Journal of Medical Case Reports (2024)

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Emergency open surgery with a duodenotomy and successful removal of an impacted basket following a complicated endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography procedure: a case report Type Va extrahepatic bile duct duplication: a case report Severe sepsis caused by Aeromonas hydrophila in a patient using tocilizumab: a case report Gallbladder agenesis diagnosed intra-operatively: a case report Spontaneous biloma managed with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and percutaneous drainage: a case report Treatment of acute exacerbation of liver-cirrhosis-associated portal vein thrombosis with direct-acting oral anticoagulant, edoxaban, used as an initial treatment in the early postoperative period after abdominal surgery: a case report Obstructive lithiasis of the lower bile duct discovered four decades after cholecystectomy and its management by ideal choledochotomy: a case report Agenesis of the right lobe of the liver: a case report Prepancreatic postduodenal portal vein: a case report and review of the literature Post-laparoscopic cholecystectomy Mirizzi syndrome induced by polymeric surgical clips: a case report and review of the literature Mirizzi’s syndrome masquerading as cholangiocarcinoma: a case report Streptococcus acidominimus causing invasive disease in humans: a case series Left hepatic lobe herniation through an incisional anterior abdominal wall hernia and right adrenal myelolipoma: a case report and review of the literature Episodic biliary obstruction due to an intrahepatic biliary cystadenoma: a case report Accidental finding of a toothpick in the porta hepatis during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a case report Gallstone ileus following endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and sphincterotomy: a case report Perforation and abscess formation after radiological placement of a retrievable plastic biliary stent Twice recurrent gallstone ileus: a case report Spontaneous inflammation and necrosis of the falciform and round ligaments: acase report and review of the literature Acute cholestatic hepatitis induced by Epstein–Barr virus infection in an adult: a case report Spontaneous perforation of the cystic duct in streptococcal toxic shock syndrome: a case report Liver infarctions as the first manifestation of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome in pregnancy: a case report Massive aspiration syndrome: a possible indication for “emergent” veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation?: a case report Acute pancreatitis with saw palmetto use: a case report Minimally invasive treatment of patients with bronchobiliary fistula: a case series Hemobilia caused by a ruptured hepatic cyst: a case report Spontaneous rupture of the common hepatic duct associated with acute pancreatitis: a case report Monogenic hypertriglyceridemia and recurrent pancreatitis in a hom*ozygous carrier of a rare APOA5 mutation: a case report Bile duct carcinoma recurrence in the papillary region in a long-term survivor of hilar cholangiocarcinoma: a case report Pantoea dispersa bacteremia in an immunocompetent patient: a case report and review of the literature How to apply clinical cases and medical literature in the framework of a modified “failure mode and effects analysis” as a clinical reasoning tool – an illustration using the human biliary system

  • Emergency open surgery with a duodenotomy and successful removal of an impacted basket following a complicated endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography procedure: a case report

    Current management of choledocholithiasis entails the use of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography...

    Authors: Ibrahim Abu Shakra, Maxim Bez, Amitai Bickel, Mahran Badran, Fahed Merei, Samer Ganam, Walid Kassis and Eli Kakiashvili

    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2021 15:93

    Content type: Case report Published on: 23 February 2021

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  • Type Va extrahepatic bile duct duplication: a case report

    This case report describes a 63-year-old women from rural Nepal who presented with type Va of duplicated extrahepatic bile duct, with chronic calculous cholecystitis and choledocholithiasis. She was managed with ...

    Authors: Bharat Mani Banjade, Ashish Rajbhandari, Rabin Koirala, Tuhin Shah and Chitra Lal Bhattachan

    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2019 13:320

    Content type: Case report Published on: 28 October 2019

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  • Severe sepsis caused by Aeromonas hydrophila in a patient using tocilizumab: a case report

    Aeromonas species do not commonly cause disease in humans. However, when disease is seen, it often occurs in patients with underlying immunosuppression or malignancy and has a high fatality rate.

    Authors: Kenji Okumura, Fumihiro Shoji, Masaki Yoshida, Atsushi Mizuta, Ichiro Makino and Hidefumi Higashi

    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:499

    Content type: Case report Published on: 5 October 2011

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  • Gallbladder agenesis diagnosed intra-operatively: a case report

    This case report describes the case of a 79-year-old symptomatic Caucasian man who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy for suspected choledocholithiasis despite imaging studies raising suspicion of gallbladder...

