Cerebral Venous Thrombosis in the Setting of Malignancy: Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is a rare condition that can be difficult to diagnose due to its vague and nonspecific symptoms. It is even more unusual to identify CVT in association with malignancy. Given the rarity of this disease, treatment and management of CVT in the setting of malignancy is not well defined.

A comparison of ferumoxytol with gadolinium as contrast agents for the diagnostic magnetic resonance imaging of osteomyelitis.

Background: Ferumoxytol, an FDA-approved superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticle (SPION) preparation used for the treatment of iron deficiency anemia, is also known to be taken up by macrophages in areas of infection or inflammation, where it produces negative contrast changes on T2-weighted MR images.

Purpose: We sought to compare Ferumoxytol-induced MRI contrast changes with those observed using standard-of-care Gadolinium in patients presenting with symptoms suggestive of osteomyelitis.

Subjects: Out of eighteen enrolled patients, 15 had MR imaging with both ferumoxytol and gadolinium.

Effective and Ineffective Clinical Teaching in Dental Hygiene Education: A Qualitative Study.

Clinical instructors play a significant role in student learning in dental hygiene education, but more information is needed on which instructor characteristics best promote student development. The aim of this study was to identify clinical dental hygiene instructor traits that are effective and ineffective for student learning as defined by dental hygiene students and instructors. A qualitative study using grounded theory and critical incident technique was conducted to investigate junior students', senior students', and instructors' perceptions in one U.

A difficult diagnosis: acute histoplasmosis.

A 43-year-old male with deceased donor kidney transplantation presented with fever of unknown etiology and underwent an extensive workup. The diagnosis of histoplasmosis was made after biopsy of a positron emission tomography-positive subcarinal lymph node showed non-caseating granulomas with a positive stain for yeast. The diagnosis was confirmed when fevers remitted with initiation of appropriate anti-fungal therapy.