2014 - Volume 2 - Issue 1 Articles
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Case Report | ArticleDecember 16, 2013 | Pages : 205 - 450Abstract A 47 year old man known to have been taking citalopram for several years was admitted with a mixed overdose of methadrone and the newer recreational drug (or ‘legal high’), NRG-3. He displayed signs and symptoms of serotonin syndrome which requir.....
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Case Report | ArticleDecember 16, 2013 | Pages : 205 - 450Abstract The Nathanson retractor is used widely to retract the liver during laparoscopic upper abdominal surgery. Its use has been associated with a transient postoperative rise in liver enzymes which is thought to be clinically insignificant. We report two p.....
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Case Report | ArticleBy Basilios Papaziogas George Paraskevas Ioannis Koutelidakis Panagiotis Tsiaousis Petros Christopoulos Triantafyllos DouliasDecember 16, 2013 | Pages : 205 - 450Abstract Osteogenesis imperfecta is a heterogeneous group of genetic disorders that affect the integrity of the connective tissue. Manifestations of the disease include bone fragility, osteoporosis, dentigenesis imperfecta, blue sclera, easy bruising, joint d.....
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Case Report | ArticleJanuary 21, 2014 | Pages : 205 - 450Abstract Primary hepatic yolk sac tumor is a rare extra-gonadal germ cell tumor in children and adults. Two important differential diagnoses for hepatic tumor in a pediatric patient are hepatocellular carcinoma and hepatoblastoma. A 22-month-old boy presented.....
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Clinical Image | ArticleJanuary 21, 2014 | Pages : 205 - 450Abstract Epiploic appendages are fat filled sacs extending from the serosal surface of the colon into the peritoneum. There are approximately 100 appendices along the length of the colon, with most clustering in the cecal and sigmoid region [1,2]. Epipl.....
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Case Report | ArticleBy Claudia Balsamo Davide Tassinari Filippo Bernardi Filomena Carfagnini Marianna Fabi Michela Maretti Rosalba BergamaschiJanuary 21, 2014 | Pages : 205 - 450Abstract Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute systemic vasculitis of unknown pathogenesis that affects small and medium-size blood vessels. Coronary arterial lesions are the best known KD complications but many others are well known and involve various anatomi.....
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Case Report | ArticleJanuary 21, 2014 | Pages : 205 - 450Abstract A 28 year old woman was administered Mifepristone and Misoprostol combination for 5 weeks pregnancy. She kept having repeated episodes of bleeding per vaginum. She presented to us at 7 weeks of amenorhoea and was diagnosed as a case of caesarean scar.....
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Clinical Image | ArticleJanuary 21, 2014 | Pages : 205 - 450Abstract A 46-year-old Caucasian lady with a background history of previous bilateral uveitis presented with progressive shortness of breath and increase exercise tolerance. She was noted to have nasal dorsal concavity, shortened vertical nasal length a.....
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Case Series | ArticleJanuary 21, 2014 | Pages : 205 - 450Abstract Insulinoma are rare pancreatic islet cell tumors with fasting hypoglycemia due to excessive insulin secretion as the main clinical expression. The treatment of choice is surgery. In the elderly, diagnosis and treatment can be challenging. The elevate.....