Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3516/1410117
Management of Obstructive Bronchial Fibrolipoma Bronchoscopically
Sinem Nedime Sokucu, Cengiz Ozdemir, Ozlem Kahya, Seda Tural Onur and Levent Dalar
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: August 29, 2019
Lipomas are unsual tumors endobroncially and they make 0.1 - 0.5% of lung tumors. Diagnosis is often misleading due to these non-specific symptoms and the appearance of the mass on imaging studies. Biopsy is the key feature for the diagnosis. The treatment for endobronchial lipoma is surgical or endoscopic resection. Early treatment may prevent distal lung damage. A patient with a mass lesion as a coincidental finding after chest trauma diagnosed as endobronchial fibrolipomatosis. Endobronchial ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3235.1510053
Injuries Caused by Safety Belt Following a Traffic Accident
Juan-Jose Delgado-Moraleda, MD, Pablo Nogues-Melendez, MD, Luisa Londono-Villa, MD, Jose Melo-Villamarin, MD, Anca Oprisan Anca, MD and Diana Veiga-Canuto, MD
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: August 28, 2019
Wearing seat belt makes driving safer. Nevertheless, it can cause particular lesions. In this case report, we present a woman suffering the characteristic safety belt lesions on bowel, spine and aorta. A 40-year-old woman is brought to the Emergency Room after a high-speed traffic accident. At the time of rescue, the patient was wearing a seatbelt. On examination, she presented tachycardia, hypotension and abdominal rigidity. A CT angiography of the abdominal aorta is requested for suspected aor...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3235.1510052
An Atypical Case: Bilateral Radiation Necrosis
Ali Murat Koc, Hulya Cetin Tuncez, Ozgur Esen and Zehra Hilal Adibelli
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: August 28, 2019
Temporal lobe necrosis (TLN) is often seen in nasopharyngeal carcinoma secondary to less frequent other extracranial malignancies. Radiotherapy is one of the most frequently used methods in the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. This method can have many side effects. One of the side effects associated with high-dose radiotherapy is cerebral necrosis. Cerebral radiation is the sum of the dose of radiotherapy given as the most important risk factor for necrosis. It is often seen within the fi...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3235.1510051
Diagnostic Efficiency and Reproducibility of Hysterosalpingography
Shimaa Abdalla Ahmed and Hesham Abo Taleb
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: August 10, 2019
200 infertile females underwent hysterosalpingography, hysteroscopy and/or laparoscopy as part of an infertility work up. HSG examinations were retrospectively reviewed by three radiologists, we compared inter-observer variability, differences between the two results of reading the same examination after three months were compared to calculate intra-observer variability. HSG is more accurate in tubal evaluation than the uterine cavity assessment. HSG interpretation is somewhat subjective, althou...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4571/1710009
Adult-Onset Epilepsy in Klinefelter Syndrome? Cognitive and Neurophysiological Evaluation of a 56-Year-Old Man
Yvonne Holler Adriana Sciarrone, Aljoscha Thomschewski and Nathalie Gerner
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: September 06, 2019
Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is one of the most common sex chromosome abnormalities and several cases are documented where children with KS present with epilepsy. Also, cognitive function deficits are common, despite high-functioning cases might occur. However, most reported cases are children or young adults. This case suggests that high-functioning patients with KS may present with epilepsy-typical activity, that could be indicative for late-onset epilepsy. Diagnostic means of routine EEG can be ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4571/1710008
Baseline Knowledge of Rare Diseases in India - A Survey
Agrawal RK, Amaresh Rao M, Brian M, Chowdary GKB, Gayatri K, Krishnaji Rao M, Sambasiva Rao P, Namineni S, Srinivasa Rao N, Sikri BR, Syed S, Gawron S, Agarwal DR, Lakshmi K and Ramaiah Muthyala
Article Type: Original Research | First Published: August 29, 2019
Recently, rare diseases have received worldwide attention. The developing countries have fallen seriously behind in regards to awareness, drug development, diagnosis, and social services. India, which has one-third of world rare diseases population, has neither accepted definition for RD nor an accurate assessment of the problem. Due to the exorbitant cost of orphan drugs, difficulties in diagnosis and treatments, the Indian government is often in a dilemma as to how to effectively, and efficien...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5807/1510099
Acrometastasis to Foot Revealing an Occult Lung Adenocarcinoma: Case Report and Literature Review
Ignez Candeloro and Bruno de Carvalho Dornelas
Article Type: Case Report and Literature Review | First Published: September 11, 2019
Metastases to the foot bones are uncommon and they mimic inflammatory conditions. Acrometastases may be the first manifestation of an unknown primary malignant disease. We report a case in which the first sign of lung adenocarcinoma was a pathological fracture due to metastasis to a proximal toe phalanx. A 68-year-old man was evaluated for pain in his fifth toe of the left foot after a trauma. Biopsy and immunohistochemistry reactions confirmed the metastatic lesion. Unfavorable clinical course ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5807/1510098
Extra-Nodal Non-Cutaneous Peripheral T cell Lymphoma: Common Peripheral Blood Findings and Clinical Follow Up
Hongwei Ma, Catherine Xie, Mohamed Masoud, Robin Williams and Ming Xie
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: September 07, 2019
Peripheral T cell lymphoma (TCL) is relatively uncommon and may involve lymph node, skin and extra-nodal non-cutaneous organs. Nodal TCL often presents as systemic disease with unfavorable outcomes. Extra-nodal non-cutaneous TCL, however, may remain as localized disease and be treated differently with favorable prognosis. This study revealed the common peripheral blood findings and clinical follow ups in patients with extra-nodal non-cutaneous mature TCL. There were 9 patients, 5 males and 4 fem...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5807/1510097
Retroperitoneal Malignant Solitary Fibrous Tumor: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Gumusay Ozge, Koseoglu Resit Dogan, Arici Akgul and Akin Ali
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: August 29, 2019
Solitary fibrous tumor is a rare soft-tissue neoplasm that is capable of metastasis of fibroblastic/ myofibroblastic cell origin. Although most of the cases are pleural in origin, extrapleural locations are reported with increasing frequency. Extrapleural cases are mostly seen in retroperitoneal location. Malignant forms are much rarer. The hemangiopericytomatous pattern is seen in many soft tissue tumors. Many cases with extrapleural/ extrathoracal locations that were previously diagnosed as he...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5734/1510099
Gingivectomy Approaches: A Review
Millena Mathias Peres, Tais da Silva Lima, Idiberto Jose Zotarelli Filho, Igor Mariotto Beneti, Marcelo Augusto Rudnik Gomes and Patricia Garani Fernandes
Article Type: Review Article | First Published: September 08, 2019
Many patients seek dental offices for a beautiful, harmonious smile to boost their self-esteem. At present, there is a great search for oral aesthetics, where the harmony of the smile is determined not only by the shape, position, and color of teeth but also by the gingival tissue. The present study aimed to establish the etiology and diagnosis of the gingival smile, with the alternative of correcting it with very safe surgical techniques such as gingivectomy. The procedure consists in the elimi...