Publications by authors named "S Albitar"

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  • Wunderlich syndrome is a rare and severe condition involving spontaneous bleeding in the kidneys, and this case demonstrates its diagnosis and management during pregnancy, leading to complications like Page kidney.
  • The patient, who experienced flank pain and breathlessness, underwent an emergency cesarean delivery and drainage procedure, receiving treatment with blood transfusions and medications.
  • The case emphasizes the need to consider Wunderlich syndrome when pregnant patients present with abdominal pain, as there are no established management guidelines specifically for this condition during pregnancy.
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Non-urothelial carcinoma accounts for <5% of urinary bladder tumors, and primary bladder adenocarcinoma accounts for 0.5-2%, but the variant primary signet-ring cell is extremely rare. We present a rare case of a synchronous of dual primary malignancy from a rare variant of urinary bladder adenocarcinoma (signet-ring cell) with indolent prostate adenocarcinoma in a 61-year-old male.

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Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is a systemic disease characterized by the formation of multiple cysts in several organs. The formation of aneurysms accompanying this disease is being increasingly reported in the literature, and mutations in PKD-1 and PKD-2 are suspected in this etiology. Although the association between ADPKD and multiple coronary arteries aneurysms (CAA) was reported several times, we are presenting a case with the combination of ADPKD, multiple giant CAAs, abdominal aortic aneurysms and a suspected intracranial aneurysm, which has never been reported.

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Cardiac troponin T (cTnT) and I (cTnI) levels are considered as important diagnostic tools in acute coronary events. They could be of predictive value in hemodialysis (HD) patients. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of increased cTnI and cTnT in HD patients and their prognostic relevance to all-cause mortality.

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