Left Middle Phalanx Tuberculous Dactylitis Masquerading as a Tumor: First Case Report in Saudi Arabia.

Tuberculous dactylitis can cause osteomyelitis, which is a rare extrapulmonary manifestation of tuberculosis, often misdiagnosed due to its nonspecific presentation and resemblance to other conditions like neoplasms. A 15-year-old male patient reported to our clinic with a 1-year history of left index finger pain and swelling following a football-related injury. Despite conservative management, the symptoms had progressively worsened over the past few months.

Hybrid surgical approach excision of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST): A case report of GIST at an unusual location and review of the literature.

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors are the most common malignant subepithelial lesions involving the gastrointestinal tract. Surgical techniques have been the mainstay of treatment, however, in recent times hybrid surgeries are being introduced yielding better clinical outcomes.

Prevalence of spinal deformity development after surgical management of a congenital heart disease among children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Introduction: Open heart surgery is the most common treatment for congenital heart disease. Thoracotomy, sternotomy, or a combination of both are the main approaches used in open heart surgeries. In cardiac surgery, there have been concerns that these surgeries increase the likelihood of spinal deformities.

Spindle cell lipoma of the tongue: First case report from the Gulf region and review of the literature.

Spindle cell lipoma is a histological variant of oral lipomas. In this report, we present the first case from the Gulf region with the most comprehensive literature review. Clinicians should consider rare tumors in the differential diagnoses of oral masses.

Assessing the Efficacy of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on Facelift Outcomes: A Case-Control Study Comparing Outcomes in Patients With and Without Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.

Background: Wound healing remains among the most concerning complications in aesthetic surgery. The use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is an accepted method of supporting wound healing.

Objectives: The aim of this study is to assess the role of HBOT in postoperative healing and complication rates following facelift surgery.

Fractured Lateral Humeral Condyle Accompanied by Acute Radial Nerve Palsy in a Child: First Reported Case in the United Arab Emirates.

Despite being very common, lateral condyle fractures in children are rarely associated with acute nerve injuries. We present the case of a 10-year-old, left-handed male child who presented with a left lateral humeral condyle fracture associated with radial nerve injury. The patient was managed by open reduction and internal fixation plus radial nerve exploration, which was found entrapped in the fracture site.

An atypical concurrent occurrence of parathyroid adenoma and micropapillary thyroid carcinoma: First case reported in Saudi Arabia.

Background: Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most frequent endocrine cancer and most common thyroid cancer. The concurrent occurrence of both tumors however is a very rare occasional finding. Surgical treatment via excision is the only definitive.

Cerebral, ocular, dental, auricular, skeletal anomalies (CODAS) syndrome: First case reported in Saudi Arabia.

CODAS syndrome (cerebral, ocular, dental, auricular, skeletal anomalies) is a rare autosomal recessive inherited multisystemic disease that carries an incidence rate of less than 1 in 1,000,000 children worldwide. It has an infancy, neonatal age of onset, characterized by deformities of the central nervous system, eyes, ears, teeth, and skeleton. A 1-year-old female of non-consanguineous parents, first time presented to our pediatrics clinic on November 6, 2021 when she was 4 months of age with developmental delay, as the patient could not support her head and made no eye contact on examination.

Choice of medicine program: A single-institution study.

Introduction: The decision to apply for medical school is the first and one of the most important career choices that a physician will ever make and the motives for choosing a career in medicine seem to remain relatively stable during medical school. Our study aimed to investigate what motivated the students, their satisfaction with the PBL curriculum and their plans following graduation.

Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out from Jan to March 2021 at Batterjee medical college, Jeddah.

Trend of social media use by undergraduate medical students; a comparison between medical students and educators.

Purpose: Social media (SM) is one of the most powerful tools of communication and learning in the recent era. Different types of information can be shared through these social networking sites in the form of texts, videos, pictures, audios, and references (contacts). Due to the constant increase in the use of these social networking sites in our daily routine life especially during the COVID 19 pandemic, their use in teaching and learning has become inevitable.

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on hand hygiene adherence among pediatric physicians, in Saudi Arabia.

Introduction: The hand hygiene practice (HHP) is the most effective and simplest preventive measure reduce the risk of infection. HHP is more relevant among pediatric physicians in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic since, children are more vulnerable to infection. Therefore, assessment of the COVID-19 impact on HHP could be useful in minimizing lethal virus transmission from pediatric physicians to patients and vice versa.

A case report of interventricular hemorrhage in William-Beuren syndrome.

Background: Williams syndrome (WS) (also as known Williams-Beuren Syndrome) is a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by deletion of chromosomes 7q11.23. WS phenotype is very variable but usually it is associated with a distinctive pattern of cognitive abilities.

Evaluation of Medical Students' Knowledge on Palliative Care: A Single Institution Cross-sectional Study.

Background: Palliative care is the branch of medicine which has a target of setting focus on the improvement of the quality of life of patients, particularly toward their end of life, such as cases of terminal diseases with low prognosis. Despite growing recognition of the importance of palliative care, a gap remains in medical education. Our study aims to evaluate the current level of knowledge of medical students in regard to palliative care.

Role of preoperative computed tomography in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis and reduction of negative appendectomy rates: Retrospective cross-sectional study.

Background: Negative appendectomy rate (NAR) is defined as the incidence of pathologically normal appendices removed from patients suspected of having appendicitis. The objective of the present study is to determine the accuracy of CT and other modalities in diagnosing acute appendicitis, aiming to lower NAR in Saudi Arabia.

Method: Retrospective analytical study conducted across 4 hospitals in Makkah and Jeddah.

A rare case of Kasabach Merritt Syndrome presenting with an infantile hemangioma: A case report.

Introduction: and importance: Infantile hemangioma, being a benign tumor of the blood vessel, is part of a triad composed of also thrombocytopenia and hypofibrinogenemia as part of Kasabach Merrit Syndrome.

Case Presentation: We report the case of a 2 months old female Saudi infant referred due to respiratory distress, thrombocytopenia, and enlarging hemangioma on right upper chest, neck, and lower cheek. Diagnosis of kaposiform hemangioendothelioma complicated by Kasabach Merritt thrombocytopenia was done based on the clinical triad of thrombocytopenia, bleeding tendency, and the presence of a vascular tumor.

Metastatic neuroblastoma presenting without a primary tumor: A case report.

Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial, intrabdominal, suprarenal solid tumor of childhood. It usually presents with painless abdominal mass with or without abdominal pain. We report an unusual subtle cervical lymph nodes enlargement associated with fever and joint pain.