Appendiceal actinomycosis mimicking malignant tumor: a rare case report.

Introduction: Actinomycosis is an uncommon bacterial infection caused by bacteria that typically progresses slowly and leads to the formation of masses. Although it commonly affects the cervicofacial area, about 20% of cases occur in the abdominopelvic region. Because the disease can be mistaken for a tumour due to its infiltrative mass-like nature on imaging, over 90% of cases are only diagnosed following surgery and histological confirmation.

A proposed difficulty grading system for laparoscopic bile duct exploration: benefits to clinical practice, training and research.

Background: A gap remains between the mounting evidence for single session management of bile duct stones and the adoption of this approach. Laparoscopic bile duct exploration (LBDE) is limited by the scarcity of training opportunities and adequate equipment and by the perception that the technique requires a high skill-set. The aim of this study was to create a new classification of difficulty based on operative characteristics and to stratify postoperative outcomes of easy vs.

Preclinical mouse model of a misfolded PNLIP variant develops chronic pancreatitis.

Objective: Increasing evidence implicates mutation-induced protein misfolding and endoplasm reticulum (ER) stress in the pathophysiology of chronic pancreatitis (CP). The paucity of animal models harbouring genetic risk variants has hampered our understanding of how misfolded proteins trigger CP. We previously showed that pancreatic triglyceride lipase (PNLIP) p.

Development of Surgical Error Reduction System (SERS) for Laparoscopic Appendectomy by using Observational Human Reliability Analysis (OCHRA) model and to analyse its impact on patient outcomes.

This project is to develop a surgical error reduction system (SERS) for laparoscopic appendectomy by using observational Human Reliability Analysis (OCHRA) model and to analyse it impact on patient's outcome.

Persistent Asymptomatic Isolated Microscopic Hematuria in Adolescents is not Associated With an Increased Risk for Early Onset Urinary Tract Cancer.

Objective: To elucidate the association between adolescent microscopic hematuria and early onset urothelial carcinoma and renal cell carcinoma.

Methods: Nationwide, population-based, retrospective cohort study using medical data of 970,366 adolescents aged 16 through 19 years (58.6% male) examined for fitness for military service between 1980 and 1997.