Use of 24 h Esophageal pH Monitoring to Demonstrate Alkaline Reflux as a Complication of Gastric Bypass Surgery by J Patrick Shoenut, Rudy G Danzinger

“…The diagnostic capability of pH monitoring is illustrated in a patient with an unusual surgical complication.…”
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Recurrent Syncope Associated with Lung Cancer by Dingguo Zhang, Liansheng Wang, Zhijian Yang

“…Syncope is an important problem in clinical practice with many possible causes that might be misdiagnosed. We present an unusual case of syncope, which has a normal chest X-ray. …”
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Nest Relocation and Colony Founding in the Australian Desert Ant, Melophorus bagoti Lubbock (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Patrick Schultheiss, Sebastian Schwarz, Antoine Wystrach

“…Nest relocation is possibly aided by trail laying behaviour, which is highly unusual for solitary foraging desert ants. Reproduction occurs in synchronised mating flights, which are probably triggered by rain. …”
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Critical Clinical forms of influenza AH1N1: What we have learned from assisting the ill in Cienfuegos. by Grupo Operativo Provincial de Atención Médica a los enfermos adultos hospitalizados

“…Concerning the clinics of the infected, the existence of groups presenting risks of complications has been repeatedly noted in the international literature, as well as critical clinical findings, with unusual manifestations in other epidemics caused by influenza viruses. …”
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Idiopathic Unilateral Adrenal Haemorrhage and Adrenal Mass: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Christos Christoforides, Athanasios Petrou, Marios Loizou

“…We report an unusual case of idiopathic unilateral adrenal haemorrhage (AH) in a 55-year-old patient. …”
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Trigeminal Neuralgia with Persistent Trigeminal Artery Variant and Schwannomatosis of the Abducens and Lower Cranial Nerves: A Case Report by Seong Gwang Kim, Hye Jeong Choi, Kyung Gi Cho, Jung Youn Kim, Sang Heum Kim

“…Persistent trigeminal artery variant (PTAV) is an unusual anastomosis that connects the internal carotid artery to the cerebellar artery, bypassing the basilar artery. …”
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Shakespeare à l’écran : Makibefo d’Alexander Abela, un exemple extrême d’appropriation culturelle by Anne-Marie Costantini-Cornède

“…By transposing the play Macbeth to an unusual context, a poor fishermen’s village lost at the other end of the world, the filmmaker means to enhance its mythic and universal dimension. …”
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Des pieds de moutons dans la citerne du sanctuaire de Corent (Veyre-Monton, Puy-de-Dôme) : rejet détritique ou dépôt rituel ? by Sylvain Foucras

“…So it must be the comprehensive rejection of the lower legs of thirty sheep, with other anatomical parts discarded.This unusual ensemble seems to evoke rejects linked to butchering and cottage industry.Yet its disposal within the confines of a sacred place activity is not common.Simple rejection detrital or ritual deposit, the same choice of sheep, an animal that plays a central role in Arvernian ritual practices, raises questions about the purpose of this whole cult.…”
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Los peligros de la industrialización. El caso del estanque del Pourra (1812-1846) by Xavier Daumalin

“…This text takes a look at one of the highlights of this across-the-centuries conflictual atmosphere – the Saint-Mitre villagers rioting in the first half of the 19th century –, its resources, challenges, what the power struggles and social inequalities operating in this territory also reveal, when dealing with illness, death and the various elements that make up its distinctiveness, or even its unusual character, in view of what we already know about similar conflicts that have happened in Provence and the rest of the world.…”
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Schizophrenia and Hyperostosis Frontalis Interna with History of Head Injury by Fatima Elghazouani

“…Case Presentation. We describe an unusual case of a 44-year-old female with schizophrenia and hyperostosis frontalis interna having a history of head trauma. …”
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Abolir les frontières dans la classe ? by Bérengère Kolly

“…We propose to grasp these issues in an unusual way, starting this text with a succinct description of drawn maps of movements, student paths and a teacher in two classes (Montessorian and related practices) at abolished borders. …”
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Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy as an Early Complication of Drug-Induced Suicide Attempt by Massimo Romanò, Federica Zorzoli, Roberta Bertona, Rosvaldo Villani

“…The potential pathophysiological mechanisms behind this unusual clinical picture are discussed.…”
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Solitary Mastocytoma of the Vulva by Shasi Velusamy, Jayasree Karuthedath Areeppurath Mana, Chalissery Francis Mathew

“…The purpose of this communication is (i) to report a case of solitary mastocytoma occurring in an unusual site, the vulva and to show that (ii) in this case age at presentation is 10 years with infancy as common age of presentation of solitary mastocytoma, and to show that (iii) in appropriate setting this should be included in the differential diagnosis of vulval swelling.…”
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Lingual Leishmaniasis Presenting to Maxillofacial Surgery in UK with Successful Treatment with Miltefosine by K. Kassam, R. Davidson, P. J. Tadrous, M. Kumar

“…To the authors’ knowledge, it is the first such case of successful miltefosine treatment in this unusual variant of leishmaniasis occurring on the tongue.…”
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A Curious Case Report of “Nosey” Calcification by S Padmavathi, G Anuradha, A Kannan, C L Krithika

“…This article presents an unusual case of a nasal foreign body in a 46-year-old male, incidentally discovered during routine dental radiography. …”
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Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Secondary to an Aberrant Right Subclavian Artery-Esophageal Fistula: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Adam Millar, Alaa Rostom, Pasteur Rasuli, Nav Saloojee

“…Because this patient had no vascular conduits, nasogastric or endotracheal tubes, the fistula likely occurred secondary to the previous surgery. This case is unusual because the patient survived the original hemorrhage associated with the ARSA-esophageal fistula.…”
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A Rare Case of ALK-Positive Large B-Cell Lymphoma with CD33 Expression by Jessica Corean, K. David Li

“…To date, approximately 130–140 cases have been reported, but here we report the first known case of ALK+ LBCL with unusual CD33 expression.…”
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Spontaneous Resolution of Massive Spontaneous Tubercular Pneumothorax by Surya Kant, S. Saheer, G. Hassan, Jabeed Parengal

“…After six months there was complete spontaneous resolution of pneumothorax. The unusual presentation and unexpected outcome prompted us to report this case.…”
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A Rare Case of Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Breast in a Healthy 40-Year-Old Woman by Marissa Yaldo, Arif Musa, Michael Aulicino, Brigitte Berryhill

“…This rarity is underscored by its classification as a SFT and its unusual location within the breast tissue as well as this patient’s young age. …”
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Delayed Mental Nerve Neuralgia following Chin Augmentation by Ineke Wever, Sang Hwang, Sim Choroomi, William Mooney

“…This paper describes a case of mental nerve neuralgia following a traumatic dislodgement of a chin implant ten months after surgery. Our case is unusual, both in the specific complication and the patients' atypical representation—delayed and initially without mention of trauma. …”
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