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PMC9869869
Primary squamous cell carcinoma (PSCC) of the breast is an extremely rare tumor, accounting for less than 0.1% of all invasive breast cancers ( 1 , 2 ), and in 2012, the World Health Organization classified PSCC as metaplastic breast cancer. There are no standard treatment guidelines for PSCC of the breast, and most pa...
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PMC9888602
Primary malignant neoplasms of the trachea are very rare. With an incidence of 0.1 per 100,000 persons per year, these tumors account for 0.2% of respiratory tract malignancies and approximately 0.02-0.04% of all malignancies . This rarity limits our knowledge of tracheal carcinomas and makes them a diagnostic and ther...
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PMC9955742
However, during this period every vascular surgeon had treated at least one patient affected by COVID-19 with thromboembolic events, most commonly acute limb ischemia or deep venous thrombosis . The incidence of acute limb ischemia (ALI) increased, and the occurrences were mainly in patients who were COVID-19 positive ...
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15831104
Risk adjustment and stratification play an important role in quality assurance and are indispensable tools used in clinical research. The Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the enUmeration of Mortality and morbidity (POSSUM) is a patient risk prediction model based on 12 patient characteristics and 6 charac...
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16446941
Lachrymal points mark the onset of the lachrymal drainage system, followed by the upper and lower canaliculi, which are fused and form the common canaliculus, measuring about 1 to 2mm long, which emerges anteriorly into the lachrymal sac. After it, the tear is pumped, via nasolachrymal duct, up to being exteriorized in...
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16878239
Congenital obstruction of the nasolacrimal duct produces persistent secretion and epiphora (excessive tearing) in children. Treatment with single stent leads to excellent outcomes in simple obstructions of Hasner valve; on the contrary, it is highly unsuccessful in obstructions at the lacrimal sac-lacrimal duct interse...
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18442409
In a recent review of the medical literature we did not identify any well-designed studies of the osmole gap as a screening test for toxic alcohol exposure . Numerous studies have either proposed a formula or formulae for estimating serum osmolality , evaluated the relationship between measured osmolality and calculate...
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18710560
The main clinical features in patients with Roberts sydrome (pseudothalidomide)are severe shortening of the limbs, with radial defects and oligodactyly or syndactyly, and a characteristic face with hypertelorism, severe cleft lip, a prominent premaxilla, a mid-face capillary haemangioma, cloudy corneae or cataracts and...
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19753266
We report here a single case of total amputation of the penis [ Figure 1 ] that was successfully reattached by using the microsurgical technique. In March 2007, a 22 year-old married male patient having three children presented to the casualty department with total amputation of his penis following assault. The amputat...
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19829983
Intravenous urography (IVU) showed right duplex kidney and duplex ureter with hydronephrosis of upper pole moiety and an associated ureterocele appearing as a filling defect in the right bladder base. There was triplication of the ureter on the left side with two ureters joining before entering the bladder (Smith’s typ...
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19830100
A clinical diagnosis of SVC obstruction was made and warfarin was restarted. This was confirmed on magnetic resonance venous imaging, which showed extensive thrombosis in the superior vena cava extending into both brachiocephalic veins . Shortly afterwards he developed significant haemoptysis and persistent epistaxis, ...
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19886993
Following standard systemic chemotherapy, additional therapies include transarterial chemotherapy, ethanol injection, cryotherapy, radiofrequency ablation, and microwave ablation. The role of hepatic transarterial therapy for CRHM continues to evolve as experience with this technique matures. There have been recent rep...
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20202212
At present, peripartum cardiomyopathy is treated according to the guidelines for dilated cardiomyopathy with angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, beta-blockers and diuretics (standard therapy for heart failure) . Nevertheless, the prognosis is poor, with reported mortality rates up to 15% and full recovery i...
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20680100
Corneal dystrophies (CDs) are defined as a group of inherited, bilateral, symmetric, slowly progressive corneal diseases without any relationship to environmental or systemic factors. Recently, the International Committee for Classification of Corneal dystrophies (IC3D) has provided a new classification that integrates...
