The effect of a blooming artifact reduction filter on the dimensional analysis of implants.

Objective: To assess the effect of a blooming artifact reduction (BAR) filter on cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) images in the dimensional analysis of dental implants.

Study Design: Six types of implants (n = 5 for each type) composed of titanium (3 types), titanium-zirconia alloy, zirconium oxide, and titanium-aluminum-vanadium alloy, and made with 2 manufacturing processes (milled and printed) were individually installed in a bovine rib block according to the manufacturer's protocol. CBCT images were acquired with i-CAT and Carestream scanners, randomized, and analyzed without and with the e-Vol DX BAR filter (60 images for each scanner).

Successful Systemic Steroid Administration for the Treatment of Edematous Anastomotic Stenosis After the Laparoscopic Augmented Rectangle Technique for Billroth I Reconstruction for Laparoscopic Distal Gastrectomy.

Edematous anastomotic stenosis is a well-known complication following Billroth I anastomosis for distal gastrectomy. Currently, there is no established treatment for this condition. A 54-year-old female patient underwent the augmented rectangle technique for Billroth I reconstruction after total laparoscopic distal gastrectomy for early gastric cancer.

Unrelated hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for familial platelet disorder/acute myeloid leukemia with germline RUNX1 mutations.

Germline mutations in RUNX1 result in rare autosomal-dominant familial platelet disorder with predisposition to acute myeloid leukemia (FPD/AML). As genetic analysis is becoming increasingly prevalent, the diagnosis rate of FPD/AML is expected to increase. In this report, we present two pedigrees, one diagnosed molecularly and another highly suspected to be FPD/AML, whose members both received allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).

Successful azacitidine therapy for myelodysplastic syndrome associated with VEXAS syndrome.

VEXAS (vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory, somatic) syndrome is caused by UBA1 somatic mutations and is characterized by late-onset systemic autoimmune inflammation and blood abnormalities such as cytopenia, vacuolation of myeloid/erythroblastic cells, and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). It is often resistant to immunosuppressive therapy, and no treatment strategy has been established. A 65-year-old man presented with palpable erythema, fever, macrocytic anemia, and arthralgia.