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Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 05:20

... is a chance of intra-articular pin placement, causing septic arthritis and a risk of damaging the growth plate An external fixator is also used for the treatment of paediatric supracondylar fractures ... this article as: Lam et al.: The use of tibial Less Invasive Stabilization System (LISS) plate [AO-ASIF] for the treatment of paediatric supracondylar fracture of femur: a case report Journal of ... there are cosmetic concerns with pin scarring and the chance of refractures after removal of external fixators Sabharwal et al used an Ilizarov external fixator to try to avoid intraepiphyseal placement...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... sarcoma, and cloning of a novel FUS/CREB3L1 fusion gene Lab Invest 2005, 85:408-15 Matsuyama A, Hisaoka M, Shimajiri S, Hayashi T, Imamura T, Ishida T, Fukunaga M, Fukuhara T, Minato H, Nakajima ... Low grade fibromyxoid sarcoma: problems in the diagnosis and management of a malignant tumour with bland histological appearance Pathology 2009, 41:155-60 Canpolat C, Evans HL, Corpron C, Andrassy ... http://www.josr-online.com/content/5/1/49 Page of tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings Radiat Med 2008, 26:244-7 21 Miyake M, Tateishi U, Maeda T, Arai Y, Seki K, Hasegawa T, Sugimura K: CT and MRI features of low-grade...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... complaints are aphasia, transient ischemic attack, ataxia, dysphasia, nausea or vomiting, loss of memory, seizure disorder, dyslalia, hypomnesia and paralysis Interestingly, there have been so far ... IACNS varies greatly and could be from months to years [1,11,17] Untreated IACNS usually causes fatal outcome Greater awareness of these potential manifestations of IACNS may facilitate more accurate ... Grant A: Delirium and Isolated Angiitis of the Central Nervous System: a Case Report and Review CNS Spectrums 2008, 13:209-213 Page of 10 Ozawa T, Sasaki O, Sorimachi T, Tanaka R: Primary angiitis...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 02:20

... anterior column also, via a lateral extracavitary approach (LECA) In our case, as the compression was mainly at the front an anterior approach with decompression and reconstruction was selected http://www.wjso.com/content/6/1/75 ... inflammatory and tumour markers, were within normal values and a dose of 16 mg Dexamethasone daily was started A CT guided biopsy was performed and the histological appearance of the lesion was ... wasn't feasible by surgical excision alone as it had already extended beyond the bony limits, postoperative radiotherapy with radical intent was applied The duration of the radiotherapy was a...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:21

... Coefficients, and Image-Guided Histopathology with Special Attention to Radiation Necrosis Neurosurgery 2004, 54:1111-1119 Terakawa Y, Tsuyuguchi N, Iwai Y, Yamanaka K, Higashiyama S, Takami T, Ohata K: ... Spreafico F, Gandola L, Marchiano A, Simonetti F, Poggi G, Adduci A, Clerici CA, Luksch R, Biassoni V, Meazza C, Catania S, Terenziani M, Musumeci R, Fossati-Bellani F, Massimino M: Brain magnetic ... et al.: A case report of pseudoprogression followed by complete remission after proton-beam irradiation for a low -grade glioma in a teenager: the value of dynamic contrastenhanced MRI Radiation...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:20

... strategies have been proposed such as CEA alone, or CABG alone, or staged CEA and CABG, or staged carotid artery stenting (CAS) and CABG, and simultaneous CEA and CABG, or simultaneous CAS and CABG In ... recent case report the authors applied a 14 Fr cannula into the distal part of the internal carotid artery A separate pump was connected in cannula and arterial blood at 23°C was delivered at a flow ... general anesthesia the right carotid bifurcation was exposed by a standard lateral approach and simultaneously the left great saphenous vein was harvested Immediately after the completion of endarterectomy...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:21