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20825258
Fractional skin resurfacing, primarily with erbium and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) lasers, has emerged as an effective therapeutic approach with an attractive efficacy-to-downtime ratio ( 1 - 4 ). By limiting energy to a grid of small foci within a treatment field, high energies can be delivered, while undamaged skin surrou...
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22348641
Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a leading cause of infection in newborns, pregnant women, and older persons with chronic medical illness. Cervicovaginal colonization with GBS in pregnant women can result in vertical transmission of GBS to neonates, with a limited number of GBS capsular serotypes being disproportionately...
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22614905
Pediatric interstitial lung disease has an estimated prevalence of 1.3 to 3.6/1,000,000 . Although interstitial lung disease is a relatively uncommon cause of respiratory distress in the neonatal period, multiple types have been described. The majority of these types are genetic, inflammatory, or infectious in etiology...
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23259141
A 44-year-old African American male with end-stage renal disease secondary to focal sclerosing glomerulonephritis underwent sequential renal transplants. He received his first cadaveric renal transplant in 2008, and when that failed, he underwent a second cadaveric renal transplant two years later. Subsequent to transp...
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23761833
Histologically, these lesions may exhibit a heterogeneous appearance, thus accounting for the various terms used to describe IMTs alluded to above. All IMTs are characterized by variable cellular spindle cell proliferation with a compact myxoid stromal pattern and a variable inflammatory infiltrate, usually comprised o...
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24078894
His urethral catheter was exchanged for a new one by a home-visiting nurse. After two days, he felt acutely ill with vomiting and a decrease in urine volume. A home-visiting nurse suspected catheter obstruction and exchanged the urethral catheter for a new one. However, bladder irrigation could not subsequently be perf...
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24267584
Minimally invasive adrenalectomy (MA), thanks to a lower morbidity rate, a shorter hospital stay, and a more rapid recovery than "open" surgery, increasing patients satisfaction and comfort, has become the standard of care for the management of functioning and non-functioning adrenal neoplasms with a benign appearance,...
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24423847
The use of intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) as a treatment modality for patients with close or positive margins has increased over the past decade. It is commonly done with high voltage electrons, 1 , 2 HDR brachytherapy 3 , 4 , 5 or particularly with low kV X‐ray IORT. 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 Low kV sources are of interest be...
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24523975
Fibromatosis colli, also known as “sternocleidomastoid pseudotumor of infancy,” is an uncommon benign lesion of the spindle cells of the sternocleidomastoid (SCM) muscle [ 1 – 6 ]. The term “tumour” is a misnomer because it is not a cancerous condition but it is referred to as a congenital fibrotic process, so in this ...
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24571672
Clodronic acid, a first-generation bisphosphonate, has been successfully used in the treatment of high bone-turnover states, Paget’s disease and osteolytic bone metastases . It is a synthetic analogue of pyrophosphate, an endogenous regulator of bone mineralization, which contains two phosphanate groups that allow reco...
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24678641
A 16-year-old boy was admitted to the Peking Union Medical College Hospital in June 2011, and presented with an intermittent headache of 4-year duration and was found to be moderately hypertensive. It was his first lifetime visit to a doctor. On physical examination, axillary freckling and multiple café-au-lait spots ≥...
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24854350
As a disease, sarcocystosis is noted in a variety of animals but symptomatic human disease appears to be less common, with fewer than 150 cases reported in the literature , , . The prevalence of incidental sarcocysts in humans is also difficult to establish. A previous report showed a series of autopsy tongue muscle co...
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25161788
Endometriosis is characterized by benign proliferation of ectopic endometrial glands and stroma in the peritoneal cavity, resulting in inflammation and scarring, often leading to pelvic pain and infertility . It affects 2%–10% of women of reproductive age . We suppose that endometriosis generally regresses during pregn...
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25333997
Semantic dementia (SD) is a variant of fronto-temporal dementia characterized by a gradual loss of semantic memory , with progressive anomia and deterioration of vocabulary ). An asymmetrical atrophy of the lateral temporal lobe is generally observed with an antero-posterior gradient, the highest changes located in its...
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25609557
The pathology of the disorder involves destruction of autoantibody-presenting platelets by the spleen and liver, and insufficient hematopoiesis of megakaryocytes is also observed because of the relative shortage of the megakaryocyte hematopoietic factor thrombopoietin. ITP is classified based on the length of time from...
