Traumatic rectal injuries (TRIs) are challenging for surgeons because of their high morbidity and mortality. Considering the well-known predisposing factors, enema-associated rectal perforation seems to be the most overlooked entity that leads to devastating rectal injuries. A 61-year-old man with a three-day history of painful swelling around his perirectal area after enema application was referred to the outpatient clinic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis paper provides the first comprehensive sourcing analysis of the tin ingots carried by the well-known Late Bronze Age shipwreck found off the Turkish coast at Uluburun (ca. 1320 BCE). Using lead isotope, trace element, and tin isotope analyses, this study demonstrates that ores from Central Asia (Uzbekistan and Tajikistan) were used to produce one-third of the Uluburun tin ingots.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPhyllodes tumours are uncommon breast neoplasms constituting 1-2% of breast malignancies. Metastasis is usually haematogenous, and axillary lymph node dissection is not routinely performed. A phyllodes tumour with concomitant invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) is even rarer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHepatitis B virus (HBV) has been infecting humans for millennia and remains a global health problem, but its past diversity and dispersal routes are largely unknown. We generated HBV genomic data from 137 Eurasians and Native Americans dated between ~10,500 and ~400 years ago. We date the most recent common ancestor of all HBV lineages to between ~20,000 and 12,000 years ago, with the virus present in European and South American hunter-gatherers during the early Holocene.
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