AbstractThis case highlights the perioperative considerations of a patient with a pheochromocytoma, prior pneumonectomy, and severe mitral valve regurgitation presenting for adrenalectomy. Adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma carries risks, particularly in pat.....
AbstractIntroduction: Patients diagnosed with cancer may experience a myriad of difficulties secondary to the malignancy itself and treatments received. Such patients may undergo intensive inpatient rehabilitation therapy to improve functionality and indepen.....
AbstractBackground: Soil transmitted helminthes (STHs) infections are among the most common infection mostly affects the poorest and most deprived community. Anemia caused by STH infection becomes most frequent complication related to pregnancy. Ascaris lumb.....
AbstractBackground: Intake of glucocorticoids (GCs) may result in iatrogenic Cushing’s syndrome.
Objective: To describe a case of severe iatrogenic Cushing’s syndrome caused by administration of a non-prescription drug adulterated with dexamethasone, an.....
AbstractSalt iodization is recommended by the WHO as a strategy to eradicate iodine deficiency disorders [1]. The second survey on iodine nutrition performed by the Italian National Observatory for Monitoring Iodine Prophylaxis (OSNAMI) at the Italian Nation.....
AbstractWe report a case of traumatic intracranial aneurysm (TICA) in a 9-year-old boy who sustained a closed traumatic head injury and presented with signs and symptoms of intracranial hemorrhage complicated with high intracranial pressure (ICP) associated .....
AbstractThe Autoimmune Syndrome induced by adjuvants (ASIA syndrome) is a recently defined entity. In 2011 Shoenfeld and Agmon-Levin described the occurrence of autoimmune events that were the result of an immune response to adjuvants [1]. Such conditions ap.....
AbstractCancer patients are at higher risk to develop severe COVID-19 forms. SARS-CoV-2 reinfection occurred during the current pandemic period. Thanks to previous studies, we know that the number of patients who need to hospitalization in intensive care uni.....
AbstractBlindness following facial trauma is a rare but serious complication. Traumatic optic neuropathy (TON) is a condition in which vision loss is due to direct or indirect trauma to the optic nerve. Here we present a case of a 30-year-old female that was.....
AbstractBackground: A protein kinase domain, a Rhodanase-like domain, and the Tre-2/Bub2/Cdc16 (TBC) domain are all encoded by the TBCK gene. By modulating the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway, the encoded protein is hypothesized to pla.....
AbstractFluoroquinolone antibiotics are known to cause spontaneous tendinopathy and tendon rupture. Fluoroquinolones are not widely appreciated to cause neuropathy. Presented is a case of isolated motor neuropathy with prominent weakness and fasciculations c.....
AbstractWe present a case of a 24-year-old gravida 2, para 1 woman at an unknown gestational age with an omental ectopic pregnancy. She had started bleeding three weeks prior and she assumed that was her last menstrual period. Initial working diagnosis was a.....