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The natural head position (nhp) has been proposed as a postural basis for analyzing craniofacial morphology in both the orthodontic and anthropologic literature [36]. The concept of nhp was first introduced in the 1950s by downs, bjerin and moorrees and kean . It was defined by cole as the relationship of the head to t... |
Helicobacter pylori is a gram - negative and microaerophilic bacterium that is recognized as a major cause of chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer, and gastric cancer [1, 2]. The chemistry and biology of h. pylori lipopolysaccharides (lps) have been extensively studied . Determined the structures of the o - polysaccharides ... |
It was reported that approximately 20% of hospitalized patients with ischemic stroke in japan had af complications.1 warfarin has been used to prevent afassociated stroke for more than 50 years, but warfarin treatment is a burden for patients and physicians because it requires a dose adjustment achieved by monitoring t... |
Acute kidney injury in a patient with known malignancy can occur due to pre - renal causes (gastrointestinal losses or capillary leak), immunologic (membranous glomerulopathy, amyloidosis or vasculitis), infiltrative process (lymphoma, metastasis or renal cell carcinoma), toxic (chemotherapy, radiation therapy or nephr... |
Coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) surgery is one of the most common surgical procedures performed to relieve angina symptoms in patients with coronary artery disease [1, 2]. The surgery improves the quality of life and survival rates of patients with coronary artery disease [35]. Every year, millions of patients get ... |
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (imt) is a distinctive pseudosarcomatous lesion that occurs in the viscera and soft tissue of children and young adults . It was first described in the lung, however, extrapulmonary imts have also been described in the mesentery, liver, head and neck, and heart . The pathogenesis of i... |
Thanks to the advancement of dna sequencing technologies that has drastically reduced sequencing cost, microbial genome sequencing has become a common task for every researcher in microbiology . As a result, public sequence databases now contain nearly 2000 complete sequences and several thousands more incomplete seque... |
Bisphosphonates (bps) are inorganic pyrophosphate analogs that accumulate on the bone surface and inhibit bone resorption by osteoclast apoptosis . They are used extensively for managing the osteoporosis with considerable clinical benefits in the reduction of fragility fractures . However, rare associations of subtroch... |
Cysticercosis is a potentially fatal parasitic disease that rarely involves the oral region in man . It is relatively common in developing countries of central and south america, asia, and africa, especially in those areas where humans and animals live in close contact, and in those regions where inspection of meat is ... |
This decision - making process is critical to achieving a successful result. [24] whenever possible, the immediately adjacent or local pedicled, well - vascularized tissue is preferred for reoperative hypospadias surgery . In the absence of the adjacent or local tissue and in more severe reoperative cases, a free graft... |
When tha is required in a patient with developmental dysplasia of the hip (ddh), bone deficiency in the acetabular roof often precludes conventional methods of socket implantation . Options for obtaining adequate bone coverage for stable fixation of the acetabular component have included use of a small cup with medial ... |
Titanium is known as the exotic space age metal because of its light weight and high performance in aeronautics . This wonder metal has many advantages as a prosthetic material such as excellent biocompatibility, high strength to weight ratio, low density, sufficient corrosion resistance, and low cost compared to noble... |
Huntington's disease (hd) is an autosomal dominant disorder caused by an expanded polyglutamine tract that results in progressive degeneration of neurons, primarily in the putamen, caudate nucleus and cerebral cortex . Hd occurs when the gene that encodes huntingtin (htt), located on the short arm of chromosome 4, show... |
Cholangiocarcinoma is originated by a malignant transformation of cholangiocytes, the epithelial cells lining the biliary ducts . Since biliary cancers may arise from every portion of the biliary tree, they are anatomically classified as intrahepatic or extrahepatic . Epidemiological data show that intrahepatic cholang... |
Many psychological diseases in adulthood are related to emotional traumas experienced during juvenility, especially depression and anxiety [1, 2]. For example, post - traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), also called post - traumatic stress reaction, is a severe anxiety disorder that develops after a person has experienced... |
The ihoma2 model is shown in fig . 1 as graphical (a), box diagrammatic (b), and mathematical (c), respectively . Ihoma2 is an integrated computer - based mathematical model of glucose and hormonal interaction under homeostatic conditions . The model, now available online at http://www.ihoma.co.uk, runs in real time wi... |