... microbiologic analysis The patient was started on vancomycin and ciprofloxacin The post-operative course was uneventful: she remained afebrile and was easily extubated on day Gram stain of the valvular ... were negative At follow-up four months later she had no bacteremia, and a repeat transthoracic echocardiogram revealed normal appearing aortic and mitral bioprostheses Tests for Legionella were ... Histopathology of valve tissue can also be useful in differentiating myxoma, rheumatic endocarditis, and marantic endocarditis from IE Broad-range PCR analysis targets commonly shared bacterial...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... case report Casablanca Giuseppe had dealt the images All authors read and approved the final manuscript Consent Written informed consent was obtained from the patient of this case report and accompanying ... the stabilization of the chest wall, reducing the pain, improving the ventilation and facilitating the quick healing of the wound Authors Contributions Ceresa Fabrizio and Patane Francesco had written ... chest wall after removal of a tumoral mass [3] Each implant consists of two rib clips straight united by a connecting bar The three different angulations of the rib clips and the adjustable length...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... Ken-ichi Shirato2, Ryuichiro Kumasaka2, Masayuki Nakamura2, Michiko Shimada2, Takeshi Fujita2, Reiichi Murakami2, Yuko Shimaya2, Hiroshi Osawa2, Hideaki Yamabe2, and Ken Okumura2 Addresses: 1Community ... She had been treated with steroids and immunosuppressant therapy At 29, she had headaches, nausea, general fatigue, and severe pancytopenia and was admitted to our hospital A laboratory evaluation ... when she was 12 years old Because she had leg edema and proteinuria with serological and hematological abnormalities – the titers of anti-nuclear antibody and double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) antibody...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 22:20

... unremarkable except for significant increases of erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein, minimal increases of aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase, and mild anemia ... negative, beta-lactams were replaced with clarithromycin to provide antibacterial coverage against possible atypical Page of respiratory pathogens The chest CT scan showed evidence of an area ... Editor-in-Chief of this journal The admitting hospital approved the use of patient samples and data Abbreviations BAL: bronchoalveolar lavage; BCYE: buffered charcoal yeast extract; CFU: colony-forming...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:20

... diagnosis was made and an association between PVNS and chloroquine treatment has also not been reported PVNS is almost equally prevalent in males and females while SLE has a 1:9 male to female ratio, ... and rashes, fatigue, diffuse arthralgia, leucopenia and hypocomplementemia A lupus flare-up was suspected ANAs and anti-dsDNA were 1:7680 and 2713 U/mL, respectively The prednisolone maintenance ... that drive PVNS For example, a study that compared histopathological characteristics of synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis and diffuse PVNS found an overlapping pattern of proliferating macrophages...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:20

... References AK Jaiswal, AK Mahapatra, MC Sharma, Primary central nervous system lymphoma presenting as bilateral cerebellopontine angle lesions: a rare case report Journal of clinical neuroscience ... Campbell, A Jawahar, MR Fowler, A DeLaune, A Nanda, Primary central nervous system lymphoma of the brain stem responding favorably to radiosurgery: a case report and literature review Surgical ... Comput Assist Tomogr 8, 645–647 (1984) doi:10.1097/00004728198408000-00010 F Ueda, T Takashima, M Suzuki, M Kadoya, J Yamashita, T Kida, MR Imaging of primary intracranial malignant lymphoma Radiat...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:21

... and analyzed data; ES and FB analyzed data; SC and GM were responsible for patient care and provided clinical information; AG, CM, SR, and MTS analyzed data; SAP and PPP performed research, analyzed ... Okada K, Ohta K, Seki H, Igarashi N, Maruhashi K, Katayama K, Katoh E, Terao G, Sakiyama Y, Koizumi S: Differential cellular targets of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection between acute EBV-associated ... immunohistochemical, and molecular analyses was necessary in order to formulate a correct diagnosis In particular, the differential diagnosis with aggressive NK cell leukemia was based on surface sCD3 and...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:21

