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JBJS Case Connect
January 2025
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Loyola University Health System, Maywood, Illinois.
Case: A 49-year-old woman with sternoclavicular insufficiency following medial clavicle resection underwent sternoclavicular joint reconstruction using a hamstring allograft and a cadaveric fibular cortical allograft. After 4 months of follow-up, the patient was pain-free, with radiographic evidence of graft incorporation by 8 months.
Conclusion: Medial clavicle resection is a rare procedure with broad indications.
Korean J Neurotrauma
December 2024
Department of Neurosurgery, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
This case report describes a rare presentation of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies-associated hypertrophic pachymeningitis in a 49-year-old woman with cranial and spinal lesions. Initial management comprised decompressive laminectomy and steroid therapy, with the subsequent addition of immunosuppressant therapy following symptom recurrence. After a ten-year follow-up, significant symptom improvement and return of motor function were noted.
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December 2024
Department of Pathology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Neurotrophic tyrosine kinase receptor (NTRK)-rearranged uterine sarcoma is a rare type of uterine sarcoma. This paper presents a case of a 49-year-old female who was admitted to the hospital due to lower abdominal pain and subsequently diagnosed with tropomyosin 3 (TPM3)::NTRK1-rearranged uterine sarcoma. To our knowledge, TPM3::NTRK1-rearranged sarcomas almost always occur in the cervix, and this is a novel case of uterine corpus occurrence.
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January 2025
Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia; Urology Department, Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia.
Introduction And Importance: Female urethral leiomyoma is a rare benign tumor that originates from the smooth muscle cells in the urethra's wall. Surgical resection is often the primary treatment option. However, the tumor's location and size can present challenges for complete removal while preserving urethral function.
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December 2024
Department of Neurosurgery, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, JPN.
Tandem occlusion due to acute cervical carotid artery dissection should be promptly treated with thrombectomy for reperfusion. If the cervical lesion has reached severe stenosis or complete occlusion, balloon angioplasty and, in certain cases, carotid artery stenting should be performed before thrombectomy for the intracranial lesion. Angioplasty or stent placement is performed in the true lumen, but securing the placement is challenging when the true lumen cannot be determined.
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