Infective endocarditis with embolic renal infarct presenting as acute abdomen.

Infective endocarditis (IE) is a disease that is rare but potentially fatal and challenging to diagnose. A 28-year-old man with sickle cell trait and a history of intravenous drug use presented with abdominal pain and hematuria mimicking a surgical abdomen. The preliminary diagnosis was cholecystitis or perforated viscus.

The diagnostic utility of placental growth factor in ectopic pregnancy.

Purpose: Ectopic pregnancy is a condition of enormous gynaecological priority. It occurs when fertilized ovum implants outside the uterine cavity. Ectopic pregnancy is estimated to be 1-2% of all-natural conception.

The utility of the speed bump sign for diagnosing acute appendicitis.

Background: Acute appendicitis is the most common abdominal complaint in the emergency department. This study was made in order to determine whether there is any evidence to support the practice of inquiring about pain over speed bumps in patient suspected to have acute appendicitis and to discover its predictive power as a diagnostic sign.

Method: A prospective study was conducted in the emergency department of Al Ain Hospital over one year.

The effectiveness of low-level laser on postoperative pain and edema in secondary palatal operation.

Objective: The postoperative period after palatal surgery is usually very painful, requiring the use of pain-relieving drugs. Hence, the aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) in post-operative pain control and edema after secondary palatal operations.

Methods: A randomized double blinded clinical study on 20 children undergoing secondary palatal operations between 2013 and 2015 was done.

The value of using loupe magnification and methylene blue dye in intra-operative identification of thyroglossal duct tract.

Background: This was a comparative randomised study to find out the value of using loupe magnification and methylene blue dye in identification of the thyroglossal duct and to compare between them.

Patients And Methods: Twenty-two patients who presented with infrahyoid thyroglossal duct cyst were subjected to excision of the cyst with two methods for identification of thyroglossal duct track during the operation. Data were anlysed for identification of multiple tracts, the tract relation to the hyoid bone, incidence of complications and operative time.

Using low level laser therapy to reduce early postoperative airway obstruction following modified Hogan's flap.

Introduction And Objective: The most common postoperative complications of velopharyngeal insufficiency surgery are postoperative bleeding and airway obstruction or obstructive sleep apnoea. Consequently, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of low level laser therapy (LLLT) during the first postoperative days in children undergoing superiorly based pharyngeal flap (SBF) surgery.

Materials And Methods: A randomized double blind clinical study on 30 children divided on two groups 15 patients each, who underwent SBF.

The effects of palatal lengthening on the functional and speech outcomes after submucous cleft palate repair.

Unlabelled: This study was designed to compare intravelar veloplasty with and without V-Y pushback palatoplasty regarding postoperative functional and speech outcomes.

The Aim: is to find out the importance and influence of palatal lengthening on the functional and speech outcomes after SMCP repair.

Study Design: This is a prospective randomized comparative study of 20 patients divided into 2 equal groups.

COMPARISON OF NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC MATERIALS TO IMPROVE HEARING AFTER OBLITERATION OF THE MASTOID CAVITY.

Background: Indications for removal of mastoid air cells and obliterating the mastoid cavity vary considerably from surgeon to surgeon. Various obliteration techniques have been recommended to eliminate open cavity problems. Here we investigated the difference between natural and synthetic filling materials to improve hearing after obliteration of the mastoid cavity.

Breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma: sensitivity, specificity, and findings of imaging studies in 44 patients.

Unlabelled: Breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA ALCL) is a newly described clinicopathologic entity. The purpose of this study is to describe the imaging findings of patients with BIA ALCL and determine their sensitivity and specificity in the detection of the presence of an effusion or a mass related to BIA ALCL. A retrospective search was performed of our files as well as of the world literature for patients with pathologically proven BIA ALCL who had been assessed by any imaging study including ultrasound (US), computerized tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or positron emission tomography (PET)-CT, as well as mammography.

Evaluation of using Bioglass in obliteration of mastoid cavity.

Background: A mastoid cavity resulting from a canal wall down mastoidectomy can result in major morbidity for patients due to different open cavity problems. Mastoid obliteration with reconstruction of the bony external ear canal recreates the normal anatomy to avoid such morbidity.

Methods: This retrospective observational study was conducted for 4 years (between 2008 - 2013) to determine if mastoid obliteration with bioactive glass (Bioglass) following mastoidectomy overcomes the open cavity problems or not.

Breast implant-associated anaplastic large-cell lymphoma: long-term follow-up of 60 patients.

Purpose: Breast implant-associated anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (ALCL) is a recently described clinicopathologic entity that usually presents as an effusion-associated fibrous capsule surrounding an implant. Less frequently, it presents as a mass. The natural history of this disease and long-term outcomes are unknown.

Anaplastic large cell lymphoma associated with breast implants: a report of 13 cases.

We report 13 cases of anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) associated with breast implants. Patient age ranged from 39 to 68 years, and the interval from implant to ALCL was 4 to 29 years. All tumors were composed of large, pleomorphic cells that were CD30 and ALK1, and all 7 cases assessed had monoclonal T-cell receptor γ-chain rearrangements.