Anticipated time to seek medical advice for possible lung cancer symptoms and barriers to timely presentation in Palestine: a national cross-sectional study.

Background: Lung cancer (LC) has poor survival outcomes mainly due to diagnosis at late stages. This study explored the anticipated time to seek medical advice for possible LC symptoms and barriers to early presentation in Palestine.

Methods: This cross-sectional study recruited adult participants from hospitals, primary healthcare centers, and public spaces of 11 governorates using convenience sampling.

Myths and Misconceptions Around Lung Cancer Causation in Palestine: Is It Time to Intervene?

Purpose: Having an accurate knowledge of what truly increases the likelihood of developing lung cancer (LC) may help people make better decisions about lifestyle changes that could potentially lower their risk. This study assessed current beliefs in LC causation myths among Palestinians and explored factors associated with displaying good recognition of such myths.

Methods: A national cross-sectional study was conducted from July 2019 to March 2020.

Pleuropulmonary blastoma type I presenting as a tension pneumothorax: a case report and review of the literature.

Pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) is a very rare, aggressive, embryonal pulmonary malignancy that mostly affects children under the age of 5 years. According to the histological features, three subtypes of PPB have been recognized: type I (purely cystic), type II (grossly visible cystic and solid elements), and type III (purely solid). The authors report a case of a 10-month-old male infant with type I PPB, who was clinically misdiagnosed with pneumothorax, that he presented complaining of shortening of breath, fever, and cough.

Medulloblastoma at the cerebello-pontine angle resembling vestibular schwannoma: A case report and review of the literature.

Cerebello-pontine angle (CPA) tumors account for only less than 10 % of intracranial tumors, it usually affects children at a young age with the midline being the most favorable location. Our adult patient demonstrated a very unusual site for medulloblastoma at the CPA. Less than 50 cases all around the world have been reported in the English literature for Medulloblastoma to be located at the CPA, and most of them in pediatric age group.

Awareness of Palestinians about lung cancer symptoms: a national cross-sectional study.

Background: The majority of lung cancer (LC) cases are diagnosed at an advanced stage. Poor awareness of LC symptoms is a contributor to late diagnosis. This study aimed to assess the awareness of LC symptoms among Palestinians, and to examine the factors associated with displaying good awareness.

Double Magnet Ingestion Causing Intestinal Perforation with Peritonitis: Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Introduction: Foreign body ingestion is a common pediatric complain, and most can be passed spontaneously; however, magnetic object ingestion is rather rare, and they can cause severe complications when multiple magnets are ingested, as they lead to entrapment of bowel walls between them, causing ischemia, pressure necrosis, perforation, and fistula formation. . Herein, we present a case of a 16-month-old female patient presented to our department complaining of continuous vomiting for two days along with fever and irritability.

Cerebellar liponeurocytoma, a rare tumor: Case report and review of the literature.

Introduction: Cerebellar liponeurocytoma is a rare tumor of the central nervous system occurring mainly in the posterior fossa, which shows neuronal and variable astrocytic differentiation, along with foci of lipomatous differentiation.

Case Presentation: Herein, we describe a 50-year-old female patient who presented to the hospital complaining of headache, tinnitus, and vertigo with positive cerebellar signs. MRI revealed a left cerebellar tumor.