Effects of Climate Conditions before Harvest Date on Edamame Metabolome.

Edamame is a green soybean that is rich in nutrients. Boiled edamame has been traditionally used for food in the East Asia region. It was known among farmers that conditions, such as temperature and climate on the day of harvest, affect the quality of edamame.

Truncal Blocks for Emergency Laparotomy in a High-Risk Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review.

In critically ill patients undergoing laparotomy, both general anesthesia (GA) and central neuraxial block (CNB) may pose significant risks. Peripheral truncal blocks have been reported to provide effective postoperative analgesia following laparotomy. However, there are a limited number of reports describing this technique as surgical anesthesia for laparotomy.

Laryngeal osteosarcoma: case report and literature review.

Background: Sarcomas of the larynx are uncommon tumors, and osteosarcoma is the rarest. Only 24 cases of osteosarcoma of the larynx have been reported. The only case reported in Asia was from Thailand in 1981.

[Case of pyogenic spondylitis and epidural abscess after chemoradiotherapy for hypopharyngeal cancer].

Osteomyelitis is one of the most severe late complications of radiation therapy. The condition can arise from osteoradionecrosis and can be fatal if it occurrs in vertebrae. A 71-year-old woman, who had undergone chemoradiotherapy for hypopharyngeal cancer 6 months previously, presented with severe neck pain.

Monophasic synovial sarcoma of the nasopharynx.

Synovial sarcomas are rare, aggressive malignant neoplasms, and less than 10% of cases involve the head and neck. Cases that involve the nasopharynx are even more exceptional and little information is available concerning their diagnosis and management. We report the third case of synovial sarcoma of the nasopharynx, which was diagnosed as a monophasic type and was successfully treated with a complete surgical excision followed by irradiation.

Quantitative diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging as a powerful adjunct to fine needle aspiration cytology for assessment of thyroid nodules.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the value of the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) in the differential diagnosis between benign and malignant thyroid nodules, particularly those found to have indeterminate cytology with fine needle aspiration (FNA).

Methods: Thirty-eight patients with 42 thyroid nodules underwent neck magnetic resonance imaging consisting of T1-, T2-, and diffusion-weighted imaging. The final diagnosis of all nodules was confirmed by surgery, revealing 23 with benign and 19 with malignant lesions.

Free jejunal transfer for a 15-year-old girl with synovial sarcoma of the hypopharynx.

Introduction: Synovial sarcomas are rare, aggressive malignant soft-tissue tumours. Approximately 85-90% of synovial sarcomas occur in the extremities, with only 3% arising in the head and neck region. The hypopharynx as a site of occurrence has only rarely been reported.