Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5734/1510162
Influence of Artificial Aging on the Vickers Hardness of Milled and 3D Printed Provisional Materials
Ana Luiza C Souza, DDS, Jorge Luiz de Oliveira Cruvinel Filho, DDS, MSc and Sicknan Soares da Rocha, DDS, MSc, PhD
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: 2024/02/01
Three resins were tested: Evolux PMMA (milled resin), Cosmos Temp (3D-printed resin) and Structure 2 SC (bis-acrylic resin, as a control). Specimens were prepared in a disc shape (n = 9) and the Vickers hardness was measured under a load of 20 N for 10 s at two time points: 24h and 60 days after storage in distilled water at 37 ℃ in an incubator. The data were analysed using the Shapiro-Wilk test followed by the non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis test (p < 0.05)....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-3634/1410180
Clinical and Sociodermographic Predictors of Poor Quality of Life among Older Type 2 Diabetes Patients Attending the Family Medicine Clinics at a Tertiary Institution in Nigeria
Oluwatuyi EO, Oduniyi OA, Malomo SO, Sodipo OO, Olopade OB, Odunaye-Badmus SO and Odiana RN
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: 2024/01/27
Type 2 Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disease with significant implications on health status and quality of life (QoL) in terms of physical, social, environmental, and psychological well-being. Old age also has a significant influence on QOL, therefore, the impact of diabetes on the QOL of older persons can be more severe. In managing these older diabetics attention needs to be paid to the clinical and sociodemographic factors that may impact their QOL so that these can be modified whe...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510231
Neonatal Hemangioma: Key Role of Physical Assessment
Marta Figueiredo, Leonor Aires Figueiredo, Filipa Cirurgião, Joana Soares, Cristina Claro and Marta Aguiar
Article Type: Medical Image | First Published: 2024/01/31
A male newborn with a gestational age of 39 weeks and 2 days, with appropriate weight for gestational age, was born by eutocic delivery. Pregnancy surveillance was unremarkable, with maternal serologies and obstetric ultrasounds considered normal. In the delivery room, an adherent red-violaceous rounded lesion in the left gluteal region, with hard consistency, peripheral pale halo and telangiectasias, measuring approximately 5 cm, was observed (Figure 1). ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510230
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Inter-Toe Space: A Case Report
Elkhalil El Bakali, Edgar Keby, Youssef Zemmez, Rachid Frikh and Naoufal Hjira
Article Type: Clinical Image | First Published: 2024/01/25
A 73-year-old female patient, without any notable pathological history, who presented with an intertrigo of the 4th inter-toe space of the right foot for 6 years and refractory to antifungal treatment, evolving to a protruding lesion. Clinical examination revealed a bulging nodular lesion, filling the entire 4th inter-toe space, 2 × 1.5 cm in size, with a small ulceration and crusts on the surface and the lesion associated with deep cracking of the inter-toe space (Figure 1a, Figure 1b and Figu...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510229
Recurrent Tongue Hyperpigmentation in Hidradenitis Suppurativa
Palmeiro AG and João Teles-Sousa
Article Type: Clinical Image | First Published: 2024/01/21
The authors present the case of a non-smoker, 40-year-old woman, with hidradenitis suppurativa (IHS4 9). When she presented for deroofing surgery she complained of an asymptomatic dark pigmentation of her tongue. She recalled three similar self-limited episodes, that coincided with doxycycline cycles, but denied a similar reaction when she took minocycline. A diagnosis of hairy black tongue induced by doxycycline was made and the patient was reassured (Figure 1)....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4571/1710057
Navigating Rarity: Extranodal Presentation of Castleman Disease
Kovuri Umadevi, Lavanya Motrapu, Mohd Imran Ali and Rajarikam Nagarjunachary
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: 2024/01/27
Castleman disease (CD) is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder, originally described by Dr. Benjamin Castleman, characterized predominantly by enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes with unknown etiology. While it commonly affects mediastinal lymph nodes, occurrences in neck lymph nodes are less frequent, and presentation in the extremities is exceptionally rare. This report presents a case of a 55-year-old female with a 15-year history of a solitary swelling in her right arm. ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3397/1410162
Idiopathic Jejuno-Jejunal Intussusception in an Adult: A Case Report
Hadeel Yousri Gabr, Abdullah Salah Alharbi, Sallam M Omran and Fahad A Alghamdi
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: 2024/01/25
Adult intussusception is a rare condition, and idiopathic cases are even much more uncommon. We report a case of a 38-year-old female patient who presented with severe abdominal pain, vomiting, and a paraumblical palpable mass. Initial investigations revealed elevated white blood cell count, and low hemoglobin level. Computed tomography (CT) scan confirmed the presence of an intussuscepted jejunal loop with obstructive changes....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-4630/1410170
May Numbers be the Voice of Gods? - May Artificial Intelligence Replace Human Intelligence and Bring Man Back to the Future?
Enrico Giustiniano, MD and Fulvio Nisi, MD
Article Type: Editorial | First Published: 2024/01/19
Knowing the future has been a challenge for humans since the dawn of time. Divination or Mantics is an ancient practice based on the idea that humans could ask gods about the future, and it was practiced in two ways. First, a priest, directly in contact with the divinity, interpreted its objective signs. Second, the 'gods’ will manifest themselves in a more immediate way, through the words uttered by a human figure directly inspired by the god. In both cases, it was a leap of faith, with only ...