Case Reports: Still a Priority

GATA3 and kidney development: why case reports are still important.

Oral Schwannoma: A Systematic Review of the Case Reports

 Schwannomas are benign neoplasms with unknown etiology, which apparently arise from neural sheath Schwann cells. Intraoral schwannomas are solitary, slow-growing lesions occurring at different ages; these lesions are normally asymptomatic and in some cases, they are accompanied by pain and paresthesia if spotted in the intraosseous regions of the mandibles. Definitive diagnosis of schwannoma i...

INTERFERON INDUCED CARDIOMYOPATHY: CASE REPORTS

There are few reports concerning interferon induced myocardial dysfunction. A known case of multiple myeloma who was receiving interferon alpha (IFA) for 14 months was brought to the emergency room in frank: pulmonary edema. After treatment of heart failure and discontinuation of interferon alpha, he remained asymptomatic thereafter. Another case of chronic active hepatitis on IFA complain...

Case Reports A Case of Unexplained Hypoxemia

We present a patient with acute-onset dyspnea and unexplained severe hypoxemia. No signs of severe cardiopulmonary disease, pulmonary arterial hypertension, or pulmonary embolism were present. The patient was diagnosed with hepatopulmonary syndrome, since liver disease of alcoholic origin was present, markedly increased alveolar-arterial oxygen difference existed, and intrapulmonary vascular di...

Case Reports Neonatal Haemochromatosis - A Case Report

Neonatal haemochromatosis, also known as neonatal iron storage disease is a rare disease in which severe liver injury of foetal or perinatal onset is associated with massive intrahepatic and extra hepatic deposition of iron. Iron deposition typically affects the liver, salivary glands, heart, pancreas and thyroid but spares the reticuloendethelial system1-5. It presents with acute liver failure...