a case study and review of the literature

... the primary tumor All of the patients showed a complete response of the regional lymph nodes and nasopharyngeal mass after radiation therapy and chemotherapy The interval from the diagnosis of ... tumors in the two groups included radiotherapy and adjuvant chemotherapy The median dose of radiation to treat the nasopharyngeal carcinomas was 70 Gray (range: 68 to 76 Gy) and 70 Gy (range: 66 ... chemoembolization and chemotherapy, these treatments are palliative and the patients’ overall survival rates are still not satisfactory [6-8] The role of partial hepatectomy for hepatic metastasis from

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... count of 336000/mm3, and hemoglobin concentration of 14.4 g/dL Lactate dehydrogenase was 289 U/L The levels of EP aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), creatinine, AC ... gallbladder and extrahepatic bile duct lymphoma and reviewed an additional 52 cases in the literature Extranodal marginal zone RI PT lymphoma was the most common lymphoma type Other miscellaneous ... cholelithiasis or jaundice are exceedingly rare Only one case regarding metastatic MCL in the gallbladder was found in the literature. 13 ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT Haresh et al reported 14 cases of gallbladder

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... Hideya Sakaguchi * , Akihiko Ueda, Takayuki Kosaka, Satoshi Yamashita, En Kimura, Taro Yamashita, Yasushi Maeda, Teruyuki Hirano and Makoto Uchino Abstract A 56-year-old man noticed discomfort ... Brighina L, Ruffmann C, Saracchi E, Costantino G, Galimberti G, Conti E, Curto NA, Marzorati L, et al: Anti-Abeta autoantibodies in the CSF of a patient with CAA-related inflammation: a case report. ... frontal NA NA vasculitis NA NA 69 M headache lethargy behavior change bilateral white matter NA (+) vasculitis NA NA Fountain et al. 1999 [14] 1 71 M headache confusion gait difficulty left hand apraxia

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 22:20

... of the cervical part of the ICA. Measuring of the length and width of the ICA were conducted by a ruler. In two cases of anatomical variation of the cervical part of the ICA the midsagittal and ... resonance angiography. Examination of obtained images in cases of unusual and complicated variations of vascular pattern of the ICA may lead to confusion in interpretation of data. Awareness about ... coronal cross sections of the head and neck were made to facilitate a better approach to the site of anatomical variation of the ICA. In the first case the coronal cross section of the head and

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... the manuscript Page 10 of 11 10 11 Funding The work has been supported in the data analysis and writing of the study by the Project VEGA 1/0287/16 and Grant APVV 15/0107 12 Availability of data ... writing, analysis and interpretation of data; JM: patient follow-up examination; WB:histopathological analysis; MB, PH, EB, SŠ, EKu: literature search, analysis and interpretation of data; KZ: analysis ... data and materials The datasets used and analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request 13 Authors’ contributions EKa: manuscript writing, analysis

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... incontinence Statistical analysis Data are reported as the mean and standard deviation or range for continuous variables and as relative frequencies (number and percentages) for categorical variables The ... AF, BB, and GLdeA participated in the patients’ treatment, study design, and manuscript drafting; AF and FG contributed to the literature search, data collection, and data analysis; AG, FG and MM ... disorders: a single center series and review of the literature Alessandro Fugazza1, Barbara Bizzarri1, Federica Gaiani1, Marco Manfredi2, Alessia Ghiselli1, Pellegrino Crafa3, Maria Clotilde Carra4,

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... the treatment of locally advanced anal. .. advanced anal cancer: results of a phase III randomized trial of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Radiotherapy ... 5-fluorouracil and fractionation of mitomycin C in locally advanced anal carcinomas Results of a phase II study of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Radiotherapy ... Currently there is no standard in terms of mandatory split and it is unclear whether con- tinuous CRT should be recommended as standard of care for the treatment of anal cancer. The aim of this analysis

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:23

... female, a 59-year-old White-Asian male, a 64-year-old Caucasian female and a 61-year-old Caucasian female) that developed an intra-abdominal hypertension due to heparin-induced retroperitoneal hematomas ... event in all cases international normalized ratio (INR) was <3.5 and partial thromboplastin time <65 sec. The patients were treated surgically, the large hematomas were evacuated and the systemic ... mean arterial pressure (65 mm Hg) and passage of a nasogastric tube to decompress the stomach, oliguria persisted. Intraabdo minal pressure (IAP) was measured via a urinary catheter and was shown

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... Page 8 of 10 (page number not for citation purposes) Therapy and relapses Data on therapy was available in 41 ALK-DLBCL cases. Of these 32 cases (83%) received combination chemother- apy, 6 cases ... tion. The average age of presentation was 38 years, ranging from 9 to 72 years of age. Despite the small amount of cases, we can already observe a bimodal age distribution. Eleven cases of ALK-DLBCL ... regards of sex distribution, the male to female ratio was 3:1; female cases accounted for 23% of the cases. In pedi- atric cases, the male to female ratio was 1.8:1 and in adults 4.3:1. There was

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 22:20

... pancreatic-type primary acinar cell carcinoma (ACC) of the liver and without underlying pancreatic disease Case presentation: A 73-year old Caucasian female patient was referred to our department ... and review of literature Sebastian Zundler1*†, Ramona Erber2†, Abbas Agaimy2, Arndt Hartmann2, Franklin Kiesewetter3, Deike Strobel1, Markus F Neurath1 and Dane Wildner1 Abstract Background: Pancreatic ... et al BMC Cancer (2016) 16:130 DOI 10.1186/s12885-016-2184-6 CASE REPORT Open Access Pancreatic panniculitis in a patient with pancreatic-type acinar cell carcinoma of the liver – case report and