    Authors: Sachin Malde

    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:285

    Content type: Case report Published on: 23 August 2010

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  • Spontaneous biloma managed with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and percutaneous drainage: a case report

    Spontaneous biloma formation is a very rare condition, which mandates immediate treatment.

    Authors: Gurhan Bas, Ismail Okan, Mustafa Sahin, Ramazan Eryılmaz and Arda Isık

    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:3

    Content type: Case report Published on: 6 January 2011

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  • Treatment of acute exacerbation of liver-cirrhosis-associated portal vein thrombosis with direct-acting oral anticoagulant, edoxaban, used as an initial treatment in the early postoperative period after abdominal surgery: a case report

    We herein report a case of the acute exacerbation of CA-PVT in the early postoperative period after abdominal surgery, which was successfully treated with DOAC, edoxaban used as an initial treatment. The patient ...

    Authors: Junya Toyoda, Daisuke Morioka, Nobutoshi Horii, Gakuryu Nakayama, Norio Oyama, Fumio Asano, Yusuke Izumisawa, Masaru Miura, Yoshiki Sato and Itaru Endo

    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2021 15:52

    Content type: Case report Published on: 10 February 2021

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  • Obstructive lithiasis of the lower bile duct discovered four decades after cholecystectomy and its management by ideal choledochotomy: a case report

    Residual choledocholithiasis can be avoided. We performed an ideal...

    Authors: Joël Igor Kamla, Guy Aristide Bang, Joel Noutakdie Tochie, Landry Wakheu Tchuenkam and Arthur Georges Essomba

    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2023 17:316

    Content type: Case report Published on: 24 July 2023

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  • Agenesis of the right lobe of the liver: a case report

    Agenesis of the right hepatic lobe is a rare congenital anomaly. Developmental anomalies of the right lobe of the liver were first reported in 1870 by Heller [6]. Anatomical variations of the liver are common, oc...

    Authors: Ashenafi Amsalu Feleke, Friehiwot Amsalu Birhanu, Fraol Worku Tirfe and Yohannis Derbew Molla

    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2024 18:19

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    Content type: Case report Published on: 16 January 2024

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  • Prepancreatic postduodenal portal vein: a case report and review of the literature

    A 55-year-old white woman presented to our emergency department with abdominal pain. She underwent a computed tomography of her abdomen, which showed a portal vein coursing anterolaterally to her pancreas and pos...

    Authors: Naeem Goussous and Steven C. Cunningham

    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2017 11:2

    Content type: Case report Published on: 4 January 2017

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  • Post-laparoscopic cholecystectomy Mirizzi syndrome induced by polymeric surgical clips: a case report and review of the literature

    Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the gold standard treatment of gallbladder disease. Post-cholecystectomy syndrome is a severe postoperative complication which can be caused by multiple mechanisms and can prese...

    Authors: Eleni-Aikaterini Nagorni, Georgios Kouklakis, Alexandra Tsaroucha, Soultana Foutzitzi, Nikos Courcoutsakis, Konstantinos Romanidis, Konstantinos Vafiadis and Michael Pitiakoudis

    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2016 10:135

    Content type: Case report Published on: 27 May 2016

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  • Mirizzi’s syndrome masquerading as cholangiocarcinoma: a case report

    Pre-operative diagnosis of Mirizzi’s syndrome could be challenging as the clinical, biochemical and radiological presentation is similar to other conditions causing obstructive jaundice such as choledocholithiasis

    Authors: Muhammad Rizwan Khan and Sameer ur Rehman

    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:157

    Content type: Case report Published on: 15 June 2012

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  • Streptococcus acidominimus causing invasive disease in humans: a case series

    Streptococcus acidominimus is a member of the viridans group streptococci and is rarely pathogenic in humans, making it difficult to assess its epidemiologic and clinical significance.

    Authors: Chaoneng Wu, Buqing Liang, Yunguo Gong, Lan Zhang, Yunzeng Zou and Junbo Ge

    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2014 8:57

    Content type: Case report Published on: 17 February 2014

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  • Left hepatic lobe herniation through an incisional anterior abdominal wall hernia and right adrenal myelolipoma: a case report and review of the literature

    A 70-year-old Mexican woman presented with a one-week history of right upper quadrant abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and jaundice to our Department of General Surgery. Her medical history included an open chol...

