Evaluating health related quality of life in outpatients receiving anti-cancer treatment: results from an observational, cross-sectional study.

Background: The aim of the study was to assess health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in outpatients receiving anti-cancer treatment.

Methods: Observational, cross-sectional, single-center study that assessed HRQOL in cancer patients receiving antineoplastic treatment.

Results: A total of 184 patients were included in the study; the median total FACT-G score was 66 ± 12.

Kaposi sarcoma following postmastectomy lymphedema.

Classical Kaposi sarcoma (KS) usually appears on lower extremities accompanied or preceded by local lymphedema. However, the development in areas of chronic lymphedema of the arms following mastectomy, mimicking a Stewart-Treves syndrome, has rarely been described. We report an 81-year-old woman who developed multiple, erythematous to purple tumors, located on areas of post mastectomy lymphedema.

Minimally invasive pediatric cardiac surgery. Atrial septal defect closure through axillary and submammary approaches.

Introduction And Objectives: Minimally invasive approaches in less-complex cardiac procedures can avoid unpleasant cosmetic results. Moreover, surgery can be scheduled in younger patients. In previous papers, we compared submammary and midline sternotomy.

Use of a pulmonary neovalve with a transannular patch for repair of tetralogy of fallot.

Introduction And Objectives: To report on our initial experience with the implantation of a pulmonary valve using Nunn's technique in association with a transannular patch for the complete repair of the tetralogy of Fallot.

Methods: In total, 21 patients were treated between September 2008 and February 2010. Their ages ranged from 7 months to 15 years (median 12 months) and weights from 6.

Two girls with necrobiosis lipoidica and type I diabetes mellitus with transfollicular elimination in one girl.

Necrobiosis lipoidica (NL) is a rare disorder that usually appears in the lower extremities and it is often related with diabetes mellitus (DM). There are few reported cases of NL in children. Transfollicular elimination of necrotic material has been described in adult patients with NL diabeticorum.

Acremonium keratitis in a patient with herpetic neurotrophic corneal disease.

Fungi belonging to the genus Acremonium Link ex Fries 1821 are ubiquitous environmental contaminants and soil saprophytes, but are infrequent pathogens in humans. These filamentous fungi (previously known as Cephalosporium) are an uncommon cause of mycotic keratitis. As in the case of other filamentous fungi, corneal trauma with contaminated matter is the most frequent risk factor for the infection.

LDH isoenzymes in CSF in the diagnosis of neonatal brain damage.

Lactate dehydrogenase isoenzymes in cerebrospinal fluid were measured during the first 24 h of life in 25 asphyctic neonates. The infants were subjected to clinical and developmental examinations for a mean follow-up period of 15.2 months.

Cerebrospinal fluid lactate levels in term infants with perinatal hypoxia.

The prognostic value of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) lactate concentration after an hypoxic-ischemic brain insult was evaluated. Three groups of neonates were studied and followed. Group 1A included 19 asphyxiated neonates who subsequently developed normally, Group 1B included 6 asphyxiated neonates who died or developed neurologic sequelae, and Group 2 consisted of 20 control (comparison) infants.