Rat bite fever caused by mimicking pyogenic polyarthritis: A case report.

We report the world's sixth case of rat bite fever caused by that mimicked pyogenic polyarthritis and required surgical debridement in combination with prolonged antibiotic therapy. This case report highlights the higher severity of rat bite fever caused by compared to

Extrapulmonary Pneumocystis jirovecii infection in an advanced HIV-infected patient: A case report and literature review.

Background: Pneumocystis jirovecii infection is the most common opportunistic infection that causes pneumonia in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients; however, extrapulmonary P. jirovecii infection is extremely rare after the use of antiretroviral therapy. Here, we present the second reported case of paraspinal mass caused by P.

Synovial osteochondromatosis mimicking juvenile idiopathic arthritis in an adolescent: a case-based review.

Synovial osteochondromatosis is an extremely rare benign condition in children and adolescents that have joint pain as a presenting manifestation. It is usually monoarticular with the knee as the most common affected joint. In this article, we describe the case of a female adolescent suffering from debilitating chronic right knee pain initially mimicking juvenile idiopathic arthritis, who was subsequently diagnosed with primary synovial osteochondromatosis.

Prototheca wickerhamii prepatellar bursitis in an immunocompetent woman: A case report.

Prototheca wickerhamii is a rare cause of septic prepatellar bursitis. We report a patient who had no apparent immunodeficiency developed P. wickerhamii prepatellar bursitis following intra-bursal corticosteroid injection.

Endotyping of Chronic Rhinosinusitis With and Without Polyp Using Transcription Factor Analysis.

Inflammation of the nose and paranasal sinus or rhinosinusitis (RS) is a significant global health problem that is both very common and very costly to treat. Previous reports reveal variability in histology and mechanism of inflammation in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with and without polyp (CRScNP and CRSsNP, respectively). There are various methods and hypothesis that try to explain this variability.

Autologous Fibrin-Base Scaffold for Chondrocytes and Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Implantation: The Development and Comparison to Conventional Fibrin Glue.

Objective: The authors developed the autologous fibrin-base scaffold for chondrocytes and bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) implantation and evaluated cells viability in autologous fibrin-base scaffold comparing to commercial fibrin glue.

Material And Method: The chondrocytes and BM-MSCs were seeded into autologous fibrin-base scaffold and commercial fibrin glue. The cell viability and proliferation were evaluated at 1 and 7 days.

Prevalence of primary spinal tumors: 15-year data from Siriraj Hospital.

Objective: To determine prevalence, demographic data and clinical presentation of primary vertebral tumors.

Material And Method: A retrospective study of the primary spine tumor specimens from Siriraj bone tumor registry from 1996 to 2010.

Results: From the study, primary spinal tumors constituted 85 of 1,679 bone tumor cases (5.

SOX-10 and MiTF expression in cellular and 'mixed' neurothekeoma.

Background: Neurothekeoma and nerve sheath myxoma have long been interpreted as related tumors that share nerve sheath linage. Lack of S100 expression in neurothekeoma and similarities of gene expression profiles between neurothekeoma and fibrohistiocytic tumors have created reasonable doubt about this concept. SOX-10 represents a marker for schwannian and melanocytic differentiation, and is expressed in other tumors of nerve sheath linage.

Inflammatory patterns in upper airway disease in the same geographical area may change over time.

Background: Inflammatory patterns of nasal polyps (NPs) may vary. Changes over time have not been investigated so far. This study was designed to evaluate the inflammatory patterns of NPs in Thailand at two time points 12 years apart, explore differences in Staphylococcus aureus (SA) mucosal carriage rates over time, and the latter's relationship with the inflammatory patterns.

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma with adrenal insufficiency: a case report and literature review.

A 62-year-old Thai man was admitted because of nausea and vomiting with incidentally detected bilateral adrenal enlargement. The basal cortisol was low and ACTH level was elevated CT guided percutaneous needle biopsy of adrenal gland showed a diffuse infiltration of medium to large atypical lymphoid cells of B-cell immunophenotype, which are diagnostic for a diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Involvement by large B-cell lymphoma was documented in bone marrow biopsy as well.

The management of sacral schwannoma: report of four cases and review of literature.

Sacral schwannoma is a rare retrorectal tumor in adults. Postoperative sacral neurological deficit is difficult to avoid. Currently, there is no established consensus regarding best treatment options.

Primary extraskeletal osteosarcoma in the pineal region. Case report.

Primary extraskeletal osteosarcoma occurring in the brain parenchyma is distinctly uncommon, with only five cases having been reported. The authors describe the case of a 45-year-old man who presented with progressive headache and diplopia. Computerized tomography scanning and magnetic resonance imaging results revealed a pineal region tumor with obstructive hydrocephalus.

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor with neurofibromatosis type 1: a 2-case report and review of the literature.

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor is a very rare soft tissue tumor in the general population but there is an increased incidence in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1. Two cases of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 whom we were able to follow-up long term are presented. Although wide excision was performed successfully in these patients, they suffered from local recurrence of the tumors shortly after surgery and died with distant metastases.

Specific IgA antibody to Epstein-Barr viral capsid antigen: a better marker for screening nasopharyngeal carcinoma than EBV-DNA detection by polymerase chain reaction.

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is strongly associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. To assess whether EBV DNA detection by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or presence of specific serum antibody to viral capsid antigen (VCA) was a better marker for screening NPC, nasopharyngeal tissues and blood samples from 58 NPC patients and 24 non-NPC patients (23 with laryngotracheal stenosis and 1 with chronic tonsillitis) were tested for the presence of EBV DNA and serum specific VCA antibodies, respectively. EBV DNA was detected in 56 (96.