Case Report A 9-month-old second born child by normal delivery and cried immediately after birth with no perinatal complications presented with history of increasing size of head sine 4 months. On examination vitals were stable and drowsy with no cry Sun setting sign present, occipitofrontal circumference 65 cm, and (normal 32–35 cm conclusion hydrocephalus), weight 10 […]
Read MoreHidenori Nakagawa,a,⁎ Masato Nishihara,a and Takashi Nakamurab A 9-year-old boy (Patient 1) with no past medical history presented to the pediatric emergency department with a 1-month history of tender erythematous lesions on his scalp. The lesions had gradually enlarged despite the use of topical antibacterials and corticosteroids. His temperature upon presentation was 38.0℃, and physical examination showed multiple […]
Read MoreThomas J Cahill and Rajesh K KharbandaWorld J Cardiol. 2017 May 26; 9(5): 407–415. Published online 2017 May 26. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v9.i5.407 PMCID: PMC5442408PMID: 28603587Received 2016 Oct 30; Revised 2017 Jan 20; Accepted 2017 Mar 12.Original source Abstract Myocardial infarction (MI) remains the most common cause of heart failure (HF) worldwide. For almost 50 years HF has been recognised as a determinant […]
Read MoreSabin Sahu,1 Lila Raj Puri,1 and Sanjay Kumar Singh2 Case report A 24-year-old Nepalese male presented with decreased vision in the left eye noticed for last 2 weeks. His visual acuity was 6/6 in the right eye and 6/18 in the left eye, improving to 6/9 with −2.5 DC × 140° correction. The intraocular pressure was 12 mmHg […]
Read MoreErika Andou, MD,* Masakazu Komoto, MD,* Toshio Hasegawa, MD,† Hiroshi Mizuno, MD,* and Ayato Hayashi, MD CASE REPORT A 51-year-old man was presented to our facility with large subcutaneous tumors affecting the entire neck. Eight years earlier, he was diagnosed with Madelung disease based on the characteristic presentation of symmetrical subcutaneous tender masses throughout the […]
Read MoreAn 18-year-old man presented with a workplace-related injury, wherein his left shirt sleeve was caught in a cloth rolling machine and consequently his left upper limb was avulsed and amputated at his shoulder. He presented to our center 3 hours after the incident, with the amputated part brought without cooling. Initial examination showed pallor but […]
Read MoreCASE REPORT A 62-year-old, right-handed woman suffered a complete double-level amputation transversely across the left distal forearm and the wrist and a severe crush injury of the midhand in a tree-shredder (Fig.1). Cold ischemia time was less than 2 hours. The proximal amputation occurred at the forearm 3 cm proximal to the radiocarpal joint, the distal obliquely […]
Read MoreMinu Bajpai, P. Goel, O. Bhutia,1 Anand Gupta,1 A. Seth,2 A. K. Gupta,2 and D. K. Pawar3 CASE REPORT A 10-year-old boy with a known sickle-cell trait, had a four-years history of a painless, slowly enlarging tumor of the lower jaw [Figure 1] was referred from the department of dental surgery where incision biopsy and digital subtraction angiography (DSA) was done. The […]
Read More*“Prain” Medical Center, Bucharest, Romania **“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania ***ENT Department, Colţea Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania Correspondence to: Lăţcan Elena, MD “Prain” Medical Center, 57 13 Septembrie Avenue, District 5, Bucharest, Romania Phone: + 4021 411 00 63; Mobile: +40 723 237 430; E-mail: or.nactal@anele Abstract The authors present their personal experience […]
Read MoreElbert E. Vaca, MD,*Justin L. Bellamy, MD,†Sammy Sinno, MD,‡ and Eduardo D. Rodriguez, MD, DDS† Case 1 Delayed Reconstruction A 36-year-old male was referred for consideration for facial transplant 7 months after a self-inflicted ballistic injury resulting in composite tissue defects of the midface and lower face (Fig. 6A). Note the contracted soft-tissue envelope with midface widening and […]
Read MoreZhuoxia Wu, MD,a Yunlong Xing, MD,a Xin Liu, PhD,b Wanying Chen, MD,a Jiao Kong, MD,a Ronghui Wu, MD,a and Lianbo Zhang, PhDa,∗ 2. Case report A 44-year-old female patient presented to our department in November 2013 with a chief complaint of a giant swelling on the right side of her face that had gradually increased in […]
Read MoreNithyananda K. Chowta, Mukta N. Chowta,1 John Ramapuram, Pramod Kumar,2 and Abul Fazil Case Report A 38-year-old Asian Indian male patient presented with a rapidly progressive generalized eruption with fever. Patient was diagnosed as having secondarily generalized complex partial seizures 3 weeks prior to the current illness and was prescribed carbamazepine at the dose of […]
Read MoreThe patient sustained a deep cut across lateral side of the nose and right cheek after being attacked by a wild boar. The best therapy for wild animal inflicted wounds with special regard to optimal wound healing time, minimum complications and minimal residual functional and aesthetic impairment would be, in our opinion primary wound debridement […]
Read MoreCorticosteroids are key regulators of whole-body homeostasis that provide an organism with the capacity to resist environmental changes and invasion of foreign substances. The effects of corticosteroids are widespread, including profound alterations in carbohydrate, protein, and lipid metabolism, and the modulation of electrolyte and water balance. Corticosteroids affect all of the major systems of the […]
Read MoreA 5-year-old white boy presented with soft-tissue cellulitis involving the soft tissue of the lower ear auricle and adjacent neck (Figs 1a and 1b) as a result of a brown recluse spider bite. Wound cultures gave negative results upon initial debridement. The involved area progressed from cellulitis to necrosis of the skin of the lateral neck and lower […]
Read MoreKim A. Tønseth, MD, PhD,*†‡Charles Filip, MD, PhD,*†Robert Hermann, MD,*Harald Vindenes, MD,* and Hans Erik Høgevold, MD, PhD*† CASE REPORT The patient was born abroad after a normal pregnancy. Immediately after delivery, a very large voluminous GCMN of the back covering about 16% of the total body surface area and additional multiple smaller nevi on the body […]
Read More1Univ. Paris-Sud, Faculté de Médecine, Kremlin-Bicêtre F-94270, France 2AP-HP, DHU TORINO, Centre de Référence de l’Hypertension Pulmonaire Sévère, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Respiratoire, Hôpital Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre F-94270, France 3INSERM U999, Labex LERMIT, Hypertension Artérielle Pulmonaire: Physiopathologie et Innovation Thérapeutique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson F-92350, France 4Pulmonary Hypertension Service, Royal Brompton Hospital, […]
Read More1Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA 2Department of Neurosurgery, Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA 3Department of Surgery, Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Correspondence to Dr Faiz U Ahmad, ude.yrome@damha.ziaf Case presentation A 29-year-old man was brought to our level one trauma hospital after a motor vehicle accident, during which he was ejected […]
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