purposes: to report a case of primary graft failure (pgf) and systemic manifestations of herpes simplex virus (hsv) infection following transplantation of an hsv-contaminated donor cornea. patient and findings: a 28-year-old male with history of penetrating keratoplasty 12 days before, developed intraocular inflammation with marked anterior chamber reaction, graft edema and elevated intraocular...

To cite: Kenzaka T, Ueda Y. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2013-010236 DESCRIPTION A 24-year-old woman with no notable medical history visited a clinic because of fever, sore throat and posterior cervical adenopathy since 3 days. Her body temperature was 38°C. Ampicillin was prescribed for sore throat and adenopathy. Four days later, she develope...

Non-pancreatic gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) include a wide group of diseases mainly located in the ileum and appendix and usually with no clinical signs of hormone hypersecretion. At least 140 cases have been reported in the ampulla of Vater, whose symptoms usually derive from ampullar obstruction and include abdominal pain, pancreatitis, jaundice, or gastrointestinal bleeding....

BACKGROUND In head and neck cancer patients, diagnosis of metastatic cervical adenopathy is essential for treatment planning and prognosis assessment. Treatment of patients with head and neck cancer with clinically negative cervical lymph node (N0) remains controversial. While routine neck treatment would result in overtreatment in many patients, observation may delay the diagnosis and decrease...

BACKGROUND Among patients with pulmonary disease due to Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) seen recently at our center, a substantial number have had extensive calcified mediastinal, hilar, and peribronchial lymphadenopathy, a finding historically inconsistent with pulmonary MAC disease. METHOD We retrospectively studied the frequency of calcified lymphadenopathy in the chest and prevalence of...