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Prz Gastroenterol
December 2024
Department of Infectious Diseases, Hepatology and Liver Transplantation, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland.
Introduction: Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is an uncommon, chronic liver disease characterised by fibrosis and strictures of a bile ducts, causing cholestasis. In the long term it can lead to complete stenosis leading in turn to liver cirrhosis. In patients with severe form of the disease, the recommended treatment is liver transplantation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: When Behçet's disease is complicated with gastrointestinal ulcers, it is referred to as intestinal Behçet's disease (BD). Clinically uncommon, this condition can involve the entire gastrointestinal tract, often presenting diagnostic challenges in differentiation from Crohn's disease.
Methods: In this case, atypical BD was diagnosed through endoscopic examination, whereas latent tuberculosis infection (LBTI) was confirmed via T-SPOT and PPD tests.
Emergencias
December 2024
Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Clínic Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, España.
Objective: To describe the characteristics of patients diagnosed with acute heart failure (AHF) in emergency departments (EDs) who develop cardiogenic shock (CS) not associated with ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (STACS).
Methods: Information for patients diagnosed with AHF in 23 Spanish EDs and registered between 2009 and 2019 were included for analysis if the patients developed symptoms consistent with CS. We described baseline clinical characteristics related to cardiac decompensation and CS, as well as 30-day mortality.
Adv Skin Wound Care
January 2025
At Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States, Livia Frost, BS, is Medical Student, School of Medicine; Ya Xu, MD, PhD, is Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology & Immunology; and Yuriko Fukuta, MD, PhD, CWSP, is Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases.
Diabetic foot bacterial osteomyelitis is a serious infection that can lead to major amputations. However, fungal osteomyelitis in a diabetic foot ulcer is uncommon and has been underrecognized. It typically occurs in patients with underlying immunocompromised status and is associated with poor outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCan Vet J
January 2025
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences (Cormillot, Weissman, MacDonald-Dickinson) and Department of Veterinary Pathology (Dickinson), Western College of Veterinary MeDicine, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4.
A 16-year-old castrated male domestic medium-hair cat was referred for examination of multiple cutaneous mast cell tumors displaying epitheliotropism. Staging tests were negative for distant metastasis. Toceranib phosphate therapy was initiated.
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