BMJ Case Reports

Single-stage surgical management of concurrent pulmonary and hepatic hydatidosis

An adolescent boy presented with vague respiratory symptoms and mild right upper quadrant abdominal pain. Following physical ...
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Crossed fused right-to-left renal ectopia with single ureter

Crossed fused renal ectopia is a rare, typically asymptomatic congenital malformation of the upper urinary tract. Diagnosis ...
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Isolated trochlea and triquetrum fractures in an immunocompromised adolescent after a ground-level fall

Isolated fractures of the humeral trochlea and triquetral avulsion fractures are uncommon, and to our knowledge, there are no ...
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Multidisciplinary management of pregnancy in Fowler's syndrome: sacral neuromodulation deactivation and innovative bladder care

Fowler’s syndrome is a rare condition of the urinary tract characterised by the inability of the urinary sphincter to relax, ...
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Cleft lip repair in trisomy 18: ethical considerations for aesthetic surgery in a life-limiting paediatric disease

Trisomy 18 (T18) is a disease with severe congenital anomalies that is typically fatal in the perinatal period or early infancy. This case report describes the care of one child with T18 who survived ...
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Delayed diagnosis of a cervical DISH fracture leading to dropped head deformity treated with combined anterior–posterior stabilisation

Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is a non-inflammatory disorder that causes spinal ankylosis, predisposing ...
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Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis presenting with transient ventricular arrhythmia: a rare variant presentation of Graves’ disease

Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP) is a rare variant presentation associated with thyrotoxicosis. It is characterised by acute hypokalaemic paralysis due to intracellular potassium shift. We describe ...
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Maxillary hypoplasia and severe dental abnormalities in an adolescent cancer survivor after anticancer therapy

The prognosis of childhood cancers has been improved in the past few decades owing to better diagnosis and advanced treatments. This has led to an increase in the population of cancer survivors and ...
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Incidental distal tibial enchondroma identified during evaluation of foot and ankle pain

A man in his 70s presented with a 6-month history of moderate left foot and ankle pain without a clear mechanism of injury. Initial radiographs obtained during evaluation revealed an incidental lesion ...
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Removal of an intraorbital electric cutter blade fragment by combined cerebral angiography and lateral orbitotomy for globe preservation

Intraorbital foreign bodies (IOFBs) represent significant challenges in ocular trauma management, particularly when complete burial occurs. We present a male in his 50s who sustained a high-velocity ...
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Classical superficial siderosis: a rare neuropsychiatric disorder

Superficial siderosis (SS) is a rare, progressive neurological disorder with the most common symptoms being progressive sensorineural hearing loss, ataxia and myelopathy. We aim to report a rare case ...
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Secondary thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura with features of Evans syndrome in a patient with SLE

A female in her early 40s with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and prior immune thrombocytopenic purpura presented with dizziness, dyspnoea, haematuria and fatigue. Investigations revealed a ...