International Visegrad Fund

The project is co-financed by the governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from the International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe.

The International Visegrad Fund supports regional cooperation between civil society organizations to advance their relations, exchange and share ideas and promote mutual understanding. For more information, visit www.visegradfund.org.

About the Project

The "V4 Best Case Report Contest 2024" project is designed to empower young internists from V4 countries to participate in a prestigious global competition: the Best Case Report Contest 2024. Moreover, it aims to strengthen ties between internal medicine societies from Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.

The primary objective of this initiative is to elevate the international recognition of young researchers from V4 countries. The contest provides them with an exceptional opportunity to connect with renowned experts from around the world, with the potential for forging future collaborations.

Eligibility and Application Process

To submit your case report, you must receive endorsement from the relevant V4 partner society:

• Czech Society of Internal Medicine: submit by 15 January 2024 at info@interna-cz.eu, more info here
• Hungarian Society of Internal Medicine: contact the Society for details
• Polish Society of Internal Medicine: submit by 10 January 2024 at tip@mp.pl, more info here
• Slovak Society of Internal Medicine: submit by 18 December 2023 via online form

Each society will select and endorse up to 10 case reports for the contest. After obtaining the recommendation of the society, the first author must submit the case via online submissions system and register for MIRCIM 2024 (as BCRC author). Detailed information can be found at www.mircim.eu/bcrc.

Advantages for Approved BCRC Participants from V4

• Waiver of MIRCIM 2024 registration fee (for the first author)
• Travel reimbursement up to 100 euros (for the first author)
• Complimentary accommodation up to 4 nights in Kraków (for the first author)
• National award for the best case report (selected from each society) – cash prize of 1,000 euros
• Global promotion of case reports

Authors qualified to the Best Case Report Contest 2024

Oral session

Czech Republic

• Babeta Čápková, "Can zucchini kill you?"

Oral presentation Poster

• Anna Ouřadová, "Adrenocortical carcinoma with mineralocorticoid hypertension histologically mimicking pheochromocytoma"

Oral presentation Poster

Hungary

• Livia Lontai, "A rare cause of acute pancreatitis and hepatitis syndrome"

Oral presentation Poster

Poland

• Joanna Rymuza, "Coexistence of central diabetes insipidus and cerebral salt wasting syndrome"

Oral presentation Poster

• Michał Olejarz, "Adrenal gland tumors—so common, yet still surprising. A rare case of alveolar echinococcosis of the adrenal gland"

Oral presentation Poster

Slovakia

• Peter Kromka, "Myopericarditis in an ultra-endurance runner: A case of late-onset systemic lupus erythematosus"

Oral presentation

Poster session

Czech Republic

• Barbora Pospisilova, "Medication side effects or systemic disease? Systemic scleroderma with gastrointestinal involvement"
Poster
• David Kiss, "A rare cause of bradycardia treated by cardioneuroablation. Cardioneuroablation? Investigate first! Cardioneuroablation: Who’s a candidate and who isn’t"
Poster
• Petr Urban, "Beads on a string: A hidden etiology of secondary hypertension"
Poster
• Ester Kurašová, "Deterioration of transplanted kidney function due to BK virus infection: What are the therapeutic options? A case report"
Poster
• Adela Skoumalova, "Emberger syndrome: Isolated positivity of rheumatoid factor and anti–citrullinated protein antibodies in the IgA class as a sign leading to the diagnosis of a rare genetic disorder"
Poster
• Petr Drenko, "Hepatic hemangioma as a cause of consumption coagulopathy"
Poster
• Kateřina Koudelková, "Unravelling a rare cause of osteomalacia: A clinical encounter with phosphaturic mesenchymal tumour"
Poster
• Radka Koubková, "Where is the pneumococcus hidden?"
Poster

Hungary

• Zsuzsanna Farkas, "Dirofilariasis in Crohn’s disease"
Poster
• Márton Kalabay, "A rare form of hypothalamic diabetes mellitus and hyperlipidaemia after surgery for craniopharyngioma"
Poster
• Balázs Levente Lengyel, "An unusual pituitary-hypothalamic mass lesion"
Poster
• Laszlo Hanko, "Esophagus mass and AML—A case study"
Poster
• Karolina Schnabel, "Heart transplantation in a patient with pathogenic sarcomere and alpha-galactosidase A mutation: a case report"
Poster
• Ester Sara Kormányos, "Rare causes of common symptoms: chronic diarrhoea and primary Addison’s disease as a complication of multiple myeloma"
Poster
• Nóra Garam, "The aspects of the diagnosis of testosterone-producing tumors"
Poster
• Lili Varga, "The very last diagnosis—diagnostic difficulties of a rare disease"
Poster
• Laura Köröskényi, "Vasculitis mimicking dysthyroid optic neuropathy"
Poster

Poland

• Konrad Stępień, "Syndrome of the truly broken heart: Left ventricular rupture in a patient with recurrent Takotsubo syndrome"
Poster
• Krystian Mróz, "A primary brain lymphoma masked as periprocedural delirium in acute coronary syndrome—a case of a 66-year-old male"
Poster
• Agnieszka Jarosińska, "An unexpected diagnosis of suspected pancreatic cancer"
Poster
• Daria Keller, "Diagnosing anemia—can a rare disease complicate the diagnostic path?"
Poster
• Anita Wach, "From systemic lupus erythematosus rain to tsunami in the ocean—how to stop it?"
Poster
• Aleksandra Kucharska-Lusina, "May exacerbation of a rare disease be a symptom of another ultra-rare disease? Challenges of iMCD-TARFO syndrome diagnosis"
Poster
• Anna Nagórska, "Pseudo-Cushing’s syndrome associated with pheochromocytoma"
Poster
• Magdalena Płonka-Stępień, “I suffer from several serious diseases.” A case report of the Dunnigan type of familial partial lipodystrophy—a multiple-symptom disorder caused by genetic mutation
Poster

Slovakia

• Simona Pavukova, "With sport to thromboembolism"
Poster
• Jaroslav Zembjak, "A smart watch: Not only for detection of atrial fibrillation"
Poster
• Teodor Takac, "Anemia in a patient after liver transplantation due to PSC: A rare cause, a rare treatment, and an uncertain prognosis"
Poster
• Monika Beliančinová, "Hereditary autoinflammatory diseases associated with AA amyloidosis"
Poster
• Radka Hrešková, "Pseudoaneurysm of the mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa: A serious complication or benign finding?"
Poster
• Karol Graňák, "Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis as an unusual complication of sarcoidosis"
Poster
• Alica Mellova, "Staphylococcal endocarditis of the mitral valve complicated by MODS and septic embolisms in a young man with marfanoid habitus"
Poster
• Ján Kilík, "The patient’s hidden enemy in a long-term hemodialysis program"
Poster
• Dušan Polák, "Use of LAMS in a patient with advanced pancreatic cancer"
Poster

Winners of the V4 Best Case Report Contest 2024

Best Czech case report

Barbora Pospisilova, "Medication side effects or systemic disease? Systemic scleroderma with gastrointestinal involvement"

Best Hungarian case report

Livia Lontai, "A rare cause of acute pancreatitis and hepatitis syndrome"

Best Polish case report

Joanna Rymuza, "Coexistence of central diabetes insipidus and cerebral salt wasting syndrome"

Best Slovak case report

Simona Pavukova, "With sport to thromboembolism"

Take a look at the Best Case Report Contest 2024

Organizer

Polish Institute for Evidence Based Medicine

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