... barotrauma, oxygen toxicity (affecting the central nervous system and lungs), claustrophobia and anxiety, and ocular effects such as myopia and cataract HBO2 promotes proliferation of fibroblasts, ... such as phototherapy in psoriasis HBO2 therapy may have a place in the management of psoriasis Further studies including large numbers of patients and involving monitoring cytokines and inflammatory ... and endothelins Vascular endothelial growth factor levels are significantly increased with HBO2 therapy, whereas levels of prostaglandin E2 and cyclo-oxygenase-2 mRNA are markedly reduced Therefore,...
... involvement andthe diagnosis is supported by physical exam findings, echocardiography, and cardiac catheterization In these patients, traditional heart failure therapies such as beta blockers, ACE inhibitors ... edema On examination, he was afebrile with a heart rate of 75 beats/ minute anda blood pressure of 127/70 mmHg His oxygen saturation was 97% on room air He had faint crackles at the bases of ... over the next days despite the aforementioned therapy As a last resort, it was decided to initiate therapy targeting the underlying myeloma on hospital day 17 Lenalidomide 25 mg and dexamethasone...
... traditional frames are often bulky and ambulating with a lower limb fixator frame in-situ is awkward Some patients are self-conscious of these fixators and find them less aesthetically acceptable, ... in traditional external fixation Nonunion in Case can be attributed to the nature of LCP application and characteristics ofthe LCP that make it stand apart from traditional external fixation ... Page of Advantages We agree with Kloen [4] that the LCP has certain advantages when used in this manner First, the LCP fixator imparts a lower profile than a traditional fixator and can be concealed...
... T, Banavali S, Arora B, Sharma D, Kurkure PA, Ramadwar M, Viswanathan S, Rangarajan V, Qureshi S, Deshpande DD, Shrivastava SK, Dinshaw KA: Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma in Children: Comparison of ... patients received adjuvant radiotherapy and two patients radiotherapy only (cases #29, #7) One boy with alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma ofthe nasal cavity was treated twice due to local relapse (case ... ago as part of multimodality treatment of an acute lymphoblastic leukaemia About four years later he presented with an anaplastic astrocytoma and therefore received external beam radiation to the...
... by MAB, WTS, CSC and CTH BRC and RHA carried out the assays for oxaliplatin-dependent platelet antibody All authors participated in drafting and editing the manuscript All authors read and approved ... Coagulation panel and bilirubin were also within the normal reference range HIV, hepatitis B and C screening, and ANA analysis were all negative The possibility ofa platelet transfusion was offered and ... Page of therapy: a rare but potentially fatal complication Support Care Cancer 2007, 15(1):89-93 Gammon D, Bhargava P, McCormick MJ: Hypersensitivity reactions to oxaliplatin andthe application...
... differential diagnosis can be narrowed down to AAM, AMF, and SFT as follows: (1) AAM has a highly infiltrative pattern Conclusion Cellular AF is a benign neoplasm ofthe scrotal and inguinal area, is ... expression of CD34 (vascular origin), 21% have spinal muscular atrophy (epithelial and/ or glandular origin), and 8% reveal desmin (muscular origin) [3] In our patient, the mass was an AF of vascular ... fibroblasts, andof vascular origin A safe initial diagnosis is difficult because of its location, nature, and correlation with other structures ofthe area It can easily be confused with a hernia,...
... ligation small and are usually discovered incidentally because patients are asymptomatic, though sometimes there can be epigastric or left upper quadrant abdominal pain Malignant transformation ... Petrina et al.: Bronchogenic cyst ofthe ileal mesentery: a case report andareviewofliterature Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:313 Authors’ contributions AP analyzed and interpreted the ... the data from our patient; CB and EE were major contributors to the writing ofthe manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that they...
... RG and JTK managed the patient and reviewed theliterature MT and RG were the main authors ofthe manuscript AHM analyzed the histopathological specimen FG, JTK and JRI made modifications to the ... to thank Shazia Hussain and Katharina Tornow for their help in proofreading and editing the manuscript Author details Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Center ... copy ofthe written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief of this journal Page of 10 Naffaa LN, Shabb NS, Haddad MC: CT findings of omental torsion and infarction: case report and...
... Kogan B, Carlson JA: Granulomatous lymphangitis ofthe scrotum and penis Report ofa case andreviewoftheliteratureof genital swelling with sarcoidal granulomatous inflammation J Cutan Pathol ... skin flaps that was managed by aspiration and pressure bandaging She also experienced episodes of serous discharge from the site that was self limiting and was managed by pressure bandaging Case ... result of past tuberculosis, leading to a blockage of lymphatic drainage and resulting in vulval elephantiasis Conclusions Vulval elephantiasis is very rare, and vulval elephantiasis as a consequence...
... can therefore provide a direct route of spread to the inguinal nodes [7] Ohtani and Gannon studied the microvasculature ofthe rat vas deferens and have described the arterial and venous drainage ... ilioinguinal dissection, the accessibility ofthe inguinal nodes to follow-up examination andthe availability of highly successful multimodal therapy make expectant management ofthe clinically negative ... examination showed a classical seminoma with vascular and perineural invasion (Figure 1) The spermatic cord margin appeared free ofthe tumor andthe tumor reached the excision margin Therefore,...