The liver plays an important role in the regulation of whole body lipid and carbohydrate homeostasis during fluctuations in nutrient intake . During fasting, hepatocyte glucose output is facilitated by an altered metabolic state wherein fatty acids are preferentially oxidized as an energy source to prevent the cataboli... |
The advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy (haart) has substantially improved the prognosis of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-positive patients by reducing the incidence of opportunistic infections and hiv - related mortality (1). However, success rates outside clinical trial settings are limited by treatme... |
A 10 ml round - bottom flask was charged with a stir bar under ar (overdried). Triphenylborane (290 mg, 1 mmol) in 2.5 ml of dichloromethane was added to the flask, which was then stirred at room temperature, and a solution of the -diazoacetophenone (175 mg, 1.2 mmol) and phenyl methyl carbamate imine (163 mg, 1.2 mmol... |
In protocol 1, we examined 18 young (mean age 25.6 3.0 years, mean bmi 26.6 4.8 kg / m), apparently healthy male subjects with normal glucose tolerance . In protocol 2, we studied 20 male subjects with similar clinical characteristics (mean age 22.7 2.3 years; mean bmi 24.9 1.5 all study participants were recruited fro... |
Childbirth may influence the health of the mother both in the short and long term . Theory proposes a trade off between fecundity and longevity, such that women who have more children are likely to have shorter lives . The empirical evidence for this theory is limited although the analyses of some large historical data... |
The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2 dm), a group of metabolic disorders with increased blood glucose level, is increasing dramatically worldwide . Currently, it is estimated that 387 million people around the world have diabetes and the number will reach 587 million by 2035 . Colorectal cancer (crc) is the t... |
Incidence of spinal cord injury (sci) is equal to up to 83 cases per million persons worldwide and in the united states, 12,000 new cases occur each year . Approximately 33 percent of spinal cord injuries are complete with minimal motor or sensory function below the level of injury, and approximately 60% of the injurie... |
We obtained approval from the institutional review board of our hospital for a retrospective review of patient medical and imaging records, but the institutional review board did not require informed consent . Written consent for the procedure from all patients was obtained after a discussion about the advantages and r... |
While approximately 90% of children born small for gestational age (sga) have catch - up growth with a height sd score (sds) of more than 2 by 2 yr of age, those in which catch - up growth does not occur within this first two years of life are defined as having sga short stature . Most of the children with sga short st... |
Spinal cord injury (sci) and stroke are the leading cause of disability around the world . In the united states, approximately 795,000 people have a new or recurrent stroke annually, and an estimated 232,000 to 316,000 persons live with sci . Loss of walking ability is a debilitating outcome in post - stroke and spinal... |
Alpha - fetoprotein (afp) is a well - known tumor marker of hepatocellular carcinoma and germ cell tumors . Reported the first case of afp - producing gastric cancer with liver metastasis in 1970 . The tumor shows an aggressive clinical course, with frequent metastasis to the liver, lymph nodes and other organs . Here,... |
Unhealthy lifestyle has spread across the world due to commercial reasons that challenges people s health . In this situation, therefore, the need for self - management has increased in health care systems and people should take new roles for seeking information, understanding rules and responsibilities and making corr... |
The number of cases has been growing in korea as well as in europe and in the united states . According to a report of the korea national cancer information center this is largely the result of the increased detection of localized renal cell carcinoma (rcc) as small renal masses (srms) during medical evaluation for unr... |
Prion diseases, also known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (tses), are rapidly progressive neurodegenerative disorders that affect many species of mammals . In humans, they comprise creutzfeldt - jakob disease (cjd), fatal familial insomnia (ffi), kuru, gerstmann - strussler - scheinker disease (gss), and ... |
An 89-year - old male presented with severe open - angle glaucoma and documented field loss with intraocular pressures (iops) in the mid - teens . He previously underwent selective laser trabeculoplasty (slt), trabeculectomy with ex - press shunt (optonol, kansas city, mo, usa), and ahmed s-2 glaucoma drainage device (... |
Complete dentures are daily exposed to normal oral microbial flora, which include bacteria, viruses and fungi . Furthermore, oral and non - oral pathogenic organisms associated with local and systemic diseases have been cultured from contaminated dentures . Therefore these dentures may function as a reservoir of infect... |
The purpose of this study is to report a case of a plexiform neurofibroma (pnf) in the pelvic region treated with sweet bee venom (sbv) and mountain ginseng pharmacopuncture (mgp). A 16-year - old girl was diagnosed as having pnfs, neurofibromatosis type 1, 10 years ago and she had surgery three times to remove the ben... |