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25674307
The patient was treated on 24th January 2005 with a 12.5 mm opening-wedge supra-tubercular proximal tibial osteotomy performed through a midline incision. The osteotomy was fixed with two anterior Puddu plates (Arthrex® Sheffield UK) and reinforced with bone substitute (HATriC™/ combining hydroxyapatite and tricalcium ...
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25789022
Myelolipoma is a rare and benign tumor that is typically asymptomatic. The tumor most frequently develops in the adrenal gland, and consists of mature adipose tissue and normal hematopoietic cells ( 1 ). Extra-adrenal myelolipomas are extremely rare, particularly in the presacral or perineal space ( 2 ). Intrapulmonary...
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25948237
Extrapancreatic growth of a moderate-sized pseudocyst is extremely rare. It is difficult to diagnose pancreatic cancer on preoperative imaging when the pancreatic parenchyma is compressed by a massive pseudocyst and becomes unclear on imaging. Despite the development and widespread use of imaging techniques, obtaining ...
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25984373
Hemiparesis induced by hypoglycemia has been described as far back as 1928 . Recently a predilection for right side symptoms and also a correlation with transient abnormal imaging findings, frequently observed in the internal capsule or splenium of the corpus callosum , were shown. Indeed, the pathophysiology behind hy...
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26112048
Bronchogenic cyst is a congenital malformation of the tracheobronchial tree. It is usually located in the mediastinum or lung parenchyma, though rarely can be seen in extrathoracic locations such as the neck. In 2004, Mehta et al. reported a series of 4 cases of cervical bronchogenic cysts over a 22-year period, with t...
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26180702
Pulmonary hypertension develops in these patients generally secondary to high output failure that is related to liver vascular malformations . Pulmonary AVMs are often multiple and bilateral, with a predilection for the lower lobes. Fifteen to 45 percent of patients with HHT have pulmonary AVMs, but the incidence of th...
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26273487
Talcoma is a pleural mass which may rarely develop as a complication to talc pleurodesis. Talc pleurodesis is a procedure performed to obliterate the pleural space to prevent recurrent pleural effusions or persistent pneumothoraces. Pleurodesis is commonly performed by draining the pleural fluid, followed by either a m...
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27411912
Different surgical approaches have been proposed for this region. Posterior approaches, such as laminectomy with or without transversectomy, have been found to be minimally effective, with insufficient decompression and a high risk of complications . Anterior approaches seem to improve the symptomology, but have a high...
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27493976
Isolated monoparesis has been used to describe selective hand motor deficit secondary to a cerebral stroke. The pseudoradicular sensory-motor defects are rare presentations of stroke and are frequently misdiagnosed as peripheral nerve lesions. Advances in brain imaging have improved our understanding of cortical brain ...
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27538478
The integrated 4D MIOCT microsurgical imaging system is shown in Fig. 1 . A portable cart housed the custom OCT hardware, computer, and software-user interface . The OCT sample arm design employed a customized mechanical enclosure for seamless integration into a Leica M844 ophthalmic surgical microscope 31 to enable OC...
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27629064
The term multimorbidity is usually defined as the coexistence of two or more chronic conditions within an individual, whereas the term comorbidity has traditionally been used to describe patients with an index condition (such as asthma) and one or more additional conditions. 1 Multimorbidity is becoming the preferred t...
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27774363
Facial nerve schwannoma is a rare tumor composing less than two percent of intracranial benign tumors . The treatment goal for this benign tumor is to prevent the tumor growth while preserving the function of the facial nerve. Complete surgical resection inevitably results in severe facial palsy in most cases, whereas ...
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28225993
Table 1 Data from congenital hypothyroidism patients whose thyroids were not visualized on Ultrasonography (T-US) or with ectopic thyroid confirmed by scintigraphy (131I) Case N. Gender Initial T-US TT Current T-US TT 131 I Diagnosis Local Total volume (mL) Local Total volume (mL) 1 F E 0.81 3 E - 7.0 SME Ectopic 2 M N...
