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Cancer Genet 2021 Apr 2;256-257:26-30. Epub 2021 Apr 2.

Department of Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine, 20 York Street, LCI8, New Haven, CT 06511, United States. Electronic address:

J Neuroimmunol 2021 Mar 31;355:577564. Epub 2021 Mar 31.

Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Electronic address:

Introduction: Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is a rare inflammatory autoimmune disorder of the CNS. Rituximab is used to treat antibody-mediated autoimmune diseases.

Case Presentation: We report the case a patient with NMO, who was treated with rituximab and presented CD20+ T cells by flow cytometry after treatment, later diagnosed with lung B-cell lymphoma. Read More

Int J Surg Case Rep 2021 Apr 6;82:105863. Epub 2021 Apr 6.

Department of Surgery, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Introduction: Non-operative management and minimally invasive surgery reduce the burden of negative laparotomies in patients with penetrating gunshot wounds (GSW). Careful patient selection is key. Although challenging, in experienced hands laparoscopic exploration of the retroperitoneal space can be carried out. Read More

Int J Surg Case Rep 2021 Apr 7;82:105852. Epub 2021 Apr 7.

Donald Gordon Medical Centre, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Electronic address:

Introduction And Importance: Variceal bleeding due to intrahepatic arterioportal fistula is an unusual complication of percutaneous liver biopsy. As majority of variceal bleeding are cirrhotic in origin, the rare occurrence of an acquired intrahepatic arterioportal fistula presents a therapeutic dilemma.

Case Presentation: We report the case of a 57-year-old female with refractory variceal bleeding that occurred six years after a percutaneous liver biopsy. Read More

Int J Surg Case Rep 2021 Apr 8;82:105866. Epub 2021 Apr 8.

Department of Radiology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.

Introduction: Phyllodes tumours are rare breast neoplasms. It is especially rare in pregnancy.

Presentation Of Case: We report a case of a 37-year-old woman with left breast benign phyllodes tumour, which started to grow very fast during pregnancy. Read More

Int J Surg Case Rep 2021 Apr 1;82:105848. Epub 2021 Apr 1.

Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia. Electronic address:

Introduction: The initial management of urethral trauma remains disputed, and there are several suitable techniques, including delayed repair and suprapubic urinary diversion as well as primary endoscopic or open alignments. The treatment choice used depends on the rupture's location and length as well as the accompanying trauma.

Case Presentation: A 33-year-old male patient was referred to the department of emergency, with the chief complaint of inability to void experienced 1 day before being admitted, after falling from a height of approximately three meters. Read More

Cortex 2021 Mar 19;139:134-151. Epub 2021 Mar 19.

IMPACT Team, Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, INSERM, U1028, CNRS, UMR5292, University of Lyon, Bron Cedex, France. Electronic address:

Optimally collecting information and controlling behaviour require that we constantly scan our visual environment through eye movements. How the dynamic interaction between short-lived retinal images and extra-retinal signals of eye motion results in our subjective experience of visual stability remains a major issue in Cognitive Neuroscience. The present study aimed to assess and determine the nature of the contribution of the posterior parietal cortex (PPC) to the saccadic remapping mechanisms which contribute to such perceptual visual constancy. Read More

J Infect Public Health 2021 Feb 9;14(5):668-669. Epub 2021 Feb 9.

Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address:

Leg Med (Tokyo) 2021 Apr 9;51:101879. Epub 2021 Apr 9.

Section of Legal Medicine, Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Italy.

The patient's security and safety represent a topic of great importance for public health that led several healthcare organizations in many Countries to share documents to promote risk management and preventing adverse events. Surgical Fire (SF) is an infrequent adverse event generally occurring in the operating room (OR) and consisting of a fire that occurs in, on, or around a patient undergoing a medical or surgical procedure. Here a medico-legal case involving a 65-year-old woman reporting burns to the neck due to an SF during a thyroidectomy was described. Read More

World Neurosurg 2021 Apr 13. Epub 2021 Apr 13.

NeuroSpine Surgery Research Group (NSURG), Sydney, Australia; Neuro Spine Clinic, Prince of Wales Private Hospital, Randwick, Australia; Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia; Surgical and Orthopaedic Research Laboratories (SORL), Prince of Wales Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Randwick, NSW, Australia. Electronic address:

J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2021 Apr 13. Epub 2021 Apr 13.

Département d'obstétrique et gynécologie, Université de Toronto, Unity Health St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ont.

Int J Infect Dis 2021 Apr 13. Epub 2021 Apr 13.

Department of Cardiology, Thorax Center, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Erasmus MC Transplant Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address:

We describe the first heart transplantation recipient with acute biventricular heart failure symptoms caused by a post-myocarditis state late after a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. No other viral pathogens could be detected, computed tomography angiography did not show cardiac allograft vasculopathy, and myocardial biopsy demonstrated no clinically relevant rejection. Subsequent cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging revealed extensive epicardial delayed enhancement without myocardial edema. Read More

Anaerobe 2021 Apr 13:102366. Epub 2021 Apr 13.

