We report an interesting case of a 25-year-old male patient who presented with a complaint of pain in the abdomen for six months, which was not associated with any other symptom, the patient was diagnosed with IgG4-related retroperitoneal fibrosis (RF) via endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided biopsy. He was prescribed steroids and proton pump inhibitors. Due to the limited presentation and rarity of RF, diagnosis of this disease requires extensive diligence and care.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChronic diarrhea in infants can stem from various etiologies, including congenital disorders affecting intestinal function. Here, we present a case of a one-year-old boy with persistent watery diarrhea, vomiting, and failure to thrive, ultimately diagnosed with DGAT1 deficiency through genetic testing. Despite initial investigations ruling out common causes like celiac disease, genetic analysis confirmed DGAT1 enteropathy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBenign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis is an autosomal recessive disorder presenting with intermittent episodes of cholestatic jaundice. The initial episode of benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis tends to occur within the first two decades of a patient's life. Episodes can occur unprompted but can often be precipitated by infections or pregnancy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe would like to share a case study of a five-year-old child who complained of a painful mass on the front of his neck, with a fever of 98°F. Sometimes thyroid abscesses may be overlooked due to their rarity and are lower down on our list of differential diagnoses. Neck ultrasonography confirmed our findings.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJuxtaglomerular cell tumor (JGCT), or reninoma, is a typically benign neoplasm generally affecting adolescents and young adults due to modified smooth muscle cells from the afferent arteriole of the juxtaglomerular apparatus. Patients experience symptoms related to hypertension and hypoka-lemia due to renin-secretion by the tumor. MRI, PET, CT, and renal vein catheterizations can be used to capture JGCTs, with laparoscopic ultrasonography being most cost-efective.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProparacaine, one of the most common local anesthetics to facilitate diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases, was assayed by square wave voltammetry using a paste electrode prepared with carbon nanotubes. In cyclic voltammetric studies, proparacaine has exhibited a single irreversible anodic peak at around + 900 mV vs. Ag/AgCl in pH 6.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExtracellular tumors found with the spermatic cord, known as neoplasms, are usually identified to be benign. However, the accurate and timely diagnosis of spermatic cord masses is highly crucial, especially when most results are often overlooked or unclear. In this review, we discuss the anatomy and embryology of the spermatic cord.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The aim of the present study was to compare the effect of ultrasonically or laser (Nd:YAG or diode) activated irrigation on the irrigating solution extrusion compared to non-activated syringe irrigation.
Methods: Extracted mandibular premolar teeth (n = 48) with single canals were instrumented. The teeth were secured through the lid of an Eppendorf tube filled with 1.
The electro-oxidation of the benomyl fungicide was studied by square-wave adsorptive stripping voltammetry. The voltammetric current at a glassy carbon electrode was acquired within the pH range 1.0-10.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHalosulfuron methyl, a fast-acting herbicide and is absorbed into leaf tissue within 1-2 days and translocated through the vascular system, interrupting amino acid production within the plant, can be detected using glassy carbon electrode the technique of adsorptive stripping voltammetry. The adsorptive stripping voltammetric behavior of halosulfuron methyl was investigated in pH range 1.0-10.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPolarographic behavior of triasulfuron herbicide in a Britton-Robinson (B-R) buffer was investigated by differential pulse polarography (DPP) and cyclic voltammetry (CV). Optimum conditions for the analytical determination were found to be pH 3.0 at a reduction potential of -1031 mV.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe selenium content in blood was determined using the hydrogen catalytic peak. This peak at -1.1 V was obtained in the presence of selenium and molybdenum at pH values of 1-4 in different buffers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the presence of selenium(IV) and molybdenum(VI) a new polarographic peak appears which corresponds to a hydrogen catalytic wave. By differential pulse polarography a single, sharp peak at about -1.1 V is obtained, allowing trace determination of selenium(IV) and molybdenum(VI) in the range 1x10(-6)-5.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe polarographic reduction of lead in the presence of selenite gives rise to an additional peak corresponding to the reduction of lead (Pb) on adsorbed selenium (Se) on mercury at -0.33 V. The selenium and lead content can be determined using this peak by the addition of a known amount of one of these ions first and then the second ion.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA novel electroanalytical procedure is proposed for the determination of the triflumizole in formulation, soil and natural water samples using differential pulse polarography (DPP). Triflumizole exhibited a single well-defined cathodic peak over the pH range of 1.0-9.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA simple, fast and sensitive differential pulse polarographic method (DPP) for the determination of pymetrozine insecticide in pure form, agrochemical formulation, natural water and orange juice samples is proposed. The polarographic behavior of pymetrozine exhibited a double well-defined polarographic peaks at -580 and 950mV (versus SCE), respectively. The peak potentials were strongly pH-dependent in that they shifted to more negative values with increasing pH.
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