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J Clin Anesth 2018 Dec 12;54:160-161. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Palo Alto, CA, United States. Electronic address:
Gene 2018 Dec 12. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Department of Thoracic Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Medical College, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi Province, PR China. Electronic address:
Background: Accumulating studies have reported that GLUT1 is aberrantly expressed in lung cancer; nevertheless, the clinicopathologic significance and the prognostic role of GLUT1 still remain controversial. The aim of this meta-analysis was to identify the clinicopathologic and prognostic implications of the GLUT1 expression in lung cancer patients.
Materials And Methods: Databases with literature published in English, including Cochrane Library, Embase, Web of Science, and PubMed, and the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and WanFang database in Chinese were searched comprehensively for relevant studies in August 2017. Read More
J Control Release 2018 Dec 12. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. Electronic address:
Albumin is a highly successful tool of drug delivery providing drastically extended body and blood residence time for the associated cargo, but it only traffics single drug copies at a time. In turn, macromolecular prodrugs (MP) are advantaged in carrying a high drug payload but offering only a modest extension of residence time to the conjugated drugs. In this work, we engineer MP to contain terminal groups that bind to albumin via non-covalent association and reveal that this facile measure affords a significant protraction for the associated polymers. Read More
Arch Biochem Biophys 2018 Dec 12. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, 127 Changle West Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710032, China. Electronic address:
Severe inflammation may lead to multiple organs dysfunction syndrome, which has a high mortality. MicroRNA is found participated in this process. In this study we developed a lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation cell model on macrophages and a lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation mouse model. Read More
Head Neck 2018 Dec 15. Epub 2018 Dec 15.
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery and Audiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Background: Electrochemotherapy is an established treatment for cutaneous tumors. This study aimed at determining efficacy of electrochemotherapy in recurrent head and neck cancer.
Methods: Phase II clinical trial in patients with recurrent head and neck carcinomas with no curative treatment options. Read More
J Cutan Pathol 2018 Dec 14. Epub 2018 Dec 14.
Hospital of the University of Pennsvylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Background: Cutaneous focal mucinosis (CFM), or focal dermal mucinosis, is a benign reactive process categorized as a primary mucinosis. Skin biopsy is essential for diagnosis, as the clinical appearance is often non-specific. Follicular induction is a phenomenon whereby the epidermis is induced by an underlying process to form primitive or mature hair follicles, and is commonly seen overlying dermatofibromas. Read More
J Cutan Pathol 2018 Dec 14. Epub 2018 Dec 14.
Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Background: BRAF inhibition has improved overall survival in patients with BRAF mutant melanoma but this is associated with a range of known and predictable cutaneous side effects, including squamous cell carcinomas associated with RAS mutations.
Methods: We identified three severely dysplastic nevi, one atypical intraepidermal melanocytic proliferation, and four melanoma in situ lesions, newly arising in four patients undergoing treatment with vemurafenib. To characterize mutations in these atypical melanocytic lesions, we used a custom iPlex panel detecting 74 mutations in 13 genes known to play a role in melanoma pathogenesis. Read More
J Cutan Pathol 2018 Dec 14. Epub 2018 Dec 14.
Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, University Medical Center Graz, Austria.
Primary cutaneous acral CD8 T-cell lymphoma (acral CD8 TCL) is a rare, clinically indolent lymphoma that is classified as provisional entity in the 2016 revision of the WHO classification of tumors of hematopoietic and lymphoid tissue (1-3). This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Read More
Sci Rep 2018 Dec 14;8(1):17963. Epub 2018 Dec 14.
Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
A correction to this article has been published and is linked from the HTML and PDF versions of this paper. The error has been fixed in the paper. Read More
Ann Rheum Dis 2018 Dec 14. Epub 2018 Dec 14.
Rheumatology Research Group, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
Objective: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic inflammatory arthritis affecting up to 30% of patients with psoriasis (Ps). To date, most of the known risk loci for PsA are shared with Ps, and identifying disease-specific variation has proven very challenging. The objective of the present study was to identify genetic variation specific for PsA. Read More
Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol 2018 Dec 11. Epub 2018 Dec 11.
Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, España.
Rev Med Interne 2018 Dec 11. Epub 2018 Dec 11.
Service d'hématologie-oncologie, CHU Brugmann, 4, place Arthur Van Gehuchten, 1020 Bruxelles, Belgique.
Introduction: Sweet's syndrome is an acute neutrophilic dermatosis characterized by abrupt onset of skin lesions accompanied by fever, arthralgia, leukocytosis and diffuse neutrophilic infiltration of the dermis, as well as an excellent response to corticosteroid therapy.
Case Report: A 46-year-old patient with myelodysplastic syndrome was admitted for chemotherapy. On the eighth day of chemotherapy, he received a single dose of pegfilgrastim. Read More
Biomed Pharmacother 2019 Jan 13;109:1437-1444. Epub 2018 Nov 13.
Division of Chemotherapy, Kindai University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kowakae 3-4-1, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka 577-8502, Japan. Electronic address:
CCR4 is a chemokine receptor highly expressed by Th2 cells, and regarded as a potential therapeutic target for atopic dermatitis (AD). CCL17 and CCL22 are the CCR4 ligands, and thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) is shown to promote the expression of CCL17 and CCL22 by dendritic cells. Here, by using dibutyl phthalate (DBP), a TSLP inducer, and a hydrogel patch as a transcutaneous delivery device for ovalbumin, we developed a novel murine AD model and investigated the effect of Compound 22, a CCR4 antagonist. Read More
Biomed Pharmacother 2019 Jan 9;109:1268-1275. Epub 2018 Nov 9.
Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China. Electronic address:
Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) possess promising therapeutic effects and have been considered as a highly desirable agent for tissue injury treatment. However, little survived cells after transplanting due to severe relocated conditions (characterized by prolonged hypoxia and oxidative stress) lead to hampered benefits of BMSCs-based cell therapy. Curcumin, a natural dietary product, has attracted increasing attention owing to its profound pharmacologic properties. Read More
Pharmacol Res 2018 Dec 11. Epub 2018 Dec 11.
Skin Biology Group, Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology Department, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address:
Melanoma accounts for only 4% of malignant neoplasms of the skin, but is considered the most serious because it is highly deadly. Mutations in the MAPK (Ras-Raf-MEK-ERK) pathway is closely linked to the lack of control of cell proliferation. Especially in melanoma, this pathway has become a target for the development of oncogene-targeted therapies, such as the potent inhibitors of v-Raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B (BRAFi) and mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEKi). Read More
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2018 Dec 14;12(12):e0006986. Epub 2018 Dec 14.
Unidad Clínica de Leishmaniasis, Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM), Cali, Colombia.
Background: Case management in children with cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is mainly based on studies performed in adults. We aimed to determine the efficacy and harms of interventions to treat CL in children.
Methods: We conducted a systematic review of clinical trials and cohort studies, assessing treatments of CL in children (≤12 years old). Read More
Dermatol Surg 2018 Dec 13. Epub 2018 Dec 13.
Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Department of Dermatology, University of California, Irvine, California Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Department of Dermatology, University of California, Irvine, California.
Isr Med Assoc J 2018 Dec;20(12):731-736
Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Background: Nasal device-related pressure ulcers are scarcely addressed in the literature.
Objectives: To assess the prevalence and severity of cutaneous and mucosal nasogastric tube (NGT)-associated pressure ulcers (PU) in critically ill patients and to define predictors for their formation.
Methods: A single center observational study of intensive care unit patients with a NGT for more than 48 hours was conducted. Read More
Clin Otolaryngol 2018 Dec 14. Epub 2018 Dec 14.
Department of Maxillo-Facial Surgery, University Hospital of Amiens, Avenue Laennec, 80000, Amiens, France.
