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Sep 2023
Hiroyuki SuzukiCorresponding author
Objectives The number of cases of cyanoacrylate closure (CAC) system for varicose veins has been increasing worldwide. However, as this is a new treatment method, the potential adverse effects and other details remain unclear. In particular, the cause of inflammation in embolized veins is still unde…
Jan 2022 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-5518.jcci-21-3959
Murat EKMEZCorresponding author
COVID-19 epidemic, described as a community health emergency by the World Health Organization, began in December 2019. COVID-19 is a source of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) because of hypercoagulation, blood stasis, and endothelium injury complications. This study reports a 26-year-old pregnant woman w…
Sep 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2470-0436.jos-20-3400
Eman Abo TalebCorresponding author
Aim To compare the efficacy of combined anti-VGEF (IVB) with steroids versus pure anti-VEGF for the treatment of macular edema secondary to retinal vein occlusion (RVO). Methods In this prospective study, 51 eyes were randomized into 2 groups according to treatment of clinically identified macular e…
Nov 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2576-6694.jbbs-17-1748
Ajay NairCorresponding author
Neo-Darwinian natural selection theory indicates that sudden, drastic changes in the environment place selective pressure on genetic variants in a population. As time progresses, this pressure sculpts individuals to better fit this new environment. Waddington’s classic experiment was repeated using…
Apr 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2470-5020.jnrt-17-1425
Damelan KombateCorresponding author
University of Lome (Togo)
Lemierre’s syndrome is rare jugular thrombosis associated with an oropharyngeal infection. The jugular thrombosis is from septic origin. This often happens in young males subjects. We described Lemierre’s syndrome in a 46 year-old man with a chronic ethmoidal sinusitis associated to the left jugular…
Oct 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2574-4526.jddd-16-1153
Umair MasoodCorresponding author
A 69 year old female with a history of pancreatic mucinous cystadenoma (treated with Whipple procedure) and recently presumed liver cirrhosis presented to the hospital with melanotic stools. The source of the bleeding was initially thought to be secondary to upper gastrointestinal (GI) varices due t…
Jun 2015 DOI 10.14302/issn.2470-0436.jos-14-528
Sanjay SrinivasanCorresponding author
Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore
A previously healthy 25 year old Chinese male presented with left eye blurring of vision and was diagnosed to have left eye branch retinal vein occlusion. Initial blood investigations and thrombophilia screen were negative. The patient subsequently improved with observation and conservative manageme…
May 2015 DOI 10.14302/issn.2470-0436.jos-14-527
Srinivasan SanjayCorresponding author
A 66 year old Chinese male with a medical history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus and hepatitis B carrier was diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma in 2009. He underwent treatment with selective internal radiation spheres and sorafenib, and multiple cycles of chemotherapeutic agents such as bev…
Oct 2024 DOI 10.14302/issn.2691-5014.jphn-24-5310
Gihad AlsaeedCorresponding author
Cystic neck masses are uncommon in children, and a minority of them are soft. Internal jugular vein phlebectasia (IJVP) is a rare cause of soft neck cysts. It presents usually as a unilateral soft neck mass of changing size. In most cases it is unilateral, right sided and predominantly in males. Ima…
Jan 2024 DOI 10.14302/issn.2328-0182.japst-23-4771
Yilkal Tariku BelayCorresponding author
Background Immunoglobulins are bio-receptors found embedded in the cell membrane with a biological role that detects the harmful molecules of a test compound. These bio-receptors interface between a biological system and its external environment that transduce information to the effector via interme…
Aug 2023 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-23-4679
Tomiko RyuCorresponding author
Vaccination against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Co V-2) has contributed to control of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). On the other side, vaccination of SARS-CoV-2 could trigger autoimmune or inflammatory diseases. We present a 50-year-old female with well-controlle…
Nov 2020
Vladimir Leonidovich MartynovCorresponding author
(doctor of medical sciences, professor of the department of physiology and anatomy of the Nizhny Novgorod State University named after N.I. Lobachevsky) Kazarina Natalya Vladimirovna, resident doctor
Currently, there is a paradoxical situation where the dominant opinion in medicine recognizes the harmfulness of dysfunction of such barrier structures as the cardia, pylorus, sphincter of Oddi, heart valves, valves of the veins of the lower extremities, etc., but ignores the failure of the ileoceca…
Sep 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2471-2175.jdrt-20-3511
Anubha BajajCorresponding author
Intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia is an exceptional, benign, inflammatory, vascular neoplasm delineating papillary configuration engendered from reactive proliferation of damaged endothelial cells, while being confined to a thrombus. Initially scripted by Pierre Mason in 1923, the tume…
Oct 2018 DOI 10.14302/issn.2577-2279.ijha-18-2384
Abdelmonem A. HegazyCorresponding author
Background: Oral ingestion of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnONPs) may lead to serious liver injury. Vitamin E (VE) is an important antioxidant factor that can reduce such damage. Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the possible changes that could take place in the liver of adult male albino rats after o…
Aug 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-8572.joa-17-1672
Pelin Ozcan KaraCorresponding author
Accurate diagnosis of tumor thrombus and distinguishing benign thrombus from tumor thrombus avoid unnecessary anticoagulant treatment of oncological patients and it is important for patient management. In this case report, the role of FDG PET/CT in the presentation of a suspicious tumor thrombus in…
Jul 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-16-1067
Nikhil NanavatiCorresponding author
Aim Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in hospital with orthopaedic surgery already an established risk factor. This study aims to establish the length of time that a patient is at risk of sustaining a VTE post orthopaedic surgery. Method A retrospective case…