The clinical pathogen, acinetobacter baumannii is a gram negative, strictly aerobic, oxidase negative coccobacillus that is ubiquitous within the hospital environment,,, . Depending on the strain, this pathogen is capable of causing a multitude of infections ranging from skin infections and bacteremia, to necrotizing f... |
Abnormal scapular orientations such as winging are caused by lesions of the long thoracic, accessory, and dorsal scapular nerves, which innervate the serratus anterior, trapezius, and rhomboid muscles, respectively1, 2 . Injuries causing scapular winging are rare and may require surgical management in some cases1, 2 . ... |
Industrial centers are one of the economic and business poles in each country, which play a key role in growth and development . This growth is achieved when the human resources, working in these centers, are mentally and physically healthy . On the other hand, industrial work environment is one of the most stressful p... |
Enzymatic hydrolysis of food proteins has produced various biologically active peptides with immunostimulating, opioid, antithrombotic, anticariogenic, and bactericidal or angiotensin - converting enzyme (ace) inhibitory functions and has been the focus of recent research . The renin angiotensin system plays an importa... |
There are established criteria that determine if a disease should undergo surveillance, and hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) meets these criteria.6 the most important criterion is that there should be an identifiable group of patients who are at the highest risk for developing hcc, as listed in table 1 . These include pa... |
During a disaster, loss of life and property is inevitable, but the loss of family members was a devastating for the disaster victims and increased the risk of mental distress . The majority of disaster victims can recover from the mental distress with time . However, bereavement has a long - term impact on the mental ... |
The university of minnesota was the coordinating center, and the data management center was located at the university of massachusetts (amherst, ma). Fasting subjects were given 1.75 g / kg (maximum 75 g) of an oral glucose solution, and glucose levels were measured over 2 h. ogtts were performed during stable baseline... |
Amyloidosis is a pathologic diagnosis characterized by deposition of specific proteins arranged in a -pleated sheet structure onto organs . This protein deposition when stained with congo red stain appears apple green when viewed under polarized light [1, 9]. Systemic amyloidosis occurs when these protein structures ac... |
The most common type of gastric polyp is hyperplastic, which accounts for 8590% of all cases . Adenomas account for only 510% of gastric polyps, and less than 1% of these lesions are reported to have malignant changes . These polyps can be pedunculated or sessile and are generally less than 20 mm in diameter . While ga... |
Iodine is an essential component of thyroid hormones, which in turn, are required for normal growth and development . The global iodine status has improved markedly during the past decade, but still it has been estimated that 1.88 billion people of the global population have insufficient iodine intake . The diet is con... |
Organophosphate compounds are the organic derivatives of phosphorous containing acids and their effect on neuromuscular junction and autonomic synapses is clinically important . In the neuromuscular junction acetylcholine is released when a nerve impulse reaches terminal axonal end and it diffuses across the synaptic c... |
Fungal infections are very important in the agricultural economy due to the potential of causing extensive damage to agricultural crops during storage, transport and cause significant economic losses in the commercialization phase (1, 2). The preand postharvest losses in world crops due to fungal disease may amount to ... |
To date, there are no specific positive discriminative biochemical biomarkers for the in situ detection of necrosis in vitro and in vivo . The release of intracellular proteins such as high - mobility group box 1 protein (hmgb1) and cyclophilin a (cypa) has been proposed as a candidate necrotic biomarker . However, hmg... |
Emergence of resistance against different antimalarial drugs (amds) particularly in plasmodium falciparum is a serious problem in combating malaria . During the 1990s p. falciparum acquired resistance to chloroquine (cq) and sulphadoxine - pyrimethamine (sp) throughout all malaria endemic countries . World health organ... |
A 20-year - old man skidded off the bike and had transient loss of consciousness . Six weeks later, he came with severe headache and bilateral sixth nerve palsy [fig . 1]. (case 1) eye movements in either lateral gaze demonstrating bilateral abducens paresis (case 1) ct scan showing right frontoparietal chronic subdura... |
Congenital choanal atresia (ca) is a failure in the development of communication between the nasal cavity and nasopharynx causing complete obstruction of the choana.1 although its incidence is rare (1 in 7000 births),2 it represents the most common congenital abnormality of the nose.3 congenital ca showed abnormally th... |
Given the vital role of hospitals in the health care systems, hospitals usually consume more than half of the health care resources in most countries(1). Hospital performance is defined in terms of the achievement of specific goals, either medical or managerial (2). The term performance indicates not only quality but a... |
