cardiomyopathy? This case underscores the need to consider the possibility of SARS-CoV-2 infection in any pregnant woman who develops cardiomyopathy and pulmonary edema.
Journal of Medical Case Reports, April 29, 2021
Cardiac Failure, Pulmonary Hypertension Secondary to Renal AVM Systemic AVM is a rare, but potentially reversible cause of high-output heart failure. This case emphasizes the importance of a detailed workup in a patient with heart failure symptoms.
Journal of Medical Case Reports, April 22, 2021
COVID-19 and Emergencies in Patients With Diabetes Diabetic emergencies like diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state can be precipitated in patients with COVID-19, highlighting the need for close monitoring of these patients.
Journal of Medical Case Reports, April 15, 2021
GI Symptoms and Fecal Microbiota Transplant in COVID-19 Might fecal microbiota transplantation be a potential therapeutic and rehabilitative intervention for treatment of COVID-19 gastrointestinal disturbances?
Journal of Medical Case Reports, April 08, 2021
Acute Lung Injury After Using a THC-containing Vaping Device This case of a young, otherwise healthy patient with THC vaping-associated lung injury offers guidance on appropriate diagnostic workup and therapies for suspected VALI.
Journal of Medical Case Reports, April 01, 2021
Vancomycin Induced Cardiac Arrest: A Case Report This case underscores the need to be familiar with Red Man Syndrome, a rare but potentially life threatening adverse effect of vancomycin.
Journal of Medical Case Reports, March 25, 2021
Arthritis As an Initial Presentation of Malignancy These two patients were initially diagnosed and treated for rheumatic diseases, but were later found to have paraneoplastic arthritis related to occult malignancy.
Journal of Medical Case Reports, March 18, 2021
Retinal Imaging Study Diagnoses in COVID-19 Are ocular signs and symptoms in COVID-19 under recognized? This patient presented with retinal lesions but no other symptoms of COVID-19.
Journal of Medical Case Reports, March 11, 2021
Anion Gap in Diagnosis of Metformin-associated Lactic Acidosis This study casts doubt on the utility of anion gap measurement as an approach for diagnosis of metformin-associated lactic acidosis.
Journal of Medical Case Reports, March 04, 2021
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Manifestation Following COVID-19 Might this patient's newly diagnosed systemic lupus erythematosus be related to his recent SARS-CoV-2 infection?
Journal of Medical Case Reports, February 25, 2021
COVID-19 Myopericarditis With Cardiac Tamponade This case demonstrates that patients without respiratory symptoms could have COVID-19 and present with serious cardiac complications.
Journal of Medical Case Reports, February 18, 2021
An Atypical Presentation of Multiple Primary Malignancies Gastric carcinoma is the neoplasm most commonly associated with second primary neoplasms. This case underscores the need to consider multiple primary malignancy in patients with gastric cancer.
Journal of Medical Case Reports, February 10, 2021
Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia: Two Case Reports The findings in these cases demonstrate that negative PCR results in both pharynx and bronchoalveolar lavage do not rule out COVID-19 in patients with pneumonia.
Journal of Medical Case Reports, February 03, 2021

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