A 65-year-old man was hospitalized for tumor progression. He was undergoing for 20 months chemotherapy (irinotecan and 5 fluorouracile) combined with bevacizumab for metastatic (pulmonary and hepatic) rectal cancer (Lieberkühnien adenocarcinoma)...
A 49-year-old with a past history of breast and thyroid cancer, presented to the dermatology clinic with a two years history of a nail distrophy and pain on her left thumb fingernail, especially when pressed with a sharp object. On physical and dermoscopic examination, increased Lovibond angle (Figures 1A and 1B), proximal erythronychia, distal onycholysis and subungual hyperkeratosis were observed (Figure 1C)...
Gallbladder herniation is an uncommon event. Most case reports describe a parastomal, incisional or lesser sac location of the herniated gallbladder [1-3]. Since the first case of gallbladder herniation (lesser sac) was reported by McGrea [4] in 1951...
We report a case of 51-year-old male patient, who is treated for a rheumatoid arthritis and presented with swelling and pain of the right calf. At least a year before consulting, he noticed the swelling that was growing, with some mild pain, thinking that his symptoms were related to his rheumatoid arthritis...
The incidence of skin tumors has increased dramatically worldwide in the last decade. Their conventional treatment is surgical removal. Facial reconstructions can be divided into four methods: primary closure, wound healing, skin grafts, and flap reconstruction...
Congenital venous malformations (VMs) are the most common vascular malformation. They are characterized as slow-flow vascular malformations, and have an estimated incidence of 1–5 in 10,000 births and a prevalence of 1%...
Health-care Associated Infections (HAIs) occur in every health care institution, in every country, both developed and developing, and affect 1.4 million patients per year worldwide [1]. HAIs result in higher rates of morbidity and mortality, prolonged hospital stays, long-term disability, increased resistance...
Tarlov cyst or perineural cyst, is a local dilation of the subarachnoid space filled with cerebrospinal fluid, forming in contact with a nerve root, most often sacral, in the transition zone between arachnoid and perineurium. It is most often asymptomatic and is discovered incidentally during radiological examinations, and it can cause neurological symptoms when it increases in size...
The pancreas develops from the primitive gut through two outlines, dorsal (the most important) and ventral.
It is an exocrine but also an endocrine gland. The exocrine part is the most voluminous. It is a tubulo-acinar gland. The endocrine part is represented by islets of Langerhans disseminated in the parenchyma, predominantly in the tail....
Brucellosis is characterized by Brucella species, a gram-negative coccobacillus that is oxidase positive, encapsulated, and immobile in domestic animals. The Brucella species, M. tuberculosis, C. burnetii and endemic fungus are all related to epidemiologic variables...
The lipoma is the most common neoplasm of mesenchymal origin, but only 13% occur in the head and neck region, with the majority occurring subcutaneously in the posterior neck, they can appear in the anterior neck, infratemporal fossa, and in or near the oral cavity, throat, larynx, and parotid gland on rare occasions...
Respiratory bronchiolitis-interstitial lung disease (RB-ILD) is classified as smoking-related diffuse parenchymal lung disease. Most patients with RB-ILD are current or former cigarette smokers, suggesting that cigarette smoking plays a crucial role in the aetiology...
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...
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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...