    Authors: Carlos M Nuño-Guzmán, José Arróniz-Jáuregui, Ismael Espejo, Jesús Valle-González, Hernán Butus, Alejandro Molina-Romo and Rodrigo I Orranti-Ortega

    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:4

    Content type: Case report Published on: 10 January 2012

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  • Episodic biliary obstruction due to an intrahepatic biliary cystadenoma: a case report

    Biliary cystadenoma is a rare, benign neoplasm of the bile ducts with malignant potential. Symptoms, predominantly right hypochondrial pain and the feeling of a lump or fullness are usually due to the mass effect...

    Authors: Pulathis N Siriwardana and Aloka Pathirana

    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:9032

    Content type: Case report Published on: 8 September 2009

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  • Accidental finding of a toothpick in the porta hepatis during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a case report

    Unintentional ingestion of a toothpick is not an uncommon event. Often the ingested toothpicks spontaneously pass through the gut without sequelae. However, serious complications can happen when these sharp ob...

    Authors: Waleed Al-Khyatt, Farhan Rashid and Syed Y Iftikhar

    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:421

    Content type: Case report Published on: 30 August 2011

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  • Gallstone ileus following endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and sphincterotomy: a case report

    We report a case of a 67-year-old woman who presented with gallstone ileus following endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and sphincterotomy for choledocholithiasis. She had a history of terminal ileum....

    Authors: Amit Goyal and Anurag Srivastava

    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2:342

    Content type: Case report Published on: 6 November 2008

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  • Perforation and abscess formation after radiological placement of a retrievable plastic biliary stent

    Retrievable plastic biliary stents are usually inserted endoscopically. When endoscopic placement fails, radiological percutaneous transhepatic placement is indicated. We report the occurrence of a case of del...

    Authors: Ioanna Papadopoulou, Nicos I Fotiadis, Irfan Ahmed, Peter Thurley, Robert R Hutchins and Tim Fotheringham

    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:103

    Content type: Case report Published on: 14 March 2011

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  • Twice recurrent gallstone ileus: a case report

    Gallstone ileus is a rare cause of bowel obstruction and results from the passage of gallstones into the bowel.

    Authors: Rhys Jones, Daniel Broman, Richard Hawkins and David Corless

    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:362

    Content type: Case report Published on: 24 October 2012

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  • Spontaneous inflammation and necrosis of the falciform and round ligaments: acase report and review of the literature

    Necrosis of the falciform and round ligaments is extremely rare, thus making the diagnosis challenging. It is often misdiagnosed as gallbladder pathology due to the presenting symptoms. Due to the rarity of th...

    Authors: Astha Bhatt, Emmanuel Robinson and Steven C. Cunningham

    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2020 14:17

    Content type: Case report Published on: 23 January 2020

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  • Acute cholestatic hepatitis induced by Epstein–Barr virus infection in an adult: a case report

    A 59-year-old white woman of Anglo-Saxon descent presenting with a febrile illness was noted to have a cholestatic picture of deranged liver function tests. Over the following week a progressive obstructive jaund...

    Authors: Anthony Khoo

    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2016 10:75

    Content type: Case report Published on: 27 March 2016

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  • Spontaneous perforation of the cystic duct in streptococcal toxic shock syndrome: a case report

    Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome is a complication of group A streptococcal infection, most often originating from the skin. The syndrome is characterized by fever, hypotension and multiple organ failure. Mo...

    Authors: Henrik Endeman, David A. Ligtenstein and Heleen M. Oudemans-van Straaten

    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2:338

    Content type: Case report Published on: 29 October 2008

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  • Liver infarctions as the first manifestation of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome in pregnancy: a case report

    The differential diagnosis of abdominal pain in pregnant women is broad. Liver diseases as the origin of abdominal pain in pregnancy are rare, and severe forms occur in less than 0.1% of pregnancies. Some diso...

    Authors: Claudia Meloni, Cornelia Schreiber, Jan-Dirk Studt, Simone Kamm, Manuela Di Chiara and Thomas Herren

    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 16:103

    Content type: Case report Published on: 14 March 2022

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  • Massive aspiration syndrome: a possible indication for “emergent” veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation?: a case report

    Veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) is usually performed in cases of severe respiratory failure in which conventional and advanced mechanical ventilation strategies are ineffective in ach...

