a 61 year old male golfer with extensor tendinosis

... animals and humans [3-6] However, this substance is associated with cardiotoxicity, including coronary vasospasm, supraventricular tachycardia, and acute atrial fibrillation [1,7] Capsaicin also ... A subsequent coronary angiogram revealed patent coronary arteries, suggesting that the mechanism was vasospasm We postulate that the patient developed acute coronary vasospasm and a myocardial ... cardiac action potential in atrial and ventricular myocytes, an effect that is associated with the inhibition of potassium currents [8,9] Coronary vasospasm and acute myocardial infarction (AMI)...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... cases of SH have been reported in young patients, among them a 10 -year- old, an 18 -year- old and a 19 -year- old Asian female as well as a 22 -year- old Schiergens et al World Journal of Surgical Oncology ... Predominant papillary growth patterns might make it complicated to differentiate SH from a carcinoma that also exhibits a papillary pattern Metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma, mesothelioma and ... 30 Yano M, Yamakawa Y, Kiriyama M, Hara M, Murase T: Sclerosing hemangioma with metastases to multiple nodal stations Ann Thorac Surg 2002, 73:981-983 Noguchi M, Kodama T, Morinaga S, Shimosato...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:25

... surgical repair of coarctation of the aorta in patients older than 50 years Ann Thorac Surg 2001; 72: 2060– 2064 Discussion Aortic coarctation is a congenital vascular lesion typically diagnosed ... lesions with a high gradient8 In this case report, we present aortic coarctation with bicuspid aortic valve in a 52 -year- old male Our patient was relatively asymptomatic until he presented with chest ... Gonzalez J, De Caralt TM, Ordi J Highly effective compensatory mechanisms in a 76 -year- old man with a coarctation of the aorta Cardiology 1999, 92:284-286 Bauer M, Alexi-Meskishvili V, Bauer...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:40

... by means of aspiration and histological evaluation Only then can a rational and specific therapy be initiated In our case, we had a high index of clinical suspicion based on patient profile and ... 1964 Cadili G 1966 Fares & Pagani 27 1974 Dybowski & Makuchowa 32 1986 Ker NB 1990 Browner U 1991 Rozadilla A 1992 Mazameque L 1995 Tsay MH 1997 Benbouazza K 2001 Balsarkar DJ 2006 Bayrakci K ... necrosis and little amount of blood ( Fig 3) In context of clinical features and morphological feature on FNA smear, an Acid Fast Bacilli(AFB) stain was performed and it demonstrated multiple AFB...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... by means of aspiration and histological evaluation Only then can a rational and specific therapy be initiated In our case, we had a high index of clinical suspicion based on patient profile and ... 1964 Cadili G 1966 Fares & Pagani 27 1974 Dybowski & Makuchowa 32 1986 Ker NB 1990 Browner U 1991 Rozadilla A 1992 Mazameque L 1995 Tsay MH 1997 Benbouazza K 2001 Balsarkar DJ 2006 Bayrakci K ... necrosis and little amount of blood ( Fig 3) In context of clinical features and morphological feature on FNA smear, an Acid Fast Bacilli(AFB) stain was performed and it demonstrated multiple AFB...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 07:20

... to pituitary: an unusual presentation of treatable disease Pituitary 2005, 8(2):139-146 Basaria S, Krop J, Braga-Brasaria M: A rare case of pituitary stalk enlargement and panhypopituitarism Mt ... scan imaging and no abnormal activity is now present in the pituitary Unusually, the pituitary was not enlarged on imaging and we speculate that the infiltration behaved like a hypophysitis and ... lymphoma cells rather akin to a hypophysitis with infiltrating lymphocytes Differential diagnosis of a pituitary mass has been well described previously [2] In a patient with a normal pituitary image...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:20

... doi:10.1186/1752-1947-5-317 Cite this article as: Ayanniyi and Ayanniyi: A 37 -year- old woman presenting with impaired visual function during antituberculosis drug therapy: a case report Journal of Medical Case Reports ... Ayanniyi and Ayanniyi Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011, 5:317 http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/5/1/317 Page of Table Blood biochemical parameters in our patient A Biochemical parameter ... ethambutol-induced macular toxicity, and should therefore be useful in diagnosis and serial assessment of ethambutol-related ocular toxicity [7] Furthermore, where available and affordable, tests such as magnetic...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:22

... this article as: Di Bella et al.: Salmonella enterica ssp arizonae infection in a 43 -year- old Italian man with hypoglobulinemia: a case report and review of the literature Journal of Medical Case ... 13 Carfagna P, Brandimarte C, Bianco G, Galiè M, Paris A, Venditti M: Systemic Salmonella arizonae infections in patients with a deficiency of cellmediated immunity A report of cases and a review ... References Bhatt BD, Zuckerman MJ, Foland JA, Polly SM, Marwah RK: Disseminated Salmonella arizona infection associated with rattlesnake meat ingestion Am J Gastroenterol 1989, 84:433-435 Habermalz D,...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:22

... our case is remarkable for the fact that it is associated with marked frontoparietal atrophy on brain imaging, therefore also mimicking the characteristic MRI appearance It is likely that multiple ... this article as: Engelen et al.: A 64 -year old man presenting with carotid artery occlusion and corticobasal syndrome: a case report Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:357 • No space constraints ... vascular lesions in the left hemisphere and notable atrophy of mainly the left parietal and frontal cortex (Figure 1) We started prophylactic treatment with aspirin, dipyridamole and simvastatin...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:22

