Journal of Medical Case Reports

• Cutaneous Metastasis As a First Presentation of Lung Carcinoma This case highlights the need to be aware of the possibility of cutaneous nodules as a first symptom of lung cancer.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, September 29, 2023
• Prosthetic Knee Infection by a-hemolytic Streptococcus Species Prosthetic joint infections are most commonly caused by staphylococcal species, but this case of a prosthetic knee infection demonstrates the potential of a-hemolytic Streptococcus infection as well.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, September 22, 2023
• Pemphigus Vulgaris After the Second Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine This report details a case of new-onset pemphigus vulgaris, a potentially severe autoimmune blistering disease, after a series of COVID-19 vaccinations.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, September 15, 2023
• Legionella Associated Rhabdomyolysis This case highlights the potentially deadly triad of Legionella, rhabdomyolysis, and acute kidney injury. What was the effective management strategy for this patient?
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, August 25, 2023
• Hyperpyrexia in a Healthy Pregnant Female With COVID Pneumonia This case presents hyperpyrexia as a rare, life-threatening complication of COVID-19 pneumonia in a pregnant patient, with a fever that rose to over 106F.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, August 18, 2023
• Urticaria After SARS-CoV2 in a Triple-vaccinated Patient This case report describes the cutaneous effects of a SARS-CoV2 Omicron BA.5 variant breakthrough infection in a triple-vaccinated patient.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, August 11, 2023
• Atrial Fibrillation Induced By Gabapentin This case highlights the potential of gabapentin to induce atrial fibrillation, even in previously healthy young adult patients.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, August 08, 2023
• Acute Encephalomyelitis Post mRNA SARS-CoV2 Vaccination This patient experienced acute disseminated encephalomyelitis after immunization against SARS-CoV2 with the Moderna mRNA vaccine. Was the vaccine to blame?
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, August 04, 2023
• Bacterial Endocarditis Following COVID-19 Infection Was bacterial endocarditis in these two patients with COVID-19 secondary to the immunocompromising effect of tocilizumab?
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, August 01, 2023
• Persistant SARS-CoV2 Infection in Severe Hypogammaglobulinemia This case study demonstrates how, in patients with some types of immunodeficiency, the SARS-CoV2 virus can persist and mutate due to the prolonged survival of the virus in the host.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, July 28, 2023
• Ischemic Stroke With Supratherapeutic INR Following COVID-19 This case report highlights the potential for thromboembolic events in patients with COVID-19 infection, even when receiving therapeutic anticoagulation therapy.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, July 21, 2023
• Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy Persistent severe hypoglycemia in an 18-month old infant was found to be a caregiver-fabricated illness (Munchausen syndrome by proxy.) What led to the intitial suspicion and how was it confirmed?
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, July 14, 2023
• Foodborne Botulism and Recognizing the Disease in the ED Review the signs and symptoms of botulism as they may present in the emergency department. How is the diagnosis confirmed, and what is the appropriate treatment?
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, July 07, 2023
• Methemoglobinemia Associated With Topical Anesthetics Self-administration of topical anesthetics may lead to potentially serious adverse effects, as demonstrated by this report of a patient who developed methemoglobinemia and hemolysis.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, June 30, 2023
• Amyloidosis: A Case Series and Review of the Literature This case series presents four different manifestations of light chain amyloidosis: cardiac, hepatic, gastrointestinal, and primary amyloidosis.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, June 23, 2023
• Seizures Provoked by OTC Cold Medications in an Elderly Patient This case highlights the potential for serious adverse events associated with commonly used nonprescription sympathomimetics, such as pseudoephedrine and caffeine, in the elderly.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, June 16, 2023
• The EKG on the Wrist: A Frightening Experience to the Untrained Smartwatches with the ability to provide electrocardiogram readings can cause considerable anxiety and panic for the untrained consumer, as demonstrated by this case.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, June 09, 2023
• Drug-induced Liver Injury Due to Tofacitinib This report details the clinical manifestations of tofacitinib-associated drug-induced liver injury in a patient receiving the Janus kinase inhibitor daily for five months.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, June 02, 2023
• Vitamin E-induced Coagulopathy in a Young Patient This case highlights the risk of vitamin E-related coagulopathy due to inhibition of vitamin K-dependent factors, even at marginally increased levels of serum vitamin E.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, May 26, 2023
• Chest CT Typical of COVID-19 Pneumonia in Germany on 12/30/19 While the first cases of COVID-19 were officially confirmed in Germany and Europe in late January 2020, this case suggests that it was already spreading in Germany as early as December 2019.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, May 19, 2023
• Mifepristone DILI in a Patient With Cushing Syndrome This report of a patient with Cushing syndrome with mifepristone induced liver injury provides insight to the pathophysiology of liver injury in mifepristone and anabolic steroids.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, May 12, 2023
• Inadvertent Intrathecal Drug Injection Treating Low Back Pain This patient inadvertently received an intrathecal thiocolchicoside injection while being treated for low back pain. What were the consequences?
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, May 05, 2023
• Reduced Frequency of Migraine Attacks Following COVID-19 This patient suffered from migraine with aura for almost 40 years--but directly following SARS-CoV-2 infection, attacks subsided--for a time.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, April 28, 2023
• Drug-induced Interstitial Lung Disease Due to OTC Cold Medicine Taken for 25 Years Was long-term use of over-the counter cold medicine the cause of this patient's diffuse lung disease?
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, April 21, 2023
• Alpha-gal Syndrome Misdiagnosed As Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria While alpha-gal syndrome usually is found in adults, this case illustrates that children can also present with this potentially life-threatening allergy to red meat.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, April 14, 2023