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BMJ Case Reports is an important educational resource offering a high volume of cases in all disciplines so that healthcare professionals, researchers and others can easily find clinically important information on common and rare conditions. All articles are peer reviewed and copy edited before publication. BMJ Case Reports is not an edition or supplement of the BMJ.
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Mesenteric panniculitis - BMJ Case Reports
Background Mesenteric panniculitis is a rare and benign acute and chronic inflammatory and fibrotic process that affects predominantly the small and less frequently (20%) the large intestine mesenteric fat.1 2 It may more rarely involve retroperitoneal, pelvic and peripancreatic fat. It is more common in men, with a male-to-female ratio of 2–3:1, and it …
Achenbach’s syndrome - BMJ Case Reports
Achenbach’s syndrome, also known as ‘paroxysmal finger haematoma’ is a rare and benign clinical condition of unknown aetiology, which results in the sudden onset of pain and swelling along with bruising, mostly on the palmar aspects of fingers and hands.1–3 Although the most commonly affected anatomical site is the volar aspects of the fingers,4 there are occasional reports involving ...
Quincke’s disease - BMJ Case Reports
Isolated uvular angioedema or Quincke’s disease is a rare presentation of angioneurotic oedema affecting only the upper airway. Various etiological factors like food allergy, hereditary angioedema, inhalation exposure, drug reactions and trauma have been implicated. 1 2 Peanuts, tree nuts, fish and shellfish account for the vast majority of ...
The CARE guidelines: consensus-based clinical case reporting …
A case report is a narrative that describes, for medical, scientific or educational purposes, a medical problem experienced by one or more patients. Case reports written without guidance from reporting standards are insufficiently rigorous to guide clinical practice or to inform clinical study design. Develop, disseminate and implement systematic reporting guidelines for …
Sudden irreversible hearing loss post COVID-19 - BMJ Case Reports
Sudden onset sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) is frequently seen by otolaryngologists. The exact pathophysiology of the disease is still unknown, with the most likely causative factor being following a viral infection. Immediate steroids are the best treatment to improve prognosis. Despite a plethora of papers in the literature describing SSNHL, there are only a …
Clinical course of a 66-year-old man with an acute ischaemic …
A 66-year-old man was admitted to hospital with a right frontal cerebral infarct producing left-sided weakness and a deterioration in his speech pattern. The cerebral infarct was confirmed with CT imaging. The only evidence of respiratory symptoms on admission was a 2 L oxygen requirement, maintaining oxygen saturations between 88% and 92%. In a matter of hours this patient developed a greater ...
Plummer-Vinson syndrome - BMJ Case Reports
Plummer-Vinson syndrome classically presents as a triad of iron-deficiency anaemia, postcricoid dysphagia and upper esophageal webs. Treatment of the iron deficiency frequently relieves dysphagia though some patients may need endoscopic web dilatation. Patients must be screened regularly for any development of upper gastrointestinal malignancy.