Publications by authors named "N J Cassar"
This case report focuses on a 29-year-old female who presented with acute abdominal pain at Mater Dei Hospital, Malta. Her clinical presentation, followed up by diagnostic imaging, led to the diagnosis of a rare congenital abnormality known as dorsal agenesis of the pancreas. This condition is characterized by the absence or underdevelopment of the dorsal portion of the pancreas, a crucial aspect of pancreatic anatomy and function.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRising surface temperatures are projected to cause more frequent and intense droughts in the world's drylands. This can lead to land degradation, mobilization of soil particles, and an increase in dust aerosol emissions from arid and semi-arid regions. Dust aerosols are a key source of bio-essential nutrients, can be transported in the atmosphere over large distances, and ultimately deposited onto the ocean's surface, alleviating nutrient limitation and increasing oceanic primary productivity.
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- * A case study discusses a woman with ACC of the submandibular gland who, after surgery, was found to have a liver lesion initially thought to be benign but later identified as metastatic ACC.
- * After a successful liver sectionectomy, the patient has been disease-free for 2.5 years, emphasizing that even early-stage ACC can show liver metastases that may be treated effectively.
Dinitrogen (N2) fixation represents a key source of reactive nitrogen in marine ecosystems. While the process has been rather well-explored in low latitudes of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, other higher latitude regions and particularly the Indian Ocean have been chronically overlooked. Here, we characterize N2 fixation and diazotroph community composition across nutrient and trace metals gradients spanning the multifrontal system separating the oligotrophic waters of the Indian Ocean subtropical gyre from the high nutrient low chlorophyll waters of the Southern Ocean.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Debate exists regarding the optimal treatment for painful chronic pancreatitis (CP). This meta-analysis aims to determine the outcomes of surgical intervention as compared to endoscopy in patients with painful CP.
Methods: A systematic review and meta-analysis including studies from PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane Databases (1995 onwards) was done by two independent reviewers using PRISMA guidelines.