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Korean J Gastroenterol
December 2024
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.
A 54-year-old man presented with constipation with a six-month duration and a 5 kg weight loss over 10 months. He had undergone a subtotal gastrectomy and chemotherapy for advanced gastric cancer 13 years earlier. A colonoscopy revealed a firm, circular, in-growing mass in the rectum.
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November 2024
Dermatology and Venereology, Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ingrown toenails (IGTN) are a prevalent, debilitating nail disorder that occurs when the edge of the nail plate grows abnormally to penetrate the periungual dermis. Multiple risk factors have been identified in the etiology. In this study, we aimed to investigate the risk factors that predispose patients to IGTN.
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July 2024
School of Health and Related Research, Regent Court, Sheffield, UK.
Background: There is no consensus on optimal management of pilonidal disease. Surgical practice is varied, and existing literature is mainly single-centre cohort studies of varied disease severity, interventions and outcome assessments.
Objectives: A prospective cohort study to determine: • disease severity and intervention relationship • most valued outcomes and treatment preference by patients • recommendations for policy and future research.
Ann Dermatol
May 2023
Department of Dermatovenereology, Beijing Luhe Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Clin Cosmet Investig Dermatol
August 2023
Department of Dermatology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China.
Cutaneous pili migrans is a rare condition caused by embedded hair shafts or fragments which presents as a mobile black linear rash and is easily confused with cutaneous larva migrans. "Ingrowing hair", in which the hair shaft grows inside the skin and burrows into the uppermost dermis rather than exiting the skin, is much rarer, and only 8 cases have been reported thus far, all in Asian men. We report a case of a 22-year-old Chinese male with a 4 cm-long black linear rash that migrated from the anterior abdomen to the left lower abdomen.
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