... antimicrobial peptides from South American hylids [32,34–37] and Asian, European AMWKDVLKKIGTVALHAGKAALGAVADTISQa GLWSKIKEVGKEAAKAAAKAAGKAALGAVSEAVa ALWKNMLKGIGKLAGQAALGAVKTLVGAE ALWKDILKNVGKAAGKAVLNTVTDMVNQa ... ACGTGCTTAGCAACGG-3¢ for caerin 1.15, and for nested PCR: 5¢-ATAACTGGAACAACGTGTGG-3¢ for caerin 1.1, 5¢-CTAAGTGCTCAGCAATGACG-3¢ for caerin 1.11, 5¢-AGCATAACTGGAACGTGGG-3¢ for caerin 1.12, 5¢-CAGCAATAAGTGGAACAACG-3¢ ... isolated India between 150 and 65 Ma and colonized the Laurasian land mass after India collided with Asia Abbreviations; AF, Africa; IND, India; AUS, Australia; SA, South America; ANT, Antartica...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 17:21

... Instead, AGA was associated with IR, IGT and central obesity Because these conditions are linked with somatic diseases, they can explain this finding of an association of AGA with impaired physical ... point ≥ 10 Table 2: Mean and standard deviations (SD) of background characteristics among women with hair loss and normal hair Variable Hair loss n = 105 Normal hair n = 225 Mean Waist circ (cm) ... regulation was more prevalent among them compared with the women with normal hair The women with AGA had significantly higher waist circumference and WHR values as markers of abdominal obesity than...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... http://www.annals-general-psychiatry.com/content/4/1/17 outpatient unit for child and adolescent psychiatry At psychiatric examination, January 2003, we saw a boy who was anxious and withdrawn, had problems ... glue ears Xrays of his hand showed that his skeletal age was years ahead of his calendar age His testosterone level (10.6 nmol/l) was raised to a pubertal level, as well as his DHEA-S level (1.30 ... height, parents and other adults or children may have made age-inappropriate demands, which may have caused anxiety Third, extreme changes in hormone levels may have directly resulted in withdrawal...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... treatment discontinuation she presented with fever (39–39.5°C), lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly and abundant sweating during the nights Her physical examination was normal and a chest radiography ... antiretroviral cessation Figure Changes in plasma HIV RNA and CD4 cell count before, during, and after antiretroviral cessation Times on antiretroviral therapy (ART) and period of retroviral rebound ... and slightly increased hepatic aminotransferase levels Serum lactate and C-reactive protein were normal Two weeks after treatment interruption the plasma HIV RNA level had increased from

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:20

... syndrome was diagnosed The diagnosis of Ramsay Hunt syndrome was explained to our patient and his father, advice on eye care was given and a referral for physiotherapy was made Our patient was lost ... months after the onset of illness; at this time, his facial nerve function was normal (House-Brackmann grade I) An otoscopic examination was unremarkable Our patient had apparently made a full ... stomatitis in a 4 -year- old infant Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2006, 102:e37-e39 Dworkin RH, Johnson RW, Breuer J, Gnann JW, Levin MJ, Backonja M, Betts RF, Gershon AA, Haanpaa ML,...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 22:24

... because they are not associated with large vessel stenosis as seen in TA Large vessel vasculitis was ruled out because it is associated with the advanced age (Kawasaki disease and giant-cell arteritis) ... percent of patients with TA have a normal ESR [6] Patients with beta thalassemia trait also have a raised ESR Anemia in TA can be normocytic and normochromic, but our patient presented with microcytic ... electrocardiogram, echocardiograph and electroencephalogram (EEG) A computed tomography angiogram (CT -A) of her chest showed a normal ascending aorta, descending aorta and arch of the aorta but...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:20

... asymptomatic OC usually presents as a solitary mass, as a fracture or as a mechanical osteoarticular complication (deformity or joint dysfunction) Plain radiography is the mainstay of imaging for ... radiation) The majority are solitary, mostly located around the knee and in the proximal humerus, while about 20% arise in the axial skeleton Typically, they are metaphyseal or metadiaphyseal ... oriented away from the adjacent joint OC may occur at multiple sites, particularly in cases of hereditary multiple exostoses syndrome (HMES) with an autosomal dominant inheritance Most children are asymptomatic...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:20

... rhythmic and no pericardial rub was heard An anterior mid-thoracic scar was noted where the percutaneous pericardial catheter had been placed He had hepatomegaly that was later confirmed on an ultrasound ... Author details Universidad Francisco Marroquín, 19 Ave 8-44 Zona 15, Vista Hermosa I, Guatemala City, Guatemala 2Department of Pediatrics, Roosevelt Hospital, 5ta Avenida Calzada Roosevelt, Zona 11, ... anti-thyroglobulin antibody test results were negative Levothyroxine was started at a dose of μg/kg per day Bone age was also calculated with a radiograph of the left hand and was reported delayed by two years...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:20

... 1970, 23(1):189-190 14 Nakada K, Enami T, Kawada T, Hoson M, Wakisaka M, Mochizuki A, Kashimura T, Yamate N: Characterization of platelet activity in neuroblastoma J Pediat Surg 1994, 29(5):625-629 ... significant blood pressure fluctuation was noted and surgery had to be aborted This patient was later found to have a 10 cm intra-adrenal mass In another case, a patient with medullary thyroid cancer ... after initiating anticoagulation, the intracardiac mass was no longer present on repeat echocardiogram The adrenal mass was removed by laparoscopy Hou et al Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011,...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:22