Pyogenic Spondylitis with Rapid Bone Destruction After Chemoradiotherapy for Tongue Cancer: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Radiation therapy is a frequently used effective treatment for head and neck cancer. It has several adverse effects of which osteomyelitis is a late complication of radiotherapy. Although uncommon, when it occurs in the vertebral body, it results in pyogenic spondylitis, which can be fatal.

Thrombectomy for Upper Extremity Artery Occlusion with Major Cerebral Artery Occlusion Using Mechanical Thrombectomy Devices for Acute Ischemic Stroke.

Objective: We report two cases of thrombectomy for upper extremity artery occlusion with major cerebral artery occlusion using mechanical thrombectomy devices for acute ischemic stroke.

Case Presentations: Case 1 was a 79-year-old woman admitted for left internal carotid artery occlusion and left upper extremity artery occlusion. Case 2 was an 87-year-old woman admitted for left middle cerebral artery occlusion and bilateral upper extremity artery occlusion.

Contrast transcranial Doppler can diagnose large patent foramen ovale.

Background: Contrast transesophageal echocardiography (c-TEE) and contrast transcranial Doppler (c-TCD) are useful diagnostic tools for detecting right-to-left shunts (RLS). However, the diagnostic accuracy of c-TCD for patent foramen ovale (PFO) remains uncertain. We investigated the relationship between the size of PFO determined by c-TEE and c-TCD findings and assessed the detectable rate of RLS by c-TCD.