Experiment based on the conviction of a biological dimension of reconstructive surgery where the contribution of a vascularized transplant within irradiated tissue constitutes a physiological response to hypoxia, hypocellularity and hypovascularization characteristic of osteoradionecrotic injury. Between 1992 and 2013, 119 osteoradionecrotic lesions were treated requiring 125 free flaps. Revascularization surgery efficiency rate during the study period of 94%. Read More
Dermatol Ther 2018 Dec 14:e12804. Epub 2018 Dec 14.
Cutaneous Lymphoma Program, Toni Stephenson Lymphoma Center, City of Hope, Duarte, CA.
Cutaneous T-cell lymphomas (CTCL) are a relatively rare and heterogeneous group of non-Hodgkin lymphomas that typically present in the skin. The majority of patients with CTCL experience pruritus, which can interfere with daily activities, significantly impact quality of life, and is typically uncontrolled by standard anti-itch therapies. Several lymphoma treatments have reported anti-pruritic effects including romidepsin, a potent class 1 selective histone deacetylase inhibitor approved for the treatment of patients with CTCL who have had at least 1 prior systemic therapy. Read More
Int J Rheum Dis 2018 Nov 22. Epub 2018 Nov 22.
Department of Rheumatology, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Aim: To investigate whether any patient or treatment characteristics are associated with the development of rheumatic immune-related adverse events (irAEs) following programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) inhibitor therapy for cancer.
Method: This was a retrospective chart review of all patients who were dispensed nivolumab or pembrolizumab at a single center before 1 January, 2017, with follow-up until 1 July, 2017. Patients with any diagnosis of a non-cutaneous irAE were identified, regardless of severity, and rheumatic irAEs were characterized. Read More
J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol 2018 Dec 14. Epub 2018 Dec 14.
Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, and Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Introduction: We report the outcomes of using a combination of cetuximab with radiation therapy (Cetux-RT) to treat a selected group of patients with locally advanced (unresectable) cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (LA-cSCC). This study presents two-year efficacy and safety data for 8 patients with LA-cSCC treated within a single institution.
Methods: Between 2014 and 2017 a total of eight patients (seven males, one female) with LA-cSCC received curative intent treatment with Cetux-RT. Read More
J Fish Biol 2018 Dec 13. Epub 2018 Dec 13.
Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
We made anatomical and physiological observations of the breathing mechanisms in Pacific hagfish Eptatretus stoutii, with measurements of nostril flow and pressure, mouth and pharyngo-cutaneous duct (PCD) pressure and velum and heart impedance and observations of dye flow patterns. Resting animals frequently exhibit spontaneous apnea. During normal breathing, water flow is continuous at a high rate (~125 ml kg min at 12°C) powered by a two-phase unidirectional pumping system with a fast suction pump (the velum, ~ 22 min ) for inhalation through the single nostril and a much slower force pump (gill pouches and PCD ~ 4. Read More
Transpl Infect Dis 2018 Dec 13:e13039. Epub 2018 Dec 13.
Department of Hematology, AZ Delta Roeselare.
Mucormycosis is an aggressive invasive fungal infection that occurs rarely in immunocompetent but frequently in immunocompromised patients. We present a case of a 68-year old patient with cutaneous mucormycosis due to Rhizopus pusillus. He was initially hospitalized for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and diabetes mellitus secondary to acute graft-versus-host treatment with glucocorticoids after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for acute myeloid leukemia. Read More
J Surg Oncol 2018 Dec 12. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Oncology Center, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil.
New therapeutic modalities for melanoma promise benefit in selected individuals. Efficacy appears greater in patients with lower tumor burden, suggesting an important role for risk-stratified surveillance. Robust predictive markers might permit optimization of agent to patient, while low-risk prognostic markers might guide more conservative management. Read More
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2018 Dec 12. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Objective: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is associated with increased obesity with a greater propensity to weight gain and a lack of sustainable lifestyle interventions. Altered brown adipose tissue (BAT) thermogenesis is a potential contributor to obesity in PCOS. BAT activity and modulation has not been studied in PCOS. Read More
Vet Med Sci 2018 Dec 12. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Synergy Animal General Hospital, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan.