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28596928
The results of some reports support the benefits of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) compared with those of open surgical repair (OSR) for managing a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (rAAA) . EVAR is less invasive in patients with favorable anatomy. However, it is not possible to remove a hematoma by EVAR. We pres...
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28705210
Postoperative bladder spasms are involuntary movements of the detrusor muscle that can cause a sudden onset of pain in the region of bladder, a sensation of urgency to void, intermittent abdominal cramps, perineal pain, and/or urinary leakage around a urethral catheter after surgical procedures [ 1 – 3 ]. The intermitt...
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28819624
The patient was a known hypertensive and was prescribed tablet telmisartan 40mg since 5 years. The patient was also on metformin 500 mg twice daily for type II diabetes mellitus.During a detailed clinical examination, there was no obvious pathology found in the oraphaynx and laryngopharynx. No neck nodes were clinicall...
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29187188
Uterine fibroid tumors derive from a benign monoclonal proliferation of smooth muscle cells of the uterine myometrium. An exact etiopathogenesis, nevertheless, has not been fully elucidated. A variety of risk factors, ranging from genetic predisposition to ethnicity, hormonal factors, nulliparity, and obesity have been...
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29201471
An 81-year-old female patient presented to our facility with dysphagia to both solids and liquids. For the evaluation of her dysphagia, she underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD). Initially, EGD examination of the esophagus revealed a distal esophageal mass of 5 cm in length extending 2 cm inside the gastric cardia...
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29258609
A 61-year-old woman (height, 148.9 cm; body mass index, 21.3 kg/m 2 ) had a right adrenal gland tumor. She had no relevant medical history or family history. Endocrinological examination of her blood indicated a high noradrenaline level . The 24-h urine collection revealed high levels of noradrenaline (728 µg/day) and ...
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29390352
Coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) is currently defined as a coronary artery dilatation > 1.5 times the diameter of the normal adjacent segments or the diameter of the patient's largest coronary vessel, and was reported to be 1 to 4% of coronary angiography findings. The reports of CAA combined with an additional aneurysm ...
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30147902
IgG4‐related disease (IgG4‐RD) is an increasingly recognized immune‐mediated condition with particular serologic, clinical, and pathological characteristics. 1 , 2 Common manifestations include tumor‐like swelling of organs, infiltration of lymphocytes that are enriched in IgG4‐positive plasma cells, and “storiform”‐pa...
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30151397
A 32-year-old alcoholic male with liver steatosis presented with hemorrhagic necrotizing pancreatitis with peritonitis and retroperitoneum involvement. He was started on conservative therapy and percutaneous irrigation and drainage. Unfortunately, he rapidly deteriorated on hospital day 4 into acute abdominal compartme...
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30313116
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract and are characterized by the gain-of-function mutations of KIT and platelet-derived growth factor alpha (PDGFRA) gene. GISTs most often arise in the stomach (60%–70%) and small intestine (25%–30%), but less freq...
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30333013
Patients with life-threatening diseases at the end-of-life stage suffer multiple physical discomforts , as well as a range of psychosocial and spiritual concerns [ 7 – 12 ]. With the progression of their diseases, the utilization of health services by patients increases at the end-of-life stage [ 13 – 19 ]. As a result...
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30455816
Nous rapportons le cas d’une patiente de 13 ans d’origine rurale qui présentait une lésion papulo-nodulaire de 4/3cm du tiers inférieur de la jambe droite, évoluant depuis deux années. La biopsie cutanée montrait une hyperplasie papillomateuse avec des micro-abcès à polynucléaires neutrophiles et des spores. L’étude my...
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30567060
A 30-year-old female presented with a 5-week history of a painful rapidly-growing mass over the proximal phalanx of the right ring finger . The patient also complained of numbness along the distribution of the radial digital nerve of the finger. There was no history of trauma. Examination showed a firm tender mass meas...
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30581639
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) usually presents in chronic phase, followed by an accelerated phase and a blast phase, if untreated. The blast phase can manifest as myeloid (in about 70% of cases) or lymphoid blast crisis, with the B-cell lineage being more common. CML in blast crisis of T-cell lineage is a very rar...
