Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410340
Management of Actinic Keratoses
Lauren Schwartzberg, BS, Sonya Zarkhin, DO, Sarah Stano DO and Cindy Hoffman, DO
Article Type: Commentary | First Published: February 28, 2021
Chronic sun exposure causes the development and progression of AKs. This is due to the cumulative ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun which causes neoplastic effects in keratinocytes. Ultraviolet radiation exists in three wavelengths: UVA at 315-400 nm, UVB at 280-315 nm, and UVC at 100-280 nm. Generally, only UVA and UVB make it through the ozone layer. The long wavelength of UVA allows it to penetrate the skin as deep as the basal layer. This causes melanocytes within the basal layer to re...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410339
Vancomycin Induced Thrombocytopenia from Impregnated Cement Beads
Vede Ramdass, Henry Fraimow and Kamyar Nader
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: February 25, 2021
Vancomycin is frequently used to treat Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections and has a rare side effect of thrombocytopenia. Currently, it is predominantly used in the intravenous form but other formulations are frequently used depending on the clinical scenario such as oral form and drug eluting beads. In this case report, we present a patient who developed persistent thrombocytopenia caused by vancomycin-impregnated cement beads. This patient had a hip replacement that was com...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410338
MPhotoplethysmogram’s Amplitude is Well Correlated with Beat-By-Beat Changes in Arterial Blood Pressure
Gerardo Tusman, MD, Adriana Scandurra, Eng PhD, Cecilia M. Acosta, MD, Silvana Puca, MD, Jorge Martinez Arca, Eng, Matías Madorno, Eng PhD, Fernando Suarez Sipmann, PhD and Stephan H. Böhm, MD
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: February 25, 2021
To describe the association of the amplitude of the photoplethysmographic waveform (PPG) with arterial pulse pressure (PP) and surrogates of vascular tone. In 26 anesthetized patients PPG amplitude, invasive arterial blood pressure, estimated vascular compliance (Cvasc) and Doppler resistive index (RI)/mean flow velocity (Vm) were recorded during changes in arterial blood pressure. These variables were analyzed as: 1) Group-averaged analysis: 20 beats were selected at different arterial pressur...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510174
Giant Seborrheic Keratoses: An Historical Case
S. Belmourida, M. Meziane, N. Ismaili, L. Benzekri and K. Senouci
Article Type: Image Article | First Published: March 08, 2021
Seborrhoeic keratoses are benign tumors that mainly occur in the head and in the trunk. Their size generally varies from a few millimeters up to a few centimeters. Giant lesions are very rare but pose a problem in terms both of treatment and transformation. We report a case of giant seborrhoeic keratoses in an elderly man remarkable for their chronic evolution and their impressive size. We report the case of a 90-year-old man, with no particular past medical history, who presented with asymptoma...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510173
Natal Teeth: Baby Born with Two Teeth
Rafia Jabbar, MBBS and Arsia Hanif, MBBS
Article Type: Image Article | First Published: March 04, 2021
A 27-year-old female gave birth to a baby boy via spontaneous vaginal delivery at term. The mother had an uneventful prenatal course. The APGAR scores were 9 at 1 minute, 9 at 5 minutes, and 10 at 10 minutes. The baby weighed 2.9 kgs, had no signs of distress, and had a normal head-to-toe examination. During examination of the oral cavity, crowns of two teeth were observed in the anterior mandible, i.e., in the lower jaw. The teeth exhibited grade II mobility. The gingivae, tongue, and buccal mu...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510172
Patellar Epithelioid Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumour (MPNST) Mimicking Sebaceous Cyst
Nurwahyuna ROSLI, TAN Geok Chin and Wan Syahira Ellani WAN AHMAD KAMMAL
Article Type: Image Article | First Published: March 04, 2021
A 75-year-old man presented with a slow-growing patellar swelling with no history of pain or trauma to the site. The mass was clinically diagnosed as sebaceous cyst as it is well-circumscribed and located at the dermal-subcutanoeus tissue junction. Macroscopic cut section of the 40 mm, encapsulated mass showed variegated tan-yellowish cut surface with areas of haemorrhage and necrosis (Figure 1a and Figure 1b). Microscopically, it was well-circumscribed, composed of lobules of neoplastic cells s...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510171
Malignant Melanoma of Gingiva
Seck Birame and Diallo Moussa
Article Type: Image Article | First Published: March 04, 2021
A 57-year-old Senegalese woman consulted to us for a pigmented mass inside the oral cavity evolving since 10 months. She had history of repetitive traditional tattoousing thorns on the gingiva. Intraoral examination showed a large pigmented tumour extending from the right maxillary gingiva to the left maxillary gingiva. It was 7 × 4 cm in size, firm in consistency with slight bleeding on touch. The patient also presented sub-mandibular lymphadenopathies and significant weight loss. An incisiona...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-9004/1410193
Benign, Self-Resolving Subcutaneous Emphysema and Abdominal Crepitus after Open Gynecologic Surgery
Conway Xu, MD, John C Elkas, MD and Chad A Hamilton, MD
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: February 18, 2021
Abdominal crepitus and associated subcutaneous emphysema on imaging following open gynecologic surgery typically signals life-threatening complications including perforated viscus and necrotizing fasciitis, which require prompt intervention. This case is the second to date after open gynecologic surgery where, after extensive workup, significant subcutaneous emphysema of uncertain etiology was diagnosed with a benign and self-resolving course without any long term sequalae. Subcutaneous emphysem...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-9004/1410192
Intra-Operative Ultrasound Assessment of a Myometrial Cyst with Fertility-Sparing Myometrial Cystectomy
Gillian A Corbett, Claire Thompson, Zibi Marchocki and Noreen Gleeson
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: February 15, 2021
Benign leiomyoma can undergo degeneration that result in unusual clinical and radiological presentations. Diffuse hydropic fibroid degeneration resulting in myometrial cyst formation is very rare. Here we describe intra-operative ultrasound recognition of this phenomenon. A 35-year-old nulliparous woman presented to the Gynaecology Oncology Clinic with menorrhagia and pressure symptoms. Abdominal examination revealed an abdominal mass extending to the umbilicus. Ultrasound showed complex pelvic ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710061
COVID-19 Associated with Severe Intracranial Hemorrhage in Previously Healthy Patients
Ioan Alexandru FLORIAN, Magdalena BALACI, Teodora Larisa TIMIȘ, Cristina Caterina ALDEA, Laura MUREȘAN, Oana Maria RADU and Ioan Stefan FLORIAN
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: February 27, 2021
The neurological complications of COVID-19 are still under scrutiny, stroke and intracranial hemorrhages being the most commonly described events. Hemorrhagic stroke in previously healthy patients and with a normal coagulative status has only rarely been described. We present three males aged 30, 57 and 38 respectively, who suffered from intracranial hemorrhages, having been diagnosed with COVID-19, with no medical history and under no previous medication. They were all operated via external ven...