6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (547+ words) Ana Albuquerque • Ana Claudia Cunha • Odete Gomes • Luisa Pinto • Márcia Pinto Cite this article as: Albuquerque A, Cunha A, Gomes O, et al. (September 07, 2026) Atypical Lyme Neuroborreliosis Presenting With Ventriculitis and Cerebritis: A Case Report. Cureus 18(9): e115883. doi:10.7759/cureus.115883 Lyme borreliosis…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (301+ words) Eduardo A. Irizarry-Rivera • Adriana Suarez Cruz • Julio Torres Rivera Cite this article as: Irizarry-Rivera E A, Suarez Cruz A, Torres Rivera J (September 04, 2026) When a Lung Collapses: A Case of Polymicrobial Empyema Presenting as Massive Hydropneumothorax. Cureus 18(9): e115793. doi:10.7759/cureus.115793 A large…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (301+ words) Background: Dementia represents a major global public health challenge in aging populations, requiring effective primary care identification and prevention strategies. This study evaluated the prevalence and clinical significance of 11 modifiable risk factors among older adults within a primary healthcare setting....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (311+ words) Background The increasing use of high-resolution imaging techniques in an aging society leads to an increased number of cystic pancreatic lesion diagnoses. In this study, we compared two patient groups who underwent surgery for a benign pancreatic cystic lesion, investigating…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (216+ words) Post-thyroidectomy cervical hematoma is an uncommon but potentially fatal complication that may rapidly progress to life-threatening airway obstruction. We report the case of a 49-year-old woman who developed severe respiratory distress, marked cyanosis, and loss of responsiveness approximately four hours…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (230+ words) Hemimegalencephaly is a rare congenital malformation of cortical development involving hamartomatous overgrowth of part or all of one cerebral hemisphere. It commonly presents during infancy with early-onset, drug-resistant seizures, developmental impairment, and contralateral motor deficits. Infantile epileptic spasms may be…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (316+ words) Introduction: Acute appendicitis is a common pediatric emergency, but its severity is difficult to establish since conventional clinical, laboratory, and imaging methods are often imprecise, leading to unnecessary investigations or delayed care. Recent results suggest that basic inflammatory markers, especially…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (169+ words) Tunneled dialysis catheters are a mainstay of hemodialysis access but are complicated over time by central venous stenosis and catheter-related thrombus, both of which can impair catheter function and threaten future access. We describe the case of a 77-year-old woman…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (325+ words) Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic, progressive fibrosing interstitial lung disease with a poor prognosis, carrying a median survival of two to three years without antifibrotic therapy. Nintedanib, an oral intracellular tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) targeting vascular endothelial growth factor…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (801+ words) Manuel Sequera • Gladys Velazco • Macarena Olivares • Eduvigis Solorzano Cite this article as: Sequera M, Velazco G, Olivares M, et al. (August 31, 2026) Ocular Adipostructuring in Complications From Orbital Fillers: Managing the Orbital Base. Cureus 18(8): e115512. doi:10.7759/cureus.115512 The periorbital contour is supported…...