Overcoming the Odds: Successful Treatment of Disseminated Mucormycosis with Gastrointestinal and Jaw Involvement in a Patient with Acute Myeloid Leukemia.

Disseminated mucormycosis is a rare life-threatening fungal infection that is uniquely seen in severely immunocompromised patients including those with hematological malignancies. We report a case of disseminated mucormycosis with a biopsy-proven gastrointestinal and oral cavity involvement in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia during induction chemotherapy. The patient had a successful outcome with limited resection of the involvement bowel segment, multiple maxillary dental extractions, debridement of the alveolus and hard palate, and combined antifungal therapy.

Hepatic or Cystic Artery Pseudoaneurysms Following a Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Literature review of aetiopathogenesis, presentation, diagnosis and management.

Pseudoaneurysms (PSAs) of the hepatic and/or cystic artery are a rare complication following a laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). Generally, PSA cases present with haemobilia several weeks following the procedure. Transarterial embolisation (TAE) is considered the optimal management approach.

Choledochal Cyst in Adults: Etiopathogenesis, Presentation, Management, and Outcome-Case Series and Review.

Background. Choledochal cyst, a rare congenital cystic dilatation of biliary tree, is uncommon in adults. Their presentations differ from children and surgical management has evolved.

Heme oxygenase-1 promoter polymorphism is a predictor of disease relapse in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.

Background: Current available preoperative diagnostic workup is insufficient to differentiate between benign and malignant pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNET). The aim of the present study was to evaluate the potential prognostic role of the promoter GTn repeat polymorphism (GTn) of the heme oxygenase-1 gene in PNET.

Methods: Tumor, metastasis, corresponding healthy tissue, and peripheral blood leukocyte DNA of 46 patients who underwent surgical resection for PNET were analyzed for GTn by PCR, capillary electrophoresis, and DNA-sequencing.