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30672980
Clinical information - An adult male horse from Pedra Grande region on the São Mateus municipality, Espírito Santo state, Brazil, with signs of colic developed neurological manifestations on the 25th of April 2018 including dysphagia, ataxia in anterior limbs, muscle tremors, shaking, opisthotonos, lateral decubitus, i...
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30766742
Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) is widespread in tropical and subtropical waters ( 1 ) and is acquired from consuming contaminated reef fish. The ciguatoxin (CTX) comes from the dinoflagellate Gambierdiscus toxicus, which grows predominantly in coral reefs in tropical and subtropical climates ( 2 ) and is consumed by he...
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31011398
Un patient de 43 ans, sérologie VIH négative sans autres antécédents notables, a été hospitalisé dans le service de neurochirurgie du CHU de Yopougon, pour des céphalées d’intensité croissante sur une dizaine de jours. L’évolution en hospitalisation a été marquée par la survenue de vomissements spontanés puis des crise...
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fr
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31477964
Vascular Leiomyosarcoma (LMS), arising from smooth muscle of vessel wall, is a rare tumor which constitutes 5-7% of soft tissue sarcomas. 1 Vascular LMS accounts for 2% of all LMSs with more than half of cases arising from Inferior vena cava (IVC). 2 Around 75% of cases arise from the retroperitoneal course of IVC. 3 A...
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31741825
Glycogen storage disease type XIII (GSDXIII) is a very rare inherited metabolic myopathy characterized by an enzymatic defect of the distal part of glycolysis; to date only four patients have been reported in the literature 1 , 2 The condition is caused by recessive mutations in ENO3 resulting in muscle β‐enolase defic...
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31824404
Familial hemiplegic migraine (FHM) is an infrequent autosomal-dominant subtype of migraine with motor aura (weakness) ( 1 ). Individuals with FHM are initially affected in the first or second decade of life ( 2 ). Transient visual, sensory, motor, aphasic, and basilar-type symptoms are frequent auras. Russel and Ducros...
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32063978
Meningioma rarely presents in pregnancy. Once appeared, their growth rate is relatively increased. 1 Neurosurgical intervention is usually required when patient develops instability, worsening of cranial pathology on imaging studies and at times during pregnancy. 2 The choice between general anaesthesia (GA) versus awa...
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32140088
Atrial septal defects (ASDs) are a common cardiac congenital finding with complications due to the left-to-right shunt (LRS). Percutaneous closure of an ASD is considered to be the first choice and has been proven safe and effective using different devices . Worldwide, there is a lot of good experience with the Amplatz...
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32345314
The mitochondrial enzyme 2-methylacetoacetyl-coenzyme A thiolase (MAT; mitochondrial acetoacetyl-coenzyme A thiolase T2/ “beta-ketothiolase”; EC 2.3.1.9) does not only act in ketone body utilization (ketolysis) by catalyzing thiolytic cleavage of acetoacetyl-coenzyme A, but also catalyzes conversion of methylacetoacety...
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32347201
We extracted data from medical records of all consecutive patients admitted with a diagnosis of COVID-19, between 21 and 28 February 2020 and followed-up until 4 March 2020. We collected demographic data (sex and age), clinical data (symptoms on admission, comorbidities and chest X-ray results), laboratory tests and tr...
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32458240
Patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) are treated conservatively until disease severity warrants joint replacement. While evidence evolves regarding OA pathophysiology and an optimal treatment regimen, sibling comparison studies can provide useful historical and practical clinical information for patients and clinicia...
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32593285
For an infant undergoing complex cardiac surgery, hemodynamic management after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is challenging because of severe myocardial edema, vasomotor dysfunction and weak tolerance to a change in blood volume . More importantly, lack of availability of equipment for advanced monitoring, such as trans...
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32791738
A 65-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for acute azotemia after 3 days of treatment with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for sore throat. He was undergoing chemotherapy for stage IV non-small cell lung cancer without any evidence of residual viable malignancy. He complained of sore throat and mild pain in ...
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32922852
As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the globe, early diagnosis is one of the main ways to combat the infection. The reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) taken from nasopharyngeal swab samples has become the gold-standard in making the diagnosis. However, it is well-known that although the RT-PCR ...