... Medical Case Reports 2011, 5:309 http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/5/1/309 10 Hiura K, Katoh O, Kawashima M, Nakata H, Aoki Y, Nakahara Y, Kuroki S, Yamada H: A case of spontaneous pneumothorax ... manuscript, and Mr Bryan Roderick Hamman and Mrs Janice Loewen-Hamman for assistance with the Englishlanguage presentation of the manuscript Our patient was admitted under the care of a rheumatologist ... M, Battesti JP: Pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum associated with dermatomyositis Ann Med Interne (Paris) 1989, 140(6):490-491 17 Hoshino T, Kita M, Takahashi T, Nishimura T, Yamakawa M: Management...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:22

... unremarkable Initial laboratory investigations (Table 1) revealed anemia, leukopenia, elevated blood urea nitrogen and elevated serum creatinine Urinalysis showed trace proteinuria Chest radiography ... respiratory rate was 24 breaths/minute, her oxygen saturation level was 92% on room air and her pulse rate was 88 beats/minute A physical examination revealed an ill-looking woman with mucosal pallor, ... a chest radiograph, and an echocardiogram showed evidence of pericardial effusion Arterial blood gas interpreted in conjunction with a corresponding basal Table Laboratory investigations on admission...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 00:23

... intra-dermal test was negative at the late reading An ImmunoCAP, especially harvested by Phadia, Uppsala, Sweden in collaboration with our Laboratory of Immunology and Allergy, was used to assay serumspecific ... included repeated flares of sciatica, talalgia and trochanteritis Her modified Schober test result was 15 cm to 18 cm An X-ray and a magnetic resonance imaging scan showed sacroiliitis A diagnosis ... serumspecific IgE to adalimumab by means of Phadia ImmunoCAP: The result was 0.01 kUA/L Total IgE was 6.4 kU/ L An atopic status was excluded by history and also by a negative Phadiatop Discussion...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 00:23

... uncontrollably His extremities were flaccid and areflexic Our patient’s vitals remained stable and oxygen saturation was 100% His arterial blood gas was obtained and was normal, except for partial carbon ... chronic pain Gabapentin is structurally related to gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), a neurotransmitter that plays an important role in neuronal excitability The exact mechanism by which gabapentin exerts ... glutamate–an excitatory neurotransmitter of the nervous system Release of glutamate activates post-synaptic glutamate and NMDA receptors Ketamine is frequently referred to as a dissociative anesthetic,...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 00:23

... 124:969-977 Maeno T, Sando Y, Tsukagoshi M, Suga T, Endo M, Seki R, Ooyama Y, Yamagishi T, Kaneko Y, Kanda T, Iwasaki T, Kurabayashi M, Nagai R: Pleural amyloidosis in a patient with intractable pleural ... journal Abbreviations LV: left ventricular; MP: melphalan and prednisone; VAD: vincristine, adriamycin, and dexamethasone; VEGF: vascular endothelial growth factor Araoka et al Journal of Medical ... Efficacy of bortezomib in systemic AL amyloidosis with relapsed/refractory clonal disease Haematologica 2008, 93:295-298 14 Komorowski J, Jerczynska H, Siejka A, Baranska P, Lawnicka H, Pawlowska...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 02:21

... Metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma to the sacrum and epidural space: case report Magn Reson Imaging 2004, 22(9):1340 16 Vijay K, Venkateswaran K, Shetty AP, Rajasekaran S: Spinal extra-dural metastasis ... 98(2):163-167 13 Moayed S, Maldjianb C, Adam R, Bonakdarpour A: Magnetic resonance imaging appearance of metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma to the sacrum and epidural space Magn Reson Imaging 2000, 18(8):1039-1042 ... metastases of MCC are an expression of a hematogenous systemic spread of the disease Barkdull et al [8] postulated that an intracranial spread from MCC of the frontal scalp was through communicating...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 03:20