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Front Oncol
January 2025
Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery & Retroperitoneal Tumor Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of anlotinib combined with envafolimab in the treatment of unresectable or metastatic liposarcoma.
Methods: This single-center, retrospective study enrolled 15 patients with unresectable or metastatic liposarcoma, who were treated at the Retroperitoneal Tumor Surgery Research Center of Qingdao University Affiliated Hospital between April 2022 and November 2023. The treatment regimen consisted of anlotinib combined with envafolimab.
Sudan J Paediatr
January 2024
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Alagille syndrome (ALGS) is a multisystem autosomal dominant disorder in which patients may have characteristic facial features and involvement of the liver, heart, vessels, bones, eyes, kidneys and central nervous system. As there is little published data on ALGS in Africa, our aim was to describe the presentation and outcomes of ALGS in South Africa. The study constitutes a retrospective analysis of 25 patient medical records diagnosed as ALGS at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital Pediatric Gastroenterology clinic between January 1992 and January 2020.
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December 2024
Pulmonology, Algemeen Ziekenhuis Glorieux, Ronse, BEL.
Heterotaxy syndrome is characterized by abnormal left-right arrangement of thoracoabdominal organs and is frequently associated with complex cardiac anomalies. However, cases with predominant extracardiac manifestations are increasingly recognized. This report describes a 20-year-old female of North African descent with consanguineous parentage, who presented with chronic cough and exertional dyspnea persisting over several years.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Aims: Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disorder characterized by nonnecrotizing granulomas. Studies suggest 20%-70% of patients with sarcoidosis have abnormal liver chemistries or abdominal imaging. Hepatic sarcoidosis may be complicated by portal hypertension (portal HTN) with or without cirrhosis.
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December 2024
Intensive Care Unit, Columbia Asia Hospital, Semarang, Indonesia.
Introduction: Hemoperfusion (HP), a blood filtration method targeting the removal of toxins and inflammatory elements, was investigated in this study. The objective was to present the observations in four individuals with confirmed COVID-19 who underwent several rounds of HP utilizing the HA330 cartridge at a hospital in Indonesia.
Case Studies: We report four cases of COVID-19 patients who underwent HP.
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