Ngày tải lên: 21/09/2020, 11:47

... design, driving the machine, and the road environment: A challenge for the safety of impaired users and the community Proceedings of the Australasian Road Safety Research, Education and Policing Conference, ... the characteristics and needs of older road users), and improvements to alternative transport options (provision of accessible, affordable, safe and co-ordinated transport options that are tailored ... Mobility of the elderly in time and space in the Netherlands: An analysis of the Dutch national travel survey Transportation, 25, 379-393 Taylor, J., & McGee, H (1973) Improving traffic operations and

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 18:20

... Reactions and Their Implications for Urban Warfare, Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND Corporation, MG-191 -A, 2005 Hoge, C., et al., “Combat Duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, Mental Health Problems, and Barriers ... peer review to ensure that they meet high standards for research quality and objectivity Stress and Performance A Review of the Literature and Its Applicability to the Military Jennifer Kavanagh ... (NSRD) of the RAND Corporation NSRD conducts research and analysis for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Commands, the defense agencies, the Department of the Navy,

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 18:20

... the greatest part of that delay was attributed to the purchase of therapeutic material by patients and their families [48] The overall evaluation of professional skills, together with the quality ... remainder of the analysis was carried out using the data extraction form and the analytical framework presented in the following section Analytical framework The concept of "quality of care" was defined ... obstetric* care OR maternal mortality" AND "quality health care OR quality care" AND "developing countries" Based on the advice of one of the authors (PF), an expert in the field of maternal health and

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... cancers, and is in the fourth most common female genital cancer. Of the cases, 90% are squamous cell carcinomas, while the rest are melanoma, adenocarcinoma, basal cell carci- noma and sarcoma [7]. ... nodes, and posteriorly to the pre-sacral and then para-aortic nodes. Although majority of the nodes are located in internal iliac and external iliac areas, nodes have been found in also presacral, ... in the common iliac area, 62% in the external iliac, 4% in the internal iliac, and 17% in the parametrial areas [35], whereas Lev- enback found 9% of the sentinel nodes in the paraaortic area,

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:21

... Laskar S, Bahl G, Muckaden M, Pai SK, Gupta T, Banavali S, Arora B, Sharma D, Kurkure PA, Ramadwar M, Viswanathan S, Rangarajan V, Qureshi S, Deshpande DD, Shrivastava SK, Dinshaw KA: Nasopha- ... Ewing's sarcoma being the largest (5 patients), followed by juvenile nasopharyngeal fibroma, esthesioneuroblastoma and rhabdomyosarcoma (3 patients each). In addition a review of the available ... application, idea for this paper, literature research and proof reading. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Acknowledgements The work was supported by the German Research foundation

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:20

... endocarditis of the mitral valve may vary in size and typically have a wart-like morphology. They can be found near the edge of the leaflets along the line of closure; both on the atrial and ventricular ... murmur at the apex radiating to the left axilla. Transthoracic (TTE) and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) revealed severe MR with thickened mitral valve leaflets and a small vegetation on the ... patient 2 (A, B), 3 (C,D), and 4 (E,F). (A) Photomicrograph of patient 2. Haematoxylin and Eosin (HE) stain of the atrial surface of the excised mitral valve anterior leaflet. Orginal magnification

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20

... 7% and an interassay CV of less than or equal to 10%, and at concentrations greater than 0.3 ng/ml the intra-assay CV is less than or equal to 3% and the interassay CV is less than or equal to ... surgery,' 'heart,' 'postopera- tive,' and 'transplantation.' Our search was limited to human studies published between January 1990 and June 2006. The abstracts of all ... procalcitonin after cardiac surgery: a systematic review of the literature Christoph Sponholz, Yasser Sakr, Konrad Reinhart and Frank Brunkhorst Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care,

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... "gravity," and "postural." Searches of the MANTIS database and the Index to Chiropractic Literature using the same key word were also performed Nearly all of the articles relating to our review ... detects head rotation through the semicircular canals, 2) the translational vestibulo-ocular reflex, which detects linear acceleration of the head via the utricle and saccule, and 3) the ocular counter-rolling ... putative postural reflex function(s) A theoretical example may be a thoracolumbar pain caused by a swayback posture It is postulated that the swayback posture may be the result of a forward head

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 13:22

... Western Australia, Australia Authors’ contributions AR and Tino Bos (TB) carried out the literature search and both participated in the selection of the included papers AR drafted the manuscript and ... manuscript and performed the statistical analysis RF and BW helped with the design of the study and drafting the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Page 10 of 11 10 11 12 13 ... non-specific neck pain and whiplash associated disorder - A systematic review of the literature Alexander Ruhe1*, René Fejer2 and Bruce Walker3 Abstract Study design: Systematic literature review Objectives:

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 15:21

... fruit and vegetables, high parental intake of fruit and vegetables and high availability/accessibility of fruit and vegetables at home. Qualitative studies can add to this knowledge in several ... ANALYTICAL APPROACH The review of the papers we included followed a 3-step protocol and was based on published recommendations and other systematic reviews of qualitative research as well as ... one) [11] and are researchers within the area of adolescent health and health behaviour. Step I: Data extraction In the first step, we extracted data from each paper into separate paper-specific

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