A clinical case of anaphylaxis after eating oatmeal contaminated with booklice (Liposcelis bostrychophila).

A 52-year-old man presented to our department with generalized erythema, watery stools, and vomiting 30 min after ingesting coconut, oatmeal, and vegetable juice. On arrival, his blood pressure was 120/79 mm Hg, heart rate was 126 beats per min, blood oxygen saturation was 96%, and lip cyanosis was observed. The patient experienced diffuse redness throughout the body and was diagnosed as having severe anaphylaxis.

Ultrasonographic Detective Flow Imaging for Evaluating Parathyroid Adenoma in Patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism.

Background: Detective flow imaging (DFI) is a new imaging technology that displays low-velocity blood flow, which is difficult to visualize on conventional color Doppler ultrasonography (CDU). In this study, we compared the usefulness of DFI with that of CDU and methoxy-isobutyl-isonitrile (MIBI) scintigraphy for detecting parathyroid adenoma (PA) in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT).

Methods: From March 2021 to March 2023, 87 PHPT patients underwent surgery, and 66 had a single PA.

Regulation of Macrophage Polarization in Allergy by Noncoding RNAs.

Allergy is a type 2 immune reaction triggered by antigens known as allergens, including food and environmental substances such as peanuts, plant pollen, fungal spores, and the feces and debris of mites and insects. Macrophages are myeloid immune cells with phagocytic abilities that process exogenous and endogenous antigens. Upon activation, they can produce effector molecules such as cytokines as well as anti-inflammatory molecules.

Retrospective single-arm cohort study of video-assisted thoracic surgery for treatment of idiopathic peripherally located simple type pulmonary arteriovenous malformation in 23 consecutive patients.

Background: Although case reports of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for pulmonary arteriovenous malformation (PAVM) have been published, studies analyzing more than 10 cases were limited. A retrospective single-arm cohort study was performed to investigate the efficacy of VATS in 23 consecutive patients with idiopathic peripherally located simple type PAVM.

Methods: VATS was performed for wedge resection of 24 PAVMs in 23 patients, which included 4 males and 19 females with an age range of 25 to 80 years (mean: 59.

Gastrocolic fistula caused by transverse colon cancer: a case report.

Background: A gastrocolic fistula is an unusual communication between the colon and the stomach. Although colon cancer is the most common malignant cause of gastrocolic fistula in the Western world, the incidence of gastrocolic fistula due to colon cancer is 0.3% in operated cases.