Internal medicine
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Retraction Of Publication
Retraction: Relapsing herpes simplex encephalitis resulting in Kluver-Bucy syndrome.
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Review Case Reports
A case of Lemierre's syndrome in association with liver abscess without any other metastatic lesions.
Lemierre's syndrome (LS) is characterized by pharyngitis followed by septicemia, internal jugular vein thrombophlebitis, and metastatic embolization in general. LS is commonly caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum. ⋯ Doripenem was effective against the pathologic features including the liver abscesses. LS should be taken into consideration when clinicians find liver abscesses following pharyngitis even when the common complications of LS are not detected.
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Review Case Reports
Mixed-type multicentric Castleman's disease developing during a 17-year follow-up of sarcoidosis.
Multicentric Castleman's Disease (MCD) is a systemic disease characterized by generalized lymphadenopathy and the proliferation of plasma cells. The development of MCD in a patient with preexisting sarcoidosis has not been previously reported. ⋯ The patient's serum interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels were only slightly elevated; however, the IL-6 levels in the fluid of both pleural effusion and ascites were markedly elevated. The administration of steroid-pulse therapy and prednisolone was ineffective in treating the MCD, although treatment with tocilizumab proved highly effective.