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Headache and inflammatory bowel disease: think cerebral vein!
Martina Orfei, Marco Gasparetto, Franco Torrente

BMJ Case Reports CP Jan 2019, 12 (1) e227228; DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2018-227228
Intestinal obstruction caused by small bowel adenocarcinoma misdiagnosed as psychogenic disorder
Hirotada Nishie, Taketo Suzuki, Hiroshi Ichikawa, Hiromi Kataoka

BMJ Case Reports CP Jan 2019, 12 (1) bcr-2018-227326; DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2018-227326
Lithium neurotoxicity presenting as dementia with therapeutic serum lithium levels
Sarita Soni

BMJ Case Reports CP Jan 2019, 12 (1) bcr-2018-227741; DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2018-227741
Suspected ST segment elevation myocardial infarction referred for primary angioplasty: a masquerader
Abhivrath Yennu Nandan, Abhinav Singh, Navin Mukundu Nagesh, Manish M Gandhi

BMJ Case Reports CP Jan 2019, 12 (1) bcr-2018-227687; DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2018-227687
Severe leptospirosis in a patient with positive serological test for spotted fever rickettsiosis
Yukinori Harada, Minato Hayashi

BMJ Case Reports CP Jan 2019, 12 (1) bcr-2018-226514; DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2018-226514
Unique complication of laparoscopic adjustable gastric band? A misplaced band encircling the abdominal aorta
Mohamed Sahloul, Douglas Bowley, Martin Richardson

BMJ Case Reports CP Nov 2018, 11 (1) e228082; DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2018-228082
Non-alcoholic Wernicke encephalopathy: great masquerader
Chukwudumebi Okafor, Manojna Nimmagadda, Sarthak Soin, Lavanya Lanka

BMJ Case Reports CP Nov 2018, 11 (1) e227731; DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2018-227731
Closed loop small bowel obstruction due to paracaecal internal herniation: a lesson in rarity
Richard Menezes, Ranjeet Kamble, Anagha Joshi, Kalpesh Chaudhari

BMJ Case Reports CP Nov 2018, 11 (1) e227461; DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2018-227461
Case of a missed airway stent migration
Torben Smidt-Hansen, Torben Riis Rasmussen

BMJ Case Reports CP Nov 2018, 11 (1) e226533; DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2018-226533
Incomplete scleral penetration of dexamethasone (Ozurdex) intravitreal implant
Thomas Sherman, Vasant Raman

BMJ Case Reports CP Nov 2018, 11 (1) e227055; DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2018-227055

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