Hernia Causing Ureteral Obstruction With Hydronephrosis and Subsequent Urinary Tract Infection and Sepsis.

Inguinal hernias are common anatomic defects, especially among men. Complications of inguinal hernias include incarceration, but incarcerated hernias rarely cause other disturbances. An 86-year-old man with a history of chronic kidney disease (stage IIIb) presented with recurrent urinary tract infections and acute kidney injury with sepsis.

Delayed Diagnosis of Colonic Adenocarcinoma in a 30-Year-Old Postpartum Woman Misdiagnosed with HELLP Syndrome.

Colon cancer is a rare diagnosis in 30-year-old women, which may be further complicated by their concurrent gravid status. Several physiological changes that occur during an intrauterine pregnancy (IUP) can mask symptoms of early colon cancer. Our patient was a 30-year-old, Gravida 2, Para 0 woman with an uncomplicated pregnancy until the 35 week of gestation when she developed preeclampsia and symptoms suggestive of early hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelet (HELLP) syndrome.

Radiation characterisation and dosimetric measurements of a femtosecond pulsed laser ablation system.

This work describes the radiation characterisation and dosimetric measurements performed on the low-energy micromachining station of the femtosecond STELA (Santiago TErawatt LAser) at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain). For this aim, ionisation chambers, solid state detectors, and radiochromic films were used. The results show the emission of pulsed x-ray produced by laser-accelerated electrons from the ablated material exhibiting both bremsstrahlung and characteristic radiation.