... significant hypoxemia with arterial blood gases analyses revealing a pH of 7.44, an oxygen saturation of 88%, a partial pressure ofoxygenof 58 mmHg anda partial pressure of carbon dioxide of 38 mmHg, ... crackles at the lower pulmonary fields bilaterally, a 4/6 diastolic heart murmur at the lower left parasternal area anda 4/6 systolic heart murmur at the right upper parasternal area Laboratory studies ... have cough and dyspnea for several days or weeks and may have a rash and/ or fever In acute patterns of EP patients may appear to have symptoms of severe dyspnea and hypoxemia resembling acute lung...
... acquisition and analysis of data and drafted the manuscript AC and AB helped in drafting of manuscript and given their valuable suggestions, MG provided the images All the authors read and approved the ... Nagar, Mohali, India Department of Pathology, Maharshi Markandeshwar Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Mullana, Ambala Haryana, India Authors’ contributions YK designed, carried out acquisition ... benign nature However, considering the age of our patient, size ofthe masses and raised CA-125 it was thought to be an ovarian malignancy and exploratory laparotomy was done for total abdominal hysterectomy...
... Turkey Authors’ contributions RD, SA, AA and SO contributed in writing the manuscript and in reviewing theliterature SA, RD and AA contributed in this case report’s design and in preparing the manuscript ... polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia (35%) can also be found [8] ANA positivity has Figure Mixed-type infiltration of eosinophils and other inflammatory cells in muscle and fat tissues of (A) patient and ... http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/4/1/46 Page of Author details Department of Nephrology, Diyarbakir Education and Research Hospital, 21400, Diyarbakir, Turkey 2Department of Surgery, Diyarbakir Education and Research Hospital, 21400,...
... breast The mass measured 36 × 30 cm at the time of presentation The skin ofthe breast was blue at the apex ofthe mass, andthe nipple was massively enlarged and excoriated (Fig 1) On initial ... of chemotherapy and radiotherapy have shown promise in a few small trials, their role in the treatment of metastatic phyllodes tumors remains unproven Hormonal therapy has also been attempted, ... and essentially replaced the entire breast No cervical, supraclavicular, or axillary lymphadenopathy was noted The contralateral breast showed no signs ofa mass Core tissue biopsy taken at the...
... Reprinted from the Journal ofthe Australian Association ofthe advancement of science.’ Presidents Inaugural Address 32 Howitt AW: The Native tribes of south-east Australia Canberra: Aboriginal Studies ... of Australia, from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria Adelaide: State Library of South Australia 1996, Facsimile, original 1863 edition Hicks CS: Climatic adaptation and drug habituation ofthe ... School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland Authors’ contributions AMR conceptualized the theoretical framework, conducted theliteraturereviewand wrote the paper; KJS appraised the botanical...
... L2 and L3 in some ways characterize the limiting cases of context-sensitlvlty that can be achieved by TAG's and TAG's with local constraints In (JoshI,Levy, and Takahashi,1975) also shown that ... extreme case where thea' s, b's ,and c's can he any order, as long as the number ofa' s =the number of b's =the number of c'S GPSG ~and TAG's cannot g e n e r a t e t h i s language (although f o r TAG's ... be called the strln~ language(or language) of G The relationship between TAG's CFG's andthe corresponding string languages can be summarized as follows (Joehl, Levy, and Takahashl, 1975) Theorem...
... vasoconstriction of arterioles, reduction of oedema - bactericidal impact on anaerobial microbes and toxin-deactivation - mobilisation and activation of leucocytes and macrophages - activation of fibroblasts’ ... the design ofthe study and performed the statistical analysis HP and JK conceived ofthe study, and participated in its design and coordination and helped to draft the manuscript HP and TZ were ... of distribution of results, means and SD were controlled with the David, Pearson and Stephens test Data were statistically analyzed by using the analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Scheffe test...
... received additional HBO2 therapyThe others did not received HBO2 therapy because ofthe insurance or risk of HBO2 therapyThe characteristics ofthe study population are presented in Table and there ... rewiring, and pectoralis or rectus muscle and omental flap rotation [21-23] HBO2 therapy might offer additional biochemical and cellular effects With the administration of HBO2 therapy, the partial oxygen ... also acts as an antibiotic agent against a broad spectrum of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria [9] These above-mentioned effects of HBO2 therapy might explain how adjunctive HBO2 therapy...
... V.3 statistical analysis software (Graph Pad Software Inc., San Diego, CA, USA) was used in this study The data was first evaluated with descriptive statistical methods such as mean and standard ... issues, the fabrication of tissue engineered biomaterials, different combinations of bone grafts and systemic supportive therapy alternatives are important areas of research Hyperbaricoxygentherapy ... Kulonen E Hyperbaric oxygenation and fracture healing A biochemical study with rats Acta Chir Scand 1972; 138: 39-44 34 Jan AM, Sandor GK, Iera D, Mhawi A, Peel S, Evans AWet al Hyperbaric oxygen...