Malignant mesothelioma is an aggressive neoplasm that develops in the pleura, peritoneum, pericardium and tunica vaginalis of the testes. Most cases are due to asbestos exposure. The latency period (time between first exposure and diagnosis) is usually 30‐50 years...
A 52‐year‐old Indian female was referred from a hospital to us, because of a cough persisting for three months, shortness of breath, right‐sided chest pain, occasional fever, sleeplessness, loss of appetite and generalised weakness...
Calciphylaxis or calcific Uremic Arteriolopathy (CUA) is a rare (1‐4% of the population with ESRD) but lethal disease that carries high morbidity and mortality [7]. Calciphylaxis is a poorly understood disorder with a pathogenesis yet to be elucidated...
Dialysis disequilibrium syndrome is a complication of dialysis that can vary in presentation and can often go unnoticed. Symptoms vary from mild: nausea, vomiting, headache to severe: Coma, cerebral edema and death...
Aneurysmal benign fibrous histiocytoma is a very rare variant of a cutaneous benign fibrous histiocytoma that is characterised by extensive cystic haemorrhage...
Variant angina, first described by Prinzmetal et al. in 1959, is caused by transient and recurrent coronary spasm, leading to repetitive episodes of transmural myocardial ischemia...
Gynecomastia is defined as the presence of palpable breast tissue in males unior bilaterally. The causes are benign in most cases but a careful diagnostic evaluation should be done since tumoralcauses exist (breast, testicular cancer)...
Intraductal Papillary Neoplasms of the Bile duct (IPNB) are intraductal, exophytic epithelial papillary masses with intrahepatic duct dilatation (Duct‐ectatic type) that can be variably associated with mucus hyper secretion, which erupts either in the main biliary ducts with aneurysmal dilatation...
Actinomycosis is a rare disease caused by anaerobic, gram‐positive non‐spore forming branching filamentous bacteria [1‐3]. Due to it's anaerobic nature, the bacteria is difficult to culture [1]. Actinomycosis is very sensitive to penincillin but often needs a prolonged course of antibiotics of about 4‐ 6 weeks...
The bottle gourd (Lagneria siceraria), popularly known as Lauki/ Ghia/ Dudhi in India, is a commonly used vegetable in Indian cuisine. It is also used by some people as a health tonic to control or to avoid health related problems like diabetes mellitus, weight loss and hypertension...
Primary dentoalveolar ankylosis is a tooth anomaly that can be defined as the anatomic fusion of the radicular cementum of the tooth to the alveolar bone [1]. This pathology causes the retention of the tooth in a determined position...
Movement disorders are a recognised complication of stroke. Reported frequency of involuntary movements following a stroke ranges between 1‐4%...
Peer review is an essential process in any publications refereeing a mutual process that allows evaluating manuscripts submitted to a journal and commented upon by independent research experts within the similar field of research...
Open Access is the free of charge, instant, online availability of research articles, together with the rights to use these articles fully in the digital milieu. It provides unrestricted use and reuse...
Plagiarism is a part of Journalistic ethic where it is considered to be a crime. The act of taking content, writing, statement or an idea that is already published is known as plagiarism. Whenever you consider using any paraphrase, sum up, or take terms, phrases, sentences or statements...