Department of System Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy; Infectious Diseases Clinic, University Hospital "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy. Electronic address:

Gram-positive anaerobic cocci (GPAC) are responsible for 30% of anaerobic infections. Parvimonas micra is an emergent pathogen that is part of the oral and gastrointestinal commensal flora, and its role in several infection processes has recently emerged thanks to the improvement of diagnostic techniques. P. Read More

Gastroenterol Hepatol 2021 Apr 13. Epub 2021 Apr 13.

Hospital Universitario La Paz, Digestivo, Paseo de la Castellana, 261, 28046 Madrid, Spain.

J Pediatr 2021 Apr 13. Epub 2021 Apr 13.

Department of Pediatrics, MacKay Children's Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.

Acta Orthop Belg 2020 Dec;86(4):724-728

Cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA) is a well known treatment for single level cervical disc degeneration. In multi level disc degeneration anterior cervical disc fusion (ACDF) is often combined with a CDA. In this hybrid construction, motion is preserved at the level of the CDA. Read More

Acta Orthop Belg 2020 Dec;86(4):697-701

A 61-year-old man who stretched in the morning presented a rupture of the tibialis anterior tendon treated by extensor hallucis longus transfer. Rupture of the tibialis anterior tendon is rare. Surgical treatment seems to be more efficient in improving the function. Read More

Acta Orthop Belg 2020 Dec;86(4):621-623

Mycobacteriuim kansasii is a nontuberculous atypical mycobacterium which typically causes respiratory infections. Localized extrapulmonary diseases, such as tenosynovitis or arthritis are rarely seen in the immunocompetent population (1) . We present a case of an immunocompromised 55-year-old man with a chronic Mycobacteriuim kansasii tenosynovitis of the hand. Read More

Contact Dermatitis 2021 Apr 16. Epub 2021 Apr 16.

Department of Allergology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan.

Am J Case Rep 2021 Apr 16;22:e930888. Epub 2021 Apr 16.

Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Aurora, CO, USA.

BACKGROUND Rahnella aquatilis is a facultatively anaerobic, gram-negative rod bacterium commonly found in freshwater. There are few cases of bacteremia caused by Rahnella aquatilis in the literature and even fewer cases reported of it causing sepsis in immunocompetent individuals. In this case report, we present a rare case of an immunocompetent individual who developed sepsis secondary to bacteremia caused by Rahnella aquatilis. Read More

JBJS Case Connect 2021 Apr 16;11(2). Epub 2021 Apr 16.

Spine and Orthopaedic Institute, St Vincent Charity Medical Center, Adjunct, Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland State University.

Case: Reconstruction after sacral tumor resection carries a high risk of nonunion and requires a slow return to weight-bearing. A bilateral iliac-crest graft, mobilized on a muscular pedicle, was used to graft and fuse the spine and pelvis after resection of a massive sacral schwannoma. Long-term follow-up and three-dimensional computed tomography imaging demonstrate rapid incorporation and solid fusion, with hypertrophy of the graft struts and excellent return to function. Read More

JBJS Case Connect 2021 Apr 16;11(2). Epub 2021 Apr 16.

Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstrasse, Mainz, Germany.

Case: We report a case of periprosthetic acetabular fracture with pelvic discontinuity (PAFPD) classified Paprosky IIIb around an infected hip resurfacing prosthesis. A 3-stage revision was performed with (1) implants removal and surgical debridement to treat the infection; (2) open reduction and internal fixation using a medial buttress plate to treat pelvic discontinuity; and (3) custom-made total hip replacement with acetabular-ring reinforcement. The patient recovered with excellent clinical and radiographic results at 4-year follow-up. Read More

Breastfeed Med 2021 Apr 16. Epub 2021 Apr 16.

Department of Pediatrics, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, Texas, USA.

Vortioxetine (Trintellix) is a serotonin modulator used in the treatment of major depressive disorder in adults. There are no data presently published on the transfer of vortioxetine into human breast milk. The present study determined the drug concentration-time profile of vortioxetine in milk samples collected from three lactating mothers, two consuming 10 mg once daily and one consuming 20 mg once daily. Read More

J Card Surg 2021 Apr 16. Epub 2021 Apr 16.

Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic poses broad challenges to healthcare systems and providers. The manifestations of this disease are still being described in a variety of different contexts and patient populations.

Results: We report the case of a neonate who demonstrated COVID-19 after surgical correction of transposition of the great arteries. Read More

Clin Drug Investig 2021 Apr 16. Epub 2021 Apr 16.

Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine in Lung Cancer, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital and Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, 106 Zhongshan Er Rd, Guangzhou, 510080, China.

Przegl Epidemiol 2020 ;74(4):644-651

Actinomycosis is one of the greatest 'chameleons' among infectious diseases. It may imitate inflammation, abscess or a neoplasmatic tumor. Moreover, correct diagnosis is even more challenging due to the fact that the disease takes on various forms like: cervicocephalic, abdominal, or affects the reproductive organs. Read More

J Dtsch Dermatol Ges 2021 Apr;19(4):628-630

Institute of Dermatology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.

J Dtsch Dermatol Ges 2021 Apr;19(4):624-627

Dermatology, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.

J Dtsch Dermatol Ges 2021 Apr;19(4):622-623

Division of Dermatology, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.

J Dtsch Dermatol Ges 2021 Apr;19(4):615-617

Klinik für Dermatologie und Allergologie, Universitätsklinikum Ulm.