Anti-nuclear matrix protein 2 antibody-positive dermatomyositis with gastrointestinal ulcers: A case report.

Gastrointestinal manifestations are a very rare complication of dermatomyositis (DM) and are much less frequent in adult cases than in juvenile cases. Only a few previous papers have reported adult patients who had DM with anti-nuclear matrix protein 2 (anti-NXP2) antibodies and who developed gastrointestinal ulcers. Herein, we report a similar case of a 50-year-old man who had DM with anti-NXP2 antibodies followed by relapsing multiple gastrointestinal ulcers.

Laparoscopic resection for a large gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) with diaphragm invasion following preoperative imatinib treatment: A case report.

Introduction: Neoadjuvant imatinib for large GISTs may prevent tumor rupture and the need for extended surgery by reducing tumor size. In this study, we present a case of large gastric GIST with diaphragm invasion, due to the patient receiving laparoscopic resection following preoperative imatinib treatment.

Presentation Of Case: A 72-year-old woman was hospitalized with left hypochondriac pain for a month.

Regurgitant leak from the area between the stent post and the sewing ring of a stented bovine pericardial valve implanted in the aortic valve position.

Biologic valves can sometimes have a small closure or leakage backflow jet originating from the central coaptation point. This is physiologic regurgitation that usually only requires monitoring, and not treatment.Another non-central transvalvular leakage is occasionally seen in both porcine and pericardial valves and originates from the base of the stent post.

Comparative effects of propofol, landiolol, and nicardipine on hemodynamic and bispectral index responses to endotracheal intubation: a prospective, randomized, double-blinded study.

Study Objectives: To examine the comparative effects of propofol, landiolol, and nicardipine on hemodynamic responses and bispectral index (BIS) changes to endotracheal intubation.

Setting: Operating room of a university-affiliated general hospital.

Patients: 27 ASA physical status I and II patients who were scheduled to undergo elective general surgical, urological, or gynecological procedures with general anesthesia.

Protein misfolding cyclic amplification as a rapid test for assessment of prion inactivation.

Abnormal isoform of prion proteins (PrP(Sc)), which are infectious agents associated with prion diseases, retain infectivity after undergoing routine sterilization processes. A sensitive method to detect the infectivity is a bioassay, and it has been used for assessing prion inactivation. However, the result is obtained after several hundred days.