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32964213
5-fluorouracil (5-FU), an antimetabolite in the fluoropyrimidine class, is the third most commonly used chemotherapeutic agent worldwide for the treatment of solid malignancies . Despite advances in novel cancer therapies, commonly used in combination with fluoropyrimidines, 5-FU remains one of the most effective and s...
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33007654
Primary cardiac tumors are extremely rare, with a reported incidence of 0.001−0.03 % at autopsy. About 25 % of these tumors are malignant, 34 % are angiosarcomas, and 24 % are undifferentiated sarcomas . Primary cardiac tumors cause nonspecific symptoms that delay their diagnosis, ultimately leading to more advanced di...
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33204559
Necrotising otitis externa (NOE) is a rare life-threatening complication of otitis externa, affecting the skull base, mastoid, and temporal bones. The disease is seldom centred on the temporomandibular joint. Mardinger et al. have shown an involvement of the TMJ in only 14% of cases with a high mortality rate of 50% . ...
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33363745
Endoscopic cauterization of visible telangiectasias may be considered in the patients with gastrointestinal telangiectasias and anemia not responding to iron supplementation. 1 , 2 , 3 However, acquired diseases such as portal hypertension caused by chronic liver diseases must be excluded and appropriately treated with...
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33408853
Intraoperatively, a midline laparotomy was performed to view the aneurysm sac and the neck of the aneurysm was dissected out. As he was very thin, the lymphatics were very visible and divided. The renal vein was also divided and the aortic bifurcation and common iliac arteries were controlled bilaterally. The aneurysm ...
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33466993
Type-1 cryoglobulinemia (CG) is a rare disease associated with B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder, mainly nonmalignant monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS). The association between Type-1 CG and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) is rare . A possible precursor of CLL is known as Monoclonal B-cell ...
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33577256
Transcatheter closure of ventricular septal defects (VSD) is safe but not out of complications. Atrioventricular block and new-onset valve regurgitation are major post-procedural problems. Tricuspid regurgitation requiring surgery is an extremely rare iatrogenic complication . The degree of valve insufficiency may vary...
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33665318
Fractures of the proximal humerus are common injuries and account for 5% of all fractures . In the elderly population, proximal humerus fractures are the third most common osteoporotic fractures following the distal radius and femoral neck . These fractures affect 80–85% of people older than 50, with a peak incidence b...
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33747077
ESD has been established as a standard treatment for gastrointestinal diseases nowadays. However, this procedure is technically difficult, time-consuming, and has more challenges and complications than conventional endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), such as large mucosal defects and big perforations. Thus, a variety o...
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33765989
Congenital scoliosis is caused by spine abnormalities that lead to imbalanced growth. A frequent cause is a single hemivertebra as a unilateral failure of formation. Because of local deformity and asymmetric loads, unaffected neighboring vertebrae subsequently show asymmetric growth. This congenital anomaly, apart from...
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33810042
There are a series of consequences that can occur after a stroke. Most common are post-stroke depression (PSD), vascular cognitive impairment (VCI), and post-stroke fatigue (PSF) . Stroke is deadly for about 20% of cases, leading to 80% of cases where survivors might need post-stroke special care that implies the invol...
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33816025
Masturbation is a sexual act that is common in all cultures and throughout history . It is a common behavior among both males and females . Despite being a prevalent sexual activity, masturbation is largely viewed negatively and almost all major religions prohibit it . These negative cultural and religious views toward...
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33824770
Homocystinuria (HCU) is a rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder due to a defect in the cystathionine β -synthase (CBS) that leads to high homocysteine (Hcy) plasma levels (normal reference range is 5–15 mmol/L). Clinically, HCU results in a multisystem disorder with ocular, skeletal, cardiovascular, and central n...
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33936684
PEL is characterized by the presence of significant serous lymphomatous fluid collection in the pleural, pericardial, and peritoneal cavities without detectable solid tumor masses. 3 It most often occurs in immunocompromised patients such as in the advanced stages of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) 4 but has...
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34146161
Chest multislice-CT is still regarded as the gold-standard imaging technique for thoracic evaluation. Lung ultrasonography can show typical pattern for interstitial pneumonia. COVID-19 lesions mainly involve the peripheral pulmonary zones, which makes this disease accessible for pulmonary ultrasonography evaluation. Lu...