Human t cell leukemia virus type 1 (htlv-1) is the causative agent of human adult t cell leukemia (atl), a chronic progressive neurological disorder termed htlv-1-associated myelopathy / tropical spastic paraparesis (ham / tsp; hinuma et al ., 1981; kalyanaraman et al ., 1982; osame et al ., 1986; jacobson et al ., 198... |
Early forms of life likely encoded molecular processes which integrated basic information necessary for survival: simple environmental stimuli and nutrition, such as light or temperature and essential chemicals (nutrients) for biological energy utilization and early metabolic chemical reactions . The cyclical nature of... |
Cerebral microbleeds (cmbs) defined as small, rounded or circular, hypointense lesions on paramagnetic - sensitive mr sequences, such as t2-weighted gradient - recalled echo (gre) or susceptibility - weighted imaging, and are commonly detected in elderly individuals and patients with cerebrovascular diseases . Histopat... |
Bony overgrowth involving the medial end of the clavicle and sternum along with periarticular soft - tissue calcification are typical features of this disease . This condition is strongly associated with palmoplantar pustulosis and seronegative spondyloarthropathy computed tomography (ct) scans of sternoclavicular join... |
For instance, we often need to clone or sequence a dna fragment digested by restriction enzyme or a product of polymerase chain reactions (pcr). For these purposes, we need to fractionize the dnas in agarose gel, excise the desired band from the gel, and then purify the dna by removing the agarose . Sometimes, plasmid ... |
Hysterectomy is the fourth most common in - patient operation in the united states . About two - thirds of all hysterectomies are still performed abdominally . Over the last ten years, gynecologists have been obtaining the necessary skills to perform laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomies (lavh) or total lapa... |
A 29 year old white male with an unremarkable past medical history was evaluated at an outpatient setting for sore throat, cough productive of whitish sputum and pink eye . Physical examination at the time revealed several 1 cm mobile, non - tender cervical lymph nodes . Chest x - ray showed thickened bronchi and a sma... |
Acute appendicitis is the most common emergency presentation requiring surgical intervention in both adults and children . During 20132014 in australia, almost 29,000 appendicectomies were performed, comprising approximately 10% of all emergency surgery.1 since the 1980s, ultrasound has been commonly used to diagnose a... |
Supplementary material is available for this article at 10.1007/s13659 - 012 - 0019-y and is accessible for authorized users. |
Preeclampsia is a major complication of pregnancy and corresponds to a major cause of both maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality [13]. It is a condition that produces a compromise of many organs, including the brain causing seizures, a condition known as eclampsia [4, 5]. The pathophysiology is not well understood... |
The temporomandibular joint (tmj) is a diarthrodial synovial joint of the hinge variety between the head of the mandibular condyle and the glenoid fossa on the cranial base . Translational (upper joint space) and rotational (lower joint space) movements (ginglymoarthrodial) occur within the joint and allow for protrusi... |
Considering that better mobility should be based on better stability, various exercises have been suggested for strengthening the scapulothoracic musculatures, which are considered to increase stability of the shoulder joint1 . Balanced and tuned scapulothoracic musculature appropriately positioned the scapulae during ... |
Transsphenoidal microsurgery, which can rapidly control gh / igf-1 level, remains the first line treatment for gh - secreting adenomas2,8,10). Somatostatin analogs represent useful options mainly for tumors with small chance of surgical success6). However, the costs and frequent injection due to short half - life limit... |
Although secondary involvement of the adrenal gland has been reported to occur in up to 25% of patients with non - hodgkin's lymphoma (nhl) (1), primary adrenal lymphoma (pal) is very rare, with only about 80 cases reported in the english language literature (2). Treatment of pal is similar to that of other types of ly... |
Solution x - ray scattering techniques are important for studying the conformations of molecules in solution . Time - resolved x - ray scattering has been developed to study the structural dynamics of molecular reactions . In the experiment, a reaction is triggered and scattering is recorded as a function of reaction t... |
Hepatorenal syndrome (hrs) is a distinct form of functional kidney injury seen in end - stage liver disease . Hrs is characterized by intense renal vasoconstriction in the setting of systemic and splanchnic arterial vasodilatation . The association between liver disease and renal failure had been known for more than a ... |
Mouse lifespan, weight, and food consumption were monitored as described in detail previously (15). Briefly, male b6c3f1 mice (harlan breeders; indianapolis) were randomly assigned to treatment groups at 12 months of age . Two hundred ninety - seven control mice were shifted from ad libitum chow feeding (diet #5001, pu... |
