Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-567X/1510054

Two Cases with Kawasaki Diseases and Adenoviral Infection: An Etiology or Association?

Tuba Giray, MD, Suat Biçer, MD, Ahmet Saç, Yiğit Moğol, Öznur Küçük, Defne Çöl, Zerrin Yalvaç and Yeşim Gürol, MD

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: May 27, 2019

Although etiology of Kawasaki disease has not been precisely determined, it has been speculated that there was an association with a variety of bacterial and viral agents because of the seasonality of this disease. Some viruses including human adenovirus have been isolated from patients with Kawasaki Disease. Adenoviral infection may mimic Kawasaki disease clinically but it may also be detected in patients with Kawasaki disease....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-4053.1510021

Tactile Hallucinations in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient in Use of Agomelatine, Painkiller and Methotrexate, Case Report and Possible Mechanisms

Natalia Pinho de Oliveira Ribeiro, Alexandre Rafael de Mello Schier, Christina Maria Pinho de Oliveira and Adriana Cardoso Silva

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: May 27, 2019

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease. RA patients may undertake traditional therapy with antidepressants to control the depressive symptoms and to reduce their pain levels. This is the case of a patient with RA who presented with tactile hallucinations. On the second day of the pain crisis, the RA patient used agomelatine and a painkiller and showed symptoms of tactile hallucination. This is the first report of tactile hallucinations in this context....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-9004/1410149

Silver Russel Syndrome and Pregnancy

Juliana Barroso Zimmermmann, Adrianne Maria Berno de Rezende Duarte, Alexander Cangussu Silva, Patrícia de Oliveira Lima, Sophia Helena Batalha, Caroline Souza e Silva, Isadora Marinho de Sousa Bechtlufft, Analu Brito Mendes, Fernanda Coelho Ataydes Seabra, Júlia Alcântara Costa, Ana Clara Furtado Andreatta, Victória da Silva Coelho, Júlia Machado Azevedo de Freitas, Jorge Silveira Júnior, Isabela Rufini Gonçalves, Clarissa Rocha Panconi and André Luiz J

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: May 27, 2019

Silver-Russell syndrome is characterized by decreased intrauterine and postnatal growth, facial dysmorphia (triangular face), clinodactyly of the fifth finger, eating problems and body asymmetry, with a frequency of 1:50,000 to 1:100,000 live births. There are reports of rare familial cases with dominant autosomal, recessive autosomal and/or linked to the X and also of unknown etiology. ...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-9004/1410148

Serum Transaminases Elevations to Predict Adverse Outcomes of Preeclampsia

Elkhoudri N, Fatima Zahra Marhoume, Amor H and Baali A

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: May 27, 2019

Eclampsia is characterized clinically by hypertension, edema, proteinuria, and seizures in women during the second half of pregnancy or in the immediate postpartum period. The pathophysiology remains unclear. One proposed mechanism is that cerebral vasospasm induced by severe hypertension results in ischemia and consequent cytotoxic edema. This is supported by angiographic findings of diffuse or focal vasospasm and by infarctions in some patients....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-9004/1410147

Prognostic Factors for Secondary Cytoreductive Surgery in Recurrent Ovarian Cancer

Alice Savescu, IrinaBalescu, and Nicolae Bacalbasa

Article Type: Review Article | First Published: May 27, 2019

Ovarian cancer is an aggressive and lethal gynaecologic malignant disease with high capacity of relapse even if complete cytoreductive surgery is performed at the moment of the initial diagnosis. Once the relapses occur large studies focused on the subject of the best therapeutic protocol in order to achieve a good control of the disease. This is a literature review of the studies focused on this topic....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/IASAR-2017/1710003

Population Drinking and Gender Gap in Tuberculosis Mortality in Russia

Razvodovsky YE

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: May 25, 2019

Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of mortality from infectious diseases in many countries. To date, there has not been a satisfactory explanation for the gender imbalance in the prevalence and mortality from tuberculosis. The gender differences in tuberculosis mortality in Russia are among the highest in the world....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4563/1710013

Prostatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: An Unusual Subtype of Prostate Cancer

Dinesh Kumar, MBBS, MS and John Lobo, MD

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: May 25, 2019

Ductal adenocarcinoma of the prostate (DAP) is defined as malignant epithelial cells filling large prostatic acini ducts, with preservation of basal cells forming either solid or dense cribriform patterns or a loose cribriform or micropapillary pattern with either marked nuclear atypia (nuclear size six times normal or larger) or Nonfocal comedonecrosis. DAP is a rare variant of prostate cancer, and has poorly-identified clinical characteristics....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3308.1510040

Anaphylaxis to Water Caltrop (Singoda Flour): A Case Report

Omar E Mohamed, Toni Osborne, Jane Heslegrave and Mamidipudi Thirumala Krishna

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: May 25, 2019

A 57-year-old gentleman of an Asian background developed generalised urticaria, breathlessness and loss of consciousness following ingestion of Singoda flour (water caltrop flour). He was successfully resuscitated with adrenaline, chlorpheniramine and hydrocortisone. Acute mast cell tryptase was elevated and the skin prick test to water caltrop seed was positive. ...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3308.1510039

Anti-IgE (Omalizumab) in the Management of ABPA among Cystic Fibrosis Patients: An Alternative to Steroid Treatment?

Marianne Skov

Article Type: Short Communication | First Published: May 25, 2019

Airway colonization with Aspergillus species, typically A. fumigatus, is frequent among cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. A subgroup of the patients develops allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) - an immunological reaction directed against the fungal infection with serious clinical consequences for the patients. Between one and 15% of the CF population is reported to be affected by ABPA....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5793/1510102

Quality Care and the Soul of the Physician

Stephen Muse, PhD

Article Type: Short Note | First Published: May 24, 2019

Quality care for the patient is the source of vocational satisfaction and also a measure of physician well-being. Both are impacted positively by the spiritual life of physicians which contributes significantly to resiliency in the midst of current stresses in medical care. Additionally, a majority of patients identify spiritually integrated care as desirable in their physician's treatment. The author examines qualities of vulnerability, humility and compassion integral to the person of the phys...