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J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech
April 2025
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Higashiosaka City Medical Center, Higashiosaka, Osaka, Japan.
A 69-year-old man with chest pain was diagnosed with acute type B aortic dissection with the entry tear located at distal arch and a distal aortic arch aneurysm. Therefore, we performed debranching thoracic endovascular aortic repair 2 weeks after type B aortic dissection onset. First, the graft was anastomosed to bilateral axillary arteries.
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January 2025
Internal Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, USA.
Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is a non-atherosclerotic, non-inflammatory vascular disease of medium-sized arteries that causes abnormal cellular growth in arterial walls and most commonly affects young to middle-aged women (20-50 years of age). While FMD often involves the renal arteries, it can affect any arterial bed. FMD has a characteristic angiographic appearance of a "string of beads.
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January 2025
Family and Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
Background: Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is an extremely rare type of vasculitis characterized by inflammation within small blood vessels or tissues that may cause damage to the lungs, heart, kidneys, and other organs. Here, we present a rare case of EGPA with cardiac involvement that presented with acute heart failure.
Clinical Findings: A 44-year-old woman with a history of bronchial asthma and sinusitis presented with fever, shortness of breath, fatigue, unintentional weight loss, and polyarthritis.
Trop Biomed
December 2024
Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, No. N1 Shangcheng Avenue, Yiwu, Zhejiang 322000, China.
Scrub typhus is an infectious disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi. It is transmitted through bite of chigger mite larvae and presents with symptoms such as fever, myalgia, headache, rash, and a characteristic eschar at the site of mite bites. This report details the case of a woman exhibiting acute febrile illness, bilateral pneumonia, and severe hypoxemia, prompting suspicion of scrub typhus due to the presence of a typical eschar on the pubic mound.
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January 2025
Department of Pediatrics Neurology, Bicêtre Hospital, Public Assistance-Hospitals of Paris, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; Paris Sud-Saclay University, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) antibody-associated disease (MOGAD) is a neuro-inflammatory condition affecting adults and children. The presentations vary and include acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, optic neuritis or transverse myelitis. Optic neuritis associated with anti-MOG antibodies is typically bilateral, anterior and initially severe but usually resolves quickly and completely.
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