Conservative medical therapy for a macroprolactinoma presenting with obstructive hydrocephalus.

Obstructive hydrocephalus is a rare complication of pituitary prolactinomas, especially in women, where symptoms of amenorrhoea rarely go unnoticed. In this study, a case of a female in her 20s with a 2-month history of frontotemporal headache, acutely worsening over 3 days, is presented. Cranial imaging showed a sellar-suprasellar mass (2.

Acquired tracheoesophageal fistula in a pregnant patient with COVID-19 pneumonia on prolonged invasive ventilation.

A previously healthy pregnant woman was diagnosed with COVID-19 pneumonia and was subsequently intubated. Throughout the course of her illness, the patient was treated for recurrent bouts of pneumonia. A high-resolution chest and neck CT scan confirmed the presence of a tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF), which may have been caused by the presence of the overinflated endotracheal cuff, prolonged steroid use, hypoxic injury and possible direct injury of the tracheal mucosa from COVID-19 itself.

Development of diffractive optics technology-based immunoassay protocol and its application in the detection of Entamoeba histolytica infections.

Amebiasis due to infection with Entamoeba histolytica is a problematic parasitic disease in many countries. By means of a novel technology developed by Axela Biosensors, Inc., the dotLab™ system, a rapid immunoassay was developed to detect at least 5.