Báo cáo y học: "Ectopic cervical thymoma in a patient with Myasthenia gravis" docx

... However, a thymoma arising from such ectopic thymic tissue is extremely rare. Herein we report a patient with ectopic cervical thymoma and myasthenia gravis (MG) and discuss the management. Background Ectopic ... management. Background Ectopic cervical thymomas are very rare and often pre- sent as palpable neck masses. Ectopic cervical thymoma presenting in patients w...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:21

... 196:541-552. 7. AbuRahma AF, Robinson PA, Khan MZ, Khan JH, Boland JP: Brachiocephalic revascularization: a comparison between carotid-subclavian artery bypass and axilloaxillary artery bypass. Surgery 1992, ... CAS E REP O R T Open Access Carotid axillary bypass in a patient with blocked subclavian stents: a case report Tarig I Barakat * , Louise Kenny, Hazim Khout, Grace Timmons...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:21

... the liver and right adrenal gland. The patient complained only of intermittent diarrhea. Her laboratory values exhibited metabolic alkalosis with hypokalemia, hypocalcemia, hypomagnesemia, hypophosphatemia, ... Patients withlimited-stagediseasehaveamediansurvival approaching two years and a 14% five-year survival rate. Patients with extensive disease have a median survival of less t...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:22

... hematological malignancy) that may lead to an adverse outcome. Introduction An adverse reaction has been reported in rare cases with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor treatment and in patients with ... 1997, 109:238-239. doi:10.1186/1752-1947-5-88 Cite this article as: El Husseiny and Mattar: Aggressive cutaneous vasculitis in a patient with chronic lymphatic leukemia foll...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 00:22

... with abdominal pain, accurate diagnosis and definitive therapy may be delayed, possibly increasing the risk of morbidity and mortality. We present a case where CT was crucial diagnostically and ... delays in delivery of definitive therapy and potentially increase morbidity and mortality if not diagnosed in a timely manner. Appropriate imaging can be helpful in hastening diagnosis...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 10:23

... for a full evaluation for potential liver transplanta- tion. He was asymptomatic and a physical examination revealed a slight hepatomegaly and splenomegaly, with- out asterixis, jaundice or ascites. ... an electroencephalogram (EEG) showed overall slow brain activity compatible with toxic or metabolic alterations. His oral therapy was withdrawn and treatment with lactulose enema a...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 12:20

... consistent with a chronic pain syndrome, and bilateral frozen shoulders. The patient has a strong family history for early coronary heart disease: her father had a myocardial infarction (MI) in his early 60s, ... resistance, increased visceral obesity and increased cardiovascular risk, is common in patients with lipodystrophy [2]. Lipodystrophy mutations may have a direct im...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:20

... 21:1517-1522. doi:10.1186/1752-1947-4-25 Cite this article as: Tamaki et al.: Acute variceal bleeding in a patient with idiopathic myelofibrosis successfully treated with endoscopic variceal band ligation and chemotherapy: a case report. ... esophageal variceal hemorrhages [11]. EVL is increasingly used because of its safety and sim- plicity, and without the necessity of using a...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:21

... history of Crohn's disease for the past thirty years and hyperlipidemia presented with one week of abdominal pain, diarrhea and hematochezia. Abdominal pain was generalized, 6 by 10 in intensity ... intensity on the pain scale, and dull in character. It was worsened by food intake and relieved by bowel movement. The abdominal pain was associated with fever, chills, nausea and vom...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 21:22

... hepatocellular carcinoma in lung parenchyma (original magnification ×40). Abdominal computed tomography on admission showing a mass in Couinaud segment 7 and segment 8 of the liver and intraperitoneal ... 29:715-718. 8. Nakagawa T, Kamiyama T, Nakanishi K, Yokoo H, Kamachi H, Matsu- shita M, Todo S: Pulmonary resection for metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma: factors influencing p...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 21:22