A 5-year-old, spayed female French Bulldog presented with multiple papules on the skin of the scapular area. Histopathological examination of punch biopsy samples revealed dense infiltration of small lymphoid cells in the superficial dermis and in areas surrounding hair follicles. Immunohistochemical analysis indicated that these cells were positive for CD3, CD4, and TCRαβ, but negative for CD1c, CD8α, CD8β, CD11c, CD20, CD45RA, CD90, MHC-II, and TCRγδ. Read More
Pediatr Dermatol 2018 Dec 11. Epub 2018 Dec 11.
Department of Dermatology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Primary cutaneous CD4+ small- to medium-sized pleomorphic T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder (PCSM-LPD) is a rare and low-grade form of cutaneous T-cell proliferation with the average age of diagnosis of 54 years. Because of its rarity, the etiology or exact clinicopathology of PCSM-LPD remains unclear, with < 10 pediatric cases reported. A 13-year-old boy presented to our clinic with a raised tumor with PCSM-LPD histology and was successfully treated with ultra-low-dose radiation therapy. Read More
J Vet Intern Med 2018 Dec 12. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Clinic for Ruminants, Nantes, France.
Actinobacillosis usually is a sporadic infection that affects the tongue in cattle ("wooden tongue") with possible spread to the digestive tract. Two 4-year-old Rouge-des-Prés cows from a single French beef herd were referred for chronic (2-6 months) swelling and cutaneous nodules in the distal hind limbs. In addition to cutaneous signs, physical examination disclosed cachexia, lameness, lymphadenitis of the hind limbs, and pneumonia in both cows. Read More
J Cell Biochem 2018 Dec 11. Epub 2018 Dec 11.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, PPGBtox, CCNE, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
Purpose: We hypothesized that vitamin D decreases rates of adenosine formation in human cutaneous melanoma cells through the inhibition of extracellular adenosine 5'-triphosphate breakdown, thereby affecting tumor cell viability. Therefore, the objective of this study was to explore the mechanisms of action of 1α, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH) D3) on the activity and expression of ectonucleotidases in cutaneous melanoma cells.
Methods: A human melanoma cell line, SK-Mel-28, was treated with 1 to 50 nM of the active vitamin D metabolite (1,25(OH) D3) over 24 hours, followed by determination of NTPDase1/CD39 and ecto-5'-nucleotidase/CD73 activity and expression rates of the purinergic system-related NTPDASE1, NT5E and adenosine deaminase and vitamin D receptor. Read More
Int J Dermatol 2018 Dec 11. Epub 2018 Dec 11.
Department of Dermatology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan.
Pigment Cell Melanoma Res 2018 Dec 7. Epub 2018 Dec 7.
Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, German.
Mosaic RASopathies constitute a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of non-inherited congenital (neuro)cutaneous disorders caused by postzygotic mutations in genes encoding components of the RAS-MAPK signaling pathway (Luo & Tsao, 2014). There are striking genotype-phenotype correlations within this group but also clinical features overlapping between distinct disorders. Congenital melanocytic nevi (CMN) are the most common lesions falling into the category of mosaic RASopathies. Read More
Pigment Cell Melanoma Res 2018 Dec 7. Epub 2018 Dec 7.
Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL.
MITF and MYC are well-known oncoproteins and members of the basic helix-loop-helix leucine zipper (bHLH-Zip) family of transcription factors (TFs) recognizing hexamer E-box motifs. MITF and MYC not only share the core binding motif, but are also the two most highly expressed bHLH-Zip transcription factors in melanocytes, raising the possibility that they may compete for the same binding sites in select oncogenic targets. Mechanisms determining the distinct and potentially overlapping binding modes of these critical oncoproteins remain uncharacterized. Read More
P R Health Sci J 2018 Dec;37(4):187-194
Third-year medical student, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR.