Esophageal - pleural fistula (epf) is a rare entity which is formed secondary to esophageal instrumentation, surgery, malignancy, or as a rarer complication of postpneumonectomy. [16] spontaneous development of fistula between esophagus and pleura is very rare . Contrast - enhanced computed tomography (ct) is the very ... |
Nigeria, with a population of 170 million, is one of the most populous nations but weak in health - care standards . Despite extensive investments, the country still has insufficient health - care delivery infrastructures, poor quality health - care services, and unevenly distributed human resource capacity . These are... |
Intraductal papillary neoplasm of the bile duct (ipnb) or the liver (ipnl) is characterized by a markedly dilated and cystic biliary system and multifocal papillary epithelial lesions.1 - 3 frond - like papillary infoldings consisting of columnar epithelial cells with slender fibrovascular stalks are frequently found.2... |
One of the more important effects of our recent study may be to call in to question a widely held assumption about the significance of csf - tau in ad pathogenesis that elevated csf - tau levels typically seen in ad are caused by passive release of tau from dead neurons . Even in the earliest accounts of elevated csf -... |
Kidney allograft damage is often diagnosed too late, after irreversible tissue injury has been definitively established . A better molecular characterization of allograft injuries is needed to better prevent tissue remodeling . The reversibility of a lesion, independent of its origin, is closely related to early diagno... |
It is generally believed that a large number of people suffering from alcohol use disorders either do not seek treatment or do so very late in the course of their illness . Moreover there is limited literature that has explored pathways to care among individuals with substance dependence globally (2). While majority fa... |
The other anatomical structures following this nerve at this location are the pudendal nerve, the posterior femoral cutaneous nerve, the inferior gluteal vessels and the internal pudendal vessels . The sciatic nerve ends at the popliteal fossa after dividing into two terminal branches; the tibial and fibular nerves . T... |
Elderly diabetic patients constitute a markedly heterogeneous population, in whom individualization of treatment is especially important.35 diabetes in elderly people is also associated with an increased risk of renal impairment (ri), because of the high prevalence of t2dm - related complications, higher prevalence of ... |
Asthma is characterized by recurrent episodes of airway obstruction, which reverse either spontaneously or after use of medication, and is usually associated with bronchial hyper - responsiveness and evidence of chronic airway inflammation . There are more than 300 million people suffering from asthma worldwide, and it... |
It is well established that rheumatoid arthritis (ra) is associated with increased cardiovascular (cv) morbidity and mortality (12). In the general population loss of proteins within therefore, quantification of urinary albumin excretion can help to detect individuals with an increased cv risk (4). Of note the common t... |
Idiopathic cluster of differentiation 4 (cd4 +) t - cell lymphocytopenia (icl) is a rare non human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-related syndrome with unclear natural history and prognosis that was first reported and defined in 1992 . Icl has been observed in patients after the onset of an opportunistic infection withou... |
The goal of a targeted drug delivery system is to maximize therapeutic concentration at the disease site, overcome the chief limitation of conventional delivery strategies off - target effects due to systemic exposure and amplify the efficacy of a given therapeutic entity . Thus, targeted drug delivery systems use homi... |
A 24-year - old man with diarrhea found to have acute renal failure with microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (maha). He was initiated on plasma exchange and hemodialysis . On day 6, he was started on eculizumab . Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (ahus) is a life - threatening and progressive disease due to uncontrolled... |
Its prevalence ranges from 4% to 21% and is much more common than that overt hypothyroidism . Cardiovascular risk is high in patients with hypothyroidism and is partly due to its association with risk factors like dyslipidemia and insulin resistance . Few studies have found that individuals with subclinical hypothyroid... |
Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory medications are commonly prescribed for the treatment of acute pain after fracture or during the postoperative period after fracture fixation due to their pronounced analgesic potency and antiinflammatory effects.1 cyclooxygenase-1 and cyclooxygenase-2 (cox-2) are two cyclooxygenase genes ... |
Coiled - coil domain containing 26 mouse mammary tumor virus plasmacytoma variant translocation 1 the cancer genome atlas genomic copy number gain of the human 8q24 region is found in all major cancers . The 8q24 region is a gene desert that contains the v - myc avian myelocytomatosis viral oncogene homolog (myc), an o... |
It is characterized by recurrent episodes of headache, in most cases, but not exclusively, of pulsatile characteristic, hemi or holocranial, associated with nausea, vomiting, photophobia and phonophobia, hindering the daily activities of an individual . The diagnosis of migraine is made on clinical basis using the crit... |
