Publications by authors named "G Nawfal"
Deadly Aspiration Pneumonia Secondary to Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome.
Case Rep Gastrointest Med
February 2024
Superior mesenteric artery syndrome (SMAS) is a rare and unusual disease, suspected clinically and confirmed radiologically. It represents a duodenal obstruction secondary to the impingement of the third portion of the duodenum between the abdominal aorta (AA) and the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) due to decreased intraabdominal fat. High morbidity and mortality rates are linked to missed or late diagnosis that can lead to complications, such as gastric perforation and gastric hemorrhage.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInvasive aspergillosis is a life-threatening condition of the immunocompromised, with a low occurrence reported in the immunocompetent. Although usually made by invasive methods, its early diagnosis is the cornerstone of a better prognosis as it yields a timely management and thus a lower mortality risk. Mediastinal invasion by is, like any fungal mediastinitis, uncommon and usually results from a hematogeneous or a contiguous spread, a postoperative fungal infection, a complication of a descending necrotizing fasciitis, or from an esophageal perforation.
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- Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (HOA) is a condition that features abnormal skin and bone changes caused by excessive bone growth under the periosteum and can be classified into primary (pachydermoperiostosis) and secondary forms.
- The primary form, pachydermoperiostosis (PDP), can occur with minimal systemic symptoms.
- In this study, a 23-year-old male with normocytic anemia and facial deformities was diagnosed with PDP using a specialized MRI technique called whole body diffusion weighted imaging with background suppression (WB-DWIBS).
Background: Accuracy of multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) for the detection of significant prostate cancer (CaP) varies in the literature as only few studies use radical prostatectomy specimens as their gold standard. On another hand, MRI-targeted prostate biopsy is emerging as an alternative to the traditional randomized biopsy, with a higher detection rate of high-grade cancers. However, data on MRI guided in bore biopsy is lacking.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Granulomatous prostatitis (GnP) is an interesting complication of bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) therapy as it mimics prostate cancer on clinical, biochemical and imaging examinations. In the era of multiparametric prostate MRI (mpMRI), differentiation of GnP from prostate cancer on imaging is essential.
Case Presentation: We report a case of post-BCG GnP in a patient with nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer, presenting with a prostate-specific antigen level of 21.