Chikungunya fever (CHIKF) is a re-emerging mosquito-borne disease caused by a virus endemic to Africa and Asia. Due to the ease with which its vectors propagate, the virus has spread to India and Europe, and more recently it arrived to the Caribbean, eventually extending into North, Central, and South America. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the most common clinical manifestations are abrupt fever, polyarthralgia, headache, maculopapular rash, myalgia, and nausea/vomiting. Read More
Dermatol Ther (Heidelb) 2018 Dec 13. Epub 2018 Dec 13.
Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1475 NW 12th Ave. Suite 2175, Miami, FL, 33136, USA.
People commonly inquire about vitamin and mineral supplementation and diet as a means to prevent or manage dermatological diseases and, in particular, hair loss. Answering these queries is frequently challenging, given the enormous and conflicting evidence that exists on this subject. There are several reasons to suspect a role for micronutrients in non-scarring alopecia. Read More
Mol Clin Oncol 2018 Dec 1;9(6):635-639. Epub 2018 Oct 1.
Department of Oncology, University of Florence, I-50134 Florence, Italy.
The majority of patients with ovarian cancer will experience relapse and thus require second-line therapy. While platinum-based therapies are the primary treatments for refractory disease other options are required, particularly for those with partially platinum-sensitive disease as their response rates are lower. Agents that can resensitize relapsed ovarian cancers to platinum, including trabectedin, are therefore of increasing interest. Read More
Inflamm Regen 2018 7;38:31. Epub 2018 Dec 7.
1Laboratory of Microenvironmental and Metabolic Health Science, Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655 Japan.
The skin represents one of the tissues that are most profoundly influenced by alterations in the quality of lipids (lipoquality). Lipids not only constitute cellular membranes, but also serve as bioactive lipid mediators and essential components of the skin barrier. Phospholipase A (PLA) enzymes supply fatty acids and lysophospholipids from membrane phospholipids, thereby variably affecting cutaneous homeostasis. Read More
Nat Commun 2018 Dec 13;9(1):5293. Epub 2018 Dec 13.
Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, 10032, NY, USA.
We used allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) and a mouse multistage cutaneous carcinogenesis model to probe recruitment of bone marrow-derived epithelial cells (BMDECs) in skin tumors initiated with the carcinogen, dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA), and promoted with 12-O-tetradecanolyphorbol-13-acetate (TPA). BMDECs clustered in the lesional epithelium, expressed cytokeratins, proliferated, and stratified. We detected cytokeratin induction in plastic-adherent bone marrow cells (BMCs) cultured in the presence of filter-separated keratinocytes (KCs) and bone morphogenetic protein 5 (BMP5). Read More
J Neurosci 2018 Dec 13. Epub 2018 Dec 13.
Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernández-CSIC, 03550 San Juan de Alicante, Spain
TRPM8 is a polymodal, non-selective cation channel activated by cold temperature and cooling agents that plays a critical role in the detection of environmental cold. We found that TRPM8 is a pharmacological target of tacrolimus (FK506), a macrolide immunosuppressant with several clinical uses, including the treatment of organ rejection following transplants, treatment of atopic dermatitis and dry eye disease. Tacrolimus is an inhibitor of the phosphatase calcineurin, an action shared with cyclosporine. Read More
ISA Trans 2018 Dec 5. Epub 2018 Dec 5.
Tecnológico Nacional de México/CENIDET. Interior Internado Palmira S/N, Col. Palmira. C.P. 62490, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
In this paper, a fractional order Kalman filter (FOKF) is presented, this is based on a system expressed by fractional differential equations according to the Riemann-Liouville definition. In order to get the best fitting of the FOKF, the cuckoo search optimization algorithm (CS) was used. The purpose of using the CS algorithm is to optimize the order of the observer, the fractional Riccati equation and the FOKF tuning parameters. Read More
Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim 2018 Dec 10. Epub 2018 Dec 10.
Servicio de Anestesia y Reanimación, Hospital Universitario Basurto, Bilbao, Vizcaya, España.