The israeli ministry of health has conducted routine national surveillance of cl since 1949, when the disease became reportable . Cases are reported through a computerized notification system network from each of 15 regional health districts in the country . The ministry s division of epidemiology (doe) monitors and pr... |
Opium has been used for symptomatic treatment of diarrhea, cough, fever, and as a general tonic for well - being by parents unintentionally in the form of folk remedy. [13] doctors in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries found it invaluable in combating symptoms of cholera and tuberculosis (tb). Sedation, myosi... |
In 1963, ponseti and smoley4) reported the results in 67 patients with 94 clubfeet who were treated at their clinic by means of serial manipulations and castings . This method was refined later on and has been used throughout the world particularly since 1990s after the long - term successful result was reported during... |
Since it was first performed in 1984 by galibert and deramond (1), percutaneous vertebroplasty has become widely accepted as a minimally invasive procedure for the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral fractures and osteolytic malignant vertebral tumors . However, more complications associated with percutaneous vertebrop... |
Cystatin c (cc) is a 120-amino acid, 13-kda protein which belongs to the family of cysteine protease inhibitors . Cc is produced at a constant rate by nucleated cells (eg, cells of the immune system). Cc is freely filtrated in the glomerulus and then reabsorbed and almost completely catabolized in the proximal renal tu... |
Although it has a commander role but the point is that unlike most organs in the body, in most cases this system ca nt afford renewing and replacing the missed cells . It means that when a destructive occasion, endogenous or exogenous, results in cells malfunction, related disability usually remains throughout the whol... |
The role of chromatin structure in mediating genome biology is of great interest, particularly its role in regulating transcription . Genomic studies have characterized nucleosome positioning in a variety of organisms, collectively showing that most genes harbor nucleosome depleted regions (ndrs) immediately upstream o... |
In patients with acute leukemia, treatment decisions are based on the status of peripheral blood and bone marrow cellularity . The reliability of morphologic examination of peripheral blood and bone marrow largely depends on the hematologist's expertise, and its sensitivity is fundamentally limited by the similarities ... |
Maintaining an upright posture is a complex motor skill based on the integration of dynamic sensorimotor information . The central nervous system plays an integral role in integrating the afferent information from the visual, somatosensory and vestibular systems . It was assumed that postural regulation is under the co... |
Everolimus, a potent mammalian target of rapamycin (mtor) inhibitor, has shown anticancer activity against various types of cancer, including renal cell carcinoma (rcc); however, little information is available on the efficacy and safety of the combination of everolimus and radiotherapy . We report a case of radiation ... |
Health literacy has been described as the cognitive and social skills which determine the motivation and ability of individuals to gain access to, understand and use information in ways which promote and maintain good health . Health literacy goes beyond the individual, however, as the skills, preferences, and expectat... |
We describe an afferent loop obstruction caused by an adhesion band in a case of distal gastrectomy with roux - en - y end - to - side jejunal anastomosis for cancer . An initial clinical presentation of acute pancreatitis was ruled out by a computed tomography scan, which revealed intestinal obstruction; it was then c... |
Mr . A is 73-year - old gentleman who had left upper lobectomy for adenocarcinoma of left lung 4 years back . Subsequently he was treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitor erlotinib; in view of positive egfr mutation status . He developed worsening of respiratory symptoms and imaging showed further progress of the interst... |
The calf muscle or triceps surae consists of three separate muscles (the gastrocnemius, soleus, and plantaris) whose aponeuroses unite to form the achilles tendon . The clinical history and physical exam along with imaging studies allow localization of the injured muscle . Differentiating strains in the gastrocnemius a... |
Periodontal reconstruction is the ideal goal of periodontal treatment and since 1970, many researches led to developing various methods to achieve it . Among these methods, guided tissue regeneration (gtr) and guided bone regeneration (gbr) use barrier membranes to separate the periodontal ligament and bone from the ep... |
Liposarcoma of paratesticular tissues that include spermatic cord, testicular tunics, and the epididymis is a relatively rare tumor and comprises approximately 7% of paratesticular sarcomas . Ultrasonography (usg) reveals the site of origin of the scrotal mass . Here, we present a case of sclerosing variant of well - d... |
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