Omental torsion (OT) presents as a rare, infrequent pathology with often non-specific symptoms. This condition occurs when the greater omentum is twisted around its axis, producing perfusion defects and vascular impairment of the organ. This case report describes an overweight 26-year-old Caucasian man presenting with acute abdomen in previous appendectomy, whose definitive surgical diagnosis was omental torsion.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: There are interesting studies on glioma therapy with modulated electrohyperthermia (mEHT), which combines heat therapy with an electric field. Clinical researchers not only found the mEHT method feasible for palliation but also reported evidence of therapeutic response.
Purpose: To study the efficacy and safety of mEHT for the treatment of relapsed malignant glioma and astrocytoma versus best supportive care (BSC).
Until recently, the only imaging technique for the diagnosis and management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) was two-dimensional echocardiography, and the use of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI) was limited to patients with poor acoustic windows. Now, cMRI has gained an essential role in the diagnosis of HCM, providing superior visualization of myocardial hypertrophy-even in remote zones of the left ventricle-and visualization of subtle changes in thickness and contractility over time. The morphologic accuracy of cMRI allows for the differentiation of HCM from other pathologic conditions with hypertrophic phenotype.
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