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34191936
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a rapid increase in ICU admissions. One of the many aftershocks of the pandemic is likely to be a rise in patients presenting with PTSD related to their experiences of illness and medical treatment. As yet, data are not available to estimate rates of PTSD in this population or on specif...
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34208057
Following the World Health Organization’s announcement on 11 March 2020 that the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) had reached the scale of a global pandemic, the Latvian government announced a national state of emergency on 12 March to slo...
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34327091
Arterial pseudoaneurysms result from damage to the arterial wall consisting of a contained hematoma with turbulent blood flow and a neck that very rarely closes spontaneously . Femoral artery pseudoaneurysms are the most common in clinical practice, with an incidence of 0.6-4.8% following femoral artery access for endo...
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34336745
Congenital hyperinsulinism (HI) is the most common cause of persistent hypoglycemia in infants and children ( 1 ). Prompt diagnosis and initiation of appropriate treatment are crucial to mitigate risk of permanent hypoglycemic brain damage. Inactivating mutations in the genes encoding the β-cell adenosine triphosphate ...
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34447408
Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a prototypic autoinflammatory neutrophilic dermatosis, which is often associated with systemic disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), seronegative arthritis, autoimmune hepatitis, and hematologic disorders . The pathogenesis of PG is multifactorial, i...
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34497649
Clozapine has been significant in its efficacy as an antipsychotic drug for treatment-resistant psychotic depression . Despite its lower risk of tardive dyskinesia and extrapyramidal symptoms, its use as an effective agent has been limited and complicated by its adverse side-effect profile. The most severe side effects...
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34631088
We encountered a case in which a recurrent condyloma‐like papillary tumor was repeatedly treated as condyloma. Subsequently, the patient was re‐diagnosed and treated for non‐invasive cervical papillary squamous cancer (PSCC) with HPV6 infection. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of HPV6 infection i...
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clinical
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34733588
Infectious endophthalmitis is one of the most devastating complications of phacoemulsification cataract extraction in both human and veterinary ophthalmology. In humans, post-phacoemulsification endophthalmitis results in visual acuity of 20/200 or worse in 15–30% of cases, and 10% are left with no useful vision (20/80...
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34737974
The gut microbiota has important roles in human physiology, metabolism and immunity . The administration of oral antibiotics is associated with gut dysbiosis which includes a loss of diversity of microbiota, changes in the distribution of some taxa and expansion of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Some beneficial commens...
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34745665
Despite advances in healthcare technology and improvements in neonatal intensive care, extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants weighing less than 1 kilogram remain at a high-risk for death and morbidity . Patients with patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) who do not respond to medical management often undergo surgical clos...
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34876035
Nocardia is a weakly acidic, Gram-positive aerobic actinomycete that is widely present in soil, water, air and saprophytes . Nocard first described it in 1888 . In 1890, Eppinger first reported human infection with Nocardiasis . So far, there are about 80 species of Nocardia , and about 33% of them can infect humans . ...
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biomedical
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34969371
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a novel single-stranded ribonucleic acid (RNA) beta-coronavirus, which emerged in China in December 2019, responsible for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is causing the current global pandemic . Despite the polymorphism of this disease, ...
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biomedical
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35255813
Protein-losing gastroenteropathy (PLGE) is a syndrome with a chief complaint of hypoalbuminemia, which occurs due to plasma protein leakage in the gastrointestinal tract, leading to general edema, ascites, and pleural and pericardial effusions . Various disorders are known to be associated with PLGE. Among these, syste...
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biomedical
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35482160
Nonketotic hyperglycemic hyperosmolar state (NKHHS) is a life-threatening condition characterized by severe hyperglycemia, hyperosmolarity, and dehydration, without significant ketoacidosis. Despite a low estimated incidence, NKHHS accounts for 1% of all hospital admissions in patients with diabetes, and carries an ove...
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35638317
Quantitative sensory testing (QST), for example, pressure pain thresholds (PPTs), temporal summation of pain (TSP) and conditioned pain modulation (CPM) have been used to assess pain sensitivity in patients with OA . Accumulating evidence suggests that severe OA is associated with lower PPTs, facilitated TSP and impair...
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