European journal of case reports in internal medicine

UNLABELLED: Ovarian collision tumours are rare entities defined by the coexistence of two histologically distinct neoplasms, most commonly reported within the same ovary, while bilateral involvement is extremely uncommon and often under-rec…

INTRODUCTION: Gastric outlet obstruction is commonly associated with malignancies and benign conditions such as peptic ulcer disease and Crohn's disease. This report presents an uncommon instance of gastric endometriosis leading to gastric …

UNLABELLED: Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory condition affecting 5-10% of women of reproductive age, most commonly involving pelvic organs. Gastrointestinal endometriosis, particularly at the terminal ileum, is rare and can clinicall…

BACKGROUND: Sister Mary Joseph's nodule (SMJN) is a rare manifestation of intra-abdominal malignancy presenting as a metastatic umbilical lesion. CASE REPORT: An 82-year-old woman with no prior medical history presented with a violaceous, …

UNLABELLED: Miliary lung nodules are usually associated with tuberculosis, sarcoidosis, or malignancy. Here we present a case of primary cervical cancer with metastasis to the lungs. The patient presented a short history of shortness of bre…

BACKGROUND: Lower gastrointestinal bleeding accounts for 20 to 25% of all gastrointestinal bleedings. Appendiceal bleeding is a rare, yet important cause of lower gastrointestinal bleed; in many cases, it can be misdiagnosed as obscure gast…

UNLABELLED: Haemorrhagic pleural effusion can be a challenging diagnosis that requires a thorough investigation and sometimes a multidisciplinary team of physicians to reach the underlying aetiology. Causes can include pulmonary malignancy,…

UNLABELLED: The canal of Nuck is an embryological remnant of the processus vaginalis found in females, and is a potential site for endometriosis seeding. Endometriosis in the canal of Nuck is an exceedingly rare condition. Patients with thi…

UNLABELLED: Ischaemic colitis is responsible for more than half of the presentations of gastrointestinal ischaemia and develops due to an interruption of intestinal blood flow. Risk factors include increasing age and conditions associated w…

UNLABELLED: Thoracic endometriosis syndrome (TES) is a rare condition where endometrial tissue is found in the pleura, parenchyma, and/or diaphragm. Haemoptysis is a common manifestation of pulmonary endometriosis and can be cyclic, alignin…

UNLABELLED: Enteric intussusception in adults is usually associated with the presence of a lead point seen on abdominal computerized tomography. However, as intussusception in coeliac disease may not have a lead point, a surgical procedure …

UNLABELLED: Before the development of transfusion medicine, severe anaemia was an important cause of morbidity and mortality. The discovery of haematopoietic mechanisms and essential nutrients made it possible to easily treat and prevent th…

UNLABELLED: Encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (EPS), also known as abdominal cocoon syndrome (AC) or sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis (SEP), is an uncommon condition typically presenting with features of bowel obstruction. We present t…

UNLABELLED: Cystic mesotheliomas (also called mesothelial inclusion cysts) are rare benign neoplasms that occur more often in young women. Symptoms are usually non-specific, demanding a thorough work-up. We report a case of a 40-year-old fe…

UNLABELLED: In addition to the most likely diagnoses for umbilical signs in adults (umbilical hernia, metastatic tumour, endometriosis, congenital abnormalities such as umbilical-urachal sinus and gallstones retained or spilled at the umbil…

UNLABELLED: A young woman presented with right upper quadrant abdominal pain exacerbated by movement and breathing. Extensive evaluation revealed no gallstones or any other specific cause. Urine polymerase chain reaction results for Chlamyd…

UNLABELLED: Platypnoea-orthodexia syndrome is a rare cause of dyspnoea when hypoxaemia is induced by the upright position and relieved by recumbency. We report two cases in which platypnoea-orthodexia syndrome was present and caused by two …

Acute pancreatitis is one of the rare complications in patients fitted with a left ventricular assist device (LVAD). We herein report a case of acute pancreatitis in a patient with LVAD triggered by intravascular haemolysis. A 44-year-old m…