    Authors: Emiliano Gamberini, Venerino Poletti, Emanuele Russo, Alessandro Circelli, Marco Benni, Giovanni Scognamiglio, Domenico Pietro Santonastaso, Costanza Martino, Linda Domenichini, Romina Biondi, Giorgia Bastoni, Etrusca Brogi, Luca Ansaloni, Federico Coccolini, Paola Fugazzola, Martina Spiga…

    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2021 15:499

    Content type: Case report Published on: 8 October 2021

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  • Acute pancreatitis with saw palmetto use: a case report

    A 61-year-old Caucasian man with a history of benign prostatic hyperplasia and gastroesophageal reflux disease developed epigastric pain associated with nausea 36 hours prior to presentation. He denied drinking a...

    Authors: Jackrapong Bruminhent, Perliveh Carrera, Zhongzhen Li, Raymond Amankona and Ingram M Roberts

    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:414

    Content type: Case report Published on: 25 August 2011

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  • Minimally invasive treatment of patients with bronchobiliary fistula: a case series

    Bronchobiliary fistula is an uncommon complication secondary to hepatobiliary surgery. Bilioptysis is a pathognomic finding for bronchobiliary fistulas. Diagnosis may be easily established in the light of clin...

    Authors: Unal Aydin, Pinar Yazici, Fatih Tekin, Omer Ozutemiz and Ahmet co*ker

    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3:23

    Content type: Case report Published on: 23 January 2009

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  • Hemobilia caused by a ruptured hepatic cyst: a case report

    Hemobilia is a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. More than 50% of hemobilia cases are related to iatrogenic trauma from hepatobiliary procedures, and needle biopsy of the liver represents the most co...

    Authors: Viplove Senadhi, Deepika Arora, Manish Arora and Sudhir Dutta

    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:26

    Content type: Case report Published on: 20 January 2011

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  • Spontaneous rupture of the common hepatic duct associated with acute pancreatitis: a case report

    Rupture of the common bile duct is a life-threatening condition, usually observed after a trauma or in association with choledocholithiasis or an obstructive tumor of the bile...

    Authors: Makram Moussa, Wissem Triki, Omar Karray, Ines Marzouk and Bouchoucha Sami

    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2017 11:165

    Content type: Case report Published on: 21 June 2017

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  • Monogenic hypertriglyceridemia and recurrent pancreatitis in a hom*ozygous carrier of a rare APOA5 mutation: a case report

    hom*ozygous mutations in the APOA5 gene constitute a rare cause of monogenic hypertriglyceridemia, or familial chylomicronemia syndrome (FCS). We searched PubMed and identified 16 cases of hom*ozygous mutations in ...

    Authors: Umidakhon Makhmudova, P. Christian Schulze, Stefan Lorkowski, Winfried März, J.-A. Geiling and Oliver Weingärtner

    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2024 18:278

    Content type: Case report Published on: 14 June 2024

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  • Bile duct carcinoma recurrence in the papillary region in a long-term survivor of hilar cholangiocarcinoma: a case report

    Because of its high rate of early recurrence and its poor prognosis, long-term survival after cholangiocarcinoma is rare; therefore, only limited information on patients surviving more than 5 years after surgi...

    Authors: D. Buchner, U. Drebber, D. H. Chang and D. L. Stippel

    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2016 10:299

    Content type: Case report Published on: 26 October 2016

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  • Pantoea dispersa bacteremia in an immunocompetent patient: a case report and review of the literature

    Pantoea is a Gram-negative, non-encapsulated, non-spore-forming, ubiquitous straight rod which can be isolated from geographical and ecological sources such as plant surfaces, buckwheat seeds, human feces, and th...

    Authors: Nobuhiro Asai, Yusuke Koizumi, Atsuko Yamada, Daisuke Sakanashi, Hiroki Watanabe, Hideo Kato, Arufumi Shiota, Mao Hagihara, Hiroyuki Suematsu, Yuka Yamagishi and Hiroshige Mikamo

    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2019 13:33

    Content type: Case report Published on: 13 February 2019

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  • How to apply clinical cases and medical literature in the framework of a modified “failure mode and effects analysis” as a clinical reasoning tool – an illustration using the human biliary system

    Clinicians use various clinical reasoning tools such as Ishikawa diagram to enhance their clinical experience and reasoning skills. Failure mode and effects analysis, which is an engineering methodology in ori...

    Authors: Kam Cheong Wong

    Citation: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2016 10:85

    Content type: Editorial Published on: 6 April 2016

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