Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410391
A Case of Parkinsonism and Encephalopathy with Combined Lithium-Risperidone Therapy: Treatment with Pramipexole
Enes Tarık İnci and Tahir Kurtuluş Yoldaş
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: April 30, 2022
Lithium is a drug that has been used in the treatment of bipolar disorder for many years. Due to its narrow therapeutic range, systemic side effects can be seen frequently. Serious side effects can occur even in non-toxic doses. We present a case of parkinsonism and encephalopathy developed in a patient with normal lithium blood level who used lithium and risperidone combination therapy for bipolar disease. Lithium is a drug that has been used to treat bipolar disorder for over 60 years. Due to ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-9004/1410224
Vulvar Granular Cell Tumor in 51-Year-Old Female: A Case Report
Sophia Salas, Nicholas Haslett and Elise N Everett
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: April 21, 2022
A 51-year-old G3P2012 female presented to the gynecology clinic after referral from her primary care provider for a lump in the vulva. The lump was first noticed two years prior, at which time it was pea-sized per patient report and has slowly grown since. The patient reports the lump is not painful or pruritic but has become more bothersome due to its periclitoral location. There was no drainage, bleeding, ulceration, or inflammation at the site of the lump and no changes in vaginal bleeding or...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710107
Intracranial Injection of Fibrinolytic Agent in a Patient with Iatrogenic Artery Thrombosis following Clipping of the Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysm
Pilipenko Yuri, MD, PhD, Konovalov Anton, MD, PhD, Poluektov Yuri and Eliava Shalva, MD, PhD
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: April 25, 2022
Patient F, male, 43-years-old, presented with a subarachnoid hemorrhage. CT angiography revealed an 8 mm saccular aneurysm in the trifurcation of the left middle cerebral artery (MCA) (Figure 1). When the patient’s condition stabilized, he was transferred to our center for surgical treatment 30 days after the hemorrhage. The patient’s condition was satisfactory at admission. No cerebral neurological symptoms were detected. The patient underwent microsurgical clipping of the aneurysm neck in ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710106
A Case of Transdural and Metastatic Intracranial Meningeal Spread following Resection of a Temporal Frontal Lobe Gliosarcoma
Loukas Georgiou, BS, Mark Burton, MD, Brian Walker, DO and Anastasios Georgiou, MD
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: April 20, 2022
Gliosarcoma is a very uncommon primary brain malignancy and is considered a subtype of glioblastoma. It represents approximately 2% of cases classified as glioblastoma. Treatment of gliosarcoma follows the paradigm for glioblastoma with recommendations for a maximal allowable resection followed by post-operative radiation therapy to the operative bed with concurrent temozolomide. Although still being a rare occurrence, gliosarcomas have a relatively higher propensity for transdural growth either...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5726/1510095
Myasthenia Gravis in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Amr Edrees, MD
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: April 27, 2022
Herein is a case of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who developed myasthenia gravis (MG) and presented with proximal muscle weakness and easy fatiguability. Although inflammatory polymyositis is a common cause of muscle weakness in SLE, MG is not frequently reported in SLE. The diagnosis was established by positive Antibodies to acetylcholine receptors, Electroneuromyography (ENMG). Her computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest showed nodular soft tissue in the anterior mediastinum. She was ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5726/1510094
Neuropsychiatric Lupus in Singapore: Disease Characteristics and Outcomes
Nur Emillia ROSLAN and Annie Hui Nee LAW
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: April 24, 2022
The records of eighteen patients were analysed retrospectively. The median age of diagnosis of NPSLE was 33.5 years. The median duration of SLE at the time of the neuropsychiatric manifestations was 4.5 months. Thirty-three percent had NPSLE as the first presentation of SLE. The most frequent clinical presentation was acute confusional state (30.8%) followed by cerebrovascular disease (23.1%) and seizures (19.2%). Seven patients (38.9%) had more than one neuropsychiatric syndrome. The commonest ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-4010.1510045
Overweight and Obesity and Associated Factors among School-Aged Adolescents in Nigeria
Ibitoye B Samuel, Abel O. Alonge, Abiodun J Kareem, Qasim O Salau, Tolulope O Jegede, Ifedayo O Fasonranti, Korede O Oluwatuyi, Emmanuel O Babalola and Toluwalope Ejiyooye
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: April 30, 2022
Overweight and Obesity among adolescents constitute medico-social menace with rising prevalence. This study, therefore, determined the prevalence of Overweight and Obesity and assessed the factors associated with Obesity/Overweight. This was a school–based cross-sectional study. Consenting secondary school adolescents aged 10 to 18 years in Owo Local Government Area completed a pretested semi structured questionnaire. Anthropometric parameters were measured using standard methods. Overweight a...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3243.1510112
Systematic Review Writing by Artificial Intelligence: Can Artificial Intelligence Replace Humans?
Valentin C Dones III, PhD
Article Type: Editorial | First Published: April 28, 2022
Publications are aplenty, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. As of February 10, 2022, there are 241,998 publications on the Web of Science Core Collection. Of these publications, 22,457 are review articles, and 147,381 are articles. The United States of America (n = 67026) and the Republic of China (n = 23,929) contributed to most of the pandemic publications. This list of research is enormous and continues to explode. Efforts to synthesize published evidence are becoming increasingly im...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3243.1510111
Musculoskeletal Disorders among Sugar Factory Workers in Jinja-Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study
Aremu AB, Owino Alfred Odongo, Joseph J and Suleiman MA
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: April 24, 2022
Globally, musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) combined account for more than a fifth of the total years lived with disability. This condition affects workers alone and people across the life-course in all regions of the world. Despite this long-standing awareness, MSDs continue to be the main reason associated with people with a work-related illness. The aim of this study is to explore the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among workers in sugar factories in Jinja-Uganda. This st...