Open Access DOI:10.23937/ijor-2017/1710002

Secretory Carcinoma of the Breast: An Elusive Presentation of This Rare Pathology

Joseph Brandt, Jack Morgani, Alan Heimann and Edna Kapenhas

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: November 16, 2017

Since first being noted in the literature in 1966, Secretory Breast Carcinoma (SBC) continues to be better defined in terms of its clinical, histologic, and genetic features. However, its unique presentation can elude seasoned practitioners from making a clinical diagnosis....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5831/1510014

Bayesian Cox Proportional Hazards Model in Survival Analysis of HACE1 Gene with Age at Onset of Alzheimer's Disease

Ke-Sheng Wang, Ying Liu, Shaoqing Gong, Chun Xu, Xin Xie, Liang Wang and Xingguang Luo

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: December 01, 2017

Alzheimer's Disease (AD), the most common form of dementia, is a chronic neurodegenerative disease. The HECT domain and ankyrin repeat containing E3 ubiquitin protein ligase 1 (HACE1) gene is expressed in human brain and may play a role in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3308/1510025

Diet and Nutritional Status of Children with Cow's Milk Protein Allergy, Treated with a Milk-Free Diet

Grazyna Rowicka, Malgorzata Strucinska, Agnieszka Riahi and Halina Weker

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: November 29, 2017

Children with Cow's Milk Protein Allergy (CMPA), treated with a milk-free diet, may be at risk of deficiency of nutrients important for appropriate development. The aim of the study was to evaluate the diets and the nutritional status of children with CMPA....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/iaim-2017/1710003

Main Producers of World Cancer Epidemic

Robert Skopec

Article Type: Review Article | First Published: November 27, 2017

There is a growing amount of the research data confirming the cancer risk associated with cooking starchy foods at high temperatures. In a word, acrylamide is a chemical used in lots of industrial processes, including water purification, or to separation of DNA molecules in experiments....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510079

Ludwig's Angina: A Rapid Radiological and Clinical Nightmare

Fatma Zeynep Arslan, Ayşegul Altunkeser, Bekir Turgut and Hasan Erdogan

Article Type: Image Article | First Published: December 02, 2017

Ludwig's Angina (LA) is a life-threatening emergency disease characterized with mouth floor and submandibular space cellulitis. LA frequently begins from submandibular region first and the tongue is pushed forward. Diabetic patients, immunocompromised conditions such as chronic hepatitis, chronic renal failure....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510078

Elevated Shear Wave Elastography Values as a New Malignancy Criteria Despite Normal Biopsy Results

Fatma Zeynep Arslan, Aysegul Altunkeser, Bekir Turgut and Hasan Erdogan

Article Type: Image Article | First Published: December 01, 2017

Shear Wave Elestography (SWE) is a recently developed technique that enables detailed information on characterization of breast lesions. We reported a case that is elastography findings of breast lesion which is high grade DCIS focus within papilloma in 58-year-old female whose tru-cut biopsy has formerly resulted as benign....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-407X.1510011

Serum Level of Cytokeratin-18/M30 Antigen is Increased in the Cases with Impaired Glucose Tolerance

Solen Himmetoglu, Selin Yuksel, Taner Damcı, Hasan Ilkova and Yildiz Dincer

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: November 22, 2017

Beta cell death by apoptosis is an important mechanism in beta cell dysfunction and development of diabetes. Inhibition of apoptosis may be helpful approach in the prevention of diabetes....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3674/1510030

Rapidly Progressive Fatal Gas Gangrene due to Clostridium Septicum in a Patient with Colon Cancer Revealed by Autopsy

Haruka Kuno, Harumi Gomi, Kazutaka Fukushima, Yukiko Kodama, Taijiro Shirokawa, Kousei Miura, Shijima Taguchi, Norio Takayashiki and Takao Kanai

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: November 24, 2017

Gas gangrene is a rare, life-threatening deep skin infection typically related to contaminated wounds, although it may occur without injury. Non-traumatic gas gangrene due to Clostridium spp. is most commonly caused by Clostridium septicum....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3674/1510029

Successful Treatment of Cerebral Sinus Thrombosis with Edoxaban Alone

Yasushi Shibata

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: November 22, 2017

As initial therapy for cerebral sinus thrombosis, heparin injection and subsequent oral anticoagulant, namely warfarin, has been recommended. We treated a patient with cerebral sinus thrombosis with edoxaban alone as an outpatient. This is the first report of cerebral sinus thrombosis being treated with edoxaban alone....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3516/1410075

Infections in Invasive Pleural Procedures: A Single Centre Experience

Anna Duffy and Avinash Aujayeb

Article Type: Review Article | First Published: November 24, 2017

We are an established pleural centre offering medical thoracoscopy and indwelling pleural catheters. Our infection rates with prophylactic antibiotics were lower than the national average and given the era of antibiotic stewardship and lack of evidence to support the administration, we stopped giving them....