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Case ReportHematology

Idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease in an HIV-positive child.

A preadolescent girl with HIV presented with fever and unilateral facial and neck swelling. Examination showed generalised lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, hypertension and haematuria, initially suggesting…

BMJ Case RepOct 7, 2026Read case
Case ReportPediatrics

Facial nerve palsy and hypertension; unusual presentation of apparent mineralocorticoid excess (AME) syndrome in a paediatric patient.

A boy in early childhood presented after two days of right-sided facial palsy and was found to have severe hypertension with end-organ damage.

BMJ Case RepOct 7, 2026Read case
Case ReportGeneral Surgery

Meckel's diverticulum leading to axial torsion and volvulus of the small bowel.

A patient presented with small-bowel obstruction caused by a giant Meckel’s diverticulum measuring 22 cm × 11 cm × 9.8 cm. The diverticulum produced mass effect and was associated with axial torsion and volvulus of the…

BMJ Case RepOct 7, 2026Read case
Case ReportOphthalmology

Acute retinal necrosis refractory to treatment.

A woman in her 60s presented with hypertensive uveitis in the right eye, followed by vitritis and retinitis. An anterior chamber sample was positive for herpes simplex virus by PCR.

BMJ Case RepOct 7, 2026Read case
Case ReportEndocrinology

Emerging risks of health optimisation: refractory nausea associated with peptide injections reported to contain retatrutide.

A woman in her mid-20s presented with five days of persistent nausea, repeated vomiting, loose stools and markedly reduced oral intake.

BMJ Case RepOct 7, 2026Read case
Case ReportNeurology

Fregoli syndrome in an adolescent with Moyamoya disease.

An early adolescent with known Moyamoya disease developed acute psychosis after a febrile illness accompanied by headache and vomiting.

BMJ Case RepOct 7, 2026Read case
Case ReportMedical Genetics

Complex presentation of neonatal arthrogryposis multiplex congenita: insights into a multifactorial disorder.

A neonate with amyoplasia-type arthrogryposis multiplex congenita had bilateral talipes equinovarus, elbow contractures, ulnar wrist deviation and clinodactyly, with mild hip dysplasia and a small atrial septal defect.

BMJ Case RepOct 7, 2026Read case
Case ReportHematology

Fatal haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome following coronavirus disease 2019 infection.

A previously healthy woman in her early 30s developed rash, fever and arthralgia three weeks after SARS-CoV-2 infection, followed by rapidly progressive multiorgan failure.

BMJ Case RepOct 7, 2026Read case
Case ReportOphthalmology

Time to improve laboratory protocols in microbial keratitis: broad-range Internal Transcribed Spacer sequencing in refractory culture-negative keratitis.

A woman in her 60s who wore soft contact lenses developed rapidly progressive microbial keratitis that did not respond to intensive empirical treatment.

BMJ Case RepOct 7, 2026Read case
Case ReportNeurology

Staged bilateral MR-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy in a patient with cerebral cavernous malformations.

A man in his late 60s with medication-refractory essential tremor was found on preoperative MRI to have cavernous malformations in the left caudate head and basal ganglia, with an associated developmental venous anomaly…

BMJ Case RepOct 7, 2026Read case
Case ReportOncology (Medical)

Atypical presentations of Lhermitte's sign after treatment for human papillomavirus-associated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.

Two patients with human papillomavirus-associated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma developed Lhermitte’s sign after chemoradiotherapy.

BMJ Case RepOct 7, 2026Read case
Case ReportCardiology

Anterior ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction With Coronary Thrombosis in a Young Man with Newly Diagnosed HIV Infection and Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia.

A 36-year-old man with newly diagnosed, severely immunosuppressive HIV infection and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia developed an acute anterior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction 25 days after starting…

Turk Kardiyol Dern ArsOct 7, 2026Read case
Case ReportPlastic Surgery

Capsulectomy at Explant: Rethinking Spinal Cord Stimulator Infected Generator Pocket Management in the Immunocompromised-A Case Series.

Two immunocompromised women with spinal cord stimulator (SCS) infections underwent explantation and capsulectomy. The first patient, with ulcerative colitis and psoriatic arthritis, developed granulation tissue and was…

Pain PractOct 7, 2026Read case
Case ReportPsychiatryOpen access

Managing 7-Hydroxymitragynine Use Disorder with Buprenorphine-Naloxone.

A patient who had used kratom to stop illicit opioids developed tolerance and transitioned to 7-hydroxymitragynine, believing the plant-derived product was safe.

Hawaii J Health Soc WelfOct 7, 2026Read case
Case ReportInfectious Diseases

Clostridium septicum aortitis and mediastinitis complicating perforated appendicitis in a patient with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia: A case report.

A 71-year-old man with untreated chronic myelomonocytic leukemia presented with back pain, vomiting, and rigors. CT demonstrated perforated appendicitis, mediastinitis, and aortitis involving the aortic arch and…

J Infect ChemotherOct 6, 2026Read case
Case ReportNephrologyOpen access

CHAPLE-Like Enteropathy and Renal Microangiopathy in an Adult Patient With CD46 Deficiency.

A 23-year-old woman with childhood-onset enteropathy and hypogammaglobulinemia had been treated with immunoglobulin replacement for presumed common variable immunodeficiency.

J Clin Lab AnalOct 6, 2026Read case
Case ReportOrthopedic Surgery

Surgical and orthodontic management of class III malocclusion in monozygotic twins using bilateral sagittal split osteotomy.

This case report details the surgical and orthodontic management of class III malocclusion in identical twin sisters in their early 20s, both presenting with mandibular prognathism.

BMJ Case RepOct 6, 2026Read case
Case ReportGeneral Surgery

Parenchymal Injury Caused by Complete Migration of a Bone of Japanese Horse Mackerel Within the Pancreatic Uncinate Process Through a Duodenal Diverticulum, Resulting in Sepsis and Multiple Pyogenic Liver Abscesses.

A 79-year-old man developed abdominal pain and fever three days after ingesting grilled Japanese horse mackerel. Imaging revealed a fish bone fully migrated into the pancreatic uncus through a duodenal diverticulum…

Am J Case RepOct 6, 2026Read case
Case ReportNeurosurgeryOpen access

Safe electrophysiology-guided resection of an epileptogenic non-exophytic hamartoma at the floor of the fourth ventricle in a child.

Hamartoma of the floor of fourth ventricle (HFFV) is an extremely rare entity known to be causing focal movement disorders in children.

Childs Nerv SystOct 6, 2026Read case

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