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Debilitating musculoskeletal pain after solid organ transplantation: an under-recognised and serious condition associated with common immunosuppressive drug therapy

Calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) are essential medications for many people living with solid-organ transplants. CNI therapy helps prevent organ transplant rejection, though it requires monitoring to ...
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Jejunal Dieulafoy lesion causing massive gastrointestinal bleed

Dieulafoy lesions are a rare, non-variceal cause of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding arising from dilated submucosal arteries without any underlying ulcer, which if undiagnosed can cause significant ...
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ANCA and SLE overlap syndrome: treatment with intravenous cyclophosphamide complicated by CMV infection

Overlap syndrome with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and granulomatous polyangiitis with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) is rare. There are no international guidelines or randomised ...
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Roberts syndrome with cystic hygroma: a rare clinical presentation of a rare syndrome

We had an opportunity to witness this rare case in the Women’s Wellness and Research Center, Qatar. The mother is in her late ...
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A large left ventricular sub-mitral thrombus in the absence of sub-mitral aneurysm in a patient with colorectal adenocarcinoma

A left ventricular sub-mitral thrombus without an aneurysm is a previously unreported rare occurrence. We aim to bring attention to this finding in a case of colorectal adenocarcinoma. An early ...
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Inguinal endometriosis: a rare entity of a common condition

A woman in her mid-40s experienced a painful lump in the right groin area for 5 years, with exacerbation during menstruation, coughing and sneezing. Initial treatment with depot methylprednisolone ...
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Symptomatic enterocele in an adolescent male: successful robotic repair

This case report concerns a male patient in early adolescence who presented to our clinic with several months of abdominal discomfort, irregular bowel habits, tenesmus and a sensation of incomplete ...
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Co-occurrence of ipsilateral partial Horner’s syndrome in a patient with monomelic amyotrophy

Monomelic amyotrophy (MMA) is a lower motor neuron predominant disorder affecting an upper limb, which can mimic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). It often presents with unilateral, distal upper ...
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Late relapse of extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma presenting as an adrenal mass with suspected cardiac involvement

Extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma (ENKTCL), nasal type, is a rare and aggressive subtype of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that often presents with extranodal involvement. While relapse patterns ...
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Reverse slipped capital femoral epiphysis

Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) is a rare occurrence in the paediatric hip. Diagnosis is challenging. It may have an insidious onset. It has potentially devastating consequences for the ...
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Tuberculous constrictive pericarditis: challenges and surgical management

Constrictive pericarditis is a condition in which inflammation of the pericardium results in the loss of pericardial elasticity, leading to restricted ventricular filling. This case reports a male in ...
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Low back pain as a presenting manifestation of antiphospholipid syndrome

Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is characterised by arterial, venous or microvascular thrombosis and/or pregnancy morbidity. Bone infarct, or avascular necrosis (AVN), is seen in up to 2.9% of ...