Intussusception in adults is rare, accounting for less than 5% of all cases. Unlike the childhood variant, adult intussusception is often associated with a small bowel lesion acting as the "lead point." We herein report an uncommon case of giant intussusception secondary to 2 separate lipomatous lesions located in the ileum, in an adult admitted to our hospital for acute severe abdominal pain.
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February 2016
Background: Thalassemic patients demonstrate an increased rate of extracardiac vascular complications and increased carotid wall intima-media thickness (cIMT), but very low prevalence of coronary artery disease (CAD). We investigated the atheroma burden by assessing the coronary artery calcium (CAC) and cIMT in these patients.
Methods: We examined 37 patients with β-thalassemia and 150 healthy control volunteers with multi-detector computer tomography (CT) and ultrasonography to determine CAC score and cIMT, respectively.
Background: Major, noncoronary complications are rarely encountered following transradial coronary procedures.
Methods And Results: Among 1600 prospectively studied patients with complete follow-up, 7 patients experienced major complications following coronary forearm procedures corresponding to an incidence of 0.44%.
Aim: Oval cells are liver stem cells involved in liver regeneration following liver damage. Previous studies have shown that pretreatment with a hepatocyte inhibitor is required to allow full oval cell activation. This study investigates whether oval cells develop and proliferate in a model of experimental liver fibrosis without pretreatment with a known hepatocyte inhibitor.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe herein describe the application of a new guiding system designed for percutaneous biopsies. The guiding system set is composed of a 0.41 mm (27G) stainless steel guide stylet and a 22G Chiba needle.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFocal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) is a relatively rare benign hepatic tumor, usually presenting as a solitary lesion; however, multiple localizations have also been described. The association of FNH with other hepatic lesions, such as adenomas and haemangiomas has been reported by various authors. We herein report a case of a hepatocellular carcinoma arising within a large focal nodular hyperplasia, in a young female patient.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe present a case of herpetic meningoencephalitis confirmed by PCR in a 22-y-old male, with accompanying appearance of a large intracerebral haematoma as a complication. Despite the impressive imaging findings, the final outcome of the patient's progress was favourable.
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April 2004
Purpose: This study investigates the expression of tumor growth factors TGFbeta1, TGFbeta2 and TGFbeta3 in tissue material from patients with colorectal carcinoma and evaluates their correlation with known prognostic markers and patient survival.
Patients And Methods: The study included 124 patients with colorectal carcinoma. According to the TNM classification of malignant tumors, 26 tumors were identified as being stage I, 30 stage II, 48 stage III, and 20 stage IV, whereas 106 tumors were low-grade and 18 high-grade malignancies.
Aim: To investigate the possibility of covering PET-covered commercially available metallic stents, with liposomal dexamethasone that will act as a slow releasing drug-depot at the site of interest.
Methods: Large multilamellar (MLV), sonicated (SUV) and dried reconstituted (DRV) liposomes entrapping dexamethasone were prepared by thin film hydration, sonication and the DRV method, respectively, and applied on stents using a simple evaporation technique. Drug encapsulation and retention in liposomes were measured by HPLC.