Successful Surgical Management of Intracranial Carotid Artery Trauma Following Penetrating Facial Injury: A Case Report.

BACKGROUND Carotid artery injury has an incidence of 0.2% in the National Trauma Data Bank. The true incidence of intracranial carotid injury is unknown but can be estimated at less than one in 1000 trauma-related inpatient admissions in America.

A Multidisciplinary Quality Improvement Program to Improve Diabetes Care at a Free Clinic.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of an intensive, multidisciplinary patient-centered approach involving a pharmacist and a dietician in a population of uninsured free clinic patients with diabetes and hypertension.

Methods:  A single-center retrospective chart review of a quality improvement project. All patients had diagnoses of diabetes and hypertension and a most recent hemoglobin A1c ≥ 9.

Double Superior Vena Cava Due to Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava Incidentally Identified on Central Venous Catheterization: A Case Report.

BACKGROUND Persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) results in a double superior vena cava (SVC), and although it is rare, this is the most common venous anomaly of the thorax. PSLVC arises from the junction of the left subclavian and internal jugular veins. It is identified on the left side of the mediastinum adjacent to the aortic arch, and it usually drains into the right atrium through the coronary sinus.

Erythrodermic mycosis fungoides with large cell transformation: An unusual and complicated case.

Mycosis fungoides is the most common cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. It presents a diagnostic challenge due to resemblance with many other dermatologic conditions. The disease typically follows a progression from patches to plaques to skin-based tumors with potential for visceral involvement.