Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710117

Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage in En coup de sabre: A Case Report

Benjamin Ramsey, BS, Chelsea Reynolds, DO and Catherine McClung Smith, MD

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: July 30, 2022

Linear scleroderma, otherwise known as encoup de sabre (ECDS), is a form of scleroderma that affects the face and scalp and typically presents with unilateral streaks of induration with pigment changes of the skin which can involve the underlying dermis, soft tissue, and bone. In cases where there is progression to unilateral facial atrophy, this is known as parry-romberg syndrome (PRS)....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-3885/1710069

Irreducible First Metatarsophalangeal Joint Dislocation Secondary to Entrapment Through Flexor Hallucis Brevis: A Case Report

Kelly Tomasevich, Colin Pavano, Jacob Silver and Jill Putnam

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: July 30, 2022

This case report highlights a unique soft tissue entrapment in an open Metatarsophalangeal joint dislocation requiring operative reduction....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-3885/1710068

Ainhum (Spontaenous Dactylolysis) in a 50-year-old Haitian Man: A Case Report

Steven Shader and Julio Ortiz

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: July 30, 2022

Ainhum is a rare idiopathic condition that occurs in those with African heritage usually affecting the 5th toe. We present a case report of 50 year old Haitian male presented with a painful 5th right toe with constricting band encircled the 5th toe at the base with loss of voluntary motion, a bulbus appearing distal toe, and external rotation of the nail plate. The pain and groove progressed over 6 months, starting as a crease appearing at the medial digitaltoplantar fold....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410399

The Pharmacology of Curaderm in the Treatment of Basal Cell Carcinoma

B E Cham

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: July 31, 2022

Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States of America and in Australia. Basal cell carcinoma (BCC), the most prominent skin cancer, is curable, but can be disfiguring and costly to treat....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-4630/1410144

Electrical Safety Symbols Used in Medical Equipment and Their Implication

Yilkal Tadesse Desta

Article Type: Expert Review | First Published: July 24, 2022

Electrical shock is dangerous event, which can occasionally happen when we are exposed to any of alive conducting materials. Every year people are died or seriously injured by electrical accidents since electric current is not detected. There are two kinds of danger: one from electrical shock and the other caused indirectly by electrical fires....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4563/1710042

Breast Cancer in Men: A Systematic Review of the Literature from the Arab World

Pierre El Sett, Georges Jammal, Antoine El Sett, Ronaldo Elkaddoum, Hampig Raphael Kourie

Article Type: Systematic Review | First Published: July 29, 2022

Breast Cancer (BC) is the most frequent cancer worldwide accounting for 11.7% of all cancers but only for 1% of men’s cancers; therefore, men’s breast cancer is rarely discussed, especially in the Arab World. This review, the first of its kind in the region, aims at reporting current trends in the epidemiology of BC in men, based on studies from the Arab region....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3397/1410143

Occult Metastatic Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma-A Case of Unremarkable Clinical Neck Examination

Kenneth Chun Kok Sheng

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: July 30, 2022

Follicular thyroid carcinoma is prevalent in the age group 40-60 years old and accounts for 10% of the types of thyroid cancers [1]. FTC has the propensity to spread via hematogenous route, mainly to the bones and lungs....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3516/1410177

Smear Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis Is a Distinct Clinical Entity, Not a “Misdiagnosis Waste Basket”

Ademola E Fawibe, Olufemi O Desalu, Olalekan A Agede, Olutobi B Ojuawo, Taofeek Oloyede, Adeniyi O Aladesanmi and Alakija K Salami

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: July 30, 2022

PTB can mimic many chronic lung diseases resulting in misdiagnosis with serious consequences....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3631/1510036

The Detrimental Effects of Cannabis on Brain. A Concise Review

Omar ME Abdel-Salam

Article Type: Original Article | First Published: July 30, 2022

Marijuana and hashish, from the plant Cannabis sativa L, are the illicit drugs most frequently used worldwide. Cannabis is well known for its recreational effects being popular among adolescents and young adults and is often perceived as harmless. Cannabis, however, impairs working and shortterm memory and is associated with decline in academic functioning, impaired driving skills, cognitive impairment, and progression to other illicit substance use....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410398

Colorectal Cancer in Adolescence: A Report of Two Cases

Ines AYADI MASMOUDI1*, Basma SOUISSI2, Rim KALLEL3, Hazem BEN AMEUR4 and Afef KHANFIR1

Article Type: Case Series | First Published: July 30, 2022

Colorectal cancer is very rare in children. Therefore, the diagnosis is generally established at advanced disease. This is a presentation of two cases of colorectal treated at Habib Bourguiba Hospital University....