European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine

The European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine is an official Journal of the European Federation of Internal Medicine (EFIM), representing 36 national societies from 34 European countries. The Journal's mission is to promote the best medical practice and innovation in the field of acute and general medicine. It also provides a forum for internal medicine doctors where they can share new approaches with the aim of improving diagnostic and clinical skills in this field.

LATEST ARTICLE

A Rare Case of Guillain-Barré Syndrome following COVID-19 Vaccination

Yash Kripalani, Vidyadhara Lakkappan, Lipeeka Parulekar, Anjum Shaikh, Rakesh Singh, Pradeep Vyas

Various vaccines against COVID-19 have been developed since SARS-CoV-2 emerged at the end of 2019. Their emergency administration in healthcare settings has been accompanied by numerous adverse effects. A case of Guillain-Barré syndrome following vaccination with Covishield is presented here to highlight this possible adverse condition.

CURRENT ISSUE

2024: Vol 11 No 5

Late tuberculosis reactivation after severe COVID-19

Tom Dormans, Eric Zandijk, Frans Stals

Atypical pulmonary metastasis of prostate adenocarcinoma: a rare phenomenon

Asma Jamil, Ruhma Ali, Amy Paige, Richard Miller, Nirav Mistry, Ahmed Abbas, Abu Tahir Taha

Syphilitic stomatitis: raising awareness on an often-overlooked presentation of secondary syphilis

Henrique Atalaia-Barbacena, Catarina Isabel Lopes, Inês Matias Lopes, Patrícia Howell Monteiro

Cardiac sarcoidosis presenting as sustained ventricular tachycardia

Nuno Cotrim, Beatriz Vargas Andrade, Sofia Carralas Antunes, Miguel Rodrigues, Sílvia Aguiar Rosa, Marisa Peres, Vítor Martins

Group B Streptococcus meningitis in an adult woman with type 2 diabetes and ethmoid roof defect. Impact on “frontal” cognitive functions

Roberto Vicinanza, Alice Miscetti, Cesare Magistrato, Melina Castiglione, Alessandro Frizza

Should histoplasmosis be screened for before initiation of tumour necrosis factor alpha inhibitors?

Srujan Edupuganti, Yashitha Chirumammilla, Manoj Upadhyay, Danielle Osterholzer

Sulfuric acid ingestion: may the severity of the metabolic acidosis be considered as a predictive sign of late damage to the gastrointestinal tract?

Elisa Mastrodicasa

Going back to basics: remembering touch in the digital era

Beatriz R. Sousa, Diogo Faustino, Rita Pocinho

Disseminated melioidosis presenting as sepsis, neurological melioidosis, liver and prostate abscess in United Arab Emirates

Maria Hasani, Sadia Rounak Shriya, Mariyam Thahira, Saima Haque, Saima Liyakat Khan, Azza Shaloob, Sara Osman

Recurrent intra-stent coronary restenosis in a carrier of non-disease-specific antinuclear antibodies

Benedetta Tomberli, Stefano Fumagalli, Tiziana Cristina Minopoli, Silvia Menale, Valentina Scheggi, Niccolò Marchionni

Mucosal Schwann cell hamartoma on screening colonoscopy: an unusual finding

Haidar Hussain Barjas, Yousef Yahia , Joud Abuodeh , Farah J.N. Assaf, Adham Ammar

Two strikes: A case study of consecutive ST-elevation myocardial infarctions (STEMI) in two different coronary arteries

Yashitha Chirumamilla, Justine Chinnappan, Mohammad Luay Alkotob

A fast-growing myxoma of the left atrium

Jakub Benko, Martin Jozef Péč, Marek Cingel, Jakub Jurica, Tomáš Bolek, Marián Mokáň, Matej Samoš

Sudden cardiac arrest as first manifestation of malignant mitral valve prolapse in a young patient: a case report and review of the literature

Leila Bigdelu, Zouheir Bitar, Ossama Maadarani

Annular leukocytoclastic vasculitis: a new feature of IgA vasculitis

Nabil Belfeki, Nouha Ghriss, Sonia Kammoun, Souheil Zayet, Cyrus Moini, Benjamin Terrier

A cautionary note on pembrolizumab use in patients with ascending aortic aneurysms

Muhammad E. A. Khan, Shane Ahern, Sophie C. Prendergast, Louise Burke, John Hinchion

Lung underdevelopment: case reports and a literature review

Ali Al-Tarbsheh, Ramez Halaseh, Veronica Williams, Kaila Schultz, Nydia Martinez

A rare case of IgG4-related disease causing inflammatory breast mass successfully treated with anti-CD20 biological therapy: a discussion of clinical case with literature review

Sufian Rifaei, Shahd Etoom, Mahmoud Al-Balas

Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis following the anti-PD-1 nivolumab in a patient with gastric cancer and ankylosing spondylitis

Clara Long, Abdulrahman Al-Abdulmalek, Jonathan Lai, David G. Haegert, Stephane Isnard, Denis Cournoyer, Jean-Pierre Routy

Kaposi’s varicelliform eruption: a potentially life-threatening complication of atopic dermatitis

María Martín-Galache, Ana María Escalona-Gil, Luis Posado-Domínguez, Alejandro Jiménez-Domínguez, Alicia Arévalo-Cenzual, Francisco Javier López-Ávila, Eduardo Consuegra-Llapur