KILT (Kidney and IVC Abnormalities with Leg Thrombosis) Syndrome in a 41-Years-Old Man with Loin Pain and Fever.

KILT syndrome is a rare condition composing the triad of kidney and inferior vena cava anomaly and extensive venous thrombosis. We present a case of newly diagnosed KILT syndrome in a 41-years-old gentleman presenting with loin pain and fever. Reviewing previous case reports, KILT syndrome is usually an incidental finding on imaging studies and there is a wide scope of initial clinical presentations.

A 55-Year-Old Man with Right Testicular Pain: Too Old for Torsion?

Testicular torsion is predominantly a disease of adolescence, but age itself should not be an exclusion criterion for the diagnosis. A lack of suspicion for testicular torsion in older patients may result in a missed or delayed diagnosis which jeopardizes the chance of testicular salvage. In this article, we report a case of testicular torsion in a 55-year-old Chinese man.

Cryptococcemia in primary HIV infection.

Opportunistic infections have been reported infrequently in primary HIV infection. We report a case of cryptococcemia in primary HIV infection. To our knowledge there has not been such a case reported.

Dietary supplementation of soy germ phytoestrogens or estradiol improves spatial memory performance and increases gene expression of BDNF, TrkB receptor and synaptic factors in ovariectomized rats.

Background: Estrogen or phytoestrogens treatment has been suggested to improve cognitive function of the brain in postmenopausal women. However, there is lack of information on the mechanism of such treatment on the central nervous system. The present study aimed to determine the effects of estradiol and soy germ phytoestrogens on spatial memory performance in ovariectomized rats and to explore the underlying mechanisms affecting the central nervous system.

Genetic analysis of mobile tetQ elements in oral Prevotella species.

Prevotella species are members of the bacterial oral flora and are opportunistic pathogens in polymicrobial infections of soft tissues. Antibiotic resistance to tetracyclines is common in these bacteria, and the gene encoding this resistance has been previously identified as tetQ. The tetQ gene is also found on conjugative transposons in the intestinal Bacteroides species; whether these related bacteria have transmitted tetQ to Prevotella is unknown.

An unusual cause of intestinal obstruction in an adolescent: a case report and management review.

A 15-year-old boy presented with intestinal obstruction two weeks following a blunt abdominal trauma. He had progressive bilious vomiting without abdominal distension or peritonitis. The contrast computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen provided the definitive diagnosis: there was an obstructing duodenal hematoma, which might have been slowly progressing or have arisen from secondary hemorrhage after the initial injury.

Computed tomographic appearance of Prolene Hernia System and polypropylene mesh plug inguinal hernia repair.

Purpose: To describe the normal postoperative computed tomographic (CT) appearance of inguinal hernia repair with the Prolene (polypropylene) Hernia System and polypropylene mesh plug.

Materials And Methods: The medical records for 480 consecutive patients who underwent inguinal mesh hernioplasty were reviewed to identify posthernioplasty pelvic CT scans. The presence or absence of the appearance and size of focal inguinal findings at CT for each groin was recorded by 2 radiologists in consensus.