Journal of Medical Case Reports

• 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
• Pulmonary Lymphoma Presenting As a Cavitary Mass in COVID-19 This case highlights the challenges of safely and expeditiously diagnosing and treating aggressive cancers of the respiratory tract in patients acutely infected with SARS-CoV-2.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, April 07, 2023
• Blood Transfusion in Severe Dengue Infection This case series suggests that in many cases of severe dengue infection refractory to standard treatment, blood transfusion may produce rapid improvement, even in patients without bleeding.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, March 31, 2023
• Doxorubicin and Cyclophosphamide Therapy-induced Type 1 DM The case highlights the need to be aware that doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide therapy may cause unexpected adverse responses, including type 1 diabetes.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, March 24, 2023
• Long-term Side Effects After Zoledronic Acid Infusion This case highlights the potential of severe, life-threatening side-effects following a single intravenous zoledronic acid infusion.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, March 17, 2023
• Malignant Complications of Celiac Disease What malignancies should one be on alert for in patients with celiac disease?
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, March 10, 2023
• Polymyalgia Rheumatica Presenting As Sternoclavicular Arthritis This patient presented with atypical manifestations of polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis. How was it diagnosed?
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, March 03, 2023
• AKI in the Setting of COVID-19-mediated Rhabdomyolysis This case demonstrates that myoglobin cast nephropathy can occur due to COVID-19-mediated rhabdomyolysis and potentially lead to severe renal failure.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, February 24, 2023
• Coronavirus Disease 2019-related Kawasaki Syndrome Was this young previously healthy 8-year-old's Kawasaki disease triggered by COVID-19 infection?
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, February 17, 2023
• Miller-Fisher Syndrome After Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Was this patient's development of Miller-Fisher syndrome, a variant of Guillain-Barre syndrome, a complication of receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccination?
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, February 10, 2023
• ARDS Following Administration of Gadolinium Contrast Agent This case highlights the potentially life-threatening complication of acute respiratory distress syndrome following administration of gadolinium-based contrast agent for a routine MRI.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, February 03, 2023
• Improvement of ADHD in Three Men During Testosterone Treatment Might a moderately reduced serum level of free testosterone be a contributing factor to ADHD symptoms in some adult men?
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, January 27, 2023
• Cosmetic Surgery Abroad Leads to a M. Abscessus Infection This case highlights the potential dangers of receiving cosmetic surgery abroad, especially in countries where infection control measures might be inadequate.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, January 20, 2023
• High-dose Intravenous Glucocorticoid Induces Hyperamylasemia These four patients developed hyperamylasemia following high-dose intravenous glucocorticoid. What might have been the underlying mechanism?
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, December 05, 2022
• Remission of Myxedema Psychosis After Levothyroxine Treatment This case demonstrates that myxedema psychosis can be treated successfully with levothyroxine and minimal antipsychotic medication.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, November 28, 2022
• Ivabradine Toxicity: A Case Report How was ivabradine toxicity confirmed in this case of a patient with bradycardia, near syncope and dizziness?
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, November 21, 2022
• Tocilizumab for Relapsing and Remitting Giant Cell Arteritis This case series highlights the development and delivery of an effective hub and referral pathway for the use of tocilizumab in patients with refractory or relapsing giant cell arteritis.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, November 14, 2022
• Solar Maculopathy From the Screen of Mobile Devices These cases of solar maculopathy after prolonged reading on mobile devices in strong sunlight highlight the risk of increased solar radiation and sunlight reflection from display screens.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, November 01, 2022
• Rehabilitation Therapy for a Severe Case of COVID-19 This case describes the beneficial effects of rehabilitation therapy in a patient with severe COVID-19 infection, focusing on nutrition and supervised exercise.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, October 25, 2022
• Acute Pancreatitis in Pregnancy Following COVID-19 Vaccine This pregnant patient with no known risk factors for pancreatitis developed acute pancreatitis after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Was the vaccine the cause?
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, October 18, 2022
• Encephalomyelitis Associated With Coronavirus Disease 2019 This case highlights the need to be aware of longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis as a manifestation of COVID-19. In this patient, LETM was followed by post-COVID encephalomyelitis.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, October 04, 2022