Publications by authors named "Nicholas Householder"
Ocular and Systemic Anomalies in an Infant With 4q Deletion and 3q Duplication: Case Report and Review of Literature.
J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus
November 2024
This is a case report of a female infant with two rare pathogenic chromosomal abnormalities: partial trisomy of chromosome 3 (3q25.2 to 3q29) and partial monosomy of chromosome 4 (4q34.1 to 4q35.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLong-duration thyroid eye disease (TED) may present with persistent proptosis despite the absence of inflammatory symptoms, and treatment options have been limited to surgical intervention. Recently, teprotumumab, a monoclonal antibody, has garnered interest as a non-surgical option to reduce proptosis in such cases. This systematic review investigates the impact of teprotumumab on reducing proptosis in long-duration TED.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The pathology of primary osteoarthritis (OA) begins with structural cartilage damage, which initiates a self-propagating inflammatory pathway that further exacerbates cartilage deterioration. Current standard of care for knee primary OA involves treating the inflammatory symptoms to manage pain, which includes intra-articular (IA) injections of cortisone, an anti-inflammatory steroid, followed by a series of joint-cushioning hyaluronic acid gel injections. However, these injections do not delay the progression of primary OA.
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- This case series studied 10 participants with normal vision to see how different types of face masks affected their visual fields during testing.
- Wearing duckbill N95 masks led to more accuracy errors in the lower visual field compared to surgical masks or no mask at all.
- The results back up public health concerns that face masks may increase the risk of falls and accidents due to impaired vision.
Case: A 54-year-old immunocompetent man presented to the office with severe right knee pain and swelling 27 days after knee arthroscopy. Additional diagnostics identified a monomicrobial infection of the right knee joint by the bacterium Leclercia adecarboxylata, which was later confirmed by repeated aspiration of the joint and culture of the aspirated fluid.
Conclusion: This case report details a postoperative monomicrobial infection with L.