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FeaturedCase ReportOncology (Medical)

Pediatric suprasellar primary CNS lymphoma with cavernous sinus invasion and ischemic stroke: a case report and systematic review.

Childs Nerv SystNov 3, 2026Open access

A 12-year-old immunocompetent girl presented with high fever, severe headache, and diplopia, followed by rapid neurological deterioration.

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In a child with a rapidly progressive suprasellar mass, vascular complications such as carotid stenosis and watershed infarction should heighten concern for an aggressive process and support early histopathological…

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Case ReportObstetrics & GynecologyOpen access

Fetal myelomeningocele repair: Rome Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS experience.

A fetus with distal lumbar myelomeningocele was assessed by fetal MRI, which showed a 23 × 11-mm defect, ventricular dilatation, and Chiari II malformation. Open fetal repair was performed at 25 weeks of gestation.

Childs Nerv SystNov 10, 2026Read case

Case ReportNeurosurgeryOpen access

Multifocal intradural extramedullary myxopapillary ependymoma of the spine.

A 34-year-old man presented with sudden severe non-radicular low-back pain but no neurological deficit. MRI showed multiple enhancing intradural extramedullary lesions from T12-L1 to S1; the dominant T12-L1 lesion…

J Cancer Res Clin OncolNov 9, 2026Read case

Case ReportPsychiatry

ID-SCAN: a functional MRI protocol for neurophenomenological phenotyping of dissociative identity disorder without trauma provocation.

A woman with dissociative identity disorder and persistent co-consciousness between two identity-agents completed ID-SCAN, a functional MRI protocol that did not use trauma provocation.

Eur J PsychotraumatolNov 11, 2026Read case

Case ReportOrthopedic Surgery

Coracoid Process Osteochondroma: Diagnostic Considerations and Detailed Approach for Management: Case Report and Literature Review.

A 21-year-old woman was found to have an osteochondroma arising from the tip of the coracoid process. The report describes preoperative clinical assessment and radiological investigation, with histopathological…

JBJS Case ConnectNov 11, 2026Read case

Case ReportNeurosurgery

Hyoid Bone Fracture in a Patient as a Rare Cause of Persistent Postoperative Dysphagia Following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion.

A 76-year-old woman developed severe, persistent dysphagia and progressive odynophagia after C3–5 anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.

Am J Case RepNov 10, 2026Read case

Case ReportNeurology

Magnetic resonance neurography-supported L3-L4 radiculitis presenting as refractory peripatellar neuropathic pain in a patient with diabetes: A case report.

A 75-year-old man with longstanding type 2 diabetes developed severe burning, stabbing pain around the left kneecap, with numbness and touch-evoked allodynia but no back pain, typical radicular symptoms, weakness, or…

Medicine (Baltimore)Nov 6, 2026Read case

Case ReportObstetrics & Gynecology

Concurrent prenatal diagnosis of hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies and congenital pulmonary airway malformation: A case report.

At 24 weeks’ gestation, ultrasound in a 38-year-old woman showed a right fetal thoracic lesion with blood supply from the right pulmonary artery, consistent with congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM).

Medicine (Baltimore)Nov 6, 2026Read case

Case ReportNeurosurgeryOpen access

When a glabellar dermoid cyst is not the whole story: the significance of MRI in excluding intracranial segments.

A 14-month-old boy underwent removal of a glabellar dermoid cyst considered extracranial. He remained asymptomatic, but surveillance MRI 10 months later showed a right frontal parasagittal intracranial lesion…

BMC PediatrNov 6, 2026Read case

Case ReportNeurology

Intractable Nausea and Vomiting: A Key Feature of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder.

A 22-year-old woman had five weeks of intractable nausea, vomiting, and hiccups. Delayed gastric emptying led to an initial diagnosis of gastroparesis, but symptoms persisted despite antiemetic and prokinetic therapy.

Am J Case RepNov 9, 2026Read case

Case ReportNeurologyOpen access

Erdheim-Chester disease: a diagnostic dilemma - a report of four cases.

Four adults aged 27–40 years presented with neurological Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD), with manifestations including cerebellar ataxia, dysarthria, tremor, visual deterioration, and headache.

Neurol SciNov 5, 2026Read case

Case ReportOphthalmologyOpen access

STAT6-positive solitary fibrous tumour of the lacrimal gland with floret-type giant cells: a rare case report.

A 52-year-old man presented with five months of enlarging left lacrimal swelling, proptosis, and mildly reduced visual acuity. CT showed a well-defined 9 × 12 mm orbital lesion without bone erosion or local invasion.

BMC OphthalmolNov 5, 2026Read case

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