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Archives of Medical Case Reports
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Healthy Fetal Outcomes Using a Novel Treatment for Maternal Lyme Disease and Babesiosis During Consecutive Pregnancies: A Case Study and Literature Review
Richard Horowitz , Phyllis R. Freeman
Babesia is a single celled protozoan parasite which may be transmitted through the bite of an infected tick, blood transfusion and/ or maternal-fetal transmission. We describe the case of a woman previously treated for Lyme disease and babesiosis who relapsed with severe malaria-like symptoms during the 3rd trimester of two consecutive pregnancies.
Arch Med Case Rep, 2020, Volume 2, Issue 1, p1-19 | DOI: 10.33696/casereports.2.006
Primary Temporal Bone Meningioma Presenting as Chronic Mastoiditis and Sigmoid Sinus Thrombosis: Report of a Case with Literature Analysis
Mary Torrez , Edgar Fischer , Shweta Agarwal
Primary extra cranial meningioma of the ear and temporal bone are exceedingly rare, making up less than 1% of all meningiomas. Histologically, they are indistinguishable from their intracranial counterpart. The histopathologic diagnosis is often challenging, and the differential diagnosis for neoplasms in this unusual location is quite extensive. We report a 64-year-old male patient with history of seizures who presented with coalescing mastoiditis and sigmoid sinus thrombosis.
Arch Med Case Rep, 2021, Volume 3, Issue 1, p4-11 | DOI: 10.33696/casereports.3.011
Right Atrial Metastasis from Melanoma Treated with Immunotherapy
Daniel Y. Reuben
A patient with metastatic melanoma is treated with immunotherapy and achieved a partial response. On treatment holiday a right atrial metastasis is diagnosed radiologically. While cardiac surgery has been a historic consideration to treat this the use of dual immunotherapy with ipilimumab and nivolumab is discussed. This can provide a meaningful response and potentially increased DFS. Despite a response, other metastatic progression can still occur and close surveillance for CNS metastases may be important in this setting.
Arch Med Case Rep, 2022, Volume 4, Issue 1, p12-14 | DOI: 10.33696/casereports.4.017
Acute Abdomen due to Perforation of Small Bowel Malignant Melanoma Metastasis
Fernando Azevedo , Carolina Canhoto , Ana Ruivo , Mónica Martins , José Guilherme Tralhão
Metastatic malignant melanoma of the small bowel is a rare and aggressive disease, without specific symptoms. Due to that, most cases are diagnosed in advanced stages, presenting as an acute abdomen in situations of bowel obstruct ion or perforation. We present the case of a 56-year-old male who was admitted for generalized edema and developed an acute abdomen secondary to perforation of small bowel malignant melanoma metastasis, with lymph node invasion.
Arch Med Case Rep, 2019, Volume 1, Issue 1, p16-18 | DOI: 10.33696/casereports.1.005
How to Prevent Rehospitalization in Patients with COVID-19
Li Shi , Jie Chen , Jiqing He
Since December 2019, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) caused by 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has resulted in 89,000 cases of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), formerly known as Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia (NCP) in China, including 2,450 deaths.
Arch Med Case Rep, 2021, Volume 3, Issue 1, p17-28 | DOI: 10.33696/casereports.3.013
Double Trigger, Reverse Triggering, and Pseudo-Reverse-Triggering
José Antonio Benítez Lozano , José Manuel Serrano Simón
Reverse triggering is the ventilator-triggered muscular effort, related to entrainment, particularly seen among sedated patient. The reverse triggering frequently caused double triggering/double cycling, with increased tidal volume and transpulmonary pressure. In our monitored patients we have observed different types of double triggering caused by asynchrony like to reverse triggering, for which we adopted the term “pseudo-reverse-triggering”.
Arch Med Case Rep, 2020, Volume 2, Issue 1, p30-35 | DOI: 10.33696/casereports.2.009