Large apical lung cancer treated with CT-guided percutaneous cryoablation.

Percutaneous lung ablation is increasingly used in the treatment of lung malignancies with good outcomes, but recurrence is commonly reported in ablation of lesions size larger than 3 cm. We report a 50-year-old female with a 9 cm nonsmall cell lung cancer involving the right upper lobe and apical chest wall causing severe neuropathic shoulder pain and significantly disturbing her daily activities. CT-guided percutaneous cryoablation was performed using a 4-phase protocol with complete eradication of the tumor.

Multiple myocardial bridging in the elderly: A rare case.

Myocardial bridging occurs when a segment of major epicardial coronary artery courses intramurally through myocardium, commonly involving the left anterior descending. However, myocardial bridging involving coronary arteries other than left anterior descending is less-common and rarely reported, especially in the elderly population. We report a rare case of multiple myocardial bridging involving the left anterior descending, first obtuse marginal, and ramus intermedius in a 68-year-old Asian female.

Pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia and leukapheresis: CT evidence of hemorrhagic complication.

Leukapheresis has been used widely to quickly reduce white blood cell count (WBC) in patients with hyperleukocytosis. Despite its wide utilization, leukapheresis has risks of complication, which have not been thoroughly reported in pediatric patients. No report was found in English literatures about leukapheresis complications in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

Efficacy of Curcumin as Adjuvant Therapy to Induce or Maintain Remission in Ulcerative Colitis Patients: an Evidence-based Clinical Review.

Background: treatment guidelines for ulcerative colitis (UC) not yet established. Currently, mesalazine, corticosteroids, and immunomodulators are treatment options for UC. However, they are known to have unpleaseant side effects such as nausea, vomiting, headaches, hepatitis, and male infertility.

Multidiscipline Care for Type 2 Diabetes Patients: from General to Asian Population.

Multidiscipline care is defined as a care consisting of at least a physician, a nurse, and other healthcare worker (eg. dietician). Multidiscipline care has generated benefits, both in medical aspects (eg.