Objective: The objective of this study is to determine whether the accomplishment of an interfascial blockade, the blocking of the cutaneous branches of the intercostal nerves in the axillary line (BRILMA) associated with a multimodal analgesic regimen improves post-operative analgesia and allows saving opioids after non-reconstructive surgery of breast.
Material And Methods: A prospective, randomised and simple blind study was conducted on patients that underwent non-reconstructive breast surgery. The patients were randomly assigned to the blocking group, or to the standard post-operative analgesia group (paracetamol and dexketoprofen). Read More
Presse Med 2018 Dec 10. Epub 2018 Dec 10.
University of Helsinki, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Departments of dermatology, allergology and venereology, Meilahdentie 2, PO Box 160, 00029 Helsinki, Finland. Electronic address:
Actas Dermosifiliogr 2018 Dec 10. Epub 2018 Dec 10.
Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada, Fuenlabrada, Madrid, España.
Int J Mol Sci 2018 Dec 7;19(12). Epub 2018 Dec 7.
Department of Chemistry, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 32023, Taiwan.
Animal models play important roles in investigating the pathobiology of cancer, identifying relevant pathways, and developing novel therapeutic tools. Despite rapid progress in the understanding of disease mechanisms and technological advancement in drug discovery, negative trial outcomes are the most frequent incidences during a Phase III trial. Skin cancer is a potential life-threatening disease in humans and might be medically futile when tumors metastasize. Read More
Medicine (Baltimore) 2018 Dec;97(49):e13563
Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Rationale: An association between inflammatory myopathy and malignancy has been recognized particularly in patients positive for anti-transcription intermediary factor 1γ (TIF1γ) antibody. We report a case of anti-TIF1γ antibody positive dermatomyositis (DM) associated with thymic carcinoma which radiographically mimicked benign tumor.
Patient Concerns: A 72-year-old man presented typical characteristic cutaneous manifestations and proximal muscle weakness with elevated levels of myogenic enzymes. Read More
Medicine (Baltimore) 2018 Dec;97(49):e13211
Department of Hematology.
Rationale: Primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma (pcALCL) is a rare subtype of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which is rarely associated with erythema nodosum (EN).
Patient Concerns: A 57-year-old woman complained of recurrent rashes involving her abdomen, back, upper and lower limbs for over 20 years, with severity in symptoms for 2 weeks.
Diagnoses: The first skin biopsy was performed in 2011 in another hospital and she was diagnosed idiopathic EN. Read More
Medicine (Baltimore) 2018 Dec;97(49):e13093
Department of Hematology.
Rationale: Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is a neoplasm of large B lymphoid cells that exhibits diffuse growth patterns. Patients may present with nodal and/or extranodal disease. The most common extranodal site is the gastrointestinal tract, while skin is less common. Read More
J Neurosurg 2018 Dec 1:1-9. Epub 2018 Dec 1.
OBJECTIVEThe results of lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN) decompression to treat idiopathic meralgia paresthetica (iMP) vary widely. Techniques to decompress the LFCN differ, which may affect outcome, but in MP it is unknown to what extent. The authors present a new technique using dynamic decompression and discuss the outcomes. Read More
J Neurosurg 2018 Dec 1:1-9. Epub 2018 Dec 1.
OBJECTIVEMeralgia paresthetica is commonly caused by mechanical entrapment of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN). The entrapment often occurs at the site where the nerve exits the pelvis. Its optimal surgical management remains to be established, partly because the fine architecture of the fascial planes around the LFCN has not been elucidated. Read More
Carcinogenesis 2018 Dec 13. Epub 2018 Dec 13.
Tumor Angiogenesis Unit, Department of Oncology, IRCCS-Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Bergamo, Italy.
Trabectedin is a marine-derived anti-neoplastic drug. Besides targeting the cancer cells, trabectedin has a peculiar activity on the tumor microenvironment with marked effects on the vasculature and the immune response. Since a favorable microenvironment is a key factor in the progression of cutaneous melanoma, we hypothesized that trabectedin might affect the growth and metastasis of this highly aggressive cancer. Read More